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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Red Strings Club!!! Woah!! Been a minute since I thought about that game. Very, VERY, good. Sort of a precursor to Potion Craft in a way, that really didn’t over stay its welcome. The pacing was great, difficulty curve was great, and it had a distinctly finite story that still left you satisfied. I’ve bounced off potion craft a few times because at a point the scale, and subsequent grind, is a bit much for me. Red Strings Club nails the middle ground with good increasing complexity without becoming a chore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hosting services on GitHub pages URL⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That was my guess. Just wanted someone that know more than I do to confirm.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TOR asking to run snowflake to help Iranians with internet access⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for your explanation and info. Will be setting this up later tonight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hytale, once touted as the Minecraft killer, is ceasing development⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a very well done in game journal, that is essentially the wiki. It includes crafting recipes, as well as more free form, expository writing on general gameplay and progression. Most mods also do a good job of including their own journal pages and info as well. Though there’s some things that take struggling on before the info provided fully clicks. There is a prospecting system for example to help you locate ores since they are rarer with bigger deposits. I struggled with it for a while, but eventually you develop this sort of intrinsic sense of how to use the info the tools provide. There’s a very satisfying progression in most of the game systems from floundering at first, then understanding the numbers behind it, then internalizing the optimization and it becoming instinct. Very much matching the layperson to apprentice to specialist progression. I’ll finally add that the game does have sort of RPG style classes that encourage people to play multiplayers and specialize into a particular job. There’s is a commoner class that doesn’t have any drawbacks, but also doesn’t have the bonuses the other classes get which is okay for single player, but to give a small spoiler,

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  I’d suggest using the tailor class for you first solo play through. Winters are brutal and being able to repair clothes rather than always have to craft new ones is huge. Also flax, plant lots of flax as soon as possible.

  Don’t be afraid to abandon a save after a few in game days and take what you learned into a new one. Or check out the difficulty settings/sliders, there’s lots of ways to tune your experience. If you don’t get your feet under you it can be grueling to try to recover.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hytale, once touted as the Minecraft killer, is ceasing development⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you know Terrafirmacraft it’s roughly that. Basically to even get to a point where you’re chopping down trees, there’s a few hours of gameplay trying to replicate fairly realistic early human technological progression. But it has a shockingly good late game with quests and dungeon and bosses. Due to the slower nature of the tech progression, and you being a relatively fragile creature in a shockingly cruel world, the game feels like it’s always going somewhere. There is always something you can be doing to prep in some way.

  It uses a lot of diagetic UIs and in world crafting which I love. Modding it is as easy as clicking the install button on the mod webpage and it launched the game and prompts the install. I do suggest using some mods, even on a first play through, because a lot of them are just things that make sense, and often get worked into the full game over time.

  A couple more game changing mods I’d suggest are rivers, wind, sailboats, and canoes. Basically anything that makes water a slightly more viable form of transport once you’ve got a bit of tech. The game has more or less accurate geology, so materials will only spawn in specific rock types, and those rock types only occur in specific areas due to tectonic plate interactions. This means you’ll often go on loooonnngg expeditions to find a particular material, and I find water transport to be a very balanced tool with rivers because you cannot sails of paddle up stream, but downstream is very fast. You can use this to you advantage in some way, while still forcing you to portage your gear at other times.

  Anyway, I love this game. Check you the comm for it! !vintagestory@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hytale, once touted as the Minecraft killer, is ceasing development⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Vintagestory is my Minecraft killer, but it’s also get very different item/tech progression, so probably not perfect for many (former) Minecraft fans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anyone migrated from a Markdown notes app to another?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Obsidian-Syncthing user here. I agree with what someone else said about no feedback from syncthing that it is or is not done updating files. Beyond that though, it’s a great tool that handles all my notes well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Arcturus looking for playtesters!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Matrix, and there’s a P2P one that just went around called PeerSuite? Both are far from perfect, but at least aren’t yucky corpo platforms. Sorry to come across so harsh in the initial comment, the tone in my head was light hearted I promise lol. More of a “I’m happy to help figure out an alternative communication stream in order to make me a useful tester.” Might be worth making your game a Mastodon account to direct people to from the Steam page? Could be a good spot to encourage people to learn about the fediverse and provide a channel for updates and a message system for testers? Idk. Discord is somewhat unique still in the type of organizational tools it provides, hence the love-hate relationship I have with it lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Arcturus looking for playtesters!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a discord hater and low key refuse to join more servers as I try to convince my communities to move to different platforms. Would love to test on Linux for you though. Happy to provide feedback back here or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best Free Mobile App for Streaming Self-Hosted Music?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Finamp with my Jellyfin library for simplicity’s sake. Other things probably have better UI and such, but it’s nice to just dump all my media in my Jellyfin folders and move on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The technology to end traffic deaths exists. Why aren’t we using it?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine if all the space between the primary radial arms of trains was filled in with street cars and pedestrian/micromobility centric spaces. Like the problem you are saying cars solve just doesn’t exist in the first place and people can still get around very easily. Even more rural folks can simply drive to the edge of this style of urban design if they need access to something. The reason bus rides are 45 minutes is because of the number of cars they have to put up with. The density of people that can be moved with shockingly good area coverage if cars are not a factor is incredible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The technology to end traffic deaths exists. Why aren’t we using it?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Let’s invent metal boxes with wheels that follow lines one the ground automatically to get you places.”

  “Oh, you mean like trains.”

