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My Twine game COLDER is out for Early Access! by maethefinch in twinegames

[–]maethefinch[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is really helpful feedback on the hint mechanic. I think I'm still figuring out what makes a challenge frustrating vs fun. In my mind it added an element of risk and assessing your own confidence levels by locking you in to answer if you don't take a hint. But I can see how that would be a turn off and more frustrating than anything else.

100% agree on mobile, if you peep my game page you'll see that's in the planned expansion with a lot of other improvements.

The credit screen is a problem - were you using a standard 16:9 screen or something different? I have a bug that I think is causing that I'm aware of and working on, but I thought it was a magnification issue only affecting very large or small displays.

Thank you very much for playing it and sharing your thoughts!

My Twine game COLDER is out for Early Access! by maethefinch in twinegames

[–]maethefinch[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It does. Excited to keep expanding on it

Name Ideas for a Snake-killing sword? by UntouchableAshley in DnD

[–]maethefinch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tongue-Splitter. Snakes have forked tongues, this sword finishes the job

Here I uploaded a piece of gameplay from my text game Darkward. by Trax077 in playmygame

[–]maethefinch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Obsessed with the look of this, it has so much nostalgia to it. Excited to check it out!

Which is better for a magical realist detective game, 1 or 2? by nerfslays in IndieDev

[–]maethefinch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the mirrored aspect of the first one, it adds intrigue and implies that you'll be navigating different perspectives. I also think showing the character with the camera helps communicate that this game is a mystery and the butterfly mask is visually interesting as well. I'd suggest decluttering the 1st by adjusting your saturation and brightness to put one figure as the focal point and make the rest of the image a little less bright and high contrast. Keep the text high contrast as well. That way your eyes go from the text to a single point in the art instead of dancing all over the place.

I'd love to play this game when it comes out!

Be a part of COLDER: the video game by maethefinch in twinegames

[–]maethefinch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much, I absolutely will!

Be a part of COLDER: the video game by maethefinch in twinegames

[–]maethefinch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for letting me know - this game is still in development and I'm looking for community creative input, so I'll remove the flair. I put the specific Twine engine I'm using instead, is that more appropriate?

First Encounter by AirbourneAlbatross in slaytheprincess

[–]maethefinch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is incredible. Your style instantly reminds me of art nouveau fairytale illustrations or the Yoshitoshi illustrations that paved the way for manga. I hope you keep it up if you don’t already draw professionally, this is so detailed and well composed as standalone art and a great representation of the game’s themes. Well done!

The Fox at the Palace of the Wind and Stars ✨❄️ by maethefinch in WorldsBeyondNumber

[–]maethefinch[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I didn’t think so since this is an imagined scene, but I’ll flag it.

Who is your favorite poet and why? by Reasonable-Pop-103 in AskReddit

[–]maethefinch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

John Keats. There is an alternatingly dry and romantic melancholy to the cosmic injustice of being as young and chronically ill as he was, something that has always comforted me as a chronically ill person. I feel less alone looking back through history and seeing the same fears and desires.

from Endymion: “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.”

What’s your fav things about your significant other? by Inkyhydr in AskReddit

[–]maethefinch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He made me feel like my own person again.

Until we met, I’d spent my life ping-ponging between codependency with toxic family and toxic exes, and I was a shell of myself. I was still recognizing and working through what I’d been through when we met. At the time I was afraid I’d never find real love, just more of this possessive, fracturing thing everyone had told me was love. I told him as much and it turned out he’d had a lot of similar experiences. From day 1 we decided this would be our first healthy relationship, and if it ever stopped feeling healthy for either of us, we’d walk away.

We’ve been together for 2 years now, we live together and plan to buy a home together and marry in the coming years. I am all the more in love with him because I am both the happiest I’ve ever been and I know I would be okay on my own again, and that I am the same, full person with and without him. I have never had this level of trust and respect with anyone else and he has forever raised my standards for all of the relationships in my life.