games GuyWTriangle • Now • 100%

Sunday is Gaming Day: What Are You Playing Weekly Thread

Hope everyone had a restful weekend. I have been playing lots of Minecraft, as I am currently what laymen call "unemploymed" so I need to pass the time somehow. I have also been playing a little Grim Fandango remastered. Hope everyone has a good week

games Moonworm • Now • 100%

Hexbear Plays Dwarf Fortress: Year 6 (105-106)

Apologies for the length, I was just really enjoying the opportunity to write some slopping wet prose. I'll organize the journal entries by month and link them here. [Save file](https://mega.nz/folder/MsQiFCwR#GIMlyd1BQs1YhH7QHe5xrQ) --- ::: spoiler State of the fortress in brief Everything’s going pretty much fine in the fortress. I reorganized the military and have the squads patrolling between the two cavern entrances in shifts. At any point the bridges could be raised, but I left them open to encourage fun. One thing that I didn’t mention in the journal is that there are some warm walls in the lower caverns, which should indicate there’s a source of magma for future efficient industry and mischief. There were only two dwarf deaths that I can recall, as well as a birth or two. There was one moderate wave of migrants. I mostly let the upper fortress run itself, save for a little shuffling and building of guildhalls. The Countess either has all her needs met or only needs a little more in her bedroom. I had thought about reorganizing some of the offices, but I didn’t really get around to that. A number of rose gold coins have been minted. A small amount of bismuth bronze was made, I used some to decorate The Rose Chamber, which I intend to serve as a reliquary and landmark. It would also serve as a very fine temple complex for the local Stigilite sect, but it didn’t seem quite right for the roleplay and I didn’t want dwarves to be pulled up and down the fortress to visit it too much. So far the military has been able to tackle pretty much everything the caves have thrown up and probably won’t struggle against anything that isn’t made of very hard materials or producing toxic gas. The elves might get pissed if tree-cutting picks back up, probably not a huge concern unless someone wants to maintain peace for whatever reason. Suggestions for future players are to keep digging down, gain access to magma, and set up new industries like glass (if sand can be procured) or dyeworks. ::: --- Diary of ~~Likut~~ Regolith Togalkulet, Militia Commander [Granite](https://hexbear.net/comment/5374248) [Slate](https://hexbear.net/comment/5374249) [Felsite](https://hexbear.net/comment/5374250) [Hematite Malachite Galena](https://hexbear.net/comment/5374251) [Limestone Sandstone Timber](https://hexbear.net/comment/5374253) [Moonstone Opal Obsidian](https://hexbear.net/comment/5374277) ---

games gaystyleJoker • Now • 100%

Welcome to Hexcraft! A Virtual Tour

hello everyone and welcome to the virtual tour! i'd just like to show everyone what we've been doing on the server and what's to come let's start off with the developing town of Serygrad/Chapograd/Whatever the fuck they are going to call it! this community is being built literally from the ground up by none other than master architect and engineer [@Seryph@lemmygrad.ml](https://lemmygrad.ml/u/Seryph) @LittleSery  say hi Sery!  it currently has half a train station, a full library, a functioning depot and two gay parrots! i cannot wait to see how this place turns out  this is the first of our trains. this one connects Serygrad to the town of Shadehaven. let's take a ride. ALL ABOARD!  enjoy the first-class amenities in our one-car train and relax as the centrally planned rail system efficiently takes us to our destination  along the line, we have a cute little picture to mark the city limits. hi Lenin!  welcome to Shadehaven Station!  enjoy the gothic ambience of our first-ever train station  right outside the station, the cherry trees accentuate the gothic vibes of the city. it's truly beautiful at night if you get past the gangs of roving phantoms trying to murder you  this is Shadehaven! it was originally built from the bones of a village into the sprawling behemoth it currently is (#5 if you want to be exact),  entirely because of the efforts of the dedicated community. everyone on here is a legend and i appreciate them immensely  the users on this server are so talented, bringing technological advancements that blend the virtual and real world. hi [@ashinadash@hexbear.net](https://hexbear.net/u/ashinadash)!  it's seriously so impressive. is there any limit to what we can't d- oh. fuck off.  anyway. this is our town square! i love coming back to town because it's such a relaxing atmosphere  can you believe this started out with like 3 villagers and a witch?  the natural build gave us a leg up and the infrastructure they left us has been built upon and improved immensely  i love this place.  we even have a castle! obviously the crown jewel of our town, it is a majestic beacon of progress  oh. [@PurrLure@hexbear.net](https://hexbear.net/u/PurrLure) please explain this.  inside you can hear the groans of a villager and some kind of animal. this fucking sucks.  why are you here, you dweeb? just leave. fuck off  maybe it's not all bad. you know what they say, behind every closed door is  a stinky mule.  and that concludes our tour! time to rest outside my cabin. i'm just gonna sit here and ignore the fact that all of that bullshit is literally down the street from me 

