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@ThirdTimeIan

Founder @ Third Time. 25yr game dev - Creative Director of Madden (created the Hit Stick). FanDuel, Zynga. Build. Ship. Made a new game in 24h @_CTKO_

Orlando, FL Katılım Şubat 2022
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@PixelCNinja Easily one of the greatest sports games of all time.
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Pixel Cherry Ninja@PixelCNinja·
In Virtua Tennis (released on October 6, 2000 for the Dreamcast), Sega proved that "realism" doesn't have to be boring. By taking the lightning-fast arcade engine and adding a deep World Tour mode, they created what many still consider the greatest sports game ever made, a title so intuitive that anyone could pick up a controller and feel like a pro within thirty seconds. Grand Slam Intel: The Two-Button Mastery: Unlike modern tennis sims with twenty different shot modifiers, Virtua Tennis uses just two buttons: Topspin and Slice. The depth comes from your positioning and how long you hold the direction during your swing. If you're planted, you're dangerous; if you're running, you're toast. The "World Tour" Grind: This was the secret sauce of the Dreamcast port. You create a player and travel the globe, but instead of just playing matches, you compete in bizarre training mini-games, like knocking down giant bowling pins with serves or protecting a series of targets from a ball machine. The Roster of Legends: You get to play as (or against) icons like Jim Courier, Tommy Haas, and Cedric Pioline. Each has a specific "style", Courier is a baseline power hitter, while Tim Henman is the serve-and-volley king. The 4-Player Smash: This was the ultimate "party" game for the Dreamcast. With the system's four built-in controller ports, doubles matches were chaotic, high-speed affairs that usually ended in a lot of shouting and "accidental" lobs.
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Ruto@GianTheRios·
@JR_OnChain What do you need more capital for?
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JR 👺🏴
JR 👺🏴@JR_OnChain·
After two weeks of constant 4/5am sleepless nights... I’m about 75% done building an INCREDIBLE crypto based Pokémon gambling game and in my humble opinion, it's going to Break the internet I really want to take it to the next level, but I need just some extra capital to do that... My biggest concern is showing it to the wrong person, only for them to run it through Claude or another AI tool and have someone recreate or steal the idea... Thoughts 🧠
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Polymarket
Polymarket@Polymarket·
JUST IN: Meta announces they'll be shutting down the Metaverse, after pouring $80,000,000,000.00 into the project.
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@Polymarket That’s a whole lotta sweet baby rays
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The Sandbox
The Sandbox@TheSandboxGame·
The Sandbox NEXT is coming 📱 Fully mobile. Built on @UnrealEngine. Powered by $SAND. Early exclusive playtest for this third-person-shooter begins next week. Join and help shape the next era of voxels and The Sandbox. Sign up 👉 tsbga.me/4uAsKlh
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The Evil Empire ❌
The Evil Empire ❌@EvilEmpireX·
Eddie was a fierce competitor and a legend on the track. He was a business man and a negotiator. He was also a father and a true gentleman. He wished me well when my Grandmother died and now I hope he keeps her company and makes her smile. Gone but not forgotten. RIP. 🫡🙏🐎
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@heywildrich Yeah I definitely missed that point haha because your post sure made it seem like you were over job simulator type games. I for one love any peek or throwback at nostalgia.
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Rich 🐺
Rich 🐺@heywildrich·
@ThirdTimeIan You missed the point here. I’m sure it’s a great fun game. I’m despondent over the idea that parts of society we enjoyed are now gone and only exist in some sort of digital simulation. Do you know how insane it is to grow up with video stores, see them all close, now this?
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Latuda@xxLATUDAxx·
@ThirdTimeIan @JoeHoffer4 @heywildrich It looks like it plays a lot like a grocery store game and a Pokémon like card store game that I downloaded and played for about 72 hours straight then stopped. Looks like I gotta free up 72 hours for this one now.
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