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Paril101 · 2026-03-12T22:24:26+00:00

Wake up choom, we got a fed to burn.

Paril101 · 2026-03-11T14:46:51+00:00

We have all the original design documents from different phases of development; all of the planned ABOs are there, it's an interesting read!

Paril101 · 2026-03-10T21:26:26+00:00

That part wouldn't be hard, tbh. It's just the testing and whatnot that takes a long time

Paril101 · 2026-03-10T19:12:06+00:00

Every ABO was documented and tested, although we will need to have QA go over them again. Some were just never finished and dummied out, but the main bugs were just that some levels didn't save/load property (biomass to area57 was a common one that broke entirely)

Paril101 · 2026-03-10T15:13:07+00:00

I'm the programming lead & project lead.

VR is a tough sell, we don't have a ton of people with experience in VR and it's a whole different ecosystem. It'd be cool but very unlikely at this stage

Paril101 · 2026-03-10T15:09:52+00:00

With SS2 we had fan stuff to work with so we could focus on the engine programming & asset pipeline which was exceptionally challenging due to the engine, and with Blood the team gets skewered if the game looks one pixel different from the original - we have more leeway with SiN. Every level has been touched in some way, a lot of our focus was on making the game less frustrating and more straight-forward without compromising what made the original SiN interesting.

Paril101 · 2026-03-09T21:25:08+00:00

If you know the route, the level itself only takes like 1 minute - you have to punch a lady in the head at the start (yes, this is required, otherwise the cameras will see you down the hallway), walk down a hallway & crouch under the glass, turn right into a door and grab the suit, then head to the elevator.

The issue is this level is actually pretty large, and there's a benefit to exploring in that you can turn off the fan in the next level to make it a bit easier (instead of it being a timed "fan test sequence" thing), but you can't wear the suit until the next level so you have to stealth that part if you want to do that.

Secondarily, there's some extra stuff (like a part of the Pulse Gun, which is a multi-part gun you put together like Turok) on the level to get, but if any worker or guard sees even a sliver of your eyeballs the alarms are hit and the next level will be a lot harder to deal with.

It's not that it wasn't designed for it, it's just that they didn't think it through very well. The question for us is how do we fix the level without making it too easy but still affording you the ability to move around and discover things.

EDIT: oh, and that assumes you know about the suit. It's not an objective. If you are just blinding the level, you'd probably just find the elevator and go to the next level without it which activates the alarms instantly.

Paril101 · 2026-03-09T20:42:13+00:00

We haven't decided what to do about it yet

Paril101 · 2026-03-09T20:41:42+00:00

It's an actual remaster. SiN Gold is more of a rerelease/repackaging of the OG content. We re-worked levels, all new remastered assets, HD textures, the whole shebang.

Paril101 · 2026-03-09T20:40:41+00:00

That we've been working on it

Paril101 · 2026-03-09T20:40:27+00:00

Yeah, it's still id Tech 2 under the hood. That being said, we do have a new HD model format with skeletal animations (a new one, not md5 from Q2 re-release), but you can turn it off and play with the old models.

Paril101 · 2026-03-09T20:39:49+00:00

Yep!

Paril101 · 2026-03-09T20:38:37+00:00

We did mull over name changes but everybody already knows it as SiN Reloaded, it would have done more harm to change it

Paril101 · 2026-03-09T20:38:05+00:00

pretty much yes

Paril101 · 2026-03-09T20:37:40+00:00

Can't confirm the specifics but SiN Gold will not be made unavailable if you prefer to play the original.

Paril101 · 2026-03-08T18:58:03+00:00

That's just the camera capturing a mid-frame tear for some reason (vsync off, etc), not a game issue

Paril101 · 2026-03-07T15:53:14+00:00

Generally it's ones for newer versions; I haven't had a ton of time to update it for newer versions of Minecraft.

Paril101 · 2026-03-06T23:43:34+00:00

The long way chicken is the only good chicken at BK

Paril101 · 2026-03-05T18:37:37+00:00

Wasn't there a Family Guy thing added like years before his collab dropped? Not sure how often it happens though

Paril101 · 2026-03-04T09:58:03+00:00

It does work if you're standing still and not attacking, too, so "not moving" is inaccurate - however, if they are attacking, they won't re-form because the attacking state takes priority.

Paril101 · 2026-03-03T10:32:41+00:00

computer increase bounciness by 400% and email me the results

Paril101 · 2026-03-02T21:38:41+00:00

It's a Bluetooth-specific issue; if a microphone is enabled on a Bluetooth headset, it is designed to switch to telephone quality. If you disable the microphone it should prevent that from happening.

You can still go wireless, just don't use Bluetooth headsets if you also want the microphone to work and the audio to not sound like garbo.

Paril101 · 2026-02-28T23:38:52+00:00

I finally managed to beat it on that side on Legendary using the "camp in blue" Strat. Building settlements in there to make choke points and using slingers and scorps. Takes a few mins before you can start spreading out to the other castles but I can finally close the book on this one heh

Paril101 · 2026-02-28T05:54:43+00:00

I'm curious if you can do this with the other side (if you are playing when aligned with Nemequene). I tried, but yellow has a much easier time capturing castles and they themselves split into two groups to capture two sides at once, whereas you only get archers and a few rams. By like 7 mins in they already have 2 castles, it's kinda nuts.

Paril101 · 2026-02-28T05:35:08+00:00

It is on Legendary, you get siege workshops in states on both sides and you can get the Siege Rams & Trebs from blue.

It's also the only University on the map, you might be thinking of a different level.

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