Quoting: PhiladelphusI remember coming across this years ago (though after the Kickstarter, and possibly post-dev burnout), and I still remember being inspired by one of the descriptions about why it was being made, which to paraphrase went something like "Procedural generation has a bad reputation because it often gives boring results. But that's not a limitation of procedural generation itself, it just means we need to develop better algorithms for it." (In the same way that early 3D games often looked bad, not because 3D was inherently bad, but because the tech hadn't matured yet.) While proc gen is obviously not something for every game (just as amazing 2D games continue to be made, there'll always be a need for hand-made content), I think in the intervening years we've started to see some of those "better algorithms" come about, making for some really interesting and fun games where proc gen gets used (I've spent hundreds of hours in Noita, for instance). Glad to see the code get open-sourced and excited to see what comes about from it.

I guess the problem is that some games overreach bit and get into state where procedural generation starts to suck more and more time from the actual game development. Games where it works seem to be able to get away with less. Of course it's fun to to think being able to do best procedural engine out there, but it might be better to make scope of the project smaller in order to be able to deliver something in reasonable time. And maybe do several very small games that can be finished in week or so. That gives valuable experience for bigger games.

As for procedural generation getting better, at least there seems to be lot of tutorials for the 2D procedural world generation. So people don't have to figure out the basics on their own.

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Quoting: starfarerHmm. Every time I read something about these kinds of games I think to myself: how does this hold up against OpenTTD? Because honestly I didn't have as much fun with any new kind of tycoon game as with OpenTTD. Can anyone chime in?

Compared to OpenTTD, Railway Empire is more focused on the story. There's a campaign that has multiple targets to meet. There's also other things like technology tree and stock market to keep you occupied.

So while there are some similarities, they are totally different games.

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderIf the humour and the puzzles are as good as the art style them im all in!

Demo is available so you can see it yourself. Seems to be pretty short though. Stops bit abruptly.

Previous demo was longer and had way too much exposition, but maybe they have split things up for the final game. I can't remember if the case in the demo was part of the office banter.

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Quoting: FireStarWGood discovery event that keeps you in the steam ecosystem although it has been almost exhausting checking out 20+ demos every fest...

I reached 50 last fest

Though having 8 hours taken by work would have hindered that a lot. Next fest just happened to be during my vacation.

For those that actually want to enjoy and find something to put into wishlist, just browsing most popular demos will be much more efficient. Most of the games at the top are there for a good reason.

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In the demo there sure is stuff to collect, even with light puzzles thrown in. There's also races if you find the starting point.

Demo is still available, so you can give it a spin.

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I think I have played the demo earlier and it sure it sure it has some kind Overcooked feeling.

Demo was bit buggy back then, but most likely things are much better as it has been a while. If I remember correctly , game was already right kind of frantic already back then.

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I tried the demo and there wasn't much point to it than running around aimlessly. As it's alpha teaser, there's of course still lot of time to improve things.

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Quoting: Pendragonis it me, or does this seem like it could be a mobile game? i dig the pixel art though, that's for sure

User interface at least could work on mobile or touch screen in general.

Luckily it's not ported from mobile though, which could mean that the game is optimized for microtransactions.

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Quoting: Craggles086Is there any way of playing Counter Strike solo?

Would love a single player campaign mode.

Only thing I had against it.

No, not really. You can practice against the bots, that's pretty much about it. There must be great single player games with same theme though. But at least you get that for free.

Closest I can think of is Rainbox Six games. Never played them and I don't know how good they work with Proton.

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My wallet is still holding, but maybe I'll buy something before sale ends.

I have still plenty of games to play, though that hasn't stopped me from buying games before

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