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[Indie Games] Stardew Valley hits PS4/One on 12/14

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Brolo wrote: »

    That's one o' them Busto boys, isn't it.

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  • HobnailHobnail Registered User regular
    Bustospawn

  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Here are instructions to execute the Virtual Reality build of "The
    Entertainment":

    1. Purchase 8 copies of the paper+ink version of "The Entertainment"
    online here:
    http://www.lulu.com/shop/lem-doolittle/the-entertainment/paperback/product-21312732.html

    2. Purchase a brick at a local hardware store, or find one
    nearby. Good places to look for bricks: an old house, an emtpy lot, a
    construction site, propping up an air conditioner in summer, on the
    far side of a broken window.

    3. Purchase two slices of bread. Some grocery stores may require you
    to buy the whole loaf, but it's worth at least trying to negotiate.

    4. Put the brick in between the two slices of bread, and place it on a
    table.

    5. Download the zip file of sound cues here:
    http://kentuckyroutezero.com/the-entertainment/TheEntertainment_SoundCues.zip

    6. Put the sounds in an easily accessible folder on your
    sound-equipped computer, ready to be played back as needed.

    7. Invite 7 friends: one to play the role of Harry Esperanza, one to
    play the role of Lawrence Slade, one to play the role of Pearl Slade,
    one to play the role of Rosa Slade, one to play the role of Evelyn
    Hickman, one to control the lights in the room, and one to play the
    sound cues you downloaded onto your computer in step 5.

    8. Distribute the printed scripts, keeping one for yourself.

    9. Seat yourself at the table in front of the brick sandwich.

    10. Everyone now follows their respective directions in the
    script. Yours begin on page 40.

    11. When you reach the end of the script, read the reviews on page 44
    to see how you did.

    Cost of this version varies with the price of bread and bricks, but it
    should be less expensive than an Oculus Rift headset. You can also
    find the mouse and monitor build here:
    http://kentuckyroutezero.com/the-entertainment/

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    Did something happen with the Rift recently?

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    palmer luckey sucks, basically

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    Appalmer Suckey

  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    That Palmer Luckey stuff was like, a while ago though

    If that's their reason, announcing it now is kinda weird

    Maddoc
  • masterofmetroidmasterofmetroid Have you ever looked at a world and seen it as a kind of challenge?Registered User regular
    edited December 2016
    Well its not really an announcement of that per say

    Maybe it just took them a while to figure out the business half of things

    (Insert joke about how slow they are here)

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    i don't know that there's any jokes to be made at the speed they work at it's just kind of a bummer

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  • DeMoNDeMoN twitch.tv/toxic_cizzle Registered User regular
    New River City Ransom: Underground character spotlight went up. I like this guy's style.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VphbX86KUYQ

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    now that this forum's back and there's an indie games thread again

    on xmas day, galaxy trail released a gameplay trailer for freedom planet 2, featuring the main character, lilac

    (this is the second year in a row GT has released a trailer on xmas, so I guess that's just kind of their thing now)

    https://youtu.be/e7zeJ2AA180

    trailers for the other two characters, carol and milla, are due to drop over the next few weeks, culminating in the release of a downloadable preview demo due toward the end of january

    I loved the first game and will sing its praises to anyone who will listen, so I'm pretty stoked about this

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  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    I started VA-11 Hall-A and I think I've found my actual dream job

    VA-11 Hall-A is genuinely somewhere in my GOTY list I think.

    It's just funny and smartly writen and weirdly positive about people for being a game in a cyberpunk dystopia where beer is cheaper than water.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    now that this forum's back and there's an indie games thread again

    on xmas day, galaxy trail released a gameplay trailer for freedom planet 2, featuring the main character, lilac

    (this is the second year in a row GT has released a trailer on xmas, so I guess that's just kind of their thing now)

    https://youtu.be/e7zeJ2AA180

    trailers for the other two characters, carol and milla, are due to drop over the next few weeks, culminating in the release of a downloadable preview demo due toward the end of january

    I loved the first game and will sing its praises to anyone who will listen, so I'm pretty stoked about this

    There's something about the way the whole sprite rotates when running on slopes that looks weird to me. I thought it looked weird in the first game and I think it looks even weirder with the more realistically proportioned character.

  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    did the minigames in stardew all control like shit on pc too or is that the price the consoles have to pay

  • AJRAJR Some guy who wrestles NorwichRegistered User regular
    I finished a fun little adventure/puzzle game last night called Oneshot.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctYNBd6t4-g

    Fun little game that breaks the fourth wall in some inventive ways and has a ton of personality. For some reason after reading reviews I was expecting the game to be more cynical that what it was? But it's actually pretty positive for a game that takes place in a dying world.

