Exactly as advertised! Possibly not quite enough to get past my fear of plate tectonics, but makes me feel "why didn't I just do that" enough that it might just be.
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I forgot that ratings go straight to the dev and can't be seen by others. For the purpose of other people being able to see what I said (paraphrased, tho still rambly): Rated five stars!
Simple, to the point, and works really well for any Jenga-using game, not just Dread! I'm thinking specifically of The Wretched / The Wretched & Alone particularly, which was the first encounter I had with needing "tower" *cough* blocks -- I've been looking for a tool ever since so I wouldn't have to hunt down a set of blocks (or annoy half the household knocking them over by myself repeatedly) ;D
I will say it's a totally different SKILLSET from tower blocks. So people y'know, hypothetically, no one I know, who are really good at Jenga block towers bc they can figure out strategically which blocks are weight-bearing and slowly, carefully remove the others without bumping anything necessary will not (necessarily) be as good at this game, because it relies on very fast reflexes.
(In the context of Wretched and Alone games -- haven't played Dread -- being fast CAN transfer over to the situation, but since you're usually doing a block tower to see if you survive some kind of epic death threat, the strategy of block towers is a good analogy and it would be cool to have an OPTION of what amounts to strategic stealth over fast reflexive action.
Buttt that said, that combination of identification and precision is hard to replicate in a simple game! Ultimately I'm happy to have ANYTHING with a mechanism as to how to count block falls and will definitely link this on my solo game journal etc. ...Even if I end up dead slightly more often.
This is awesome! Do you think -- and this isn't necessarily a request of you, as much as something I'm willing to work on on my own, but you have two mods that address opposite parts of this feature -- it'd be possible to make a mod that makes certain jobs more prevalent in certain areas?
I know that I (or whoever) would have to do a LOT of restructuring to make that a played feature, since unlike the previous games, you can pretty much join whatever career you want -- it's not like there are only so many jobs to have (although I think there ARE mods out there that do that). But could NPCs that spawn in certain areas be more likely to have certain professions? I'm imagining like -- San Sequoia having more programmers and hackers, Sulani having more retail/food (it's a tourist area) and conservationists, etc.
[Edit: if this is a thing you think can be done, just don't want to do yourself, any tips on where to dig in are welcome!]
Welp, I'm tearing up just reading the guide, which means it's doing its job.
I know this will be hard for me to pitch to anyone who would take it as seriously as I would want to but I think that, with the right partner, this could be a really good, solemn contemplation of the way it is we live. Honestly I think just the written instructions and introduction could and should be read by -- everyone, maybe around high school age, even if they don't go so far as to play out the game. Which I think I saw someone else say (rightfully) about Together We Build Private Cathedrals, and is often true about your (/Roswell's/who am I talking to it's always weird to write comments that are addressed to everyone) work.
I absolutely love the Battleship mechanics as a way of picking questions.
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oh, it's a glacier that left millions of years ago! no mountains, just a very Great Lake (in this case, Michigan, but I was born next to Erie and my grandmother lived just north on the shores of Ontario...so apparently this is my destiny in some weird way). but i will whisper a hello to what's left of it and maybe the mountains will hear. i miss them too! <3
I love this - the encouragement to get a little more personal is ALWAYS both necessary and beneficial in my personal opinion (I know it's not shared by all, but I would much rather too much story/character development and not enough combat than the reverse), and I also appreciated the exhortion to address some of the societal issues that are already being put in front of us with Blades but are maybe not being given their proper due by the design.
You can tell someone loves a game when they critique it by writing a supplement! The vignettes are great and super helpful and the point of view is absolutely in line with things I'd want to address in play.
Forgot that ratings don't show up as comments and I wanted my praise to be on the front page:
Beautiful poem, that through both its words and its formatting does a phenomenal job bringing one into the experience and frustration and longing of a writer with dyslexia. As someone who's not dyslexic but DOES have aphasia that has worsened with age (and/or maybe just stress), I found myself not just empathizing but really thinking about my own struggles with words and my struggle to hold-on-tight.
(SPOILER WARNING HERE, WHICH I THINK DOES APPLY HERE)
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I wanted to add something about the form. As I and most others have noted the form itself gets the point across perfectly, but it's not just the shape or readability of the letters. At first, I was fascinated that it was written as "hypertext" literature, since it's a very simple, kind of "traditional" form (are we old enough to call things old in digital non-linear literature?), and therefore most people choose something cooler looking these days. But the simple typeface (like a console) and the links are a clear invitation for you to not just click forward but very literally engage with the text -- and once again that specific choice really hammers home the awareness of every word.
I feel like students will be writing essays about this poem, or could. It's amazing.