Just finished playing A Plague Tale: Requiem. I'm not much of a stealth gamer, but this story was too tantalizing to miss out on. Wrote a retrospective on my experience playing this wonderful game.
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Also wrote a little retrospective on the game jam creative process! I think I came up with a great concept this time, even if the execution was a little rudimentary.
bearrsona.itch.io/chatterbox-i...
Second game jam is in the books!
Chatterbox: In The Loop bearrsona.itch.io/chatterbox-i...
Eavesdrop on strangers to gather intel on them. Stay close enough to get good info, but don't get caught! Use that intel to do good...or bad 😈
#GMTK2025 #GMTKJam2025
Who's joining #KenneyJam this weekend? ✨ itch.io/jam/kenney-j...
🏡Welcome to the Village🏡
Developer Log #5 is now live on YouTube for my upcoming game, DISCOvery: Corporate Explorer!
Take a leisurely stroll through the village I've created for the native species on this lovely planet. Act 2 will be done soon!
Link: youtu.be/Uh4lWfO4zwA
I strongly believe Jay Tholen is an actual genius of game development. It is incredibly unfortunate to hear about this cancellation, but in my mind its just a matter of time before he creates a genre-defining game, something that hits Undertale levels of notoriety.
✨✨Story Nodes & Open Roads✨✨
I wrote a blog post on my story-building system for DISCOvery: Corpoate Explorer, the video game I'm working on. Take a look if you're curious about the behind-the-scenes process of programming a video game!
Check it out: bearrsona.itch.io/discovery-co...
Don't forget to check out the free demo - about a 20 minute experience, playable on Windows or in-browser!
bearrsona.itch.io/discovery-co...
![Story Nodes & Open Roads [DISCOvery Dev Log #4]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4fnl5siihabhffukfc35s3xx/bafkreigpqqtxo3fbgcvxdltlc6ukpsyindsht6unjijwi2zlhf2vi5aahm)
[[Story Nodes & Open Roads]] - Dev Log #4 is up!
Come learn how I'm building my story system in Unity for my upcoming game, DISCOvery: Corporate Explorer.
This C# code is modular and can easily be repurposed for your own game! Gameplay included as well!
youtu.be/cykBu7535EU
![I Published A Game Demo on Itch.io! [Dev Log #3]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4fnl5siihabhffukfc35s3xx/bafkreielxv4wutwmvoguvpjr2msicvil6m6ypyghaczpnxjyccuvnwch3e)
Dev Log #3 for my 2D Turn-Based RPG is up on YouTube!
Game is called DISCOvery: Corporate Explorer, you are documenting new lifeforms on a distant planet at the behest of your corporate employer.
Check it out!
Dev Log: youtu.be/HGUtvlnqSnU
Demo: bearrsona.itch.io/discovery-co...
DISCOvery: Corporate Explorer now has a live demo!
Takes 8-12 minutes to play through, available on Windows or in-browser. Fill the shoes of a corporate explorer documenting new lifeforms in this turn-based RPG focused on rhythm-based combat.
Take a peek!
bearrsona.itch.io/discovery-co...
A brief GIF to show off the basic combat sequence. This enemy has two effects - Reverse, which simply flips the word, and MapDownARow, which maps each letter down a row on the keyboard.
So AIM becomes:
[Reverse] A->M, I->I, M->A = MIA
[MapDownARow] M->U, I->K, A->Z = UKZ
![DISCOvery Dev Logs pt2 [Sibling Power!]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uhofEEAjRl8/hqdefault.jpg)
Developer Log #2 for my upcoming turn-based RPG is up on YouTube! Come check out my progress on DISCOvery, and get a little insight into the dev process. This is my first time building a game, but I'm a couple hundred hours in so I've got some thoughts!
youtu.be/uhofEEAjRl8
![DISCOvery Dev Logs pt1 [Gotta Start Somewhere!]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4fnl5siihabhffukfc35s3xx/bafkreidinbls6ytmeeebu4z3wzwgeuji3kkoqeyagscwuarcpatkmrzgim)
Put together my first Developer Log last week for my game-in-progress DISCOvery. It may not look like much, but I am very proud of what I've built so far. I'm not building a masterpiece, but I promise it'll be full of heart and soul!
youtu.be/2QZ5uEhmJlo
Audio on this was awful. I'm paring out all the stream elements stuff and tweaking the audio - if it still sounds bad, I'll just cut my audio & let the game speak for itself.
Streaming the exodus of Expedition 33 now:
www.twitch.tv/bearrsona17
First episode of my blind playthrough of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 can be found on YouTube: youtu.be/wQHsFCcYWP0
Hell of an opener. If they can keep up this pace, we are in for an epic story.
Clair Obscur: Expidition 33 (@expedition33.bsky.social) playthrough starting now!
Find me on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/bearrsona17
I'll post the VOD's on YouTube as well! Come check out this awesome new release and support a tiny ole Twitch streamer!
To celebrate last week's launch of Blue Prince we're running a GIVEAWAY! 8 lucky folks could win a copy of Blue Prince on Steam, Xbox or Playstation. To enter follow our account, like and share this post. Good luck. Winners will be announced on April 28th.
Starting Pony Island - made by Daniel Mullens, the creator of Inscryption (Also composed by the same fellow Jonah Senzel so you know it'll have some bangers)
Check out my playthrough on YT: youtube.com/live/M6tTE7v...
Or Twitch: www.twitch.tv/bearrsona17
Have You Hird: Mouthwashing
I gave this game a 5/10, but it is by no means an average game. There are parts I loved, and parts I absolutely despised. I was wholly underwhelmed with where the story went, but I don't regret playin it.
See my review on YT: youtu.be/r41FcjgzXVo
Have You Hird: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Review is now up on YouTube! I thought it was a cute, silly movie that revolved around the moody, brooding, edgy Shadow, and his quest to fight pain with pain. I really appreciated his character, overall a good movie!
youtu.be/PrAtTQj4KU4
Currently, I've got up full game streams up for Inscryption and Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (as well as reviews for both), a Nosferatu review, and two NBA vids (Luka trade and Jimmy Buckets trade). Plus some other fun stuff
Also upcoming:
-Sonic 3 movie review later today
-Mouthwashing game review in a couple of days
-Undetermined new story game stream (open to suggestions, considering Dropsy, Shipwrecked64, Deathloop, Psychonauts, Star Wars KOTOR)
Check it all out on my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@HirdItHere
Spoiler: I did not in fact hit Grandmaster
Streaming more Marvel Rivals, come check out some sweet Dr Strange gameplay
twitch.tv/bearrsona17
Here's a link to my playthrough - all in one video, a little under 3 hours. I do think it's a game worth experiencing (whether on your own playthrough or via a stream), even if I ended up being pretty disappointed by the end.
youtu.be/wAE3YFLrmrQ
I just didn't enjoy it as a game or as a story. I'm really struggling to articulate the reasons why, especially now learning about what happened to Anya, and why the crash happened. I just really thought the game fell apart for the last third. I thought it was shallow and boring.
Anya is a good character and I like her. I thought all the characters were good. And I really don't mean to downplay how awful it is what happened to her. It's a fucking despicable thing to do, makes my blood boil every time I hear about it. It is unforgivable.
Maybe I'll warm up to the game as I get further away from it, but for now it feels like a missed opportunity. Very little depth, very little built upon the characters it did a good job of establishing. I feel like I'm underplaying the central trauma, which I really don't mean to.
Just thought there was very little actual plot for a 3 hour investment. All character development ended with like a third of the game left. It was all just this spiraling into madness - cool visuals but just got really repetitive in my opinion. Hitting the same themes constantly
