We sit down with Greg Dunlap, Lullabot's Director of Strategy, who not only shares his latest endeavor on Kickstarter but also discusses with us the art and science behind "Designing Content Authoring Experiences." #Drupal#Strategy#Design
Putin said Russia is ready for dialogue with the US on the issue of strategic stability.
About the weapons of the “second army”
🔥Russia's strategic nuclear forces are in a state of full readiness,
🔥The sea-based strike hypersonic complex “Zircon” has already been used in battle, this system is already in service, and the “Sarmat” complex has been delivered to the troops
🔥work on new weapons in Russia continues, they will soon hear about them. #AureFreePress#News
Alexei #Navalny was an ultra-nationalist who pulled a #LeeroyJenkins willingly executing an unclear exit #strategy going back into the sphere of control of an ultra-nationalist dictator. 🫡 🤘I guess?
A survey in European countries showed 69% of people would be willing to give up 1% of their income each month to fight #ClimateChange - but most people believe they are in a minority who would.
How to do climate policy in the age of the green backlash - https://on.ft.com/3urWMxH via @FT
using Tiled to draw a tile map of the city then importing it in Ren'Py... thinking about to make a new tutorial about this, if anyone is interested (it's pretty simple, I've used it in two past projects already).
This is the easy part though, the difficult part is coding the whole ecosystem. Still not sure I can do that, but will keep trying! #indiedev#gamedev#strategy#simulation
Who tried the tactics game of Suikoden?
My physical copy included a bonus music cd soundtrack.
Suikoden Tactics, released in 2005, takes place before IV for a small portion of the story but the majority of story then fast forwards 10 years after IV. Its departure from fhe typical JRPG series using the tactical grid that grew in popularity from other emerging tactics games at that time.
Godsworn is a very interesting RTS game coming to early access soon
Currently has a #demo up on the #steam next fest. It's quite promising in terms of #strategy and does some interesting things in terms of how the economy works.
I'm not one for "New Year's resolutions", but I am one for overly ambitious projects.
For 2023, Project365 is "One New Game Per Day".
Given that I have 634 unplayed games in my Steam account and {mumble} unredeemed bundle Steam keys, there's a reason my unplayed collection is tagged "Pile of Shame".
I'll pin this to my profile, and give a brief summary here each day (or x, if I miss x days due to work or stuff).
I'll play 15-30 minutes of (at least) one new game I've never played before (or played less than 15 minutes of). I'll give every game at least 15 minutes, even if I hate every minute of it.
I'm also open to suggestions; if you reply to this thread with a game, I'll schedule it, or tell you what I thought of it.
One of the things that's come up is that I have a bunch of games that I've played once, and not touched again.
Niche - a genetics survival game is a top-down hex-tile turn-based strategy game with roguelike elements.
The single player game opens with a cutscene of a kitten-like animal being stolen from its family by a bird of prey. In mid-air, the kitten scratches the bird, and is dropped, where it wakes up alone on an island.
Your goal is to get back to your family... in a manner of speaking. "Adam" will only survive 14 days (unless injured), and so needs to find a partner, and mate, with Adam's descendants eventually finding their way "home".
At this point I was already on the verge of tears, and learning of the gameplay pushed me over the edge.
It might have been recoverable if the gameplay had been better, but it's just clunky. Adam died within a few days on my first run, because of how clunky the UI is, and in trying to climb onto a rock in the water, it was unclear that would, in fact, leave Adam in deeper water, taking damage.
On the second run I did a bit better, but found the whole thing just a little bit too clunky and complicated.
February 21, 2024 - Day 417 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 453
Game: Basement
Platform: Steam
Released: Nov 11, 2016
Installed: Feb 1, 2024
Unplayed: 20d
Playtime: 19m
Basement is a 2D side-view pixel-art business simulation strategy game about coming up with the money to fund the development of a new video game, in much the same way that Breaking Bad is a drama about a high-school teacher's struggles with the American healthcare system.
In both cases, the protagonist turns to drugs as a way to make money; in Basement, it's weed instead of meth, by way of Fallout Shelter or Mr. Prepper.
Much like Mr. Prepper, Basement is not really my thing; I just found it:
February 24, 2024 - Day 420 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 456
Game: Neoverse
Platform: Steam
Released: Feb 19, 2020
Installed: Feb 1, 2024
Unplayed: 23d
Playtime: 34m
Neoverse is a 3D-ish rogue-lite deckbuilder.
It didn't get off to a good start. There are three main characters, all women. The opening cutscene seemed to be entirely about them engaging in various battles aimed at the male gaze.
One of the main characters featuring in the game art is a character wearing a skintight silver bodysuit, viewed from behind and below the waistline, with her butt being the focal point.
As for the game itself? Nowhere near that. It's set in a multiverse, where you and two other characters need to enter universes to fight a series of staged battles to unlock more cards and save the universe(s) through card battles.
As rogue-lite card battlers go, Neoverse is (just barely):
February 25, 2024 - Day 421 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 457
Game: Black Book
Platform: Steam
Released: Aug 11, 2021
Installed: Feb 2, 2024
Unplayed: 23d
Playtime: 43m
Black Book is a rogue-lite deckbuilder RPG.
Black Book is set in 19th century Russia, and is a card-battler/RPG built around Slavic folklore.
You play a woman who lives with her uncle, whose betrothed husband-to-be seemingly unalived himself.
Not willing to accept this, she seeks out and makes a deal with the devil to become a witch, and seeks to break the seven seals on a tome given to her by her uncle, which may contain the power of something which can save him from Hell.
The "cards" in this case are spells within a spellbook; it feels much like a very dark Slay the Spire, with an RPG layered over the top.
However, the devs have layered an incredible amount of Slavic folklore into the RPG side, which (due to my upbringing) left me feeling a little bit uncomfortable.
Alpha Release 6 OpenCiv1 Project (forums.civfanatics.com)
Open source rewrite of Civilization 1 Source Code...