Hades was actually made by a reasonably large team in an actual office setting. NoClip documented the entire development of the game on YouTube.
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rockerface@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Dead Cells
Terraria
Hollow Knight
Risk of Rain (both 1 and 2)
Hades
Factorio
Balatro (my newest addiction)
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
rockerface@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Supergiant might not be 3 dudes in an apartment, but it’s still an indie studio. They do put an impressive amount of effort into their games though, I agree on that
rigatti@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Balatro but not Slay the Spire?
rockerface@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I’m too dumb for StS, Balatro hits that sweet spot in difficulty for me
Okami_No_Rei@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You say that, but I never made a spreadsheet to optimize my Slay the Spire runs. Balatro is way harder and more random.
Still fun though. I’m 50 hours into Balatro and loving every minute of it. Just made a hand calc spreadsheet last night as I’m pushing into blue stakes and need to optimize every move to keep the numbers going up.
rigatti@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Playing on the gold stake, I think I don’t make it past the first ante like 80% of the time. I might be too greedy or just bad at the game, but in StS I can make a decent run on ascension 20 at a much higher rate.
Trail@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Slay the Spire but no Monster Train?
rigatti@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Slay the Spire is the gold standard for me, at least. I haven’t played Monster Train – it doesn’t look that appealing to me, but I’ve heard good things.
Trail@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s very similar in some ways in the surface, but pretty different in essence. I like both. STS is more hardcore and “strict” and choices matter more, MT is more chill, relying on a single good combo usually, but with very high ceiling for broken fun things. I prefer MT more to unwind.