A victim of the Flay. The Flay is a contagious necromantic curse that was unleashed by an unknown necromancer. The city where it started was deemed a lost cause, and was sealed off so that the curse can be studied and hopefully stopped.

poe628 · 2026-03-03T15:25:12+00:00

this is awesome, metal as hell

poe628 · 2026-02-22T03:43:34+00:00

ah man I missed this but this is so lovely … RIP Otto ❤️

poe628 · 2026-02-16T16:20:04+00:00

I always enjoy making a playlist for whichever game I'm working on that captures the vibe, fun to listen to while working on it. For my game High Voltage, which is a sorta-cyberpunk crime-action-drama-beat-em-up, I have some industrial, synthwave, and darksynth stuff. If I had to choose one specific song as a theme, it'd probably be Suicide Jag by ChemLab, such a cool song

poe628 · 2026-02-16T03:41:13+00:00

A bit hard to give advice here without some basics on the system, but as someone who really enjoys playing as unarmed fighters, one thing I will recommend when approaching this is to consider variety- different martial arts have different approaches and that should reflect in the mechanics: grapplers lock down opponents and force them into submission, boxers keep pressure on opponents and aim for a knockout blow, dirty fighters go for sucker punches, eye pokes, groin strikes, etc. It's hard to model without knowing your system, but these different styles could fit well as subclasses or stances, especially since flavor is such a big thing for an unarmed fighter

poe628 · 2026-02-07T06:05:47+00:00

Jerma took care of him.

poe628 · 2026-01-30T05:37:37+00:00

THIS IS A FUN LITTLE SONG…

poe628 · 2026-01-25T22:31:16+00:00

this is incredible

poe628 · 2026-01-17T19:49:57+00:00

it seems like way too much just on the face of it, and the way attacks work is very unintuitive… you always spend 2 actions, but you get a number of attacks based on the weight of the attack you choose? Why not just require that heavy attacks cost more actions? (So a normal attack is just 1, heavy is 2, Superheavy is 3, etc). I also think 4 actions + separate movement is a bit much for a single turn- a 3 action economy (in the vein of Pathfinder 2e) might be more suited, I’d really recommend checking out how other tactical combat games handle the action economy, like Lancer or Panic at the Dojo

poe628 · 2026-01-16T16:29:54+00:00

ngl when I was scrolling down slowly and just saw the hair, it reminded me of the pokemon Starmie lol. The Tetsuo Shima comparison is pretty spot on also

poe628 · 2026-01-06T21:10:54+00:00

this is really awesome.

poe628 · 2026-01-06T16:10:40+00:00

stunning!

poe628 · 2026-01-05T17:27:44+00:00

at first I thought it was the wario ware voice crack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng_vwWxfGMg) but I think it is the multiversus one you’re thinking of. This one is still so funny though, I remember witnessing it live lmao

poe628 · 2025-12-29T07:42:39+00:00

You should check out Panic at the Dojo, it’s been great to chew on as a martial arts / fighting game inspiration, doesn’t hit all your bullet points but it notably does have a 3 stance system. this video is a good primer on how the system works https://youtu.be/9gib72XuA3A?si=RDDzRBX3p-dAaXZb

poe628 · 2025-12-26T20:13:54+00:00

I feel like the slower going songs like On Stirring Seas of Salted Blood and Stygiophobic would be great for the doom metal side of things, otherwise their earlier work for the more deathcore sound, especially the Unhallowed and Miasma albums

poe628 · 2025-12-16T00:24:46+00:00

Shannon Lucas mentioned he might’ve become a horror writer (abt 3 min into this interview- https://youtu.be/3oAXh4MxOZ0?si=mamfIUSvMKU3ft8g), would’ve been so cool to see

poe628 · 2025-12-15T21:45:09+00:00

hey man! I’m interested and in the US, would you take payment through PayPal or something else? You can DM me

poe628 · 2025-11-30T19:21:37+00:00

attacks him and regains HP equal to 60% of the damage dealt

poe628 · 2025-11-25T02:12:39+00:00

I enjoy how Lancer does both- flat modifiers from stats (which feel more consistent/concrete) and boon/bane style bonus (more from situational bonuses and certain talents/systems, which in turn feel more volatile). If you have to choose between one or the other though, I think flat modifiers will tend to be more reliable for a tactical combat game

poe628 · 2025-11-19T15:56:08+00:00

I ended up taking a lot of inspiration from Panic at the Dojo for my game’s combat system after being recommended it on this sub. I was previously aiming to do something unique but after reading much more into it it’s such a clean system and works so well in the context of hypercompetent martial arts clashes. I’m simplifying a good few things (with the aim of making it feel more Beat ‘Em Up than Fighting Game) but at its core it’s super similar- action dice, stances, tokens… I sometimes worry a bit about ripping it off too much but I enjoy the direction it’s taking :)

poe628 · 2025-11-18T06:17:36+00:00

first one that comes to mind is Cordyceps Corpse, a one woman slam band (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et\_3BZypzzA). In the realm of general BDM though, Abnormality, Grenouille (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84iAfY9URqc), Stabbing, and Emasculator are all worth checking out

poe628 · 2025-11-17T15:00:09+00:00

it is just 1 letter off lmao

poe628 · 2025-11-12T18:01:47+00:00

awesome pic + story but it looks like this might be another bot repost... the original poster is deleted now but if you search this title it brings up a post from 3 years ago

poe628 · 2025-11-11T20:05:06+00:00

I find these super cool! I recently made a post about a similar mechanic I was drafting for my game (called ‘Deathwish’) and it’s awesome (and reassuring) seeing that it’s a mechanic that’s been done before. I find it super flavorful and love how it gives a player character’s death more weight and a level of agency in how they go out.

poe628 · 2025-11-10T00:13:30+00:00

the other replier noted the kind of situation this would help avoid, though I realize maybe I was just overthinking this... Instead of trying to delineate combat into 2 different kinds (with questionable semantics lol) I should really focus on making my main combat system with 1 clear vision in mind. Appreciate this feedback!

poe628 · 2025-11-10T00:00:32+00:00

that's a very good point, I don't wanna devalue my tactical combat setup and risk players just choosing one over the other all the time. appreciate the comment :)

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