Elendow
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Lounge Companion
Almost as if in tone with this, I just wrote a good 4 paragraphs breaking down the math and average player rate from my bed until I accidentally cntrl a'd and backspaced it all by accident.
People are often too quick to disparage works that are 'annoying on purpose' like this for being shallow and teaching you something you supposedly already know. Yet I never see those know it alls actually bring these 'obvious truths' up when critiqueing other games, especially idlers or roguelites. In particular when rng threshold to win/wait mechanics are introduced. This depicts a more honest and upfront depiction of the gambling machine, it shows the humoring warmth and ambience while letting you actually fully internalize the futility of certain probablity thresholds in real time. The only thing here I think is subpar is the sarcastic commentary that appears under the button which is on the whole memetic and lacking. Even there, Elendow reminds you you are playing and they made the game along with reminding you you can take a break. There's a strong emphasis on trying to not make the player get sucked into the repetitive task at expense of their wellness while still maintaining a strong educational point. I prefer this immensely over the more sneering games of torment like Valefish's Crypt or that Baby ending in Stanley Parable, I think a lot of people don't realize how poorly thought through for player wellness these games tend to be. Instead putting addictive or stubborn play onto the player as a 'personal responsibility' rather than seeing a game designer as a serious preventative occupation. I will sound bitter here, but that's why I stopped bothering trying to write so effortfully on here all the time, whats the point if people think probability thresholds talk is 'histrionic'. It's rarely internalized, so at some point you just gotta put on the shades go out for a drive and stop trying. Props to this guy for making a point through a game structure instead.
Almost as if in tone with this, I just wrote a good 4 paragraphs breaking down the math and average player rate from my bed until I accidentally cntrl a'd and backspaced it all by accident.
People are often too quick to disparage works that are 'annoying on purpose' like this for being shallow and teaching you something you supposedly already know. Yet I never see those know it alls actually bring these 'obvious truths' up when critiqueing other games, especially idlers or roguelites. In particular when rng threshold to win/wait mechanics are introduced. This depicts a more honest and upfront depiction of the gambling machine, it shows the humoring warmth and ambience while letting you actually fully internalize the futility of certain probablity thresholds in real time. The only thing here I think is subpar is the sarcastic commentary that appears under the button which is on the whole memetic and lacking. Even there, Elendow reminds you you are playing and they made the game along with reminding you you can take a break. There's a strong emphasis on trying to not make the player get sucked into the repetitive task at expense of their wellness while still maintaining a strong educational point. I prefer this immensely over the more sneering games of torment like Valefish's Crypt or that Baby ending in Stanley Parable, I think a lot of people don't realize how poorly thought through for player wellness these games tend to be. Instead putting addictive or stubborn play onto the player as a 'personal responsibility' rather than seeing a game designer as a serious preventative occupation. I will sound bitter here, but that's why I stopped bothering trying to write so effortfully on here all the time, whats the point if people think probability thresholds talk is 'histrionic'. It's rarely internalized, so at some point you just gotta put on the shades go out for a drive and stop trying. Props to this guy for making a point through a game structure instead.