transdankovsky

[transdankovsky]

Okay, you need to make sure you play this game at some point. Maybe not today or anything, because you’ll need about thirty minutes and a serious willingness to understand how it works, but - it’s so worth it. It’s basically an answer to our occasional frustration - why do assholes always come out on top? - and the beautiful thing about it is that not only does it explain how that happens, but also how we can change it.

“In the short run, the game defines the players. But in the long run, it’s us players who define the game.”

#to play #queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

Every night, you awaken in your studio and paint your masterpiece.

Or, at least, you try to.

Oh, if only your muse would return.

If only lifting your brush didn't fill your fingertips with agony...

I'm excited to announce a brand new update to my Gothic horror visual novel, It Paints Me!

The game now features new illustrations, one new ending and partial voice acting!

I'm so proud of how it turned out, and hope you enjoy it whether you're coming back to it now or it's a new story for you.

Play it on Itch.io!

(Full content warnings are on the page, but don't worry, it's more sombre than scary...)

#to play #itch.io #queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

it’s actually funny how much DE explicitly states in the opening scenes ‘hi you are playing a cop. A cop has a certain social and political role. It affects how people engage you.’ and how little it nevertheless shows up in popular readings

#disco elysium #queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

💚🔷🔴

#queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

With Super Eyepatch Wolf's new video I'm anticipating some newcomers to the F&H series, so I'd like to present:

Some Beginner's tips for Fear & Hunger

aka: how to not get dickslapped to death by a giant

These tips are MOSTLY spoiler free, but obviously will spoil some of the experience of learning by trial & error. Feel free to bookmark this and come back after you've begun playing.

This wiki is your bible. Use it.

2. Run, a lot.

Battles are not mandatory. EXP does not exist. You do not level up. If you encounter a monster the only benefit to killing it is you don't have to deal with it anymore. Even the weakest enemies can give you an infection or parasites, so its just not worth it in most cases. If you have a strong enough party to kill them all in one shot, by all means, but there are very few enemies worth tracking down and killing.

3. DO NOT FIGHT THE GUARDS (unless...)

One of the first baby-brain mistakes I made starting the game was thinking your first ambush by a guard meant you had to fight and kill the guy. And, yes, in a way this is your introduction to the fact that this game will beat your ass with no remorse, but this game will teach you this lesson in a lot of different ways. So, don't fight the Giants. UNLESS... You have at least 2 party members AND the skinning knife. Simply bum rush the guard with at least two party members, taking out the arms and stinger first. It should die pretty quick then.

4. Dash dash DASH

As far as I'm concerned, having Dash is non-negotiable. It is the difference between being able to outrun a guard and needing to juke them around a huge hallway and hope you run away far enough. Every character can get it from their intro, so either consult your bible or do trial and error in the intro until you get it. (HINT: consider options related to running away or rushing into things.)

5. Loot EVERYTHING

I'm gonna level with you; this game is an RNG meat grinder, but with enough patience it can be your RNG meat grinder. Search every crate, barrel, armor stand, and bookshelf you find. ESPECIALLY bookshelves, they have some of the most valuable items in the game. And if you get a particularly bad string of loot don't be ashamed to start over from an earlier save. I have a save specifically outside of a library and I just looted that fucker until I got the stuff I wanted. In a game with like, 4 save points its not exactly cheating to do the pitiful amount of save-scumming you can.

6. Use your torches.

The first time I played Fear & Hunger I wandered around in the dark because "I could see far enough" and I didn't want to "waste torches". Both of these are the wrong, btw. Torches don't just increase visibility, they slow the passive decay on your Mind stat. Even if you're not using magic or skills, its very very bad to have low mind (but also you should be casting spells or using skills). Towards the end of the game I found mind management actually the most difficult stat to keep in check, not body or hunger. So don't waste all of your vodka or wine because you kept backtracking through the prison in the dark.

