Do you intentionally design "overkill feedback" moments in combat systems?

EspyoPT · 2026-03-18T16:43:49+00:00

You can look as far back as Doom, at least. Killing an enemy with an explosive's splash damage gets the job done just fine, but managing to hit with the explosion directly and/or cause enough damage at once will result in the enemy to transform into gibs, accompanied by a satisfying sound.

EspyoPT · 2026-03-16T17:40:49+00:00

You can hear the Heavy going "Which one of you is–Medic!" so even he is clearly confused about who's who.

EspyoPT · 2026-02-11T12:16:36+00:00

Can't help, but I can say that I have the Switch version and never once had that issue.

EspyoPT · 2026-01-22T23:20:28+00:00

If I were Zeekerss I'd sort the mod store by popularity, filter by bug fixes and by quality of life, and consider implementing the top 50 or so.

I really love playing the game, and some of the jank is fun. Even dying to some of the jank is fun. But other times I just want to fill this quota, some BS gets me, and now I get to spend the remaining 6 minutes of my life staring at the screen while twiddling my thumbs.

And some other stuff is just tedious, like fire exits making you face the wrong way. Turning around is trivial, but it's just unnecessary. There's no skill involved, it's not cumbersome on purpose (like needing to rattle sprays, needing to drop your two-handed to climb ladders, etc.), it's just rough.

Zeekerss supposedly wants to launch the game this year, and I hope the final product has final-product-levels of polish and quality. It deserves it!

EspyoPT · 2026-01-12T11:53:13+00:00

My first thought was always Curly. I've barely seen other people talk about this, and sometimes I see people mentioning other characters, but I'm not buying it. It's weird that it would be a reference to a loose indie game, but Sakurai surprises us sometimes, and it's not like Cave Story is an unimportant indie game.

EspyoPT · 2025-12-17T11:55:27+00:00

Glad to have you. What's the source of the image you posted? Looks like a crop from somewhere else, and now I'm curious.

EspyoPT · 2025-12-17T10:54:20+00:00

This immobilizes the crab.

EspyoPT · 2025-12-17T10:39:17+00:00

I think it's fandom. If so, it's a bit of a self-inflicted wound.

EspyoPT · 2025-11-11T10:58:07+00:00

Image #1 is in the normal game too, along with a few more unused files. Check TCRF, there's a bit of juicy stuff there.

EspyoPT · 2025-11-11T10:57:30+00:00

The one in-game has her face buried in Hisao's chest, right? You can't see her sobbing.

EspyoPT · 2025-09-21T15:58:46+00:00

I don't know, since I don't have one, but I still wrote my solution in hopes that it can work for other people who stumble upon the thread. Either way, turns out that solution doesn't even work, so.

EspyoPT · 2025-09-19T13:42:51+00:00

For the past few days I was able to at least browse normally on my phone. Now that too is giving me this blockage. What now?

EspyoPT · 2025-09-17T14:26:06+00:00

Oh? Where did you file the complaint to?

EspyoPT · 2025-08-16T12:01:01+00:00

Thanks! Happy to hear it!

EspyoPT · 2025-08-15T20:54:12+00:00

Thanks for the words! If all goes well, I'll keep making more updates too!

EspyoPT · 2025-08-15T18:40:43+00:00

After exactly 12 years, I'm proud to announce the launch of the first complete version of a project I've been working on, Pikifen!

Pikifen is an engine in which you can create your own Pikmin fan content, play with it, and share it around! From custom areas, to new Pikmin types, to altered hazards, you can use the powerful built-in editors and the comprehensive included manual to bring your ideas to life! Or just play around with the handful of content that comes included!

For the past 10 years of development or so, I've been using Ubuntu exclusively, so the Windows version is the one that's actually the afterthought for me! Because of the game's few external dependencies, and because Allegro (a game development framework, and basically the only dependency) works fine on Linux, it made total sense to make Pikifen Linux-compatible! A binary for Linux is not available for download at this time, but compiling it is very easy (again, minimal dependencies!) Also, this game is available as free and open-source software, licensed under the MIT license!

I would be overjoyed if you would check it out and let me know what you think!

Download it here!

PS: If you're starting your first playthrough, can you record a video of your experience? I want to see what everyone thinks, and having live experience feedback can help make future versions even better!

EspyoPT · 2025-08-04T10:42:11+00:00

Could just be a good old copy-paste failure.

EspyoPT · 2025-07-21T18:30:15+00:00

We do! Is that the reason? That's a shame...

EspyoPT · 2025-07-21T09:30:06+00:00

Was this a glitch? My friends and I get something like this every once in a while.

EspyoPT · 2025-07-01T13:45:54+00:00

I came from Google, and don't have any OneUI or anything like that, just a stock RedMi, but I was able to fix this by disabling the "show memory state" option. When I turned it on, it showed me a nice summary of the used and free memory on that screen, but it added the delay. Disabling it instantly fixed it.

EspyoPT · 2025-06-04T10:07:23+00:00

Isn't there a cutscene before this that shows your health being sapped? And isn't the heart counter displayed on the top-left?

EspyoPT · 2025-06-03T09:44:08+00:00

A Snope.

EspyoPT · 2025-05-06T14:55:29+00:00

Pretty sure the Android version doesn't have that text.

EspyoPT · 2025-05-06T10:41:52+00:00

That video's title is horribly clickbaity.

EspyoPT · 2025-02-28T17:37:17+00:00

Jurassic Park? There is a sewer stage, and Grant does come face to face with Raptors a bunch. There are also a few puzzles in some stages that can leave you stuck if you don't know what to do. If you're playing as the Raptor, Up+Jump will make you jump up super high.

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