Beware The Frog

26 May

HOT TIP: How to create NPC faces for your #ttrpg

1. Generate a face on [thispersondoesnotexist.com]

3. Profit

# 2020/05/26 - 00:39 — original tweet by @capacle

Oh my god the shanties have official lyrics why don’t they have a karaoke mode thank god they don’t have a karaoke mode but still why don’t they have a karaoke mode.

# 2020/05/26 - 00:08 — published on @commandergaroo

25 May

Found an island with a ruined camp and a lovely framed painting that’s basically a selfie of a pirate and his son. So you see, Rare, it would make sense to have a photo/painting mode in the game! That should be much lower-hanging fruit than programming synchronized shanties.

# 2020/05/25 - 23:56 — published on @commandergaroo

@MartinNebelong:

Alright, so here’s the final version of my scene inspired by the jump sequence from the UE5 tech demo. Detail level is far from what Epic achieved, but I still think it’s super impressive that stuff like this is possible on a PS4!

HQ: [youtu.be]

#madeindreams #UE5

# 2020/05/25 - 23:13 — original tweet by @MartinNebelong

Bullying a friend into getting the Xbox Game Pass for PC resulted in ten minutes of “It’s more expensive here!” vs. “You’re not looking at the right Game Pass!” Because Microsoft.

# 2020/05/25 - 14:04 — published on @commandergaroo

24 May

The (losing) end of a Civilization game is so sudden and anti-climactic, how does anyone ever want to start another again?

# 2020/05/24 - 15:19 — published on @commandergaroo

@AntonHand:

Every day that passes where it looks like Facebook is growing in its dominance of VR relative to other options is one where my interest in VR as a medium diminishes.

# 2020/05/24 - 05:33 — original tweet by @AntonHand

I must have started this first game of Civilization VI around 10pm, I think. I have no idea what I’m doing but hey I haven’t lost yet and also it’s 5am please kill me now.

# 2020/05/24 - 05:26 — published on @commandergaroo

23 May

Also it’s like Rare’s dialogue writers were having a contest over how many times they can make me click “Next” without saying anything of the slightest substance and if you really wanted me to never speak to the NPCs again you could just as well not have included dialogue.

# 2020/05/23 - 21:51 — published on @commandergaroo

Sea of Thieves is by no means the worst offender (I wouldn’t play it if it had bad UX) but I hate how much online game design has come to rely on “We’ll explain how this bit works in a feature video” and “Someone will take the time to figure it out and write it up on the wiki.”

# 2020/05/23 - 21:46 — published on @commandergaroo

It’s funny and unexpected how much I enjoy Sea of Thieves in the same way and for the same reason I enjoy Snowrunner: I just want to be the pilot for any crew, in any game with somewhat realistic physics (i.e., intertia).

# 2020/05/23 - 01:16 — published on @commandergaroo

20 May

Imagine a CryEngine-based MMO where you control magical animals in the battle of Good vs. Evil 😍

Just kidding, imagine instead launching, in 2020, an MMO “set in the mid-1600s, where players colonize a fictional land modeled after British America.”

# 2020/05/20 - 01:20 — published on @commandergaroo

19 May

Got preeeeetty close to uninstalling on that fucking section 💀

# 2020/05/19 - 19:53 — published on @commandergaroo

@ff00aa:

In my fifteen-year quest for the perfect “Everything Bucket” software, Notion is the first and only app I’ve loved, and I’ll be inconsolable if (when?) it sells to Google only to be sunset a year later.

# 2020/05/19 - 19:16 — original tweet by @ff00aa

@ff00aa:

Notion has removed the block/page limit in its free plan [theverge.com] On the one hand I’m glad it’ll be easier to bully everyone I know into opening an account; on the other I just hope it’s not their Hail Mary.

# 2020/05/19 - 19:16 — original tweet by @ff00aa

It’s crazy that I remember downloading a demo of Ori and the Blind Forest back when it first came out and not enjoying it. That game alone is worth a few months of my Game Pass subscription.

# 2020/05/19 - 18:44 — published on @commandergaroo

18 May

No.

# 2020/05/18 - 22:32 — published on @garooscreens

Oh, no.

# 2020/05/18 - 22:31 — published on @garooscreens

Is Crackdown 3 actually good? Because so far it kinda feels actually good. I’m not saying I would have wanted to pay retail price for it, but as a bonus in the cheap-ass Xbox Game Pass on PC, it’s a pretty fun nostalgic trip.

woomp woomp woomp schwiiiing

# 2020/05/18 - 01:52 — published on @commandergaroo