I see a simple fix that shouldn't cause too much trouble for anyone: have any "Store name" changes require manual approval. That's not something that should legitimately need to be changed very often, so it shouldn't unduly burden Valve employees, and it won't matter that the description, screenshots, etc. can be changed if the name remains the same. It's a little odd to me that it can be changed at will right now.

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A friend of mine was itching to start a new co-op playthrough back in December, but we decided we didn't want to start one only for a big update to come out soon after, so we've been waiting for this announcement.

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I'm not really into bullet hell games, but I love the creativity here. I dabble in painting and I've discovered I like the idea of paintings that stretch over multiple canvases, so a game taking place in multiple windows is pretty neat.

I've often thought that if I ever made a game that had a mini-map in one corner, I'd include an option to pop it out into a second window for people like me with multiple monitors, where it could free up space in the main game window and use the space of a second monitor.

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Quoting: razing32Remember when we had video games fantasizing about dragons and spaceships.
Now we seem to be fantasizing about home ownership

People play games to do things they can't in real life. (Generally speaking…)

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Not sure if I'll pick it up, but I do find the idea intriguing.

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Quoting: sourpuzBut I wish they were a tad more creative with their naming conventions. "Nova Drakonia"? Come on.

As I was reading the article, my eyes flickered ahead to the end of the sentence briefly and I initially read that as "North Dakota". 🤣

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Quoting: robertosf92Great to see this game continue to evolve. One question, how does it adapt to modern resolutions? Last time I tried it, it was so damn small on a 4K screen

I don't know how it'd be at 4K; I play at 1440p and that works, using the UI scaling.

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Oo, nice! Lots of little improvements all over here.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: Craggles086

QuoteIn the original there's three modes Peasant, Hero, and Demigod and they're going to tweak them so that the "Demigod" mode gives players more instructions and ongoing help - more like a tutorial mode.

Was that tutorial mode going to be built into Demigod mode, or peasant mode?

Adding it to Demigod mode seems a little counter productive.

Might have to give this another go. When I first tried this game I could not work out how to navigate the menus for gardening plots and food production. Was able to get into many money making endeavours, but rich and starving did not work for too long.

The article should (?) make that pretty clear:

Quotethey're going to tweak them so that the "Demigod" mode gives players more instructions and ongoing help - more like a tutorial mode

Specifically says the Demigod mode.

The names are confusing for sure though.

It might help to swap the order in the article so it goes from easiest to hardest (to align with how difficulty levels are usually presented): Demigod, Hero, Peasant. The names describe the character you'll be creating and how powerful they are relative to everyone else, so a Demigod is stronger than a Hero is stronger than a Peasant – hence why Demigod gets the tutorial, as it's the easiest.

Though I've still lost plenty of Demigod adventurers to a single battle by being cocky or underestimating the enemy…

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Quoting: kneekooand where to find the NPCs you have to interact with?

There's a mod for that.

I'll probably check it out with my original save file that I still keep going, and a friend has recently been itching to start a new multiplayer file together, so we'll be waiting for that.

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