Patrick Kenney

I do solo game jams: 23x Ludum Dare + 6x 7DRL. I'll wear any hat, but my true aim is gold in the Fun category.

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My entry for #LDJAM 50 has you interacting with a decaying double-pendulum, feeding it energy to find and complete hidden challenges.

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@ToastieRepublic Wait is Engauge back and souped up? Looking good! That axe looks fun, and I loved that the player recovered from sliding near the edge, instead of falling to their doom.

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@LordsofLimited Proof your advice is good: built defensive dragon deck for the Arena Open and went down 1-2. Then rebuilt it as Mardu aggro and won six do-or-dies straight to get there. Thanks for the great podcast!

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@unormal Is it okay to admit I have played Armored Core but not Dark Souls?

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@BrodieBeaman That sounds awful, sorry! Hang in there.

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@RFephemeration FPS with interesting movement always sounds fun. Are you experimenting with multiplayer here, too? If so, did you do anything for client side prediction?

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@Highsight @CloakandDasher Best of luck!! Just the other day I was feeling nostalgic and rewatched your old Insights plays of my early jam games. Pure fun to watch ppl play your games as a hobbyist. Must feel high stakes on a commercial project.

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@RedFive87 @terminaIlywiII @bruno__valdez @IGN In Hades, you permanently upgrade yourself in that mirror, as one example. In old-school roguelikes, the only thing allowed to improve is you the human, never your character.

Brogue is a fun intro to the old school, there's a version with graphics here: https://t.co/iz7ENHmTiG

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@RFephemeration Yeah - sometimes I wonder about the parallel universe where Herzog Zwei became the model for RTS instead of Starcraft.

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My entry for Ludum Dare 48 compo is about working in a pit with a hyperactive autonomous jackhammer, and nobody cares that you don't have the arms to operate it. It's either way too easy or way too hard, I can't tell. https://t.co/2Txl0fqJTm

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@Marshall_LR @ravenlord_xix @lsv What about this one? Exactsies with an "are you sure" Provoking off the top of the deck when I was dead next turn.

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@EduYukio @Sol_HSA @ludumdare I really enjoy the constraints of compo/solo and I appreciate that there is a category specifically for it, with an independent winner.

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@edenicholas Nice work, that is not easy!! Thanks for digging into it. For the feel I just sat there looping, and looping, and tweaking. It's 3 layers: bounce, gravity, and thrust. Needed the player to have enough influence but not total control.

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@NachoTrap I think so! Is that a pair of M1 Garands hanging on the wall?

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My compromise is to cast rays in a ring, and activate a "foot" only when you are near a drop. I can already imagine the janky corner cases, is there a better solution for RB-based FPS style controls?

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The 4 rules of #gamedev simple physics controllers:
- Boxes are Bad
- Capsules are Good
- Capsules are Bad
- Boxes are Good