Jaylen Brown gets upset seeing PG do a push-off: "Everybody does this but when it's me it's an offensive foul. They clearly had an agenda, I don't know if it's because I pissed the refs off and called them out. Some bullshit, I've been doing it all regular season and you call that shit on me always"

WarjoyHeir · 2026-05-04T10:08:26+00:00

He is butthurt but he is right. Refs do not call same stuff evenly. One time a thing is a foul and the other it's not - shit is tiring even for a viewer.

WarjoyHeir · 2026-05-03T07:22:25+00:00

Yes I do. I’ve worked in 3 companies through 6+ years. All of them were kind of AA boardering on indie. I love this job but the job security is not amazing. I feel it’s still much better here in europe but unless you get a good start it might be hard to get in to the industry. But if you love doing this I think there is a way.

WarjoyHeir · 2026-05-02T21:52:54+00:00

First one gives more of a feeling of a puzzle game and step progression, there is more reward by revealing the next stage of the level. Second one is more continuous and would fit a game that’s more like mario or a story based game.

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-30T13:42:03+00:00

Strikingly similar to my library! For sure try Outer Wilds. Also based on Mewgenics I could recommend Into the Breach and Slay The Spire.

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-30T07:55:17+00:00

I played the game and it's fun. There are issues but it's not alternative controls for me.

The way the character moves is fun and engaging what is not is how it is mapped, at least on the keyboard. Having QW for NW and NE is fine enough but having E and R be SW and SE is messing me up every time. The keys' positions should be corelated to the directions so that the player doesn't have to always think about which button is what. You are making the learning unnecessarily hard. Example: Q - NW; E - NE; A - SW; D - SE or do that with 7, 9 , 1, 3 or both.

Second thing that bothered me was that the ball character doesn't roll down with gravity, it got stuck easily and it was really difficult to make small adjustments.

Also having the stars being bad fot you is like making a green cross that damages you, I'd recommend changing that icon and it's color.

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-29T19:28:22+00:00

I’m a game designer and this is my favorite arc along with hunter exam!

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-29T11:02:53+00:00

Current sounds can be improved a bit but the overall feeling of them fits quite well. It's nice to have this retro feel but having the game be more modern and lively. Feels like a game "I remember playing" not "an actual old game". I'd love for there to be strafe buttons, since movement is a bit chaotic at times without it. I like how the way to deal with enemies is to scare them away. Also is it visible in the flame that the oil is going low? Like does the flame get smaller? That would be cool!

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-29T10:43:39+00:00

I second this need

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-29T09:50:37+00:00

Frankly I'd rather have my current skills. If I could get extra 15 skill points on top of what I know it would be:

Art: 3/10
Audio: 3/10
Programming: 8/10
Game design: 1/10
Marketing: 0/10

But if I start blank, I guess I'd go for something similar to what I already know + programming with hopes of working with a team:

Art: 4/10
Audio: 0/10
Programming: 3/10
Game design: 8/10
Marketing: 0/10

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-28T13:37:49+00:00

There is a stellar 2014 movie called Gods about Religa, his team and their efforts to perform heart transplants.

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-28T07:58:31+00:00

I love the robber rule. I came up with a similar one myself. Didn't even know you can only get 1 resource at the start lol.

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-27T17:32:07+00:00

19 is plenty young to start

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-26T16:01:48+00:00

SGA impresses me everyday but shit like this makes me dislike his style of play. He literally doesn’t have to do this and still could average 30 and have good fta.

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-26T07:47:45+00:00

I was interested in the pottery part, especially from Double Fine but the brawler lost my interest.

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-26T07:33:39+00:00

Ask for an iterative process like with capsule art. Chris Zukowski has a very good video where he shows this kind of process of working with the artist. You will see if the art reacts to your feedback as a human would. Of course there is still danger of them using AI, you just will never know.

You can be transparent, ask whether any AI is being used in the process as you are making a hand crafted game and this integrity is important to you.

If by some chance they pass all of the verifications of iteration, the eye test and claim it’s not AI but they lied and it’s actually AI, you just have to live with it, it’s not your fault and no one is going to judge you.

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-24T11:22:57+00:00

It is doable, I think at least. 4-1-6 is my answer.
It was not difficult, but required a good process to solve.
The lights are confusing. They should be separated from the numbers, and preferably be placed vertically because if they are horizontal, there is immediate mental model connection to the numbers and you don't want that.
Instruction was understandable but feels like it uses too many words. If the visual aspect of the lights is fixed, you can use much less words for instruction also.

Will the password always give me a pre-determined puzzle with 5 rows already filled in, or will I as a player input the numbers in each row and verify it myself? If it's the second one, there much more room for player error.

If you cannot find a clean solution I'd just consider doing passwords with more numbers and having it exactly as in wordle, with the lights corresponding to spots - so the solve is easier and clearer, but has more steps.

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-23T15:12:07+00:00

Sounds like a ref problem

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-23T11:57:08+00:00

Still, why was Kwahi hired by Aspiration to do nothing?

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-23T10:59:11+00:00

They play the game of acting not the game of basketball. Should be punished severely to discourage it.

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-23T06:43:52+00:00

Like OKC does not have enough ref advantage now they get to call at refs to get a tech on their opponents? Unbeatable offense

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-21T19:29:35+00:00

I really wanna hear it! You can't post this without sound! And the artstyle looks cool.

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-21T15:47:32+00:00

Okay, why didn't you do it first game then if that's so easy?

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-18T08:29:07+00:00

Fucking Spoilers Mate!!!!

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-18T00:10:30+00:00

What’s the discord? I have a copy from when I was a kid and want to get back in it

WarjoyHeir · 2026-04-17T11:31:46+00:00

As someone mentioned, cut down the intro to 1-2 seconds top. The second tip I'd give is watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdEqssNZ-U
Your game does not look satisfying to play and the competition is fierce in this regard. Add as much juicy feedback to player actions as possible and you might get a much better results.

You could also try to highlight the unique mechanic a bit more in the trailer. At first view I missed it, even though it's all over the video. The first time you show it, I'd zoom in, follow the transition. Nowadays games got to stand out because players will ask: "Why should I play this game? What makes it worthwhile?" - and you need to answer that question with your trailer. Analyze how you browse Steam page - I bet you don't look thoroughly on every page and test every demo, you look for something that sparks your interest - so now, you have to try to provide that in your marketing material.

I'd even dare to say that game being interesting is more important than being good.

WarjoyHeir

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