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I'm a gamedev (he/him) Working on ARMED DECOBOT | Mechanical Star Astra. Game designer for Gunvein I also have a game design blog/patreon & make vids : https://www.patreon.com/c/Boghogooo https://www.youtube.com/@boghogSTG

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · Oct 19

Since I'm new to bluesky - I'm working on ARMED DECOBOT, a game where throw dudes into dudes, my favorite thing in gaming. You also shoot & punch dudes, which are my other favorite things in gaming. It's a top down shmup/beat em up hybrid

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 1h

I think it's time to unplug beat em ups from life support

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty sure it can if you keep clicking on it, gotta make sure the slop factory is fully automated

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 1d

Yup, youtube's disgusting new feature

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 1d

I'm afraid the normies will have to be unpacked

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 1d

Facts

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 1d

wow

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 2d

Nah it applies to thrillers too - the more a thriller can stay emotionally intense on rewatches, the better it is as a thriller. I also don't see how this wouldn't just apply 1:1 to difficulty even moreso than timers, cuz timers are difficulty-agnostic

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 2d

FOMO hype culture is anti-art

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 2d

Also surely your point applies more to challenge period, not timers? Because if anything timers actually give you a very clear indication of when the stress will end

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 2d

Oh but not only are games & movies comparable in this sense (the stress will end when you turn the game off) but think about how people evaluate stuff like horror - a good horror movie is one that really gets under your skin and stays with you until you're done. Because the emotion IS the point

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, diegetic timers tend to go down a lot smoother but still can cause a lot of annoyance if they actually test the player meaningfully instead of just being sort of a "safety net" against extremely slow players

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 2d

They aren't at all different because in both the consequences don't matter TO YOU. Whether a character lives or dies has no impact on your life, and whether you get a game over or not also doesn't matter - it's meaningful only within the bounds of the simulation

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 2d

Would you apply the same logic to actual thrillers in film/lit, or to horror, to tragedy? Feeling negative feelings in a simulated context is completely different to feeling them in reality

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 2d

After a certain point the actual games become more of a nuisance getting in the way of discussion because of all the baggage that comes with discussing them yeah LOL

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 2d

Yyyyup and then on the other end if you're trying to be heard when coming from an "objectively wrong" perspective it's tempting to be hyperbolic & aggressive so you can be heard which also leads to those sorta attitudes

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 2d

Yup, and even if convos technically happen theyre tucked away. Thought evolution happens within bubbles cuz thats where you can get a convo going, which has all sorts of negative consequences like audience capture and so on, not necessarily bad for art but a problem for crit

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 2d

I dont mind that as much as people getting really personal about it. Even if aesthetic realism is true, art is one of the most inconsequential topics to be wrong about, its part of the fun

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 2d

More writing/vids/etc. on game design should be treated as a piece of a convo rather than being seen as the final word or being seen as worthless & wrong. Feels like ppl only respond to stuff when it makes them mad, and no ideas get built on

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 2d

Well thats exactly it - theyre meant to stress you out, just how a thriller is meant to make you feel tense. If you dont like that feeling that's fine, lots of people avoid horror cuz they dont really like being scared, but the emotions not an obstacle, its the point

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Warkus @warkus.bsky.social · 3d

Today is the day! House of Necrosis launches on Steam in 4 hours!

House of Necrosis features turnbased dungeon-crawling as well as a tank-controlled hubworld, complete with pre-rendered backgrounds! This is SURVIVAL HORROR MYSTERY DUNGEON!

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah I'm talking more about the people in the middle, who should be "hardcore" enough to handle timers but still bitch & whine every time

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah its just a guess BUT yeah they do see devs as service workers in both cases its just that the presence of other players shuts down that thinking very quickly because theres a limit to selfishness in MP that does not exist in SP

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, and making those kinda boring strats ends up helping the player's experience as well I think cuz theyre no longer punished via tedium

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 3d

YUP, turtling is the bane of SRPGs and unless the games really deviate from the norm mechanically, they need SOMETHING enforcing a turn limit to avoid that type of shit. Its pretty universal because time always gives so much meaning to actions

Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe its because in mp games theres a basic assumption that youre not playing on your own terms because stuff like stalling ruins the game for everybody else not just you. In SP because its just the dev & player, players feel entitled and see the dev as a service worker not an artist