{"id":46602,"date":"2019-04-15T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=46602"},"modified":"2019-04-15T07:04:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T11:04:30","slug":"diecast-252-far-lone-sails-early-access-level-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=46602","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #252: Far: Lone Sails, Early Access, Level Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br clear='all'><audio controls><source src='\/diecast\/diecast252.ogg' type='audio\/ogg'><source src='\/diecast\/diecast252.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><div><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast252.mp3' download='diecast252.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast252.ogg' download='diecast252.ogg'>Direct download<\/a> (ogg Vorbis)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='?cat=287&feed=rss2'>Podcast RSS feed.<\/a><\/small><\/div><br \/>\nHosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peripheralarbor.com\/\">Paul<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/\">Shamus<\/a>. Episode edited by <a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/profiles\/76561198087035658\/\">Issac<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>00:00 The News FROM SPACE!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a reminder: I get excited about SPACE NEWS but I&#8217;m pretty ignorant when it comes to astronomy and space exploration. I only follow the shallowest of science news from space, so take all of my jabbering with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re like me and you want the softball version of these stories, then Scott Manley has two of these covered: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uH9aX5evxqU\">How Israel&#8217;s Lander Crashed Into The Moon, And How Falcon Heavy Flew<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16:00 FAR: Lone Sails<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><table class='nomargin' cellspacing='0' width='100%' cellpadding='0' align='center' border='0'><tr><td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QHG8Z7WDvAo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QHG8Z7WDvAo'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>22:03 Everything is Early access<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are more games being released in Early Access, or am I just playing an unusual number of them? I don&#8217;t even know how you&#8217;d go about giving a definitive answer to this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>28:04 Paul\u2019s New Computer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this segment, I sort of take a swipe at the idea of limiting &#8220;screen time&#8221; for kids. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penny-arcade.com\/comic\/2014\/06\/30\">This Penny Arcade strip pretty much sums up how I feel about it<\/a>. It wasn&#8217;t until later that I remembered that this is an <strong>incredibly controversial<\/strong> argument in the parenting scene. My wife Heather runs a parenting group on Facebook, and this is one of those topics that always seems to start a fire.<\/p>\n<p>For the record, this is just what worked for our family. Every kid is different. Do what you think is right. I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re a bad parent if you do something different.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the specs we talked about on the show:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cooler Master Elite 130 &#8211; Mini-ITX Computer Case with Mesh Front Panel and Water Cooling Support<\/li>\n<li>GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G Graphics Card, 2 x WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB 192-Bit GDDR5, GV-N1660OC-6GD Video Card<\/li>\n<li>AMD RYZEN 5 2600 6-Core 3.4 GHz (3.9 GHz Max Boost) Socket AM4 65W YD2600BBAFBOX Desktop Processor<\/li>\n<li>Windows 10 Home &#8211; 64-bit &#8211; OEM &#8211; OEM<\/li>\n<li>Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEKNW010T8X1<\/li>\n<li>ASRock Fatal1ty B450 GAMING-ITX\/AC AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb\/s USB 3.1 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard<\/li>\n<li>CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2933 (PC4 23400) Desktop Memory Model CMK16GX4M2Z2933C16<\/li>\n<li>Seasonic FOCUS series SSR-450FM 450W 80 + Gold Power Supply, Semi-Modular, ATX12V\/EPS12V, Compact 140 mm Size, 7 yr warranty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s what Paul has ordered. We&#8217;ll let you know how it goes next week.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still using the machine that was <a href=\"?p=18607\">gifted to me back in 2013<\/a>. I&#8217;ve upgraded the graphics card since then and replaced a few other parts, but I&#8217;m still using the same CPU \/ Mobo. <\/p>\n<p>The same processor! For six years! And it still runs AAA games! What is this sorcery?<\/p>\n<p>I do plan on getting a new GPU<span class='snote' title='1'>The GTX 1660 looks like the sweet spot on price \/ performance right now.<\/span> this year, assuming all goes well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>39:07 Procedural vs. Hand-Crafted Gamespace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paul is talking about <a href=\"?p=46596\">this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:00:26 \u201cAudio error: Please restart your computer\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, why DOES the YouTube error screen emulate analog TV noise?<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:05:21 Crazy Mouse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And because I know some of you will ask, here is the interface:<\/p>\n<p><div class='imagefull'><img src='https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/images\/ajazz1.jpg' width=100% alt='I like how they only translated the most obvious buttons and left the rest in Chinese.' title='I like how they only translated the most obvious buttons and left the rest in Chinese.'\/><\/div><div class='mouseover-alt'>I like how they only translated the most obvious buttons and left the rest in Chinese.<\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts: Paul, Shamus. 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