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Jumper rules!!! Jumper 2 is probably where half my keyboard platformer dexterity came from

I JUST figured out that my "exit streamer mode" Discord shortcut, in certain views, also sends a friend request

Suddenly this explains why randos I've inspected in Discord recently keep becoming my friends and asking me what I want...........

Greatly enjoyed Cobalt Core by @braceyourselfgames.com - so here's Riggs, the somewhat-scatterbrained ace pilot of your starship crew, with a cup of boba and her hand cannon that she can *absolutely* be trusted with.

(Pose was inspired by a piece by @beezii.bsky.social, go check them out too!)

There's several types of reset you can do if you get really stuck, but I never had to pull it in the 2 hours I spent with the demo. and I was actively trying to break things and get stuck

Truly excellent game design happening here

oh I really want one

There are people who've scraped every story variable from my game, and then used the variable's names as proof of lore. And in a couple places, sure, they're right, but also isn't it more fun not knowing???

Like... do we need to crawl inside the author's head and see EVERY answer

*fully restores your HP as you scroll past*

Small, free act you can do to bring some good in this world: add positive reviews to ALL you Steam games, especially the small indies. You don't need to write anything smart, just "game good" is enough. Every positive steam review tips the algorithm and helps your fav artists get more sales

for example

Oh I really like this one

Finally went back and did the extra secrets in Öoo... This is one of the most tightly designed games I've ever played

walking light house

Very excited to dig into this later. Perfect Tides 1 hit some really familiar notes, I loved it

it really will feel like Pokemon Go Summer... I will share a thing of Capri Suns with friends in the park, like Pokemon Go Summer

congratulations to rogue bus guy on the new job

The "pizza box prototype construction" type of game jam is the best kind of jam

When you're at the "markers and scissors" phase, you know you're in a truly PLAYFUL mindset

Yuuuuup

an isometric scene of an underground waterway dungeon. Light spills in from a grate above and mushrooms grow amongst the walls.

Gently places my isometric environment art onto your feed

Any piece of art that's got Basically Just One Inspiration is derivative to the point of being essentially pointless. Kills me when I see it in games

"Oh it's got the art style AND sense of humor AND combat systems AND pacing of [Beloved Nintendo Game]!"... ok but what did you do that's new

I am playing this now, and I need you to know:
Once I realized what this picture implied had happened, I was genuinely emotionally struck. You could unironically use this as a key piece of evidence in a puzzle-tactics murder mystery game

Yeah but that's just it! I want companies to get weird with it! License an old game to five established indies and let 'em all run with it! Release it as a pack??

Hempuli's "A Solitaire Mystery" is a pack of kinda what I'm talking about, it's 30+ solitaire variants. they feel like "covers" to me

I'd love to see more designer's takes on the classics, is really my main point. Despite both being Metroid 2 remakes, fangame "Another Metroid 2 Remake" somehow scratches that itch where the official "Metroid: Samus Returns" didn't

True! But there's not exactly much of a "culture" around them, or certainly not enough legal permission? But maybe I'm just not tapped into that scene

I want game covers to be a thing. Why does music get to do covers and games don't???

Nah, that's the point that I replace the Abstract Hypothetical with the Concrete Reality! That's the healthiest part, even if I don't hear what I wanna hear