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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 7h

I see, thanks for the answers! I recently been doing some learning projects in godot, and did some simple setup via a course online, but it wasn't particularly great, and your article helped to clear some things which I didn't immediately "get" back then, so saved it for later reference, thanks!

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 16h

And to be clear, I am speaking mostly of what I was doing it when playing games with friends, and often the difference between playing a pirated vs bought on steam version of the game (even the same game), was that steam didn't require anything "extra", so curious, what's happening under the hood

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 16h

And, someone mentioned this already, but the steam stuff is interesting too, since I think it provides some sort of relay/vlan option of its own? As in, you can use it to connect for "p2p" games where otherwise you would have to rely on port forwarding/other options, I can just "invite a friend"

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 16h

A bit curious, under what category would VLAN connections for multiplayer would go? I remember years ago using something like hamachi and zerotier to basically put myself and my friends into the same vlan, and then using that IP to connect to whoever is running the host game

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 12/10/2026

that one specifically very well could be as simple as "many of the devs are ex-CDPR so they personally still support GOGs mission"

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 02/10/2026

makes me think of that recent-ish robocop game, where they specifically tried to nail the fantasy of a "walking tank"

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 30/09/2026

So you kinda just end up being "punished" for not wanting to explore the map more.

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 30/09/2026

But, for example for gravity shift (which is even more essential, as I don't think you can complete the game without that one at all), you do have explicit marker on the map even, where it just says that you don't have the required ability to go there yet. Why not do the same for the hook thing?

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 30/09/2026

And one extra thing of note imo is how it's not even hinted "properly" that it's a thing that exist. Sure, there are those weird orbs around ledges, which might make you think "oh, maybe it's for grabbing to them" (although from people I watched play the game, I didn't see many put that together).

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 30/09/2026

But it's just so weird, right? Surely it would open a lot more "space" for designing more cool encounters/levels (not that they weren't already insane already) if you didn't have to account for players who might not have it at that point in the game.

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 30/09/2026

I'd call it "explore, or else" approach tbh Like, they clearly put a lot of thought into actually designing everything up until the very end of the game to be "traversable", without the gravity hook thing, and I legit think you *can* complete the whole game without ever getting it.

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 28/09/2026

Met this dude at a metal fest, was a bit awkward, but really chill otherwise. Although he kept saying "I must kill all the Hiss", idk what that was about

Dylan Faden from Control Resonant, wearing black jeans, black tee with white graffiti print on it, maroon red long coat and old school flight goggles. He also rocks and impeccable green mullet and a horrible mustache. He can't pose for photos so he kinda just awkwardly stands there.

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 28/09/2026

Another thing on new Control - there are couple of sequences which seemed to me like Remedy WISHED they could just have 2nd go at Quantum Break (in a good way), and I'll keep it at that, you'll know it when you'll see it

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 27/09/2026

Playing a lot of Control Resonant, and holy shit the game's insane. Remedy legit knocked it out of the park with this one, play it!

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 24/09/2026

Been binge playing through whole of AW2 + Expansions + Final Draft (and watching a bunch of Control), can't wait!

Meme with text saying "The Night Before Control Resonant", with 2 guys lying in 2 beds, wide awake.

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Remedy Entertainment @remedygames.com · 22/09/2026

We want everyone to be able to enjoy CONTROL Resonant totally fresh, and to help make that a reality we ask you to not share story details on your social media without clear warnings. We can't wait to hear what you all think when the game releases this Thursday! #CONTROLResonant

A note from the Remedy Entertainment team to our CONTROL Resonant community. We're so excited to welcome you into Altered Manhattan. We've spent the last few years packing Dylan Faden's adventure full of surprises and twists, and want everyone to be able to enjoy CONTROL Resonant totally fresh. To help make that a reality, we ask that, across the next couple of weeks, you don't share story details on your social media without clear warnings. As always, please treat each other with kindness, and respect everyone's right to experience the game spoiler-free. We definitely want you to share your opinions, though, and can't wait to hear what you all think when CONTROL Resonant releases this Thursday!

