Sinister Design

Together in Battle version 1.1.25 is live! Fast-forwarding during enemy turns, kineticist cross-class advancements, even more control over character customization, gamepad improvements, a brand-new editor for making battlefield objects, and more! store.steampowered.com/news/app/126...

I realized something today: gacha is like the society in Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas." You've got a game with constant new content, given away totally for free--but the whole thing depends upon completely destroying a small group of vulnerable individuals.

It always comes back to this for me; if AI was so good, such a disclosure would be a selling point. If AI was everything these slop jockeys said it was, they should be proud to let people know their game was AI made. But the proof is in the pudding, and they can't stand that people don't want it.

This is crazy--this goes beyond copyright infringement and into the realm of actionable trademark violations under the Lanham Act. I sincerely hope Valve's attorneys are advising them to do something about this...

We have reached a new threshold in genAI gloom, with a game dev cancelling a demo for fear of copycats ripping them off before release https://bit.ly/4z3hnnV

Hell Yeah Alucard

Hey, look at this video I spent *entirely way too much* time making! It's a beginner's guide to Together in Battle aimed specifically at Fire Emblem fans--this necessarily includes some interesting discussion of design differences between the two: youtu.be/pr06UO-9Jqc?...

This is incredibly good and you should kick some money to the dev if you are able shinmera.itch.io/promptfont

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“Tony [Gilroy] finally turned to me, and he said, ‘Hey, you just got to stop pitching plot. Plot is bullshit. Plot is what happens when you get the behavior right. Pitch me a line of dialogue, pitch me atmosphere, pitch me something visual. Stop pitching stuff that happens.’” 1/2

Information: This is for 720 games released (see start of thread). So 8.6% hit 100 reviews, which might mean they are doing OK, depending on budget. And 1.4% hit 1000 reviews. Those games are probably successful (or will be in the long term) but it all depends on team size, time taken etc.

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Black Hole Hand #pixelart #artpost

Content creators: are you planning a list of games like Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave? Make sure to add the one game with Fire Emblem-style mechanics that's organized around gladiatorial games; the one with a calendar and time management. Together in Battle! 🙂 store.steampowered.com/app/1267210/...

I swear to god, Godot devs will implement absolutely anything except for proper C# integration

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This is a good summary. The legal reasons are enough all on their own, tbh--not actually owning a copyright in your own game art is a bad situation to be in.

With regards to that last repost, reviews can mean a lot to smaller developers, so I'm gonna put out a little call to action. Everyone following me? DO THIS NOW! I'm asking for replies so more folks pick this up, and continue it. Please take this graphic and ask your followers to do the same!

Gut Falkensee

Dude I saw you autosave before walking up to me whats up man we cool

She's not wrong. It's kind of mind-blowing to me that companies like Sony have voluntarily chosen to make this the case.

Reflection

I don't want to pretend this *isn't* shocking or ghastly but, like, when digital media experts are expressing concern generally about the data a game like Pokemon Go is collecting from day one, this is precisely the kind of end game they are thinking about.

jack chick dark dungeons tract but there's zero religious or moral payload and it's propagandizing against d&d strictly for design reasons

Remember about 400 hours ago when Geoff opened the event saying how small, indie games are such a big part of gaming? And 540 hours in, we've had, er, that Untitled Goose Game copy?

Horrid. I don't use Linktree myself, but just an FYI for those who do...

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It's the 1-year anniversary of Together in Battle's version 1.0 launch! To celebrate, I pushed a new update with a major change to roguelike mode, new skills, new events, and more--plus, a custom character showcase contest happening this month! Click for more: store.steampowered.com/news/app/126...

A very helpful pixel art tip! #pixelartist #pixelartgames #indiegamedev #indiegame #indiedev

ICYMI, Together in Battle has now hit version 1.1! Featuring an unlockable new game mode; a zillion UI improvements; a new, free mini-campaign featuring gridless real-time exploration; and more! store.steampowered.com/news/app/126...

Lol, wowww. The disrespect! I wonder if this guy's strategy is to goad developers into responding with a well-earned "fuck off," only to claim that they accepted the terms of the offer by replying to the email?

Playing Caves of Qud on my switch last night, I got the urge to name my gun after a harrowing encounter, and was given the option to name it based the culture of the baboons I killed it with. Not sure what I was expecting.

Absolutely brutal thing to do to a coworker

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

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