Looks great. I use some CRDTs like Loro and Automerge, are there any learnings or collaboration you're taking from them to improve DeltaDB?
Also the name, I thought it was a database with CRDTs due to the "DB" at the end of DeltaDB, but it's a version control system, I thought that was somewhat misleading, any reason why it's named so?
Is this / will this be open source? I have a direct immediate need for this and was about to break ground on greenfield implementation. Had no idea Zed was working on something similar. I would of course much rather collaborate than maintain a competing VCS.
It's interesting, for sure. I find the warping more distracting than it seems valuable, though. I can't seem to get any useful information out of the warped part of the screen, so IMO it's not any better than a plain dividing line, and just wastes space.
The information provided by the warped part of the screen is the directionality of it similar to Renegade Ops' Dynamic Splitting as discussed in the article.
Maybe OP could integrate similar gameplay ideas from the other games. E.g., the "squished" space can be traversed more quickly by game objects since it occupies less screen space.
Not sure if you can actually create a whole game out of that mechanic, but it's a start.
I think the demo is lacking myself, what does it look like if the two players are further apart? Is more of the in between space represented in the split line?
The other jarring thing is that it seemed like a binary on/off thing, whereas it looks like it would be possible to make it a smooth and slow transition depending on the distance between players, make it a bit more surreal.
Google is not to blame for the fact that your bank won't trust you to verify an apk signature. There's no fundamental need for the OS vendor to oversee app distribution.
Definitely. Blackhats are much better at overseeing application distribution than the OS vendor. :P
In all seriousness, you already have to trust the OS vendor not to be trying to do bad things. Having them oversee software distribution at least does not increase the number of organizations you need to trust. If you have someone else do it, you will be opening the door to black hats that will be clamoring to take that role. Not relying on the OS vendor to do that is how we have scams where the victims installed the malware that harmed them. :/
Last time I visited Disneyland with my kids, there was a sign by the entrance that Disneyland causes cancer.
Ok, it said something to the effect that there were substances on the premises known to the State of California that cause cancer. But the end result is that it was not clear WHAT was there that causes cancer, so it basically says Disneyland causes cancer.
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