Nils
@Nils@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Steam Next Fest - February 2026 is live with tons of demos 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for the recommendation.
I played the game and Replaced might be the best thing I played this Next Fest so far. I had to find this post back just to thank you.
- Comment on Steam Next Fest - February 2026 is live with tons of demos 2 weeks ago:
My suggestions are:
Scott Pilgrim EX Beat’em up RPG in the universe of Scott Pilgrim, it is a well-made game even if you don’t know that IP.
Wax Heads You work on a record store matching LPs to customers and helping local bands.
Phonopolis Beautifully-made point & click adventure(cardboard style), with well-made puzzles.
Pluto I went for the art, but really liked the mechanics to cast spells. You can put an element on each of your fingers that matches the pattern of a spell card. If a spell ends in water, and another starts with water you can chain them to use fewer fingers. There is a bunch of mechanics going on to modify the behaviour of your fingers, like rings, power ups, or enemy curses.
- Comment on Early Access wasn't enough for Alterium Shift so it's now on Kickstarter 1 year ago:
Not sure if it is a scam, like people are claiming (on the post, and steam reviews). I feel like it is more like a lack of experience and knowledge in the game business than any intentional wrongdoing.
There are definitely problems with the game, and the pace of updates and fixes has been lacking since it first appeared on Steam.
After watching the dev Stream in 2023, it seems like he loves what he is doing and probably will see this through, but he really struggles with basic concepts of game making - that might have changed since then.
During a programming session, he was asking everything to an AI chatbot and copying the result into the code, then suffering for a while back and fort with the bot because the code did not work as he intended, while the chat was sending the documentation page of the engine and other help that would have solved his issues.