Я наконец-то решил прекратить писать «в стол» и сделать что-нибудь для всеобщего потребления.

Это будет коротенькая интерактивная история, сворганенная в Decker (благо, там сейчас джем проходит). Минут на 10\15 геймплея. Использую написанный как-то давным давно черновичок короткого рассказа для сюжета, а за картинками буду нырять в паблик домейн.

Надеюсь, справлюсь до конца месяца.

Это махонький и очень осторожный шажок, но тем не менее волнительный для меня и страшноватый.

Это не анонс или че-то на хайпе, а скорее что-то типа расписки, которая должна помочь мне довести дело до конца (иначе будет стыдно и вообще позорище, если брошу).

Вобщем, пожелайте мне удачи. :ageblobcat:

«I doubt my screenwriting teacher ever played The Banner Saga, but he would definitely like it. He always said that the best scripts don’t pity their heroes—the best drama happens when you put characters in horrible need and then make it even worse. The Banner Saga agrees with this wholeheartedly—initially grimdark setting gets darker with every new numerable next to the word Saga in the title. Get ready to feel the burdensome tiredness of keeping the last hope alive during the constant survival in harsh circumstances. It works, and it works marvelously».

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http://bezdarbor.com/2023/03/14/cleaning-the-backlog-the-banner-saga-trilogy/

Paradox presentation was ok and dandy—good games incoming (The Lamplighters League looks cool, Paradox Arc projects also nice), exciting add-ons for long-running franchises as expected (EU4 still gets DLCs), some imminent danger to the spare time in the works (Cities Skylines 2 and a new non-EA The Sims), etc.

But do we really need recycling of the same videogame presentation format of the last forever years? It's cringe as fuck. Even with cute European accents. Playing games is nice; playing Paradox games is even better, but come on, don't force this artificial excitement into our throats! It's not 2007; it won't earn you any extra bucks anymore.

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Considering that in the last twenty years or so, we're seeing more and more conscious political statements made throughout videogames medium, I wonder whether there are genres that inherently limit games to conform to a dominant ideology.
Let's take Comolli and Narboni's assumption regarding the cinema—that film is not just a material product of the system but also an ideological one. Therefore, it is also a political one. There is a whole classification of films based on how they depict reality—whether they completely conform to the dominant ideology, oppose it, or are nuancedly placed across this spectrum.
I suppose we may almost unproblematically adopt this classification to videogames without needing to tweak it. And while within most of the genres, I can find games that can be classified differently, some genres are somewhat homogenous.