games ZoomeristLeninist • Now • 100%

Hexcraft, the Most Communist Minecraft Server, is Live!

the server is intended for hexbear and lemmygrad users. to get on the allow-list and get the ip, just dm me. i do a quick vetting of acct so if ur acct is new or ur a lurker you’ll have to wait while i figure some stuff out (ill update this post when we’re accepting new users and lurkers) the modpack were using is [here](https://modrinth.com/modpack/create-hexes) thank you to the owner of the server for being so generous and hosting us! and thank you to the two users who worked on the modpack! happy minecrafting gaymers!!

games moondog • Now • 100%

Hexbear Magic The Gathering server is open for business!

Feel free to join up. We play with digital tools which mean you don't need to own any cards in real life to play. Link is open for next 7 days, if you see this post after then, send me a DM for a fresh link. https://discord.gg/7uwdVZCp

games blakeus12 • Now • 100%

The Hexbear Federation of Star Systems is now open!

For those of you who don't care, I promise this is the last post about this. All further discussion can be relegated to the matrix space. Matrix Space: https://matrix.to/#/!tyfTFjggYNboCPZPKo:envs.net?via=envs.net The main base isn't anything special, at least for now, but it's enough to protect from the main planet's frequent boiling storms. If any comrades need to be picked up, you can use the S.O.S. channel in the matrix space. All four stars are yellow, so no special hyperdrives are required to traverse the whole federation. Portal Coords:  Hexadecimal Transcription: 4 0 6 E F E F B 4 9 1 3 Atlas Transcription: Tepaavpe Dipedigu Teudzago Feel free to join us! No other planets except the main one in System Alpha have been discovered, so feel free to name them how you wish, and build small outposts, huge bases, or anything in between! I can't wait to meet all of you in our marxist-leninist space commune!   edit: thank you for the pin! 

games BeamBrain • Now • 100%

It's been a long, hard road, but after a year's work, I've finished the demo of Guardian Cry, a 16-bit Zelda clone. Check it out!

beambrain.itch.io

**EDIT:** Holy shit thanks so much whoever made the $19.17 donation

games FemboyStalin • Now • 100%

Hosting a project zomboid server

I'm hosting a project zomboid server with a few friends and would love if more people played. We use a bunch of mods so I recommend modchecker to see what mods to download.  IP: 173.0.151.92 Port: 17100

