Why I'm Spamming Old Unreleased Content

I'm sure you'll notice the growing log of crappy, unfinished content that I have shoved onto the site as of...well, today. I came to this realization a few weeks ago, but relating to my unfinished games moreso than documents, and that was how many things I create yet never show to the world. Bad or not, I shouldn't leave content dormant and hidden when it could spark a better idea in someone else. This influx is partially to get some ideas out of my head, but it's also to hopefully help someone else bring about their own. So, I hope you enjoy these posts. Seeya :)

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unity beats me but i call it dad anyway

Here we are, the end of Unity Hell. The conclusion to my co-op infused saga of desperation. The water for my weeklong thirst. I don't wish to preamble any longer. Let me speak of my woes, and my triumphs. The Damned UI The user interface for this game, paired with the input changes made for the parkour and combat, gives me a migraine. Especially when coming out of every previous game with a relatively unchanged set of inputs to get me through, only for this new game to bloat my UI with co-op RPG shenanigans and throw my muscle memory out the window. Even after learning the inputs, the interface continues to bug me - why does everything look so sanitized to me? AC1-Rogue all had this techno interface as part of the Animus and present day hook, but the Unity UI seems somehow more detached than ever. The pause menu is cluttered to the nines, holding more random shit that I have never touched than things I actively need to use. I interact with three things on that list: the progress tr...

How I Would Follow Up "Tyranny"

Tyranny , the 2016 dark fantasy CRPG from Obsidian Entertainment , never received a sequel. Not all games warrant a follow-up, as we're starting to see in this modern landscape of under-performing franchise players, but some titles simply don't feel complete without one. Tyranny is one of those games. Short enough to not overstay it's welcome, long enough for your choices to be impactful and varied, but lacking any large-scale resolution for the pieces laid out in it's final hours. And at this point in time, nearly a decade after release, there is zero indication that Obsidian has any intention of revisiting the universe. As a fun thought experiment, I want to discuss some short ideas for how I would follow this game up in 2025. Part One: An Archon of Our Own The idea is pretty cut and dry: Overlord Kyros is gone, and the Empire is fracturing into warring states ruled by the Archons . The main character's actions in the first game proved to the world that Kyros is ...

My Regrets with Abandoning Games

It started when I couldn't finish Fallout: London, despite loving it. Then my exploration of Enderal was cut short after reaching Ark, when I didn't want to go back out into the world that wanted to kill me. I purchased Syndicate and never finished it; I then bought a ton of great games on GOG and Steam during sales, playing introductory bits of all of them just to get an idea of where I stood with them... and I barely felt a spark beyond that initial intrigue. I wasn't quite sure if it was a problem with my tastes, or my health, or my time. But then I played Tyranny for the first time, having never played Pillars of Eternity, and I powered through 25 hours of gameplay without skipping a beat. Tyranny managed to grab my attention quickly, and maintain it throughout a relatively short (but deep) gameplay experience. I don't have any plans for an actual review of it, but it kept me going for a while and I appreciate it for not wasting my time. The sheer excitement and fun...

Kanah Belflower

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