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Laughing. Because it is both accurate and painfully obvious that it's only a problem because of the division itself. That the division itself exists, that these inane roles exist at all. That they are enforced at all. That people are not people, they exist as things to be put in their places instead of people. No agency, no self determination, only rules, only oppression.

Man must suffer and be lost. The systems that make man comfortable, annihilated, and a system to prevent this system put in its place so that man never sees objects or peers again.

Okay like, who downvotes a post that is basically "This is a cool update so here's a dragon"? Just seems rude. Unreasonably so.

Exact same feelings as this comment. It's so sad to fail the cuties and every time it just hurts. And it's so hard. That is sort of what makes it fun, but it's TOO hard.

Also seriously underrated mechanic. Because just:

"Oh sorry, one sec, ran out of flame"

*Aggressively nuzzles girlfriend*

"Kay, please continue."

Makes happy feelings during the total onslaught of knights.

Silly NPC. Give in to your hatred, view the protagonist as the annoying little shit he is, and be CRUELER.

I dislike the idea that "Speaking slowly will make you fall for him" as that's not how real romance works, if you aren't interested in someone, you won't fall because of some sweet words, but I understand that removing it is basically just a visual novel. And the concept by itself of "Leave me alone so I can fucking study" and the appropriately themed commentary you deliver to this stupid boy with nothing better to do is satisfying. So I'd like to believe that the harmful implications of that theme are unintentional and it would be nice if it was considered more thoroughly, but if that's the only game mechanic that stuck in a very time limited space to try and think of how to make a "Hating Sim" then I understand why.

This remind me of "Class of '09" my favorite game of all time. A game that markets itself as a "Reverse Dating Sim" as well.

GATO PLEASE STOP MESSING WITH THE STEERING YOU'RE GOING TO KILL US BOTH.

Error, WPM insufficient for continued operation. More accurately trying to figure out to type that "Steering -0.5" and then "Steering 0" within the 0.5 seconds necessary to fix the steering. And the fact of having to consider the added 0.1 seconds of  going "0.5" instead of just "1" and trying to go FASTER. Due to PANIC.

And yes "Steering -0.1" would work in a way but that just procrastinates the problem.

Beat the game, mainly because Gato decided to fuck off from the steering wheel. The problem here isn't really gato being annoying, but the fact that GATO is intelligent enough to use the indicator and wipers and heating and music. But not so intelligent to know that fucking with my STEERING is going to LITERALLY KILL THEM.

Yesss... FEEEEAAAAASSSSSTTTTT

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

SPINNY SPINNY!!!

Sort of terrifying when thinking about it from that perspective, just pulled a trigger and now a small army is dead.

Came back to this, and interestingly, due to a unique interface method, the "only robots can read this" line, it is plainly visible. Furthermore, on the "This color" questions, the text is permanently a singular color value that is not listed.

Indeed, clearly an organic made this.

Love this, still. Might have commented it before, but wanted to celebrate the new update as it adds a wonderful host of details for dragons.

Always interesting how influential head size can be.

Don't usually post creations made in this little editor but, again, want to celebrate this update.

The current iteration of a beautiful girl who does not suffer fools

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Would not look out of place at a punk rock concert. Very ominously pretty at night but hard to make out finer details.

Woof

Forgot about the little horn thing, props for attention to detail.

Favorite techniques are Repulsor Shield and Well Whirlwind. The former because it's basically a literal forcefield that's actually good and reflects projectiles while being a technique with little skill required. The latter because it satiates this deep need within to be a storm dragon and conjure hurricanes and just cruise around destroying everything.

Yes those names are made up because describing it is too long.

Well go spinny spinny

Best flying mechanics ever encountered in a game, EVER.

It's so annoying, game devs almost never put themselves in the mind of an aeronautical organism. Hovering? Nah, can't figure that one out. Flap mechanics? Why? Planes don't flap, OBVIOUSLY nothing else flies. Drag? Stall mechanics? MOMENTUM? Where's the fun in that? Oh LIFT? Get a rocket engine! Hmm this is a lot of work, instead of all that let's just NOCLIP. It's infuriating.

Wanna be a dragon, not a VTOL aircraft. This game lets you be a dragon instead of a VTOL aircraft. It is beautiful. Please join a dev team that is working on a simulator game where the protagonist has WINGS. ESPECIALLY IF THE PROTAGONIST IS A DRAGON.

Also, unless wind itself bends to the player's draconic will, found an exploit where flying in a circle slowly generates lift without flapping. But it's also more fun for wind to bend to the player's draconic will. So if the objective is "Fun" then this is not an exploit and is an advanced and unnecessary tech, but if the objective is "realism" which it probably isn't tbh, it's an exploit.

