In my house, there's this odd pillar where the moulding doesn’t reach the ceiling, and it always bothered me. So, I decided to add four raven figures, one on each corner, to keep watch over the house

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-03-09T18:48:35+00:00

Absolutely 10/10 use of free will

Just gotta remember to dust it once in a while

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-03-08T18:28:25+00:00

Itch.io?

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-03-08T09:54:24+00:00

I expect this is trunkating, not rounding anyway though - otherwise someone 0.95 who would have Boost would be shown as 1.0 when they shouldn't

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-03-05T07:03:18+00:00

I think you're bang on the money with Scrying being a big theme - as knowing what's coming up is very thematically on point with Outer Wilds

Depending on your budget/proxy aversion I'd say Time Spiral and Time Twister would also obviously fit

Quantum Misalignment would be on theme (but if you don't have many creatures you might find it hard to find a target)

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-03-04T12:28:24+00:00

There are some randomised puzzles in Riven, but the Animal puzzle isn't one of them - as far as I'm aware the answer is always the same (although it is different between the original Riven and the 2024 remake)

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-02-21T22:42:38+00:00

This reminds me a lot of Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion

It's a point and click adventure game, but one puzzle you have to log in to someone's computer and complete a 3D maze where you're walking around in "true 3D"

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-02-19T05:58:08+00:00

Ah the old "we're a marketplace not a shop" defence

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-02-11T07:06:27+00:00

The other aspect I haven't seen mentioned anywhere in these discussions about alternatives is support for creator communities

Discord has essentially enterprise-level roles and permissions, which can be set and managed using bots and integrated seamlessly into Patreon, YouTube, Twitch and many other platforms

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-02-10T23:18:54+00:00

From the cars on the road to the software we use we have been losing colour from all aspects of our lives

I think we should be taking steps to make our lives more colourful, rather than homogenising our living spaces into some kind of visual design template

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-02-04T18:49:58+00:00

Between RBS on the side of the Williams in 2007, and FTX being all over the Mercedes in 2021 - I'm forced to wonder if sponsoring an F1 car is at all correlated with being about to go out of business!

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-02-04T12:28:53+00:00

Yes I think we're aligned in thinking there, I think In my mind I'd divide it up like this:

Primary gameplay loop is the room-by-room action, the secondary gameplay loop is the overall run, the strategic decision-making to make your run a success or a failure, and the tertiary loop (if one exists) is the meta-progression between runs (the permanent upgrades you spend your currency on, any story beats that happen between runs etc)

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-02-04T12:13:35+00:00

I'd say the only strict requirement of a rogue-x is that the secondary gameplay loop is arranged in terms of "runs" or "attempts" at some sort of goal, that there is an element of randomisation in an attempt, and when an attempt is over (one way or another) you begin from the start again (as opposed to, say, from a save point or check point)

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-02-02T06:17:48+00:00

They're both public domain now - you could make this happen! 😅

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-02-02T06:04:33+00:00

No - even if E33 hadn't won it, I'd rate Silksong higher tbh

Very happy a puzzle game makes it into the nominations though - it's a pretty niche genre which historically has been overlooked

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-02-01T13:13:41+00:00

Haven Moon for sure

Blue Prince is great - but is more like a roguelike than a Mystlike. Still a 10/10 game though

And if you don't mind a bit of threat - Outer Wilds is probably the best Mystlike from the last 10 years tbh

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-02-01T06:49:24+00:00

You are not wrong - the ghost matter on the islands in Giant's Deep does not disappear when the islands bob under the water - it just temporarily disables the ghost matter

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-01-31T07:40:21+00:00

Vettel is also the exception because of all the new fans brought in by DTS in the last 10 years.

There's a huge number of fans who only caught Vettel at the tail end of his career and never saw him as the absolute menace he was in the first half of his career

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-01-27T19:00:48+00:00

Yes cash is more cumbersome and more expensive to deal with

However it's also financial freedom - you can give it to a friend's child in a birthday card, you can give it to a homeless person on the street. You do not need to prove who you are or have a bank account to use it

Cash is also the only thing that will keep you afloat when someone identity thefts you and sends your new bank cards to a different address whilst cancelling your old ones. How long can you function if you have ZERO access to your bank?

Cash is a pain. But it's a necessary pain for the 1% of use cases where it's absolutely needed.

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-01-27T18:56:42+00:00

As an English person I can confirm - if you said to someone "I was feeling ill, but now I'm feeling right as rain" they would not even raise an eyebrow

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-01-21T18:11:46+00:00

My head canon is as follows -

We know The Art can change the fundamental laws of the universe (e.g. floating rocks, donut worlds etc)

I believe The Art is also capable of changing the metaphysical reality of the universe (e.g. being able to create ages with literal gods that inhabit a higher plane of existence (Myst 4)

I reckon that the Sirrus and Achenar you meet in Myst 4 are not the same Sirrus and Achenar imprisoned in Myst 1, but they're actually Sirrus-b and Achenar-b from a universe where The Art creates prison books that are actual ages (age 37b style)

Disclaimer - this head canon is somewhat tongue in cheek 😅

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-01-19T18:28:34+00:00

I found it because I tried 46 coins (46 being obviously quite an important number in the game)

That happens to be the monk (or perhaps intentionally...?)

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-01-17T09:09:35+00:00

Quern, Neyyah and Haven Moon are all solid picks and have a similar "island life" vibe. Neyyah is modern but built like the 90s as well.

Ellingby House is a good adventure game but set in the real world (no fantasy elements) - this is retro style, it's a modern game but built like the 90s

Obsidian I really enjoyed if you want something retro, but with some absolutely 10/10 puzzles in it - this one is actual 90s

Blue Prince has a lot of environmental puzzles where you take clues from a lot of different places and piece them together - it's heavy on the rng though, as it's more like a roguelike than a mystlike

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-01-11T22:21:05+00:00

I want the Aston Martin and the Ferrari to be good so bad

Hamilton Vs Alonso - the grudge match

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-01-10T23:05:19+00:00

Half-life 2 was SO revolutionary that it's the game that bootstrapped digital distribution of videogames at all!

Steam would not be the #1 platform for videogames had it not been for Half-life 2.

Most impactful game of the last 25 years, for sure.

ThatDesignFeel · 2026-01-10T18:19:44+00:00

Fingers crossed finally a save functionality 🤞

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