i see!! that makese sense but i was surprised cuz i would think that the community-building potential comes from a shared theme. unless i'm wrong. we'll see. (also thanks! i love your manifesto actually)
noo you brought up such cool jam theme examples like the pink decker jam and then you made Anything Jam! not to be a hater but... why didn't you give it at least a vague theme?
ive heard similar criticisms of minecraft's ecosystem (or lack thereof) and i am definitely looking forward to more games exploring more grounded farming/ecology systems
the spirit of "old internet"—individuals making what they want on the internet, making the web what they want it to be—has never been lost and so it never had to be brought back!
as ai hype starts to die down a bit, i feel that some space lets up for conversations like this. well, maybe it's wrong to say ai hype is dying down. maybe we're all just getting used to talking and thinking about it.
> since when do we all believe in the sanctity of copyright and in the immortal human soul?
it is so unfortunate how "ai" use has been pushed by corporations as a means of cutting costs and accelerating productivity. and im happy that our creative communities have taken such a strong stance against that. at the same time there are genuine ways of artistic exploration using these tools and methods, ones that dont benefit these corps. so yes i agree!
i love to box myself in and spend my time exploring every corner of the box. but i love this manifesto. it helps me see the box. and you can't really love something without seeing it
i enjoyed wandering through deimos hotel. i never found my room but i left a bunch of them. i wonder who i am and what kind of room i am meant to be in and why it's not any of the ones i encountered
love these ambiences and the sound of the buttons which sound like they could be in the recordings themselves. i enjoyed trying to put the people as close together as physically possible
on a serious note, something i appreciated about this game was how most of its choices was between L being honest and L being reserved. i tend to be a more reserved person, but here it was easy to see the ways the closed-off choices led to him feeling disconnected and lonely. i didn't always choose the honest options. but it's made me a bit more aware of moments in real life where i want to be more honest, and where that might lead to a more genuine connection :-)
sick! at times feels like it's getting easier the more upgrades i get, but still the blood loss manages to sneak up on me. from a couple runs my best is like 15 but i can see myself getting a lot better the more i play. dunno if there's any interesting bosses down the line but would be cool to see more variety in attackers
thank you computer james it means a lot that this feeling is shared :) speaking of scanning, do you know about the restroom archive? it's a very specific kind of place archive that i enjoyed perusing
It's about translation, but you can create something from scratch—so is it ok to create a game in a completely different language? Then it wouldn't have been translated, it would just be the original text. If so then should I provide an English translation? Thanks!
really great--how is this my first time playing a non-english bitsy? i love the way the office space hammers home the message as this cramped, opaque labyrinth that people can get lost and divided in.
