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Tom Stuart Jun 2, 2024

Weeknotes 230: Mind prison https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-230-mind-prison

@tom You could’ve said hi to my mom while in Bruges!!!

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Russell Garner Apr 13

@tom I love Returnal and roguelikes in general so I'm going to go and buy this rn, thanks. Glad to hear you're feeling better; clearly missed the previous installments where you weren't!

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Tom Stuart Apr 13

@rgarner Thanks! It does sound good (for those of the correct temperament) so I’d be interested to hear your verdict.

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Russell Garner Apr 13

@tom Very pretty. Extraordinarily slow and pompous, with very little to draw you in. Imagine a tedious boardgame played at a snail's walking pace. A 3D Myst, but without quite the charm or the mystery.

I like architecture and was hoping to love this but it's a bad gameplay loop rubbed in your face 1000 times.

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Russell Garner Apr 13

@tom (I'm still going, waiting for the penny to drop, but I think my eyelids might first)

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Russell Garner Apr 13

@tom (ok I'm hating it, might play some more later, dammit)

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Russell Garner Apr 13

@tom oh shite. I think I might be hooked. That took a while.

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Russell Garner Apr 14

@tom ah, no. Reached the end except didn't because ... well, no spoilers. But other roguelikes, even if you get bad drops, you can still mitigate with skill and enjoyment. This one you're just at the mercy of the RNG and I've got better things to do with my life than be at the mercy of an RNG. Seen enough. Stopping now.

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Ben Sheldon (he/him)Apr 7

@tom ugh. That sounds terrrrrrible. I'm glad you're feeling better.

Those work notes you mention stopping. Did you publish them? (I ask to plop in my reader should you ever start again, not as any motivation good/bad to do so) 💛

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Tom Stuart Apr 8

@bensheldon Thanks! No, they’re work-internal, so not visible to the public. Hence the small audience I guess. 🙂

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Kevin McPhillips Apr 7

@tom Oy terrifying near miss on the train. Sorry for the torturous illness.

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Murray Steele Mar 30

@tom
> Murray recommended Type Help which I played for an hour or so and enjoyed a lot

*phew*

The “lost my progress” thing happened to me, luckily I had a deduction spreadsheet to help me get back to where I was.

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Ben Sheldon (he/him)Mar 23

@tom I shared a similar experience to Children of Time and Children of Ruin. 2 years later the octopuses are very memorable, everything else much less so.

Weeknotes 230: Mind prison — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 231: Important lesson — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 232: Mythic resonance — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 233: Closed system — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 234: Maximum benefit — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 235: Intentionally careless — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 236: Tourism resilience — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 237: Deadening sensation — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 238: Disintegrated fragments — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 239: Baffling ordeal — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 240: Anxiety centre — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 241: Looming threat — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 242: Different times — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 243: Erratic behaviour — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 244: Reheated banalities — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 245: Endless squares — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 246: Society dictates — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 247: Topological consequences — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 248: Both ends — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 249: Whole procedure — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 250: Ground truth — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 251: Individual nostalgia — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 252: Ease off — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 253: Perceive reality — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 254: Sinister intention — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 255: Eight bits — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 256: Playing chicken — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 257: Hits different — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 258: Coasted past — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 259: Residual enthusiasm — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 260: Latent potential — Tom Stuart

Yearnotes 4: Underway — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 261: Dreamlike serenity — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 262: Sudden lull — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 263: Lonesome foghorn — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 264: Wonky charm — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 265: Psychological tyranny — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 266: Stubborn determination — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 267: Pleasant dander — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 268: Entitled huff — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 269: Sublime pleasures — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 270: Shameless nonsense — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 271: Idealistic conception — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 272: Stopping off — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 273: Current foibles — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 274: Pathetic sips — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 275: Unusual intensity — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 276: Doze longer — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 277: Chose silence — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 278: Main constraint — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 279: Direct result — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 280: Little jaunt — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 281: Inciting event — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 282: Perpetual battle — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 283: Behave naturally — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 284: Sorry grind — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 285: Misguided attempt — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 286: Coping strategy — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 287: Simply hope — Tom Stuart

Weeknotes 288: Unbeatable combo — Tom Stuart