whatchu playing now

and now I can't stop thinking about it too

just download the deliveroo app and they will pay YOU instead

Oh, also, I just discovered Opus Magnum and introduced my dad to it. We’ve each been playing and getting a lot out of it. For people who want a puzzle game that scratches their itch for programming and building little machines, it’s a great pick up. Once you’ve completed a level, you can continue to edit your solution to optimize for cost, space, or time efficiency—and you can save each solution separately. You can see how your solution compares to the population on all those metrics as well.

It has been really nice to be able to share a game with my dad. You can save gifs of your machines working straight to your pc and send them to others, so we’ve been coming up with solutions and sharing them back and forth.

love all of zachitronics games, highly recommended (though a few of them are for PROGRAMMERS ONLY)

uh, NOVA DRIFT RULES

on sale for $10 right now, in early access, i played it on a mac with a PS4 gamepad (it might actually be better/easier with keyboard and mouse).

it's basically a roguelite bullet hell game. it was a little confusing, the first time through. it is definitely a game where you want to have a "build" in mind. the first couple times, if you're as clueless/impulsive as me, you'll end up with a weird build and things won't work quite right. but if you have even a basic idea in mind - "i want to be kind of like a spaceship shotgun" - then you can tailor your ship build and modded system upgrades accordingly and things become muuuuuuuuch more fun.

it's hard to explain, but the upgrade system is extremely flexible but logical. in my last game i was kind of a drone based carrier build, relatively slow but with a buffed up shield and a set of 6 drones that i could order to wander around and attack or stay near my ship for protection, along with a weapon that sent pulses in 360 degrees around me. effectively, i became kind of a backline strategic presence, letting my drones do most of the work while clearing out the riff-raft with my pulses. but next time around, i might go with a long-range laser weapon (basically equivalent of a sniper) instead.

it's neat. there's still a lot of stuff missing, but it will rule when it's "done"

wishlist'd for when it's done

i did a very poor job of explaining the actual gameplay. "bullet hell" may not be technically accurate, sorry (or maybe it is?). it's one screen, with waves of enemies. many, many waves of enemies. you are basically, at this point of the game, and probably as the tetrist-like main mode of the game, seeing how long you can survive.

Just watched some vids and I thing bullet hell seems apt. Asteroids version. Meets roguelike. Looks cool but I’m at the point where I wanna be like “hey, indie devs, enough with this roguelike shit already.”

intriguing list from bennett foddy. anyone played any of these?

Here’s a list of all these games, their platforms, and their creators: https://t.co/OIVSgASKAs https://t.co/ZjpqrEjkbk

— Adrian Hon (@adrianhon) August 12, 2020

I started Two Point Hospital last night because I need a break from Fall Guys.

McPixel was sooooo dumb but very amusing to me at the time

Then again, no one should ever listen to Bennett Foddy, so...

this is v true

Dr.Robotkin's Mean Bean Machine still slaps.

Helix rules obv

Bought and finished Hue (Switch sale). It’s a gorgeous colour-themed puzzle game and some of the puzzles are hard. I love the design, it’s as beautiful as it’s frustrating.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfeD66yU4AYKZXR?format=jpg&name=large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfeD66lU8AIKsre?format=jpg&name=large

Townscaper is gently ruling my life. I revived my Steam account just to buy it. 6 bucks!

Did I mention Steam sucking by the way?? It sucks. If this is the alternative to App Store lockdown then..... long live Apple's monopoly

I got Two Point Hospital because I saw someone streaming it and it looked fun, and I figured I needed a way to calm down from Fall Guys induced rage, but dammit if TPH hasn't supplanted Fall Guys as my "just another 15 minutes going on 3 hours" game instead.

I returned to 428 and I got halfway through it. The slow text speed is still sleep-enducing, but I understand the gameplay loop now, which helps.

i've been having a wonderful time playing disco elysium. holy crap! i'm sure a bunch of people have mentioned the lynchian stuff (down to naming a prominent skill tree Inland Empire), but i had no idea and it's been a wonderful surprise. right up my alley. very good writing too. clever and occasionally lol, even, and i find myself actually taking my time and reading/listening through all the dialogues.

played thru The Touryst over the last couple of days on gamepass. about 6 hours long maybe? have some small gripes with the button mapping and the sections with 3D platforming can be a bit frustrating as there are not enough visual clues to know where you are landing imo (although you don't really get punished fot it). still, it's a fun little game if you want some laidback puzzly adventuring in a Fez/3D Dot Heroes type blocky world. oh and you can go raving in Ibiza.