games riseuppikmin • Now • 97%

Emulation Information Megathread

Here are some educational resources/explanations for the games community about emulation and other game-related tools. Note: Check my top-level replies in this thread as I ran out of text in the post [Informational Resources] [Reddit's ROM Megathread - Unaffiliated with this site](https://old.reddit.com/r/Roms/comments/m59zx3/roms_megathread_40_html_edition_2021/) [Emulation Wiki](https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page) [Emulation as a field] Emulation is the process of re-implementing the functionality of something (hardware and/or software) in a separate software environment. You're probably most most familiar in the term as it relates to game system emulation- like the Dolphin Wii and Gamecube emulator, but it's actually much broader than that. While emulation does cover physical systems, it can also cover things that strictly exist as software. If you've ever played on WoW or any other MMO private servers, the actual underlying software that was being run was likely a server emulator (or in rare cases the actual official server software itself may have leaked or released). These server emulators are created by analyzing the network information exchange (packets) sent from the game client to the server and those received by the client from the server. A painstaking and brutal process of analyzing these packets allows server reverse-engineering projects to then re-implement the functionality of the official servers, and then we can point the game client towards our reverse-engineered private server (that speaks the exact same "language" as the official servers). This then allows the private servers to provide additional or changed functionality (for example, more exp per quest) which allows a much more customizable experience. Emulation can also be used to re-implement vendor solutions like the Steam API which provides various utilities like DRM (which the emulator could choose to ignore). A great example of an emulator in this regard is the [Goldberg Emulator](https://gitlab.com/Mr_Goldberg/goldberg_emulator). Let's say you've acquired (through legal purchase only of course) the clean steam files for a game and want to run it offline. Normally you wouldn't be able to because the steamworks DRM check wouldn't be able to authenticate against the official steam servers. If we instead replace the steam_api.dll (this could also be named steam_api64.dll depending on the game) with the one provided by the Goldberg Emulator, when the game makes the check for the steamworks drm authentication status, the Goldberg Emulator's implementation of steam_api.dll will simply return true and let us play our game offline. The game itself just knows that it asked for a DRM verification check to a service, and the Goldberg variant of steam_api.dll looks (to the game) exactly like the "real" version, except that it always returns that the steamworks DRM has been verified. [Refer to the readme](https://gitlab.com/Mr_Goldberg/goldberg_emulator/-/blob/master/Readme_release.txt) within the Goldberg project for more information about what to do with specific games. Also take note that this only works with games that only use steamworks drm (most of them) and games using other/multiple DRM solutions won't work with this method only for offline play. [Console Emulators] All of the emulators listed below are my personal per-console pick. Each is at least in the recommended section of a great general emulation resource, the [Emulation Wiki](https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page) Game Platform | Emulator Name | Emulation Platform | Comments **Nintendo Consoles** NES | [Ares](https://ares-emu.net/) | Windows/Linux/Mac SNES | [Ares](https://ares-emu.net/) | Windows/Linux/Mac SNES | [bsnes-hd](https://github.com/DerKoun/bsnes-hd) | Windows/Linux/Mac | Widescreen modifications for some SNES games N64 | [Simple64](https://simple64.github.io/) | Windows/Linux | N64 emulation has a lot of viable candidate emulators, check the page [here](https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Nintendo_64_emulators) GC | [Dolphin](https://dolphin-emu.org/) | Windows/Linux/Mac/Android Wii | [Dolphin](https://dolphin-emu.org/) | Windows/Linux/Mac/Android Wii U | [Cemu](https://cemu.info/) | Windows/Linux Switch | Ryujinx | Killed by Nintendo 10/1/2024 Switch | Yuzu | Windows/Linux/Android | Killed by Nintendo 3/4/2024 **Nintendo Handhelds** GB/C | [mGBA](https://mgba.io/) | Windows/Linux/Mac GBA | [mGBA](https://mgba.io/) | Windows/Linux/Mac DS | [MelonDS](https://melonds.kuribo64.net/) | Windows/Linux/Mac/Android 3DS | [Citra (PabloMK7 Fork)](https://github.com/PabloMK7/citra) | Windows/Linux/Mac/Android | Fork by longtime former contributor of Citra receiving additional development from GPUCode (another longtime contributor) **Sony Consoles** Playstation | [DuckStation](https://www.duckstation.org/) | Windows/Linux/Mac/Android Playstation 2 | [PCSX2](https://pcsx2.net/) | Windows/Linux/Mac Playstation 3 | [RPCS3](https://rpcs3.net/) | Windows/Linux/Mac Playstation 4 | [ShadPS4](https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadps4) | Windows/Linux/Mac | Heavily experimental and not for casual use yet **Sony Handhelds** PSP | [PPSSPP](https://www.ppsspp.org/) | Windows/Linux/Mac/Android PSVita | [Vita3K](https://vita3k.org/) | Windows/Linux/Mac **Sega Consoles** Sega Master System | [Ares](https://ares-emu.net/) | Windows/Linux/Mac Genesis | [Ares](https://ares-emu.net/) | Windows/Linux/Mac Saturn | [Mednafen](https://mednafen.github.io/releases/) | Windows/Linux Dreamcast | [Flycast](https://flyinghead.github.io/flycast-builds/) | Windows/Linux/Mac/Android **Microsoft Consoles** Xbox | [Xemu](https://xemu.app/) | Windows/Linux/Mac Xbox 360 | [Xenia](https://xenia.jp/) | Windows **Apple Phones** iOS 2.x | [TouchHLE](https://github.com/hikari-no-yume/touchHLE) | Windows/Mac/Android [Graphics Packs] A lot of emulators have texture replacement capabilities built into them. What this means is that users can manually and/or AI upscale textures from the game into higher resolution or outright replace them with other textures. There aren't currently (that I'm aware of) area that have consolidated links to these things, so you'll unfortunately have to search individual project forums and look for texture or graphic packs links. Some known graphics packs repositories: [Dolphin Forums](https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Forum-custom-texture-projects) Citra Forums Killed by Nintendo 3/4/2024; waiting for the dust to settle for recommendations [Graphics API Translation Layers] Sometimes there are scenarios where a game may only use DirectX to draw it's rendered graphics to screen and we may not want this. This could be for performance reasons (maybe the Vulkan graphics api has better performance, maybe DirectX isn't available on our OS, or maybe the DirectX version is really old and not properly supported by our OS/GPU/Driver combination). In these instances we can use translations layers to translate DirectX graphics api calls into Vulkan calls using utilities like [DXVK](https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk) . Explaining which files to copy over depends on a per-DirectX version basis, so you'll have to use a combination of the [PCGamingWiki](https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Home) and DXVK documentation to figure out which files to replace. [Graphics Post-Processing] With a utility called [ReShade](https://reshade.me/) we're able to inject various post-processing effects into the final stage of the graphic rendering pipelines of games. This allows you to adjust color curves, inject path-traced global illumination (a method like ray-tracing), and add a bunch of other effects to DirectX9/11/12/Vulkan games.