    I'm sure I first read about it on these forums but I couldn't find any posts about it. Anyway; it's really good.

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    did the minigames in stardew all control like shit on pc too or is that the price the consoles have to pay

    None of them control like shit. They're just challenging games that you actually have to get better at.

    When I first started I couldn't catch a fish at all. Now I get all perfects except on the hardest ones.

  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    the slingshot minigame is actually trash on ps4

  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    Yeah I don't use slingshots since with a controller you have to pull the stick in the opposite direction of where you want to shoot.

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  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    There's a slingshot minigame?

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    Mr. G wrote: »
    There's a slingshot minigame?

    there's a bunch of minigames at the fall festival, all of which control like butt on ps4

    i don't have too many complaints with it otherwise

  • WiseManTobesWiseManTobes Registered User regular
    The arcade games in the pub are garbage tho

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  • ZythonZython Registered User regular
    That Palmer Luckey stuff was like, a while ago though

    If that's their reason, announcing it now is kinda weird

    Since this wasn't answered, apparently, another big-named guy at Oculus got arrested for soliciting a 15-year old.

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    the slingshot minigame is actually trash on ps4

    yeah that one is pretty tough, happily it's 100% skippable.

  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    Mr. G wrote: »

    These are all games I've wanted to check out but not enough to buy so :^:

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited December 2016
    https://youtu.be/vwOPx7wuBEw

    Super Lesbian Animal RPG is a former My Little Pony fan project that got hit with a Cease and Desist and has since been turned into its own thing

    if that sounds familiar, the same thing happened to an upcoming fighting game called Them's Fightin' Herds

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    SlarPG

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    Trying Hyper Light Drifter again after not really enjoying it the first time I gave it a spin.

    I think I was just bad?

    Cause it's not nearly as frustrating as I remember and I'm having tons of fun. I'd also forgotten how fucking sweet this game looks, like holy shit is this a cool looking game.

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  • LorahaloLorahalo Registered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    the slingshot minigame is actually trash on ps4

    yeah that one is pretty tough, happily it's 100% skippable.

    I spent ages finishing the minecart one, only to find that the reward you got was....a cabinet of said game to put in your house.

    I have a podcast about Digimon called the Digital Moncast, on Audio Entropy.
  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    ph blake wrote: »
    Trying Hyper Light Drifter again after not really enjoying it the first time I gave it a spin.

    I think I was just bad?

    Cause it's not nearly as frustrating as I remember and I'm having tons of fun. I'd also forgotten how fucking sweet this game looks, like holy shit is this a cool looking game.

    They also did put out a patch that bumps the game up to 60 FPS, which I'm told makes a huuuuuuuuge difference

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  • NogginNoggin Registered User regular
    After sorta following it and seeing all the praise here, I decided I couldn't let the year pass without supporting Stardew Valley.

    Not even done the first week and this game is already awesome.

    The guy I was customizing started looking like Joel from The Last of Us, so I just went with it and named my cat Ellie.

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  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    Yesterday I spent literally all day playing Stardew Valley (thanks @Jasconius!) with my roommate. She was sick and I was home from work on my last day of vacation, and we just sat on the couch and tossed the controller back and forth whenever one of us needed to go to the bathroom or make food or whatever. I believe when I started that morning I was at around the end of spring beginning of summer (in my first year), and by the time we went to bed we had just finished the fall festival (I got second place!).

    Anyways, the moral of the story is that this is a very good game. I'm enjoying figuring things out as I go and avoiding any direct guides for it, especially as it seems to be fairly forgiving overall (it took me a week and a half to figure out how I was supposed to feed my chickens, but they bounced back in a couple days). But, that said, does anyone have any cool tips for things I might not have tried yet? It feels like there is an awful lot hidden in this game, and I'm excited to keep discovering all of it.

    Brolo
  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Stardew Valley is the chillest game

    There's basically no real rush to do anything in a hurry. It's wonderful.

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    I played Inside last weekend
    I liked it a lot until it turned into Akira for no reason

    it was more fun than Limbo and it was building up to a pretty good story until it fell apart

  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    Straightzi wrote: »
    Yesterday I spent literally all day playing Stardew Valley (thanks @Jasconius!) with my roommate. She was sick and I was home from work on my last day of vacation, and we just sat on the couch and tossed the controller back and forth whenever one of us needed to go to the bathroom or make food or whatever. I believe when I started that morning I was at around the end of spring beginning of summer (in my first year), and by the time we went to bed we had just finished the fall festival (I got second place!).

