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Sure, but how many of them were people who set up a no-move Vampire Survivors build and just walked away? =D

alexb_ 4y ago
Warning to all HN commenters who are reading this and want to find out what "Vampire Survivors" is - clear your schedule before you try it. Crazy good game that makes you forget about time longer than 30 minute increments.
- tpxl 4y ago
  It was made by a slot machine designer, and the dopamine hits show it.
  - shmde 4y ago
    I uninstalled it today because I missed a work deadline because of it. I reinstalled it, to see the progress gone. Uninstalled it again.
    - jabroni_salad 4y ago
      Yeah, NONE of the big launchers including Steam have really perfected handling your gamesaves. I recommend this freeware to make sure they are backed up: https://www.gamesave-manager.com/ https://www.gamesave-manager.com/ Even if you have a full computer backup, it is convenient to use this since every dev has a different idea of where the data should go and this collects them all into a single directory.
- umvi 4y ago
  I tried it, but after a while it started to feel like "Cookie Clicker" where the majority of the time I'm just sitting around waiting for the next DPS upgrade/dopamine hit. Is there more to the game than that or am I just missing something?
  - VikingCoder 4y ago
    I guess it depends on your "after a while." Like, there's a whole giant list of challenges. The advice I got was, don't just play a game, always go in with a goal to beat at least one of the challenges. Because opening those up reveals more challenges. Also it's fun to watch other people play and see what they're up to - Never Nathaniel on YouTube is great.
- billfruit 4y ago
  Survivor!.io, seems a somewhat similar game available for mobiles.
  - alexb_ 4y ago
    Survivor.io is a game that completely stole the entire gameplay loop from Vampire Survivors and added garbage mobile game things to it. Vampire Survivors has a lot more, except it's completely (actually completely) free on mobile and only costs 5 bucks on Steam.
    - 4ggr0 4y ago
      You just convinced me to give another mobile game a try. I've tried a lot of them. But either they're free and riddled with ads and in-app transactions or they cost $5 but turn out to be quite boring or not that optimized for casual mobile gaming on the go.
      - agentwiggles 4y ago
        The only downside of VS as a mobile game is that runs last 30 minutes (at the beginning of the game, surviving to the end of the timer is rare, but after you've done some upgrades and know the weapon combos usually you'll make it to the end.) It works just fine to pause and come back to a run, but well... you won't want to, and all of a sudden you're burning half-hour blocks of time watching the pretty particles flash around the screen. Really great "podcast game" though. (By which I mean it will occupy your fingers while you listen to something instead of getting distracted by HN or whatever).
        mrtranscendence 4y ago
        Powerwash Simulator was such a good podcast game. It's a shame there aren't more levels.
        4ggr0 4y ago
        I played my first run right now while watching a show, lasted 9 minutes and 40 seconds. Catchy concept, kinda like a two-axis space invaders :D We'll see how long it grabs my attention.
- mrtranscendence 4y ago
  I'll be honest, Vampire Survivors didn't really click with me. Maybe I'm just bad at it -- I can't seem to beat the first stage, and progress through permanent upgrades and unlocks is very slow. If I don't find garlic as my first weapon I may as well just quit and start over, but garlic starts to suck a third of the way through, so ...
birracerveza 4y ago
One of them for sure. (Me)

Warning to all HN commenters who are reading this and want to find out what "Vampire Survivors" is - clear your schedule before you try it. Crazy good game that makes you forget about time longer than 30 minute increments.

tpxl 4y ago
It was made by a slot machine designer, and the dopamine hits show it.
- shmde 4y ago
  I uninstalled it today because I missed a work deadline because of it. I reinstalled it, to see the progress gone. Uninstalled it again.
  - jabroni_salad 4y ago
    Yeah, NONE of the big launchers including Steam have really perfected handling your gamesaves. I recommend this freeware to make sure they are backed up: https://www.gamesave-manager.com/ https://www.gamesave-manager.com/ Even if you have a full computer backup, it is convenient to use this since every dev has a different idea of where the data should go and this collects them all into a single directory.
umvi 4y ago
I tried it, but after a while it started to feel like "Cookie Clicker" where the majority of the time I'm just sitting around waiting for the next DPS upgrade/dopamine hit. Is there more to the game than that or am I just missing something?
- VikingCoder 4y ago
  I guess it depends on your "after a while." Like, there's a whole giant list of challenges. The advice I got was, don't just play a game, always go in with a goal to beat at least one of the challenges. Because opening those up reveals more challenges. Also it's fun to watch other people play and see what they're up to - Never Nathaniel on YouTube is great.
billfruit 4y ago
Survivor!.io, seems a somewhat similar game available for mobiles.
- alexb_ 4y ago
  Survivor.io is a game that completely stole the entire gameplay loop from Vampire Survivors and added garbage mobile game things to it. Vampire Survivors has a lot more, except it's completely (actually completely) free on mobile and only costs 5 bucks on Steam.
  - 4ggr0 4y ago
    You just convinced me to give another mobile game a try. I've tried a lot of them. But either they're free and riddled with ads and in-app transactions or they cost $5 but turn out to be quite boring or not that optimized for casual mobile gaming on the go.
    - agentwiggles 4y ago
      The only downside of VS as a mobile game is that runs last 30 minutes (at the beginning of the game, surviving to the end of the timer is rare, but after you've done some upgrades and know the weapon combos usually you'll make it to the end.) It works just fine to pause and come back to a run, but well... you won't want to, and all of a sudden you're burning half-hour blocks of time watching the pretty particles flash around the screen. Really great "podcast game" though. (By which I mean it will occupy your fingers while you listen to something instead of getting distracted by HN or whatever).
      - mrtranscendence 4y ago
        Powerwash Simulator was such a good podcast game. It's a shame there aren't more levels.
      - 4ggr0 4y ago
        I played my first run right now while watching a show, lasted 9 minutes and 40 seconds. Catchy concept, kinda like a two-axis space invaders :D We'll see how long it grabs my attention.
mrtranscendence 4y ago
I'll be honest, Vampire Survivors didn't really click with me. Maybe I'm just bad at it -- I can't seem to beat the first stage, and progress through permanent upgrades and unlocks is very slow. If I don't find garlic as my first weapon I may as well just quit and start over, but garlic starts to suck a third of the way through, so ...

birracerveza 4y ago

One of them for sure. (Me)