Boghog
@boghogstg.bsky.social
I'm a gamedev (he/him)
Working on ARMED DECOBOT | Mechanical Star Astra. Game designer for Gunvein
I also have a game design blog/patreon & make vids :
https://www.patreon.com/c/Boghogooo
https://www.youtube.com/@boghogSTG
Working on ARMED DECOBOT | Mechanical Star Astra. Game designer for Gunvein
I also have a game design blog/patreon & make vids :
https://www.patreon.com/c/Boghogooo
https://www.youtube.com/@boghogSTG
It's great to study these older arcade games cause a lot of them are built around rng based checkmates
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
It's great to study these older arcade games cause a lot of them are built around rng based checkmates
Are the roaming customers dangerous? If so then yeah 100%, it seems exactly like an arcade maze game
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Are the roaming customers dangerous? If so then yeah 100%, it seems exactly like an arcade maze game
Yup that's a pattern I'm noticing a lot as well. A lot of my fav mid to late 80s games are very much like direct successors to that philosophy where they ramped up the action & power trip aspect a little bit more but still kept that feeling of powerlessness at their core. Love that shit
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Yup that's a pattern I'm noticing a lot as well. A lot of my fav mid to late 80s games are very much like direct successors to that philosophy where they ramped up the action & power trip aspect a little bit more but still kept that feeling of powerlessness at their core. Love that shit
Not only does it capture that action-thriller aspect of you waiting for the elevator to come while enemies close in, but enemies will often do all the worst shit possible or spawn from the worst spots forcing you to improv. These little wait times went from my least fav to one of my fav things
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Not only does it capture that action-thriller aspect of you waiting for the elevator to come while enemies close in, but enemies will often do all the worst shit possible or spawn from the worst spots forcing you to improv. These little wait times went from my least fav to one of my fav things
I'll have to try Tinkle Pit! Its really funny seeing Bamco give Pacman the metroidvania treatment with Shadow Labyrinth, I thought it was a prank of some kind at first
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I'll have to try Tinkle Pit! Its really funny seeing Bamco give Pacman the metroidvania treatment with Shadow Labyrinth, I thought it was a prank of some kind at first
I wonder if we compile all maze games from the time and compare them to survivorlikes, if maze games even have a chance 🥹 how quickly styles of games are declared dead & buried
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I wonder if we compile all maze games from the time and compare them to survivorlikes, if maze games even have a chance 🥹 how quickly styles of games are declared dead & buried
If you've played a newer Elevator Action game, or stuff like Bayo 3's sections, you have not played Elevator Action AT ALL IMO Remedy that.
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
If you've played a newer Elevator Action game, or stuff like Bayo 3's sections, you have not played Elevator Action AT ALL IMO Remedy that.
Whatever sorta stealth dynamics that existed were incidental and a situational tactical choice, NOT the focus or the point. Yet subsequent devs focused in on them, probably because they were obvious, surface level, easily understood & trendy when a lot of these sequels like Old & New came out.
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Whatever sorta stealth dynamics that existed were incidental and a situational tactical choice, NOT the focus or the point. Yet subsequent devs focused in on them, probably because they were obvious, surface level, easily understood & trendy when a lot of these sequels like Old & New came out.
I love context sensitivity 😎
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I love context sensitivity 😎
That's why arcade games own. Silksong was an ORDEAL but playing some runs of Rolling Bird, Elevator Action, Singuo Breaka & SDOJ in between devs seshes? PERFECTION
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
That's why arcade games own. Silksong was an ORDEAL but playing some runs of Rolling Bird, Elevator Action, Singuo Breaka & SDOJ in between devs seshes? PERFECTION
That'd make him only 5 years older than me.......dire.
Let's hope it's a fourteen words ref or maybe his IQ
Let's hope it's a fourteen words ref or maybe his IQ
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
That'd make him only 5 years older than me.......dire.
Let's hope it's a fourteen words ref or maybe his IQ
Let's hope it's a fourteen words ref or maybe his IQ
Like that swedish dude might seem like an exception but he's not, so many guys in retro spaces are exactly lik ethat to a less extreme extent. They don't play anything, they don't think about anything, have massive egos and then they get offended & become volatile when you tell them to play & think
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Like that swedish dude might seem like an exception but he's not, so many guys in retro spaces are exactly lik ethat to a less extreme extent. They don't play anything, they don't think about anything, have massive egos and then they get offended & become volatile when you tell them to play & think
Sure tho I mean is this anything special? Think of GnG, a lot of the time you'll pre-throw spears or wait in place while a mobile enemy gets into range or something. It's also less of an element with Haggar cuz of his jab speed
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Sure tho I mean is this anything special? Think of GnG, a lot of the time you'll pre-throw spears or wait in place while a mobile enemy gets into range or something. It's also less of an element with Haggar cuz of his jab speed
It does not get any less frustrating, twitter's fuckin awful and these communities in particular are fuckin braindead. Half the time you're talking to someone who doesn't even play the games and just whines
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
It does not get any less frustrating, twitter's fuckin awful and these communities in particular are fuckin braindead. Half the time you're talking to someone who doesn't even play the games and just whines
I mean playing LOL dev is more like a constant and insane "its over/were back" oscillation
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I mean playing LOL dev is more like a constant and insane "its over/were back" oscillation
Not really no, Ninja Warriors Once Again has speedrunning-as-scoreplay which is sick, Slashout has a pretty decent mix of speedrunning & juggle combos, Knights of the Round has an inteersting enemy type chaining system but overall I can't think of anything that grabbed me, tho I havent looked 2 hard
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Not really no, Ninja Warriors Once Again has speedrunning-as-scoreplay which is sick, Slashout has a pretty decent mix of speedrunning & juggle combos, Knights of the Round has an inteersting enemy type chaining system but overall I can't think of anything that grabbed me, tho I havent looked 2 hard
Yea like Din pointed out, even though helping wasn't my intent in the slightest, the post was ironically more helpful than the feedback of the dumbfucks "supporting it"
November 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Yea like Din pointed out, even though helping wasn't my intent in the slightest, the post was ironically more helpful than the feedback of the dumbfucks "supporting it"
Yup, now that shit's making its way into HD via IPslop like Phantom & Lady Death. Also is that genAI cover art :)
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Yup, now that shit's making its way into HD via IPslop like Phantom & Lady Death. Also is that genAI cover art :)
I don't understand why those outsiders think that I want to improve the port in any way what-so-ever, so I shoulda worked on conveying that more clearly. It'd be better if he didn't implement that in fact, would be easier to dismiss it & go tell people to play the real game
November 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I don't understand why those outsiders think that I want to improve the port in any way what-so-ever, so I shoulda worked on conveying that more clearly. It'd be better if he didn't implement that in fact, would be easier to dismiss it & go tell people to play the real game
It's easy to focus on the negatives and how picky dev can make you, but god the positive shit hits so much harder
Now discussions with players, those have only turned into pure misery and get worse every year.
Now discussions with players, those have only turned into pure misery and get worse every year.
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It's easy to focus on the negatives and how picky dev can make you, but god the positive shit hits so much harder
Now discussions with players, those have only turned into pure misery and get worse every year.
Now discussions with players, those have only turned into pure misery and get worse every year.