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Development Update: Fishing and new UI

A recent Stardew Valley development video has dropped and shows off the new fishing mechanics. With each update the UI, graphics and mechanics seems to really improve drastically and in this video it really shows.

They say the game will launch in 2013 and when a more formal date is announced, you will be the first to know.

http://stardewvalley.net/dev-update-10/

The Sim Game I've Been Waiting For

SimCity 4 was released 2003 and I picked it up a few years ago in a discount bin with every expansion and a few other Sim games tossed in. How could you go wrong? Possibly no DRM(its on the discount bin), all the expansions AND it's a SimCity game. I mean, even if it sucks a bit it won't suck that much because again, SimCity. Well... about that. SimCity 4 wasn't fun. It had the epic scale I wanted as you could build huge cities and spend time managing things, but it just wasn't fun.

my history with sim games

Some of the most magical moments of gaming have been related to Sim games. Making a planet and populating with creatures that evolved in SimEarth was incredible. I... Read All

JaBo wrote on 10/12/2013 at 05:23pm

That's a great review. I really enjoy this game and it has the challenges you'd expect from a Sim game. Managing the day to day as well as the grand scheme. I'm going to restart again. Each time I start my prison I play until I hit a road block in my design that is not easily fixed. My current game is overrun with angry rioting prisoners and more are arriving in a couple hours! I haven't figured out how to stop prisoners from constantly coming each day, I think if I say my prison isn't open to prisoners...but does that get rid of my current ones? 8 new prisoners a day is hard to deal with!

It's funny to catch prisoners with weapons or tools before they get to actually use them. The guards kind of start out dumb though lol... they all gathered up in the yard...I'm like, oh hey, good idea, cuz there's 0 prisoners in there right now lol.

But, gonna eat breakfast and then play some more!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/12/2013 at 06:54pm

You can stop accepting prisoners and you keep your current ones. I turn off new prisoners until I can handle more but now I need to accept them because I have so many and release so many per-day. I need to do a lets play of my main game, its pretty good and I figured out how to make some good money with it.

I've dealt with the rioting prisoners and I believe I know why they do that, so ill put that in the Let's Play and post. At least, I think I know part of the reason they riot :D

JaBo wrote on 10/12/2013 at 11:16pm

Ya, I just realized I can hit closed and it just means closed for NEW prisoners. Also, I started with low-risk inmates this time. I wish my guards would stay in the cell area, so many people just dug tunnels and I had "fog of war" in there!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/13/2013 at 10:15pm

So far, I haven't noticed a difference between low and medium inmates, so I just do medium inmates.

Well there is one difference, low inmates are released sooner which is a bit of an annoyance because they leave quickly and you need to get new prisoners quicker than you would otherwise.

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Differences Between The Famicom and NES

YouTuber Resonance recently compared the NES with the Famicom side by side and the difference in terms of audio is seriously compelling. Like him, I had no idea the Famicom shipped with superior audio quality. He compares Castlevania, Zelda & Metroid. The NES sounds a bit more muted and does less with the score. I would say each song sounds better on the Famicom to my ears but the changes in the original Zelda are very interesting and something I am not used to hearing.

If you want to skip the side by side scrub ahead to 1.15m.

Travis Admin wrote on 09/05/2013 at 02:03am

That was a little shocking. Though I did think Castlevania sounded wrong. When it started up first on the NES version, it didn't sound at all like I remembered it. I might have to dig that up.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/05/2013 at 02:57am

Good idea, might be a case of an emulator translating the sounds wrong or our ears failing us in our elderly age.

Travis Admin wrote on 09/05/2013 at 03:05am

WHAT?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/05/2013 at 03:15am

Well, an emulator may not get it perfect.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/05/2013 at 03:16am

:D

Travis Admin wrote on 09/05/2013 at 03:18am

WHAT?

Travis Admin wrote on 09/05/2013 at 03:18am

(Sorry, the dumbest joke ever)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/05/2013 at 03:40am

Fear not, it worked well enough :D

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Capcom Drops Free Documentary: I Am Street Fighter

Capcom dropped its Street Fighter 25th Anniversary documentary on YouTube. Previously it was available only to the purchasers of the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary collectors edition. The documentary covers the franchises history as well as some of its more rabid fans and collectors. The doc also highlights the different versions of the game, which is pretty incredible as there are now, so many.

Check it out and toss your thoughts in the comments!

http://www.amazon.com/Street-Fighter-Anniversary-Collectors-Playstation-3/dp/B0085O6XF4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter

Crypt of the NecroDancer: Dance to Death!

One game at PAX that drew some large crowds was Crypt of the NecroDancer. They had the game setup on a large monitor with a Dance Dance Revolution pad and people lined up to dance in this unique dungeon crawler.

