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PLEASE don't use the "accurate" nietzsche quote. It will always come across as painfully pretentious because while the message is there it's also so poorly written that it feels like the inside of my skull is hammered with an unopened tin of fish. There's a very successful writer/game maker who had similarly used the quote in its full for a game intro and he later on cringed when replaying that part (source: The Ego Review: Age of Evil).

I feel I should clarify it's not a HUGE issue, I'm exaggerating in an attempt to be funny. But I do believe you can only improve it by rewriting the quote.

Edit: It took headache-acquiring minutes until I realized that my game's bugged out and I get red instead of dark. Any ideas what to do about that?

1ncors118 days ago

Hi! Thanks for the feedback. I personally like this Nietzsche quote because it ties well into the game’s theme: something meant as a greater good that turned into hell for its inhabitants, and a creator who sees only evolution in suffering. I agree the wording isn’t perfect and I understand your point. I used the direct quote because I felt changing it or citing the author while altering it wouldn’t be quite right. Still, I’m open to removing it — it’s not a dealbreaker for me.

As for the red instead of dark issue: for most players the visuals appear correctly, but I’ve also seen rare cases like yours. This might be related to drivers or how the system handles post-processing effects. In the full version, I’ll definitely add an option to disable post-processing — that should fix the problem (though of course it will change the intended look of the game).

ChukyUniqul117 days ago

I'll repeat that I'm not criticizing the choice of quote, I'm suggesting using a paraphrased version over the verbose original.

Also I'll update drivers, then, see if that fixes it.

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