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Comment on A colossal squid is filmed in its natural habitat for the first time in ~enviro
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Comment on The great Tildes Archipelago multiworld randomizer! Interest thread! in ~games
kaffo LinkI'm a tentitive yes! Since the discussion on the last thread I'm running a small archipelago game with my friend, but we might finish that up before this starts (or maybe I'll play a different...I'm a tentitive yes! Since the discussion on the last thread I'm running a small archipelago game with my friend, but we might finish that up before this starts (or maybe I'll play a different game!) or maybe I won't have time. Still interested.
Also your link on the spreadsheet says its out of date and this is the new one! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iuzDTOAvdoNe8Ne8i461qGNucg5OuEoF-Ikqs8aUQZw/edit?usp=sharing -
Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
kaffo Link ParentFor what it's worth I don't think it's a very long game if you just want to reach the credits. I got credits at 15 hours and I saw many steam reviews around the same time mark. You can easily keep...For what it's worth I don't think it's a very long game if you just want to reach the credits. I got credits at 15 hours and I saw many steam reviews around the same time mark.
You can easily keep doing runs and solving whatever comes up until you get the golden run to win. -
Comment on What have you been putting off/procrastinating about doing? in ~life
kaffo LinkHorse riding and learning Norwegian. I mean I do both, but nowhere near as much as I'd actually like to. In my ideal world I'd be riding a couple of times a week and learning Norwegian every day...Horse riding and learning Norwegian.
I mean I do both, but nowhere near as much as I'd actually like to. In my ideal world I'd be riding a couple of times a week and learning Norwegian every day (maybe have one day break) but the reality is I have a lot of excuses. -
Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
kaffo Link ParentCheck out @Lapbunny 's post, they are considering running a game in a few weeks. If you're interested kep an eye out and maybe you can join in!Check out @Lapbunny 's post, they are considering running a game in a few weeks. If you're interested kep an eye out and maybe you can join in!
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
kaffo Link ParentHaha yeah I saw that was just the official number! Look forward to your post! I'll definitely keep an eye out for it!Haha yeah I saw that was just the official number!
Look forward to your post! I'll definitely keep an eye out for it! -
Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
kaffo Link ParentI recently (like a couple years ago) tried a heart gold randomizer and it was awesome. I had such a good time! It was great to play one of my favourite games but with a little added spice of...I recently (like a couple years ago) tried a heart gold randomizer and it was awesome. I had such a good time! It was great to play one of my favourite games but with a little added spice of "who's my starter going to be?" and "what type is the gym leader going to be?"
If you're looking for a little flavour I'd super recommend it, it makes the game so fresh. -
Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
kaffo Link ParentInteresting you thought 3 was the strongest, I thought it was the weakest and I couldn't finish it! I waited until 3 came out and ended up playing through the trilogy back to back, but 3 to me...Interesting you thought 3 was the strongest, I thought it was the weakest and I couldn't finish it! I waited until 3 came out and ended up playing through the trilogy back to back, but 3 to me just felt like it was a lot of fetch quests around empty planets more than the others for some reason? Mind you this was like 10 years ago and my memory is a little fuzzy!
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
kaffo (edited )LinkDark Souls 3 So I won with my vanilla game and I was like "cool but what if I randomize it?" So I started a randomizer run and posted about it, in which I found out about Archipelago which seems...Dark Souls 3
So I won with my vanilla game and I was like "cool but what if I randomize it?" So I started a randomizer run and posted about it, in which I found out about Archipelago which seems incredible. For those who don't know, archipelago is a multi world randomizer. It supports a whole bunch of games (including Dark Souls 3). So you get a bunch of people (up to 30!) and they all submit a config with what game they are playing and what setting they want to play with, then the randomizer shuffles across everyone's game. Someone playing Super Mario 64 can be waiting for someone playing Pokemon to buy the ability to double jump for them from the Pokemart.
Anyway I got a freind who likes Hollow Knight randomizers to jump on and we are trying a 2 player run.
So far it seems really sweet, I'm surprised how well it works and I love the added interaction with other players.
Like, just adding the fact I've got to watch out for items for my friends game and they are doing the same makes us both care about each other's otherwise single player games. It's really cool!Edit: Incase someone is curious, I decided to try a dex build for this run. Mainly because one of my first drops was Onikiri and Ubadachi, so I was like why not. It took me 10 minutes to realize the L1 attack is busted as hell and the weapon art gives you like 2 full seconds of i-frames, it feels like cheating!
