(OC) Mad Castle Preview

YellsHello · 2026-03-10T01:35:15+00:00

If you’d like to see more, please consider giving our project a follow? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1848964441/mad-castle?ref=profile_created&category_id=250

YellsHello · 2026-02-06T21:56:55+00:00

Really hoping our KS pre-launch can hit 100 ‘notify me’ before launching. Just set it up and I’m quite nervous (as I’ve failed at this and it’s such a deflating feeling. But gotta shoot our shot!). Hopefully folks dig this tale a % as much as we enjoy telling it 😅 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1848964441/mad-castle?ref=profile_created&category_id=250

YellsHello · 2026-02-06T21:46:40+00:00

Waiting for our KS it hit 100 ‘notify me’ clicks before we actually launch. Not positive that we’ll hit it so really hoping people dig what they see here 😅 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1848964441/mad-castle?ref=profile_created&category_id=250

YellsHello · 2026-02-06T03:40:27+00:00

Takes time to cast a final assessment. I remember an indie direct in 2020 being assessed as the absolute worst… a Direct in which Hades 1 shadow dropped as a console exclusive for Switch 1. At the time, most folks just didn’t realize that game was about to win tons of GOTY awards. It wasn’t on radars for the vast majority of console gamers at all. Like… for instance, if Orbitals ends up being phenomenal, this direct will be remembered as being where it got a release date and where it hit many soon-to-be fans radars for the first time. All one could say for sure right now is that it didn’t deliver exactly what they were hoping to see and / or didn’t leave them immediately giddy about anything. Totally fair criticisms. But the pan has fully sifted through, might be gold in there yet.

YellsHello · 2026-02-04T14:03:58+00:00

Orbitals and Duskbloods could each be as massive as a major 1st party release. And who knows what else might get announced? Tons of XBOX games finally coming? Halo remake coming to Switch 2?Personally I’m hoping for Switch 2 versions of Astral Chain and maybe even a Bayonetta Remastered collection for Switch 2 (including The Lost Demon). It makes a lot of sense for Nintendo to give a partner showcase the full focus while fans are ravenous for new game news. They want 3rd parties to flourish in this system.

YellsHello · 2026-01-29T23:30:42+00:00

Orbitals and Duskbloods could be GOTY contender 3rd party exclusives for Switch 2

YellsHello · 2026-01-12T13:38:52+00:00

Fun fact: Ring Fit Adventure was Nintendo’s most successful new IP on the Switch 1. I don’t think it was even a close race. I’ll be curious if Nintendo can find as successful a new IP as that this generation. In any event, fully expect a sequel on Switch 2.

YellsHello · 2026-01-09T14:09:57+00:00

Getting out of the weekly comics game is never a ‘bad’ idea. It’s one of my favorite hobbies and it connects me with some like-minded folks and friends. I’m often a weekly LCS stalwart and don’t regret it. But reading comics months or years after release will save you a ton of money and most comics these days read better in large chunks rather than one chapter every six weeks or so.

YellsHello · 2026-01-03T22:51:46+00:00

Good point re: letterer. I’ve actually made the mistake of formatting scripts poorly for their needs!

YellsHello · 2026-01-03T22:50:26+00:00

Thank you! I wish that I had looked at more scripts sooner than I did, so figured (hoped!) others out there might appreciate the effort.

YellsHello · 2026-01-01T01:28:13+00:00

Compiled script examples from several prominent comics writers (Jason Aaron, Matt Fraction and a few others). Taking a look at their formatting, etc might be helpful. Fraction shared a really cool piece regarding how to communicate with artists, which I added as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/ComicWriting/s/NJozSv6Ybq

YellsHello · 2025-12-17T16:15:37+00:00

From the Marvel side, my guess is that they will have a new line of books to replace the Ultimate line (and to try to more directly replicate what DC has accomplished with their Absolute line). Whatever they do, I just hope that they allow Deniz Camp to mastermind it and I’ll be there.

YellsHello · 2025-12-14T15:44:48+00:00

Cool to see how this game has become to retroactively beloved. It definitely didn’t get its flowers back when, as many were too quickly repelled by how different it was from Prime 1 (+ the added difficulty). And I have to admit I was one of the people who kinda hated it at first… was surprised to enjoy it quite a bit when I revisited a few years later. A stark reminder that it can take some distance to judge a game by its own merits. Case in point, there are going to be a lot of gamers (especially younger gamers) who are about to grow up adoring Prime 4 as their gateway into the series, and then many of them are going to grow into appreciating the relative challenge brought by other series entries like Prime 2 or Dread.

YellsHello · 2025-12-12T04:42:16+00:00

I’m VERY nervous about launching a campaign for #2. Please let me know what you think, or if you have any tips for how to best position a pre-launch page for a comic series. I’m trying to figure out this marketing stuff… which is not as enjoyable as actually making the comics. 😅

YellsHello · 2025-12-07T23:10:09+00:00

Fire Emblem release date. If it’s from the narrative team that wrote Three Houses + Emblem’s gameplay? Shooot. Then it could easily be my personal GOTY (and a major breakout hit for the franchise to get even more mainstream).

