Eric Daily

To nerf or not to nerf that is the question

It is the Iranian New Year. A day which marks the victory of springs light over the darkness of winter, and has been celebrated for thousands of years. May the light shine upon Iranian civilization once again. Happy Nowruz

@MikeyDowling Remember this gem? store.steampowered.com/app/254460/Obs…

You too can play one of my favorite franchises.

@clemmygames Call it Slime Time

Asher's Slime (WIP name) is an impressive looking exploration adventure game, with real slime physics which also means that you might stay hydrated or risk drying out

Great premise!

@sentdefender Obviously fake! He’s only got 5 fingers.

Additional photos released by the Israeli media show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a coffee shop today somewhere in Israel, likely Jerusalem.

Please be good 🙏

I’d kill for a single player campaign of @HuntShowdown

A Steam page is live for my little personal game project. It's a fishing roguelite about drafting your gear and paying off your debt before the Loan Shark eats you! Wishlist it here! store.steampowered.com/app/4476430/Ne… You can play the demo in browser here: kronophobiac.itch.io/net-gains

@AlecAFrey Dude!!!! Well done!!!

Pro-tip: if US troops are inbound, you should be outbound.

🎉🎉🎉 Holy shit, debut post! 🎉🎉🎉 Hey, I'm Solace! I'm working on the game called Legion of Honor that is to be a spiritual successor of Medal of Honor on the PS1. I also work on other projects though, so keep on the lookout for progress snippets here! #godot #indie #solodev

Getting used to wearing glasses.

@bryan_johnson Lab, Corgie. Good bois.

I'm thinking about getting two dogs. What breeds should I consider?

@HattersonFord @timsoret

@ericdaily @timsoret I mean, it’s a lazy, money grab; no better than fully AI-generated regurgitated content. No one NEEDS more of a video game. You can just appreciate what you have and move on.

These “spiritual successors” are often just necromancy. Please grab the spirit of an IP & deviate from it, don’t replicate an art direction + gameplay 1:1. I find this type of developers pretty shameless. The indie scene is full of leeches unfortunately.

@HattersonFord @timsoret

@ericdaily @timsoret It’s not up anyone else whether the original gets more content. How entitled do you have to be?

@MrMcMayonnaise @XECO_Bailey @timsoret

@XECO_Bailey @timsoret @ericdaily But this game isn’t changed, it’s just mirrors edge

@ActingOut_Game Yeeeeessssss!!!!

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@timsoret Regardless, appreciate the pondering and conversation. Hope you and your team are well

Because it’s parasitic. Think of art as a sum a choices that gives us coordinates in latent space across thousands of dimensions. That’s what makes LoTR different from GoT, and Star Wars from Star Trek, and Blade Runner from Ghost in the Shell. Each has its own visual language, mood, philosophy, pacing, themes, angle of attack. Each is instantly identifiable. To me the mysterious, liminal, bright environment art from Mirror’s Edge could be fantastic to explore with another gameplay structure. And this parkour gameplay would be great within a completely different setting. But this exact same combination? It’s overstepping on the original, and it’s disrespectful.

@timsoret I admire your principled stances, but perhaps it’s acceptable that not everyone is or needs to be Tolkien, that being such an impressive person is not a prerequisite to art or craft. Tolkien is rare, humans are not, so perhaps a range of expression is ok even if not to your taste