Samuel Molina

@fukuy.bsky.social

🎮 100% geek ♥ videogames 🚀 Senior Game Mission Designer 📢 I used to be on YouTube, Twitch and podcasts 👄 Spanish and English posts 📌 https://www.samuelmolina.site/

Yo no quiero que el formato físico para videojuegos desaparezca, pero como usuario del formato digital que soy desde hace décadas tampoco creo que la solución pase por desprestigiar lo digital. Steam, GOG o 'Internet Archive' son buenos ejemplos de preservación, ownership y precios baratos.

Los publishers/distribuidores/tiendas preocupados ahora por el fin del formato físico en consolas tienen aún una oportunidad de revitalizarlo en PC (donde la fabricación es libre). Sería factible lanzar ediciones físicas en PC (formato usb stick o SD card) sin DRM.

Mi opinión sobre las últimas noticias del lanzamiento y distribución de de #GTAVI: Lanzar el juego en físico día uno con solo una key me parece absurdo y demuestra que el modelo tradicional retail ha quedado obsoleto. ------(1/6)

Number one mistake in my opinion from many indie game demos I've been playing so far is the amount of lore dumping and dialog just at the start. Let me move around and discover things by myself before locking me down just reading... let me care for the world and people before explaining it!

Every billionaire in the Epstein files could drop dead tomorrow and the world would not only be fine, it would actually improve. The quality of our media would improve. Our environment. Our food. Our health care. Our technology.

Brandon Williams@stupidartpunk.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I keep hearing that the Epstein files are so big if we held everyone accountable everything would collapse. And no it wouldn’t. These rich guys don’t do any actual work. They aren’t actually important or useful they are just rich.

This is also true for feedback from publishers/bosses. One example I always use: the publisher says "the cars are too slow!", dev checks max speed: 400kmh. Instead of modifying the speed, the dev modifies the camera and the FOV when the speed is bigger. The publisher loves it. Max speed is the same.

Kris@krisrf.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Remember: When you playtest a game, never take players’ feedback/suggestions at face value. Figure out what emotion is underneath what they’re telling you, and then figure out what in the game is causing that emotion