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by dopidopHN 976 days ago
Interesting take on the take ! May I ask how old you are ? Those screenshot are not fancy indeed, I do recognize that. But middle school me would have been really excited if a website told him that he was about to program something like that.

I do find the grey theme sad and kinda kitch, too. But not the underlying promesses.
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BoorishBears 976 days ago
29, and I would think if anything my tolerance for drab grey industrial park motif went slightly up over time, not down.

Overall it doesn't inspire "I'm about to program that" for me. I think it's not unlike old Teenage Engineering, which felt whimsical and light hearted in a way that attracted you to play even if you'd never touched a synth before... vs new Teenage Engineering, which is $1,600 flat-pak desks that you're not sure you're allowed to sit at even though you've touched a million desks before

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nomdep 976 days ago
The worst part is, they could look modern simply changing some colors. If the characters were bright red, it would look like the very-modern game “SuperHot”

(https://store.steampowered.com/app/322500/SUPERHOT/)

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raincole 976 days ago
No. Sorry but no.

The main reason the screenshot in this article looks so amateurish is not grey or red. It's the whole layout around it, and the UI of "35.3°C" temporature meter.

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