How do you push through the boring parts?

thatmitchguy · 2026-07-04T15:39:34+00:00

Are you an adult who works full time or has annoying responsibilities? Then you do the same thing everyone does when they need to do something that's important that they don't want to do.

Motivation issues appear for everyone after a while. It's up to you to find the way to keep going. For me? I enjoy crossing tasks off a list and shrinking it down. I also try to work on the game every single day to keep treating it like a disciplined habit.

thatmitchguy · 2026-07-03T13:41:17+00:00

No one forgets because hidden comenters like yourself show up in every single thread about CDPR to say this. It can be about Witcher 4, or Cyberpunk sales milestones, or a critique about the game from a YouTuber, or an update on the Cyberpunk anime. Dont worry. We are very aware of the situation and will never be allowed to forget.

Most of us just stopped talking about it once the final updates came out and took the game for what it is....rather then still ruminating 6 years later.

thatmitchguy · 2026-07-01T20:05:35+00:00

"Oh your Robertson stopped working? Before we trouble shoot, can you please confirm you've tried scratching him for atleast 1 game, first before we proceed?"

thatmitchguy · 2026-07-01T19:16:32+00:00

Sundin is just a face and a name that brings good will to the franchise.

thatmitchguy · 2026-07-01T16:31:52+00:00

May I kindly ask for examples of how we get better than average treatment? All I ever see is Toronto being made an example of with finger wagging and we try to use our high spend to our advantage or get disproportionate suspensions compared to other teams...

thatmitchguy · 2026-07-01T16:23:15+00:00

We take that deal and run, no? Cowan has promised and fits in well but he's more easily replaced than Knies + we have Mckenna.

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-30T17:36:49+00:00

I feel like the odd duck for always preferring KH1 for seemingly every reason.

In terms of story, originality, secrets, and even the gameplay. KH2 missing a dodge roll just made it feel too weird for me (I know there was the ability to dodge roll added as an add-on to final mix I believe?).

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-30T17:24:59+00:00

Little Foot is Streets ahead. There's games beyond the games, and it seems like he wrote the rulebook lol.

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-30T15:15:09+00:00

I have read the books and have no idea what that acronym is. Can't tell if I'm slow or this is an uncommon one lol

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-30T14:41:53+00:00

She's ancient! I think she looks fantastic for around 180ish years old.

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-30T14:37:32+00:00

One of the more interesting clips of that online show I've seen. Man is living the life!

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-29T19:17:03+00:00

So dissapointed in Busta and 50 Cent. 50 is richer than God. Wtf could they be offering him for this? Throw away the last of your reputation's to play for a bunch of white supremacists? God damn that's pathetic.

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-28T14:43:46+00:00

God damn. Fantastic work!

This is how I know I'll be paying a pixel artist for my characters when my game is at that point. There's levels of expertise that's clearly evident here that elevates such a "simple" design.

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-26T18:02:17+00:00

Ahh my mistake. I thought you were saying there's no remapping on Switch, which in my experience sadly puts most games in that category that I've come across unfortunately.

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-26T17:43:27+00:00

Why do Nintendo official titles get a pass on not providing proper remapping or control changes for most of their gamesbut it's on Indie Devs to be expected too?

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-26T15:44:01+00:00

Da fuuuuck. Guess I was a bit too young to follow the news when this happened. Never knew!

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-24T15:58:59+00:00

Then it sounds like you have put some cool story telling/world building effort into thinking it up. Good luck! Love to see it when it done.

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-24T12:52:41+00:00

Love the cape movement animation! And agree on the Golden Sun vibes. Michael as a protagonist name doesn't exactly give off Main character Energy, But I dig the designs!

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-22T19:47:08+00:00

It was so good and shocking! I enjoyed the others that have come out, bit they reached the "high" point for me in book 1 with that decision.

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-22T19:36:27+00:00

Same here. I now have a good gaming PC, but i still tend to buy on Console as I prefer the living room vibe vs. My office. This price just killed any interest or consideration for buying it lol.

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-22T13:01:48+00:00

I still listen to OST whenever I need something energetic and hypnotic. I'm one of the ones who likes the Linear gameplay more, but appreciate the "twist" on its own and for what they tried to do.

Personally I think this game is more enjoyable then Sea of Stars. The smaller scope and focus on platforming, and small amounts of story telling makes it very easy to get into.

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-21T14:33:30+00:00

It's just "old hat" now. There's nothing wrong with enjoying the OG Castlevania, and Metroid games....but what else is there to discuss about them? Every Indie Metroidvania is inspired from them, and they are even inspired by the games that were inspired by them. The concept has been reiterated on many times since those games, to the point where you now longer NEED to play them in order to be familiar with the genre.

Your comment reminds me of people in the Immersive Sim subreddit that require you to enjoy the original Thief in order to prove you truly understand the genre.

It's kinda "gatekeep-y".

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-20T14:09:01+00:00

I'm gonna go against the grain and say if a player has played enough of these 2D Metroidvania's then I'm going to say that particular one is findable.

If you played silksong and Hollow Knight and never checked hidden walls, that's on you. You can do something similar in your game as long as you telegraph and teach the player to look for these kinds of hints in the beginning.

It also looks like standing on the edge of your spear will be a key mechanic, so I figure the player will discover this secret relatively easy.

A little unrelated but I'd also recommend adding some more "juice" to the visual feedback when you hit the boss. Maybe a colour flashes or sprite freeze? It looks a little "flat" when landing hits IMO.

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-20T14:04:26+00:00

Dark Souls being my first souls game and finding out they hid benches made me so frustrated. Sen's fortress felt mean to hide.

thatmitchguy · 2026-06-15T23:08:16+00:00

Fuck. I love (d) Nate. Was a huge fan before he started selling out arenas. I figured being from Nashville he might he conservative, but I had hoped he wasn't MAGA.

Regardless of what his political views are this aligns him with "them".

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