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Omni Jacala
@artsyomni.com
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2d/3d artist, designer, Drizzle Games co-founder. Indie dev on Gutsy the Guinea Pig & new games. Curiomatic co-founder. Chronic whistler. Physically incapable of tl;dr.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · 8d
Yeah, sounds like the first notes of the main theme.
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Mato @clydemandelin.bsky.social · 8d
Some old advice about starting big projects (game translation projects in my case, but a lot of it is probably universal)

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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · 8d
(Animation by Nintendo, gameplay footage by XCageGame on YouTube).
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · 8d
There's no way it's not Pikmin-related (sound on).
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · 20d
I think the whole "looks like a mobile game" thing is starting to lose meaning. Graphical quality (and art styles) of mobile games today has begun to match or surpass that of some older console games that are held in high regard by many of the very same people who insult mobile games.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · 21d
It's not just kids. Adults see realism and equate that with quality.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · 21d
Like, I get people's frustration with both Nintendo and Pokemon. And beauty is subjective. But I seriously cannot relate to the impulse to claim that the top image looks better.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · 21d
I don't play Pokemon games, and I don't have any interest in either of these games. But Palfarm looks like somebody dropped their Pokemon toys all over somebody's backyard garden in a GTA game. Pokopia's art style is so much more appealing, despite how derivative it is.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 10
I drop one more time below 1800 and I'm quitting the game. There's no point to this anymore.😐
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 10
(the weapon is Inkbrush, if you're curious).
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 10
I dropped from around 2000 to like 1690 and now I'm at 1850ish and I can't seem to push it any higher.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 10
Somebody take Splatoon away from me. For some inexplicable reason, I care what my series weapon power is on the one weapon I use, and overwhelmingly the game just causes me frustration. T_T
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 9
It's such a weird interaction when you say a thing online, somebody says "um actually," and then you calmly point out how they're mistaken and they block you. 🙃
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 9
With a large point gain, it's up to you to keep up that level of performance by carrying a lot, because if you don't you'll get knocked back down pretty quickly. That's how the system attempts to generally match you with players of comparable skill.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 9
And so conversely, if all of your teammate's power is lower, there's a higher likelihood that they're not as good at those weapons, so defeating a team of higher power (probably skill as well) should be rewarded with a higher point gain.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 9
Well it is still more or less a measure of skill for that weapon specifically. If all of the players on your team are good at their respective weapons, your team's average power would generally be higher.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 8
What I'm actually complaining about is when your team *should* have won the match because your average power is much higher, yet everyone on the team underperformed for whatever reason.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 8
Converely, losing to a team of equal strength should penalize a moderate amount, losing to a stronger team should penalize less, and to a weaker team, penalize more. And this is how the system does work. But it often doesn't feel that way.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 8
The system should give a moderate amount of points for defeating a team of equal power, a high amount of points for defeating a team that overpowers you, and a low amount of points for defeating a weaker team.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 8
My complaint is about the times when your team, on paper, has a much higher power than your opponents, yet your opponents steamroll you, and the experience is just bad.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 8
If your team's average power is well below your opponents, and you beat them, the system should reward you with a higher point gain, and should give you a small amount of points for defeating a team that is well below your team's average.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 8
This makes no sense. Why should a system punish a player for fighting against a team that vastly overpowers them, while barely giving them anything for winning against a team that is equal to or well overpowers them? That's not how the system works.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 8
Splatoon 3 weapon power in a nutshell:
Hardest fought victory of your life? Here's a measly 2 pts.
Enemy team steamrolled you? That'll be -30 pts. You're welcome.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Sep 2
I curse the devs of Splatoon for adding series weapon power to the game and giving me a metric by which to measure my self worth as a player.
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Omni Jacala @artsyomni.com · Aug 26
Barely. =P But I'm guessing it'll be sort of small scale budget title (maybe even 20-30 dollars) and won't have the same emphasis on bands or large variety of genres represented. I kind of anticipate it'll be like a DLC campaign, but detached from a main game.
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