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Hot damn, we won Ludum Dare!! ✨😍✨
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The winner of the Ludum Dare 53 Jam is
Neo City Express by Pedro Medeiros, isadora, and dualryan
Also:
1st place for Theme
1st place for Graphics
5th place for Innovation
7th place for Audio
7th place for Humor
9th place Fun
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We've updated the game with a difficulty balance patch and more keyboard support.
Honestly now that I've had some time away it's pretty astounding that we were able to do this in a weekend! Such amazing collaborators to work with🥰
saint11.itch.io/neo-city-expre
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This weekend @saint11, @isainstars, @dualryan and I made a game in 72 hours for Ludum Dare! It's called Neo City Express. (link below)
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This weekend , , and I made a game in 72 hours for Ludum Dare! It's called Neo City Express. (link below)
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Happy 4/27 everybody! This means.. it's been one entire year since the release of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe!
To celebrate this emotionally significant anniversary we have a whole bag of wonderful news to share with you:
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Can someone please explain to me what's going on in the stanley parable steam reviews over the last month
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strange question: do I know anybody on here with a connection to the Sekiro modding scene?
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Episodes 1 + 2 of Finding Hannah are available now!
🔍 A modern hidden object game
🌄 Explore beautiful handcrafted scenes
🌈 Charming and diverse cast
👩👩👧 Heartfelt family saga
🍎 iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/finding
🤖 Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det
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...and there are definitely people who like that game. So I dunno. Whatever. Who cares.
(am I being too self-effacing???)
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Of course, I say all of this, but then if I were to put Stanley Parable on this grid it would almost certainly be at the very bottom-right, where according to my "taste curve" theory it should be roundly hated by pretty much everyone...
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...in a situation where consistency of character would have been more appropriate. To be given both options, and to choose wit over character often feels to the reader like insecurity, which imo is the heart of what a lot of people call "cringe."
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...the protagonist to own the world that she lives in, to actually be a consistent part of it rather than keeping a distance and winking at the camera.
And for my own part, I think that "cringiness" is a result of the writer expecting wittiness to carry the story...
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Basically my theory is that, for each individual person, "self-aware writing" is acceptable as long as it's above this curve. So for Austin, perhaps the issue is that Forespoken's writing is too low on the "consistency" axis for him to enjoy the writing. He wants...
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...or needs to hold itself at a sarcastic distance from its own material.
So if I were to go back to my grid, I would imagine a line cutting through the grid at an angle. I'll call this the "taste curve", it's a purely arbitrary line that is different for every person.
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...which on its own could succeed or at least be enjoyable. The problem for him is when Forespoken's protagonist turns self-effacing, making snide comments that deride the game's own worldbuilding. As though the game is ashamed of itself...
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...when they hate it they REALLY hate it.
This piece from Austin Walker (clockworkworlds.com/post-cringe/) gave me an idea as to what makes this style of writing work for some people and not for others. His basic thrust here is that Forespoken has some fun and self-aware dialogue...
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A lot of what we call "cringe" writing would be on the right side of the grid, writing that wants you to remember it and meme it and quote it amongst your friends months later. But it's a finicky line to walk: when people like this style of writing they REALLY like it, and...
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(I'm sure I like something that would be categorized in the bottom left, but I can't think of anything right now)
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Honestly I think fantastic media can be anywhere on this grid. For me personally, something like No Country for Old Men could go in the top left, Bojack Horseman in the top right, Tarantino in the bottom right, and I enjoy all of those.
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Okay so my idea is this grid for categorizing a piece of fiction writing. The x-axis is writing that likes when you notice the writing, and the y-axis is writing that tries hard to stay consistent in its world and characters.
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There's been some "writing discourse" on twitter. I don't usually participate in discourse, but this time I happened to get a thought rolling around in my head, and I wanted to try to define it, so I'll write it down here to see if it takes.
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Is there a coffee grinder that reliably won't break down? I have simple needs, just a basic grinder, but the ones I buy all consistently stop running after just a year or two.
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This was the resulting game. It is not a good game.
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If you are going to be at Magfest this week, I will be making a game live on stage with at 10:30pm on Thursday in Panels room 6
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If you are going to be at Magfest this week, I will be making a game live on stage with at 10:30pm on Thursday in Panels room 6
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Other meaningful games of 2022 for me:
- Neon White
- Elden Ring
- Goodbye World
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This was my favorite video game of 2022. I'm still in shock at how perfectly each level tells a "story" through its design, it'll be really hard to play other puzzle games after this one.
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Patrick's Parabox, an award-winning recursive puzzle game, is out now on Steam and itch, for Windows+Mac+Linux!
Push boxes within boxes within boxes, and learn to use infinity to your advantage!
store.steampowered.com/app/1260520/Pa
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A while back I wrote a blog post/comic titled Game of the Year, which accidentally got brought down during web migration. Since I still get requests for it from time to time, I've reposted it here on Medium:
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Gonna stream a little bit of Melty Blood
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Holy shit, it's honestly wild the amount of work that went into this. I'm incredibly humbled, but also I feel like I have very little to do with TSP at this point. It's something the fans have run with and made their own, and that's fantastic. Thank you 💖
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THE ZINE IS OUT !
After months of work, the Zine portion of the Welcome Back, Stanley project has finally come to fruition ! You are but a click away from tons of free, exclusive, Deluxe TSP fancontent, Employee.Show this thread
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What a pleasant surprise to wake up to today. The return of the king.
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New site: launched. VA casting call: open. We're back.
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🌃🪩🍕🎲 Betrayal At Club Low is OUT NOW. Demo available. Steam & Itch. Take the leap! store.steampowered.com/app/1885750/Be
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It's ouuuuut! I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is now available on Switch, PS4/5, PC, Mac and Linux. 
It has Deckbuilding! Choices that matter! Romance! Time loops! Dark humor! Teen angst! So many endings, and a beautiful planet to explore.
store.steampowered.com/app/1148760/I_
It has Deckbuilding! Choices that matter! Romance! Time loops! Dark humor! Teen angst! So many endings, and a beautiful planet to explore.
store.steampowered.com/app/1148760/I_
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I'm sure the original "flat circle" line from the show does actually mean something, but I for one do not intend to find out what that is.
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We’ve just pushed an update for The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe! Patch 1.07 is live on PC, PS4, PS5 and Xbox and coming soon on Nintendo Switch, Mac & Linux! This patch adds even more accessibility features along with bug fixes and a select few new features!
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