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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

4 months

I am resigning as the lead developer of PokéRogue.

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@FlashfyreDev

4 months

It's me. PokéRogue has lived in a subfolder of my .minecraft folder from the beginning and there's nothing you can do about it.

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4 months

Just found out one of my friends saves their game dev projects in their \.minecraft\ folder and I have conflicting feelings about that.

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@FlashfyreDev

4 months

PokéRogue was supposed to be a solo project with a medium-small scope that I could finish in about 3-4 months. It has been 14, but it never would have taken off like this if I stopped myself adding every cool new feature I thought of. I guess scope creep can have its benefits?

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@FlashfyreDev

4 months

One billion? That feels like a lot. Is it a lot? It's probably a lot, yeah. 🤯

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@FlashfyreDev

6 months

I made a PokéCommunity thread about my web-based Pokémon roguelite project. If it sounds interesting to you, please check it out! #fangame #pokemonfangame #indiegame #indiedev #roguelite

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

I throw videos like this around sometimes in the Discord, so I figured I'd share one here. This is what PokéRogue looked like 40 days into development. Can't imagine playing on 1x speed anymore.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

Going from 100k to 1m in a month is crazy.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

Why do so many people keep comparing PokéRogue to Emerald Rogue like one has to be better than the other? This is a very strange mindset. I never even played Emerald Rogue and hadn't heard of it through most of development. Can we just see them as separate games that exist?

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@FlashfyreDev

4 months

*Working on basic essential content* "Ok but what if you could fuse any 2 Pokemon together" *Drops everything and spends the next few days working on this* This is actually how I do things apparently 😭

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

Why is running this game now more stressful than my actual job

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@FlashfyreDev

4 months

Hoping to finally have solved the server speed issues by reducing the amount of saves needed. Maybe tomorrow it will run like normal again with 40k+ people online.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

Kinda hate how PokeRogue dev is slowly just devolving into recovering people's lost data and forgotten passwords. I don't want to spend all my time doing tech support, I want to actually work on the game.

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@FlashfyreDev

4 months

My disappointment when I found out at least a quarter of the battles were cheated in. Not sure what these people were trying to accomplish, but a real billion is still well within reach!

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@FlashfyreDev

4 months

This is not actually your own score, this is just someone who called their account 'YOU'. I have to admit, that's pretty clever.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

It weighs more and more on me how I've created something that is encouraging addictive behaviour. I thought I was just implementing mechanics I've enjoyed in other games but without the predatory money factor, but it still feels wrong.

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@FlashfyreDev

6 months

Hit 100k accounts today. It's surreal. I feel like it might just be the beginning too. I wanted to make my dream game for people to play and I guess I got my wish. I can't even enjoy playing it myself, I'm too busy working on it, but at least others can.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

@ClubPenguinJim

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@FlashfyreDev

5 years

Experimenting with background-specific light sources in #unity3d for #syntacticsugar . It's interesting how much of an atmospheric effect a little bit of extra lighting can add, even without accurate shading. #vndev #visualnovel #gamedev #indiedev

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@FlashfyreDev

4 months

@DStejGaming Somehow never noticed this. It's just been fixed.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

@Touyarokii Not official but I wish it was

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@FlashfyreDev

1 month

Despite everything, I miss having a hobby project to work on. It was nice to just be able to dump a bunch of effort into a cool feature idea with no deadline.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

At the very least I'm aware of it now so I can use that to guide my decisions going forward. I don't want to be adding too much limited content that makes people feel like they need to play so much within a given interval. Thankfully I didn't implement daily objectives yet...

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@FlashfyreDev

4 months

@croqueforme I'm not talking about savescumming, I'm talking about going into a debugger or third party tool and changing values, and game stats of all things which serves no purpose but to distort perceptions of the game's usage.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

Overall I feel like I just emulated the same predatory mechanics so prevalent in modern games and justified it by making it free. I didn't really think about the consequences I just did what sounded cool and fun, being a past victim of these mechanics myself.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

@Kaneko_Lumi Why not? What's wrong with him? : (

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

6 months

I legitimately feel bad that people are getting hardcore addicted to the game. I guess I shouldn't be surprised when I added a gacha of all things. Maybe that was a mistake. I added it because I enjoy pulling gachas, just not spending money for it.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

Time is our most valuable resource. You can get money back but you can never get time back. I'm starting to think this project was a mistake. I can't really put the cat back in the bag now though, so I'm not really sure where to go from here.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

I could undermine my whole sense of the game's balance by just making things way easier than I intended, but I'm not sure that's enough. I feel like in this sense it was a flawed idea from the start, because it still encourages excessive amounts of time and attention spent.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