Blue Prince - No spoilers edition
For those who don't know, this is a brand new release. It's a puzzle rogue like and there was a lot of hype before release about how indepth and we'll thought out the puzzles are.
This one is difficult. I was looking forward to it. I'd not quite bought into the hype (I got stung a little with Animal Well) but I was still keen to play it.
The story short is it's like a 7/10.
Here's the long story.
There's lots of good things about it. The art style, the music, the pacing, there's a lot of puzzles of various depths. It's also a reasonably novel experience, the mix of rogue lite and puzzle works reasonably well but not in every way.
On the negatives, quite a few of the puzzles feel like homework rather than puzzles. I didn't get the dopamine hit from feeling smart solving an interesting puzzle with these ones.
The designer obviously knew that the issue with the rogue lite formula was gonna be struggling to get a run that let's you solve a specific puzzle. So it seems like his solution to the problem is:
A. Give the player some tools to try and mitigate the rogue like risks (but not all of them or there would be no game)
B. Give us a shit load of puzzle to solve so hopefully no matter which run you get, you can try to work towards somethingThe B will piss a lot of people off. I've already seen from the steam reviews a lot of people are trying to go right for the ending or they are chasing some specific puzzle and they get turbo mad they can't progress it because they don't get the specific rooms they need. But honestly if you just have a list of leads and start any run you can almost always progress something. But if you are gonna go hell bent for one thing you are gonna have a bad time.
There are a lot of different kinds of puzzles which actually kind of annoyed me. I struggled with the colour puzzles as a colour blind person and I suck at language puzzles. They were a little surprising to see ocassionaly and they were just frustrating. But I guess that's a lot of puzzle games.
Extremely light ending spoiler
I found the ending (finding room 46) underwhelming. I assume it's because it's not the "real ending".
I don't know if I have the willpower to play more. There's like 2 puzzles which I have unfinished but I don't have any motivation to complete them.
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Comment on Monsterpatch: A cozy monster-collecting RPG in ~games
kaffo Link ParentYeah you're very right. But who knows, maybe those features can't or haven't been copyrighted? Honestly no idea, I am not a laywer and Nintendo lawyers are gonna go hard. If it was me I agree with...Yeah you're very right. But who knows, maybe those features can't or haven't been copyrighted?
Honestly no idea, I am not a laywer and Nintendo lawyers are gonna go hard. If it was me I agree with you, I'd be safer than sorry! -
Comment on Monsterpatch: A cozy monster-collecting RPG in ~games
kaffo Link ParentYeah I think if I was a developer even considering a commercial project which is "inspired by" a Nintendo franchise the first thing I would do is hire a decent copyright lawyer and get them to go...Yeah I think if I was a developer even considering a commercial project which is "inspired by" a Nintendo franchise the first thing I would do is hire a decent copyright lawyer and get them to go over my pitch with a fine toothed comb to make sure it's bullet proof.
Maybe this developer already did that. I noticed they've cunningly avoided the ball capture mechanic which got Pal World but I'm not smart enough to know what else Nintendo could get you on. -
Comment on Monsterpatch: A cozy monster-collecting RPG in ~games
kaffo Link ParentMy first thought was "It's a kickstater, let's check the creator's rap sheet first." But yeah this is a good start! It's easy to get bitten by first time kickstaters who aim for the moon and don't...My first thought was "It's a kickstater, let's check the creator's rap sheet first." But yeah this is a good start!
It's easy to get bitten by first time kickstaters who aim for the moon and don't even get as far as building the cannon. -
Comment on What's an achievement (or achievements) you'll always be proud of? in ~life
kaffo Link ParentSure! I had quite a lot of discussion with my tutor about it. I had a good range for the time I had been playing and I was doing well at my scales, that kinda thing. He explained to me that most...Sure! I had quite a lot of discussion with my tutor about it.
I had a good range for the time I had been playing and I was doing well at my scales, that kinda thing.
He explained to me that most people learn by ear or learn by reading (sheet music) and he normally starts by teaching sheet music and sees if a student is better at one or the other.
