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If I showed my game in its current state to myself when I first started making it I'd be like "What the fuck?! How it turn in to THAT?!" And it wouldn't be a bad reaction. It would just be confusion.

Most people DO figure it out, but every once and a while someone ... just ... doesn't, and then figures the game is broken?? Maybe they can't be helped. Also there *IS* a playtest you can sign up for on Steam right now if you wanna check it out yourself! Demo out next month!

Maps. Music. Podcasts. Email. Threes.

Some spikes wont damage a player until they move/jump, which I felt was a bug I should fix, but maybe I can make it intentional. Hmmmm.

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A good majority of the new players I've seen assume spikes mean instant death - which is something I'm opposed to doing. Bouncing them to a safe spot might work in some areas, but not in others with much larger fields of spikes.

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It wouldn't be THAT much work, and in some areas it wouldn't be a problem, but in areas that have literal fields of spikes I feel like that would look a bit odd.

The player character has an invincibility period after taking damage where the model is flashing for a few seconds before they can take damage again. I had hoped that would be enough of an explanation that they're still going, but it continues to confuse new players. Not sure what to do about it.

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With Spike Damage many people assume that once they've fallen in they are just dead - or expect to be warped out of it. Most eventually learn that they gotta get out of there, but some are like "Oh the game is bugged, I should be respawned" and just stay in the spikes until death - multiple times.

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Cyriak @cyriak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have a curious problem in my game's environment damage. Fire Damage - You have a second to get out of it before you take damage Void Damage - You fall in to a void, take damage and then warped to a checkpoint Spike Damage - You fall on spikes take damage and must get out before it damages again

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Been messing around with Doom Builder

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 28/09/2026

Star Trek: The Next Generation started 39 years ago today. The future began again at this (Encounter at Far)point.

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Only an utter tool would write something so wildly ridiculous. Cultural appropriation? Get bent.

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I just can’t get my head around how they had all that money for so many cancled games produce nothing and still keep going. Studios struggling after publishing successful titles yet duke had infinite money glitch.

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Alex M @alex.debonairbear.ca · 27/09/2026

Control Resonant is everything I love about video games. There's some real bold decisions made in this one and I am here for it. Remedy knows how to make a god damned video game.

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Newbie Star Trek @newbiestartrek.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Proper Way to End a Star Trek Episode

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For the record, there WERE bugs, but none where I had to go "Oh sorry, let me just-" and then take control from my side of the table. The only things I did was return players to the main menu if someone stopped playing before getting a game over (rare).

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Thank you. I take the wins where I can get 'em.

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At Full Indie when I brought up that most of my professional gamedev experience is in QA someone mentioned that out of all the games he had seen at the event mine was the one that didn't have have any showstopper bugs.

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Bigg @bpbigg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Humans have always made art. It's like as soon as we had the capacity to do it, it was manifested in to reality.

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Being a modern-day fan of Star Wars is like well the most mainstream movie stuff sucks total dick but there's a wealth of awesome side shows and games and comics Being a modern-day fan of Star Trek is like "what if the pain box from Dune hit everything below the neck"

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The hard bevel on the bottom of the handles feels bad on the palms of my hands too. Not a fan. I'll be switching back to the Xbox controller for the rest of the run. Haptic rumble is cool and all, but certainly not worth it.

One point against it is that in five hours I haven't seen any references to Finland or Finnish culture. Control and Alan Wake 2 were super Finnish so I hope they get back to it soon.

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Just like the first Control though, it too is showing me the age of my computer. I've also been using my new PS5 controller, and I'll be honest gang - that thing feels bad in my hands. Maybe my massive mitts are just too much for that thing, but all the angles feel wrong.

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