My daughter has been wanting a PS5 for Hogwarts, so probably that eventually lol. Maybe Christmas next year before this launches?
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 12/07/2023 at 12:47am
This looks awesome, but I'm gonna wait for it to come to PC. I just got a new one last month. I don't have modern consoles and I'd want to replace my almost 2 decades old plasma TV if I were to get one.
In one of the funniest videos I've seen in a long time, YouTuber DougDoug created an AI to play through the game Pajama Sam. The original stream on Twitch was around 8 hours long, but it's been edited down here to *just* 2.5 hours lol.
I can't really put into words the insane hilarity that ensues, but here's a quality comment on the video:
AI Sam: Talks about crab secret, golden sword and Elgrim the Demon Lord, killing trees in a terrorist attack, putting communist carrots in a concentration camp and rambles about eldritch horrors in a British pirate accent while chugging an unhealthy amount of energy drinks and making creepy noises like he is possesed by a demon. Chat: "I can fix him"
This is a long time commitment, but it's so good! I'm contemplating finding the original 8 hour version and watching all of that LOL
Salim's Adventure is an 8-bit side scroller that took a few hours for me to get the hang of (some of the hit detection isn't perfect, so I kept running into some spikes lol). It's a fun Mario-type game where you can jump on enemies, avoid spikes, and at the end defeat a dragon ghost. If you're into side scrollers, I recommend checking it out :)
Alchemy is an ingredient combining game. To master "future space science," you need to combine ingredients to find new ingredients and keep combining them until you've mastered it all.
Arach Attack is a puzzle game, where you're attempting to find ways to kill all the spiders, and get your hero to the next level.
All three games require you to have Keplr browser extension wallet (I can help you set that up if you'd like https://www.keplr.app/), and a little bit of Juno (the cryptocurrency the games run on). I don't belive there are any crypto prizes left for playing these games, but they're still fun to experience for an afternoon. I can send you a little Juno to cover your fees, just let me know if you're interested!
In addition to these three Levana Protocol games, the game I'm looking forward to the most is Strange Clan. It's still a couple years out, but hopefully there's going to be a vertical slice demo at the end of this year, or possibly the beginning of next year. I own some of these character NFTs (each of the starting 10,000 characters are unique, but in the future there will be many more characters to buy to play, and they'll be much less expensive. The team is shooting for a price comparable to a WoW subscription), and I love the way the development team is progressing! They're also incredibly transparent, as we have calls 3 times a week on discord, and they update us on progress. Here's the latest promo video: https://twitter.com/thestrangeclan/status/1542925162332540928
CodeParade, the creator of the non-Euclidean geometry game Hyperbolica (I *highly* recommend checking out his videos on that game) is now experimenting with building a game in 4D.
This video is a fun breakdown on what a 4D game could look like and talks about some of the attempts at building 4D games already.
I love thinking about higher dimensions, so this was right up my alley. Hopefully you find it interesting too!
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 07/22/2022 at 07:08pm
Interesting and yet it feels over my head. It certainly puts "playing 4D chess" into perspective, I guess, LOL. I don't think the guy explained what the 4th dimension is. The quote I said previously is a joke, but IRL is the 4th dimension time? I'm just now Googling some stuff and it all still looks over my head. Math was always a weakness of mine and physics wasn't something I ever studied.
I'm definitely not an expert, but I think that even though time is referred to as the 4th dimension, it's not the same thing as a physical 4th dimension (like another up/down, left/right, forward/back space).
If you're interested, I highly recommend a book called Flatland that kinda helps with an analogy of what higher physical dimensions might be perceived by us :)
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 07/23/2022 at 02:38am
Sounds interesting! A Google search is showing up some helpful resources. I see videos of Carl Sagan.
At the end of this month, Samsung Smart TVs (from 2022, not older) will have the new XBox App, and players will be able to stream games without a console!
I love Samsung TVs, but mine is a bit older (2014). The next time I buy a new TV, I will definitely stick with Samsung, and just might get a Game Pass to start playing games again!
Gaming without a console is a game-changer (no pun intended 😆)
What say you? Would you be interested in going console-less with a Smart TV?
So most likely you will need an Xbox controller to make this work and you can try it on your phone now(touch or controller). They are currently offer Fortnite for free to stream on XBox Cloud.
Ive tried it, works well. But I have very fast internet.
Xbox or Playsation?
Game does look pretty awesome.
My daughter has been wanting a PS5 for Hogwarts, so probably that eventually lol. Maybe Christmas next year before this launches?
This looks awesome, but I'm gonna wait for it to come to PC. I just got a new one last month. I don't have modern consoles and I'd want to replace my almost 2 decades old plasma TV if I were to get one.
Hopefully it makes it to PC not long after consoles!
It’ll show up to PC like a year later.
This is a game I’ve been waiting so long for. I can barely believe it’s releasing