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I'm still waiting for my spiritual sequel to Unreal 1. The lone human explorer vibe, multiple factions and environments, weird weapons/items and an unbroken linear adventure from area to area. And the sincere tone heh. Closest I've felt recently was the first half of black mesa xen.

iirc there are people actively competing to see who can burn the most tokens in various services so I guess not?

I like how you can this snaking road a long way ahead. Does the rising and falling affect the handling at all? I like that kind of thing makes it feel truly 3D.

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FPS bullet hell test. A simple pattern requiring jumping and crouching. Quickly realised just holding crouch lets you dodge more precisely anyway so it just becomes a jumping test. Need to force the player to run round a pattern to make a precise duck important I think

I hope I'm not working at the same place in the year 10,000 as all those 'to' dates I put in the database as 9999-12-31 will cause some serious trouble :/

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experimenting with enemy movement + projectile patterns to try and get the deathmatchy feel and reactive dodging I'm looking for.

It is kinda funny how it mirrors how much he was all over the algorithm a few years ago though you have to admit.

I refuse to use the API of the enemy!

Played Spiritfall and Haste recently and both would be far better as just focused linear experiences without the rogue-lite fluff :(

I didn't say don't report. I didn't say he was directly responsible. My issue is with his attitude and the "no doubt feeling the consequences". What? He's feels butt hurt for a few days? Boo fucking hoo. Yeah industry is being gutted but please think of the feelings of the tone-deaf exec producers.

That visual at 16 seconds of the other car headlights on the hill is really neat : )

England has been a naff little US wannabe for decades now. Sorry for the other parts of the "union" it'll pull down with it.

That wasn't aimed at Turnbull it was aimed at you. He will be fine and unlike thousands of people who's lives were just screwed he will suffer zero consequences.

There is no middle finger big enough.

np have at it we'll have a happy August 24th :)

jfc

I do agree, and ideally would like all story in action games to be skippable cutscenes and environmental hints. Alas that appears long out of vogue, which leaves me very resentful of how much time games now waste, especially when there are so many genres where story is the main focus like RPGs etc.

Yeah and that bit was bad and no one liked it :p
there has been plenty of criticism generally of the doom franchise including more and more story. The opening of 2016 set a precedent iD failed to follow through on which was to stay out of the way :/

Sidesidenote: "immersive" walk-and-talk, long dialogue sections etc has ruined the replay value of many games. Not saying all games needs to be Tetris but it is worth recalling how lauded doom 2016 was for its skipping of opening story...

A big deep-sea outpost rig is sagging under its own weight. It holds a giant radar and two big sonic cones, but it's old and falling apart. Two dolphins jump out of the ocean near it.

A mottled, decaying brown building-ship is built out of two sections that are joined near the top with a bridge. Below, a small longboat emerges from a fog bank on the water.

A stylized white fortress full of bridges, blocky spires, and arches is built on several giant blocks in a foggy moonlit ocean.

A way too tall ship with multiple skyscrapers on it floats on the calm ocean, with a tiny sailing boat for scale.

Last day to sign up for my art blog newsletter before the next issue's out, all about ocean outposts! 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io#/portal/signup

Here's a preview, entirely featuring Colin Hay. Turns out Hay really liked painting things on the surface of the ocean.

YouTube video by TheEyeOfStone System Shock 2 OST: Garden Ambience

I understand given the action music, however, some of the ambient tracks really enhance some areas and you'd miss that :/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkAc...

For the impatient, watching cheese on toast bubble under the grill is the fast-track to this particular excitement.

Ah the classic confidence leap from "I can roughly sketch a garage extension" to "I can install an entire residential sewage system in a swamp".

"He says... I can have his portion too."

If you like a good ghost story watch "The Stone Tape". Kneale was brilliant at merging sci-fi/thriller/procedural with super-natural elements.

'97 probably had the best track set overall but 3 did have manor top which was awesome.

Well my personal favourite was the Special Edition version of 3 so... 4? :)

True, however

What? you didn't know to enable SuperTurboFixUVUnwrappifier in the plugins menu?!