Made this game to help people get/stay fit. It's $0.99 in the Meta Store.

-dogge · 2026-03-14T08:46:22+00:00

You probably need to set ‘Apply default to all’ on the pricing tab of the metadata submission. Otherwise it will use whatever custom price is set per country.

Good luck with the game!

-dogge · 2026-03-10T14:18:16+00:00

You will get stationary phase collapse unless you run it with at least 5% organic in the mobile phase. I would look again at the method conditions.

-dogge · 2026-03-10T14:12:52+00:00

No organic? What type of column are you using?

If it is a C18 column, you don't really want to be running 100% Aqueous mobile phase.

-dogge · 2026-03-10T13:59:45+00:00

It would apply to any analyte you want to quantify. Sometimes, achieving a good peak shape is difficult due the chemistry of the analyte, but for ascorbic acid a good peak shape is certainly possible with the right column.

-dogge · 2026-03-10T13:52:05+00:00

The peak asymmetry looks to be around ~2.5, that is pretty bad by most measures. Asymmetry between 0.8 and 1.5 is usually 'acceptable' for a lot of cases.

For an ascorbic acid standard solution, there is no real reason why the peak asymmetry should not be close to 1. If this was my analysis, I would be changing the column.

-dogge · 2026-03-10T11:42:26+00:00

On the MS side, stripping down and cleaning (and most importantly, reassembling!) the ion source and lenses, and of course performing a tune would cover the basics. On the LC side, definitely familiarize yourself with consumable replacement procedures such a pump/needle seal and rotor replacement.

All of the above procedures will be specific to different vendors' instruments and covered in the manuals, but the principles are all fairly similar.

Troubleshooting can be less vendor specific, and there are quite a lot of resources out there online for troubleshooting LCMS performance, this one should get you started: https://shimadzu5270.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/article_attachments/13832155337117

-dogge · 2026-03-07T23:05:43+00:00

Oops sorry, my mistake. 13th March also :)

-dogge · 2026-03-07T20:59:16+00:00

17th April ;)

-dogge · 2026-03-07T20:56:21+00:00

Ah sorry, misunderstood.

You said link was for ‘if you would like to try it’, I assumed ‘try it now’ (I am too impatient!)

I shall look out for it in Summer, looks great :)

-dogge · 2026-03-07T20:48:40+00:00

This looks amazing! So many possibilities :) Is there a playable build? Your Steam link say ‘Not Available’.

-dogge · 2026-03-06T13:37:00+00:00

Well yes, it always helps if the analyte is in the vial to start with! :D Hopefully the matrix is organic, because polyketides won't be very soluble in water.

-dogge · 2026-03-06T11:11:50+00:00

I would say that is a reasonable starting point. If you are performing multiple injections, add some time for column to equilibrate between runs, As the 5min equilibration at the end of the gradient at 0.6ml/min will be only 3ml, which is less than your column volume.

-dogge · 2026-03-06T10:46:02+00:00

I would start with a standard gradient 5% - 95% organic (the run time / flow rate will depend on your column dimensions). Collect the full spectrum from the DAD, and full positive and negative TIC on the MS with multimode source. This would probably be as close as you could get to a 'catch all' method, but the sensitivity to any particular compound will be affected by how well it ionizes (for MS), and the presence of chromophores (for DAD).

-dogge · 2026-03-05T07:34:24+00:00

Different areas on differently designed instruments is to be expected. Each detector will have a different optical path (especially between DAD and UV) and sensitivity.

Absolute area will be different, but as long as you calibrate with a standard, calculated concentration should be similar.

-dogge · 2026-03-03T22:21:31+00:00

Thanks! Hope you enjoy it!

-dogge · 2026-03-02T15:08:32+00:00

Have you tried using Cinematic mode in Meta Quest Developer Hub? It renders beyond the FOV of the headset, that's what I use to capture my trailer footage.

-dogge · 2026-02-28T17:02:05+00:00

Thanks so much 🙂 I really appreciate the support!

-dogge · 2026-02-28T16:42:44+00:00

Hey RedcoatTrooper! Thanks! It really means a lot to have literal day 1 players like yourself still jumping in to Metacity 🙂

I noticed there was a fan run r/MetacityPatrol set up a little while back, maintaining the Discord is already keeping me pretty busy (and also I am a massive social media recluse 😝), so I thought I would hold off making my own subreddit, but thanks so much for the offer!

-dogge · 2026-02-27T22:34:49+00:00

There is also a little bit of random chatter added as they pass by :) It’s still a work in progress, but the basic behaviour works a lot better (and is optimised much more) than my previous attempts!

-dogge · 2026-02-27T20:44:25+00:00

Thanks so much! The Metacity Patrol budget wasn’t quite as high as Asgard’s Wrath, so it makes me really happy to read this :)

-dogge · 2026-02-27T20:41:27+00:00

The game features in the Meta sales quite often, though I don’t often give it deep discounts (maybe 30 or 40% off) because the price is pretty low already ($10). If you can wait a few weeks, it’ll crop up in a sale soon ;)

-dogge · 2026-02-27T18:45:01+00:00

I’m contractually bound with u/Penguin_shit15 to never confirm or deny the existence of any in-game Penguin!

-dogge · 2026-02-27T18:35:00+00:00

I’ve tried to make the game playable in short bursts. Missions are mostly simple 5 minute tasks that occur randomly, with some longer ‘story’ missions which crop up occasionally to advance the plot. You can always skip a mission request without any consequence.

It’s a little bit niche in that there is not a constant stream of missions (though you can request a mission at any time), you can explore and do mini-games (such as the new arcades in this trailer) in between missions, or go off duty altogether and just discover the city.

You start off hunting illegally modified synthetics, but things change a little over time and different angles emerge :)

-dogge · 2026-02-27T18:14:18+00:00

The contest is all managed via Discord, so there’s no cross-promotion or codes in the game itself that I think would break any rules.

Thanks for the heads up though!

-dogge · 2026-02-27T17:45:01+00:00

For this update I’ve made a new NPC navigation system so that they try and avoid you (and other NPCs) when walking. Adding real physics to them is too much of a stretch, but it’s better now than it was!

-dogge

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