have you played any of the mystery dungeon games? they feel like a middle ground of the two styles, to me. i've only finished one of the pokemon ones but the bit of time i spent with one of the shirens makes me think this, too

i want to give players that fliping-through-a-book feeling. i kinda wanna give players the ability to turn every dial but i'm not sure if that's fun or interesting. maybe there's a middle ground where players feel empowered to redo sections but aren't too in-the-weeds? it's a really hard balance

i'm not quite at the point in my current project where i'm worrying too much about this, but i'm working on a narrative thing where little choices "matter" (not in a million endings way but such that they have small "consequences" (consequences is very loose here lol))

their first album cover is so cute! yes boys, slay!

this game is fun!

yeah np!

i read this blog post by liz ryerson recently and think that it has interesting things to say about the arc of indie games in the last decade and a half or so. it's really long (in a good way!) and in-depth ellaguro.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-...

it’s been a beautiful ten years (only thinking about emotion and almost nothing else that’s happened since its release lmao)

every time i replay i think i remember the order...i never do.

i look forward to being like "huh?" and "what?"!!