BilliamBoberts

Could be a genre, a developer/publisher, or franchise. What's the video game equivalent of fast, not particularly good, but maybe a guilty pleasure?

The republican's control every aspect of government, tRump's policies are pissing nearly everyone off, and yet the democrats approval ratings are still slumping, they are not seen as a viable alternative. I dont blame people for rejecting the democratic party given how they aren't willing to push back agains the right's lies or really stand behind their own principles, how they get in there own way on building new infrastructure with red tape and bureaucracy, and how the exaggerate their smallest victories they get like cutting the cost of 10 drugs. Why can't we go back to FDR style polotics like fighting for the average american by promising the things people actually want, like healthcare reform, worker's rights protections, stopping wage theft, free school breakfast and lunch, infrastructure reform, affordable housing/rent, reliable and affordable public transportation, an end to corporate welfare, affordable groceries and gas, etc.

Edit: I've seen good points that it's not really feasible that billionaires will give up control of bothsides, but maybe we could force their hand by a grassroots takeover of the democratic party, similar to how the teaparty took over the republicans, but this time creating a democratic socialist party instead of a right wing fascist party? Could Bernie and AOC be jumping off point for that?

I have instances of this area2d object that spawns and is added to a group dynamically. when they collide I want them to say their name and the group they are in. right now they report their name but not their group and I can't figure out why, when they instantiate they report the group they are in so it looks like they're in their group but when they collide the group is missing.

var type_groups = [ "pluto", "moon", "mercury", "mars", "venus", "earth", "neptune", "uranus", "saturn", "jupiter", "sun" ]

func set_type(t): type = t

# Adjust for paths or hierarchy
var shape = get_node_or_null("CollisionShape2D")
if shape:
	shape.scale = Vector2(type_sizes[t] * 5.5, type_sizes[t] * 5.5)
	
var detect = get_node_or_null("Area2D/CollisionDetection")
if detect:
	detect.scale = Vector2(type_sizes[t] * 5.7, type_sizes[t] * 5.7)
	detect.add_to_group(type_groups[t])
	print("added to group: ", type_groups[t])
	
var sprite = get_node_or_null("Sprite2D")
if sprite:
	sprite.scale = Vector2(type_sizes[t] * 1, type_sizes[t] * 1)
	sprite.texture = type_textures[t]

func _on_area_2d_area_entered(area): print("Collision detected by: ", get_name(), " | group: ", area.get_groups()) set_contact_monitor(true)

so I have the RB2D collision layer just for collisions, and I have a area2d collision layer for detecting contact between cloned nodes, but it doesnt detect the two earth nodes touching unless I set the area2D collision mask to layer 1 and I'm not sure why.

Let me preface with, I really enjoyed the game and couldn't put it down but after beating the Outer Wilds base game, I have thoughts and I think this would get down voted to oblivion in the Outer Wilds group so here I am. This is just my experience but the game was sold to me as this inventive organic puzzle solving adventure where you'd stumble upon clues and solve puzzles but in reality it's a journal scrap hunting game. There are circular glyphs on every planet that tell you how to solve almost every puzzle. I spent 5 hours ignoring these glyphs cause I assumed they were nothing more than lore dumps but in reality they are progress gates. I assumed this game would work more like Animal Well where the game tells you literally nothing and you have to experiment with your tools and knowledge to solve puzzles but nope. I'd hesitate to even call this game a puzzle game, it's honestly more of a casual exploration game which there is nothing wrong with that, but seems more accurate.