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 21/09/2026

Now only thing left is to speedrun Alan Wake 2 with all DLCs in 3 streams lmao

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

NEW ARTICLE NEW ARTICLE NEW ARTICLE! This is a review of the 60 games and DLC I completed in 2017, and how I have changed as a person in the years since! docseuss.medium.com/i-completed-...

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i completed 52 games and 8 pieces of downloadable content in 2017.

In March 2018, I ended up in the ER. I had been working far, far too much and too hard and it turns out I had a congenital heart defect…

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JoCat is slow at making videos @jocat.net · 09/09/2026

Samus viciously choking/absorbing something while staring angrily through her cracked helmet is the hottest thing I've ever seen in my life

Screenshot of the scene described from the newest metroid ravenous trailer

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 09/09/2026

I was wondering why it gave me the "ick", and this might explain it really well. Dolls like that also kinda give me the creeps (not like, anything big, but just enough to make me feel uneasy), so them doing this style might be why I don't particularly vibe with this.

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 07/09/2026

It's ROUGH out there, job searching myself, wish you good luck!

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Monty Zander @montyzander.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is not a video about Wolfenstein* Thumbnail by the wonderful @hotcyder.bsky.social youtu.be/hmDXtYI0SM8

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This is not a video about Wolfenstein: Youngblood

YouTube video by Monty Zander

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 25/08/2026

I guess somewhat telling what kind of games can afford to appear on shows like this (tho there are a couple I am still excited about)

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 25/08/2026

Now, attempting to understand myself, I just felt incredibly hollow, so doing more things and reading/watching/playing what I felt like I wasn't "interested in" before helps. It still feels like a long road ahead, but I do hope that one day I'll be able to create art other people will resonate with

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 25/08/2026

The "importance of good nutrition" bit hit close to me, as several years back I just kinda "existed" through life it feels like, and that includes the kinds of art I consumed - usually whatever was kinda popular, but not "ugh, it's popular so I hate it", not to mention all the social media. (cont.)

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

NEW ARTICLE NEW ARTICLE NEW ARTICLE! Emotions are the basic and most important part of human function, as essential as protein. So why is it that so many game designers don't design for emotion? featuring Dark Cloud and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth! docseuss.medium.com/its-not-enou...

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it’s not enough to build something, part 2: you must be aware that someone will play the video game

Years ago, a teen pitched an idea to me: “what if you wrote a story about an alien from the perspective of an alien?”

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 23/08/2026

If I'm not misremembering, Doom Eternal did that? It was putting you in a "simulation room" with enemies for tutorials when it was teaching you, and I *think* you can go through them again at any time. But at the same time, iirc there were some complaints back then at the game being overtutorialized

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 14/08/2026

Which also meant that down the line I would also need to account for those changes, both implementing stuff from the course and changing it to fit what changes I did myself prior

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 14/08/2026

One extra thing that was kinda helping for me (tho I doubt it's intentional) is that in one particular set of courses I was following, some of the code was sometimes done in a "hacky" way, so on top of writing it out, I thought out writing it in a bit of a different way, that felt clearer for me

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 13/08/2026

Idk if it exactly applies, but Far Cry 5. It's not the most "out there" game by any stretch of the imagination, I am just kinda surprised people I talked with generaly liked it better than FC6, and I never quite got "why" (although obviously whole series took quite a dip after 3-4).

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 09/08/2026

Kinda randomly recalled that I saw her performance live around the end of 2023, and how it incredible it was, been a while www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TEi...

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Slaughterhouse (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by HARPY

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 08/08/2026

So then I can just easily search any particular tag and see everything that I had tagged with it And so far, it's been quite fast to do so, although it did require some initial setup (like adjusting where the attachments are saved and also getting couple community plugins to handle images and stuff)

Screenshot from Obsidian "Search" tab, showing an example of searching of all files tagged with "Audio".

