Are you familiar with Snaked? If not, it's a simple game in which you controlled a serpent that grew larger each time it ate. With the boundaries you were given, it became progressively more difficult to avoid your own body. Once you collided with it, the game ended.
[ And, true to form, the communicator sends it broken up into two texts because he's gone on for a bit. ]
There was popular online multiplayer variant called Crawl.er. It's that, with some modifications to adhere to the limitations of the communicators. You should be able to invite others as needed for the versus mode.
That's right. It was popularized by the Tokia 6110.
[ Ryo figures he's giving it a whirl, so he's a little more delayed when the second response comes in. He's been busy organizing. ]
Are there any glitches or adjustments you'd make?
[ The compliment may or may not have been acknowledged. He doesn't think it's particularly good work, but those thoughts aren't actually self-deprecating as much as they don't weigh much into the overall result of this. He's just trying to make sure it serves well the person who wants it from him. If they enjoy it and like it, then that's fine by him. ]
The Tokia 6110... god, I think my mom had one of those back when she was my age. I wish I could go home and like... see if that's still around somewhere in storage just to get that vintage game effect
But this is pretty close either way
[Okay, this might be his new obsession. Someone trying to tell him something? Sorry, playing crawler. Dinner time? Crawler. Kiss me? Crawler.
Not that the last one is happening any time soon, but hey, a boy can dream, can't he?]
Hmm... no glitches so far?
Any chance you could add some color?
OR AN EASTER EGG
Like if you get to a certain score and intentionally crash the game, it tells you that you're going to be visited by a spooky henohenomoji
[It's good to keep the mental facilities going, especially since the only thing else Ryuji was obsessed with was leg day. (God, this feels horrible to write.)]
I didn't even see the menu.
[It's not a bug, but more of a UI suggestion- then, as he goes and changes his snek to a bright yellow color instead.]
Maybe make that a little more... jumpy? I don't know, it took me a second to get into it.
Yeah, something like that!
Make it so that dots when they first appear have your name on it, or something, too. I think devs used to do that stuff all the time in old games, since publisher's weren't that cool with putting the teams on the credits. Not that there were credit screens.
Did you ever see that meTube video of the dude breaking the game mode?
I'll make a note of it. Maybe something brighter to go with the sensitivity?
[ Ryo's always been a minimalist despite his opulent lifestyle, so that makes sense to him. He's heard so many complaints that he needed to make his apartment more welcoming. ]
I think it would be better to have the player name, don't you?
[He didn't really disagree with minimalist in mindset. Ryuji's brain was pretty minimalist to begin with.]
Why? You're the one who made it, and it's only gonna be if someone actually ever figures it out, which... probably won't happen for a long ass time.
[Please let this be some historically important moment. A splinter of weird space-time existence that should anything eventually reset and absolutely confirm Ryuji's dumb tinfoil hat theory that the appearance of a program already on their devices with the name "Ryo" has a deep learning type of effect on things and ripples outward.
Or, you know, easter eggs are just cool.]
Eventually it speeds up so quickly and the snake keeps trying to eat its tail, but the game can't keep track of the loops anymore so it just keeps blinking instead.
But that was old, I imagine these smartwatches are good enough to just let you crash and burn when it gets too quick to control.
[ There's minimalism and then there's minimalism. ]
It's only a program.
[ It wasn't important to him, but it was important to... ]
I'll put something in.
[ Yeah. ]
Many new systems preserved bugs when older games were made available to them. It might not be authentic, but it's possible to write in something like that.
Are you sure you just wanna emulate the original, or is this more like... creating something new? It's one thing if its an homage to something but if you're gonna make it yours, you should think about how you want the game to work.
You're the master of the universe you build, you know?
[ "It isn't for me," is what he wants to say. But, he doesn't. That says too much about him. He doesn't want to get into discussions about feelings. He only does that with one person in the capacity he's capable of. Sakamoto isn't that person. ]
I wanted to make something that was recognizable, but unique enough that it would remain interesting.
[He wasn't intending to really bring feelings into this at all, though. He thinks this conversation is just about a game and expressing individuality through its creation. Of course he doesn't think about how he's being used as a stepping stone to a different purpose.
And either way, he probably wouldn't care that he was.]
Ah! Yeah, that's definitely gonna hit the mark, then. Considerin' it's the only video game on the station, it's gonna do well no matter what.
I mean, at least for us teens.
No idea about the adults.
Who knows man? You might be starting a revolution~ hahahah
[ He might be a bit more gun shy than is typical about bringing his reasons for things into conversation. Considering. ]
It's for our age group. I'm not worried about the adults. If extended demographics were a consideration, I would have designed it as a direct replica. Nostalgia is a powerful marketing tool.
[ Like the NPS and SNPS. ]
So long as it does as it's intended, I'll consider it successful.
Oh yeah. Like how people are all rushin' to buy retro systems or snatch up clothes from the 90s and shit. And the prices on em just sky rocket.
The punk scene, too, man
The shit I read about, the legends, right? They'd be rollin' over in their grave knowing if the shit they found in bins was bein' resold for hundreds of thousands of yen.
[He decided at some point, the spirit of rebellion is more important than the image. Even with his dyed hair.]
Anyway, I'm gonna be on the leaderboard soon enough. Look out for me :)
It isn't surprising. That era was renowned for bringing in many influential artists. Given their previous popularity and the number of plays these cassettes and CDs often had, finding anything in passable condition must be rare.
