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  • I have invented a new food: soupie!
    It is soup-pie! It's what happens when you try to make a pie, and it turns out super gooey and falls apart and you need a spoon to eat it! Soupie! Said like sue-pie. Not soupy - oh just let me eat my sad apple pie :kaothx:
    Kind of odd question here; there's no easy way to ask this, but...
    Given the context you can put different costumes on your party (beachwear, Halloween-esq, PJs, etc) would you...take the final boss of a game seriously if she showed up wearing a matching costume as your party? :yswt:
    This was in my notebook, and I need to know if past-me was onto something, or if I was sleep-deprived.
    Poryg
    Poryg
    Well, there's still a possibility to fix your ship. After all, I'm sure we can reach a compromise that's satisfactory for us both. :p
    TRIDIUM
    TRIDIUM
    It's like the classic joke.
    Demon: "Okay, if you press the button, you get a million dollars.....but, there's a .1% chance you become a girl!"
    Genshin Players: "Hm, not bad odds. How many times can I press it?"
    ZombieKidzRule
    ZombieKidzRule
    I am just gonna say that having clothing options like the Sims in any game is super bonus level. Even if it is immersion breaking! Run around Morrowind in footed pjs And kill the infidels!
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    Hey, Cythera is posting; wonder what it's about...
    That's right! Final boss AI! Newest update: she sees how many actions she has left per turn and acts accordingly. Low HP with 1 action left? Activate passive with auto-res. Lots of actions left? Buff + attack! :kaopride:
    Very productive game dev day! Got a large map finished (it looks amazing if I do say so myself), started another map, and got the best (translation: worst, very mean, nasty twist) passives for my final boss working!
    Seriously though, those passives were a massive pain to get functioning :ysrs: Since they proc under...unique...circumstances.
    I had some yummy fish & chips today, and am in a very good mood. So I decided to share the feeling - that's right, Cythera gave PLAYER skills - plural! - a BUFF today!
    But it's back to mapping now, so the enemy buffs will soon follow I'm afraid :ysrs:
    ATT_Turan
    ATT_Turan
    I thought you were gonna share the feeling and buy fish & chips for everybody :kaocry:
    Cythera
    Cythera
    I'm sorry; I am just broke uni student :kaocry: And fish & chips are soooo expensive in my city. It's def a special treat haha
    I am prepared for Halloween! Everyone gets a baggie of mixed candies, chocolates, and Oreo cookies plus a lil baggie of chips at my place!
    Leftovers are, of course, exclusive territory of Cythera :ywink:
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    Willibab
    Willibab
    We give glowsticks, we're popular now xD
    Cythera
    Cythera
    Ooh, glowsticks! That'll be a great addition next year! ^-^
    Well, Ark Ascended launched today. I'll see ya'll in a few days when my PC catches fire and I've long since forgotten my name.
    Schoolwork? Game dev? Productive, normal life? Pssh, what's that? I got dinos to tame! :kaojoy:
    Seriously, though. Game dev paused while I burn out my graphics card. Ha...ha
    alice_gristle
    alice_gristle
    Have fun sweetie! :kaoluv:
    kyonides
    kyonides
    Your graphics card won't ever forgive you for exploiting it like that. :p
    Cythera
    Cythera
    Anddddd, to nobody's surprise, ASA is not in a great state.
    I'll keep the game in my library, but I'll wait for some updates before giving it another go.
    Graphics and load time def improved, but oof, does it play funny. Back to ASE for now!
    Cythera: I'm feeling super inspired today; I'll get so much game dev work done!
    Also Cythera: *designing new project* Wait...this isn't what I meant! Help! :yswt2:
    Mapping got boring so I went back to boss design.
    109.
    That's how many checks the first iteration of AI for my final boss has.
    I'm not sorry. I'm not :yhappy:
    I've been on a mapping (and remapping...) spree lately. So much mapping. shudder Tilesets and edits and maps and remaps...
