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gareth_untether

275 karma · joined February 19, 2022

Game dev

https://untether.group

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gareth_untether··on Write to Escape Your Default Setting
There’s a book called The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. One of the main tasks is writing three pages every morning, called The Morning Pages. I personally find the first two pages quite quick and easy, but it’s that third page where the interesting stuff comes out.

I’m nine weeks into the twelve week program and it has taken me on an incredible journey of self discovery. Memories from childhood, dreams and hopes for the future. All of them uncovered to explore.

There’s something beautiful about writing with a fountain pen and paper. Setting aside time every day to dive deep and see what comes out.

gareth_untether··on Hacker News for Gamedev
Game dev communities are great places in the internet. Thanks for creating this!
gareth_untether··on Show HN: Audiocube – A 3D DAW for Spatial Audio
That mic looks fun to play with. On their site there’s a link to a bunch of recordings that can be downloaded:

https://library.soundfield.com/

gareth_untether··on OpenJazz is a free, open-source version of the classic Jazz Jackrabbit games
The music gave me a nostalgic hit and I never played the game! The developers were clearly inspired by Sonic which was released three years earlier for the Mega Drive in 1991.
gareth_untether··on My 3D SWE Portfolio – Built with React Three Fiber
No one likes a show off. The website does the job and does it well. It got me exploring and clicking to find out more.
gareth_untether··on Jeremy Couillard's video games capture what it's like to be alive
It takes tremendous skill in a number of areas to produce a video game. I do wonder if with AI generated games we’ll see more of this type of work or less!
gareth_untether··on The hidden story of how ancient India shaped the West
It is important to teach students about these great Indian mathematicians. I’d never heard of them and feel like I’m missing a big piece of history, mainly due to British imperialism and subjugation.
gareth_untether··on The protein Reelin keeps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer’s
As a hayfever suffer I have often been offered anti-histamines, but have shied away from using them for fear of the long term detrimental effects.
gareth_untether··on The Twitch DJ Program
Wondering if this means regular streams can use music. There’s a lot of artists and game devs that would benefit from background music.
gareth_untether··on Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora
When I took photos of the northern lights on my Sony RX1 the colours became much stronger. I assumed all digital cameras captured the colours better than our eyes.
gareth_untether··on I Rented Out a Movie Theatre (Again) and Used My Steam Deck to Play Co-Op Games
Reddit straight up blocks me accessing the link even with the app installed. Ultra fence in place!
gareth_untether··on OpenCat: Open-source robotic pet quadruped framework
Charles Stross’s Accelerando comes to mind.
gareth_untether··on Interactive website taken to the next level
My mind is blown at the quality of this website. The minute interaction detail is on point.
gareth_untether··on Vvvv – A hybrid visual/textual development environment
I used 4v professionally for a number of years. Probably would to be using it if the devvvvs focused on more platforms than just Windows.

The best part of 4v is the community and the node festival. Lots of amazing techno artists.

gareth_untether··on Unreal Engine 5 can now run in a web browser
Docs:

https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/SharingAndReleasing...

https://github.com/UnrealEngineHTML5/Documentation

gareth_untether··on UFO: A UI-Focused AI Agent for Windows OS Interaction
The following section from the readme stands out:

The GPT-V accepts screenshots of your desktop and application GUI as input. Please ensure that no sensitive or confidential information is visible or captured during the execution process.

gareth_untether··on HP's CEO spells it out: You're a 'bad investment' if you don't buy HP supplies
Buy ink bottles and needles and inject your cartridges.
gareth_untether··on After 34 years, someone beat Tetris [video]
I fell in love with Tetris back in the 90s, I’ve played it on a bunch of platforms (including a keyring). To learn VR game dev I’ve been working on a 3D version of Tetris:

https://youtu.be/o6RH_iVxlyc?si=Ha15IF1jPKkOsUwa

gareth_untether··on Unity Software to cut 3.8% of staff in 'company reset'
Another of Unity’s big plays goes up in flames. I must admit I really didn’t understand what the plan was for Weta. At the time of the deal it sounded like in five to 10 years Unity would become a realtime movie effects company competing with Unreal.

When I think of where Unity is heading, I suspect I’ll be using a different tool in a couple of years. But for now I’m sticking with it and making my code run as much outside the engine as possible.

gareth_untether··on In the gut's 'second brain,' key agents of health emerge
Look up elimination diet.

Helped me find out I too have a histamine intolerance. No avocados or spinach!

gareth_untether··on Ask HN: Is paid ChatGPT Plus worth it?
Use the API and have unlimited use that you pay for.
gareth_untether··on Threads has "just under" 100M monthly active users
I tried it, but the only way I found to find people in my field was to follow a username that had the name in the title and then follow the followers. By that point I was pretty bored of talking into the gloom. I should give it one last check to see if it’s easier to connect with people.
gareth_untether··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2023)
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Unity, C#, Blender, Photon, MongoDB, UITool Kit. Résumé/CV: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/gngriffiths

I love working with 2D/3D. Lots of experience making apps, games and installations.

Available to work as a contractor or employee.

gareth_untether··on Unity’s new pricing: A wake-up call on the importance of open source
Sets a bad precedent if they can. Even if they backpedal now, trust has been broken.
gareth_untether··on Unity’s pay per install is unworkable
You used to be able to view the link if old was put at the start. But unless someone knows better login is required. I know…
gareth_untether··on Unity’s pay per install is unworkable
If the user reinstalls, pirates, etc. if the dev charged?
gareth_untether··on iPhone 15’s shift to USB-C
And help the environment!
gareth_untether··on Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks of Copilot
It would be an ugly beast. But I agree with you that there is a fair approach.
gareth_untether··on LangChain Agent Simulation – Multi-Player Dungeons and Dragons
One of my side projects has been hacking a ChatGPT model and a JS App to make a multiplayer dnd style game. The AI does all the creative descriptions which are saved by the JS app and fed to the players.

It has been a lot of fun working on it because it gave me a taste of new way of working, honing prompts and finding the limits of the AI, then figuring out how to offload the parts it struggled with (mainly storing stats, inventory, regurgitating room descriptions, etc.).

gareth_untether··on Android 14 introduces cellular connectivity security features
It’s typical of Unity to announce something cool sounding and not link to more in depth articles on how to use the stuff.
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