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Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · Jan 3

Gonna steal someone's idea and do a thread for OSTs that I think are great but aren't quite in the spotlight, in part so it's easy for me to revisit them all. Starting with:

#1 Botanicula
Lots of unusual experimentation, genre mixes, and a cappella elements

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzL-...

Botanicula Soundtrack 01 - juchu (DVA)

YouTube video by THE_BOLSHEVIK

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Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 4h

I want to learn a bit of gamedev, but not to make a game. I just want to make my own little digital space where I could put in whatever in and then walk around.

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Alex Jay Brady @alexjaybrady.bsky.social · 5h

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ellie @ellieglassheart.bsky.social · 7h

I will never get over how unfortunate Sonic Racing Crossworlds having this in it's beta was

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 5h

I feel like for most people, if they say something dumb, it's easy to make them see why it's dumb after a conversation. But on the internet it never happens because people get enough time between replies to come up with a reason why they're right, actually.

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 6h

Some gender swap Phantom Assassin skins just look like they're trying to turn him in Viego (League).

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 6h

Also, you can really tell when someone didn't consider how the skin will look in the game, and when they did.

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 6h

I could see that, to me he was always associated with more of the "cleaner" characters. So it's this almost featureless head first and then the smooth blue body.

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 6h

That's roughly how most of these are to me. Like the original design is not exactly there, but my brain like automatically filters out characters that don't match the general stature, pose, or walk animations. But I'm really picky about shit like this.

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 6h

I don't have enough evil energy to go through all of these, but I was impressed by this one, which reduced the recognizable characteristics to [small].

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 6h

Ok there's nearly 300 of these sets and most of them so far are just awful in terms of art style and readability considerations. Great craftsmanship though, the skill and to some extent creativity on some of these is undeniable.

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 6h

lmao

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 6h

The common element of "what rules" is that basically hero's design identity is removed to the most vague general features. In this case [blue] and [big sword]. But when I think about Sven, the first thought is that weird ceramic looking head with huge horns/ears.

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 6h

Off to a great start. I'm not the most dedicated Dota 2 player, but I do have 300+ hours with it + more watching throughout the years, and I still had to look at the name to see which character this is.

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 6h

Time to indulge my inner and outer hater and see what's up for vote in the new Dota 2 cosmetics collections.

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 1d

genuinely squealed like I saw a celebrity

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 7h

Yet another huge win for the Ouya, people simply can't resist it

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, it's not looking good tbh. I thought people had more of a hard stance on this, turns out not to be the case. People would rather change their opinion on AI than admit to themselves that something they enjoyed was partially built with AI slop.

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𝕃𝕦𝕔𝕒𝕧𝕚 𓅰 🐱 @lucavi.bsky.social · 12h

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 16h

I must confess I am quite jealous hearing this. The girls at my school would also do this, but they made me look like a moogle. "Now you're just like that stupid fucking thing that we hate." They would beat me up and stab me with their heels for hours.

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 17h

I still remember that year like it was yesterday. Final Fantasy 7 just came out, days upon days spent playing it on the Super Nintendo while. My dad would dump buckets of cold water on me so that I could get sick and keep playing instead of going to school. He knew the game was worth it.

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah I don't even remember when was the last time I saw people even mention it, or let alone even put in their bio.

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 18h

Haven't had to type "squeeze" in a while. Such a fucked up looking word.

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Code Mystics Inc. @codemystics.com · 23h

Our spirit is retro, but we adapt. In the era of AI, we need to be careful with art we incorporate. Going forward, no stock art will be included in our drafts, so it won't sneak into release. We'll also retain steps of our in-house process. Tks for the critique. We're listening.

Gundroog @gundroog.bsky.social · 20h

Respect for Cavalera Conspiracy, but brother this is so ass compared to older designs. This is like Michael Bay school of shitty mechanical designs that look like a blob of details.

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 21h

just spotted that cyberpunk does doom-style sprites for distant cars and characters... amazing