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Time Bandit, IGF23 Nuovo Finalist, Part 1 out now: http://store.steampowered.com/app/1481910/ Marxist, she/her https://phoenixup.itch.io/ thinking of giving up gamedev for the dance 💃

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MAGENTA💜💀SKULL🔪@magentaskull.bsky.social · 24h ago

time bandit fucks, check it out

Save 66% on Time Bandit – Part 1: Appendages of the Machine on Steam

A who̴͊leso̶̬̙̍me real-time adventure with a dark secret. At your relaxing new job managing resources and collecting crystals, everything you do seems to take ... much, MUCH longer than it should. In ...

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Joel@phoenixup.bsky.social · 5d ago

my real-time adventure game Time Bandit is on sale for like $3 on Steam! please enjoy the rest of august in the sun. however if you like the idea of sneaking around at ur box-pushing job and stealing from work, you can do it in Time Bandit 5 minutes at a time store.steampowered.com/app/1481910/...

stealth gameplay
Joel@phoenixup.bsky.social · 4d ago

i love hearing about spacing out Time Bandit over longer periods of time there was a great year-long longplay with inefficient puzzle solving and plenty of time dedicated to invented daily rituals like dancing to the music in the forest - sadly i can't find the videos bsky.app/profile/faew...

@faewrath.bsky.social · 4d ago

My friend and I played this game once a week for maybe two years. Super interesting how real time limits change the way you engage with sokoban puzzles and change the way you think!

Mona 🐀 it could happen today@monacht.gay · 5d ago

The Time Bandit loop is launching for a few minutes every so often to move a block and then spending the next 30 minutes of your life worried if it was the right one, 10/10 highly recommend

Joel@phoenixup.bsky.social · 5d ago

my real-time adventure game Time Bandit is on sale for like $3 on Steam! please enjoy the rest of august in the sun. however if you like the idea of sneaking around at ur box-pushing job and stealing from work, you can do it in Time Bandit 5 minutes at a time store.steampowered.com/app/1481910/...

stealth gameplay
Aura/Moom@moomanibe.bsky.social · 5d ago

incredible, massively underrated game combining realtime animal-crossing type features with puzzle game design in a way that means your choices have realtime impacts in a way no other game does. Your shift is over today- do you sneak in and risk getting shot? Do you take ease now for agony later?

Joel@phoenixup.bsky.social · 5d ago

my real-time adventure game Time Bandit is on sale for like $3 on Steam! please enjoy the rest of august in the sun. however if you like the idea of sneaking around at ur box-pushing job and stealing from work, you can do it in Time Bandit 5 minutes at a time store.steampowered.com/app/1481910/...

stealth gameplay
Joel@phoenixup.bsky.social · 5d ago

some life/project updates: after a long period of dealing with chronic illness from long covid, i've finally found a medley of drugs that seem to have dramatically improved things (fingers crossed) i have high hopes now of being able to work on 2 projects, in addition to time bandit pt 2:

Joachim ✊️ UVW-CWA@jdespland.bsky.social · 2mo ago

And because v, variable capital, is the only part of the capital that can actually generate new value (from living labour), this means that larger and larger investments are needed to keep making the same profit. Markets get oversaturared, budgets inflate, workers get squeezed worse and worse

Joachim ✊️ UVW-CWA@jdespland.bsky.social · 2mo ago

And yet, the *rate of profit* is lower than ever! Because p'=s/(v+c) , surplus value divided by the sum of variable capital (labour costs) and constant capital (all other investment). As capitalists keep needing to reinvest profits and keep capital circulating & growing, c grows faster than v!

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A lot of people (accurately) point out that premium video games are cheaper today than they were 30 years ago thanks to inflation, but discussed less often is how much bigger the margins are for game companies now that sales are 80-90% (soon to be 100%) digital. No more retail or packaging costs!

Joel@phoenixup.bsky.social · 2mo ago

apparently many are saying Time Bandit is among 9 Steam games they think more people should play. luckily it’s on sale for like $3 right now so you can do that 👍 bsky.app/profile/ravi...

Ravi, Trending Non-Gamer of the Year@ravikanodia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've avoided the "nine games" thing both because there is not enough room in the world for all the love in my heart and also because the idea of presenting such a selection makes me feel as though I am shouldering a heavy responsibility, but also I just realized Time Bandit would gotta go on there

Joel@phoenixup.bsky.social · 2mo ago

apparently many are saying Time Bandit is among 9 Steam games they think more people should play. luckily it’s on sale for like $3 right now so you can do that 👍 bsky.app/profile/ravi...

Ravi, Trending Non-Gamer of the Year@ravikanodia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've avoided the "nine games" thing both because there is not enough room in the world for all the love in my heart and also because the idea of presenting such a selection makes me feel as though I am shouldering a heavy responsibility, but also I just realized Time Bandit would gotta go on there

Joel@phoenixup.bsky.social · 2mo ago

my real-time adventure game Time Bandit is on sale for like $3 on Steam! it’s a game about pushing boxes at work and slowly, slowly stealing back from your boss store.steampowered.com/app/1481910/...

Save 66% on Time Bandit – Part 1: Appendages of the Machine on Steam

A who̴͊leso̶̬̙̍me real-time adventure with a dark secret. At your relaxing new job managing resources and collecting crystals, everything you do seems to take ... much, MUCH longer than it should. In ...

store.steampowered.com

Aura/Moom@moomanibe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"If I think about this a little more before taking action, maybe I can save myself hours of real time", or "this could be a huge benefit in the short term and then I might regret it over the next month" are not normally feelings a puzzle game evokes, and yet time bandit is all about That

vaporwario@vaporwario.bsky.social · 2mo ago

if you haven't played this, please play it for me. then we can talk about it and say things like "woah that was a really cool game, what did you think?" and "i really liked the immaculate vibes, did u enjoy the apartment as well?"

Joel@phoenixup.bsky.social · 2mo ago

my real-time adventure game Time Bandit is on sale for like $3 on Steam! it’s a game about pushing boxes at work and slowly, slowly stealing back from your boss store.steampowered.com/app/1481910/...