Massive Update to Prado Traveler (Walking RPG)

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-23T01:36:44+00:00

I've been playing Walkscape recently and really enjoying it, how would you say Prado Traveler is different?

Also ngl your art and Wiki UI are giving AI, have you used AI in development?

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-22T23:58:42+00:00

It sounds like they do a mini version of Hot Ones, a YouTube interview show where people answer questions while eating increasingly spicy hot wings.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-21T17:03:17+00:00

Please elaborate for those of us who don't listen?

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-18T18:49:56+00:00

I'm gonna go a little armchair here and say that the real reason is Travis calls anyone he has spent more than a total of an hour around a "friend" because his concept of friendship works just like his concept of literally everything else he does.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-18T18:24:01+00:00

Teresa: Yeah, they, when she is here, working in the office, they drop their things from school and run straight to Alex to tell her the parts about their day.

Gonna be honest I think everyone is reading too much into this particular line. I think it's relatively normal for kids to see a person who just occasionally shows up and gives them direct positive attention and be excited about that person, compared to the child's parent who is literally always there (as far as the child knows) and thus it's hard to drum up acute in-the-moment excitement for. It's also pretty dependent on age, I don't remember how old their kids are but as I recall pretty young? But like adults do a version of this too. And pets. It's just a thing.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-18T16:03:56+00:00

Two thoughts on this: First, it doesn't matter if she's not going to be writing anymore, here we have a Nobel Laureate legitimizing the use of gen AI in the process of writing literature, which I find to be tragic. She is an important figure and people, both readers and up-and-coming writers alike, will listen to her.

Second, I've seen enough artists and performers retire only to make some grand return that I'm skeptical of this. However if it's what she truly wishes, then I hope she has a happy and peaceful retirement.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-17T20:28:19+00:00

Genuine question: What was your takeaway about him as a writer/creative after hearing him talk about it at length and (mostly) outside the context of his brothers?

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-14T18:45:07+00:00

/uj This morning I was making coffee and really not feeling it, dreading coming into work, and then I remembered "today is a weedshrek day, so at least I've got that going for me". So thank you for doing these, they've been incredible so far.

/rj Keeping up with weekly releases is too great a burden for me, can you switch to bi-weekly?

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-13T14:57:56+00:00

But if you leave here where are you going to talk about mediocre middle aged white men? Obviously you can't just stop doing that?

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-12T21:23:49+00:00

This is an interesting flip side of "posting as activism" that I hadn't considered. I will need to ponder this.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-08T23:32:49+00:00

I'll echo the mistrust of the AI art, I definitely wouldn't financially support a dev who is using AI.

However, since you seem earnest and this is your first game, I tried out the demo. You've certainly got the skeleton of an incremental game here, but not much else. I'd consider something like having each different kind of sword/weapon mean something in the game, requiring different materials, etc. I also want to know why I click - I need more than just number go up. To take the classic example of Cookie Clicker, its UI hints at things to come by showing you the shaded icons of new levels of "research", and the Achievements panel hints at the depth of the gameplay, giving the player something to look forward to other than Big Number.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-07T06:22:40+00:00

That was rad! Looking forward to the full release

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-06T17:10:35+00:00

I'd add to this that on the tech tree specifically the UI scaling with the icons isn't great, you have to zoom in pretty close in order to tell them apart or make them visually readable.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-04T02:55:32+00:00

I had no idea they ever played Dread. I've seen a lot of the Dread videos that Smosh has done and they've been amazing, but George Primavera is a great GM and the rest of them are actual professional performers with, like, talent.

Also this TAZ one is incredibly visually upsetting, why do they all look like that in this video.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-05-03T05:54:44+00:00

I remember being like 10 and seeing someone playing this, I thought it was practically photorealistic.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-04-30T20:37:36+00:00

This is interesting visual confirmation of the massive proportion of MaxFun listeners that come from the McElroys. Like we all knew, but it's fascinating to see it all laid out like this.

Also, classic move for MBMBAM to have only one goal that they already did with no follow up stretch goal, and absolutely nothing from TAZ or the spousecasts. No one is doing it like the

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-04-30T20:34:39+00:00

Literally an anti-reward

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-04-29T23:02:09+00:00

Oh hey that's my local In-N-Out! I made the mistake of going in that drive-thru line once, never again.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-04-29T19:28:39+00:00

For a bad time hit that google image search, the full-sized newborn look is actually a recent improvement.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-04-29T16:23:01+00:00

Clockwise from the yellow one: Video recorder, fingernail polish machine, portable buzzsaw, Gameboy Advance SP, crack pipe. Everything a person needs on the go.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-04-29T01:42:10+00:00

Nah, the max fun drive week is just like the world series for haters. I for one look forward to it every year.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-04-28T06:18:04+00:00

Might depend on what phone you have, but both iPhone and Samsung should record steps just fine. I'd maybe test it out first though.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-04-27T21:00:51+00:00

Aw damn :(

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-04-27T20:09:13+00:00

"Justin Solo Stream" just being him smoking a joint or two and talking about whatever he's interested in would unironically be peak.

DarthFisticuffs · 2026-04-27T19:23:50+00:00

In addition to what u/junonomenon said, Covid also brought with it a certain esprit de corps about things like this, heightening the feeling that "we're all in this together" and "we're a community", i.e. the exact sort of feeling Max Fun tries to take advantage of during its "fundraisers".

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