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A Quixotic Game Designer in Exile xeneth.design - He/Him
Based on a brief demo, I'm guessing #LoveEternal isn't gonna be the longest game, but it's refreshing to see surreal horror presented in a modern suburban context instead of the usual sci-fi/fantasy.
VVVVVV and Celeste are expecting, and Jordan Peele bought them a Silent Hill timeshare!
Additional floors exist!
-Hold down the Door Close button then press Hold Door
-Keep holding Door Close and rapidly tap B for the sub-Basement levels
-Release Door Close only when the elevator begins moving (the display should now be flickering)
#5amFrequency
You think this is bad from the aging player side; imagine being an aging dev and counting your remaining life in terms of, "average number of bucket titles I could theoretically ship!"
13.10.2025 00:38 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Brink.
Brink?!
You cannot play Concord (2024) in 2025, but you can still get your frag on in BRINK?!
That HAS to be so that the cries carry really far, right?
Given the high-end range of hearing on one of their predators, I wonder if there's a disorientingly piercing component we can't even hear...
Anyone had their dogs weirded out by deer cries?
Labor of love, despite the obvious difficulty... what is it about editing lots of video that you enjoy; that keeps you going?
(Curiosity stemming from a place of trying and discovering I find the process of winnowing hours down to the right minutes an AGONIZING struggle!)
I was so worried after finding or doing something for Huntress that she would find some way to turn Styx against Hornet, given they appear to be the same species...
Lots of DLC potential I suppose.
Also, is there a reason I see Styx misgendered as "she" so consistently by random articles/posters?!
Braid (2008)
12.10.2025 20:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Heart legit skipped a beat there, tch!
12.10.2025 19:50 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0...I sincerely doubt anyone that can read this needs context, but in the game industry, the only good full company meeting is one scheduled/announced far in advance.
The sudden all-hands means layoffs or worse; best possible case you've been acquired/merged, which is a mixed bag at best.
"Surprise all-hands meeting."
12.10.2025 19:17 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The funny thing is, apparently Eight isn't even out yet, (on Steam)
12.10.2025 01:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Your approach seems to be working!
I don't hate the way 2D games built like Ender Lilies/Magnolia and Shadow Labyrinth look, but they're definitely a little strange and "swimmy" in motion.
I can see why you're chasing those key "snap" moments that don't feel interpolated.
Photo of a large black cabinet sitting on an urban sidewalk late at night. It's surrounded by parking signs and parked cars, and one door is ajar, revealing a suitcase sitting inside.
Each time the Twilight Cabinet manifests in the city, it chooses a new location.
Even though all interactions/tests have been benign thus far, this is the first time an object was ALREADY inside, so I left the suitcase well enough alone.
#5amFrequency
Screencrop of a clickable YouTube tile: "Full Throttle Remastered (PC) | GeekSpooge GeekSpoogeShow 34 Views * 1 day ago" Their animated intro is a vaguely video game controller shaped blue shape with "GEEK" in angular green and "spooge" in a messy flesh tone. The logo is being splashed by ropes of semitransparent white particle effects made to resemble semen.
Surely you jest... YouTube, this suggestion is-
No. I'm NOT clicking that. Not even out of morbid curiosity!
"Video game coverage must be synonymous with generating, being amused by, and generally worshipping SEMEN!"
When on earth are we gonna stop trying to score own goals against our own hobby?
"Fetch Quest" is SUCH a good name for that AU. bravo!
I'm reminded of Riot "Skin Universes" like High Noon, Space Groove, Odyssey, etc. (specifically Riftquest)
Any other S&F animal characters likely to get "fetch'd" in the future? Alphonzo theoretically suggests all kinds of flashy fantasy tropes
You can sort of tell a lot of powerful people are actually doing this based on the way the fame seems to be visibly eroding their sanity.
The human mind was not meant to have a million other brains pointed at it like weapons 24/7.
Ignorance would be the only way to maintain a healthy perspective.
The first app/corporation brave enough to commission Worthikids for an ad AND let them freely poke fun would go viral so damn fast...
We're lucky these powers of animation are used for good!
Hm, I should!
Hopes aren't crazy high for walking distance though, and I'm guessing firehouses must be too low staff/traffic to support much...
I get the impression SF had a lot more 24 joints before lockdown; feels like they roll the sidewalks up at 10pm these days.
Man, as someone raised on stories of the way a 24 hour hang, people watching, and culture inside Lyon's and Denny's used to be, I really wish this kinda place existed my neck of the Bay.
10.10.2025 18:41 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
YouTube thumbnail-style midroll key image from the hbomberguy video Flat Earth: A Measured Response, stating in giant red impact letters "ALL HAIL LORD SOBEK" next to a stylized vector rendition of a classical Egyptian profile of the Crocodile-headed Nile god.
10.10.2025 16:57 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0One of the effects that this "post-irony" era of media is consistently throwing me off with is the way bag-getting talent/effort are scanning to others as "so bad they're entertaining."
Picture the modern equivalent of this, like a Pinegrove song about Fortnite for clout; would it go this hard?
Photo of a furry gray throw pillow sitting on the sidewalk under the harsh street lights at night.
The trouble with urban tribbles isn't that they multiply...
Whatever you do, just don't get tricked into carrying one home based on its apparent cleanliness or softness.
#5amFrequency
Hear hear!
That Pepe nonsense was terrible for amphibian fans, and frogs make terrible fascist mascots considering they can simply trans themselves.
Yeah, the BIG player choice hurdles are ultimately creative intent and authorial control.
It's not like fidelity ISN'T a factor, but they chose a bit of an unfortunate example there...
Note how few old RPGS actually chose to branch in that particular way despite the relative "cost" being lower.
Woof, if that's what passes for "dominance..."
Did Battle Aces really die because people are still hung up on Starcraft 2?
From outside, I weep for the state of the genre.
Sauce, if that's a thing you require:
archive.org/details/douj...
"MARIO BROS." Illustration of "Mario" jumping and punching scaffolding to upset a koopa troopa, only they've got cute plaid overalls and long, billowy light colored hair instead of the usual short dark hair and moustache.
Love this adorably queer rendition of "Super Mario" in a 1984 Game Freak zine, from long before the broader internet "Rule 63 style" fetishization, labelling, and categorization of such artistic pursuits.
09.10.2025 22:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Capsule cover art for the Steam release of video game Forsaken Remastered, featuring the classic tattoo art logo heart pierced by a dagger and wrapped in barbed wire on a cracked lava background presided over by the ghostly half face of a brunette white lady model headshot.
Reasonably certain that if it wasn't for that bold, incongruous album-cover-like choice of box art back in the day, I'd never have heard of Forsaken.
Heh, I certainly didn't expect it to be a Descent-style six axis shooter! Could never wrap my head around the controls back in the day, though.
Screenshot from the video game Baby Steps, depicting the main character, Nate, standing barefoot on top of an Anvil in a dirty onesie wearing a crown. A baby bird is perched on the log the anvil is affixed to, staring up at Nate while an older man in blue jeans and periwinkle dress shirt sits nearby with his hands on his knees, staring at the ground dejectedly. There's a grinding wheel and a couple of tables with assorted trophies on one of them tucked into this mossy hollow in the rocks for some reason.
I'm not really one for #VirtualPhotography and rarely touch the various detailed photo modes that AAA games revel in, but the sheer surrealism of #BabySteps is pretty inspiring...
I shall title this piece: "The Smith's Apprentice"