games doublepepperoni • Now • 100%

All these years playing GTAV and I only now learn that using the custom radio station cooks your CPU

Those maximum temps were reached when I just sat in my car with the radio tuned to Self Radio  Thanks a lot, Rockstar

games corgiwithalaptop • Now • 100%

More like Star Shitizen am i right fellas?

[@UlyssesT@hexbear.net](https://hexbear.net/u/UlyssesT) immediate had to post this. Saw it scrolling and thought of you 

games 12022081631 • Now • 97%

after Mario is Missing and Luigi's Mansion we are ready for the Mario Cold Case in which we investigate Mario's abduction+murder

it needs fleshing out (no pun intended) but we guarantee the gaming world would be shocked, stunned, and moved by the effort to make luigis character more meaningful

games RamrodBaguette • Now • 100%

Hearts of Iron 4 is going to get the ultimate wehraboo bait DLC

*Dmitri, get the Pe-2s* On the plus side, you can avenge Rosa and Karl by turning Germany communist.  

games doublepepperoni • Now • 94%

Videogame development times are getting out of control

Death Stranding came out in 2019. Death Stranding 2 will come out in 2025. That's six years for two games. If these were the PS2 days Kojima would have cranked out 3 Death Stranding games by now and we'd be getting Death Stranding 3: Subsistence along with a teaser for Death Stranding 4 next year. Remember when video game trilogies used be to a huge thing in the sixth and seventh generations? You'd typically get 3 games in about 5-7 years See: Halo, Gears of War, Resistance, Killzone, etc

games AernaLingus • Now • 100%

Delving into Pikmin 2's Procedural Cave Music - YouTube

Was wondering about how Pikmin 2's procedural music works and came across this beautifully crafted video explaining the whole intricate system. This channel seems like a treasure trove--if you just wanna jam, check out [this sick Driftveil City arrangement](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mQfkFxUQKD8) for starters

games UlyssesT • Now • 100%

Star Citizen, 12 years in and almost a billion in funding later...

For those paying attention, the clowns at Clown Imperium haven't even finalized the flight model yet, and it keeps swinging from sweaty simulationism to kitchy WW2-in-space arcade shooting and no one's happy because it keeps swerving around.

games corgiwithalaptop • Now • 100%

Any older (PS2 or before) shmups with RPG mechanics?

