It's an autobattler but with some depth. You can't reposition units after the turn you buy them so positioning is really important. Combat has a sort of rock/paper/scissors vibe but it's more nuanced because of positioning and which supporting units you have (one of your units may be weak against one of their units but if you support them with something else now they're strong against their units for example). Each game feels very different due to the variety of unit types and the different strategies that can be employed via positioning.

One of the more interesting aspects to me is that there's almost no hidden information (each unit type has upgrades you can buy, you can "equip" four upgrades for each unit but you have to do that before the game starts and which upgrades an enemy has available is hidden until they buy at least one of that unit). You know almost everything about the enemy (except the choices they're making on the current turn obviously) and they know almost everything about you. There's very little randomness involved anywhere. When you lose you feel like an idiot but also you have nobody to blame but yourself, you had all of the cowtools and information available to win but were simply outplayed. Conversely when you win you feel like a strategic genius for anticipating their strategy five turns ahead of time and planning accordingly. Losing also isn't all bad because you saw a strategy you didn't know how to counter. You can figure out why you lost and what you could have done differently to counter that strategy in the future.

tldr: it's a good game!

Pretty much everything coming out for "Project Caesar" (It's EU5, everyone knows it's EU5, just call it fricking EU5 you fricking Swedes) except the meme year start date (Byzantium should not be a viable country in an early modern period game, those schizos died in the middle ages let them stay dead frick byzaboos) and the ugly 3d model they keep forcing in every game since CK3 to justify having an in-house 3d modeling department sounds too good to be true, the newest dev diary literally has them talking about playable "army based countries", which I assume is paving the way for playable mercenary company DLC, that sounds fun as heck especially in multiplayer.

Feel free to PM me a link to this thread and laugh at me for being an r-slur when this game comes out in two years and ends up being a Victoria 3 tier trash fire.

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— Shiny🦋 (@Shiiny77) August 20, 2024

Also it's interesting news, but both redditoids and shitlibs and being very weird about it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2774190/Secrets_of_the_Heartbeat/

@Piedro 's fav vidya

@peepeehands thoughts?

How the frick does an official channel for this have nearly 90 minutes of "stream starting soon" before an official video? WHAT THE FRICK

Also someone tell me what's in it

!nooticers new God sim kino incoming

There will be an additional gameplay demo in a couple hours or so.

>Districts are back

>Golden/Dark age effects sound like they're back

>Navigable rivers

>Can play any civ with any leader for the first time since IV

Cautiously optimistic. I still could never get into VI. Maybe I'm too used to IV and V.

Edit: showcase has started.

https://www.eurog*mer.net/civilization-7-pairs-seismic-changes-with-a-lovably-familiar-formula

More details.

https://old.reddit.com/r/DDDASliders/comments/1ewq7ef/gina_carano/

Basically theyre the best fpses ever

Nintendo are opening a museum in Kyoto dedicated to their own history. From what they've shown the exhibits don't seem all that interesting, unfortunately, but they still have some interactive attractions that look like quirky fun.

(This is old-ish news, Godot 4.3 came out last Thursday)

Godot Engine, the big-ticket open source project from sunny Argentina just released Version 4.3, which mainly contains fixes and improvements to current systems. Some changes include:

> Some new AudioStreamPlayer resources. These are mainly focused around interactive music, which was doable before with the preexisting audio system, but is made significantly easier with the new stuff

> 2D physics interpolation. This is a feature that was lost in the transition from 3.5 to 4.0, and was one of the reasons some devs stuck with 3.5 when making games for lower-end devices. It's back now, and is one of the changes this update that should make developing for low-end devices a bit smoother.

> built-in ufbx importer, so importing 3D files is easier

> built-in Direct3D 12. This became possible due to a previously proprietary component of D3D12 getting open-sourced by Microsoft, allowing the Godot devs to directly include it inside the engine

> Single-threaded web exports. This was on the table for a while, taking a long time because of an audio quality issue.

> File system can be moved to the bottom of the screen, which is how other game engines usually do it. Also allows you to see file icons a lot easier.

> TileMap system has been reworked, with TileMap layers now each being a separate node instead of all contained in one mega-node. This should make them a whole lot less finnicky to work with

> Parallax system has been re-reworked, with everything now being in a single Parallax2D node and simpler to use

> Fixed a bug where if two pixelated objects collide with each other, there was sometimes a one-pixel gap between them in rendering

> built-in compression for GDScript files

> Compatibility Renderer is now at feature parity with the other two renderers, enabling stuff like glow

> Compositor hooks, which allows you to fiddle with the rendering pipeline

> Wayland support for Linux (experimental)

Not sure what to expect from this, probably just a continuation of current trends. More people moving to it or trying it out for the first time, a few more indie studios switching to it, more Unity users sneeding, and more Gen Xers in their midlife crises starting gamedev YouTube channels and trying to make their ultra-realistic MMORPG dream games.