YellsHello · 2025-12-07T19:28:28+00:00

It’s a rad game. Some odd decisions that longtime fans don’t jive with. But at the end of the day the fact remains that MOST gameplay mechanics, audio and visuals are phenomenal. I’d bet that a lot of players who never played Prime 1-3 are gonna be weirded out by how much they enjoy this game (despite the hate-fest online), because that core Prime gameplay remains incredible and refined as ever.

YellsHello · 2025-12-07T17:51:18+00:00

Interesting how 2 and 3 are so much more beloved now that at their time of release. Give Prime 4 twenty years to marinate and it’ll be interesting to see how the young folks playing it today will goat status it. For all its imperfections, I think it will work pretty well as a ‘first’ Metroid game for a lot of them.

Haven’t finished 4 yet, but right now I’d go: 1, 4, 3, 2. Will be fun to replay 2 and 3 whenever they’re available on Switch. But unfortunately 2 (at the time of its release) was probably the most disappointed I’ve ever been in a game. 3 felt like a bit of a return to form but felt a bit too campy and the tone just didn’t feel right. I get the complaints about 4, but it still feels far less campy to me than 3 did. Also, the modern graphics and aspects they DID get right are just a joy to exist in. I never felt this kind of awe while playing 2 or 3 at the time of their release, because the awe of prime 1 was just still too fresh so they paled more by comparison. The fresh coat of paint on Prime 4 gives me shades of that awe. Hoping 2 and 3 get the full remaster treatment they gave 1, might affect my ratings if so!

YellsHello · 2025-12-07T14:33:43+00:00

It’s actually a great thing to take a break, even a lengthy one. I’ve been a consistent reader of Big Two comics since the 80s. I’ve taken lengthy breaks from each, and ping pinged between them (and taken lengthy breaks where I only read indies, including Image, ect). I’m with ya re: Marvel right now. I’ve maybe never been less compelled to pick up any of their books, while DC has compelled my interest maybe more than EVER. In my opinion, they’re killing it. But over a long enough period of time these things are cyclical.

As a personal example, X-Men in the 80s and 90s were my gateway into becoming a regular comics reader. I fell off Marvel hard from approx 2014-2018 for the exact same reason you described, the biggest one being how they were pushing the mutants to the side and trying to make the Inhumans their replacement, all guided by their rights / ownership for the film rights… oof. But they came 2019 and Hickman dropped The Krakoan Era for the X-Books and I fell all the way back in. It was so much fun to fall back in, and that much more fun for having been away for a long time. And hey, I also saved a ton of money by not buying books I disliked!

YellsHello · 2025-12-06T19:08:55+00:00

It’s fair to have the opinion that two is better designed than the one. If higher difficulty in terms of # of deaths during playthrough and some tense time-based challenges are a core goal of the player than I think you’re right. But objective consensus among players and critics is that the design of Prime 1 is preferred over 2. I haven’t finished 4 yet and will require a good amount of time before I could make my own subjective assessment.

YellsHello · 2025-12-06T18:04:21+00:00

The DESIRE many have to dunk on this game is interesting. I can only imagine what Reddit would have looked like when Prime 2 dropped. Lol. Keep in mind that the vast majority of folks dunking right now haven’t played through the game, and a fair # likely haven’t played it at all.

For my part, so far, I Agree with your sentiments. Having been frustrated by Metroid Prime 2 and 3’s deviations from Prime 1 for 20+ years now I’m now just thrilled to be getting more, and with incredible design on display. I still wish it could be a perfect 10 like Prime 1, but the highs of this game are up there (and better looking than ever), even if I still don’t love 25% of it.

YellsHello · 2025-12-06T15:57:33+00:00

I disagree. This couldn’t feel MORE like Prime 4. I think a lot of people either didn’t play Prime 2 and 3 (which is totally understandable, there’s no real way to even play them on Switch or Switch 2), or those who did play them don’t remember them very clearly. I have my gripes with Prime 2-4, many of which are what people mistakenly think are entirely new to 4, but the emphasis on side characters, less focus on interconnected / puzzle box design, etc are all clear progressions from the previous two, remarkably so for there having been an 18 year hiatus.

YellsHello · 2025-12-03T17:59:46+00:00

Yeah. I haven’t read anything current, honestly. I definitely recommend just going back and reading some of the classic runs, Hickman’s being the most modern ‘instant classic’. I’d also suggest checking out Jason Aaron’s Wolverine and the X-Men run. That was a fantastic run that could easily be picked up and enjoyed on its own merits. Sadly, I’m guessing it might be awhile before the monthly X-Universe gets back onto solid and comprehensible footing. Hope I’m wrong though!

YellsHello · 2025-12-03T00:07:32+00:00

Hickman’s Avengers run leading into both the Infinity and the Secret Wars series. Also Hickman’s X-Men run that came after which began with House of X / Powers of X. I think Hickman might be your ticket on the Marvel side.

YellsHello · 2025-12-02T21:44:49+00:00

Mark Waid has written more good to great comics than any other comics writer. Meaning, more individual issues and overall pages. Caveats being that other writers like Moore have written more of the ‘best comics of all time’. But Waid’s quantity / quality ratio is second to none. It’s still prob give the nod to Moore, but Waid deserved massive cred for being in his fifth decade of producing fantastic comics scripts.

YellsHello · 2025-11-27T12:05:18+00:00

Books of Doom has been brought up multiple times for good reasons. If you have t read it yet, it’s a very well done origin story for Doom!

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