You're free to distribute it as you'd like after tomorrow. I'd appreciate you waiting until then.
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I GET TO BETA TEST?!
This is so cool
Hell yeah
What games are they
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Are you familiar with Snaked? If not, it's a simple game in which you controlled a serpent that grew larger each time it ate. With the boundaries you were given, it became progressively more difficult to avoid your own body. Once you collided with it, the game ended.
[ And, true to form, the communicator sends it broken up into two texts because he's gone on for a bit. ]
There was popular online multiplayer variant called Crawl.er. It's that, with some modifications to adhere to the limitations of the communicators. You should be able to invite others as needed for the versus mode.
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[He boots up the first exe, and plays a round, intentionally ending his game pretty early on.
Well, if anything, it's a source of amusement for his constantly bored state.]
This is really cool.
You're doing great stuff, man!
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[ Ryo figures he's giving it a whirl, so he's a little more delayed when the second response comes in. He's been busy organizing. ]
Are there any glitches or adjustments you'd make?
[ The compliment may or may not have been acknowledged. He doesn't think it's particularly good work, but those thoughts aren't actually self-deprecating as much as they don't weigh much into the overall result of this. He's just trying to make sure it serves well the person who wants it from him. If they enjoy it and like it, then that's fine by him. ]
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But this is pretty close either way
[Okay, this might be his new obsession. Someone trying to tell him something? Sorry, playing crawler. Dinner time? Crawler. Kiss me? Crawler.
Not that the last one is happening any time soon, but hey, a boy can dream, can't he?]
Hmm... no glitches so far?
Any chance you could add some color?
OR AN EASTER EGG
Like if you get to a certain score and intentionally crash the game, it tells you that you're going to be visited by a spooky henohenomoji
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But, that was the idea.
[ He'll count his experiment as a success in part then. He did want to make sure he'd have a few people to challenge to prevent boredom. ]
There should be a menu option that allows you to pick your player color. A black or white snake is only the default.
Easter eggs... Coding a hidden mode that mimics the original Tokia platform wouldn't be difficult.
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I didn't even see the menu.
[It's not a bug, but more of a UI suggestion- then, as he goes and changes his snek to a bright yellow color instead.]
Maybe make that a little more... jumpy? I don't know, it took me a second to get into it.
Yeah, something like that!
Make it so that dots when they first appear have your name on it, or something, too. I think devs used to do that stuff all the time in old games, since publisher's weren't that cool with putting the teams on the credits. Not that there were credit screens.
Did you ever see that meTube video of the dude breaking the game mode?
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I'll make a note of it. Maybe something brighter to go with the sensitivity?
[ Ryo's always been a minimalist despite his opulent lifestyle, so that makes sense to him. He's heard so many complaints that he needed to make his apartment more welcoming. ]
I think it would be better to have the player name, don't you?
I haven't. I don't play games often.
[ So, it certainly isn't for him anyway. ]
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Why? You're the one who made it, and it's only gonna be if someone actually ever figures it out, which... probably won't happen for a long ass time.
[Please let this be some historically important moment. A splinter of weird space-time existence that should anything eventually reset and absolutely confirm Ryuji's dumb tinfoil hat theory that the appearance of a program already on their devices with the name "Ryo" has a deep learning type of effect on things and ripples outward.
Or, you know, easter eggs are just cool.]
Eventually it speeds up so quickly and the snake keeps trying to eat its tail, but the game can't keep track of the loops anymore so it just keeps blinking instead.
But that was old, I imagine these smartwatches are good enough to just let you crash and burn when it gets too quick to control.
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It's only a program.
[ It wasn't important to him, but it was important to... ]
I'll put something in.
[ Yeah. ]
Many new systems preserved bugs when older games were made available to them. It might not be authentic, but it's possible to write in something like that.
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Are you sure you just wanna emulate the original, or is this more like... creating something new? It's one thing if its an homage to something but if you're gonna make it yours, you should think about how you want the game to work.
You're the master of the universe you build, you know?
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I wanted to make something that was recognizable, but unique enough that it would remain interesting.
That's all.
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And either way, he probably wouldn't care that he was.]
Ah! Yeah, that's definitely gonna hit the mark, then. Considerin' it's the only video game on the station, it's gonna do well no matter what.
I mean, at least for us teens.
No idea about the adults.
Who knows man? You might be starting a revolution~ hahahah
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It's for our age group. I'm not worried about the adults. If extended demographics were a consideration, I would have designed it as a direct replica. Nostalgia is a powerful marketing tool.
[ Like the NPS and SNPS. ]
So long as it does as it's intended, I'll consider it successful.
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The punk scene, too, man
The shit I read about, the legends, right? They'd be rollin' over in their grave knowing if the shit they found in bins was bein' resold for hundreds of thousands of yen.
[He decided at some point, the spirit of rebellion is more important than the image. Even with his dyed hair.]
Anyway, I'm gonna be on the leaderboard soon enough. Look out for me :)
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It isn't surprising. That era was renowned for bringing in many influential artists. Given their previous popularity and the number of plays these cassettes and CDs often had, finding anything in passable condition must be rare.
You're free to distribute it as you'd like after tomorrow. I'd appreciate you waiting until then.
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Shit has a street release date. I'm so hyped.
Thank you for giving me dibs!
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Thank you for agreeing to test it. I'll have the updates to you then as well.