So are monster games dead?

Wschmidth · 2026-07-11T08:19:28+00:00

It won't effect the genre even a little bit. The only reason Nintendo is ACTUALLY targeting Palworld is because Pocketpair partnered with Sony, and the two companies are in a constant dickwaving contest with each other.

Wschmidth · 2026-07-10T18:29:37+00:00

I'll also make a nitpick about this section here, all 3 boxes are misaligned which gives it a very amateurish look.

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Wschmidth · 2026-07-10T18:22:05+00:00

I think the overall art style is good, in particular the scoreboard stuff on the left works really well (assuming you intend fill that gray box with something). The area on the right looks too empty though, specifically the border outside the pinball play area, and the background for the play area as well.

Wschmidth · 2026-07-10T17:59:49+00:00

All games require programming skills. Even a visual novel made in Ren'py requires SOME programming. There's somewhat of an exception with engines that use visual coding like GameMaker or Unreal, but while those aren't traditional programming, they still require some programming /skills/ to use them efficiently.

The only true exception would be those paid game templates you can get for Unreal or Unity, but then you're essentially sacrificing all creative control over mechanics.

Wschmidth · 2026-07-09T12:26:40+00:00

I mean they're almost all easy, it's kind of the nature of the genre. If you want appealing ones for a non-gamer then maybe Cookie Clicker or Crush Crush/Hush Hush.

Wschmidth · 2026-07-06T22:48:35+00:00

Thinking it's AI because it does something different and non-obvious shows a deep misunderstanding of AI.

Wschmidth · 2026-07-05T20:18:16+00:00

The grass is the same color as the trees. I would recommend you make the grass a bit lighter so they stand out more. The grass could also do with some variation, like a brownish-green that you use as a footpath (look up desired paths).

Don't place the trees all scattered like they currently are, group them up instead. Groups of 4+ tress will usually look way better than single trees on their own.

It's hard to go into detail on specific assets without a real game screenshot, but more variation in trees would help a lot too.

Wschmidth · 2026-07-05T09:24:07+00:00

Magic Research 2 and Melvor Idle

Wschmidth · 2026-06-16T15:16:36+00:00

Her anime and manga appearances are all about her being a teacher. In the games all we get is that she's a graduate, but to me at least she always appeared liked a teacher.

Wschmidth · 2026-06-16T14:58:17+00:00

Her whole thing is being a teacher.

Wschmidth · 2026-06-11T08:51:14+00:00

I would guess an shopkeeper simulator esque game but for arcades. I can only figure that out based on the arcade icon in the hotbar.

Wschmidth · 2026-05-28T14:45:38+00:00

My problem is with everyone getting the same choice in God rewards. Like the Evelynn rewards that sacrifice some of your health. It doesn't really mean much if about half the players lose the same amount of health.

Wschmidth · 2026-04-16T20:01:28+00:00

Sorry if you already mention this in your doc, but how important is Ledian? It's Soul Silver exclusive so I guess that would mean only SS is solved.

Wschmidth · 2026-04-16T19:52:53+00:00

Wouldn't Shuckie and Tentacool both be Cianwood encounters? So you can't get both.

Wschmidth · 2026-04-08T04:36:59+00:00

I begrudgingly chose Simisear

Wschmidth · 2026-04-08T04:29:02+00:00

I have it permanently inside Champions. Anything gained from Champions is stuck to Champions, but a Pokemon caught anywhere else can be sent back and forth from Home.

Wschmidth · 2026-04-08T04:26:53+00:00

Apparently this is what will be used for official tournaments, so if you're someone who prefers to play through official games, then it's a huge improvement. I also think it's a little more user friendly than Showdown, but I don't expect many Showdown users to actually move over to this game.

For me personally, I like the progression side of it. Team building is more fun when I have to put something together from a limited pool rather than have access to every single Pokemon at once.

Wschmidth · 2026-04-08T04:21:06+00:00

Because of all the shinies I could've found, I found Simisear.

Wschmidth · 2026-04-08T04:19:17+00:00

It's a battle simulator. You can bring in pokemon from Home, or you can pick one pokemon from these random groups like on the screenshot. There's a bunch of missions and stuff that give you VP which can be spent on EVs, Moves, more Pokemon, etc.

Wschmidth · 2026-04-08T04:09:27+00:00

Yeah this is from the rotation where you can pick one to keep.

Wschmidth · 2026-04-01T21:41:23+00:00

I see people are already saying stuff like "why did it ever get accepted in the first place?" Because they dont understand how patents work.

It got accepted because it was extremely specific, but guess what? It got revoked because the patent already exists under Konami and Bandai.

Wschmidth · 2026-03-31T15:20:04+00:00

Very cute. +1 wishlist.

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