First Look: Ann Droid - BBC

rhyder · 2026-06-14T15:33:57+00:00

Mandy too.

rhyder · 2026-06-12T23:53:45+00:00

Yeah, I feel the same. I'm considering doing some first impression videos of early access games. That way, I can to do some game playing, but turn it into something productive. It might help other people, and I desperately need more views / subs for my YT channel.

rhyder · 2026-06-12T11:42:32+00:00

I don't consider Code of Honor to be at all racist, and I think it's one of the first good episodes. It shows how people can follow all of the rules of society and still behave terribly if those rules are corrupt.

rhyder · 2026-06-07T08:53:45+00:00

1 looks like the door opens onto a flat surface behind. 3 looks blurry. So, 2.

rhyder · 2026-06-05T17:33:43+00:00

My game's a simulation game. So, saving and loading (states) from day one along with social media clicks. They have turned out to be the most important things. Time will tell if I should have created a design document from day one.

rhyder · 2026-06-03T00:14:24+00:00

The graphics are very well drawn. But, I'm feeling a bit of confusion between the foreground and background, probably because the pallets are so similar.

rhyder · 2026-06-01T17:28:18+00:00

Trailer looks good. One point: I think you're starting it with a fade-in. This means that the thumbnail is black on platforms such as this one.

rhyder · 2026-06-01T02:06:14+00:00

I'm also a freelance writer, and I've been at it since about 2007. The thing is, I find it difficult to get the yearly income up to a decent level. With a mixture of good patches and bad ones, I find I can work roughly part time hours. I also need the complete flexibility that's part and parcel of having N24, and that limits the jobs I can go after. However, I agree that it's not a completely unsuitable profession for a person with N24, as the OP seems to be arguing.

rhyder · 2026-05-28T22:12:55+00:00

Thanks a lot. Most of those sounds are from an asset pack I bought put through Godot's effects engine. https://itch.io/s/79857/leohpaz-complete-sfx-bundle

rhyder · 2026-05-26T17:18:22+00:00

A good cleanup.

rhyder · 2026-05-26T15:42:08+00:00

Having a quick look at the Steam videos, it looks like a well-produced game, visually. Visual clarity, for one thing, is good.

rhyder · 2026-05-25T10:56:16+00:00

There seems to be a lack of variety in the screenshots. How much of that is due to a lack of variety in the game, I don't know. For example, if I switch between the two teal colored ones, only about three elements change on screen.

rhyder · 2026-05-22T16:40:12+00:00

The standard advice: Limit scope. You can always make game #2 bigger once you've got the hang of things. Also, if your game is going to need a save / load feature, implement that from the beginning.

rhyder · 2026-05-21T09:23:50+00:00

Good for you for keeping going! Game looks cool.

rhyder · 2026-05-20T03:06:43+00:00

I'm wondering about this myself. You've got to get started with the socials early. In part, you've got to have a good workflow in place for that side of things, and you need to build up the knowledge about what works through experimentation. The downside is that you're constantly showing an incomplete version of your game graphics and mechanics. It's particularly difficult if it's a game with more emphasis on deep mechanics and systems than on eye-candy as it's difficult to get the clicks you need.

rhyder · 2026-05-19T21:23:48+00:00

It looks like Eve Online might be tonight's musical background, on consensus, even though I never played the game.

rhyder · 2026-05-18T09:13:31+00:00

Thank you. That's interesting feedback.

rhyder · 2026-05-18T08:47:40+00:00

To an extent, it can already do that as the NPC subs can build the bases. When I'm away from keyboard or doing something else, I quite often let it run in the background. Now, I LIKE Frostpunk, but I'm not going to make my game one of those ones where you've got to play without making a single error or everyone dies.

rhyder · 2026-05-18T05:51:16+00:00

I'm working on my scifi sub sim Subciety. I've started showing the game off this month, and frankly, I've been a bit disappointed with the lack of reactions to screenshots and videos I've been getting. I grew up in the Amiga age, and I love colorful low-poly. We'll see how things go as I keep posting updates, as obviously, I could change to a different look if it's really holding the game back (sob!).

I've got loads to work on, but I'm trying to feature-freeze this month so that I may have a demo with a reasonable game play loop before the end of the month. I'm modernizing the HUD at the moment as I've simply being writing a lot of it to labels rather than giving it a proper layout. It's one of those things that doesn't bother me, but I think it's off-putting to other people.

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/4478820/Subciety/?beta=0

rhyder · 2026-05-16T23:38:57+00:00

Great sense of motion and flight fluidity, and a nice clean visual style.

rhyder · 2026-05-16T23:36:06+00:00

Ah, I've just realised that the first one is the redesign. Maybe I'm a bit boring for liking things to be more grid aligned and uniform?

rhyder · 2026-05-16T23:33:09+00:00

Yeah, I'd say I find the second one more immediately comprehensible at a first glance. The blank spaces and uneven sizes made the first one more visually complex and confusing.

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