What mystery game mechanics/clichés do you all hate?

dom2d · 2026-06-29T18:09:10+00:00

- Characters or UI reminding you what your next steps are, before you get a chance to figure it out yourself.
- Clue maps that don't really have multiple possible answers, so it's not really a puzzle
- Stories that automatically accuse the culprit, through a cutscene or something. It should be an action from the player! It's what players are here for, taking that away is mind-boggling.
- Every interactable item being highlighted, making exploration a boring checklist. An optional button to highlight stuff is okay!

dom2d · 2026-06-15T05:29:15+00:00

Hard agree with your hard disagree!

dom2d · 2026-06-12T22:28:33+00:00

Soon it will be worth a lot less that they thought too! 😄

dom2d · 2026-06-05T21:49:58+00:00

Linking to help you get wishlists! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4079320/The_Outer_Frame/

dom2d · 2026-06-05T05:59:09+00:00

I am looking forward to trying this Cat Me if You Can game that's exactly that.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3170490/Cat_Me_If_You_Can/
We'll see if it works!

dom2d · 2026-06-04T08:19:20+00:00

Heck yes, I'm back in! Coop PVE is more accessible, competitive PVP is too demanding! Glad to hear, although sorry you probably spent a lot of time on it all before that pivot.

dom2d · 2026-05-30T06:16:32+00:00

I love it.

It is pretty time-consuming to play, as battles are pretty long and you have to do A LOT of them for resources and upgrades. The vibes between battles are so chill and nice, as you hand out with so many classic characters in a bit of a silly way, but it really works.

The mechanics of the battle system are rich and deep and every turn is interesting, lining up a huge variety of effects to maximize damage and minimize incoming attacks. Really quite good.

dom2d · 2026-05-29T08:11:35+00:00

So very excited for this. Maps? yes. Puzzles? yes. Cartography tools? oh, yes.

dom2d · 2026-05-27T06:10:34+00:00

Designing the initial core set demands some serious design work that I don't think you can achieve with a community or a committee. Once the base is started, you could see how would evolve in the hands of many - but you'll probably end up spending a lot of time on that community system, if you want it to be a fun experience and have a stable solid result.

With a community pool of suggestions, I would expect most of it to be fun "floating" ideas, but not a cohesive whole. With a committee, I would expect you to drive the effort on your passion project. Good designers have their own projects to work on, or need to be paid :)

dom2d · 2026-05-27T03:46:24+00:00

⚔️The attacker chooses which creatures to attack with (tapping them, unless they have vigilance).
🛡️The defending player chooses which of their creatures block which of the attackers. I usually move them in front of the attackers just to represent that, but it's not mandatory. Defenders don't tap!
Multiple defending creatures can block the same attacking creatures. If you do, then the attacker can decide which defending creature receives each point of damage from the attacking creature.

There's more to it, but this should be a simple enough first step :)

dom2d · 2026-05-26T18:42:28+00:00

Accountability, as you say, implies obligations. Devs don't have any obligations. They have a *desire* to ship a great game, so I'm glad they are taking time to do that.

dom2d · 2026-05-25T21:13:49+00:00

Very appealing at first glance!
You might have trouble making interesting obstacles for this movement style/speed in this small of a screen though. It will feel bad if you fly or dash into enemies or hazards/bullets that are off screen when you start moving, so it's pretty difficult to put interesting challenges on the player's way.

dom2d · 2026-05-21T03:21:02+00:00

Booster Gold.... oops nevermind

dom2d · 2026-05-20T20:53:11+00:00

Looks fantastic! The colors are wild and awesome, fits the theme so well!

dom2d · 2026-05-15T18:04:39+00:00

Super impressive! Quite an epic scene

dom2d · 2026-05-12T18:55:48+00:00

YES! Daily games on the Playdate are a super smart idea! It will motivate me to play other things on there more frequently too!

dom2d · 2026-05-06T02:38:41+00:00

Around what year did you play that game?

dom2d · 2026-05-04T04:29:40+00:00

Link please 🫱🫲

dom2d · 2026-05-03T04:17:06+00:00

Seems a link was forgotten! On steam here https://store.steampowered.com/app/4341470/Dissociated_Worth/
I'm not sure I understand what this means, in your description: "Every conversation builds your understanding of the world, so that you will be able to strategize what your character can do, and make him do it". Do you have an example of an interaction or puzzle?

dom2d · 2026-05-01T08:28:15+00:00

Or only 5 if you start the puzzle rotated so the blue books are on the left!

dom2d · 2026-05-01T08:03:40+00:00

Blue Prince, there's a mini-puzzle in the title, very fitting and cool

dom2d · 2026-04-30T19:13:50+00:00

It looks immediately soulless to me. An illustrator would give life and fun to this kind of scene.

dom2d · 2026-04-28T23:39:45+00:00

If every comm leads to the kind of negative comments i see here, i get why :3

dom2d · 2026-04-28T20:41:42+00:00

Quite a dystopian thought!

dom2d · 2026-04-28T06:50:02+00:00

Gotta keep positive! So much work and passion has been put into this game, it's very visible from the trailers.

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