Tech went wrong when it stopped labeling stuff as wizards

[maypop_neocities@wetdry.world]

@eniko perhaps we should come up with even more fantasy-based tech terms and it'll make everything even better. for example, we could call long-lived background processes "daemons." or something. nah that's dumb.

[maypop_neocities@wetdry.world]

@jerry @sabik @lumi @eniko they made 1,001 games CDs? how did they fit all the games on the CD?

[maypop_neocities@wetdry.world]

@eniko calling the network "ether" would be a pretty good fantasy thing. like a sort of ether net.

[farbs@mastodon.social]

@eniko I was so glad we made the between missions menu flow in Void Bastards a wizard. It could easily have been a clusterfuck hub menu with buttons to go process your loot, build stuff at the workshop, zoom around on the star map, change your loadout, and board whatever ship you're at. And I would have forgotten or just not bothered to do lots of those things lots of the time. But the wizard made me visit each step, highlighted opportunities, and forced decisions by not offering defaults.

[jerry@decentralis.social]

@maypop_neocities @sabik @lumi @eniko the games were exceptionally small and exceptionally basic (shovelware) or shareware game compilations (think free demos)

1001 was a bit of an exaggeration, usually those came on 2 disks.

Example: https://archive.org/details/gog-1001

[lumecolca@kolektiva.social]

@sabik @lumi @eniko
The installation druid has encountered an error: not enough birds.

[maypop_neocities@wetdry.world]

@jerry @sabik @lumi @eniko i wonder if you could fit 1,001 good games if they used procedurally generated assets and lots of shared code…

[bovaz@misskey.social]

@sabik@rants.au @lumi@snug.moe @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place Most things now have an install rogue, stealing your credentials and data.

[j_bertolotti@mathstodon.xyz]

@sabik Barbarians do not know how the Daemon work, and will just try to slay it (Rogues know, but you shouldn't trust them).
@lumi @eniko

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[hendric@astronomy.city]

@eniko Serendipity!

[theeclecticdyslexic@mstdn.social]

@sabik @lumi @eniko is an install sorcerer a vibe coded install wizard? "Ya, feels like everything is there; just run it, it'll be fine."

[farbs@mastodon.social]

@eniko Anyway blah sorry I know this wasn't your point, but gee I love wizards.

[runner@mastodon.art]

@sabik @lumi @eniko install rogue is when it asks you if you want to install a toolbar or bondi buddy

[hyc@mastodon.social]

@sabik @lumi @eniko

Conan, what is best in life?

to crush your dependencies, see them installed before you, and hear the lamentation of their release notes.

[jargoggles@kolektiva.social]

@sabik @lumi @eniko
Feels like I'm using an install warlock whenever I have to use something from a large tech company.