Welcome to a new type of post! Every Sunday, I go over the things I found noteworthy or good during the last week! Everything goes. Nothing gets spared. Should we start?
I saw the trailer and thought for the first few seconds that it's a space exploration game. Now it's 2D. Wait, now it's 3D. Okay, so it mixes both? Cool idea, what else is there? Okay, yeah, you can land on planets and explore, it's what I thought it is. Ah, the mining in space is in 3D again. And that's a Dyson sphere, and that's - a character profile of Bill Clinton - level 1 bard. What.
Now we are riding bikes on an inhabited planet. Now the game looks like HD2D from TEMU. Why does it say Paris 100km on the bottom?! You can ride cars too. Oh, and it's also Minecraft. There is fishing, shooting bugs with rifles, and - IS THAT TETRIS?! Oh, and horse racing, why not? Someone answered the question "What is your game about?" with "Yes."
I checked the Steam page, because I literally had no idea what was going on anymore. I quote from the description:
Hypernet Explorer is an immersive-sim roguelike set in a weird and alternate 2001, where the Y2K bug shattered reality and erased most modern technology, that is slowly being rebuilt using magic and the occult.
Form a party to explore a 92 floor skyscraper that barely holds the cosmos together or just get lost in alternate activities; manage a cursed pizza place, become a certified tarot reader, date yourself from another plane of existence, start your own space program, get filthy rich by manipulating the soul market and... go bowling with your beloved cousin.
Every boundary that once separated religion, science, finance and magic is now obsolete so... do what thou wilt.
And that is only the start. It's an immersive sim with basically everything in it. Go read the rest for yourself. It's the kind of madness that intrigues me greatly. It's available on Steam to Wishlist: Hypernet Explorer.
I have been playing a lot of FFXIV again. And have been reminded of this brilliant shitpost by composer Masayoshi Soken. This was at the Fanfest 2021, which was sadly set in an empty hall because COVID was still going on. This man was fighting for his life against cancer only shortly before, shows up, drops this masterpiece, and leaves.
It just makes me smile. Please enjoy.
This such a neat project. And he doesn't just show off the machine itself, but basically all the tools he used (and made), as well as how all the components work. Go check it out and leave a sub, and like!
Well. This one hits hard. I don't want to comment much on this. I am pretty sure you can guess where I stand on this. It's heartbreaking. Please watch and share it around.
Okay, that is it for this week, I have only had the idea to do this today. So there isn't much. I'll make sure to make more notes this week.
-- Cass