Stark Raving Sane Games

Narrative games for a more civilized age. Making "The Knight & the Maiden", a game about knights, tourneys, princesses and intrigue! #indiedev #dkgame #gamedev

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

🎶Blue skies, smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see 🎵

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

So on Friday X-Twitter's new TOS takes effect, which means they'll claim the right to take all my company's copyrighted IP and use it to train their stupid GenAI thing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

At this point I'm frankly about 50/50 on whether I should just delete all my content before then.

[Nauris @Namatnieks]

With references becoming harder to find on the net, we need to share our artist book resources! So what are your favourite art books, reference books, art education books, encyclopedias etc? I'll start with a few easy ones

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

@ChildrenEnoch This whole thing involves a lot more aimless shouting into the void than I expected tbh. 🫠

[Midnight Girl (Out on PC and mobile) @ItalicDK]

Hi everyone. #MidnightGirl is now available on the @humblestore! This store has been highly requested, and we're happy to finally be there.

This weekend, we offer an exclusive 25% discount😀

https://t.co/nFbnGT3ezH

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

@ChildrenEnoch Huge "I must go! My planet needs me!" energy.

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

(PS: Yes, I know Aldous-Broder is horribly inefficient, but it works, and (most importantly) I *understand* how it works.)

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

#Gamedev stuff I did today:
- Paid some bills
- Sent some emails
- Wrote some semi-funny words
- Drank tea
- Implemented a modified Aldous-Broder maze generation algorithm in #Godot to create connections between map tiles on a semi-randomised board
- Drank more tea

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

Folks, as you know, on Sunday I had the absolutely bonkers idea of remaking my #RPG Maker game in #Godot. Obviously I rejected this idea immediately.

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Which is why I spent all afternoon today figuring out how Tilemaps work in Godot. 🙃

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I may be lying to myself.

#gamedev

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

Once in a while a #gamedev hears a siren song that, while alluring, he knows will only draw him in towards the shore where he will surely founder amongst the shoals and cliffs.

Right now my siren song is: "Should I remake my entire game in #Godot?" 🫠

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

I should not remake my entire game in #Godot. RPG Maker is fine. It'd be a ridiculous amount of work and I'm not even sure how to write like a third of the systems I'd need.

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…but if I did it would make SO MANY THINGS that bothers me right now SO MUCH EASIER. 😭

#gamedev

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

Once in a while a #gamedev hears a siren song that, while alluring, he knows will only draw him in towards the shore where he will surely founder amongst the shoals and cliffs.

Right now my siren song is: "Should I remake my entire game in #Godot?" 🫠

[The Middle Ages in Modern Games @MidAgesModGames]

Now time for our second paper for this session: Andreas Kjeldsen from Stark Raving Sane Games (@VerySRSGames) exploring ‘Legal Disputes as a Game Mechanism in The Knight & the Maiden’ https://t.co/v7HijOcgAO #MAMG24

[The Middle Ages in Modern Games @MidAgesModGames]

Opening Statement by @markusmindrebo for the Middle Ages in Modern Games Asynchronous Conference is live, explaining how this works and introducing our 2024 theme ‘Conflict and Cooperation’: https://t.co/dGlXnPFX31 we're online and ready for your questions and comments! #MAMG24

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

My essay about how – and also why – The Knight & the Maiden brings Ace Attorney mechanics to the late 15th century is going up on Thursday at 12:15 (UTC+1), but frankly none of the presentations, which will go up at https://t.co/ogeQfxZ07m, should be missed. #MAMG24 #gamedev

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

Folks, it's early June and that means it's once again time for the very excellent annual Middle Ages in Modern Games Conference, which as usual features papers by many equally excellent people who know what they're talking about. Oh, and I'll be there too. #MAMG24 #gamedev

[The Middle Ages in Modern Games @MidAgesModGames]

The fifth Middle Ages in Modern Games Asynchronous Conference will take place on 4-7 June around the themes 'Cooperation' and 'Conflict'. Join us for four days of papers on all things medieval in games of all sorts. #medievaltwitter #MAMG24

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

(*waiting patiently for the "updated algorithm" to do its thing*)

[Ben Chandler @ben_304]

EA acquired and then shut down Maxis, Origin, Bullfrog, Westwood. Some of the best developers of the 90s. This stuff has been happening for years. Whenever I see a cool developer get acquired I fear for them.

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

(And also I don't know how to screenshot the entire 15th century.)

[Stark Raving Sane Games @VerySRSGames]

(This is a bit of a weird one, since the game doesn't actually have very much to do with any of those inspirations. But there's still a lot of all of them in it.)

[Dead Idle Games @deadidlegames]

You know what sucks? Mondays.

You know what doesn't suck? That the Supporter Pack for If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is 25% off until May 19. That's 2 weeks! And you don't even have to wait for the summer or anything! Treat yo' self! Or a friend!

https://t.co/ACR32YeRIc