    This is not the kind of agony I enjoy. I wanna go back to boss design :ysad:
    It's another quiet day at work. My boss made the mistake of asking how my game is going.
    Now my coworkers are hiding from me after I went on a spiel about game design, balancing, and how to keep players engaged even as you kill their party again and again... :3
    TESTOSTERONE
    TESTOSTERONE
    Haha, see now??! That's how players will fight her, where as my BEST strategy is...
    Coworkers:
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    Cythera
    Cythera
    Where as my best strategy will not be revealed here :p
    cthulhusquid
    cthulhusquid
    Ah yes, "dev-approved TM strategy"

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    Fun fact!
    I did math for my poor, brave friend and turns out, the ultimate skill of my game's final boss? The base damage clocks in around 23,500. Max-level HP for tankiest viable target is 4,584. Isn't that exciting?! :kaojoy:
    Don't worry, I'm not that cruel. There are absolutely ways to survive this attack, and it isn't the first time it's shown in game
    I-I just find numbers nifty :yswt:
    Cythera
    Cythera
    She* :ywink:
    I made a super boss too! ^-^ but, I'm the cruel dev that believes a game'a hardest fight should be the final boss haha! My super is much easier than my final. Though still a menace ._.
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    Erif
    Erif
    No I mean the superboss lol. If she(your final boss) is a human then mine (my superboss) can't do anything.
    And I'm with you in this one. My superboss prompts you to change and try new characters and combos. He's tricky but not hard compared to the Final Boss.
    Cythera
    Cythera
    Exactly! The game has (hopefully) been queuing up this final boss as a big threat, and something I should WANT to defeat! Let them be my biggest challenge!
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    Presenting the minigame nobody asked for, yet everybody needs in their life - I mean, I'm assuming. It's pretty funny. To me, at least.
    Watermelon hunting!
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    You find watermelon hidden around a town and smash them to pieces! You get watermelon slices - and sometimes rare ones appear that have been stuffed with items! :kaopride:It's got a great music track too
    Cythera
    Cythera
    More watermelon! Make a game all about watermelon! Give final bosses a 'throw watermelon' attack!
    ...
    Look, I'm a little stressed. Stressed Cythera has weird ideas.
    Willibab
    Willibab
    @Cynthera I mean, Super Mario is an italian plumber who jumps on monsters and can transform into various forms. Your idea really isn't that strange in comparison :p
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    Wifi
    Wifi
    Watermelon seems a very normal and natural idea for a stressed person in comparison to the ideas I have when I'm stressed or well, more stressed than the normal daily stressed.
    I've once again broken the time continuum in my game. Now I need a fresh save file for playtesting :kaoswt:
    I'm apparently the anti-time goddess. I keep breaking it!
    I feel there is a poetic justice in the final boss of a game destroying the dev's sanity during the development phase, and more than likely destroying a player's team during the actual game :ysrs: We're all gonna suffer together, okay?
    That irrational moment of panic when the forum doesn't load and my brain goes "I got banned" :kaocry:
    Clearly, that is not the case. Cythera is just being weird again. Nothing new to see here
    I know what you're thinking. And you're absolutely right.
    Not enough states. Need more :ysrs:
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    My poor mage...just quietly freezing to death...all those wasted buffs...
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    Cythera
    Cythera
    I'm just really bad at spelling haha. It's far better people tell me typos now than when my game is finished! It's an ongoing joke at this point.
    Worst thing is, I make the same, or very similar, errors every time
    gstv87
    gstv87
    there's an achievement in TF2 named "Rasputin", that you get for being hit with all kinds of damage available in a single life, and not dying.
    maybe you should do something like it?
    Cythera
    Cythera
    Hm, I really like that! I have an achievements system and I'm always up for expanding it.
    I have "die 50 times". Maybe some like "take 9,999 damage in a single hit and live" (need shields in place) and "have 12+ states active at once on a single character" ?
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