Cain on Games - Tim Cain's new YouTube channel

[rojay]

Forget it, Basshead. It's Chinatown.

 

[Basshead]

Forget it, Basshead. It's Chinatown.

Yes it is rather like that here. It’s so bad most probably won’t even get your reference. Time to take a swig from the flask under my desk at 8 in the morning. The stress of dealing with these yokels will do that to you.

 

[Infinitron]

I describe my GURPS Everything campaign from the 1990s. By "everything", I mean I allowed the players to use any skill or ability from any GURPS sourcebook. Fun times ensued.

 

[Roguey]

Great ideas from people outside of the dev team



Rare praise paid to Chris Parker at the end where Tim says he originally only wanted one producer for The Outer Worlds, but Parker insisted that he needed four and turned out to be correct.

 

[ColonelMace]

Cain shattering the remote work myth with FACTS and LOGIC

 

[Roguey]

Tim clearly loves working remotely and says it works for him and for certain roles (e.g. programmers) but also acknowledges that some people need to come to the office to be productive. Something to handle on a case by case basis.

 

[Late Bloomer]

I talk about the reasons it can be hard to add new features to a game after it ships.

 

[Late Bloomer]

He took some selfies for his community tab on Youtube. Enjoy the close-ups

 

[Nano]

Is that an avocado muffin?

 

[Late Bloomer]

Is that an avocado muffin?

It's vanilla with food colouring. He is colourblind though, so it's grey to him.

 

[Gandalf]

He took some selfies for his community tab on Youtube. Enjoy the close-ups

Why does he live in the Christmas mood over month before Chritmas?

 

[NecroLord]

He took some selfies for his community tab on Youtube. Enjoy the close-ups

He really likes cooking, I believe?
Arcanum banana bread recipe and all that.

 

[Grauken]

He took some selfies for his community tab on Youtube. Enjoy the close-ups

Why does he live in the Christmas mood over month before Chritmas?

He's Santa Claus and has to prepare everything

 

[Naraya]

Is that an avocado muffin?

No silly, that's Tim Cain.

 

[0sacred]

Merry Cainmas, prepare your anus

 

[Roguey]

The hypothetical anti-Tim Cain RPG


A hardcore action JRPG with unskippable cutscenes sums it up.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

A hardcore action JRPG with unskippable cutscenes sums it up.

That does indeed sound dreadful.

 

[Roguey]

That does indeed sound dreadful.

Good number of people here might take issue with his distaste for specific hardcore elements (e.g. lack of character respec, attributes/skills with no explanation or easily-discernible effect, the ability to enter a permanently-unwinnable game state).

 

[Grauken]

ability to enter a permanently-unwinnable game state

People who want that are demented and shut be put down

 

[Heroic Liberator]

That does indeed sound dreadful.

Good number of people here might take issue with his distaste for specific hardcore elements (e.g. lack of character respec, attributes/skills with no explanation or easily-discernible effect, the ability to enter a permanently-unwinnable game state).

I don't mind those, besides the attributes/skills one since that'd fall under poor UX rather than it being a matter of game design difficulty.

 

[NecroLord]

The hypothetical anti-Tim Cain RPG


A hardcore action JRPG with unskippable cutscenes sums it up.

Shits on jRPGs like a chad.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

ability to enter a permanently-unwinnable game state

People who want that are demented and shut be put down

Disagree if we're talking about stuff like not having unkillable NPCs (which is incline).

 

[Grauken]

ability to enter a permanently-unwinnable game state

People who want that are demented and shut be put down

Disagree if we're talking about stuff like not having unkillable NPCs (which is incline).

I'm talking about Sierra adventures where 5 hours later you realize because you didn't give that one bird a dongle you can't win

 

[Heroic Liberator]

ability to enter a permanently-unwinnable game state

People who want that are demented and shut be put down

Disagree if we're talking about stuff like not having unkillable NPCs (which is incline).

I'm talking about Sierra adventures where 5 hours later you realize because you didn't give that one bird a dongle you can't win

I'd blame that on particular bad game design rather than it being something inherent to just having a game where you can end up with permanently-unwinnable states.

 

[Butter]

What's the last RPG that allowed the player to enter an unwinnable state (other than cases where you deliberately build your character like a retard and can no longer win fights)? Wizardry 7 technically allowed the player to enter an unwinnable state, but it was a design oversight rather than adventure game fuckery.