Thumbs up to @caseynewton for moving #Platformer to #Ghost because of #Substack's open-arms handling of fascist content. He did a good write-up on how they/we got there.
I think it's a big step, logistically, if your newsletter has paying customers, and your livelihood depends on that. You can't just up and leave on a whim. I think a lot of writers try to sit it out, so kudos to Casey for seeing this through.
Just finished my 💯% playthrough of #Rayman Origins on #PS3. Damn, this game is great. Artstyle, gameplay, music and humor is awesome. Would call it a hidden gem because from my perspective it competes with the #Mario#platformer games.
Give it a try, at least casual. You can also play it on #Steam, Wii, Xbox 360, PS Vita and #Nintendo 3DS .
In the video you can see the fight against the additional boss unlocked when collected all 10 skull teeth. Boss art in this game is magnificent.
A 2D platform game with a persistent world. When Edgar's father fails to return home after venturing out one dark and stormy night, Edgar fears the worst: he has been captured by the evil sorcerer who lives in a fortress beyond the forbidden swamp....
In-between playing Persona 5, I've been giving Kaze & The Wild Masks a go. Reviews said it's similar to the Donkey Kong Country series and they weren't wrong! It handles really well, has a gorgeous art style, and some lovely music to go with it.
If you've been wanting to play another DKC platformer, then definitely give this one a shot. It's 75% off on Steam right now, and you can buy it physically too (like I have on Switch). #ShareYourGames#Nintendo#NintendoSwitch#Platformer
Dear @caseynewton, I've enjoyed #Platformer in 2023, thanks! Now, since #Substack has stated that they are comfortable with supporting fascist content creators, do you and Platformer have any plans to move on from there?
I've been obsessed! I put together a little holiday xmas custom playlist for stream tomorrow around 7:30PM (Tuesday) to celebrate the season on #livestream
I get my bake mixer Thursday so here's to making some more delicious food too!
I'm not one for "New Year's resolutions", but I am one for overly ambitious projects.
For 2023, Project365 is "One New Game Per Day".
Given that I have 634 unplayed games in my Steam account and {mumble} unredeemed bundle Steam keys, there's a reason my unplayed collection is tagged "Pile of Shame".
I'll pin this to my profile, and give a brief summary here each day (or x, if I miss x days due to work or stuff).
I'll play 15-30 minutes of (at least) one new game I've never played before (or played less than 15 minutes of). I'll give every game at least 15 minutes, even if I hate every minute of it.
I'm also open to suggestions; if you reply to this thread with a game, I'll schedule it, or tell you what I thought of it.
One of the things that's come up is that I have a bunch of games that I've played once, and not touched again.
December 22, 2023 - Day 355 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 378
Game: Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Platform: Steam
Release Date: Aug 15, 2018
Installation Date: Dec 22, 2023
Unplayed: 0d
Playtime: 49m
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a 2D pixel-art soulsvania.
It's a updated version of the original Death's Gambit, where the dev team took the feedback they received about the original game, and reworked the game, while increasing the size of the game.
For reasons that I can't quite explain, particularly after playing so many soulsvanias this year, this somehow managed to hook me and keep me playing for 3/4 of an hour.
December 26, 2023 - Day 359 - NewPlay Bonus Review
Total NewPlays: 384
Game: The King's Bird
Platform: Steam
Release Date: Aug 24, 2018
Installation Date: Dec 26, 2023
Unplayed: 0d
Playtime: 21m
The King's Bird is a 2D platformer that utilises a "momentum-based flying mechanic".
You play as a young girl, who explains in the introduction level how she's always dreamed she could fly, and has always been caged.
From there she goes on to gain the gift of flight (in a sense), and you're off to explore. Her gift of flight is less "flight" and more "momentum activated short-term gliding".
The controls are simultaneously simple and frustrating. Movement instructions are presented as pictograms, and even when following them exactly, results can vary.
When everything comes together, movement feels glorious; however, it's not entirely clear on what makes everything come together.
The game's atmosphere is gorgeous, all silhouettes and varying monochromatic colours, and the score is beautiful.
If only movement wasn't so inconsistently frustrating; at this point in the game, The King's Bird is:
December 28, 2023 - Day 362 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 391
Game: Lightmatter
Platform: Steam
Release Date: Jan 16, 2020
Installation Date: Dec 28, 2023
Unplayed: 0d
Playtime: 2h12m
Lightmatter is a first-person puzzle platformer, and answers the question "What would you get if you mashed up Portal and one of the best two-part Steven Moffat episodes of Doctor Who, Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead?"
Featuring a Cave Johnson-like voiceover, "Virgil", the CEO of Lightmatter is going to guide you out of his facility after a small technical issue occurred during the demonstration of his Lightmatter renewable energy source.
The small technical issue being that there were some big explosions, and touching a shadow will kill you (a la Moffat's "Vashta Nerada" from the aforementioned Doctor Who episodes).
The game wears its influences on its sleeve too, with Virgil making mention of Aperture Science and taking multiple digs at Cave Johnson.
Fortunately the game is different enough from Portal that it doesn't feel like a retread, and immediately dragged me in for an enjoyable couple of hours.
I'll go back to finish Lightmatter next time I'm deep in a puzzle mood because it's:
Tux (luckeyproductions.itch.io)
Tux! now has screen space ambient occlusion as a setting....
Edgar 1.37 (github.com)
A 2D platform game with a persistent world. When Edgar's father fails to return home after venturing out one dark and stormy night, Edgar fears the worst: he has been captured by the evil sorcerer who lives in a fortress beyond the forbidden swamp....