  “Ew, no. They’re nothing like trains, these are ‘self driving cars’. They’re fool proof!”

  tesla hits someone in a dense fog because it doesn’t have lidar

  Queue surprised pikachu.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wait, that game is still playable online?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Straftat. Free to play, fast paced, 1v1 movement shooter. It’s a wildly under appreciated game that would hugely benefit from a small to medium sized, consistent player base. It does have a paid dlc, that mostly functions as a tip for the dev. The DLC has some cosmetics and a few maps, but it’s not really gatekeeping any of the fun of the game, plus it’s only $5 USD so I just bought it and considered it the price of the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. I rock climb as my job basically, and I finger health is in the bin most of the time…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a local co-op game to play with my SO (Steam Deck)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oooohhhh yes!!! I haven’t gotten to play it yet which is why I forgot it! It’s on my list!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a local co-op game to play with my SO (Steam Deck)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it’s a game I chip away at. I’m at a point in it that the levels often take hours and/or multiple sittings to work out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a local co-op game to play with my SO (Steam Deck)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a fan of taking turns “driving” for slower paced logic or puzzle games. Titles that come to mind:

  • Myst
  • Curse of the Golden Idol
  • Summertime Madness
  • Chants of Sennar
  • Superliminal
  • Viewfinder
  • Baba is You

  I can highly recommend all of these as they almost universally benefit from more minds working on them together. I would say Baba is the only one that gets REALLY challenging, but there are good mind and logic bending puzzles throughout them all!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a local co-op game to play with my SO (Steam Deck)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  +1 for the LEGO games. Sort of my go to sleeper pick for surprisingly good games. The humor is good, gameplay is decent though I have to go on big breaks between playing through one because gameplay game to game can be a bit samey.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendations for "girly" games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re open to the idea of ditching a Microsoft product, I’d suggest Vintage Story as a Minecraft alternative that I think has a nicer aesthetic. It’s meant to be a sort of slow, “grindy” game, but if you sort of rewire your thinking to it being a slice of life game, akin to Stardew, I think it’s very fun. Fair warning the early game can be very punishing if you’re brand new to it, so explore the world and difficulty setting when you make your first save.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fully self-hosted password manager options⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Unix Pass connected to a git server I host myself. The interface options for various devices are a bit clunky, but it basically “just works” outside of that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I securely host Jellyfin? (Part 2)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly I want a Linux phone, but the scene needs to mature a bit. I’d also like a physical keyboard, so I’m even more limited in my options. LilyGo just released something I’d try, but it sold out almost instantly. Good call on the signal transfer, though I wish better platforms were catching on. Having to use a phone number to sign up kind of defeats the purpose in my opinion. Graphene and Postmark are on my short list of things to try if I end up on an android device.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I securely host Jellyfin? (Part 2)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To be totally honest I didn’t read your entire post, but just from your intro I think we are in similar situations. ISP router, low costs, using only the hardware you have around. I’ve solved a lot of stuff with Tailscale. None of my services are public facing and instead I connect to them over Tailscale (could be replaced with wireguard).

  The wall I’m hitting you or maybe others could help with, is accessing my services from sub domains of a single Tailscale address rather than having to type port numbers for everything. I know this involves a reverse proxy and DNS (I use PiHole for that), but I’m stuck trying to configure the two in a way that actually works. Once I finally ditch iOS for good I’ll probably just sync a hosts file between all my devices using Syncthing to help streamline the DNS situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISO Selfhost⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m very similar. Getting into self hosting and finding Lemmy happened somewhat in tandem. Now I’m happily tinkering along and looking at hosting my own instance! This comm has been a huge resource and seems very active!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let us never forget a classic⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I recently watched a video on exactly this. Thought it was pretty well done.

  DEI and the Rise of the Modern Slur by Garrison Hayes on YouTube.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A system to organise your life • Johnny.Decimal⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Been using this for years, it’s good, but probably not for everyone. I like being able to manually sort the order of my folders, and it forces a maximum folder depth of like 3 or 4 depending on how you interpret one part. This makes it very quick to navigate, particularly from the command line. Add something like Zoxide on top and I can fly through all my notes and projects.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely! Growth is important and not every possible community is mirrored on the fediverse. But if anything this is all the more reason for interpersonal connections to drive new user growth. That will naturally help filter users to instances they align with. I’m considering going so far as to host an instance specifically for my geographical area to really lean into the idea of a “local” internet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m going to be holding a teach-in about the fediverse. AFK I mean. Like the people I live with, and am in community with in meat space. They all want to ditch corpo social media, but aren’t sure how. I’ll hold a digital one too for my more extended community, but I want to start with the people I truly live with. I think word of mouth is a great way to onboard people as it allows for a dynamic level of handholding. This is essentially “grassroots” social media after all.

  I don’t really want Reddit to join Lemmy en masse. I want the people that see the value of pre-2010 social media, and the “local” internet, to understand and have access to these tools and spaces. I think that will be best done through education, not advertising. Advertising the platform is exactly what all the platforms we want to ditch do, and we are actively trying to not be those platforms.

  The sense of “needing” more users, to me at least, is a hold out of the “infinite growth”, capitalist, mindset. I don’t want infinite growth for my instance, I want the people it’s made for to find it, and enjoy communicating with the people they share it with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Post your setup. no matter how uggo⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Any chance on getting more info about the hardware specifics? From the sounds and looks of it this is almost exactly the scale of what I’d like and running pretty much the same things I’m thinking interested in.