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Lina "play HEX POP" rabbitlegs @rabbitlegs.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks to everyone who caught the stream last night! I'm gonna start posting the art from it, starting with Pastel from Twinbee!

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 11h

I think it's one of those games I appreciate more the more I play it

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 11h

Alien Soldier is kind of awesome tbh

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Vanylla Beane🍦 @vanyllabeane.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bridget but she is shopping 🪀

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 20/09/2026

How do you usually check what the default dips for a game are? Operator Manuals seem pretty hard to come by for most games.

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 20/09/2026

I feel like it's so much easier dealing with jank in a game than scouring sites trying to curate the precise cocktail of mods to make a game 5% less jank

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 19/09/2026

Shooting games are a source of enrichment for bunnies

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 19/09/2026

Got the Marisa clear :) Time to bump it up to hard, I think. youtu.be/BT9ZBuB_QyM

youtu.be

EoSD (New Classic) Marisa B Normal 1CC

YouTube video by Ann Valentine

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 18/09/2026

My drive to rush through a game and finish it just to say I did is never higher than when I'm playing a game that cost more than $50, sunk cost fallacy is a hell of a drug

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 17/09/2026

...Now do I learn it as Marisa, do I practice Flandre, or do I move onto hard 🤔

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 17/09/2026

There were some REALLY stupid dodges this run, the smaller hitboxes make it way easier to micrododge through a lot of the messy shotgun patterns EoSD's known for. Also did this as Reimu B because I wanted to learn how to actually track enemies

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 17/09/2026

Accidentally 1cc'd the game on a warmup run, whoops

Results screen from EoSD New Classic
Score: 77,503,320
Difficulty: Normal
Mode: Standard
No. of Continues: 0
No. of Misses: 8
No. of Bombs Used: 14
No. of Spell Card Bonuses: 15

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 16/09/2026

Since getting this Switch 2 I've dumped way more time into Picross than I have in Bananza, and that's still kind of funny to me

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 16/09/2026

That being said I'm not immune to Nostalgic Deep Cut References and if Sega decides to scrape the bottom of the barrel and make a modern finished interpretation of X-Treme I'd still be all over it

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 16/09/2026

yes, now you can play as the beloved sonic the hedgehog character Terios from Sonic Adventure 2 (he wasn't actually in sonic adventure 2), please clap

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 16/09/2026

On one hand I do appreciate digital museums and attempts to make protos accessible for historic purposes But on the other there's a part of me that expects more companies to dig into cut content *because* it's something fans recognize from a nostalgic IP, familiar yet still alien

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 16/09/2026

I think there's a venn diagram between the appeal of cut content / lost media, and the appeal of modern remakes of old things

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 15/09/2026

All the jokes about Cirno being an idiot are dangerous, because I've gotten careless and lost way more lives to her than I care to admit

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Cass (makes games) @cassmakesgames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New blog post: How to 1 Credit Clear (1CC) Arcade Games I get asked about this from time to time so I thought I'd write a post about it. There's nothing groundbreaking here, but hopefully it helps make arcade games feel a little less intimidating. They're just games! duckberet.com/blog/how-to-...

duckberet.com

How to 1 Credit Clear (1CC) Arcade Games - DUCK_BERET

Arcade games are fun! Here's how to learn to clear one of them without using any continues.

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石槨ぬる🥒 @ishikinurunuru.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

アクキー＆新刊表紙のにとりちゃんだよ

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 14/09/2026

The main question I often ask is "How many games has this person actually finished" Guys cutting their teeth on game jams might help you avoid beginner traps in your engine of choice, but you don't hear nearly enough on how to, for example, finish a multi-year project without burning out.

