upmultimedia, to gamedev
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I consider tutorials a failure of design and work hard so people of all skill levels should be able to just pick up and play one of my games.

Obviously I usually fall waaaay short of that lofty goal but just watched someone play Liberation and they did mostly figure it out. Good feeling.

yora,
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@upmultimedia But isn't that still a tutorial if the game confronts you with situations that make you figure things out, even if there's no pop up messages?

upmultimedia, to Games
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Try the ionised broiled lobster at Thantis Holiday Port. Read all about the deadly ionised broiled lobster food poisoning outbreak. All this and more in the latest update.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2413940/view/4211504594767584628

upmultimedia, to MadMax
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New ship for #LiberationGame -- the garbage scowl. Even though the game is inspired by UK scifi I have to slip in a bit of Australian post-apocalyptic fetish aesthetic every now and then.

Luckily it doubles as a "are you mummy" / cyberman tear drop kind of thing too.

#madmax #scifi #doctorwho

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upmultimedia,
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upmultimedia, to gaming
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gets a really positive call out in this list of 6 Forgotten Space Simulation Games (the other games look cool too) from LT Gaming!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQdiHloj2DI

upmultimedia, to random
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New civilian tanker ship for . Whether it's water, air or the Galactic Federation's most popular mood altering drug, a tanker will ship it to you promptly and for a fair(?) price.

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upmultimedia,
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upmultimedia,
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Took inspiration from this amazing piece of Chris Foss pre-production art from the unmade 1975 Dune film. Foss is a living god really.

upmultimedia, (edited ) to elite
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"I never had to live under Thatcher but gosh she inspired some great science fiction" - Had fun with this interview with MCV/DEVELOP about Liberation

https://mcvuk.com/business-news/classyk-games-on-liberation-and-bringing-the-flavour-of-classic-british-sci-fi-to-indie-space-games/

godnojoe,
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@upmultimedia Great interview.

upmultimedia,
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@godnojoe Thanks, I was worried people would be turned off by all the obscure shows (Star Cops, The Tripods, Survivors)...

upmultimedia, to elite
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A pretty kind review of Liberation! Especially considering the initial release version had a few bugs.

"The game that finally answers the question: What if Elite and Blake’s 7 had a baby?"

#LiberationGame #Blakes7 #Elite

https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2023/11/review-liberation-pc.html

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Liberation travel machine spotted on the Godot front page!

spooky_turnip,

@upmultimedia Congratulations

upmultimedia, to random
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is meant to use the input mechanic from the original Elite (pitch and roll and no yaw) but the space game scene has absolutely moved onto yaw (and mouse look).

The pragmatist in me is saying implement yaw, the romantic in me is saying no way and the historian in me is saying it's uber cool to bring back this beautiful authentic rolly floaty input scheme.

The worst outcome would be to "give players the option" then the game just becomes a beige mess

upmultimedia, to random
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upmultimedia, to godot
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My list of events for the next week.

upmultimedia, to random
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Every random who's sent me feedback on the demo has mentioned lack of gamepad support. I guess it's a genre requirement!

anchorite,
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@upmultimedia just wait till they come at you asking for HOTAS support haha.

upmultimedia,
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@anchorite I'm getting a light vibe that spacesim players know what they like haha

upmultimedia, (edited ) to scifi
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Trying to mix things up. Have cut a demo from a pre release version of and put it up live today. My inspirations for this retro space adventure are the original Elite from 1984 and BBC videotape like and . Check it out!

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2413940/view/7157964454197775019?l=english

upmultimedia,
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@godnojoe Thanks! Very happy with it

upmultimedia,
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3000 activations, not bad. Don't think that is actual humans actually playing it though hah

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upmultimedia, to godot
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A mining outpost inside a shattered planet which then gets destroyed.

Two complicated set pieces from the game (the broken planet and the exploding station) but I think unfortunately they distract a bit from each other. I have to move on but one of those times where final result is less than sum of the parts to me.

upmultimedia,
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An alternate angle

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