#about the game

[ravenstargames]

Hi! I was wondering, if people want to do everyone's route, will there be a certain order that would make the most sense for people to play it in?

✦ Is there a recommended route order for those who want to play all the routes?

The recommended route order is the same as the release order of the routes!

Meaning, Amon and Gael would be first (in no particular order), then Ara and Xal (again in no particular order), then Envy and Raeya (same here) and finally Pride's.

Of course you can play just the routes you want to play and don't play the rest! Or play them in any order. I just consider the "recommended order" to be the perfect difficulty curve in terms of getting used to the world of Limbo :^)

[thelonelyshore-if]

Skill Changes

I've been thinking about making a little post about the new changes to skills, now that they're live in the demo. If you're curious, thoughts and explanations are below the cut!

A few months ago, I did a poll and asked folks their thoughts on numerical skills vs. trait-based skills. After a fair amount of thinking it over, I decided I wanted to switch from numerical skills that can go up and down to pure trait-based skills.

Currently I am up in the air on whether you'll be able to improve these skills over the course of the game. I think it's really going to depend on how the game goes and if I feel it is necessary.

Here's a quick overview of how I'm doing things now:

At the beginning of the game, when you're doing your flashback scene with Willow, you'll be able to choose your skills as normal.

Now, however, there are two strong skills, three average skills, and one weak skill. (Previously there was a 'best' skill and a 'good', rather than two equally strong skills)

Each skill picked will give your MC the corresponding trait. It'll be the presence or lack of these traits that will be tested during skill checks.

I'm a pretty big believer in "failing forward", and so most of the time my aim is that, even when a skill check is failed, it opens a path to different content rather than being a punishment or an instant game over.

My plan is to (occasionally) add potential benefits to having a low skill. A skittish (low composure) character might avoid a dangerous situation that any other character would rush into, that sort of thing.

I made this change for a few reasons. One, because I don't really want this game to be one where you have to pay close attention to your skills and have to try and min-max them throughout the game. There's nothing wrong with stat heavy games, but it's just not really my goal for this game.

Two, this just plain works better than numbers in my brain while I'm writing&coding.

I'm not sure if this is the system we'll stick with forever. I like it on my end, but it remains to be seen how it works for players! So I very well might end up switching things up again at some point, but for the moment I'm pleased with what I've got c:

And, to finish off, here's a look at what the new skills screen looks like!

[aoi1dee]

drafting a story for a game is the most stressful thing in the world (it’s not i just have anxiety)

[theoccultz]

The game is still open -slot1 completed

List of people that are in the game :

I.e they have followed all the rules and their ask is accepted (:

awriterwhorarelywrites- J.D

ANON L.P -👾

redwinewhiteroses

Imsodonewiththisskzzzz

Anon TM- 🩸

Lssndr- anon 🔥

Miawiraclz

S.F- ANON .

AR- 🔥

SZ-👾ANON

Marclwrld

SV- ANON 💌

Kiddotarot- 💌

Miraclekey97

Chryseis- lxve

Woowoobirdie

Dapingo

Kawaiifantale

Fortunesheet

>3

I'll keep updating so you're aware

[magicalwarriordiamondheart]

I made this for tikkytock, but you can throw it at people if you want too.

[worlds-largest-juice-container]

deltarune fans when the developer actively communicates with them and straight up says the year the game is releasing: dude we're so insane and schizo!!!! deltarune tomorrow dude we're going crazy waiting for this game!!!!!!! oh man toby dropped another cryptic hint!!!

lisa the pointless fans when ed decides to delay MU another year for more androgynous baddies in the franchise:

[blueeblurb]

a helping hand

[bluesky-out-of-context]

[archi-pelago]

maybe never forgive. but things are different now. so we'll use maybe.

[chongoblog]

WAIT

I JUST REMEMBERED HEARING AN ELON MUSK QUOTE WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HE BELIEVES CHESS IS "TOO SIMPLE" OR WHATEVER AND HE SAID HIS FAVORITE GAME WAS A GAME CALLED "POLYTOPIA"

I JUST REMEMBERED THAT IVE PLAYED POLYTOPIA

It being Elon's favorite game (or at least one so important to him that his biographer dedicates a lot of time to it) is.....really really funny.

Basically, imagine Civilization, but as a mobile game. So like if Civilization Revolution was even more dumbed down (that's a Civilization insult. That's devastating. It's devastated right now). For what it's worth, it's not a bad game. On the contrary, from what I could tell in the little bit of time I played it, it's a perfectly competent game with good design. But it's not a deep game by any means. I played through it once, won easily on my first go, then saw that the other playable characters had barely any differences between them.

Like, not to imply you can judge a book by its cover, but here's what it looks like

I came across an article by Dave Karpf discussing this exact thing, and I think it describes it wonderfully

[mariorsomething]

moments right before daisuke saves the day and gets all the love and praise he deserves and rescue comes just in time and everyone lives forever the end

[ravenstargames]

As a first language spanish speaker i'm curious 👀 is the story first written in spanish and then translated to english or written in english from the start?

It's written in English from the start! 💜 Honestly I have been writing exclusively in English for a few years now, even when I write for myself. It feels very different from writing in Spanish, I can't quite describe it. As beautiful as Spanish is, I find English quite charming for writing!

Special thanks to Allie (our editor) for making sure my Spanish brain doesn't mess up the script :^)!

[motziedapul]

Hey everyone! This is my lovely friend Cyrus Nemati, who many of you may know as Theseus, Dionysus and Ares from the first Hades game.

He has spent the last couple years developing his very first indie game, Vampire Therapist, which plays with the many vampire character archetypes from across media.

It's been reviewing VERY well but it's not getting very many wishlists, so if you're interested in vampires, fantastic art and clever, funny, and thoughtful writing about vampire mental health, go wishlist it on Steam!

And listen, Cyrus may be too humble to leverage his colorful career as your favourite Hades hotboys, so I'm gonna do it for him 😌 GO SUPPORT FANTASTIC INDIE DEVS LIKE THIS ONE!

[trainwreck-pumpkin-pie]

Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-1996) / Mouthwashing (2024)

inspired by this post

[theoccultz]

Guys pls follow the rules properly, some of you just never get it , I don't wanna delete your ask , I'll only inform you if you have joined THE GAME late !!!