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friday soapbox: as a designer, if you want something to be a skillful action for players, and you want growth in this skill to be very deep/meaningful, then you need to also let players be bad at it. sometimes horrendously bad. players hate this pain, and designers often want to mitigate it away.
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
friday soapbox: as a designer, if you want something to be a skillful action for players, and you want growth in this skill to be very deep/meaningful, then you need to also let players be bad at it. sometimes horrendously bad. players hate this pain, and designers often want to mitigate it away.
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Welcome to the Robotic Romance Jam, hosted by @ophanimkei.com and yours truly~
A jam for stories about robots and the people who love them. All mediums are allowed and encouraged! Tell us about your love of the artificial, the mechanical, in all its many forms 💻
More info: itch.io/jam/robotic-...
A jam for stories about robots and the people who love them. All mediums are allowed and encouraged! Tell us about your love of the artificial, the mechanical, in all its many forms 💻
More info: itch.io/jam/robotic-...
October 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Welcome to the Robotic Romance Jam, hosted by @ophanimkei.com and yours truly~
A jam for stories about robots and the people who love them. All mediums are allowed and encouraged! Tell us about your love of the artificial, the mechanical, in all its many forms 💻
More info: itch.io/jam/robotic-...
A jam for stories about robots and the people who love them. All mediums are allowed and encouraged! Tell us about your love of the artificial, the mechanical, in all its many forms 💻
More info: itch.io/jam/robotic-...
I often think about how katamari damacy was a quick $20 shot of a beautiful experience and everyone loved it. but instead of getting the message and providing more experimental experiences at that scale, they just made bigger versions of it that cost more money.
October 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I often think about how katamari damacy was a quick $20 shot of a beautiful experience and everyone loved it. but instead of getting the message and providing more experimental experiences at that scale, they just made bigger versions of it that cost more money.
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DISASTER ARMS IS OUT
30 BOSSES
2 ARMS
1 SOLDIER
0 TURNING BACK
30 BOSSES
2 ARMS
1 SOLDIER
0 TURNING BACK
October 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
DISASTER ARMS IS OUT
30 BOSSES
2 ARMS
1 SOLDIER
0 TURNING BACK
30 BOSSES
2 ARMS
1 SOLDIER
0 TURNING BACK
how_it_feels_dolphin.png cheating infinite experience points into dragon's crown to just skip to the level cap endgame
October 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
how_it_feels_dolphin.png cheating infinite experience points into dragon's crown to just skip to the level cap endgame
oh yo, I saw these folks at a convention recently. really loved their setup. looking forward to the game!
September 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
oh yo, I saw these folks at a convention recently. really loved their setup. looking forward to the game!
my beat em up fixation folded back in on an old dos game import fixation from a few years ago. korea has all the cool ones. thinking about Eojjeonji Joheun Il-i Saenggil Geot Gateun Jeonyeok again. I found pictures of the physical release, lookit. no leads on how I might get a copy though.
September 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
my beat em up fixation folded back in on an old dos game import fixation from a few years ago. korea has all the cool ones. thinking about Eojjeonji Joheun Il-i Saenggil Geot Gateun Jeonyeok again. I found pictures of the physical release, lookit. no leads on how I might get a copy though.
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the point of a game is not to beat it, it is to play it. difficulty is only "a problem" if it is "in the way" of beating the game, which is an issue in the mindset of the player, not in the structure of the game. redoing parts of a fun game is not a punishment, it's an invitation to hang out
September 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
the point of a game is not to beat it, it is to play it. difficulty is only "a problem" if it is "in the way" of beating the game, which is an issue in the mindset of the player, not in the structure of the game. redoing parts of a fun game is not a punishment, it's an invitation to hang out
was watching @onemillionpower.com's brilliant scrolling down the belt series and raised an eyebrow at the mention of a custom rigged alchemy button for final fight. did some digging, and sure enough! this is so cool. I'd love to try this.
rapidturbo2000.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-8...
rapidturbo2000.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-8...
September 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
was watching @onemillionpower.com's brilliant scrolling down the belt series and raised an eyebrow at the mention of a custom rigged alchemy button for final fight. did some digging, and sure enough! this is so cool. I'd love to try this.
rapidturbo2000.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-8...
rapidturbo2000.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-8...
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Here's a fascinating interview with the developer behind Virtual Lab! I'm not surprised to see it excluded here, though www.badgamehalloffame.com/interview-me...
Interview: 'Virtual Lab' Developer, Megu-tan - Bad Game Hall of Fame
An interview with the elusive Megu-tan -- the developer of Virtual Lab! We discuss their brief time in the games industry, the circumstances of their game's troubled development, and the endless wonde...
www.badgamehalloffame.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Here's a fascinating interview with the developer behind Virtual Lab! I'm not surprised to see it excluded here, though www.badgamehalloffame.com/interview-me...
if the virtual boy replica is 1:1 then I'll be able to get a new official eye shade and stand for my original virtual boy. finally I can ditch the repairbox stand that's built backwards.
