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   Jeff Ward (fuzzybinary@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 04:45:32 JST Jeff Ward

   I really, really, really hate fetch your body mechanics.

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     The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 04:45:27 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

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     • Tom Schultz

     @tom_schultz @fuzzybinary the way I learned to be OK with it in Dark Souls (which took several attempts) is to be OK with losing the souls. You can always make them back, the enemies respawn after all. It’s best in Elden Ring where there’s loads of alternative places to explore if somewhere is too hard. You can just let them go, it’s fine - all the important stuff like items persists. Sometimes a good strat is a suicide run to grab the items & not worry if you die

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     Tom Schultz (tom_schultz@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 04:45:29 JST Tom Schultz

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     @fuzzybinary ohhhh yes. I like it in certain games. I found it fun in Dark Souls and Hollow Knight but it really has to be the right kinda game.

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     Jeff Ward (fuzzybinary@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 04:45:30 JST Jeff Ward

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     • Tom Schultz

     @tom_schultz no, go to the place you died to regain stuff you lost. Hollow Knight made it popular in metroidvanias and I hate it.

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     Tom Schultz (tom_schultz@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 04:45:31 JST Tom Schultz

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     @fuzzybinary fetch your body? Like... go get your arm as a part of the tutorial so you can use it?

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     The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 04:48:42 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

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     • Tom Schultz

     @tom_schultz @fuzzybinary I do hate games where you drop all your equipment when you die though. That’s just a ballache

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     Tom Schultz (tom_schultz@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 06:07:10 JST Tom Schultz

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     • The Seven Voyages Of Steve

     @sinbad @fuzzybinary you know, it's funny that you mention that. I also grew up playing OG RuneScape where you'd drop your kit when you die. I also enjoy that mechanic in Eve Online.

     I think I'm just a videogame mechanic masochist?