The (incomplete) Thief2 and System Shock2 source code was leaked years ago from a Dreamcast development kit. I imagine a Google search would find you a download. I think I saved a copy too, someplace.
A lack of time and energy has a way of killing interest and desire. I expect if you managed to attain or retain more of both of those you’d find some level of passion. And passion doesn’t have to be earth shattering. There’s a lot of joy to be found in the small stuff.
Setting up the audio propagation in the Thief level editor is super tedious but it’s hard to argue with the results. You draw “Room brushes” (basically boxes) to encompass space and sound will propagate across where they intersect with each other. An Environmental audio setting is applied to a room brush and will be applied to all the audio heard by the player when inside the room brush.
I got 1/10…
The article shows the percent of people who guessed incorrectly was between 80-90% I wouldn’t be surprised if the images were handpicked out of a set after being found to be particularly difficult to guess. Or maybe I just suck at this.
I don’t recall anything like that in FF6 either. They even removed part of a scene in a rerelease where Celes is chained up and gets punched by a guard.
There are still plenty of other horrifying things in FF6 though.
I’m a counselor that works with young folks and teenagers. A lot of them are up late (1-2am)and some all night on their phone or playing video games. This naturally leads to fatigue, poor concentration, unstable or volatile moods, bad grades and avoidance. And it’s pretty normalized among kids. When parents restrict screen time we often see big improvements in behavior and mental health, even if they aren’t up all night. Screens and social media almost never turn off among many of this generation. I’ve seen four and five year olds with their own phones and I find it pretty worrying.
I remember feeling control over how much I could push my sleep time. I think it was one of the only things that I could play with that seemed to only affect me. Also at that age doing things differently seems cool too. Starting at 15 I’d go to bed at 6am and wake up at 10 or 11. My school hours were from 5pm to 10:30pm because my school was tiny and in high demand so there wasn’t enough room to put everyone in day shift. During the day I’d do small IT jobs or homework. I loved it, but I wonder now if my bad sleep is what pushed me to depression.
Licensed mental health counselor in WA here. Been working in community mental health for the past 6 years. Pretty tired of it at this point. Thinking about going private practice, but I’ve no experience running a business. Any career advice for someone in their late 30s with a BA in psychology and an MA in counseling psychology?
Also, what drives your interest in being a developer?
I wonder about the long term effects of making things easier. I’m not sure we’re doing students a favor by lowering the bar. College is a lot of work, and a test that is also a lot of work seems like it would predict success better than an easier one.
It’s oddly distressing to be around others with beliefs radically different than our own. Especially when our knowledge and philosophy are grossly contradicted. It’s often hard to resolve those feelings, and so we tend to try to change other’s beliefs to relieve our own distress. This is pretty exhausting, for both parties and, oddly enough both are trying to do the same thing - change others. I find the concept of “radical acceptance” helpful. It means to fully accept the situation or environment and letting go of fighting it. That doesn’t mean you like the situation but you let go of fighting what you can’t change. And focus your mental effort on what change (if any) is productive.
Burnout from my job, and poor sleep leading to decreased enjoyment in most things. I commonly have very little energy.
Things that I’ve found help, are less screen time and light exercise. But I find motivating myself to do so difficult. It always seems to help when I do so.
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