#game difficulty

[vidityavoleti]

In today's Level Design class I'm talking about Difficulty and I'm very excited to talk about my favorite spell casting system in ttrpgs: The Fantasy Flight Genesys Spell Crafting Tables

I love these things. Is it a little clunky? Sure! But I love a spell casting system that says "sure you CAN try to cast a really power spell you fuckin novice see how that goes" and then after a few levels in you it becomes completely doable and rewarding!

I want to use this as a specific type of Difficulty Scaling outside of just video games, I hope my students like it!

Also fun fact, a long time ago I reformated these into better, printable spell book type pages for my own convenience. If anyone plays Genesys and wants them here you go

[jolikmc-thoughts]

Etrian Odyssey (the first one on Nintendo DS) is freaking brutal. They really scaled it back in later games.

Now, for some random comparison, it's not as brutal as Makai Toushi SaGa (Final Fantasy Legend), but still. I was absolutely not prepared.

I'm also thinking this game is kinda grindy...

[igayorhm]

I still never understand the mockery other people who play video games on easy mode. Like video games are supposed to be fun. I don’t want to be stuck on the same boss for two weeks. I don’t care about trophies or achievements. I just want to explore the world and story of a game I like with as little stress as possible. 

Cool you beat a game on Extreme Nightmare Hell Mode. I bet that was fun for you. It’s fun for me to play on easy mode. We both had fun experiences playing the same game. That’s all that should matter. 

[snoruntfan]

Why is “the game was easy” always seen a negative criticism? Like I understand wanting something to be challenging but I would rather have something with good writing, music etc that was easy than something that is challenging but with no flair.

Plus I don’t have loads of free time so I enjoy being able to just do bits of the gameplay without needing to extensively plan ahead.

And from my personal experience I found Legends Arceus to be too hard in places and I’m the sort of person who gets really frustrated easily so it honestly makes the game less enjoyable for me.

[henlp]

Funny how FromSoft games are always the target of journos and spergs, when bitching about difficult games. When the obvious example of bullshit difficulty in modern gaming is Crash Bandicoot 4.

[goldenjuniper]

i like to imagine that zagreus just sits and pouts in the styx whenever he gets frustrated after a close run (this is me projecting)

[jonnestt]

I'm such a slut for games that put the fear of god in me and manage to keep it there.

Like fuck. I love taking down enemies that could snac on me like a mini snickers bar. I want them to make me sneak around like a simple insect. And I loove to hear the combat music fade in, just to fade out moments later, knowing those moments counted. FUCK.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy.

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[songthursh]

A very, VERY basic doctors argument

[emryste]

fuck you *fenrises your rook*

available as a preset here

[spoopup]

(art from april 2022)

i was looking at my old submas stuff and realised ive never posted any of it here because i had my train guys obsession prior to being active on tumblr, so here’s something i made from back then … marnie helping out ingo

p.s sorry if the formatting is weird? i made this when i primarily posted on instagram so i made everything square, i hope it looks alright

[dykedvonte]

I think Anya only failed out of me school because she couldn’t afford it.

She’s a very aware and intelligent woman, she figures out things and knows the composition of the mouthwashing makes it useless as anything but what it’s for. She kept Curly alive for so long, something that would be impossible for someone with no medical prowess. Doctors would’ve struggled to stabilize him. A training that good couldn’t have been cheap. She had to work and work a lot. Work hard to scrap by even though she knew the material and was passionate about it. Enough to enlighten her but not enough to keep her enrolled.

But why is she on the ship? Because all it takes is a trip or two and you’re set!

[st-hedge]

MGSV sketch dump. The brainrot is thriving

[hrokkall]

Somebody else

[alicenpai]

i love...wanpee...........🍊🍶🧡💚

[thefirstknife]

Because Datto is very smart, his preview video of TFS shows something that confirms our greatest dreams, despite him saying there's no spoilers in the video (probably because he has no clue who the character is), but this is visible briefly in the corner:

Obviously it was already almost 100% confirmed because of the card from the vidoc so this isn't a huge spoiler to those of us who paid attention, but man. There's something so incredibly reassuring and incredible about seeing this.

Micah-10 was such a small niche lore character, but one that everyone loved instantly. And then all the way back in BL they gave us some backstory about her which was interesting in so many ways; her connection to the Traveler, her life as a little kid on Europa, her gay dads and most importantly her identity as a trans woman which was shown in such an elegant and simple way without making it seem like they're doing this for good boy points, as so much of media does. It wasn't a big deal, it wasn't used to sell products, it's just there, as a part of the story and the world.

And now we'll actually see her and hear her. To know for a fact that she is becoming a voiced and living character in the, arguably, most important expansion is incredible beyond words. They did not have to do this or choose this character in particular, but they did. I can't wait to see her, which I believe we will soon because a "[redacted]" character was teased through the Cosplay Cosmodrome back in April. They should start showing us the cosplay today, though we're not sure when the cosplayer for Micah will be shown.