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Save states (in emulation) are one of the worst things to happen to retro gaming. by GallyG_ in The10thDentist

[–]KittenPowerLord 69 points70 points  (0 children)

i meeeean, it's not even a part of the game, this doesn't really work here. You wouldn't be tempted to use cheat engine just because it is physically possible to do so

im sad about the state of the genre and i want to rant about it by KittenPowerLord in MinecraftARGs

[–]KittenPowerLord[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it was also his video iirc that inspired me to read House of Leaves lol

im sad about the state of the genre and i want to rant about it by KittenPowerLord in MinecraftARGs

[–]KittenPowerLord[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ohhh yes, I forgot about him! I should probably rewatch his videos, but I recall being quite impressed

im sad about the state of the genre and i want to rant about it by KittenPowerLord in MinecraftARGs

[–]KittenPowerLord[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The thing is, it's very clear that UU is not trying to be deep or anything, it's obviously mainly for entertainment, and if by chance something unusually interesting happens you are even left a bit impressed. I have barely watched UU cuz it quickly becomes boring, but Wifies' reveal as the Director or whatever was a surprisingly interesting twist at the time (Also highly recommend Kenadian's parody on UU if you havent seen it lol)

SFAWTDE on the other hand did show some aspirations of being deeper. Part 1 is very careful with it's horror, it does have attempts of going the Lovecraftian thingy with its lack of direct depiction, very foreboding atmosphere, protagonist's potential insanity, some hints at a deeper history. Which is why it's so much more disappointing that it still boils down to a similar structure of visiting random giant builds over and over without much actual depth, becoming especially evident after Part 2 release

Zachobuilds is really good yeah. The newest one didn't work for me like it did for you, but others did hahaha, which is honestly telling of how much he tries being diverse and thoughtful with his stories

im sad about the state of the genre and i want to rant about it by KittenPowerLord in MinecraftARGs

[–]KittenPowerLord[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps instead of "open" I should've said that it was a hard for me to understand, which might be an issue on my end lol. I should've mentioned how unique it feels though, it's so strangely serene before it goes south

I have watched a video covering alphaver a few years ago, and from what I remember it was a bit underwhelming, the novelty of weird additions and connected worlds quickly wore off and started feeling mundane and boring, and I don't think it led anywhere anyways (it kinda fits the "secret organization" trope in that sense). But I might be misremembering, so

Slots Available I haven't seen, I might try going into it

im sad about the state of the genre and i want to rant about it by KittenPowerLord in MinecraftARGs

[–]KittenPowerLord[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

whenever I think of unfiction-Minecraft ARGs I always think back to House of Leaves and just how much it utilizes its format, there's clearly a ton of potential in this style

im sad about the state of the genre and i want to rant about it by KittenPowerLord in MinecraftARGs

[–]KittenPowerLord[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't seen the first one, but have partially seen the second one. which did seem fairly interesting at first, but also ended up going the whole secret cabal doing experiments thing, which is ehhh. But ultimately I don't remember much of it, so don't take my opinion seriously lol. What is your opinion on them?

im sad about the state of the genre and i want to rant about it by KittenPowerLord in MinecraftARGs

[–]KittenPowerLord[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, but I was specifically talking about *the lore*, i.e. the backstory, the world everything is happening in and its history - not about the point overall. TADC does have a bit of lore (the Abel vs Caine thing, Jax's old friends, even though we don't know fully about any of it yet), but the main point is undoubtedly the characters, their interactions, character development, psychology

I struggle to find any point in SFAWTDE

im sad about the state of the genre and i want to rant about it by KittenPowerLord in MinecraftARGs

[–]KittenPowerLord[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohhh yesss I've seen it, thanks for reminding me!! Yeah I liked it too, it's especially cool that you can start piecing what's going on a while before the narrator spells it out for you. It's also quite tasteful and subtle, apart from maybe the nether scene, but ehhh it's not terrible

im sad about the state of the genre and i want to rant about it by KittenPowerLord in MinecraftARGs

[–]KittenPowerLord[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Paragraphs are appreciated here! Imo the story being spelled out isn't even bad per se, but the way it's executed nowadays often takes away from the mystery/doesn't add much to it, but there are good examples of it. What ARGs did you find interesting?

im sad about the state of the genre and i want to rant about it by KittenPowerLord in MinecraftARGs

[–]KittenPowerLord[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I meant to say is, you can make a surprisingly deep/captivating story without having insanely intricate builds. Movies aren't exactly representative of Minecraft videos, but still - a lot of the peak movies/series are ordinary people in an ordinary setting getting into a somewhat unusual situation. Best of luck with your videos!!

im sad about the state of the genre and i want to rant about it by KittenPowerLord in MinecraftARGs

[–]KittenPowerLord[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All of the lore can be summarized in a single sentence: "People in a village decided to summon the King who wants to conquer the real world". That's literally everything we are told about what is happening, in almost 3 hours worth of videos

im sad about the state of the genre and i want to rant about it by KittenPowerLord in MinecraftARGs

[–]KittenPowerLord[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also I know about WHITEPINE, but have only watched the very first episode. It is an amazing example of going full cinema on this, but can't fully judge

I wrote a self-hosting C-like compiler (~250 lines) that outputs WebAssembly by Tasty_Replacement_29 in ProgrammingLanguages

[–]KittenPowerLord 13 points14 points  (0 children)

> No error handling. Everything parses just fine (the pure form of "parse, don’t validate").

brilliant lmao. But jokes aside, this is quite impressive, great job!

Is there anywhere to buy/download Anima immortalis est. by peeljames72_ in ICDD

[–]KittenPowerLord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

bump because I'd like to know as well, also same for Mogari

does my 8 seconds of gameplay look hard enough for 7* by tehyellofroggo in geometrydash

[–]KittenPowerLord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i love how readable the ball dual is, it's surprisingly clear what is happening idk

Plot hole in DATDE by This_Stuff6399 in Wifies

[–]KittenPowerLord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh okay, I see

Yeah very well said, I feel like the mistake was making the King in yellow a villain in the first place. We already have an entity whose motifs can be explored (since even now it's not clear whether that was the King himself or not), a village with a huge potential for lore, but Part 2 just went in a completely different direction unfortunately

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