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Should we consider Blender related questions off-topic when they're not about game development?
Officially off-topic, refer them to BSE in my opinion.
AlmoMod
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Are Legal Questions On or Off Topic - Revisited
The case for legal questions being off-topic
They fail the "would a game developer give me a better answer?" test.
Game developers are not legal professionals and are absolutely not qualified to ...
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Generic programming questions are off-topic, period. Right?
My opinion is that Stack Overflow exists for those questions. Having redundant Q&A for the same questions doesn't seem helpful to me.
But I'd be willing to go along with the rest of the community ...
AlmoMod
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Question about using a configuration file to launch game to a specific level - On-Topic?
Generally I'd avoid a question that asks "would this work?" because they all have one answer:
Try it and find out!
You're in a much better position to evaluate whether a particular solution fits ...
DMGregoryMod
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Is it off-topic to ask about developing game consoles here?
For the construction of the actual hardware and physical interface (controller, buttons, housing, connection ports), you'd probably want to go to other StackExchange sites including:
Retrocomputing (...
DMGregoryMod
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Should we consider "does product X have feature Y" type questions as on-topic?
I don't think they're the best fit for our format here. I don't know if I'd call them off-topic, but there's a number of awkward aspects:
In my experience, most of these questions I've seen are ...
DMGregoryMod
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Are questions about how to use WebGL2 on topic?
Thanks for asking!
Yes, this all seems on-topic here!
VaillancourtMod
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Do we allow "where can I download X" questions?
Questions asking us for a download source shpuld be considered off-topic, but on a case-by-case analysis, they may still be fairly salveageable.
Regardless of policy, I see some issues with these ...
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Can I ask a "what tech to use"-question if I have specific desired features in mind?
Found it.
Searching a technology is on-topic on Software Recommendations. Making sure the appropriate purpose is stated (in this case: game development), and appropriate constraints are stated as ...
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Is this question about Maya modeling off-topic?
The comment from @Gnemlock reflects my opinion too:
We do not close questions because they are better suited, elsewhere. We close questions because they are not suited, here. As is, we do accept ...
VaillancourtMod
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Would this multi-track music question be considered off-topic?
Generally we close requests for resources, including:
links to external websites or tutorials
book / course recommendations
asset sources
as off-topic, usually using the "too broad" reason.
These ...
DMGregoryMod
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Is asking for ideas/suggestions off topic?
It seems very broad...
Broad questions get closed since there's no concrete answer.
You could try asking in the chatroom.
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Is this question about Maya modeling off-topic?
The argument of "Would a game developer offer a better answer than anybody else" reflects a much stricter scope than what we allow, here. The general rule of thumb would be to ask if a game developer ...
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Should this be referred to Legal SE?
I felt it was on topic enough to warrant attempting an answer. That being said, I don't think it's a particularly good question. It doesn't demonstrate much research & as written, it's ...
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Is Q about negociating republishing other games on-topic? (alternative take & clarification of rule)
I agree with the points about it being on-topic as relevant to game development.
I don't think it's necessarily too broad. The concept is broad & part of the question is asking about the the ...
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Are questions about games created using Scratch on-topic?
As long as they are within the scope of the site (see: https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic) then yes, they would be allowed.
For questions that are dealing strictly with the programming - ...
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