ChickenAndRice

They Bleed Pixels. Tough as nails precision platformer with combat, and a gothic Lovecraftian aesthetic. Came out in 2012, but for some reason didn't get as much attention as Super Meat Boy (2010)

I want to be remembered as the succulent meal that sometimes makes good points and funny jokes 🍗🍚

Judero lookin' asses

(Judero is actually an amazing game and a work of art. Go play it, if you like the idea of a game made fully in clay + spare pieces laying around the creator's house)

From the software engineer in the article:

“I think there’s this problem where people are stuck in the old world business mindset of, well, if I can do the same work that 10 developers were doing with one developer, let’s just cut the developer team instead of saying, oh, well, we’ve got a 10 developer team, let’s do 1,000x the work that we were doing before,” K says.

Buddy, there is no "old world business mindset", this is capitalism as usual. Even IF (big IF), an employer can get 1000x the output, you guys will NOT get 1000x the compensation. This is exploitation

Let's put this to rest: when productivity boosts are touted as a benefit from using AI, it doesn't mean shit if you work for someone else (i.e. you don't really own your work)

Oh damn. I was going to get the Ori games but will spend my money elsewhere. Thanks for the heads up.

Absolute legend

I'm guessing you've seen the Reddit threads about him? The commenters display the exact behavior you describe lol.

Somewhat related: It's funny, I came to Lemmy because of the Reddit API fiasco, but stayed because I prefer the culture here. Sometimes I'll visit Reddit (during major news stories, or for niche topics) and man, does it feel so off lol

Some say they are still trapped there, to this day...

Linda Cubed Again, for the Playstation 1. It's a Japanese RPG released in 1997, with an English fan translation released last year (after 10 years of work!)

I was surprised by some of the systems implemented in the game: a working bank system, some locations change over time, dynamic weather with effects on the environment (i.e. rainfall can flood lower levels of caves), and more.

There's a youtube video that goes over the story, but overall I'd say it's a pretty solid pokemon-like that deserves more attention. I should mention that the game is pretty dark and features a lot of taboos. The github link describes them in a content warning section, in case you want to try it for yourself

Don't read the comments in the linked article. Biggest mistake of my life

I remember suggesting Lemmy to mods of a popular subreddit, during the API Shutdown 2 years ago

They told me they had no idea how to even use it and would rather just use Discord. I check a couple months ago and they still exist on Reddit...

A couple times in Linda Cubed Again. The game's next objectives are told to you by characters, or through the in-game voicemail system.

However, there is no "current quest" screen so if you take a break from the game, you can easily forget where you left off.

Also, it doesn't help that the game was only released in Japan (and fan translated only recently) so there's not a lot of walkthroughs you can follow.