7. Find the Hexen table. Use the hexen table.

The Hexen table is going to be your best friend. Once again, on my first run of F&H I found the door that leads to it, thought "meh", and then stupidly never went back to use it. Getting some good skills/spells is going to save your run. Especially blood portals, which are insanely busted. Speaking of that...

8. Increase your affinity with the gods

That shit matters. Your Hexen table isn't going to have a lot available to you if you're not praying or sacrificing anything. There are a couple events/quests you can do to increase affinity to the gods as well, but I'm not going to spoil everything for you. Gro-goroth in particular has some amazing offensive spells, but All-mer has blood portal so choose wisely.

9. Don't recruit party members until you need them

Every new party member is another mouth to feed and sanity to manage. Unless you know what you're going to use them for or you're about to fight something big and nasty, hold off on recruiting them. This especially applies to the Girl, as mean as it sounds to just let her chill there its meaner to drag her into a hellish prison to do 10 damage.

#save for later #fear and hunger #queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

#oh cool! #to play #queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

Every January I check in on which emulators are currently #1 🏆

I reviewed Emulation Wiki and updated my "Top Emulators" guide with the latest & greatest emulators.

So are there any updates from 2023? SameBoy is now #1 for GB/GBC. Other than that, there are no changes in the top emulator for every other system.

Note that the graphic I attached is simplified for social media. If you check out my guide, I offer different recommendations for advanced users and people with old/slow machines.

I put (*) for RetroArch since it's a multi-system emulator. Different cores power its video game emulators. And my guide states which core is recommended per system.

#emulation #queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

The demo for Snow White Ashes, a dark, romantic fairy tale VN, is out now!

One winter night, you meet a hunter in the woods: A man so warm and gentle you feel as if you've known him all your life.

But appearances can be deceiving. 

You'd know that well, wouldn't you?

Snow White Ashes is a romance visual novel (GxB) made for a couple of end of year game jams, and playable now on itch.io!

The demo includes:

6k words

1 ending with 2 variants*

Hand drawn artwork (5 CGs)

An original piano-based soundtrack

One charming, not at all bloodthirsty love interest

You, a completely innocent and guileless heroine.

Game link (itch.io)

(For long time friends: Yes, this is a reboot of some very, very old OCs in the Mistwalker verse. I hope you'll enjoy what their new story has to offer!)

#to play #queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

#silent hill #queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

I am delighted by these little guys

funny eyeball (Patapon) and blob (locoroco), just two little guys that I am very fond of from my childhood

#patapon #locoroco #queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

💉 thee bachelor

#daniil dankovsky #pathologic 2 #queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

what a guy.....

#artemy burakh #pathologic 2 #queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

" Just another all-American town... "

Official US PlayStation Magazine Vol.2 n06 - March, 1999.

#silent hill #queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

new post from Ice-Pick Lodge regarding a new mechanic for the Bachelor campaign

The Hospital is a new gaming mechanic that challenges the protagonist's intellect. It comprises several stages: in the first stage, the player interviews the patient, and in the second, conducts a physical examination.

#pathologic 2 #queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

Remove Anneliese Michel's Audio from Faith: The Unholy Trinity

The petition is finally up to collect the fans' voices about Michel's abuse audio being used in the game. The petition suggests its complete removal and/or recreating the soundtracks and voicelines from scratch, to which the second fan server already manifested to help with it.

Feel free to reblog this, nobody's agony should be used for entertainment purposes. Especially in such morbid ways as Anneliese Michel's exorcism being paralleled through Miriam Bell's and Lisa Pearson's. Manual link: https://chng.it/yVbWdGW5Bd

#faith #mods #queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

► lovely indie games I played in 2023

#queuelamity ganon

[transdankovsky]

Love how when you dig down into it, Portal 2 is a ghost story. Glados is the ghost of a murdered woman who turned around and murdered everyone else back and now she's trapped forever in an empty decaying facility. This is what does it for me. The blending of scifi and horror, the ghost in the machine. I'm gonna marry a dead murderous lesbian in a supercomputer

#portal #queuelamity ganon