gmr_leon

gmr_leon, 8 hours ago

@chris Somehow I skimmed over the quoted line the other day, and it's...Not really true, about the first time being alone in the game.

But that's perhaps semantics

gmr_leon, 7 hours ago

@CerebralHawks ? While you're technically not wrong in some ways, if it's a smaller or more focused community, similar can occur even on Discord. E.g. if there's one primary community for a subject, you could essentially get shut out if one person/group running it takes a dislike to you.

At the same time, the benefit of Discord you mention with there being many communities can also exist with many forums, & arguably even better given independent servers altogether.

gmr_leon, 7 hours ago

@didier Speaking of open web, if you're not into the forum model, consider blogging/personal sites!

It's good to work through your thoughts and it builds your own personal store of info if you use it as such. Plus you can entirely set aside any of the social elements if you like, making it a nice little creative reprieve away from others for when you need it.

https://neocities.org/ is a good platform for this sort of thing for any interested but wary of getting into the weeds of hosting.

gmr_leon, 22 hours ago

@LadyMarth01 Dunno what everyone uses but https://backloggd.com/ has a slick design.

gmr_leon, 1 day ago

Honestly I doubt it had any real influence on the naming, but the parallels are so striking it's hard to ignore.

However if it did have any influence, the slight acknowledgement being a throwaway expedition feels kind of like a weird insult. Expeditions were among the last changes that finally pushed me away from the game.

I could see the writing on the wall for awhile, but expeditions helped make it very clear the game had fully shifted from what I appreciated about it, and hoped for.

gmr_leon, 1 day ago

The expeditions in No Man's Sky were the real answer to the community requests for a more dynamic universe, in my opinion.

A compromise between those wanting a universe that changed according to underlying simulation, a difficult task, and those wanting continuations of the game's light storytelling but with more unique missions.

I think it clearly worked for enough people, but it wasn't for me. Too live service, too MMO-esque.

But that's compromise for you.

#NoMansSky #Gaming #VideoGames

gmr_leon, 3 days ago

@PixelBandits ...I still have this game, but haven't thought about it in forever. Think I picked it up because back then (& tbh even now) you rarely saw games of its sort on consoles!

I should revisit it now that I'm somewhat more patient, and willing to muddle through the finance stuff.

Remember enjoying it despite never really getting too far into it all.

gmr_leon, 3 days ago

Btw, since I'm probably among a few people (at least on here) talking about Principia. Some advice: if after running the installer on Windows it silently crashes, uninstall and reinstall.

Not sure why, but that resolves the issue for me.

If after that you try to pull one of the custom levels from the site & it does nothing, close the game and relaunch it, then try again. As before, that's resolved it for me.

Again, I don't know why, but at least it works thereafter.

gmr_leon, 3 days ago

This brought to mind as I check their socials to see what's going on with Itch in general as it seems they're having some kind of issues.

Hopefully nothing too serious though, as they're excellent!

gmr_leon, 3 days ago

Played some more Anuto TD and almost forgot that you can upgrade your structures.

Some require a ridiculous amount to do so, but are well worth it. The glue spewer in particular becomes incredible with upgrades.

#Gaming #VideoGames #FOSSGames #Android

gmr_leon, 3 days ago

For those interested, as mentioned in the first post, you can download Anuto TD for free via F-Droid. Here's a link, which if you've F-Droid or Droidify installed should prompt you to open via them, I think.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ch.logixisland.anuto/

#Gaming #VideoGames #FOSSGames #FOSSGaming #Android #FDroid

gmr_leon, 5 days ago

I've written thoughts on RPGs here before, and elsewhere, but not sure if I've mentioned this thought here yet.

If your game's combat is some of the primary gameplay, & you offer an auto-battle option, I feel like you're kinda admitting you botched the combat gameplay.

Similarly, if people are looking for ways to fast-track through gameplay systems, I think something may have gone awry in design/tuning.

#Gaming #VideoGames

gmr_leon, 6 days ago

Also I'm aware that there's arguably plenty of market evidence to suggest whatever downsides may come of playing up nostalgia and associating with big businesses are negligible, so it really is much more the principle of it to me.

Making your own spaces and all, being more independent so much as one can.

gmr_leon, 7 days ago

I really dig some of the little touches to MegaGlest, such as the mages using their abilities to gather resources instead of pickaxes. The brief pause as gatherers switch from gathering to hauling, pulling the resources together to haul & deposit.

The visible progress bars as buildings/units are researching/producing upgrades or units. The way the main building lights up as night falls.

#Gaming #VideoGames #FOSS #RTS

gmr_leon, 9 days ago

@Knoebel 😬 This is only gonna get even worse for an already struggling industry

gmr_leon, 12 days ago

@decipher2k if the choice is not to play, or play with ads, i'll opt not to play, as i don't want the experience disrupted with ads.

if instead there's another option to pay with no ads, then i'd go for that if the game interests me enough & i can afford it.

gmr_leon, 12 days ago

@decipher2k ooh, gotcha. If it's a contemporary game where they fit and are kept more in the background (unless it's maybe a sports game where they're more upfront), then it's kind of whatever.

Not a fan of them still, but less disruptive than the ones I had in mind.