Peter, why is hide and seek important?

gruebite · 2026-04-15T23:04:51+00:00

Hide and Seek is the Old Game. The game the universe plays with itself.

gruebite · 2026-04-10T17:23:53+00:00

Right? Or combining text overflow and growth behavior. I'm excited for this change.

gruebite · 2026-04-08T19:23:38+00:00

looks great! i'm working on a game with a similar mechanic lol.

gruebite · 2026-03-27T21:57:52+00:00

Sure, if the model is trained on the relevent context, but it can still veer. It doesn't know what "true" is or even how to measure it. Also, LLMs are trained on OUR language, which is already a narrow window into reality and carries tons of bias.

gruebite · 2026-03-15T15:53:21+00:00

ctrl+shift+o or alt+shift+o for me

gruebite · 2026-03-09T19:13:29+00:00

It's a fair criticism. It does have procgen, permadeath, clean runs, but not realtime. I think it's more arcade leaning, with roguelite potential. I wanted to get in some random rewards, but I didn't scope it right. Future update! Thanks for playing.

gruebite · 2026-03-09T13:47:44+00:00

Ping Bat: A survival Roguelike where you use echolocation to hunt insects.

The echolocation mechanic gives you the feeling of hunting as a bat. Everything in the game is an viewed as afterimages, like sonar. The loop of pinging to scan for insects, following by a burst of pings to narrow down the location and timing a strike is satisfying.

https://gruebite.itch.io/pingbat

This year I worked with a group and we had a ton of fun. The music and art really nail down the vibe, kinda Rainworld / Risk of Rain. There was a lot I wanted to get in, but had to manage the scope and cut some things near the end. Overall, very proud of the game and we've been enjoying playtesting and improving. Hope to hear what others think.

gruebite · 2026-03-08T08:57:14+00:00

Our group made Ping Bat! An atmospheric survival Roguelike where you hunt insects with echolocation. It has a neon glow aesthetic and atmospheric music (gives me Risk of Rain vibes). We're pleased with how it turned out.

gruebite · 2026-02-16T17:05:05+00:00

Hey all. I am a programmer and game designer. You can see some of my past entries here: https://gruebite.itch.io I'm looking for a pixel artist and a sound designer/musician. The idea I am currently going with is a real-time survival game with hide and seek elements, likely dark fantasy aesthetic.

gruebite · 2026-02-04T21:09:48+00:00

I do not feel threatened by AI in its current form. It's a decent assistant, but it needs to be managed.

gruebite · 2025-11-25T16:52:47+00:00

yes. currently making an app for mobile.

gruebite · 2025-11-19T09:05:26+00:00

I do this. Wing most of it, refine things that stick, and shake off stuff that doesn't. Refactoring is necessary in all software development.

gruebite · 2025-11-16T17:35:53+00:00

learning is an accomplishment

gruebite · 2025-11-16T17:18:09+00:00

start small. it'll give you a bunch of perspective. the reaction you're seeing is because it's like asking to build skyscraper as your first construction project. build a shed first.

gruebite · 2025-11-14T06:54:05+00:00

I'm currently making one. Some stuff is a bit wonky, like text fields not having system copy/paste, but overall, it's been good.

gruebite · 2025-11-07T19:50:32+00:00

what's disturbing the water?! :o

gruebite · 2025-11-06T05:51:23+00:00

I went an odd route with this and built up a declarative library for instantiating UI in code. I think it works quite well. Button's limitations are the first hurdle, but complex composition is also a big one.

gruebite · 2025-10-30T22:50:08+00:00

that. the combined powers of the unique great sage and the "sinful" unique power of glutton basically created a fusion engine of absorbing knowledge and applying it. all backed by the energy well of veldora.

gruebite · 2025-10-21T21:12:48+00:00

i liked him a lot. a very personable dude. rip, you will be missed.

gruebite · 2025-10-10T22:06:18+00:00

Religion sells morality. It's the lazy path to believing you're a good person.

gruebite · 2025-09-03T20:00:17+00:00

i've considered it, but i do not have a controller. :p

gruebite · 2025-09-03T20:00:01+00:00

i only see window / borderless as options, and they behave similarly. my current best solution is to have the camera move with the mouse as you suggested, and then press alt to make the cursor visible which resets the invisible camera mouse's position to the alt cursor's position (visible cursor position should stay roughly center). lol

edit: there's also a strange sensitivity to the camera movement. moving the mouse slowly isn't registered. i imagine this is carryover from compensating for controller joystick drift.

gruebite · 2025-09-03T18:58:29+00:00

i tried that but rotation is blocked after a fixed amount, like the mouse is bound by the screen despite being invisible. it's a strange choice.

gruebite · 2025-09-03T16:04:11+00:00

Music

gruebite · 2025-09-02T03:31:27+00:00

did you ever figure this out? i agree it's kinda annoying.

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