beard ひげ @beardalaxy@gameliberty.club

so, in order to replace the battery on my phone, i need to basically destroy the back of it. yeah, no thanks, i'll just buy a new one i guess >.> i'll probably be able to trade this one in too.

a story in 4 parts

i'm so mad i didn't start watching ludwig sooner man the dude is outrageous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZKisbkaKQ4

I am noticing though that the game's combat is HARD. Like, frustrating hard. So I have a bit more tuning to do in that regard. I actually want it to be a fairly casual game that doesn't require a lot of grinding. I know the combat is one of the weaker elements technically, it's no Chrono Trigger with all these different party attacks and such you know. So I don't want players to have to battle not only enemies but also the urge to keep playing lol.

I'm done testing for the night, but I have tuned down the enemy stats by 65% and I need to buff magic a little bit. That's a pretty big change, so I'll have to see if it's too easy at this point. It'll likely take a few playthroughs to really start to get it locked in, and then obviously testers after me will probably have some shit to say about it too lol.

Balancing the combat is definitely my weak point as a developer. I used a lot of math to get here but I might have overtuned it... by a bit.... or a lot.

Actually some really cool news about the game...

I've been playing for about 3 hours at this point in my test run, and I've only done 1 main quest and 3 side quests. There are I think something like 50 side quests and 6 main quests, so it's looking like the game will be AT LEAST 20 hours playing casually, which is great! That's the sweet spot I wanted to hit, somewhere between 20-30 hours ideally.

Of course, this is just extrapolation and I'll have the real numbers soon enough, but I'm still pretty happy with that. Again, it's my own game so I think I naturally will get more invested in it, but I am pretty happy overall with how the world is and all the little stuff I'm finding. I somehow magically managed to pace things pretty well!

Vinny was saying there's a chance Red Vox will play a show in the tri-state area! Man even if the play a show in New York at some point, I'd travel over there to watch them. Favorite band, that doesn't really play live shows very often... in fact I think they've only played a couple at conventions. Once in a lifetime opportunity, probably.

Free speech advocates when you say something they don't agree with:

Pageant moms are some of the most despicable human beings.

Somewhere out there is a pitbull who hates other pitbulls for making him look bad. When he gets to heaven he'll turn into a golden retriever.