Lastly, to all fellow Chuds, gamedev is an awesome creative hobby and there's never been a better time to get your feet wet with it

I am waiting for KIA to post some bussy blast the trailer looks and sounds great!

everyone should post how this game lacks diversity to rile up some tards

https://old.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1evvezz/silent_hill_2_story_trailer/livd5nv/?context=8

What are you playing currently?

!g*mers

Previous Iterations:

2024

2023

Other rDrama vidya content

Last week's game: Enter the Gungeon

Final Score: (10*3+9*9+8*4+7*11+6*1+5*5+4*4+3*0+2*1+1*1)/(3+9+4+11+1+5+4+0+1+1) = 6.92

All Previous Games:

Game to Discuss?

This week, let's discuss Fortnite. Despite being a , I've played this game exactly twice, once when they had the no building mode. I honestly don't get the hype this game got, though it seems to have died down now. Why did this game end up at the top of the BR totem pole? It will baffle me forever. Anyways, discuss below, and vote in the pinned comment. Also, if you want to have something run, I do take suggestions on games to put up for the weekly discussion, with the caveat that you'll need to write the blurb for it if I haven't played it.

Future game discussions:

August 25: Devil Daggers

September 1: Hollow Knight

September 8: Street Fighter IV

September 15: The Witcher

carp, capy, geto, donger pin please

For those of you who don't know this is the "all female" version of GDQ they started doing a couple years ago. From the post

Running -- August 18th till 25th!

Main stream -- Here!

Schedule -- Here!

Donate link -- Here!

Prize link -- Here!

So.. bit of background, WHAT is Flame Fatales?! --

Flame Fatales 2024 - (FF24): - This week long speedrunning marathon will be benefitting the Malala Fund! Malala Fund is working towards a world where every girl can learn and lead.

About the Malala Fund:

Malala Fund is an international, non-profit organization that advocates for girls' education.

Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai founded Malala Fund in 2013 to champion every girl's right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education. Together our board, leadership council, staff and champions are creating a more equal world by making sure all girls can go to school.

So everyone, enjoy another fun week of fun filled, and joyous speedrun gaming!!!! :)

Some of these are genuinely great. Others are so pointless and bad you have to wonder, "Who's the audience here?" Only the most based drooling r-slur I reckon. What's funny is a few games are unplayable or broken since Google ported them from the Play Store without testing anything. Ironically, some titles benefit from this - microtransactions and in-game ads are all missing or bugged, so you get nothing but gameplay.

S tier

Tomb of the Mask

• https://tombofthemask.github.io/play/tomb-of-the-mask.html

• A slick, fast-paced action arcade game where you try not to die.

Magic Cat Academy

• https://doodles.google/doodle/halloween-2016/

• A cute game about a Marsey who fights ghosts!

Stealth Master

• A sneaky action game about collecting bounties.

A tier

Crazy Caves

• https://gamesnacks.com/games/crazycaves

• Funny man throw things! I didn't like this game at first but its simple and chaotic gameplay loop got me.

B tier

Stack Bounce

• Turn off your brain and break bricks.

Draw Climber

• Race the computer by drawing legs for a machine on the fly. This game makes full use of your touch screen, but it's impossible to lose once you know how to win

Cards of the Undead

• Puzzle/strategy. Has a combat system kinda like Hearthstone so you need to watch your health/armor.

Element Blocks

• https://gamesnacks.com/games/elementblocks

• Tetris but you can't rotate shit

Boring/MTX tier

• Merge Heroes: Tower defense (unbalanced)

• Puzzle Planet: Bejeweled clone

• Endless Siege: Couldn't get past the main menu, literally unplayable

• My Space Pet: Minigames or someshit

Shit tier

Did you know mobile game devs have a category called "ultra casual"? Think TikTok slop for your brainlet Zoomer child.

• Dessert DIY (you can serve poop to Trump btw)

• Tall Man Run: You can move a character side to side, that's it

• Hide N Seek: Run around a maze trying not to get caught

• Attack Hole: Vacuum up larger and larger bullets with a hole

• Find Out: Point and click game for kids with scat humor

• Sword Play: It's a game on rails where you stab things

• Mob Control: Click and hold a button to spawn attacking units

• Color Page ASMR: Coloring book where you're not allowed to draw outside the lines