Celia
@celialicious.bsky.social
Game designer & game design educator. Fighting gamer. Animator.
https://Critpoints.net
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I've been wanting to learn it just a little for future projects. It seems part and parcel with 3d animation.
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I've been wanting to learn it just a little for future projects. It seems part and parcel with 3d animation.
Finally, his time to shine!
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Finally, his time to shine!
It's good to try to be rigorous with genres to the best of our abilities, but we also need to recognize the limits of genre in the first place. Not everything is going to fit in perfectly and that's okay. This is because genres do not have a discrete ontology, they are amorphous and can blend.
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It's good to try to be rigorous with genres to the best of our abilities, but we also need to recognize the limits of genre in the first place. Not everything is going to fit in perfectly and that's okay. This is because genres do not have a discrete ontology, they are amorphous and can blend.
Genres are not formal properties of games (shaping/defining), they are families of similar works. A precise mechanical definition of a genre isn't necessarily always appropriate and something may lack certain aspects of a genre but still fit within that genre.
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Genres are not formal properties of games (shaping/defining), they are families of similar works. A precise mechanical definition of a genre isn't necessarily always appropriate and something may lack certain aspects of a genre but still fit within that genre.
Clearly, modern roguelikes differ a lot from the original Berlin interpretation, and that's okay as long as everyone understands one another.
I did a Berlin interpretation of the Souls-like subgenre in 2020, which I think is fun.
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I did a Berlin interpretation of the Souls-like subgenre in 2020, which I think is fun.
critpoints.net/2020/03/11/w...
What is “Souls-Like”?
A lot of people have covered this topic before. I’m more doing this to pin the idea down in case it comes up in conversation again, than because it’s something that really needs to be d…
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November 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Clearly, modern roguelikes differ a lot from the original Berlin interpretation, and that's okay as long as everyone understands one another.
I did a Berlin interpretation of the Souls-like subgenre in 2020, which I think is fun.
critpoints.net/2020/03/11/w...
I did a Berlin interpretation of the Souls-like subgenre in 2020, which I think is fun.
critpoints.net/2020/03/11/w...
I'm going to add to this that I don't think a Berlin interpretation is necessarily correct. Genre labels are intended to represent a family of games; games with a familial resemblance.
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I'm going to add to this that I don't think a Berlin interpretation is necessarily correct. Genre labels are intended to represent a family of games; games with a familial resemblance.
I'm fine with Immersive Sim as a genre label even if I hate the word Immersion. It's a clearly identifiable family of games with a traceable design lineage.
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I Don’t Really Like Deus Ex
Deus Ex is THE game that popularized the Immersive Sim genre. It lived as a cult classic for decades until it was picked up again for Human Revolution and Mankind Divided, then dropped like a sack …
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November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I'm fine with Immersive Sim as a genre label even if I hate the word Immersion. It's a clearly identifiable family of games with a traceable design lineage.
critpoints.net/2025/02/19/i...
critpoints.net/2025/02/19/i...
I am your biggest shill, lmao. I included a slide about it in a class I taught.
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I am your biggest shill, lmao. I included a slide about it in a class I taught.
I think the added specificity helps
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I think the added specificity helps
Rather than quibbling over good/bad hierarchy, I think the better standpoint is whether a hierarchy is coercive, created by the use of force. In our present society teacher/student and parent/child hierarchies are coercive, but that isn't necessarily the case.
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Rather than quibbling over good/bad hierarchy, I think the better standpoint is whether a hierarchy is coercive, created by the use of force. In our present society teacher/student and parent/child hierarchies are coercive, but that isn't necessarily the case.
Girlfailure sephiroth is what we all secretly desire
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Girlfailure sephiroth is what we all secretly desire
Good luck. I got lucky with craigslist and a friend gave me one he rescued off the curb.
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Good luck. I got lucky with craigslist and a friend gave me one he rescued off the curb.
I have 3 portable ones, but I really love the bigger ones.
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I have 3 portable ones, but I really love the bigger ones.
Same.... I have an HD CRT and a big Toshiba in storage right now after a move
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Same.... I have an HD CRT and a big Toshiba in storage right now after a move
What devices are plugged into your CRTs?
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
What devices are plugged into your CRTs?
I've had it sitting around for a while, and I really wanted to make this meme.
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I've had it sitting around for a while, and I really wanted to make this meme.
Only if they can all play each others' levels
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Only if they can all play each others' levels
That's so funny. "I am going to use this thing for leisure." "HOW DARE YOU USE THE LEISURE TOOL PROFESSIONALLY!?"
It's a general purpose computation machine.
It's a general purpose computation machine.
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
That's so funny. "I am going to use this thing for leisure." "HOW DARE YOU USE THE LEISURE TOOL PROFESSIONALLY!?"
It's a general purpose computation machine.
It's a general purpose computation machine.
Reposted by Celia
no more building identity around which IPs you like. no more virulent hostility to social (esp. feminist, anti-racist, and youth-rights) critique of the thing you like. no more small nationalisms. no more "let people enjoy things," the only way to truly appreciate things is to think about them
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
no more building identity around which IPs you like. no more virulent hostility to social (esp. feminist, anti-racist, and youth-rights) critique of the thing you like. no more small nationalisms. no more "let people enjoy things," the only way to truly appreciate things is to think about them