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I haven't had a ramble on games I played in ages. I probably can't recreate my reactions while playing this much later, but let's see, quick summary of a few recent ones:

I haven't had a ramble on games I played in ages. I probably can't recreate my reactions while playing this much later, but let's see, quick summary of a few recent ones:

HamletEJ

Posted 3 years, 2 months ago (Source)

I haven't had a ramble on games I played in ages. I probably can't recreate my reactions while playing this much later, but let's see, quick summary of a few recent ones:

HamletEJ

Posted 3 years, 2 months ago (Source)

Metal Hellsinger. This was cool. It leans hard into what's probably its best hook--the music, people who love metal music, using dynamic music in-game, etc. I think to really "sing", the DOOM portion of the game would have needed to be a tad more fleshed out.

HamletEJ

Posted 3 years, 2 months ago (Source)

I cleared the campaign--and the meld between the rhythm shooting and the arhythmic portion of jumping/dashing/movement (...you know, just playing Doom), never got totally natural. I always felt a little clumsy.

HamletEJ

Posted 3 years, 2 months ago (Source)

I wonder how you do a fast realtime genre like FPS and also capture that Necrodancer-type flow of "everything is rhythm". I think the state of flow would be amazing if you could pull that off.

Chadd Nervigg

Posted 3 years, 2 months ago (Source)

@HamletEJ Question about Hellsinger. Many FPS games have 'head bob' while you're moving. I always thought it would help a ton for rhythm FPS if head bob were sync'd to the beat. But (at least in your clips), there is one. Thoughts? (Maybe it's an option?)

HamletEJ

Posted 3 years, 2 months ago (Source)

@Celestalon (You mean there is none?) That's interesting, I didn't think about it. There's probably a whole set of challenges in keeping it synced as the player starts/stops, moves at different speeds etc. But yeah, that's the sort of pattern I'd want to try to set up the whole game around.

Chadd Nervigg

Posted 3 years, 2 months ago (Source)

@HamletEJ I mean I don't know for sure. I just looked at your couple of clips of it that you tweeted, and it didn't look like there was any.

HamletEJ

Posted 3 years, 2 months ago (Source)

@Celestalon (Ya I think you just had a typo). It could help to do that if you could get the sync thing right. I think trying to do some syncing with enemy movement/attacks would be the really big step. Sounds hard, but also would really elevate to having a more unique moment-to-moment loop.

Chadd Nervigg

Posted 3 years, 2 months ago (Source)

@HamletEJ (Oh, yes, typo, dyac.) Indeed.

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I haven't had a ramble on games I played in ages. I probably can't recreate my reactions while playing this much later, but let's see, quick summary of a few recent ones: (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1574151309871050752">None</a>)
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Metal Hellsinger. This was cool. It leans hard into what's probably its best hook--the music, people who love metal music, using dynamic music in-game, etc. I think to really "sing", the DOOM portion of the game would have needed to be a tad more fleshed out. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1574151654999367680">None</a>)
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I cleared the campaign--and the meld between the rhythm shooting and the arhythmic portion of jumping/dashing/movement (...you know, just playing Doom), never got totally natural. I always felt a little clumsy. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1574152753714077696">None</a>)
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I wonder how you do a fast realtime genre like FPS and also capture that Necrodancer-type flow of "everything is rhythm". I think the state of flow would be amazing if you could pull that off. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1574153089694588928">None</a>)
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@HamletEJ Question about Hellsinger. Many FPS games have 'head bob' while you're moving. I always thought it would help a ton for rhythm FPS if head bob were sync'd to the beat. But (at least in your clips), there is one. Thoughts? (Maybe it's an option?) (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1574156086910722048">Chadd Nervigg</a>)
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@Celestalon (You mean there is none?) That's interesting, I didn't think about it. There's probably a whole set of challenges in keeping it synced as the player starts/stops, moves at different speeds etc. But yeah, that's the sort of pattern I'd want to try to set up the whole game around. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1574157912267554816">None</a>)
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@HamletEJ I mean I don't know for sure. I just looked at your couple of clips of it that you tweeted, and it didn't look like there was any. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1574158220612227072">Chadd Nervigg</a>)
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@Celestalon (Ya I think you just had a typo). It could help to do that if you could get the sync thing right. I think trying to do some syncing with enemy movement/attacks would be the really big step. Sounds hard, but also would really elevate to having a more unique moment-to-moment loop. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1574160970955444224">None</a>)
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@HamletEJ (Oh, yes, typo, dyac.) Indeed. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1574161298824142848">Chadd Nervigg</a>)
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I haven't had a ramble on games I played in ages. I probably can't recreate my reactions while playing this much later, but let's see, quick summary of a few recent ones:

Metal Hellsinger. This was cool. It leans hard into what's probably its best hook--the music, people who love metal music, using dynamic music in-game, etc. I think to really "sing", the DOOM portion of the game would have needed to be a tad more fleshed out.

I cleared the campaign--and the meld between the rhythm shooting and the arhythmic portion of jumping/dashing/movement (...you know, just playing Doom), never got totally natural. I always felt a little clumsy.

I wonder how you do a fast realtime genre like FPS and also capture that Necrodancer-type flow of "everything is rhythm". I think the state of flow would be amazing if you could pull that off.

@HamletEJ Question about Hellsinger. Many FPS games have 'head bob' while you're moving. I always thought it would help a ton for rhythm FPS if head bob were sync'd to the beat. But (at least in your clips), there is one. Thoughts? (Maybe it's an option?) (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1574156086910722048">Source</a>)

@Celestalon (You mean there is none?) That's interesting, I didn't think about it. There's probably a whole set of challenges in keeping it synced as the player starts/stops, moves at different speeds etc. But yeah, that's the sort of pattern I'd want to try to set up the whole game around.

@HamletEJ I mean I don't know for sure. I just looked at your couple of clips of it that you tweeted, and it didn't look like there was any. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1574158220612227072">Source</a>)

@Celestalon (Ya I think you just had a typo). It could help to do that if you could get the sync thing right. I think trying to do some syncing with enemy movement/attacks would be the really big step. Sounds hard, but also would really elevate to having a more unique moment-to-moment loop.

@HamletEJ (Oh, yes, typo, dyac.) Indeed. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1574161298824142848">Source</a>)
 
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