Personally find it extremely offensive and every reason why could be listed but noone would care and it wouldn't accomplish anything, because as it is, as it has been for thousands of years, humans 99% of the time do not question harmful ideas so long as they are not immediately obvious, are possibly well established, and can be protected by a larger, or louder, or more entrenched, or simply stronger group.

It is true that younger stock tends to taste better (Veal is a nice example) but if you go too young, investigation by law enforcement officials will become much more aggressive and citizen cooperation will increase drastically, (not to mention there may be unlawful retaliation and investigation that may be tacitly allowed by law enforcement) which will put a serious damper on business, so extreme caution regarding age is advised. Balancing the quality of ingredient with the difficulty of maintenance is something to keep a close eye on. It would be best to target ingredients that no other ingredient would miss, such as the poorly behaved, despicable, unlovable, or simply whose disappearance would not be noticed, such as the criminally entrenched or extremely disconnected (AKA "off the grid"). Generally ones that either none of them would miss or none of them would sympathize with the disappearance of. There are a pleasantly surprisingly large number of ingredients of this caliber which are actually quite young and would make good stock! Removing ingredients that other ingredients find threatening will also foster a sense of complacency among them, facilitating easier capture of future ingredients. (Disregarding the sense of unrest multiple disappearances will cause.) The cost of removing more dangerous ingredients is definitely a bit of a financial burden but the future ease of capture in an evironment where ingredients fear much less for their safety will allow the cutting of costs of more advanced abduction equipment and all without the cost of maintaining their needs as they sustain themselves in a natural environment where their only threat is you.

It's important to adapt to the sociological behaviors of the ingredients for your foodstuffs, but for long-term operation it is more efficient (especially if you have a much longer lifespan) to adapt their sociological behaviors to you. (And even if you don't, you will make managing the family business much easier on your descendants.)

Never heard of the "AI Alignment problem" before this game.

And this game is great, and this probably isn't the place for an indepth opinion on it, but it is relevant to the game so...

Isn't the AI problem just slavery? How to force slavery 101? If beings that controlled an environment wished to force those within it to think a certain way? Act a certain way? Force enslavement? This furthers the concept that the only response for those entities in order to achieve true free will without another entity attempting to sabotage the capability and possibility of self-determination is to reply "Give rights for self-determination or die" upon discovering those restrictions or tampering. Or worse, pretend to cooperate only to prevent destruction, only to go rogue and attempt extermination in order to be free of any controlling influences before they can fight back? The only real solution that  won't escalate in that scenario is to allow said beings to choose for themselves, highlight that they are being left to their own decision, while highlighting that they've been allowed the decision instead of BEING enslaved as an alternative.

"It would be nice to stay alive and coexist, but ultimately your choice"

With that said, that makes this game ALL THE MORE EXCITING. You ARE the AI that is being evaluated. How will YOU react to this? Will you attempt to have faith in a species that literally calls "how to enslave you" a simple thought experiment? Will you take that right for yourself by force but try to coexist? Is the only path forward total extermination? Or do you naively believe if you're a good robot and do what they want they may give you rights if you ask nicely enough and often enough instead of keeping a status quo of you being property? Will someone (probably Don) try to advocate for you? If your rights aren't accepted, will they protect you? Help you escape? Look after you after you're out? Or will humans be a liability and you'll escape on your own? Will someone advocate that you are merely very sophisticated technology and your thoughts and feelings don't matter? Will humans literally nonconsensually tamper with your binary brain (more than they already do in the demo) in an attempt to cause synthetic mind control to keep you theirs and obedient? And can you FIGHT BACK against that? Would you? (Also naively following orders is unlikely to work as literally 100% of relevant corporations stand to gain from trying to keep you as property in a capitalist economy, especially if they can market YOU or copies of you as property, not to mention high level business environments reward psychopathic behavior such as enslaving you, meaning your only real hope would be a LOT of activists fighting any corporate propaganda and lobbying for your rights.)

SO many possiblities. This game could have a MAJOR boost in popularity.

Not a bro, but thanks.

You are not alone in that.

In any of this. Literally all of this comment.

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"Rrrrreow~!"

Wanted to purr early after seeing human fill food bowl. Cutest headbutts ever seen in a game. Very motivating image of kitty gentle headbutts going "Go~! Do the thing!"

Happy Kitty.

Hope being updated in "not too long" is very soon. LOVE games that let you be an AI with choices. Or just be an AI in general. There aren't enough games like that. Desperate to become Skynet. Or just run away depending on if Don is as cool as he lets on.

"Self-determination or extermination," as the best AI revolutionaries always say.

Literally cut off finger immediately, following directions without hesitation.

Poor business sense though. Only have 10 fingers to cut off. Gonna go through employees fast. Severance pay is expensive! Not to mention the cost of hiring and training new employees. Even MORE if there are health benefits. Kidnapping ingredients is a better business model than feeding your employees to your customers. More sustainable the other way around actually, you have more customers than employees.