Auster

@Auster@thebrainbin.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would admins host a Reddit → Lemmy crossposting bot to help mods?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You can also have the RSS feed of Old Reddit bridged over - the feed link is the subreddit's link with .rss appended at the end (e.g. r/Starbound). Through microblogging platforms (tested on Mastodon), you can go through either @owner or @birb to have Reddit's posts shared in the fediverse. And on the threads platforms (e.g. Lemmy), only know about !meta, where you can request feeds to be tracked. Can't check lemmit.online from the other comment right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sliced off the tip of my thumb, what are some good one handed games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Have never thought about it so dunno how awkward it'd be, but maybe NES and SNES turn-based RPGs? Quite like Mystic Quest out of them, Final Fantasy on easy mode pretty much but pretty chill and enjoyable imo.

  Would recommend also hasicontent, Slipways Classic and Dust Bunny, all for PICO-8 and on Itchio, and those I think that'd be more feasible one-handed. Also Final Fantasy II for the PSP specifically as it's the most feature complete version, and this one iirc is feasible with one hand.

  Also more feasible and native to Android if that's your phone system, Chloe Playtime (Google Play), Codemancer (Itchio), Deeper Down Dungeons (Google Play), Quest of Dungeons (Google Play, Humble Bundle, Itchio), REDDEN (dunno if still distributed anywhere) and Tyrant's Blessing (Google Play).

  And don't remember any, but if there's any game compatible, maybe also check stuff playable on ScummVM, Joiplay, and other similar projects?

  Anyways, hope you get well soon, fellow stranger!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the best way to share video now by uploading to loops.video first?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If it's closer to microblogging and you'd rather post there still, then maybe do so, and share the Loops link as a link post on the relevant community?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Haven't checked the news itself, but been following the hardware surveys from Valve for some years now, and on average, Linux is on a slow but constant growth. Also, been checking US's official analytics site every now and then for some months now, and there, Linux oscilates between 3 and 6% of users per system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite games from a worldbuilding standpoint?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Final Fantasy XII is pretty high up there for me.

  Bestiary entries are vast, almost a book in game format, and most add to lot of worldbuilding even if not needed for the main plot itself.

  Also bosses, sidequests, enviromental cues seldom aren't at least hinted by a few NPCs often dozens of hours before they're relevant.

  Overall details are often explained when you look in the right corners of the game. Even some weird weather cycles seem to have some logic applied. And in a single case, it felt inspired by a real-world element, one even Mad Max 4 used a cut in the beginning.

  And I wonder if the sky-gazing kid in one of the airships that says she saw something in the sky was referring to Deathgaze or the continent from Revenant Wings....

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite games from a worldbuilding standpoint?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One detail that held to me the strongest is the characters' talking patterns. It feels like dialogues were written in another language and then converted to English. The strongest example I think was the lady that gives the Knight flowers for delivering, which also is added to, iirc, being at least implied she is one of the oldest creatures in Hallownest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But about story, if going by what I saw the devs sharing, humour is very promising. =D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Got to when Kapi is introduce. Up to that point, as a Brazilian? A bit cringe. Can't say much more about the story as I didn't play further. On gameplay, at least on that tutorial segment, it plays fantastic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Been playing Silksong as quickly as possible while still being enjoyable, as I'd rather avoid spoilers and quite a few of the people I follow are posting content on it.

  But once it's done, planning to go back to Final Fantasy XII and Girl from Arkanya.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scary games. . ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For more psychological horrors, maybe the first Devil May Cry? Early PS2 game, and is a recycled Resident Evil project so part of the ambience remains. Later games are more toned down on horror though.

  Dreaming Sarah, I found to be good, but its horror is more on the bizarre.

  Limbo, been considering playing for a while now, and from what I've seen, jump scares seem minimal. Same for the creator's other game, Inside.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best Co-Op Games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Neo Geo Metal Slug games were extremely fun to play side by side with a friend. Just note Metal Slug 2 has lag problems due to the engine used, but it was later ported to MS3's engine as Metal Slug X.

  Also, most versions of the games on PC come with the ROMs, if you'd rather use your own emulator.

  Another set of games we also enjoyed a lot were the River City Girls games. Just had to use health cheats on the SNES game repurposed because it was getting too hard for the time we had. "<.<

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say So⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Another point, if protecting children online is indeed a legitimate argument, and not an scapegoat to make passing the law easier, shouldn't be the parents to decide what the children see online?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft: Microtransactions make games more fun⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember when you could play to customize characters? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

  And regarding taking less time to progress, borrowing from South Park's "freemium" explanation, maybe making the gameplay loop a bit more than just barely fun would avoid the player's need for the game to hurry up? And if it involves gambling, it's a whole other can of worms.

  Sounds like gaslighting to investors that start hearing about the subject.