I really dropped the ball on not buying as a redirect. The day I changed my mind on that someone else bought it.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 months

@Thunderblunder7 Gacha needed to be free.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

@DaLoneModerate The pacing was based directly on gen 3. I added the speed change functionality originally as a debug feature later when I found it too slow, but eventually realized it was just how it should be played.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

29 days

Been messing around with Godot lately. Normally I frequent engine Discords when I need help but I actually got banned from both Godot servers on the basis of my religious views after someone recognized me. It's a shame such a good engine's community is run this way.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

Fresh new set of emotes in the @SynSugarVN Discord server! If you're a Nitro boi and want to rep us while you express yourself, come on in! We will have more in the future too.

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@FlashfyreDev

6 months

@paranoid_andrea Since it's a personal project and not a job, I focus primarily on what is fun and interesting to work on. That is the only reason development has made it this far.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 years

@QelaionP

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@FlashfyreDev

5 years

@dssansVN

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@FlashfyreDev

1 month

It's depressing to me that this appears to be the future of programming. Having a smart autocomplete or suggestions for what I already know I want to write is nice but when entire classes are being written for you it just takes the fun out of it to me.

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@karpathy

1 month

Programming is changing so fast... I'm trying VS Code Cursor + Sonnet 3.5 instead of GitHub Copilot again and I think it's now a net win. Just empirically, over the last few days most of my "programming" is now writing English (prompting and then reviewing and editing the

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@FlashfyreDev

6 months

@cypressidy The point is getting it out there. There's such a large amount of these to be implemented that I'd like to have more dev help. Getting it out there has already helped bring more devs onto the project to make this go faster.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

27 days

My Discord got hacked this is so bad what do I even do

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 months

@Regalo_BombKid Yo

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

Not that Shizuki is the main heroine... Or is she? Nah, just kidding! ...Unless? No, but seriously, they all are. Also, I love this.

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@FlashfyreDev

1 month

I wish I had known earlier that requesting any kind of service on here curses you with not only being flooded with bots, but having your feed filled with other people's service requests with no effective way of turning it off. I don't need to know if some guy needs a banner.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

25 days

Got my Discord account back! Time to slowly recover everything...

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

8 months

Debating whether I should start posting updates about my Pokemon roguelite project on here. Might help with getting it more attention and maybe additional development help (which I very much need). For now if anyone is curious, link is in bio.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

@VinnyVinesauce I think it turned out pretty good! Enjoyed watching the making of. Also, nice like count.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

4 months

@birilo42 I can check these things, I just usually don't have a reason to.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

I decided to make an account for myself so I can finally stop using @SynSugarVN as my personal Twitter. Will I tweet regularly? Who knows.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

4 years

I'd like to publicly announce that I am going through with a complete rewrite of Syntactic Sugar using @naniengine , where I was previously using Utage. This is a decision I've considered for a long time, but it's final now.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

@mircowo Yep

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

7 months

Torn between wanting to create fun things for people to enjoy and feeling guilty for taking up people's time.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

4 years

Finally, I'd like to thank @dssansVN , @KeppaTea , @kimiyotosan , @hylionbi , @Soeurise_Art , @kjkjmulo , and many others who know who they are for their consistently amazing contributions that keep my motivation at an all-time high.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

6 months

@FrappeFizzyy It's something to look forward to even if you lose late in a run. That was the intention really.

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@FlashfyreDev

6 months

Love accidentally bundling a test override with a PokéRogue build and giving people cheat runs🙃

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 months

@HoodlumCallum I think my issue is knowing I contributed to a prevalent problem. I think even doing nothing is better than contributing to it. It's hard to reconcile this.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

6 months

@LJSTAR_ Unfortunately, I do not know that there is universal browser support for gamepads. I have dealt with this with another project and that seems to be the case. It can however be configured on the user's end with some effort, as one of my community members has reported.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

Having access to iTween for UI animations in Unity really makes me glad I spent so many years in Flash. A little easing on what would otherwise be a simple linear movement can really add some polish. It's just a bouncing arrow but for some reason I find it satisfying.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

My work went from designating 1/3 of the office to work from home every day to everyone works from home for at least a month before even the first day. I've never worked from home since I started so I hope I can manage to stay productive...

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

26 days

This Discord hacker is really going through my entire friend list huh

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

Finished Rewrite. All I can say is what a ride. Only after finishing it did I notice that I started playing it exactly a year and one day ago (I took a very long break). I'm glad I finished it anyway, and also glad I never spoiled myself.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

6 months

@Lunix_Inc Those were made by @pkmn_realidea

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

Unity is overkill for a VN they said. It's not worth it they said.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

After about 500 eggs, I finally got a shiny Solosis!

