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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 1d

Just rolled credits on this and ... it's easily far and away my game of the year (unless Galaxy Princess Zorana also hits these peaks as well). Not only is it a heartfelt love letter to space opera anime but a deeply sincere and optimistic journey of being there for each other. Also there's cards XD

BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW 🤖 @team.trinketstudios.com · 4d

BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW‼️

Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade team’s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...

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BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW 🤖 @team.trinketstudios.com · 4d

BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW‼️

Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade team’s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...

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JAKE @guiltyjake.bsky.social · 3d

To everyone reading this right now.
I'm JAKE.
I'm the Japanese person who recently published this article and promoted it on Twitter (X).
note.com/guiltyjake/n...

This article introduces Fantasy Maiden Wars, an amazing game I absolutely love.

Everyone, please get to know the super great game: "Fantasy Maiden Wars"｜JAKE

Hello, world. I'm Zyake. I'm born and raised in Japan, and just your average video game nerd. First and foremost, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for opening this page. And if you can...

note.com

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Dungeonbuster @dungeonbuster.bsky.social · 3d

Laplace no Ma (1987) | RPG | PC and consoles | Group SNE and Vic Tokai

The PC Engine CD version in 1993 embellished the presentation and stuck close to its original PC roots letting players roll up a party of professionals to explore Weathertop's horror as a first-person, grid-based dungeon.

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Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social · 4d

Star Sword Nemesis is now available! Read about the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space, feat. art by @mightyatom.bsky.social! loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 4d

You know what? Screw it, here's four more!

Box Art for 7th Dragon 2020-II on the PSP.

Box Art for Lost Odyssey on the XBOX 360.

Box Art for Shadow Hearts on the PlayStation 2.

Japanese Box Art for Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber on the Nintendo 64

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 4d

Is this the bit after the exploding frog?

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 4d

Knights in the Nightmare let's gooooo! (Love to see the Dept Heaven games get some love)

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that anyone's watching them at all. Game's going to be cooking for a while but glad to have you along for the journey :D

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 4d

and here's four more (I really really really love RPGs yall :D)

Capsule Image for Metro Quester / QUESTER.

Box for Final Fantasy Tactics Advance on the Gameboy Advance

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 4d

four rpgs to get to know me

Box Art for Final Fantasy Legend II / Makai Toushi SaGa II on the Gameboy.

Capsule Art from Dungeon Encounters on multiple platforms.

Capsule Art for Crimson Shroud on the Nintendo 3DS.

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/

Illustration: a portrait of Rieko Kodama with some of the games she has worked on. The dominant colors are yellow, purple and red. Counterclockwise from top left: Rieko Kodama, Alis and Lutz from Phantasy Star, Sonic in a maze, Alex Kidd and his motorbike next to Flicky on a waterfront pier, Joe Musashi and his dog near the Statue of Liberty facing a skyline, the three playable characters from Golden Axe seen from behind on the edge of a cliff, and one of the flying ships from Skies of Arcadia.

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Andes Chucky @wendeego.bsky.social · 6d

found this article about cave story today! it's really good. and not just about cave story but shareware games, doujin games, indie games, etc.

Cave Story Revisited

syslbnth.neocities.org

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 6d

It's pretty aight. Get around to it when you do :P

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 7d

lrt: it's not even that Matsuno has particularly strong politics. Just that political climate of OB, TO, VS, FFT, FFXII draws directly from material conditions of those settings before the fantastical elements kick in. But that connection is lost on many imitators in lieu of surface level aesthetics

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◢Jaded, fagged-out socialite◤ @sapphicsludge.bsky.social · 7d

the problem with all the people inspired by Matsuno's games like Tactics Ogre and Final Fantasy Tactics and trying to make their own games inspired by them is that everyone inspired by him is a coward and has no political backbone.

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 7d

Week #6 Progress

- Fixed Shield Bar Anchor
- Showing "--???????-" for Skills you learn at Higher Levels
- Added 3D Model for Chests
- Implemented Class Skills: Sonic Tackle, Guard Ally, Early Bird, Slip Away, [ELEM]-CAST, BLESS

Next Week: Building B1F (finally!)

Gatecrashers - Week 6 - Video Dev Log

YouTube video by Swarnava Banerjee

youtu.be

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 8d

Learning Blender again for absolutely no reason in particular

Wizardry-style Chest remade as a 3D Object in Blender

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TayaSigerson @tayasigerson.bsky.social · 9d

Four ways to avoid taking damage in FF6

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 10d

They help cover your weaknesses and worth investing more in closer to the endgame (once your units have their primary skills locked down). Subclassing can make some units practically unstoppable :P

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 11d

That's a fair definition. But resource management in navigating through hostile/taxing space isn't unique to DRPGs and is also absent from more puzzle-y entries. Survival games have this aspect too and make it their main thing. What sets the kind of management in DRPGs apart from those other games?

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 11d

top-down jrpgs can be dungeon crawlers too, dungeon crawling isn't bound to any specific camera view :)

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 12d

Week #5 Progress

- Added Mouse Wheel-based Movement
- Enemies have Segmented Gauges as well
- Shield Values now show up on Health Gauges
- Changed Skill, Equip, Shop UI

youtu.be/YpZoITPNhoM

Gatecrashers - Week 5 - Video Dev Log

YouTube video by Swarnava Banerjee

youtu.be

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 13d

This year's looking up for bump combat
- chrislsound.itch.io/x-yze
- store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...

X-YZE by Chris

Bump combat action with a mysterious short story.

chrislsound.itch.io

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Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social · 15d

Blegh, very tired of this take

The problem is not too many games. Not everyone needs to play every game. Not every game SHOULD need to make a huge sales splash. There is a problem with getting games to their audiences. It's a curation, literacy, storefront, scope, and legacy games culture problem.

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 15d

Too many games www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games

A crowded September for video-game releases illustrates a broader challenge in the market

www.bloomberg.com

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