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@igeljaeger Well if you consider the map view id say that already describes the game. The map is always displayed on the screen and updates in real time. The game uses Ncurses so it can dynamically update the map without scrolling text on the screen.

Not sure if that alone adds appeal to you (the game isnt ready to play anyway). But I'd say it at least gives it "graphics" on par with nethack

@igeljaeger Fair. Though pretty sure I can do ascii art and get about the resolution of an 8-bit graphics game still :)

@igeljaeger Ahh so you do care about graphics at least a little :)

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Yup all games these days are clones with slight variations. :(

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@igeljaeger If graphics arent important to you then what would you say makes you a "modern" gamer?

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@igeljaeger Most people are. For me I dont care about story, graphics, none of that. All that matters for me is game mechanics.

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@igeljaeger More screenshots from the game I'm writing attached.

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@igeljaeger Screenshot of the game, ill post a map soon

@igeljaeger My game is actually going to be text based and MMO style. So the vast majority of gamers wont be into it. But youd be surprised what I can do with a text based game.

@igeljaeger A bit of both. I used to play a lot when i was a toddler and even young teen. So I guess over time. But im not sure I view older games as the paradigm of good game design either. Only a few old games keep bringing me back to play again (like Zelda series).

I think i just find games too easy usually. I did really like Dark Souls 3 and played it all the way through. Only reason though was because it was really challenging and even when i beat the game I still didnt feel like I mastered it.

For me games just lack the complexity i like. I have been writing my own game on and off. It will be extremely complex and difficult. I want it to have the skill level of chess where someone can play right away but take a life time to master.

@igeljaeger I have such a weird relationship with games im not sure how to answer that. I tend to prefer turn based so I can take a hit of the bowl at my leisure as i play, lol. I dont smoke every day, or play video games. But once or twice a month when i get the urge to play its also because I have the urge to smoke and relax.

With that said I can enjoy an action RPG too if its good enough. But since i so rarely find games i enjoy at all I dont often like any of them. The last game I really got into was decades ago, anarchy online. It played much like an action RPG as many MMO do.

@igeljaeger If you just so happen to be in the netherlands you are most welcome to borrow my copy though.

@igeljaeger Well if you rely on story to enjoy turn based (im the opposite) then I'd have to say octopath isnt for you. The gameplay was nice for an RPG, but the story so far (I didnt finish it) seemed diluted across too many characters.

@igeljaeger If you enjoyed Ys you might enjoy octopath traveler. Game mechanics are similarly complex (too simple for my tastes). Combat was fairly enjoyable I think for an RPG.

@igeljaeger Depends on what gets you excited in an RPG I suppose. It has some unique aspects that are nice. I am very judgemental about games as I very rarely find one I enjoy enough to bother finishing. With that said It was no better or worse than most RPGs out there right now IMO.

@jasper Well i guess it depends on how you want to visualize it. The point of the top bar is that the right in America is extremist and crazy and the left in America is extremist and crazy and there is little in between.

Thats why both halves are bright blue and bright red rather than a shade in between. To show the majority are extremists on both sides.

But yes I agree both sides in America are almost entirely comprised of extremists, certainly a majority. Trump is a prime example of that.

@jasper Yea, they did, abut 50% of them. Which I'd say is reflected by the top half of the image almost perfectly. :)

The top half is America, the bottom half is the rest of the world