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i mean from here on out. maybe I should have been a little more clear 🥀🥀

the first thing i tried when changing the tapes was slamming them both into the container and the recorder. none worked. I was heartbroken 💔

maybe eternitydev doesn't like the grab controls anymore, since none of the new features in the 0.9 version use the usual "slide the thing into place by grabbing" mechanic most of everything used to use, instead using "hold click".

If i gotta be honest, the simplicity and clunkiness of slamming things toghether with the grab and it just working was part of the charm of the game. like sliding the drives into the main terminal or into the drive boxes, or refueling the atv by hitting it with a fuel can. It had so much charm man :c
it was absolutely it's own thing that nobody else did

edit: i got to experience atv battery. i don't want to anymore.

The controls man, that's quite literally the only complaint I have. the old menu system, although clunky, was very good. Most importantly, it was very intuitive since it didn't use the same input or key for multiple actions at the same time, my only complaint with that one was using the alt button, and it's not even a complaint, is more of a nitpick.
The new one brought a bunch of issues with itself, spread pretty evenly between not being intuitive at all and having A LOT of button combos, some that must be performed within a time window. A good example of how the new interaction system is unwieldy, is the workbench. With the new system you have to go slow to not missinput a use, and sometimes the grab input wont event grab the thing and will simply jiggle it a lil because of how fast you have to tap. I strongly feel that the new input system should be revamped to still feel like the old one while being a little more compact, which I feel was the idea, although I might be wrong. Maybe having a legacy controls option wouldn't be a bad idea either. Not a hurry though, the version literally was just released.

Everything else is just straight gold though. All the minigames and little things you gotta do to maintain the facility are so fun, and all of the art and new models looks amazing. Only little itty bitty detail is maybe looking into the lighting performance later on the version, bc it's clapping my machine and it ain't even bad.

currently losing hours just looking at the main computer. that thing is a vintage tech fest you just can't drag your eyes out of.