@marcstraight.bsky.social
game designer. composer. audio designer.
i only engage with social media when absolutely required.
I am against AI without exception.
i only engage with social media when absolutely required.
I am against AI without exception.
Oh yay you posted it!!
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Oh yay you posted it!!
I literally logged into this fucking website and THIS is the first thing i see.
November 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I literally logged into this fucking website and THIS is the first thing i see.
All of these have to feel cared for equally because if not the experience has lost its purpose.
September 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
All of these have to feel cared for equally because if not the experience has lost its purpose.
Every mini game could be someone's favorite so they all need to be equally thoughtful in player experience.
You might want to stay and help take care of the inn and the guests with quiet peace and occasional chaos.
You might want to just know how to find a way home and way to see the story unfold.
You might want to stay and help take care of the inn and the guests with quiet peace and occasional chaos.
You might want to just know how to find a way home and way to see the story unfold.
September 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Every mini game could be someone's favorite so they all need to be equally thoughtful in player experience.
You might want to stay and help take care of the inn and the guests with quiet peace and occasional chaos.
You might want to just know how to find a way home and way to see the story unfold.
You might want to stay and help take care of the inn and the guests with quiet peace and occasional chaos.
You might want to just know how to find a way home and way to see the story unfold.
I think that's most challenging to communicate when I talk about what makes the game special. It's that all parts are designed to support each other because it's built by a person that spent their life playing this type of game incorrectly and needed a game to give this specific experience.
September 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I think that's most challenging to communicate when I talk about what makes the game special. It's that all parts are designed to support each other because it's built by a person that spent their life playing this type of game incorrectly and needed a game to give this specific experience.
The combination of making a visually vibrant world to explore off path, interesting global mini games, and ways to move back and forth between old spaces and new in engaging ways brings a unique experience that wasn't always in the original vision but a satisfying world couldn't exist without it.
September 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The combination of making a visually vibrant world to explore off path, interesting global mini games, and ways to move back and forth between old spaces and new in engaging ways brings a unique experience that wasn't always in the original vision but a satisfying world couldn't exist without it.
Without combat able to give the player easy access to quick engagement, the spaces between locations take on that task. As a result it's been a constantly evolving problem to solve.
September 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Without combat able to give the player easy access to quick engagement, the spaces between locations take on that task. As a result it's been a constantly evolving problem to solve.
This causes a lot of challenges, especially narrative wise. However, the one that unites all three paths to my frustration is engagement balance.
Under normal circumstances there would be combat to break up movement points because in most RPGs combat is a high engagement time padding for story.
Under normal circumstances there would be combat to break up movement points because in most RPGs combat is a high engagement time padding for story.
September 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This causes a lot of challenges, especially narrative wise. However, the one that unites all three paths to my frustration is engagement balance.
Under normal circumstances there would be combat to break up movement points because in most RPGs combat is a high engagement time padding for story.
Under normal circumstances there would be combat to break up movement points because in most RPGs combat is a high engagement time padding for story.
yeah exactly
August 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
yeah exactly
Until one is carbon negative, stands on it and has it as a part of their actual development I will not be giving any leeway at all.
August 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Until one is carbon negative, stands on it and has it as a part of their actual development I will not be giving any leeway at all.
I get that and I'm not saying you are supporting them. I'm just saying how I view all crypto and AI as a whole. Just because they're trying doesn't mean I'm handing out passes because easy forgiveness leads to permittable performative bullshit.
August 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I get that and I'm not saying you are supporting them. I'm just saying how I view all crypto and AI as a whole. Just because they're trying doesn't mean I'm handing out passes because easy forgiveness leads to permittable performative bullshit.
Local crypto says "oh im different i want to therapy" like it exempts them of all the fucking damage they caused.
absolutely fucking not.
absolutely fucking not.
August 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Local crypto says "oh im different i want to therapy" like it exempts them of all the fucking damage they caused.
absolutely fucking not.
absolutely fucking not.
If someone lit your house on fire every day for 10 years and got paid for it then one day came up and said "hey I can light your house on fire less and still make the same amount of money we cool right?" would you give them a pass???
August 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If someone lit your house on fire every day for 10 years and got paid for it then one day came up and said "hey I can light your house on fire less and still make the same amount of money we cool right?" would you give them a pass???
Still an object that had no purpose that did incredible damage to the planet then "solved" the problem that it caused 12 years later while we're seeing the climate crisis becoming extremely visibly terrible. There should not be a pass for any AI or crypto that suddenly pretends to give a shit.
August 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Still an object that had no purpose that did incredible damage to the planet then "solved" the problem that it caused 12 years later while we're seeing the climate crisis becoming extremely visibly terrible. There should not be a pass for any AI or crypto that suddenly pretends to give a shit.
i just constantly feel like communication needs purpose and talking about how I'm feeling is selfish compared to how insane and shitty the rest of the world is. So, I don't wanna talk openly about what is happening w me but I miss being an online goofball sometimes
August 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
i just constantly feel like communication needs purpose and talking about how I'm feeling is selfish compared to how insane and shitty the rest of the world is. So, I don't wanna talk openly about what is happening w me but I miss being an online goofball sometimes
i think a grilled cheese could fix me
August 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
i think a grilled cheese could fix me
if you hate someone and you tell them in a way that isn't you doing something fucking cool while also hating them you are
fucking
up.
"yo I'm skating a half pipe but i still fucking hate you"
is way more cool than
"your addiction to glue is tearing this family apart"
fucking
up.
"yo I'm skating a half pipe but i still fucking hate you"
is way more cool than
"your addiction to glue is tearing this family apart"
August 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
if you hate someone and you tell them in a way that isn't you doing something fucking cool while also hating them you are
fucking
up.
"yo I'm skating a half pipe but i still fucking hate you"
is way more cool than
"your addiction to glue is tearing this family apart"
fucking
up.
"yo I'm skating a half pipe but i still fucking hate you"
is way more cool than
"your addiction to glue is tearing this family apart"
I need this extremely bad
July 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I need this extremely bad
Shadow of the Colossus
July 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Shadow of the Colossus
I completely agree. The only way you're able to up your rates and take "less" is if you're already affluent enough to not need the current job you're taking on in order to survive.
July 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I completely agree. The only way you're able to up your rates and take "less" is if you're already affluent enough to not need the current job you're taking on in order to survive.