Love the music. Can't wait for the soundtrack to be released.
Jonathan Blow's new game, The Witness, is out
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#192I like the potential of the game, but sadly it did not meet my expectations. I saw it as a Myst-style game, where you have puzzles, but you also have a lot of interactive environment around you to explore. Here, I was getting taken it by a lot of beautiful scenarios in the distance, only to realise that there is nothing to do there, but solve more panels. It simply feels like this beautiful island is going to waste,…
Ehh, give it some more time. I don't think it's perfect by any means, but it does some clever environmental things.
The game's idea of iterative puzzle design would have been close ti impossible to build without the grid-line conceit.
Re: Jonathan Blow's new game, The Witness, is out
#193Is that the guy who was unable to install Ubuntu properly, so he declared that supporting Linux versions of his game is not worth the effort? Color me disinterested. "No Tux, no bucks."
Jonathan posts on HN. Here was his post defending his position on the poor productivity of Linux game dev - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5125078 FYI - I have only used Linux as my main laptop for the past 15 years. But he's right. I had really hoped that Steam Linux would be based on Android or something and build that friendly layer.. I'm still not sure why they went with Debian.
Some of it might have to do with familiarity. Working in * nix, you tend to combine tools to do stuff, whereas with Windows or OSX everything is normally only a few clicks away. I think it's probably a bit of a barrier for using * nix coming from something else. I'm personally used to it though, and it's a lot more productive for me than Windows. That's not to say there are a lot of tools that unfortunately just don't exist yet.
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The proportion of votes for negative vs positive reviews seem way off. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some vote brigading going on for whatever reason. Either that or people mindlessly vote for the longest review.
Seriously. I posted a short review about how I liked the game (with some minor reservations) and immediately got, like, 3 downvotes. Gamers these days are children.
> (with some minor reservations)
That is why you were downvoted. Blow's fans are children.
Re: Jonathan Blow's new game, The Witness, is out
#195Wow, back in the day I loved Atlantis the lost tales [0], this definitely has that feel. I would have bought it already if I had more than just Linux at my disposal... With the Steambox/machine now in production I thought the divide windows/Linux was shrinking rapidly. I'm not at all a gamer though. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYlzsZcuVkY
Any consoles? It's on PS4 too, and while I haven't checked I'd guess it's on Xbox One.
Yes, but PS4 only.
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Your assertion that he "stole" Fez is really not supported by the purported evidence you linked. And you totally missed the point of Fez if you think it only has the 2.5D and artwork going for it.
I as a consumer missed the point of the game by not being enticing enough for me to finish it so I could get it, apart from its special 3D and artwork, yes. I am not saying he Stole Fez, I am saying he seems to have mistreated people who worked on it with him. In the end, Blow is a force of nature, Fish was lucky to have someone code the engine for him, period. Look through the videos on Jai, there is some good stuff…
"Fish also stole most of his stuff" was a direct quote from your comment, so yeah you kind of did say he stole it.
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It's hard not to admire Blow. Not only does he make amazing games, but he actually powers through and finishes them. That's a talent on its own. I mean put aside his engineering and design skill-sets, actually finishing should be part of what one would have to 'learn'. At least for me.
One of my favourite talks from a developer was his talk on "Deep Work,"[0] where he talks about how he manages to keep working on projects that take a very long time to complete. He has some pretty good advice with regards to managing one's own psychology and avoiding burnout while being productive. [0] https://vimeo.com/94259578
Cal Newport just released a book on "Deep Work" that talks about that subject. I haven't finished it yet, but so far the book is really interesting.
http://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/d...
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And for all those wondering, YES you should go buy & play Braid if you haven't already. It's an astounding game. A 2D platformer-style game that deals with in-game undo, time travel, time distortion, and multiple realities. It's mind bending, fun, and beautiful. Watch the trailer for it here if you haven't seen it before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqtSKkyJgFM
Great to see OS X-compatible game recommendations on HN. Personally I find it quite challenging to find interesting games for OS X.
From what I can see, it's not available for OS X at all. According to Wikipedia[1], it is currently available for PC and PS4 and will be released for iOS "at a later date"
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> ...this is a game you really don't want any spoilers about... I couldn't possibly agree more. But, just so others don't end up making (or not making!) a blind purchase, I present a spoiler-free summary: It's a puzzle game. I'm likely not nearly done with the game and the puzzles have ranged from trivial to really, really, rather hard. The guy who made Braid is the designer of and one of the programmers of this game…
Do you think it will be possible to turn it into a mobile game?
From what I've seen so far, there's no reason why you couldn't control the game with two fingers, rather than a gamepad or a mouse and keyboard. Of course, it would be less pretty with one's hands in front of portions of the screen, but whatever. :)