September 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
if the virtual boy replica is 1:1 then I'll be able to get a new official eye shade and stand for my original virtual boy. finally I can ditch the repairbox stand that's built backwards.
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There's a *lot* of mechanically interesting and carefully planned arcade-like design going on under Panzer Dragoon Zwei's gorgeous surface. Let me show you just how special this game is:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/04/27/o...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/04/27/o...
Panzer Dragoon Zwei: One of the best 3D shooting games available, presented for your pleasure
I owe my adoration for Panzer Dragoon Zwei to the demo disc that came bundled with what was then our brand-new Saturn: Amongst other delights was a single playable level of Zwei – episode 3 (…
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
There's a *lot* of mechanically interesting and carefully planned arcade-like design going on under Panzer Dragoon Zwei's gorgeous surface. Let me show you just how special this game is:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/04/27/o...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/04/27/o...
watching a bunch of final fight retrospectives and reeling at how revenge is treated in them. you'd think it was unplayable from the vitriol. people don't know how to play fighters and let the game's reputation validate any silly comment. istg someone complained that the AI blocks too much.
September 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
watching a bunch of final fight retrospectives and reeling at how revenge is treated in them. you'd think it was unplayable from the vitriol. people don't know how to play fighters and let the game's reputation validate any silly comment. istg someone complained that the AI blocks too much.
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referring to metroidvanias as "hollowslop" to simultaneously piss off people who like metroidvanias, people who like hollow knight, people who want a better genre name for "metroidvania", people who are sick of the word slop being misused, and gradius fans who want to see more checkpoint recoveries
September 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
referring to metroidvanias as "hollowslop" to simultaneously piss off people who like metroidvanias, people who like hollow knight, people who want a better genre name for "metroidvania", people who are sick of the word slop being misused, and gradius fans who want to see more checkpoint recoveries
it's uncanny that modern players will accept either death as a slap on the wrist back to the last checkpoint or permadeath removing *all* progress, but the middle ground is unacceptable. if you fuck up a lot then you lose significant progress, but you have some leeway first. why does this scare ppl?
I like lives in video games. I like the tension of potentially losing progress if you fuck up. I like getting a game over and saying, “ah, well, I’ll give it another go tomorrow.” and then succeeding where I previously failed, feeling like my skill grew.
September 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
it's uncanny that modern players will accept either death as a slap on the wrist back to the last checkpoint or permadeath removing *all* progress, but the middle ground is unacceptable. if you fuck up a lot then you lose significant progress, but you have some leeway first. why does this scare ppl?
*every* tengo project game has been wildly incredible. most of all shadow of the ninja, which is by a wide margin the most reworked of their remakes, basically being a new game. I'd guess this will be similar since it's also an nes game. shatterhand reshattered or w/e is gonna be game of the decade.
Natsume Atari has filed a trademark for Shatterhand in Japan: chizai-watch.com/t/2025097921
Shatterhand is a 2D action game originally released for NES. The trademark might suggest a remake or sequel is in the works, a la Shadow of the Ninja Reborn or Pocky & Rocky Reshrined.
Shatterhand is a 2D action game originally released for NES. The trademark might suggest a remake or sequel is in the works, a la Shadow of the Ninja Reborn or Pocky & Rocky Reshrined.
September 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
*every* tengo project game has been wildly incredible. most of all shadow of the ninja, which is by a wide margin the most reworked of their remakes, basically being a new game. I'd guess this will be similar since it's also an nes game. shatterhand reshattered or w/e is gonna be game of the decade.
lol, just the other day I downloaded every beat em up I could off some doujin archive site and came across this myself. pretty fun.
Tifa-tan X2 is an H-game from 2005 that's loosely inspired by Kung-Fu Master (1984). You play as Tifa Lockhart, trying to avoid getting undressed by waves of enemies. The bosses are Lilith Darkstalkers, Mai Shiranui, and Athena Asamiya. All with lewd artwork by Toushi Ryoku.
It kinda kicks ass.
It kinda kicks ass.
September 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
lol, just the other day I downloaded every beat em up I could off some doujin archive site and came across this myself. pretty fun.
obsessed w this
snowing - kirk cartidge crowe (kirk cameron crowe on a game boy)
YouTube video by Austin Dunn
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September 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
obsessed w this
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homestar & friends from last year
September 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
homestar & friends from last year
after hearing that the new gradius collection has a rank display, I got real curious: is there any rerelease of xevious with that function? and there totally is. it's in namco museum ds, which is all around much cooler than I knew.
August 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
after hearing that the new gradius collection has a rank display, I got real curious: is there any rerelease of xevious with that function? and there totally is. it's in namco museum ds, which is all around much cooler than I knew.