Johnny IV

"Valve still hasn't fixed it" There's nothing to fix the refund policy is excellent and the fact that you want to reduce consumer rights just so you can profit off that dogshit game is hilarious

@CodeRed_dev Well said!

Also I think its arrogant to think that all of the refunds are of people beating the game and refunding it. People buy games and not like it, that's the majority of steam refunds.

I'm the creator of small, short games. And I do NOT think Steam should change its refund policy. I've made many games that are 30–40 minutes long. Do you know what their refund rate is? About 10%, which is the average refund rate for all games on Steam. The fact that this particular person has a refund rate of around 30% is NOT because the game is short! It's because something is wrong with the game! Moreover, I've seen a refund rate of about 20% on my own games, and often that happened when the game turned out to be not very interesting — and that's normal! People should have the right to get their money back for something they didn't like, didn't suit them, or disappointed them. Yes, there will be a percentage of people who just want to take advantage of the system. But that percentage is incredibly small, and if his game weren't tied to online features, those people would have just pirated it anyway. Steam's policy is on the side of the buyers, and in reality, it doesn't harm the creators of small, good games at all. Let it stay that way.

bringing up "dozens" of reviews and using it to represent 55k refunds and trying to label this as a need for a refund policy change across all steam games. While ignoring the fact the game looks like this which might contribute to why there's such a high refund rate.

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there is no escape rope #backrooms #pokemonㅤㅤㅤ

>Expedition 33 release >people find Gen-AI images in it >”oopsies, they were just placeholders!” >Crimson Desert releases >people find Gen-AI images in it >”oopsies, they were just placeholders!” >NTE releases >people find Gen-AI images in it >”oopsies, those were just placeholders!” >1666 Amsterdam is announced >people find Gen-AI images in it >

Wait… a 30th anniversary video that kinda gets me hype for the 30th anniversary? Is this real?😂 Seriously though, whoever put this together (especially the music) did such a good job. Had me in my feels.

@KrakenCombo Do you upload your games somewhere? Like itch.io?

Funny enough, the game I’m making right now feels really close in style to one of my very first games ever, "Royal Goblin Hunt" from 5 years ago!! Time really flies huh. #gamedev #indiedev

on air #studiowrong #StellasMaterialism

Looking back, millennials grew up during a genuine golden age of AAA innovation, and somehow, we responded to it with some of the most dogshit criticism imaginable. A lot of the industry's current problems are the direct result of studios trying to "fix" complaints that never actually mattered in the first place. Look back at some of the most common complaints from our time, and you'll see for yourself "The campaign is too short. It’s only 8 hours!" So now every game is padded with endless busywork, crafting systems, collectible spam, and pacing-destroying filler designed to artificially inflate playtime. We traded tight, replayable campaigns with memorable set pieces for 60-hour slogs that most people never even finish. "It has a tacked-on multiplayer mode!" A huge number of beloved multiplayer experiences started as “tacked-on modes.” Developers used to experiment because they could. A lot of those modes existed because parts of the team had downtime while waiting on other departments, so they built weird ideas for fun. That kind of experimentation is how entire genres are born. Thanks to this criticism, we barely get interesting side modes anymore. Singleplayer games stopped experimenting with multiplayer, and multiplayer games stopped shipping with campaigns. "The game is too linear and on rails!" Uhh, yeah? Sometimes that’s the point. Linear games allow developers to control pacing, tension, balance, atmosphere, and spectacle with precision. Not every experience benefits from being an open-world sandbox. Now everything has to be “go anywhere, do anything,” which usually just means bloated maps full of repetitive content where players accidentally skip important moments or experience the story in the worst possible order. "There’s nothing to do after you beat the game!" This helped create the live-service mentality where games are expected to become permanent hobbies instead of complete experiences. Seasonal progression, daily challenges, battle passes, rotating shops, login rewards. Games used to end, and now they’re designed to be work. "The cutscenes take control away from the player!" So now stories are delivered through endless walking sections where characters slowly talk at you while you hold forward. Ironically, this often feels less interactive than a well-directed cutscene because you’re not really playing, you’re just pretending to. "The game is too repetitive, you just do the same thing over and over!" This criticism pushed studios toward constant novelty at the expense of mechanical depth. Older games would give you a solid core mechanic and let you master it over time. Modern AAA games are terrified you’ll get bored, so they throw gimmick after gimmick at you instead of refining the fundamentals. "It’s just another brown military shooter!" This criticism was understandable at the time, but it led to every game becoming terrified of sincerity. Everything had to become quirk chungus, self-aware, colorful, ironic, self referential, and stuffed with marvel-style dialogue. A lot of AAA writing lost the ability to be earnest because studios became scared of being called generic. I could go on and on, but you get the point. A lot of people (rightfully) blame sarkeesian for the current state of the industry, but we really dont blame yahtzee enough, seeing as he got everything he asked for, but not what he wanted.

this is killing me 😂😂

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@VinehLou @lilblondieboo Thank you! :)

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From the trailer for "Tower Dungeon" Volume 6 (Tsutomu Nihei's manga). 2D animation : @Studio_Keel >> natalie.mu/comic/news/666…

What utter cope. “It’s optional, so it’s up to the devs to utilize.” You mean the same AAA devs that have been using the “optional” DLSS4 to try and excuse away poor optimization? The same AAA devs that keep trying to lean on Ray Tracing, which is “Optional” to brute force their lighting! The same AAA devs that “optionally” use Unreal Engine 5 because it’s convenient but has shown poor optimization across the board? Those devs? Those guys? They’re probably chomping at the bit right now to use this to make their work “easier”.

Nvidia unveiled the worst feature for their videocards I've seen; the uncanny valley effect is awful. I'm not a purist, I don't think artistic direction is sacred, it's subjective and sometimes can be improved upon, but wow, I wouldn't trust this. youtube.com/watch?v=dJACkK…

This DLSS 5 AI dogshit is actually depressing man. Even worse is that a whole generation is growing up who won't even know this looks 'bad' or 'wrong' because to them it'll be normal. We need to push back harder against it.