• als@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 hours ago

    I love how after seeing Godot’s relentless pace of new, highly requested features, Unity went “hmm let’s make it even easier for companies to cram in app purchases into their software”

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    9 hours ago

    Might have been cool if they provide 3D models, but it’s just an affiliate marketing SDK.

    Having free access to 3D models of real world objects might even worth the interaction.

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      8 hours ago

      The firm said the SDK helps gamemakers bring real-world products into gameplay, “bridg[ing] the gap between virtual gameplay and real-world retail” and permitting players to link their Walmart accounts and complete secure purchases without leaving their game.

      So it’s just direct integration with a fulfillment platform to ease merch transactions?

      … dafuq?

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      As someone who has way too many prop and item add-ons for GMod, I kind of agree.

      I’m a sucker for admiring highly detailed objects. I’ve wanted to get HL: Alyx for a long time so I could just look at everything up close

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          6 hours ago

          I want to do it right when I get it. I want to be able to use all my fingers and just be in the world

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            7 minutes ago

            Make sure you get the Index controllers. 100% designed for them, and they make interscting with objects so much more natural

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      8 hours ago

      It‘s worse than ads. It‘s teleshopping for games. Like the purse of an NPC? One click buy the physical version.

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        6 hours ago

        Finally! Do you know how long I’ve been wanting a human leather hat after seeing my colonists wear them in Rimworld?

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    6 hours ago

    Is that UK law still in place where product placement is illegal?

    I guess we will have to play UK versions in the future. Or petition the EU for a similar law

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      6 hours ago

      Product placement has never been illegal in the UK, and we don’t have Walmart anyway, so the functionality would be useless outside the US.