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 13/09/2026

Right now this is manifesting in Touhou as trying to complete EoSD New Classic's spell card practice This involves doing the Easy, Normal, Hard, and Lunatic versions for all 4 shot types ...........It also means Patchouli has 47 spell cards, since her fight changes based on your current shot type

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 13/09/2026

Sometimes I get this weird compulsion to 100% games in ways that were never meant to be 100%'d Like filling out the high score board until I knock out all the default scores, or in a racing game setting a time on every track with every car

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 11/09/2026

I have a lot of vivid memories of games like OOT or FF7 when playing a game of that scope was fresh and new, memories of where I was living and how I got into those things, but now I'm a sad internet poisoned adult that has to worry about rent

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 11/09/2026

Something that really bothers me about remakes lately is that they're trying so hard to play off of your nostalgia for the original thing, but a lot of that nostalgia isn't rooted in the thing itself as much as where you were in life when you experienced it. Its not something you can just replicate

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Lina "play HEX POP" rabbitlegs @rabbitlegs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

SAGEXPO IS LIVE!! CHECK OUT OUR GAMES! sagexpo.org

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Arrietty Lunaris 🏳️‍⚧️ @arrietty.itch.io · 11/09/2026

The SAGExpo trailer happened and Prototype N was one of the games shown there along with its new title screen! I've been dying to show you all this! This is without the logo shown. Concept: @rabbitlegs.bsky.social Artwork: @engineerkappa.net Clouds: Me Mode7 Shader: @supersonicnk.bsky.social

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 10/09/2026

00's doujin throwback revival where everything implodes when played on any device released after 2008

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 10/09/2026

*game actually functioning like normal on a modern system* "I don't like that put it back"

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 10/09/2026

It's cursed having EoSD's FPS counter locked to 60 and not 62.50 FPS or something

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 09/09/2026

I also really really wish they went with a different naming scheme than "Classic" and "New Classic"

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 09/09/2026

EOSD New classic impressions: - spell card practice is in, I wanted this the most :) - New OST is fine but the originals still feel more iconic to me - Idk if its the hitboxes or a placebo but it feels easier to dodge having the game be HD? - New Translation feels weird being so used to the original

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 09/09/2026

anyway touhou time happy 9/9 everybody

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 09/09/2026

it feels like the last 4 games have been overcompensating for just how lame Other M made her lol

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 09/09/2026

i don't like that they keep trying to turn Samus into Doom Slayer

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 08/09/2026

tomb raider remake was a psyop to make oot remake look better by comparison

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 08/09/2026

I'm glad it's not an open world, I'm glad there don't seem to be a dozen unnecessary new sidequests, and I'm glad it doesn't make movement and animations slow and lumbering for the sake of realism. My bar was already on the floor

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 08/09/2026

I feel like despite being a remake hater as of late I can't reeeeally bring myself to go full hater mode on this one. Like conceptually I'd rather they just not, but watched the direct mostly thinking "This Could've Been Worse"

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 08/09/2026

(I was thinking of this earlier in the shower and this has nothing to do with a game that was just shown off today for the record)

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 08/09/2026

Things I say sometimes "this game sucks": deep personal respect in spite (or because) of its many flaws "It looks fiiiiiine": Painfully mediocre and I detest the work and everything it stands for, but I'm trying to be polite

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 05/09/2026

it's kinda fun when me or other friends are saying that about things we like, but when a cis person tries to join in and force the bit 😬

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 04/09/2026

A fun thing about modding games is realizing when the original artist didn't bother with something, so you don't have to either

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 04/09/2026

deadass tho, often I think "what would a really good artist do" and that gets results somehow

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 04/09/2026

The secret to being a good artist is pretending you are one

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 03/09/2026

Granted, I don't know if I'd even want significant upgrades distributed through a universal menu where I can see all the options 10 hours in advance

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 03/09/2026

So instead of unlocking a cool new ability or item, it's like 1/10th of one and they can easily fudge those numbers Plus If the upgrade itself were actually significant they'd just give you it in the story lmao

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EngineerKappa @engineerkappa.net · 03/09/2026

It often feels like a bandaid for a game being so large and bloated that it needs to dripfeed rewards in a way that doesn't destroy the balance

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