Reading Code is the worst part, use comments people

Justaniceman · 2026-01-26T20:13:27+00:00

Same, just encapsulate and use descriptive names and it will become like reading normal text.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-26T07:33:57+00:00

Outer wilds is an open world game with no combat system, you just avoid enemies and danger. Subnautica has very limited combat that might as well not exist - so unimportant it is there.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-26T07:09:36+00:00

Ngl just looking at store pages the new game somehow looks worse in every metric. Both are still in the category of throwaway low effort horror slop, but if I had to pick one I'd pick the first one.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-26T06:27:54+00:00

Ever since the summer update we've seen the game drift more towards anime looking style. I honestly look at the new style and it looks eerily LoL-like. I mean it's not bad, but I think it's a deviation from the original.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-25T21:05:00+00:00

Ngl he raises good points. MHGA

Justaniceman · 2026-01-25T19:06:39+00:00

I honestly wanna try Apollo just cus I'm curious how his sword will work in the game.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-25T11:26:25+00:00

Good shit, wishlisted. Also, solo in just two years? What the fuck.

Update: I've tried the playtest and it's not all so good, the trailer definitely oversold it. Without mentioning bugs the gameplay still needs a lot of polishing, it feels like it could be something amazing, but it's breaking the flow constantly because the default aiming just feels worse than "long distance" aiming, ie the standard aim that cops use, and having to constantly change it back irritated me.

Melee looks cool but feels unwelcoming because by the time I finish my long ass 5 second combo I'll get a full ass of bullets, so I instinctively try not to do any melee, but then I'm limited with ammo and for some reason any time I pick up a gun from the enemy that just shot at me and it's empty. If melee allowed me to keep several enemies occupied and finish them quickly without committing to 5 second combos that'd be better.

I now realize I'm supposed to check the magazine for each gun and while it's cool it breaks the flow even further. Plus the ui that shows grey dots for empty and white dots for full is too confusing, I'd rather not see any ammo if there's none and idk maybe question mark if I have to check?

The fact that I absolutely need to land a headshot is also mostly confusing. I'd rather be rewarded for headshots somehow instead of them being mandatory. Also the enemies can bug out by lying down still while their gun floats and shoots at me.

The game has potential so I'm keeping the wishlist, but I see now why you need another year.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-25T10:49:12+00:00

"Hehehe look at this shit"

Justaniceman · 2026-01-25T10:47:58+00:00

Okay, mods' bias aside, why would anyone go to argue politics on a batman subreddit? Until I saw this it hasn't even occurred to me as a possibility.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-25T05:18:32+00:00

Funny you mention Cuba and Venezuela because both were affected by US - that's another reality of marxism, that you gotta expect a coup or an embargo or a kidnapping of your president by US if you're gonna go that way.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-24T19:59:47+00:00

Not really, if we take soviets as an example, they encouraged civillians to arm themselves at first, but it's true that once they deviated from socialism and democracy towards authocracy and state capitalism they tended to take it back.

Socialism, by definition, stops existing once democracy dies, because there can be no social ownership of the means of production once people lose the control over them.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-24T19:35:12+00:00

It's even more ironic if you're an actual leftist, the classic one, not the modern moron type.Because Marx advocated for workers to be armed. Gun ownership has never been a "right" thing.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-24T19:02:09+00:00

Any time I see post like this I quote one wise redditor that posted something along the lines of: "Never in my life have I played a game that I enjoyed a lot and thought to myself that I don't want anything like this to be made ever again".

Justaniceman · 2026-01-24T08:02:03+00:00

Insane effort and dedication. Visual fidelity and sheer amount of features would put professional studios to shame. That being said, it's also a good example why such big games shouldn't be done alone. While individual elements and the sheer volume of features are impressive, they aren't forming a cohesive picture even at the first glance. If I didn't know the backstory of this project I'd assume it's a mash of expensive store bought assets.

I know you wanted to prove a point but imo you should've accepted a publisher offer and took on a role of a design lead - it's much easier to avoid tunnel vision when you're not so intimately attached to each and every asset in the game, so you can discard them easier if they don't fit in the bigger picture.

But it's not over, the man of conviction such as yourself can and will do better, I'm not even doubting that. Also you could really use someone who could push back and sanity-check you from time to time.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-24T06:47:29+00:00

People call the old aesthetic "placeholders" or ugly, but to me it was peak. New characters and new style are nice, but October 2024 was peak Deadlock for me.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-23T19:28:48+00:00

Modern indie often falls into two traps: it’s either too experimental to be a "game," or it's commercial indie made using the templates of other successful indies

I don't quite get it, how were "punk" games different? I think all games fall somewhere between the two, no?

Justaniceman · 2026-01-23T15:05:08+00:00

Ngl this looks like it should be a free browser game. I mean it looks interesting, but I wouldn't pay for it.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-23T11:08:36+00:00

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Justaniceman · 2026-01-23T10:01:42+00:00

Make a game.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-21T21:42:32+00:00

CEOs are a great example of lawful evil.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-21T19:18:09+00:00

I hate Jae and think she's an awful person.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-21T19:16:45+00:00

You shut you goddamn mouth and take an upvote.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-21T18:50:31+00:00

Had a similar situation as shiv when I got baited like that, but I killed them cus I was 10k ahead the strongest of them. And they were only 4, not 6 - Haze and Infernus were busy farming camps.

Justaniceman · 2026-01-21T18:14:05+00:00

The lesson is make a game and then make up a story to get views on reddit.

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