    Anyways, the moral of the story is that this is a very good game. I'm enjoying figuring things out as I go and avoiding any direct guides for it, especially as it seems to be fairly forgiving overall (it took me a week and a half to figure out how I was supposed to feed my chickens, but they bounced back in a couple days). But, that said, does anyone have any cool tips for things I might not have tried yet? It feels like there is an awful lot hidden in this game, and I'm excited to keep discovering all of it.

    in case you haven't noticed it yet, almost all crops die at the end of a month (season), so don't plant new seeds when you're on day 29
    you should water your plants and feed/pet your animals every day - this can take up a huge portion of your day/energy though, which makes it a good idea to invest in sprinklers/auto feeders
    there are discreet sections of the mine, and these sections are where you'll find the majority of your minerals - you'll find copper from 1-40, iron from 41-80, and gold from 81-120
    stone stairwells are a craftable item that let you skip to the next level of the mine, which is very handy when you're running out of time and haven't found the next elevator yet
    you can check the requirements for the community centre from the main inventory menu, no need to run back there every single time
    you can get a calendar from Robin (the carpenter) to put in your house, which makes it a lot easier to plan for birthdays - give people gifts they like on their birthdays!


  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Also be sure to leave food at Elliot's door so he doesn't die from lack of food due to his crippling heroin addiction

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    Inside ending
    The real ending is probably thematically stronger, but damn it sure would have been fun to see the reactions to how I initially thought the game ended. For some reason I couldn't figure out how to get out of the watery container thing that the scientists lure you to, and I thought it was a pretty cool, if hella bleak, way to end it. I just assumed that no credits rolling was a stylistic trick to represent how you had failed to escape and were trapped forever.

    Then I checked YouTube just to be sure I wasn't missing something, and felt pretty stupid when I realized that oh duh you just have to pull the walls.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    I played Inside last weekend
    I liked it a lot until it turned into Akira for no reason

    it was more fun than Limbo and it was building up to a pretty good story until it fell apart
    How did it fall apart?

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    I played Inside last weekend
    I liked it a lot until it turned into Akira for no reason

    it was more fun than Limbo and it was building up to a pretty good story until it fell apart
    How did it fall apart?
    the reason Limbo worked was because it basically used pre-existing cultural story beats as a scaffold for its story

    we don't know exactly what the boy's motivation or goals are, but we can reasonably infer a rough idea thereof from what we're given because we've all been told stories like this for ages--the stakes are extremely high for the boy (as we can see from the constant threat of gruesome death), and there's someone waiting for him

    q: what is the boy doing?
    a: trying to be reunited with someone who is important to him.

    the fact that we can answer this question makes most of the other questions irrelevant--stuff like "where is this world" and "why is everything shitty" and "why is everything and everyone trying to kill you" don't matter that much

    inside does the same thing, but then at the end it shifts gears into sci-fi, which, fine, it almost works because you can see some basic story beats there about the hubris of man, and science gone awry, that sort of thing, but it spends the whole game in this other paradigm where you're counting on the end to give you the context you need to understand everything else, and you never get it

    so you have questions like "who is the boy, what are his goals and motivations" and you can't answer them, which also makes the questions about the setting and adversaries more important, and it doesn't have answers for those, either

    it is nine tenths of a minimalist story and one tenth of a complex one, and not effective because of it

  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    I played Inside last weekend
    I liked it a lot until it turned into Akira for no reason

    it was more fun than Limbo and it was building up to a pretty good story until it fell apart
    How did it fall apart?
    the reason Limbo worked was because it basically used pre-existing cultural story beats as a scaffold for its story

    we don't know exactly what the boy's motivation or goals are, but we can reasonably infer a rough idea thereof from what we're given because we've all been told stories like this for ages--the stakes are extremely high for the boy (as we can see from the constant threat of gruesome death), and there's someone waiting for him

    q: what is the boy doing?
    a: trying to be reunited with someone who is important to him.

    the fact that we can answer this question makes most of the other questions irrelevant--stuff like "where is this world" and "why is everything shitty" and "why is everything and everyone trying to kill you" don't matter that much

    inside does the same thing, but then at the end it shifts gears into sci-fi, which, fine, it almost works because you can see some basic story beats there about the hubris of man, and science gone awry, that sort of thing, but it spends the whole game in this other paradigm where you're counting on the end to give you the context you need to understand everything else, and you never get it

    so you have questions like "who is the boy, what are his goals and motivations" and you can't answer them, which also makes the questions about the setting and adversaries more important, and it doesn't have answers for those, either

    it is nine tenths of a minimalist story and one tenth of a complex one, and not effective because of it
    the boy's goals and motivations are explained in the secret ending

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