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disco, do games w Tetris Elements – one of the strangest Tetrises ever released

This is a great read, I’m actually working on a tetris game right now so this is good inspiration

silverchase, do games w Tetris Elements – one of the strangest Tetrises ever released
@silverchase@sh.itjust.works avatar

The game says it uses the modern SRS rotation system. But pieces spawn in odd orientations, like the letters they’re named after. Wall kicks are inconsistent. The configuration files literally include a “–99, –99” coordinate—developer shorthand for “don’t use this”—as an actual kick entry. It shipped like that.

I love people getting deep into the mechanics of a game to optimize their play, the kind of stuff that casual observers don’t notice.

dan1101, do games w Tetris Elements – one of the strangest Tetrises ever released
@dan1101@lemmy.world avatar

Never heard of this one, looks cool.

My current favorite is Tetris Plus, the versus mode with the little professor guy trying to get the treasure while a spiked ceiling keeps falling is fun. When one player fills 2 or more lines it adds random junk to the other player’s board.

atomicpoet,

Tetris Plus is quite neat because, not only is there PlayStation and arcade versions, it was released for Game Boy too.

I regularly play it on my cabinet—it’s got a great PvP mode.

awesomesauce309, do games w Tetris Elements – one of the strangest Tetrises ever released

This one being moddable is cool. I love tetris worlds weirdo eye monsters, do they come back in elements?

atomicpoet,

They’re gone. No mascots. No background worlds. Just the “elemental” machine skins.

Tetris Worlds had eye monsters because THQ wanted a console-friendly mascot game.

Tetris Elements has industrial pipes because ValuSoft (THQ’s budget imprint) wanted a cheap, self-contained PC release that didn’t require any cross-project asset wrangling.

tpihkal,

I loved Tetris Worlds!

wizardbeard, do games w Tetris Elements – one of the strangest Tetrises ever released

Beautiful writeup. I miss the days when games shipped with data files in easily user-acessible formats.

Mordikan, do games w I feel these companies stole my money by delisting game, and I'm sure others feel the same. Nobody is sure if the EU will get the law passed. So it got me thinking -- why not revive games together?

So, these games failed because they did not have:

  1. Funding/sustainability
  2. Reaching critical number of players
  3. Content creation/marketing

And you can bring them back if you can just get:

  1. Funding/sustainability
  2. Reaching critical number of players
  3. Content creation/marketing

This feels like tautological reasoning. Like "X would be true, if X were true".

pathos,

Good point, but there are other reasons, like just be social, as well as sticking it up to the AAA studios.

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danielhanrahantng, do gaming w Do you think my free and open source games are fun, all my games do allow add-on mods

I now have linux x86 executables for every game in these links except for Untitled_Knight_Game, I do not know where specific compilation settings are for video in export settings.

RightHandOfIkaros, do games w I feel these companies stole my money by delisting game, and I'm sure others feel the same. Nobody is sure if the EU will get the law passed. So it got me thinking -- why not revive games together?

Your money wasn’t stolen if a game was de-listed. If you already paid for the game, you can still download it. De-listed just means that people who don’t already have it in their library cannot purchase it anymore. That’s not theft.

pathos,

Sorry, I meant ‘removed’ and all other forms of it.

SheeEttin, do games w I feel these companies stole my money by delisting game, and I'm sure others feel the same. Nobody is sure if the EU will get the law passed. So it got me thinking -- why not revive games together?

So like a grant organization? They exist: indie-fund.com

I don’t see how community servers help your case, though. Those don’t help things like security vulnerabilities.

I also don’t know what you mean about delisting being stolen money. Delisting just means it stops being sold. You can still download and play the game.

p03locke, do games w [Megathread] Payments Processors & Collective Shout VS NSFW games
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I’ve posted this elsewhere, but this video is a really good breakdown of the situation.

Katana314, do games w [Megathread] Payments Processors & Collective Shout VS NSFW games

Not an authoritative source, but a Redditor claimed that the term “payment processors” is being misconstrued in a way that could misdirect blame. Visa and Mastercard have given some people responses claiming they take no position on adult content, and it’s possible they’re telling the truth.

Basically, payment processors by this guy’s definition are lesser known companies that handle other middle level processing; like Stripe, PayPal, or Heartland, as well as many others you’ve never heard of. And, what makes the debate difficult with them is that they’ve always viewed adult content as a “risky” subject - due to higher frequency of support cases, chargebacks, general frustration, etc. As such, some processor that sell their service to adult businesses may charge higher rates - rates that stores like Steam or Itch are probably less willing to pay for 90% of their library.

Take that summary with a grain of salt as it’s only based on rumors and indirect industry knowledge. Not an indication people shouldn’t complain, since Visa/MC could still choose to take a stance and investigate wrongdoing, and might not be totally honest; but it’s possible the full blame will go to other specific businesses.

acosmichippo,
@acosmichippo@lemmy.world avatar

And, what makes the debate difficult with them is that they’ve always viewed adult content as a “risky” subject - due to higher frequency of support cases, chargebacks, general frustration, etc. As such, some processor that sell their service to adult businesses may charge higher rates - rates that stores like Steam or Itch are probably less willing to pay for 90% of their library.

but game platforms are clearly not your typical “adult business”. there are payment issues with adult businesses because they use shady billing practices like dark patterns, automatic renewals after a “free” trial, etc. I don’t know of any popular game platform that is anywhere close to that shady.

Katana314,

I don’t think that’s really the distinction in adult businesses - entertainment companies often use those same dark patterns around trials/subscriptions. Maybe some adult businesses do too, but that’s not unique.

My understanding is that the higher rate is related more to the product and customer behavior, rather than the seller’s behavior. By some trend, customers are more likely to refund a hentai tentacle game than a regular platformer.

acosmichippo,
@acosmichippo@lemmy.world avatar

of course it’s not unique but they take it to an extreme.

sugar_in_your_tea, do games w I feel these companies stole my money by delisting game, and I'm sure others feel the same. Nobody is sure if the EU will get the law passed. So it got me thinking -- why not revive games together?

No, mostly because I don’t like MP games. Interacting with randoms just isn’t my idea of a good time.

However, I like the idea.

pathos, (edited )

Well, the multiplayer games could have single player modes also. I believe one of the problems previously was because the single player games required Internet connection and sign in and whatnot.

ICastFist, do games w I feel these companies stole my money by delisting game, and I'm sure others feel the same. Nobody is sure if the EU will get the law passed. So it got me thinking -- why not revive games together?
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Are you talking about MMO games, or anything with persistent worlds? Because anything that is match based doesn’t really need those kinds of dedicated servers to be revived.

The thing is that big companies killed P2P, DirectTCP from their games because that allowed pirates to play online, even if limited.

pathos,

It can be any game. The idea just stemmed from these problems. I mean, who’s to say no other types of games will face similar fate in the future?

thirtyfold8625, do gaming w A Direct Message to Collective Shout
@thirtyfold8625@thebrainbin.org avatar

This seems to be a good explanation of the situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHHnPLllUk

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