Now it's pretty clear by ear wasn't going to work for me. I'm the kind of person who listens to something off key and doesn't notice, never mind hearing the difference between a C and a D by listening.
Turns out sheet music didn't go so well either. I'm pretty slow at a lot of things, like math and reading. I take my time to think about stuff. And it really showed when I tried to learn sheet music. I could read it, but it took me a long time. And there was no way in hell I was passing the exams where they give you a random piece you've not seen before and ask you to play it in real time.For easier pieces, I found I was accidently just learning the piece and not reading the sheet music as I went, but this eventually became impossible as the pieces got more complex and I just couldn't keep up. I'd do ok for maybe the first line or two (relying on memory) then I'd start making more and more mistakes and eventually stop somewhere in the middle because I got lost.
My tutor said in his like 20 years of teaching he'd not seen something like me, so that's novel lol. And we tried a lot of different things to try and combat it, he was genuinely really good and very patient.
But in the end I wasn't mad it didn't work out, I put in a lot of time and effort and it wasn't fun. I could walk away and say I tried and not regret it like "man what if I'd just stuck at it some more".I hope this answers your question!
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Comment on What's an achievement (or achievements) you'll always be proud of? in ~life
kaffo Link ParentVery well done! I hear so many people (much older people too) talk about how the wanted to learn an instrument and never did. And you did it! Exactly the right attitude! I had the same idea as you...Very well done! I hear so many people (much older people too) talk about how the wanted to learn an instrument and never did. And you did it! Exactly the right attitude!
I had the same idea as you a few years ago too, I'd been yearning to learn the trumpet and kept putting it off, then finally jumped in and decided to give it a go. 2 years of lesson, practice and reciting.... And I was completely terrible lol. Honestly, my tutor was baffled, because I was technical good (in his words) but completely shit at holding a tune or reading sheet music.
I realized at somepoint it wasn't fun at all and I stopped, but I had no regrets because I really did try! -
Comment on What randomizers have you tried and what interesting runs have you had? in ~games
kaffo Link ParentThat's completely wild. I wonder if it changes the ingame text too, because that would be properly cool.That's completely wild. I wonder if it changes the ingame text too, because that would be properly cool.
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Comment on What randomizers have you tried and what interesting runs have you had? in ~games
kaffo Link ParentDon't let your dreams be dreams! Give it a go and report back what you think!Don't let your dreams be dreams! Give it a go and report back what you think!
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Comment on What randomizers have you tried and what interesting runs have you had? in ~games
kaffo Link ParentDepending on the amount of attention I need to give it I could be interested! Sounds like fun.Depending on the amount of attention I need to give it I could be interested! Sounds like fun.
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Comment on What randomizers have you tried and what interesting runs have you had? in ~games
kaffo Link ParentWait what, hold on. Are you saying you can play any game on the supported list and somehow the archipelago server works out some way to juggle the randomization between different games? If so that...Wait what, hold on. Are you saying you can play any game on the supported list and somehow the archipelago server works out some way to juggle the randomization between different games?
If so that is utterly insane, I don't even understand how that works. If I pick up a key item X in my game which is for another game entirely, is it renamed or something? Or is it just like a normal item in your game is given some special flag which grants the other player the key item in their game?I'm very confused now! Maybe I misunderstood.
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Comment on What randomizers have you tried and what interesting runs have you had? in ~games
kaffo Link ParentOh man that sounds pretty cool! What a fun idea. I wonder if I could get some freinds together to try it out. It seems like a great way to bring together a bunch of single player games into a more...Oh man that sounds pretty cool! What a fun idea. I wonder if I could get some freinds together to try it out. It seems like a great way to bring together a bunch of single player games into a more interesting experience for multiple people too.
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Comment on What randomizers have you tried and what interesting runs have you had? in ~games
kaffo Link ParentMow that's cool! I saw archipelago in my travels recently and I won't lie, I didn't really fully understand the idea. It's more than just a randomizer right? It's like some kind of shared online...Mow that's cool! I saw archipelago in my travels recently and I won't lie, I didn't really fully understand the idea. It's more than just a randomizer right? It's like some kind of shared online ramdon instance you can run? How does that work can you maybe explain?
I mean, they said "juvenile" so it's just a baby! One day he'll grow to be 1000 feet long and fight Godzilla.