PulpnashFeb 20
kasdeya

reminder that Archipelago exists and is absolutely incredible:

https://archipelago.gg/

it lets you create “multiplayer games” where you and your friend play two completely different singleplayer games and find items for each other in your games

for example I could be playing Doom ‘93 and instead of getting the super-shotgun and a soulsphere, I might find the PokeFlute and some rare candies for my friend playing Pokemon

and then they might be exploring a cave and find the BFG and the red key for E1M4

I can’t believe that something like this can exist. and there are a surprising number of supported games too

Archipelago

Feb 20 at 2:42amWeb
Show threadtempestFeb 20
@kasdeya right we still need to set this up sometime
Show threadkasdeyaFeb 20
@tempest I would definitely love to play it with y’all!
Show thread.kat 2Feb 20
@[email protected] they apparently somehow added ms paint to it....
Show threadfuzzyfuzzyfungusFeb 20
@kasdeya It's equal parts heartwarming and hilarious to see what has been touted for years as a core of glorious web3 gaming just quietly existing entirely without need for blockchain over in the land of people who build things rather than cargo cult financial instruments.
Show threadKlayFeb 20
@[email protected] i havent played this myself but i saw it adds a whole new game mode to Outer Wilds where you physically cannot solve certain puzzles until you or your partner unlocks the "knowledge piece" that your character would need to have.
Show threadSvenjaFeb 20
@kasdeya the Randomizer is also cool, I could play Stardew Valley and Minecraft both totally randomized, thats so funny and the challenges will be that both Games depend on finding things in each other to progress.
Show threademberquill Mar 9
@kasdeya Wait, what? How? This sounds awesome! I'll have to check it out.
Show threadkasdeyaMar 9

@emberquill I hope you like it! I think it’s such a cool idea

the way that it works is basically:

  • you start with an existing game randomizer mod
  • you modify it to talk to Archipelago’s servers
  • Archipelago tells the mod which items are where, and it also tells the mod when to give the player an item, and which player sent that item from their own game
  • the mod tells Archipelago whenever the player gets an item in their own game, which the server sends off to the other player