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I'm #streaming some Quake mod testing this morning over at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

I'll play through the rest of Map-Center's Retrojam 1 and then maybe quit playtesting & start something else (Shadesmaster's Sacrilege?).

Finished Cosmic Star Heroine tonight; I really enjoyed it.

The developers were clearly going for a 16 bit RPG aesthetic & I think they nailed it. The graphics in particular were on point in that regard. Even the menuing and character movement felt right to me (you could do the wiggle-while-running like in Chrono Trigger!). Also it felt like there was a lot of music in the game, I was surprised to hear unique area and character themes all the way to the end. (And most of that music was pretty good).

I played through most of the game on its second difficulty setting - Agent - and I feel like I've only scratched the surface of its battle system. Next time I'll have to play one difficulty up & see how I do.

The story was humorous and maybe a little slight - some things happen kind of abruptly - but I think that's in-line with that they were trying to do, the games they drew inspiration from. It was cliche but in a satisfying way, if that makes sense.

The whole thing felt like a labor of love & was a blast to play. Really good game. Cheers to Zeboyd Games, I'll have to check out their other titles.

going into chapter 12 of Cosmic Star Heroine (PC, 2017) today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

I'm near the end of the game so I might finish it this session.

Picking up Cosmic Star Heroine (PC, 2017) again at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

I'm starting chapter 11 tonight; I think that puts me near the end of the game.

I'm continuing Cosmic Star Heroine (PC, 2017) tonight at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

I'm at the end of chapter 7 (I think) & just about to start chapter 8.

one more #303day track for the road

#303day

good news: I can detect player movement prediction errors in my Quake mod's CSQC code now

bad news: I noticed my clientside code microstutters somewhere (easy to see at high speeds)