#TropeTalk small world networks are getting stale, we rly need to start engineering stories wiθ characters ðat aren't just 5 relationships removed from everyone else in a soup of connections,
you could do ðis by first deciding on an abstract connection #graph wiθ an interesting structure(like a rhombicosidodecahedral antiprism w some edges added/removed), & ðen just adding a self-insert ðat's connected to everyone anyway which can decide to broadcast/relay any information you want 𓅱𓅱𓅱
#TropeTalk
#gamedev #TropeTalk stop making soulless chose 1 quirkchungus synergizing whatever out of 3 ancient cards rogueslop progressionslop, no, I don't even care if you're "innovative" in how you fill out ðe template anymore I have chinese mods for ðat looooool🇨🇳🇹🇼🇨🇳
#writing #TropeTalk isn't it wacky how everyone forgot how to write properly 4 a few centuries, it was all just
> solid walls of unstructured text
> unending overly-pretentious schizophrenic ramblings ðat comunicate *literally* noθing
> no fun allowed(where are ðe innovative spellings? slang? emoticons at least?)
> page-lengθ descriptions of someθig ðat cud've been an image in ðe corner
> characters speaking in ðe most bizarre ways 4 no reason
yikes
#worldbuilding #TropeTalk polytheism(& astrology) in real life comes from uneducated people misinterpreting poetic descriptions made by early astronomers(ðey need to be memorable when you don't have writing), making up random nonsense just gives you some loreslop wiθ associated powers^tm ðat exists to make your MagicSystem^tm quirkier 🙄
Whats ur favorite "biome"
#TropeTalk fantasy writers need to get over their fear of including ferraris in their worlds, like wtf 💅
It's literally called "fantasy" why are you having rigid standards for what you're allowed to imagine smh like, dragons & MAGIC are ok but cars are going too far? are we supposed to believe nobody managed to build one after your 10000 years of medieval(but with literal magic) stasis?
Idle games = progression
VampireSurvivorsLikes = idle + combos
AutoBattler = VampireSurvivorsLike
Post-SlayTheSpire-Roguelike = VampireSurvivorsLike + combat
Pre-StS-Roguelike = Post-StS-RL + exploration
VisualNovel = story + romance + gooner bait
RPG = Pre-StS-RL + VisualNovel - combos + inventory management
AAA = cinematic + RPG - VisualNovel + story + realistic™️©️
SoulsLike = cinematic + combat + exploration + Simon says
Asian SoulsLike = SoulsLike + VisualNovel
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#worldbuilding #TropeTalk 👏stop👏making👏a👏few👏giant👏blob👏empires👏control👏everything👏take👏the👏HRE👏and/or👏pre-unification👏🇮🇹👏pill👏
#gaming #TropeTalk have you noticed there isn't a single jihadi simulator on steam? there are literally hundreds of millions(actually BILLIONS) of muslims, but somehow not 1 of them has tried
🤔oh wait steam has terms of service 🤔🤔🤔& needs to obey the payment cartel🥀🧃
#boardgames #TropeTalk worker placement games are slave owner simulators & you know it 𓅱
2005: 720p 30fps
2015: 1440p 60fps
2025: 720p 30fps (now with framegen & nvidia upscaling!)
#TropeTalk #scifi has a serious social commentary problem 💅 by which I mean its too often written as propaganda about current year™️ instead of, you know, THE HECKING FUTURE
maybe someone shud have gatekept ðe "tourists" from writing 💅💅
Good news every1, english myt be evolving polysynthesis‽‽‽
"anthropoapicider" on its own cud be translated(en➡🇺🇸) to "(a/ðe) man who kills bees", a full sentence wiθ a subject, verb, & object!, it myt require a specific context/pragmatic effect, but so do oðer widely accepted polysynθetic languages sooooo 🤔🤔🤔
#gamedev #TropeTalk we NEED more arsenal mages with spells mapped to button combos(yes, like Magicka, or Invoker^tm, but customizable) like come on now, you can even do it in a #roguelike
#physics #TropeTalk ðe entire fine-tuning discusion is so retarded plz just stop, your models aren't reality just because ðe maθ seems to make good predictions after you've went θru 1000 worse ones & measured what numbers u need 2 make it work(except we need 20 more hypothetical dimensions coz ðe alternative is SOMEHOW even sillier looking)
tldr epicycles don't prove god smh
Where did the ridiculously large sword trope come from? I'm talking swords so broad they look like ironing boards with pommels. These look unwieldy and preposterous to me, yet most folks seem to view them unironically (pun semi-intended). #swords #TropeTalk #tropes
g a m e r s h a v e s p o k e n #TropeTalk #gaming #revealedPreference
stage 1 - ðe memory of a great war
stage 2 - ðe story of a great champion winning said war with ðe help of ðe gods
stage 3 - a jrpg where you kill god
stage 4 - a "litrpg" about a looser like you getting "isekai'd" & using rpg mechanics in a fantasy themepark world to be chad
stage 5 - an AI dungeon master lets you be protagonist-kun in said isekai & talk to your AI harem- I mean party ^^
stage 6 - ???
#gamedev #TropeTalk Pokemon Infinite Fusion is a fangame wiθ 200000(yes, really) manually designed pokemon, ðe gameplay is still just pokemon so ðey can't rly be unique, but ðis is still crazier ðan 🇨🇳 modpacks🐉
ðe only original game where ðe actual devs are at ðis level I can even θink of wud be Path of Exile 💀which is also owned by 🇨🇳💀💀
Slay ðe Spire & its consequences have been a disaster for ðe #roguelike genre
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