• drcouzelis@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    It’s so strange… I’ve heard that Japan culture in general likes games of random chance (like gashapon vending machines…) but this just seems cruel. 😅

    At least I can finally stop stressing about the timing of my button presses.

    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I just skip the roulette games. If you know how to get stars on the end-of-level cards every time (be running with a full P-meter when the card comes on-screen and hit it on the left-hand side) you’ll be drowning in extra lives anyway.

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    1 year ago

    I didn’t read the article but I know that in the card game, the cards aren’t shuffled at all, there are just about four preset layouts of the cards.

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      1 year ago

      there are just bout four preset layouts of the cards.

      It’s 8 different layouts, but yes, they are only a few of them. The funny thing is that they are not hardcoded, but the result of a buggy implementation of an algorithm that could have generated millions of different layouts. The specific assembly code is explained line by line on the video.

    • LiveLM@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      They’re pretty cool, it’s like Tumblr but made by people who seemingly care about making something good. One of the first things you see in their homepage is

      algorithm? what algorithm?
      all your follows’ posts, in the order they were posted, in a timeline that goes vertically. clear and effective moderation done by humans.

      They’re not federated but I still think they’re worth taking a look into.