Pixabay is a great source of royalty-free media among the sites providing free, properly licensed content.
EDIT: Apparently I caught them mid-deployment of a UI redesign because the waveform and seek functionality are back.
A recent UI update changed the way music is presented. Gone are the interactive waveform that let users seek around in a song and get an idea of where the transients are. It looks quite bland now.
It’s not even possible to skip around for the song that is currently playing.
I suspect this is an attempt to reduce costs, because not letting users seek and skip around is likely much cheaper in terms of server load and bandwidth costs, but the UX suffers greatly.
It might be easier/faster to just download the songs in bulk and sort them out locally.
When I think of video games, I generally still think of an application that is downloaded and runs on the client. Technically, that’s still the case with web-based exports from Godot Engine, since the web browser has to download the files before being able to run them. I thought maybe I could just run the …
Once I found out about the Steam Deck’s Desktop Mode, it got even more interesting. Steam Deck’s Gaming Mode vs Desktop Mode You see, the Steam Deck defaults to an analog of Big Picture mode on PC. It runs full screen in “Steam Deck gaming console” mode. But underneath all that is a Linux system …
Need optimized export templates with PCK encryption support but don’t want to have to set up a build pipeline or download the entire compilation toolchain on your computer? Well, now it is. Fill out the form, checkout, and we’ll email you the download link after the compilation completes. Compilation may take 30 minutes to 3 …
Godot Engine 4 has a bug (#50824) that causes particle jitter when the game is paused. It does look quite distracting. The Bug in Action This is a proof-of-concept wave shooter running in Godot Engine 4.0.2. Pausing the game was initially just a simple process_mode toggle. But as shown in the video clip above, there …
Pixabay’s New Design is a step down for UX
Pixabay is a great source of royalty-free media among the sites providing free, properly licensed content.
EDIT: Apparently I caught them mid-deployment of a UI redesign because the waveform and seek functionality are back.
A recent UI update changed the way music is presented. Gone are the interactive waveform that let users seek around in a song and get an idea of where the transients are. It looks quite bland now.
It’s not even possible to skip around for the song that is currently playing.
I suspect this is an attempt to reduce costs, because not letting users seek and skip around is likely much cheaper in terms of server load and bandwidth costs, but the UX suffers greatly.
It might be easier/faster to just download the songs in bulk and sort them out locally.
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