Screenshot of installed community plugins in Obsidian:
Image Toolkit - enables inspecting and manipulating images.
Paste image rename - renames images on pasting them into the file, for better organization.
Tag Wrangler - extra tag control for renaming tags across all vault.
Vault Full Statistics - just extra statistics to keep track of amount and size of files.
Zoottelkeeper Plugin - tbh can be skipped, was just checking what there is that can make automatically a per-folder "index file", but didn't really have a use for it.

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 08/08/2026

admittedly quite scuff, and there are probably much better solutions for that, but what ended up working for me is to have a "reference vault" in Obsidian, where I put the references I find, and write tags to each of them (it's not just art I also put things like tutorials, articles etc in there)

Screenshot of full Obsidian window for my "Reference Vault". On the left there is a list of all individual files within it, in the middle window an example of a file opened, showing the tags, the image and some text description, on the right a panel opened with all the tags in the vault for quick searching it.

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Mischief @mischief.games · 30/07/2026

Welcome To The New Apocalypse

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 28/07/2026

But with Godot right now, honestly I think it's the first time I actually get enjoyment of writing code, solving the problems and digging into all that. Hopefully I will have something to show for it some time in the future, once I get some of the right screws in my head tightened up

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 28/07/2026

In my own hobby time, and Uni, trying to go through creating something in C++, Java, C#, Python, it just never really "stuck" with me, and always just felt frustrating. For a while, for previous work, I did a bunch of UE BPs stuff, which was, as you can assume, much easier to wrap the head around

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 28/07/2026

Been learning the ropes with some Godot stuff from a course I bought couple years ago but didn't touch until recently, and man, GDScript is honestly such a breath of fresh air to use. Like, idk if it's me just "getting experienced" or whatever, but in the past I just felt like I didn't *get* coding

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 22/07/2026

Incredible critique, not many people do it the way Monty does these, highly recommend, both this one and the one on TNO!

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Moth (Comms Open!) @bloodcrisis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Controversial video game opinion: i hate when games have “mechanics”. I already have to struggle enough in my real life, why are you putting additional, artificial problems in the way of me experiencing the story? I’m just trying to relax, not do homework.

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FrogmanDev @frogmandev.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 10/07/2026

It's a very overcorrectionist approach essentially, due to both history between ua and ru (going as far back as russian empire), and the ongoing war. A sort of "you wouldn't buy a german book from germany during WW2" view, if you will, regardless of who the author supports.

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 10/07/2026

And that *also* includes the works from dead authors. One of the UA YT news channels I follow occasionally does "deep dives" into classic russian literature, from perspective "what garbage people the authors were" through what and how they wrote, and that people should "stop mysticising it", bluntly

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 10/07/2026

As Ukrainian - shit's weird, man. Part of it is "don't support russians monetarily", sure, but there's also just a legitimate push against "anything" russian, even if the authors don't live there and weren't living there for years. The biggest reason for that is "to stop spread of russian culture".

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 08/07/2026

Aw man, they have a keyboard I actually like and use right now, sucks to see bruh

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 08/07/2026

The ballooning of the IT industry overall basically just attracted a ton of people who have no interest in creating anything and see it just as means to an end, and we've been suffering the consequences of it since. Glad you and people like you are still here tho, makes me wanna create stuff, too!

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 08/07/2026

I remember trying it out a while ago and being disappointed with all the genAI stuff, they did "listen to feedback" and say they they were replacing all of that iirc, just hard for me to give it a pass when, y'know, scrutinizing other devs when they said they use genAI in "concept stages"

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Reptilian VladeoZ @vladeoz.reptilian.games · 07/07/2026

A bit of a random one, but how you feel on names which reference something from other language/culture (still relating to the game ofc) Thinking of examples, something like Abzu, Kletka or Tenebris Somnia

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