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@FlashfyreDev

5 years

Best way to spend a power outage: hatch a shiny Dreepy

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

I got pretty lucky with my first high IV ditto catch. Now I just need to trade it for a foreign one of similar IVs...

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

@KrebsVGC Try reloading the page

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@FlashfyreDev

5 years

Today I received a brand new laptop to start remote work on Monday. I got it set up earlier with everything I need. Tonight I open it to find it stuck in a boot loop. The damned thing gets bricked before I even get a chance to use it. How does that even happen??

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

4 months

@dssansVN Happy birthday! 🥳

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

Finally got a new phone after what... 5 years? I feel like it's not normal to have a phone for that long...

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@FlashfyreDev

6 months

@HoodlumCallum It's ironic because the game doesn't even have an overworld.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

@jaredgoffsolos It can only use it once :^)

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@FlashfyreDev

6 months

@SmokeMath I'm sorry

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@FlashfyreDev

6 months

@EeveeExpo Really appreciate the shoutout! Hopefully I can be part of the next expo!🙏

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

Attempting to teach myself the dvorak keyboard layout. For some reason I finally decided it's about time I get out of my lifelong habit of typing with only my index fingers. I know that probably sounds crazy but even so I still get about 80 WPM (I just make a lot of mistakes).

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

Neat.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

10 months

Been playing #AnodeHeart by @Stochasticcc . Really cool game, and I love all the callbacks to the Digimon World games, which there are *a lot*. I hope it gets the attention it deserves.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

@DEVGRU_P Nichijou tho

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@FlashfyreDev

1 month

POV: You're about to see just as many posts like this

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@FlashfyreDev

6 months

@Falconnerd You have to clear your browser data for that site. Should be possible in the settings.

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@FlashfyreDev

5 months

@rankomon True or not, you were still one of the first.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 months

@HairyKraken It's not that simple. People can abuse an automated system to steal accounts since there's nothing that currently verify accounts except manual review.

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@FlashfyreDev

4 months

@BisexualSharp Depends on when it happened, but I had to do a rollback earlier due to complications with a fix to the server slowdowns. If you happened to be right at the end at this time it may have caused this somehow.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

4 years

@arannaOSRS Novelists, my man

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

@dssansVN I bet everything was... ogrepriced.

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@FlashfyreDev

6 months

@Marshtomp8 If you have 'hardware acceleration' off in your browser settings, that can cause this. Try going in your settings and checking if it's off.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 months

@trzef 🙅‍♂️

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

11 months

Maybe I should start using this again. If I do, I want to move on from the whole VN dev persona I had up to now. I work on other things now, including @ynoproject .

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

6 months

@Sliver_Nugget There's a channel in the Discord

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

4 years

The hacks worked, but could be a lot cleaner. Finally, after taking a look at the Naninovel codebase, I found that it was built very cleanly and competently. I'm also able to receive much better support since the developer speaks fluent English, where the Utage dev does not.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

3 years

@GenkiGreenP Is it too late to tell you this is getting out of hand

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@FlashfyreDev

4 years

@QelaionP @LazyP_765

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

@QelaionP Living the dream

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@FlashfyreDev

6 months

@CosmicPharaoh Please don't sell your soul for my dumb game😭

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@FlashfyreDev

6 months

@mrchubyapink 🙇‍♂️

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

3 years

@Yume2kki_MAP @Nuaah_Box 残念ながら現在モバイルでは動けない、PCでのみ可能です

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

1 month

@DaLoneModerate I'm ok, though currently out of a job. I actually haven't played the game at all either since I left, despite originally creating it as an ideal game for me. I've had lots of ideas for new projects but nothing has panned out.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

4 years

@GenkiGreenP Fair

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

4 years

At this point, pretty much everything is exactly where I wanted it to be from the start. I'm consistently amazed by the talent of our team and their continued motivation despite delays. I no longer need to compromise on my vision because I have everyone I need to make it happen.

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

4 years

@GenkiGreenP And why are you doing it at 2am

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Samuel

@FlashfyreDev

5 years

@QelaionP You: Ehh My brain:

Nichijou - Eeeeeeeh?!

From episode 17.I'm not owner of the video.

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@FlashfyreDev

4 years

I started SynSugar without any real experience in Unity, and I've improved a lot since then, but as a result of my inexperience, the original project is very unorganized. I also had to work in so many hacks to extend Utage to make it work the way I wanted to.

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