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Every time I look at this I'm absolutely baffled by the quality of little games, although many being clones. I just wasted 30' in 1 click. Something I can't sa

by keyle 5y ago

Every time I look at this I'm absolutely baffled by the quality of little games, although many being clones. I just wasted 30' in 1 click. Something I can't say about my steam library. I think it has to do with the instant-ON aspect of the games. <click> -> start, immersed. As opposed to many screens, "oh that needs an update"...

brundolf 5y ago
I've heard TikTok described similarly compared with YouTube. Makes me wonder if there's room for a "TikTok for games"
- larsiusprime 5y ago
  You mean HypeHype? https://hypehype.com/ https://hypehype.com/ (I'm not affiliated)
  - bottled_poe 5y ago
    This website shows me basically nothing.
    - prirai 5y ago
      They had an early access iirc which I joined.
- zemo 5y ago
  https://castle.xyz/ https://castle.xyz/ is sorta that concept, but could also be described as "hypercard meets instagram"
- KVFinn 5y ago
  >I've heard TikTok described similarly compared with YouTube. Makes me wonder if there's room for a "TikTok for games" IMO it's the remixing that makes TikTok work. The equivalent would be every game is open sourced and remixable in easy ways. Like the way you can take one TikTok's video audio and recontextualize the meaning with your own video. Or an audio track can become the format that everyone follows by using the audio.
  - japhib 5y ago
    Pico8 has remixing too. You can view the code for any cart, and then download it, change the code/art/sounds a bit, and reupload it. There’s a super active Celeste Classic modding scene in pico8 for this reason.
- bodge5000 5y ago
  I absolutely think there's room for it, but I have doubts about how feasible it is. With tools like bitsy its possible to create an interesting game really fast, but nowhere near as fast as a tiktok video, and the "time to variety of things you can do" ratio for video is far better than it is for software. Maybe it is possible though, would love to see the day if so
- tapoxi 5y ago
  Dreams on the PS4 is a little like this. Every game loads instantly, and every asset is remixable into other games and offshoots.
- angrycoder 5y ago
  It was called newgrounds.
AussieWog93 5y ago
>I think it has to do with the instant-ON aspect of the games. <click> -> start, immersed. As opposed to many screens, "oh that needs an update"... I found exactly the same thing. I really got into the Sega Mega Drive over the past year and a bit, despite having a PS4 and modern PC. It's not because the games from 30 years ago are necessarily better, but when you only play games for 2-3 hours every few weeks, a 50GB install followed by a 20GB patch really kills the experience.
- Dylan16807 5y ago
  If you're purchasing a game right before playing it, a 50GB install and a 20GB patch is probably easier than getting your hands on a mega drive game. If you're buying the game ahead of time or already own it, then shouldn't auto-updates take care of things so you can jump right in?
  - TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
    Only if you leave the device turned on soon the time and steam running, too.
  - AussieWog93 5y ago
    >If you're purchasing a game right before playing it, a 50GB install and a 20GB patch is probably easier than getting your hands on a mega drive game. To be fair, one half of my house is a literal online retro games store, so perhaps my experience circa 2020 is not the norm. But also to be fair, back in the day you could simply walk down to the nearby shops, buy the cartridge and play it as soon as you got home. I'm not necessarily making an argument as to why everyone should own a Mega Drive in 2021 (although if you enjoy collecting physical media, there are some fantastic hidden gems on that machine - my personal favourites are Rocket Knight Adventures, Alisia Dragoon and Shadow Dancer!), but modern console gaming has become a lot less streamlined than it used to be. With the PS5 and Xbox Series X emphasising their ultra-fast SSDs, I can only see this becoming worse.
  - HelloNurse 5y ago
    When I launch a "modern" game, the auto-updater "jumps right in" and plays with my system. Sometimes it loses, like in the reported cases of Steam wiping whole disks. Then, sooner or later, if everything goes well, I might have an opportunity to play the intended game instead of "Storage Space Manager 2021 SSD Edition", "Backup Busters", or more hardcore multiplayer titles like "Server Overload".

by keyle 5y ago

brundolf 5y ago

I've heard TikTok described similarly compared with YouTube. Makes me wonder if there's room for a "TikTok for games"

larsiusprime 5y ago
You mean HypeHype? https://hypehype.com/ https://hypehype.com/ (I'm not affiliated)
- bottled_poe 5y ago
  This website shows me basically nothing.
  - prirai 5y ago
    They had an early access iirc which I joined.
zemo 5y ago
https://castle.xyz/ https://castle.xyz/ is sorta that concept, but could also be described as "hypercard meets instagram"
KVFinn 5y ago
>I've heard TikTok described similarly compared with YouTube. Makes me wonder if there's room for a "TikTok for games" IMO it's the remixing that makes TikTok work. The equivalent would be every game is open sourced and remixable in easy ways. Like the way you can take one TikTok's video audio and recontextualize the meaning with your own video. Or an audio track can become the format that everyone follows by using the audio.
- japhib 5y ago
  Pico8 has remixing too. You can view the code for any cart, and then download it, change the code/art/sounds a bit, and reupload it. There’s a super active Celeste Classic modding scene in pico8 for this reason.
bodge5000 5y ago
I absolutely think there's room for it, but I have doubts about how feasible it is. With tools like bitsy its possible to create an interesting game really fast, but nowhere near as fast as a tiktok video, and the "time to variety of things you can do" ratio for video is far better than it is for software. Maybe it is possible though, would love to see the day if so
tapoxi 5y ago
Dreams on the PS4 is a little like this. Every game loads instantly, and every asset is remixable into other games and offshoots.
angrycoder 5y ago
It was called newgrounds.

AussieWog93 5y ago

>I think it has to do with the instant-ON aspect of the games. <click> -> start, immersed. As opposed to many screens, "oh that needs an update"... I found exactly the same thing. I really got into the Sega Mega Drive over the past year and a bit, despite having a PS4 and modern PC. It's not because the games from 30 years ago are necessarily better, but when you only play games for 2-3 hours every few weeks, a 50GB install followed by a 20GB patch really kills the experience.

Dylan16807 5y ago
If you're purchasing a game right before playing it, a 50GB install and a 20GB patch is probably easier than getting your hands on a mega drive game. If you're buying the game ahead of time or already own it, then shouldn't auto-updates take care of things so you can jump right in?
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
  Only if you leave the device turned on soon the time and steam running, too.
- AussieWog93 5y ago
  >If you're purchasing a game right before playing it, a 50GB install and a 20GB patch is probably easier than getting your hands on a mega drive game. To be fair, one half of my house is a literal online retro games store, so perhaps my experience circa 2020 is not the norm. But also to be fair, back in the day you could simply walk down to the nearby shops, buy the cartridge and play it as soon as you got home. I'm not necessarily making an argument as to why everyone should own a Mega Drive in 2021 (although if you enjoy collecting physical media, there are some fantastic hidden gems on that machine - my personal favourites are Rocket Knight Adventures, Alisia Dragoon and Shadow Dancer!), but modern console gaming has become a lot less streamlined than it used to be. With the PS5 and Xbox Series X emphasising their ultra-fast SSDs, I can only see this becoming worse.
- HelloNurse 5y ago
  When I launch a "modern" game, the auto-updater "jumps right in" and plays with my system. Sometimes it loses, like in the reported cases of Steam wiping whole disks. Then, sooner or later, if everything goes well, I might have an opportunity to play the intended game instead of "Storage Space Manager 2021 SSD Edition", "Backup Busters", or more hardcore multiplayer titles like "Server Overload".