I do most of my gaming on a Retroid, which can run a lot of PS2 games well, as well as obviously earlier games. I really liked the GBA Macross game - you got to level up ship stats after each stage to make it more durable, or your weapons stronger, and shit like that. What other shmups have similar mechanics? Dont care if theyre horizontal or vertical. I already have Radiant Silvergun's Saturn port loaded on my device, so inb4 that one.

games SorosFootSoldier • Now • 100%

Is the Tomb Raider Remaster any good?

Or should I just wait for OpenLara to get caught up with TR 2+3?

games BeamBrain • Now • 100%

Crapshoot: Traffic Department 2192 (or, how a 1994 DOS game did a female protagonist really well)

www.pcgamer.com

For the most part, the article speaks for itself, though I did want to add some elaborations of my own. At first blush, Marta Velasquez, the game's protagonist, seems like the stereotypical Strong Female Character (tm): a misguided attempt to make an admirable female character by having her embody all the traits of toxic masculinity. What becomes apparent as one plays through the game, though, is that we're not supposed to admire these traits, and in fact the game spends a fair amount of time dissecting and criticizing toxic masculinity through her. Velasquez is a hazard to everyone around her, carelessly blasting her wingmen, sabotaging her organization so she can fly more missions, constantly threatening her coworkers with violence, *and the world reacts accordingly.* Her coworkers fear and despise her, her self-centered attitude gets in the way of her organization's mission, and she largely spends the game digging herself into a deeper and deeper hole. She is, at best, a terribly broken person in desperate need of therapy, only tolerated by those around her out of pity or necessity. That's doing quite a bit with a female protagonist for 1994, and a hell of a lot more than any contemporary games I can think of (Metroid 2 and Super Metroid *maybe* come close).

games SorosFootSoldier • Now • 83%

Kazuya Mishima Costume Tier List (Tekken)

Tekken 2 with the jacket with the devil on the back is 

games SexUnderSocialism • Now • 100%

Star Citizen Developer Cloud Imperium Games Imposes 7-Day Work Week Ahead of Citizencon

insider-gaming.com

Chain them to the chairs, and crack the whips, because we need more ships. What's Chris Robert's annual retirement fund conference without new ships to show off to our adoring bazinga audience who's ready to throw money at us? Exactly. Get to work, losers.  > The company mandate states: > All staff are to be in the office on Friday, October 4th and Friday, October 11th (typically a work-at-home day) > All staff are to be in the office on Saturday, October 5th, and Saturday, October 12th (for these days, the company will provide breakfast and lunch, with staff receiving company TOIL (time off in lieu) which can be stored and used for time off at a later date) > All staff are to work on Sunday, October 6th, and Sunday, October 13th (this can be a work-at-home day, but the company “encourages” people to be in the office. For these days and for those in the office, the company will provide breakfast and lunch, with staff receiving company TOIL, which can be stored and used for time off at a later date) > Another internal email sent to Insider Gaming in July 2024 reveals that Cloud Imperium Games “pre-approved” 12 hours of ‘SQ42 TOIL’ per week for developers to meet Citizencon deadlines. The catch? The TOIL will only be made available after Squadron 42 ships, and employees must still be employed with the company by the time the game ships, or the TOIL “will be forfeited.” And then I said to my wife: "Let's tie our already fucked up TOIL system to meeting deadlines, because we never seem to meet them anyway." 

games Tofu_Lewis • Now • 97%

Soft, Strong, Beautiful - Frosmoth

Amazing. Incredible. How could you deny this perfect pokemon? Are you stupid? EDIT: You're not stupid, I just like it so much - so cute.

games LaGG_3 • Now • 100%

A brief history of Nintendo NOT letting you play as Zelda - Polygon


games BountifulEggnog • Now • 100%

Ryujinx is dead after being contacted by Nintendo, sad day for switch emulation.

After Yuzu got shut down I'm not sure what this leaves people with for switch emulators. I'm going to try and find archives and will update the post when I do. Last windows build: [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/ryujinx-1.1.1403-win_x64) Slightly older, but has linux and mac builds [archive.org](https://archive.org/download/ryujinx-1.1.1382) Okay there we go, a github mirror: https://git.naxdy.org/Mirror/Ryujinx