#they know their playerbase.

[olessan]

The Coral Island devs have a mission and they're sticking to it

[dailyastarionpics]

Thank you Larian Studios for this delicious image of Astarion

[project-sekai-facts]

Kanade's another cut for the Twilight Light 3DMV is a direct reference to her untrained The Dream I Saw Will One Day 4* card.

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[dreadark]

if you're going to attempt to criticize arknights for racism maybe don't use racist talking points to do it

Do people realize this is literally indistinguishable from saying "go woke go broke"

[yoiku]

Been sinking some hours into Palia again now that it's on steam as well, but part of me really wishes I didn't play it in beta, because even though there's new content, I kinda went nearly 100% with the content they had in open beta last year. So there hasn't been that much new stuff since the beta built was already a sizeable game content wise. But I also don't have the heart to ask suppor to reset my character, part of me would like to replay it all, but I also know it would still feel too familiar to keep my interest. I wish I was more interested in the whole decorate your personal housing area -stuff, because there would be a lot of hours to sink in there lmao. But for some reason the interior design has never really grasped me in any game its available. Not that it interests me irl a whole lot either, i prefer utility and ease over decorated and pretty.(i don't like living spaces that look like disinfected public spaces though lmao) And uh "controlled" chaos thanks to my brain wires being the way they are. yeah.

[alpacacare-archive]

How i feel like i sound defending gaster sometimes: NO LISTEN when you use the phone in the dark world AND when you read entry number 17 the game audio plays at the EXACT SAME VOLUME AS THE REST OF THE GAME!! he is not trying to scare us AND hes actually watching out for our health by not raising the volume!! I genuinely don't understand how people STILL think he's evil

[rintoki]

genuinely wondering why some players play genshin if not for fun… like it’s literally a game it’s not that serious….

[eorzeashan]

ok so. I know everyone has their opinion on how whiny Koth is and that's a beaten dead horse but I think a huge under-looked part of it is how the game engine animates anger. take a look at Koth's face here, the famous frown which regularly puts players off-- including me at one point, because he looked absolutely livid over the news of a breakup, which startled me at the intensity of his expression.

makes you think wow this guy's emotional, doesn't it? and as a reaction to a few small conflicts, it doesn't feel good.

but then take a look at how KOTXX animates a frown on Lana and Theron:

INCREDIBLY ANGRY OVERREACTIONS.

SWTOR tends to make anger appear as a bulging of the eyes, which is a little terrifying, since it signifies extreme rage. Case in point:

I think a huge part of why Koth appears so abrasive to the playerbase is his expressions: he is overanimated and frowns with his entire face in a way that is almost comical in the same way the other companions frown *far* too much to the point of looking like TF2 caricatures, which makes him seem far pettier than he actually is.

I really believe his delivery would be helped if expressions weren't so strong and made subtler in SWTOR's engine, but he already was at a disadvantage with being made to disagree more often and therefore use that frown more than the others, which made his image worsen in player eyes. (Though his popularity shouldn't hinge on whether he agrees or not).

The point is, even as someone who likes the character even I was thrown off by how furious he looked to innocuous lines. His voice delivery was fairly neutral. His face wasn't. Would the same vehement dislike towards him exist if he wasn't animated in the same way?

[mizukagami-takamagahara]

91Act (Entropy Effect studio) Update

An updated statement made by a moderator in the official BlazBlue Entropy Effect discord has shared the following facts;

The studio is currently in the process of sorting out debts owed with the company DeNA, who failed to follow through on a payment agreement with 91Act (DeNA and this payment/the project it was for are unrelated to Entropy Effect, but this missing money has impacted the entire studio)

Entropy Effect itself had lower sales on release than anticipated, and is unable to cover for this missing money.

91Act is currently in a difficult position where they just don't have the money to keep work going and pay their employees.

For the meantime, they plan to lay off a large amount of their employees while they work on juggling the negotiations with DeNA and trying to catch up with the paychecks they owe their teams. The team members that were laid off were given a severance payment- at least some amount of this money came from "a bank loan secured by [the discord mod's] real estate."

During this time of extreme downsizing, an unknown amount of workers seem to be electing to stay behind and keep working. They plan to keep developing patches for Entropy Effect and release a mobile version of the game.

Once things have improved (whether via a breakthrough in the negotiations with DeNA or commercial success with their current games and Entropy Effect's mobile version) they plan to start rehiring the laid off workers. The goal is to have things settled by some time in spring.

They're also still aiming to make a console version of Entropy Effect, although 91Act themselves have no say on whether or not this is completed. They need the greenlight from Arc System Works, who would foot the bill for the development of the console release.

At the end of the statement, the writer expresses hope that the company will make it through this rough patch, and deep gratitude for the fans who have supported Entropy Effect. They also share their love for the BlazBlue series and how much they have enjoyed being able to work on this spinoff title.

[hychlorions]

i'll forever be at peace knowing i'll never whale for gachas because the first and only time i spent money on a gacha game not only did i not get the character i wanted but after losing all my pulls my friend said "wouldn't it be funny if i got him on my next pull." and then he did. so i vowed to never spend on gacha ever again

[wyrmoftheweb]

i should learn how to play ut i want to trans around and shoot people and enjoy castle map with dad rock cover of umbrella....

[vermin-fangs]

I ended up quitting that game because of all the unsolicited fucking livestreaming, though. I don't want strangers talking to me because you are showing me on twitch without my permission

[djsangos]

fest is almost over i hope everyone who went had fun and made lots of memories and had the best weekend of their life and remembers to cherish every moment whether past present or future also

stay fresh

[wayshrines]

reading Bellara’s description from gameinformer and again they are just describing my Inky. trying to be normal about this but i cant

[bragganhyl]

ngl this does make me wonder what the venn diagram between dawn will come haters and sea and her love lovers look like 🤔

[jamswhams]

I fucked up. Apex is reinstalling