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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2025-01-18 at 17:16

It took her a few seconds too and then she said "You don't look excited to be on vacation"

So I was just wondering if the "dull face" comment is a normal thing to say that I should expect to hear more, or was this like, really strange?

I'm just very surprised and it caught me off guard!

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2025-01-18 at 17:16

Hey Brits, I need your help with something.

I just arrived at a hotel in London, and at check-in they asked the usual "business or leisure?" and I said business, and she replied:

"Makes sense, your face looks dull"

and I was so struck I failed to reply

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2025-01-17 at 10:32

We shouldn't have to worry about losing progress in videogames.

I've seen the UX issues of saving and quitting in many games, and I think as an industry we can do better.

https://youtu.be/9XVN3ZVoxyA

Please share this as wide as you can. I really want us to solve this for every future game!

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2025-01-10 at 16:40

The Trump insanity with buying Greenland and annexing Canada is crazy, especially because it's so recent.

Please also do not forget that in 2002, under George Bush, the US signed a bill informally known as the Hague Invasion Act, where they can invade The Netherlands if the ICC tries a US citizen.

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2025-01-01 at 02:52

Alright, let's give it another go

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-31 at 13:13

I need to buy replacement wheels for my Samsonite bag. Should be easy, right?

...right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jsk7zCucnc

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-30 at 17:46

$15,000.00 is the Z-up of the financial system

I know some folks like 15.000,00$ but that's like Y-up: Plain wrong.

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-30 at 17:35

Are you bored with the usual game development discourse? How about trying some international finance discourse instead!

What should the price separator be for large figures? Ready, fight!

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-22 at 17:20

Thank you folks, I'm here all night

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-22 at 17:20

Alt alt title: "When you want to make sure the cubemaps are just right for your guests."

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-22 at 17:20

Alt title: “I bet a lighting artist lives here.”

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-22 at 17:20

Do you want to buy some orbs to ponder at home, Elliott?

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-16 at 19:53

This is a very neat case study about improving level design tools and measuring the success of those improvements, by Emil Dobetsberger, in Godot.

https://cookiebadger.itch.io/assetplacer/devlog/851471/assetplacers-academic-origins-submitted-paper-demo

The number of participants is small, but the process used to deduce the problem, create a solution, and then (very importantly!) testing the solution, is very clean. Give it a read!

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-14 at 22:15

Bremen is a lovely place and you should visit it sometime to see the Christmas Market, as well as the Pirate Christmas Market.

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-14 at 15:24

We are hanging out at the pirate Christmas market in Bremen. Why is there a pirate Christmas market? Stop asking questions and come visit.

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-14 at 15:24

Hanging out with Harry Du Bois, who’s wearing a coat for +1 authority and the horrific scarf for warmth.

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-08 at 11:25

It's my birthday today! As a gift to me, please call your parents, and tell them how much you love them.

And if you can't, then call whoever else is closest to you. Let people know how much they mean to you.

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-07 at 18:47

So the next time you think you've had awesome design reviews, but the product ended up sucking for the user, maybe think about testing it a little bit more instead of thinking you're Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle during a design review. The philosophy doesn't matter if the end result is not up to par

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-07 at 18:47

I loved this so much about

@jordandevries.com

's GDC talk on the UI for customising a billion lightsabers: https://gdcvault.com/play/1034223/Customizing-a-Billion-Lightsabers-STAR

They bring up so many examples where they went "I don't know, this kinda sucks" in a design review, but during testing users were like "Hey wow this is great!"

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Written by Robin-Yann Storm on 2024-12-07 at 18:37

The next time someone suggests again that tools & editors should just auto-adjust their UI based on usage, I'll show them this video.

The core message nails it at the end: "It made the screenshots look nicer."

I don't care if the UI look good in a design review. I care whether the user likes it!

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