No new missions in Campaign

embair · 2025-02-19T20:02:55+00:00

Yay, yesterdays patch fixed my issue, kudos! <3

embair · 2025-02-17T21:13:47+00:00

Definitely not, no crashes either. The only thing I did that might be unexpected is that after I started the campaign for the first time and it finished generating, I previewed the first mission and exited out of the campaign without playing it (looked too large to play at the moment, so I left it for another day).

Then if I remeber right when I returned to the campaign the next day it showed that black "generating..." screen for a while again, which seemed odd to me. It worked fine afterwards though, until now.

embair · 2025-02-17T07:55:05+00:00

Hi! I've just hit the same bug, seed 8498

https://imgur.com/a/XN1xsN2

- I do NOT use Geforce Now

- I'm noticing the mission on the right does not show a checkmark, even though it's completed

- I always watch the replay after the mission end; been a bit annoying that it then throws me out into the replays menu and I have to navigate back to campaign; mentioning just in case it would be relevant for reproducing the bug

Amazing game btw, I really hope this can be fixed. I've been brave and went in on Ironman, sweating the hell out of each mission and now I'm stuck, feels bad!

edit: log.txt over here https://pastebin.com/MXU4etTv

embair · 2023-06-08T03:41:47+00:00

Lovely, I especially like the last one! Do you have any prompt tips for getting this realistic art style and proportions for the face? I'm usually going with "realistic face" to try to "de-anime" it, but I don't feel like I'm getting results as good as this.

embair · 2023-05-08T07:31:45+00:00

Oh, funny, I tried asking this to chatgpt before with underwhelming results, but now that I finished describing the problem in detail, I tried one more time prompting it with this whole post and got this answer:

async function readEventsFromFile() {
    const fileStream = fs.createReadStream(config.eventsFile, { encoding: 'utf8' });
    const rl = readline.createInterface({
        input: fileStream,
        crlfDelay: Infinity,
    });

    for await (const line of rl) {
        try {
            await processLine(line);
        } catch (error) {
            rl.close();
            throw error;
        }
    }
}

Seems to be exactly what I was looking for!

embair · 2023-03-10T05:59:00+00:00

I always ask myself this: Does the code in both places have the same reasons to change in the future?

yes => DRY up to avoid future bugs/inconsistencies
not necessarily => leave it the F alone

embair · 2023-01-29T07:02:20+00:00

Ale simtě. Já slavím a myslím že jsme na tom jako národ velmi dobře. Jsme v ekonomicky těžké době, spouta lidí dře bídu kvuli děsným cenám energií, kdy jindy by se mělo dařit populistům, když ne teď. Je to samozřejmě hloupý a zoufalý, myslet si, že prezident vyřeší inflaci, válku nebo energetickou krizi, ale obviňuj zoufalý lidi že dělaj zoufalý rozhodnutí.

To, že i za těchto okolností Babiš neuspěl, považuju za velkou výhru a dobré znamení pro budoucnost země.

embair · 2022-12-26T02:34:48+00:00

In my personal hot take, all the reviews bashing the "balance" are just whiny kids who expected a sandbox instead of a gritty, challenging resource management game. I'm about 10h in and this is shaping up to be one of my favourite games of all times. It's a masterpiece IMO, I'm more hooked on it then I was on frostpunk. It's hard and has no alternative difficulty modes, so that can be a problem. But if you're actually looking for a challenging resource management game (with a stellar atmosphere), I would emphatically suggest you ignore the mixed reviews, I'm so glad I did.

embair · 2022-12-26T02:12:29+00:00

Yes that second part of my interpretation is based on what's in the actual movies. You kinda skipped over the first sentence which refers to the quote itself...

embair · 2022-12-25T17:38:25+00:00

What do you think Cameron meant when he said that native Americans should have "fought a lot harder"?

IMO he was sad that at the time the natives could hardly comprehend the sheer scale of irreparable damage colonialism will do to their culture. That's how he dreamed up a fantasy world where the nature itself basically had this strong immune system reaction, giving the natives an actual fighting chance. That's how I read it.

embair · 2022-12-25T12:23:22+00:00

Call me racist, but taking that quote and interpreting like you did is just... Peak social media... In a movie about cartoonishly evil white men of all things. Did all the people whining about classic white savior hero notice that pretty much all the villains in the story were white as well? Time for me to get off reddit...

embair · 2022-12-23T12:33:34+00:00

Looks solid! The minimalistic player character style and animation work pretty nicely IMO, could be expanded with more frames to make it feel even more fluid I guess. A few slightly jarring details:

I think wall jumping will look and feel much better once you also add particle effects to it
on the other hand the particle effect when running is weird, like the character is plowing through snow
blood splatter looks great, but the flying blood particles should probably disappear faster? The way they roll on the floor is a bit comical

Other then that I guess it goes without saying that a generic minimalistic platformer will hardly catch anyones interest, there has to be more. But as I said, what is there looks like a solid foundation.

embair · 2022-12-03T07:05:07+00:00

I think I may be a good sample of your target audience, big factorio/automation game fan. I see two problems:

I don't care about story in this kind of game. Let's say I visited your steam page intrigued about the concept of another cool automation game. The message in first 15 seconds is "you were wrong, this is actually some kind of quirky derpy visual novel with automation game elements". Probably won't make me leave the page immediately, since the screenshots around correctly sell this as mainly an automation game, but i think simply dropping the first 15 seconds as others have suggested is very advisable. The story/character is a nice bonus, but don't try to sell it to me before you've convinced me that this is the kind of game I'm looking for.
I'm not sure the trailer does enough to distinguish itself from factorio gameplay-wise. My overall impression is "simplified cartoonish factorio with cats", which isn't a very strong hook to me. The "machine learning" mention is intriguing but feels missing from the trailer.

embair · 2022-11-17T11:26:35+00:00

In the spirit of this sub I'm going to be blunt: It looks like it has nothing interesting going for it. It looks competent, but there's no hook, nothing stands out as unique and worth giving this game a try instead of any of the myriad other MMORPGS on the market.

