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cute_spider_ni_srsly wrote
Reply to get control, the video game, for free by neku
Dang I just bought that like a month ago. P fun
hollyhoppet wrote
Reply to get control, the video game, for free by neku
control is one of my favorite games of the past few years
voxpoplar wrote
Reply to get control, the video game, for free by neku
what an epic megagame
toasthaste wrote
Reply to Itch.io $15 'Game Making Bundle' includes Tic-80, Sprite-Stack, 1BitDragon, and more by twovests
dang I'm sad I missed this
voxpoplar wrote
Reply to Itch.io $15 'Game Making Bundle' includes Tic-80, Sprite-Stack, 1BitDragon, and more by twovests
I will buy this and then probably never use any of them thank you
hollyhoppet wrote
Reply to Itch.io $15 'Game Making Bundle' includes Tic-80, Sprite-Stack, 1BitDragon, and more by twovests
i don't know if i'm ever actually going to make a game but spritestack looks extremely interesting to me
voxpoplar OP wrote
twovests wrote
Reply to comment by Moonside in Super Nintendo Music Does Not Need "Restoration" by Moonside
Oh yea! I skimmed the article to the end originally and I realize I came off as more negative than I intended lol
I appreciate the input the author has too. For historical appreciation of videogames, I really think it's important people know that emulation and media like these restorations aren't true to the source.
E.g. I love Shovel Knight and The Messenger and all the modern pixel-art aesthetic but they aren't replicating the real look of pixels blasted onto a CRT. I have a strong memory of being surprised by the realism of the hand in SNES clue. The dithering looks different when it's a tad fuzzy. I know this is a lukewarm take but I'm excited for if indie devs experimentally regress in technology, and are releasing experimental games for specialized hardware with shitty displays (or whatnot). Like Panic's 'PlayDate' with a monochrome display and a hand-crank.
ellynu wrote
i think i agree fully with this set of tweets i saw about how someone felt about this article: https://twitter.com/afewbruises/status/1359228036659355651
Moonside OP wrote
Reply to comment by twovests in Super Nintendo Music Does Not Need "Restoration" by Moonside
Did you read to the end?
twovests wrote
Reply to comment by voxpoplar in Super Nintendo Music Does Not Need "Restoration" by Moonside
This is the first I heard of this trend and I'm binging these once I'm out of this meeting. I see what the author is going for but I am excited nonetheless
voxpoplar wrote
it's still interesting to hear though
Moonside wrote
I've about 50% forgotten what this product was again.
hollyhoppet wrote
rip in peace ascii art shader
hollyhoppet wrote (edited )
hmm maybe i should give freeciv (basically a civ 2 clone) a spin
Moonside wrote
I'm in awe.
ellynu wrote
Sid Meier's better title for his memoir
mm_ wrote
Reply to The story of Virtual Springfield, the Simpsons walking simulator that spawned a tourist attraction by Moonside
wooah i had this and think about it a lot, i cant remember if it was good but i dont think it was, there was a king of the hill game too
voxpoplar wrote
I would simply pet the camel instead of letting it explode
neku OP wrote
Reply to comment by neku in Microsoft Buys Bethesda And ZeniMax Media by neku
when microsoft bought mojang and with it, minecraft, they paid $2.5bn. zenimax, therefore, is three minecrafts
neku OP wrote
Reply to Microsoft Buys Bethesda And ZeniMax Media by neku
wat da fack
hollyhoppet wrote
Reply to comment by Moonside in Eve Online player gets fired from ingame guild, starts war to ‘exterminate’ his old boss by neku
Oh yeah in order to enjoy eve you have to be invested in your corp (of which there are few which have a majority of Good people but I knew a couple) or the extremely unique in-game economy... or better yet both.
And that's what I miss. Mapping wormhole space with my corp, commanding roams in low sec, and working on sick spreadsheets for my small import/export operation at faction warfare hotspots.
Moonside wrote
Reply to comment by hollyhoppet in Eve Online player gets fired from ingame guild, starts war to ‘exterminate’ his old boss by neku
I tried it out the last time there was a big war and the game really is one of those things that aren't worth the time. I thought I'd like the game more if I could play it while jogging! All the progress is overcoming one gatekeeping mechanism or another. The wikis are full of the 'correct' playstyles, which just disincentivizes what I was after, the fantasy of freely adventuring through space.
Maybe if you got into the social side of it, but playing boardgames feels like it's superior at scratching that itch of getting to compete and collaborate with others in a game.
Lots of aspects I enjoyed other games do better. I liked space roaming and ship fitting, but honestly Star Control II was simpler and more fun with real sense of exploring the galaxy, that had interesting characters. Getting to influence '"real" events? Most good single player games. Collecting stuff with a crew? Animal Crossing, honestly.
Lots of things in Eve made me feel like "that's not why we play games".
hollyhoppet wrote
Reply to Eve Online player gets fired from ingame guild, starts war to ‘exterminate’ his old boss by neku
sigh sometimes i miss playing eve
oolong wrote
Reply to 'Cookie Clicker' Wasn't Meant to Be Fun. Why Is It So Popular 8 Years Later? by Moonside
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