I've tried it for a few hours (reached level 5 quests so far). I'd say it's not bad. It's reasonably fun with quite an interesting setting and story, though some gameplay parts could certainly be better. (eg. inventory&item management, skill and enemy diversity)
I guess it should be the other way around. More money (per person) means you should be able to afford reducing GHG. For example by better isolating your home, using cleaner sources of energy or constructing more power efficient machines.
Well it's still asking for a subscription and hides the entire article. I could only read it after some manual HTML/CSS cleanups.
I wouldn't call it underrated. It seems to be very popular and often has better ratings than other very popular games. Personally I think it's not necessarily bad but slightly overrated. I would've liked to try the more detailed designs in a more complex, less fast paced/arcade-y version of the game.
I think linking directly to the quoted source instead would've been a better choice considering it's not behind an - albeit very weak - pay/subscribe wall.
Interesting, the early designs remind me a lot of the interiors in Wayward Terran Frontier. Especially "The original sketch of the Kestrel." in the upper right.
Weee fancy colors! Though your fingers betrayed you, they say it was actually the second.
Having exactly 500 kg up to three decimal places would still be quite impressive!
Very true, but only the fact that the game had such an incredible and easy to use map editor was the reason this was possible.
Blizzard has not produced a good game since Overwatch 2.
I'd even argue that Blizzard has not created a good product since the original Warcraft 3 (+ The Frozen Throne). But to each their own.
I'm aware of that and also see the problem, but argue that that's partially because most people just aren't used to this. People's actions depend a lot on what they consider the norm. Take waiters or other service people as an example - in some cultures it's usual to tip them, in others it's unusual or even frowned upon.
You would have to at least have a base minimum purchase price and then accept tips on top.
That's also fine. If the initial price were lower than other comparable games then I assume that more people could be convinced to tip. Or even just if a company is very open about their work / income and dedicated to communicating to their players. I think there's already some companies like that, though perhaps not necessarily the big ones.
That's where work contracts can help. Any form of tipping and how it is split would have to be handled by a contract anyway.
He’s not talking about donations though, he’s talking about paying full price THEN tipping.
I'm aware of that. The "Pay what you want." concept mentioned in my first paragraph was its own idea/suggestion/thought, since it kinda fits the topic. It's a different thing.
It’s a blatant excuse to pay developers less while placing financial guilt on the people paying for the product. It’s the same way tipping at a restaurant works.
Not really, really good video games take months or even years to complete, so your developers will want to be paid for that time before they become profitable. At restaurants the initial investment isn't quite as high, as far as wages are concerned. I'd argue that you get tipped before even getting your first monthly paycheck. That can not be the case for video game tips.
I assume software developers and other people in the IT sector are also in higher demand than waiters, so they don't have it quite as bad as waiters. That's why I think they're not comparable.
That said, I do believe that a company that is open about the tips it receives could be interesting for developers. If I saw that tips were actually split evenly among all the employees and their work hours then I think it'd be worth considering applying there. Though I guess for fairness those tips should even be paid out if employees quit or get kicked out so you'd have to track how much each person contributed to each product and that could be a bit of a bureaucratic hassle.
I think the concept of "Pay what you want." is a very friendly approach to this. It already exists on platforms like itch.io and some free to play games financed through donations, like Dwarf Fortress, also became extremely popular. Humble Bundles are also pretty famous for this. And of course kickstarters do something a bit similar to this.
Personally I'd love to see donation buttons/infos especially for all the free music and games that exist out there. But I want to make sure my donations reach the people who actually worked on it, so I dislike products like paypal or patreon where a portion of the money goes to men in the middle and their managers/owners, etc. A bank account number or something along those lines where I can transfer money a bit more directly would be nice, but some creators only provide paypal buttons, so I won't donate.
I never played the game but watched some trailers and gameplay videos. I'm 99% certain that Helldivers 2 is following the Starship Troopers formula and purely making fun of patrionism, propaganda, war, the military, military personnel, "freedom", heroism, politics and military advertisements and turning that into a game. There's just so many obvious signs, it seems impossible to miss. In other words, it is a political game. Or maybe I just really don't get either of the two.
I've played a few rounds of digital Daybreak on BGA. It plays pretty nice, though difficulty seems to increase a lot outside the solo version. I worry that fiddling with CO2 tokens could get tedious in the printed version. The QR Code idea is nice.
That's an interesting view/idea. Is that a reoccurring theme in politics? Like, I'm wondering if there have been similar cases and if yes how well did they work.
I can imagine something similar happening at school, where eg. kids who litter or destroy plants or furniture are assigned to cleanup/anti litter duty or to gardening work or to furniture maintenance. I think I remember seeing similar things, the idea being that it helps those kids learn to better understand the work that goes into such tasks and the value behind them. Basically it helps build your morals and values or something along those lines.
The way I see it maybe this decision could promote gender equality organisations that are active in Saudi Arabia. It could create or increase social awareness for this topic. Being given a responsibility can make you put more effort into it than you did before because suddenly the effort counts twice.