The beat drops later this year as a Steam Early Access for PC and MAC and features the music by the amazing Danny Baranowsky(Meat Boy, Binding of Isaac, Canabalt).

If you are looking for a bit more of an explanation of how the game works, Northern Lion posted an early alpha build demonstration that shows it off well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dikSjbCRrPA

Interview with Garry Newman of Garry's Mod & Rust

In the PC community Garry's Mod is a well known sandbox game built off the Half-life 2 engine that allows you to do... mostly anything you can think of. The game is still very popular and much awesome strangeness encircles its community. Facepunch Studios, the company behind Garry's Mod has a new game in development called Rust, an open world survival game. Interested in this I hit up Garry Newman to talk to him a bit about Garry's Mod and Rust.

I want to thank him and @Travis for taking part in the interview and I wish Facepunch Godspeed to Rust 1.0!

jdodson: Garry’s Mod was released in 2004 and came to Steam in 2006. Most people don’t work on a project for 9 years,... Read All

Starbound Demonstration at Insomnia Fest i49

Just watched a few minutes of the Starbound game demonstration at i49 and I had to drop it on the site. Molly and Bart show off the game starting with Character Creation, Multiplayer and questing.

The game looks VERY pretty and polished for a pre-beta. The art and music work well together to build the world. The basic exploration elements look great. You seem to start with a nice assortment of items in the matter manipulator, flashlight, basic weapons & torches.

Check it out and sound off with your thoughts in the comments.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 09/03/2013 at 04:14pm

Is this the same company that made Terraria?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/03/2013 at 04:22pm

No, but one of the artists did.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 09/04/2013 at 02:01am

It's interesting that at the beginning they said they were influenced by other "blocked-based" genre games like "Minecraft and such," but don't mention Terraria, which people will assume Starbound is the sequel to.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/04/2013 at 03:53am

Right, well I think there might be some kind of "odd relationship" between Terraria and Starbound so it makes sense that they don't list it. :D

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/04/2013 at 09:27pm

From a recent article in PC Gamer.

http://i.imgur.com/XMUja5Z.jpg

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 09/05/2013 at 05:01pm

Huh, well we shall see! I wouldn't mind "Terraria in space" though.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/05/2013 at 05:10pm

I don't think you are far off truth be told and yeah, I would too :D

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New Mew-Genics Teaser: We Still Know Little

The new Mew-Genics teaser dropped on YouTube and is both fun and disturbing. So apparently in Mew-Genics you rub cats together to get another cat, WHO KNEW? Can't wait for more information on Team Meat's next game to surface but it seems still very deep in development right now.

Never knew I wanted to breed cats so badly.

New shower curtain

We got a new shower curtain to replace the periodic table one that was getting a little nasty.

MINOR PORTAL 2 SPOILERS:

If you've played Portal 2, you may remember that Aperture got their start making shower curtains, and accidentally discovered the portal technology when trying to design a more efficient shower curtain.

This one, unfortunately, does not have portal technology.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/02/2013 at 03:55am

Thats awesome. Where did you snag this?

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 09/02/2013 at 04:53am

Amazon. I have no idea what I'd do without Amazon sometimes.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/02/2013 at 05:02am

Go to the store? :D

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 09/02/2013 at 05:05am

Well for some things, yes of course. I doubt I'd find stuff like this at Wal-Mart though. :)

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/05/2013 at 03:17am

Still think "New shower curtain" takes the cake for awesome post titles.

beansmyname Supporter wrote on 09/12/2013 at 10:43pm

That is GREAT!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 01/27/2014 at 05:57am

My first thought was "That's a lot of mouthwash." Then I facepalmed when I realized it was a mirror :)

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/27/2014 at 05:31pm

Haha, it's still a lot of mouthwash. Three bottles. One was almost empty so we had a replacement, but my wife and I prefer different kinds.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/27/2014 at 05:32pm

Actually it looks like you can only see two in the pic. The mirror was playing tricks on me.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/27/2014 at 06:29pm

Thanks for reminding me guys, I need to buy some of that.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 01/27/2014 at 06:30pm

I know man, we hung out Saturday.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/27/2014 at 06:45pm

/ZING!

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PAX Day 2: Hearts, Talks, Fortresses and Roads

My final day at PAX was Saturday and it was great. I decided to hit up a few talks and went back to the Indie Mega Booth to checkout other games I had missed on Friday.

talks

I went to a few talks this year. One called "Now that we Know Everything is Sexist, Now What" and a Q&A with the founders of Super Giant Games. Both panels were interesting for different reasons. I appreciate the Sexism talk but it depressed me a little. The Supergiant Q&A was good but I wanted a bit more time with them and the questions didn't seem to resonate with me. Super Giant Games is a great company and they have a very dedicated fan base so it was fun to hear the fans ask questions.... Read All