Essence_of_Meh @ Essence_of_Meh @lemmy.world

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I've been working on the patch list and remembered a photosensitivity mod for VA-11 HALL-A I've seen a few years back. While looking for it I stumbled upon the original VA-11 HALL-A prototype from 2014 and decided to check it out.

It's pretty neat. While art style and gameplay differ slightly from the final game, writing itself is pretty close to what we got there. I was actually surprised some of the off-hand mentions in the release version were about this story.
The three characters we get to meet are also pretty close to their final designs - both in looks and in dialogues.

It's a short but fun look into one of my favourites, I love stuff like this.

Edit: I also started playing Invidia, an upcoming indie VN about a criminal psychologist. There's only a demo (I'm still in the middle of reading) but it seems interesting enough so far - story is about a juvenile psycho with various violent crimes to his name (check out the warning about themes on the game page if you're worried about triggers) and MC is not a stereotypical warrior of justice but has her own less than stellar aspects. I'll write a follow up after I'm done with the demo and try all the choices - it feels like they might be important in the future.

One small issue that's apparent pretty much right away is localisation - game was not written in English and there are some small errors with wording in few places. Nothing game breaking but it's definitely noticeable.

Edit 2: I was actually way closer to the end than expected so I didn't get much more out of it. I'll keep an eye on this title, it might end up pretty interesting after all.

I'm impressed with the amount of dice you have on hand, really nice variety.

Thanks for posting. I actually downloaded demo to check it out a day or two ago so it's funny seeing it here already.

I heard good things about the game so I hope for a good time.

I think the main thing they could probably go with is Squadron 42, at least if they want to reassure the 2026 release window. That wouldn't be enough for a whole show but wording in the post suggest it'll be a smaller affair anyway.

One thing I'd like to see on the other hand would be their plans towards medical gameplay. It's pretty much dead between the changes to the respawn system, recently released T0 of item recovery and removal of medical beacons. I have zero hope it'll happen but boy I wish they threw a bone to us ambulance donkeys.

I'm not sure I'm ready for another piece of media focused on magical girls suffering but trailer is a bop.

Huh, never knew my approach to work had an actual name. That's neat! Thanks for teaching me something new.

I mostly play according to the intended game design. The only exceptions that come to mind at the moment are:

• Open world games (GTA, Fallouts, Elder Scroll series etc) - I tend to act like a normal, civilian part of the world. I eat and drink, travel like a person rather than player (i.e. safely, without quick travel), avoid violence and do peaceful tasks when possible. I also go on trips and take screenshots of the scenery.
  Finally, if there's an equipment system I limit myself to "reasonable" amount of baggage (both in terms of weight and volume).
• Mirror's Edge and Portal - the only games I learned to the point of speedrunning. I'm nowhere near the level of being able to compete with professionals (nor am I interested in that) but I can get through both pretty quickly and without issues.

!lemmysilver

Oh, I meant user gifted silver specifically. Thanks for clearing that up.

Are modes eligible? There's this one top user who kinda deserve a silver.

I try not to overthink it - if it's a topic I'm interested in I just keep posting, even if I'm alone. There's no point (in my mind) in worrying about people being put off of a community with a single poster since the only alternative is a completely dead one. It might be just me but I feel like the latter is less inviting - if only because you have no idea if anything you post will get a response. With a single poster you know there's at least one person passionate enough about the topic to engage with you.

I feel you. I've been trying to kickstart a community for over a year now and the best I can hope for are a few votes. It can be pretty deflating after a while.

Man, I pretty much lost any hope of this getting picked up again. It's good to be back.

Thanks! I don't really "play" ESO as much as I use it as a sightseeing simulator at the moment but yeah, both normal gameplay and just running around can be quite enjoyable. They did a great job with the world and quest design.

It’s a shame the community on Lemmy isn’t that busy, but I guess there’s not a lot of players here yet.

Well, it's a self-perpetuating problem of small communities - no one engages with them so they look like ghost towns scaring people away. Someone has to be the one to get the ball rolling if they're to thrive wink wink nudge nudge.

Perhaps the "year of fixes" ends up bringing some new faces eventually. I'm curious if/how the wider sentiment on SC changes as the game becomes more playable.

Game list:

• NHL99 - tried again but no luck
• Colin McRae Rally 04
• Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War

Last but not least, I'm once again plugging my Pixelfed account - I created it, might as well let people know it exists. I've added some more screenshots since last week, this time from The Elder Scrolls Online and Remember Me.
I'll try to keep a decent variety of titles posted there - both to keep it interesting (I hope) and because that's just how I play games most of the time. One thing I can promise though is that most, if not all, of the titles posted there will be worthy of the patient gamer community.

What do you mean terrible? It's "moody" or "atmospheric"!

I thought there'd be more of us considering the time span you went with. I guess there's more to do in terms of popularising this community than expected.

I feel the same way. It's a small change and I feel like the only place it's kinda useful are entries with multiple patches but even then...

I can tell you are trying to put effort into this community and I really appreciate it :)

Well, I volunteered, might as well try doing it well. Thanks though, it's nice to know I'm not wasting my time.

Does it count as edutainment if it is about creating something of the very medium you are consuming?

Sure, why not? It looks like a fun intro to VN dev process too.

I feel like the announcement could've been done with a bit of a heads up (if only to give mods time to decide and prep on their side) but I guess it's not really a super serious event.

Initiative itself is great, hopefully winners come up with some decent charities. Let the spam engagement begin!

Yeah, it's not a huge difference - just the vertical line on the left side of the quoted section (at least on Lemmy). It's most noticeable in the first Majikoi entry.