LandenLove

I recently watched "A Course on Puzzle Game Design" by Matthew VanDevander and he mentioned Stephen's Sausage Roll a few times.

https://youtu.be/85mAmP4k1Co?si=yuxpJ2xhkH7r_eo3

The video has lots of helpful information for puzzle game design. I have started to incorporate some of that knowledge into my own puzzle game https://qcgeneral29.itch.io/lets-learn

It's unfortunate that I am unable to access these new products because Framework does not ship to Japan. I have an original Framework 13 that's CPU fan has been making death noises. There is also a broken screw mount in the base.

I didn't do shipment forwarding. I just bought the product and later moved to Japan. Also, Framework supposedly blocks shipment forwarding.

It's odd, because I remember them advertising a Japanese keyboard layout in the past. They must not see a large enough market to justify the costs.

Unrelated to the article, but the sticky AI prompt at the top of this page is infuriating. I've added the element to my ublock filter.

I like how Lightroom simplifies a lot of the editing process. Alternatives like Rawtherpee are very intimidating.

I also like the cloud backup and sync that Lightroom has. But I swear it gets slower and slower with every update.

Please release me from Adobe Lightroom.

Prompt injecting homework assignments is a funny idea, but doesn't seem very productive.

Either the teacher needs to adjust how they are teaching new concepts or the student needs to ask themself why they are attending college in the first place.

I think one of the biggest problems is scale. You need someone to analyze how people are experiencing your game/software. I think there are all sorts of ways you can get feedback. Having people screen record might be a good solution.

> s//overstated/ Oops! I will fix that. Thank you!

... I don't know how I mixed up headcrab and barnacle LOL. Ty for telling me.

>That being said, you hold (whether you realize it or not) a rather elevated position above the people from whom you might be trying to solicit objective feedback. Nothing inherently wrong with that, as long as you're aware that it’s in their best interest to heap praise on the game considering you hold their grades in your hands.

This is true! This is why I never ask for feedback. I am completely silent whenever observing a playtest. Every change that I make is purely based on the problems I see my students and co-workers experiencing.

It is hard to do this when asking the question, "Was that fun?" But I try to answer this question by seeing player reactions. For example, many students think it's funny when all the bananas fall out of the sky on level 2. The original design goal for this level was trying to dig physics objects out of a pile of other physics objects. But the absurdity of that visual usually gets a couple laughs.

I was really hoping it was reversible, but it doesn't seem to change anything: https://translate.kagi.com/?from=LinkedIn+speak&to=en

I recently had to switch to a Japanese LINE account to gain access to certain features. I had no idea how good I had it on my American LINE account. The Japanese account is covered with ads EVERYWHERE on the home screen and even in the chat area. I have no idea how this app is still popular in Japan. I would pay to remove the ads if I could.

They also have their own tiktok and AI slop that I never knew about.

I love it! I will need to check with my co-workers if rubber mallets are allowed in the classroom XD. But I am sure I could think of a similar fun action.

I haven't kept up with the latest privacy focused search engines. Searx was a search engine aggregate, but it is no longer maintained. Kagi seemed like it was popular, but I didn't really use it because it requires payment.

Email seems like such a silly protocol but it's importance cannot be overstated.

I see that you mentioned no images, but I feel that images would make it easier for quickly locating information. You can probably use some basic svg files to keep the file size small. E.g. a simple design of a building shaking to represent an earthquake.

Right now, I am seeing a flood of text that I have to carefully read. I don't think emoji's would help, because they can be more subject to interpretation. And the quality of the design varies based on the device's emoji font.

But it is an interesting concept. Maybe add a small note about bookmarking the page?

It might have been mentioned already, but displaying screenshots from the game would be nice. I appreciate that the site loads fast and navigation also feels snappy.

At this point, the only thing holding me back is Adobe Lightroom. Which even that can technically run in a browser.

I also received the email from github about AI that the author mentioned. No matter what you do, they will keep pushing the AI slop onto you.

For me, these kinds of emails especially stick out, because I like to keep my proton inbox clean and unsubscribe from everything I can.

I think it depends on the project size and how much your time is worth. Vibe coding might be able to save some time, depending on how well it can solve the problem without needing correction.

Fun idea! Seems like a pretty complex tech stack.

My only recommendation is to add better input filtering on the front end. For example, I initially copy and pasted the whole URL and it gave a 400 error. e.g. https://github.com/QCgeneral29/

Then I realized it was only the username, so I deleted the url part, but forgot to remove the / at the end e.g.

QCgeneral29/

Another 400 error. Finally, I entered QCgeneral29 and it worked.

The most insulting aspect of these kinds of changes is the fact that Apple is generally sold as the "premium" brand. You are still paying a premium price, but you are getting the "freemium" experience anyways. And don't forget the additional 30% they take on every sale on the app store.

It's hard to read this article when nearly 50% of my screen is a subscription to their newsletter. Plus, at my screen size, I can't even view all the related issues/tags underneath it without scrolling to the bottom of the article.

Photo sharing website. Like a mix between Flickr and Instagram: https://phofee.com/

Personal website: https://landenlove.xyz/

The Mozilla docs also lay a great foundation for learning web development. They include a general overview of how the web works before teaching the basics.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_developme...

The concept of "injecting" Japanese into text written in a different language is interesting. But I feel the presentation of word definitions are not great. Something similar to https://yomitan.wiki/ or https://jisho.org/search/kotoba would be preferred. E.g. 言葉ーことばーLanguage, word or phraseーKanji definitionsーSample sentence

I remade the homepage for my website: https://phofee.com/

Neat! Thanks for sharing

Personally, I just use obsidian notes. Its simple enough, uses markdown, syncs to my phone. I like to break projects/problems out into checklists. Helps keep me motivated.

I don't use the 'linking' feature between notes. The whole 'second brain' thing seems like something you do to make a neat screenshot of your note graph. I just use regular old folders like a file directory. My notes have gotten a little messy though.

Gamification is definitely a powerful tool! I also make Kahoot quizzes because they make learning feel like a game show. But I have fallen out of favor with Kahoot, because they have started to remove many previously free features.

But above all else, finding a way to keep students interested and engaged in the learning process is key!

Sorry, I might have communicated this poorly, but the cards are physical playing cards!