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Cyberpunk Edgerunners II thread ep1: a big leap in storytelling and animation direction over almost the entirety of season 1. I really like the multiple characters tied together, dealing with similar themes. King's is immediately a lot more interesting story of chrome dependency than David's story.

But I dig that the series tells a lot through mood, built through music, character VA and even quiet moments. I think the lack of this sort of storytelling was bugging me with season 1 the most.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners II thread ep1: a big leap in storytelling and animation direction over almost the entirety of season 1. I really like the multiple characters tied together, dealing with similar themes. King's is immediately a lot more interesting story of chrome dependency than David's story.

I hope the cool visual storytelling in the beginning wasn’t just a fluke because it touched well on what’s at the heart of a good cyberpunk story: what is being authentic and human like in a society dead set on glamourizing literal depersonification via chrome

Steam Next Games Fest thread on games I tried.

Annalynn MD is Dr Mario but with a run-based twist. Definitely gonna pick this up when it comes out. All I wish is that the playfield wasn’t a rotating test tube. The narrow area makes it difficult to keep track of the whole situation. I don’t see why it is like this, other than visual theming.

Steam Next Games Fest thread on games I tried.

Dungeon Treaders is a messy but endearing dungeon crawler. Create a party, fight monsters in dungeons, gear up, repeat. A very straightforward RPG system, with ability points used to unlock abilities that empower your party.

Steam Next Games Fest thread on games I tried.

Dungeon Treaders is a messy but endearing dungeon crawler. Create a party, fight monsters in dungeons, gear up, repeat. A very straightforward RPG system, with ability points used to unlock abilities that empower your party.

Steam Next Games Fest thread on games I tried.

Guns of Escathon attempts and I think succeeds in translating the classic ponderous soulslike gameplay to a shooter. Shooting, aiming and reloading is intentionally slow, as you are supposed to keep tabs with new enemies via your updating journal that highlights the enemy's weak points.

Steam Next Games Fest thread on games I tried.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners II thread ep1: a big leap in storytelling and animation direction over almost the entirety of season 1. I really like the multiple characters tied together, dealing with similar themes. King's is immediately a lot more interesting story of chrome dependency than David's story.

ep4: sort of an in-between episode, that only sets up the cliffhanger for the next. Not a lot of character development despite King and Talia having a sort of a heart-to-heart. And the whole cast meeting for the first time, too.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners II thread ep1: a big leap in storytelling and animation direction over almost the entirety of season 1. I really like the multiple characters tied together, dealing with similar themes. King's is immediately a lot more interesting story of chrome dependency than David's story.

ep3: wonder what the payout for this ep's developments are. I still dig they're essentially covering themes from the previous season but also the game.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners II thread ep1: a big leap in storytelling and animation direction over almost the entirety of season 1. I really like the multiple characters tied together, dealing with similar themes. King's is immediately a lot more interesting story of chrome dependency than David's story.

It's just way more confident storytelling than season 1, with more to say from scene to scene.

What they don’t tell you* about parenthood is that once your kid enters daycare, you get to enjoy a biweekly strain of a new cold virus mutation thwt either will pass in a day or kick your ass for a week and nothing in-between

Related to my thread yesterday: this is how games are made! There are countless contributions to a game, so when you see a core team maybe of dozens with literally hundreds credited to support studios or contractors, that doesn't mean anyone worked any less on a given feature of the game.

Per last repost, I don’t think people generally understand how games are funded or how the staff is paid. Even ”small” publisher funded games require credits roll of hundreds of people.

Still, as things are, people working in games are generally happy if you buy the game they worked on even if it doesn’t show up as a number in their bank account. It’s an industry run almost entirely on passion. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t work toward a better future!

Per last repost, I don’t think people generally understand how games are funded or how the staff is paid. Even ”small” publisher funded games require credits roll of hundreds of people.

But financially? No studio is ever paying residuals or otherwise profit sharing their staff.

Per last repost, I don’t think people generally understand how games are funded or how the staff is paid. Even ”small” publisher funded games require credits roll of hundreds of people.

But here’s the rub: as games become ever more expensive to produce, so does the amount and quality of contract made assets too. The number of contractors grows as the work becomes more commonplace.

Per last repost, I don’t think people generally understand how games are funded or how the staff is paid. Even ”small” publisher funded games require credits roll of hundreds of people.

Publisher is the one getting paid, first and foremost. Oftentimes the developer studio gains a cut off a sold game only after the pub has reimbursed their funding and profit. Developers are paid a salary and contractors paid a contract fee.

The reason AI is having such a direct, negative effect on communal aspects of open source development is precisely due to the nature of AI. Why wouldn’t it, when it acts as a sycophant that enables idea guys to ”””solo develop””” by themselves.