(showing my age by not saying Minecrafty world lol)

playing through (and really enjoying) resident evil 2 HD remake

ghost of tsushima is extremely solid

i'm about 15 hrs into Trails of Cold Steel and it's just starting to pick up... not sure if i'll be able to make it through

kinda have a soft spot for everything Falcom though

love cold steel 1. the story gets very messy by the 2nd game but it makes hanging out in town between story chapters and checking in on all the side characters more rewarding than any other jrpg imo. it's a very specific niche but it fills it so well

i'm playing ace attorney 5 (dual destinies) and ace attorney is still good. i think i'll be able to make it through this and 6 before getting tired of the formula

my kids are playing tsushima and they keep saying it's great but it just looks like horizon zero dawn with a weak-ass melee mechanic? what am i missing here

perhaps my 26" tv is to blame

i never played HZD but the combat is actually quite deep if you want it to be. and yeah, it's quite pretty too

okay. from a distracted distance it just looks like some kinda stiff baddies whose weapons light up red whenever they’re about to hit you and you learn their patterns. different stances are kinda cool i guess.

I'm undecided on whether mr X is awesome or annoying

ys 9 out in february

8 ended up being my favorite jrpg this generation so i'm excited for that

sweet. just finished played memories of celceta and boy do have they perfected the art of the action rpg

i also saw that limited run games is doing a print run of the regular edition of ys origin

i need something new to play on the switch - looking for a game with an engrossing story that will keep me playing, preferably more adventure-y than action-y. if you have any recommendations, let me know.

separately is it worth playing "moon" if you've never played any jrpgs or will the subversiveness not translate if you don't have that background?

i should play the outer worlds sometime.

are there any good "starter" jrpgs i should play? i know dragon quest xi is supposed to be good. trials of mana? one of the final fantasys?

DQXI, FFX, xenoblade 1 all seem like decent options for that depending on how traditional a jrpg you're looking for gameplay wise

or obviously FF7 is a major classic with the caveat that it hasn't aged as well visually since they lost all the art files to do a proper HD upscale

i'm enjoying the new fire emblem quite a bit if you're into spreadsheet gaming

i don’t know what that means but it does not sound appealing

Spreadsheet-y or not, “does not sound appealing” is my basic reaction to 98% of jrpg’s tbh.

Same. I don't get the anime aesthetic at all.

I’m having a ton of fun with Sea of Thieves lately. Got dinged on release for being a sandbox with not a lot to do in it, but apparently they’ve been heavily building it out since. Got into it through some friends recently. Definitely requires other people for it to be properly fun, great hangout game with buds, but I’ve taken to just firing it up with a squad of randoms and it’s been a blast. Seriously never know what kinda crazy shit will happen.

There’s a real primal joy in sailing through the open sea, hearing all the sounds that go with it, angling sails, getting up in the crow’s nest and looking around for opportunities or a menacing silhouette off in the distance.

The cooperation aspect of running a full boat is truly great with a good group. Particularly when things get hairy.

(ys) 8 ended up being my favorite jrpg this generation so i'm excited for that

ys 8 rules, the music is amazing

it bangs and the lost world setting is so perfect for that type of game

i finally replaced my joy-cons. they succumbed to the left analog stick hell that ruins so many of joy-cons, it seems. i kept it going for months with tweezers and computer air cleaner, but by the end i couldn't play with it longer than 30 seconds without having to fix it.

i highly recommend the PENJOY C25 off-brand joy-cons. they're $38 new, and they feel much larger and better in my hand than the real deal.

as a result of this i've been playing switch for the first time in months, and unexpectedly lost much of my afternoon to fucking donkey kong country, which is now one of the free SNES games (probably has been for a while). also, rygar sucks imo