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  • The dull and boring WW2 era maps are an aesthetic that I have enjoyed in WW2 strategy games, for what is worth.

    All I mean by the ‘doesn’t matter’ point is that there is not a high bar for visual effects and that the GUI not be compromised in the process. It appears you’re aware of that already, so don’t get hung up on how it looks too much; dull and boring isn’t necessarily bad in this case.


  • It really doesn’t matter too much honestly. The important thing, if it matters to the game, is that the effect the water has on gameplay is conveyed.

    It appears to be a 19th century or world war 1 WW2 era war game? For example: If there’s a pathing route for units moving by sea to different areas in thr Black Sea here that should be able to shown without being obscured by the color/texture. So if there’s a supply/shipping route from Istanbul to Svestapol, however that is shown should be visually clear.

    Another possibility for general vibe artistically would be to look at period specific maps. A 19th20th century looking map overlaid on a parchment texture can sometimes work for a game wholesale. At the very least there are specific and standardized map functions and symbols used to depict features you can always refer to. Topographic and physical maps can provide a lot of reference points for this stuff.

    *edit saw the tank images better, so ww2 and 20th century?




  • Instances are servers that host communities.

    Instances are servers that host user accounts.

    Federated instances allow users from one instance to view and post in communities on other (federated) instances. If the instances are defederated there is no connection whatsoever being made between the users and communities.

    Now, there are communities that have very strict and often very political moderation policies. Technically only the instance administrator has the power/authority to override communities, but only on the instance they administrate.

    This can become an issue, especially when people who get moderated run to the admin demanding to talk with who is in charge. The netKarens get really mad if the admins back up the community, so they’ll start these instance crusades demanding defederation and such.

    So as a result there are some natural divisions across the major instances based on how the admins tend to back up community rules.

    So for a rough examples: .ml communities have zero tolerance for American Liberalism. Lemmy.world allows communities to be heavy handed against criticism of NATO or Israel. Blahaj.zone has zero tolerance for transphobes gatekeeping. My instance, sh.itjust.works, allows for combat footage and communities dedicated to documenting(harassing) the .ml instance, their admins and the lemmy devs (who admin .ml).

    The average user need only pay attention to the communities they post in. The instance of the user is mostly irrelevant, nevermind the butthurt individuals who want a worse and fragmented Fediverse.


  • I get you. For me after my grandparents passed I realized I wanted to be a grandparent. So I gotta play by some of society’s stupid rules to see if I can see that through.

    Careerwise: biggest thing for me was jumping into public service and working in local government–in America, no less. Now I work remotely and have a well-compensated union-represented government job with a pension that doesn’t require me to do management or have a medical or law degree.

    I knew to steer clear of the Fed too, and that’s paid off in spades.

    All in all though as a former kid and current parent: kids need their cool aunts and uncles, related or not, out there having fun not making them cousins. So there’s zero shame in having no rush or desire for trying to strike that balance.





  • MBFC does the opposite of elevate conversations. It’s quite frankly a poison pill for conversations. People will apply their prejudices and alter their interpretations based on the ‘bias check’, typically before or instead of any critical thinking or ant article. of any article.

    The last time the MBFC bot was going the user pushing it was very clearly aware of this dynamic. They also knew it was lumping everything to website source, despite authors and opinion pieces, for maximum damage.