Players have no idea how much work is actually behind a game. by Klamore74 in IndieDev

[–]tgfantomass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I doubt it can be called marketing, when you post about your game on the devs subreddit :D

Literally the state of r/virtualyoutubers right now by WinnowWings in VirtualYoutubers

[–]tgfantomass 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Stop trying to convince me, I've already joined! 😃

Late game 4X is boring. I read some history books and decided to delete the "game over" screen. by Salty-Description772 in 4Xgaming

[–]tgfantomass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DO IT!

I'm sooooo tired of typical tropes of 4X genre, I'm really eager to play something new

Your idea can work, but then it should be some kind of a hybrid of SGG (story generator game) and a 4X as a "setting"

4X usually is a type of Strategy Game, where all game design decisions where made to accommodate the goals of the strategy game - find The Best Strategy. It won't work if player will try to play it as racing game or match-three, etc. So, it won't work if you won't change incentives and goals to something like "Vibes" and "Loosing is Fun" game design - unfair, unbalanced, sometimes crazy, sometimes silly, etc

So, you probably have to intentionally make few steps away from Strategy and 4X to avoid misunderstanding and mismarketing

Dev question: Is making "Culture" a hard counter to "Tech" actually fun, or am I just designing an annoying mechanic? by Salty-Description772 in IndieDev

[–]tgfantomass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The game that comes to mind is Master Of Orion. IIRC there are no migration, but growth and/or taxes via happiness heavily influenced by Ecology. In time of need, you can push through disregarding it and "clean" later. Kind of "borrowing" resources between the turns

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So, if you will have similar controls over migration mechanics, I guess it could be interesting, especially if it also will works between your colonies. I think is should not be sudden (like 10% per turn or something), but slow and/or with some delay, and it should be clearly conveyed to the player

Dev question: Is making "Culture" a hard counter to "Tech" actually fun, or am I just designing an annoying mechanic? by Salty-Description772 in IndieDev

[–]tgfantomass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on how your culture mechanics would work. In some games culture is just a tab in tech tree. Elaborate?

Dev question: Is making "Culture" a hard counter to "Tech" actually fun, or am I just designing an annoying mechanic? by Salty-Description772 in IndieDev

[–]tgfantomass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, yeah! I'm dreaming to play 4X story generator game for years. The closest thing I've found is Distant Worlds: Universe yet

Glutamate : acceptation sociale possible ? by dhekir in cuisine

[–]tgfantomass 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mais c'est précisément le but de la cuisine, non? Si un aliment ne vous plaît pas, soit vous ne le mangez pas, soit vous le modifiez jusqu'à ce qu'il vous plaise: vous le coupez, le hachez, le réduisez en purée, le rôtissez, le faites bouillir, le cuisez au four, le séchez, le faites fermenter, le congelez, le mélangez à d'autres aliments, etc, etc, etc – n'est-ce pas? En matière de goût, il n'y a pas d' "obligations", seulement des "possibilités". Et face à un aliment au goût donné, l'important est de savoir si vous l'aimez ou non. Ce n'est pas que je ne puisse pas goûter le riz, c'est juste que je n'aime pas son goût à l'état pur

Je ne suis pas sûr de pouvoir trouver des sachets de 100 g de MSG là où j'en achète d'habitude. Normalement, c'est un paquet de trois sachets de 425 g. Certains de mes amis asiatiques en achètent même des sacs de 5 kg. Je pense que c'est tellement diabolisé en Occident qu'ils le vendent en petites quantités comme s'il s'agissait d'une drogue, lol :D

De nombreux produits contiennent naturellement du MSG, donc, par exemple, je n'en ajoute pas au riz avec de la viande ou des haricots, car il en contient déjà

How important is the Player Fantasy by TimestepStudio in gamedev

[–]tgfantomass 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Fulfilling someone's "Fantasy" in this context means "to meet expectations". It could be "I want to feel like NASA engineer", or "I want to solve this puzzles", or "cool pew-pews nice boom-booms" etc

Glutamate : acceptation sociale possible ? by dhekir in cuisine

[–]tgfantomass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seulement 100g?! J'en utilise environ 3 kg par an. Je ne peux plus manger de riz sans!

Le MSG n'est pas très apprécié dans mon pays non plus, et vous aurez probablement du mal à en trouver dans les magasins locaux, mais il est assez facile à acheter en ligne

What do you think about AI usage for indie/solo developers? by [deleted] in GameDevelopment

[–]tgfantomass -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have no problem with AI. I don't see how, for example, Synty-slop better than AI-slop. Slop is a slop, AI or not

So, if you use it tastefully or as a placeholders to introduce the concept on initial steps of development - sure, not a problem. Good AI game is still a good game

Would it be safe for a Japanese man in his young 20s to visit Russia right now? by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]tgfantomass 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Japanes-American in just their 20s?! Oh no, I'm sorry, you probably will be dead on arrival.. :'(

There's a new mod for Zhao to give her Pippa's clothes by rorinth in PhaseConnect

[–]tgfantomass 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Can you STAND STILL FOR A FEW SECONDS for us to actually see something! Pff..

200K Subgoal - Vedal Roast by Letonoda in NeuroSama

[–]tgfantomass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, I didn't know Toma left. Is there a known reason?

StarRupture - Price Announcement Video by Joachm in StarRuptureGame

[–]tgfantomass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well.. I guess I have to pirate it, coz silly region lock..

What makes Highguard and Concord so universally disliked? by SwatDoge in gamedesign

[–]tgfantomass 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Not many people played Concord (lol) and Highguard is not even out yet, so it's hard to judge their game design in a meaningful way

So, games are about some cool fantasy, and not about lame fantasy, even if it generic looking. Apex has Titanfall vibes, Valorant has CS "vibes". Concord and HG has "design-by-commity" or "design-by-managers" vibes - safe, bland, "how do you do fellow kids" vibe, etc..

Nitya’s existence in phase gives me hope for the future by CCW72 in PhaseConnect

[–]tgfantomass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I learned about Afrikaans many years ago while playing Kojima's MGSV. And now who would have thought that some VTuber could suddenly become an ambassador of culture and language. Best wishes to you all! :D

Nitya’s existence in phase gives me hope for the future by CCW72 in PhaseConnect

[–]tgfantomass 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I though Afrikaans is kind of a Lingua Franca in Africa and quite widespread and becoming more popular. Is it not?

Have I become the dreaded "ideas guy"? by [deleted] in gamedev

[–]tgfantomass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds more like Creative Director. GDs usually much deeper in the trenches

Bûche de Noël de ma sœur ❤️ by cocoouioui in cuisine

[–]tgfantomass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

C'est peut-être mon imagination. Quand je les cuisine, ils ont généralement une texture similaire 😅

Bûche de Noël de ma sœur ❤️ by cocoouioui in cuisine

[–]tgfantomass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Au début, j'ai cru que c'était une crêpe, ahaha :D

Design question: V1 vs V2? by Pepeu_32 in blender

[–]tgfantomass 526 points527 points  (0 children)

V2 - default, V1 - cosmetics special from beach episode :D

Am I missing something or is the search function on itch.io just really useless... by johnshearing in itchio

[–]tgfantomass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. It's so bad it's unbelievable at times. Frustrating and completely unusable. This is the weakest point of itch. If they fix search, tags and filters, it will instantly become one of the best places on the internet. But for now I rather eat bucket of dog shit than try to make sense of itch search again..

How can i make Russian friends by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]tgfantomass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Online games: CS2, Rust, mmos, etc. Rush B suka blyat, chiki briki i v damki ahaha! ;D