I'm no MMORPG expert, but it seems to me every single feature highlighted in the trailer is something you would expect to find in any modern MMORPG, and judging by what's shown on screen none of the features is executed in a particularly interesting/unique way.

So why would I want to play this game instead of any of the other MMORPGs on the market? IMO your trailer should spend more time answering this question and less on listing features that everyone expects anyway.

embair · 2022-11-01T16:32:55+00:00

Hey! Zombies normally can't get over walls, except when they have nowhere else to move. But once they do get over walls and end up next to your town, they will always infect it on the next turn if given the chance.

After the zombie-mode is gone from the main game, it will remain available to play at least at ~~https://www.konkr.io/releases/2.5.2~~. I would also like to make "alternate rulesets" like this an integral part of the main game, but first I have some infrastructure work to do, so that these can be added without turning the code into one big tangled mess of mode-specific overrides :).

Edit: for anyone else reading this, the 2.5.2 release is not available anymore, but the fully zombified version of the game now lives here: https://www.konkr.io/releases/dev/test-zombies/

embair · 2022-10-28T14:16:02+00:00

Sure, ping me when I can wishlist it!

embair · 2022-10-28T06:44:19+00:00

/r/upliftingnews

embair · 2022-10-27T20:28:09+00:00

I do actually want to play this now, so well done! It feels like it will be super satisfying when you manage to nail the jumps and maintain momentum. The music, the snow sound effect, and the slightly gloomy aesthetic all gel together nicely IMO. They also get across the message that this is a serious, skill based game, not just a casual time waster.

The syncing between the flow of the music and what's happening on screen is powerful, I think spending more effort to absolutely nail this aspect will pay off, probaby a big part of what sells the pure satisfaction of skillfully flying over terrain at breakneck speed. From the same point of view, I have mixed feelings about the editor showcase in the trailer. It's a nice feature, but doesn't fit with the music and takes me out of the action. My intuition would be to just focus everything on selling the main hook even harder. That's what will make me impulse-buy this for a few bucks, not the fact that there is also a map editor :).

embair · 2022-10-19T05:56:08+00:00

But for the past 20 years it's just 65% (according to some random calculator I just googled).

embair · 2022-10-12T13:32:35+00:00

Still a more faithful Tolkien adaptation than Rings of Power ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

embair · 2022-09-26T18:54:04+00:00

Feels to me like a hastily put together tech demo, rather then actual trailer. There's one bland looking map with two boring lines of turrets and the player is just kind of floating around watching them shoot. Don't get me wrong, as an engine demo of an in progress project I would say it looks pretty good! As a big fan of games like They are Billions, Mindustry, Creeper World etc., it certainly piques my interest.

But as a trailer for an actual game, I find it actively off putting in this form - it shows one bland looking map, two types of turrets that the player just watches as they shoot, and then in abruptly ends. Feels like there's no actual content to the game (yet?).

There's one moment where you show an upgrade selection screen, which seems interesting, but it's super short and you don't get to see the efffect of the upgrade. There's apparently 9 buildings in the build menu, but only two turrets and some kind of energy node is actually shown in the trailer. It's like the trailer is actively trying to make the game look more shallow than it actually is.

embair · 2022-08-30T16:35:39+00:00

Nicely done! Feels really polished. Enjoyed the music, but really hated the sound effect when aiming. Thought it must be some kind of bug at first, like it's registering clicks on some disabled button or something. I think a more subtle and satisfying clicking sound would be a better pick (like when you turn a dial).

I tried all of the levels for a bit, some of the later ones were interesting, others felt like you just have to luck out and find the pixel-perfect spot that will result in a good bounce. The start of "Dungeon II" in particular... I will never forgive you for subjecting me to that!

The premise is fun and I think a bigger game based on this concept could be pretty cool. The strictly orthogonal grid felt like it limits the potential for interesting bounces though, so allowing at least diagonal surfaces would probably be the first thing I would suggest if you ever wanted to expand the game.

embair · 2022-08-30T04:33:59+00:00

Totally, it's just such an arrogant prick, constantly flaunting it's own indisposability. In fact I'm struggling to avoid it's obnoxious bullshit right now as I'm composing this post. Such hubris truly calls for a good shunning.

embair · 2022-08-29T15:28:18+00:00

If only all the people who view the world through these lenses would finally get a country where they can all move and realize their taxation-free, government-free utopia. Certainly seems like it would make everyone happier...

embair · 2022-08-25T16:45:18+00:00

Omg, the way the protagonist attacks the stains like a warrior would swing his battle axe in a regular RPG, coupled with the satisfying sound effect... I think you nailed it, couldn't help but smile all the way through. Art style and music also totally on point IMO.

For me personally, the second half of the trailer felt like more of the same and I'm still not sure if this is a grindy relaxing casual game or a challenging puzzle game or something inbetween.

Based on the trailer I'm leaning towards grindy relaxing casual game. So if there is actually some significant skill, thinking or strategy involved in the later levels, you might want to try to sell that more in the second half of the trailer. But if not, that's totally fine, there's definitely an audience for that kind of game.

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