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Games suitable for a livestreaming relay event? in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] unit327@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is no list. Nethackathon is for nethack. I'm asking for other suggestions which might work for their own, completely independent events.

Personally I can't imagine a story based game being fun for this kind of event.

Games suitable for a livestreaming relay event? in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] unit327@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Scheduling availability for people is way easier with set times, 2 hours each, rather than tying it into game progression.

You can't really "lose" in elden ring, it's just a steady slog towards the end, so it might be less interesting. All of our highlight reels are full of permadeaths and mishaps, "winning" barely even makes the cut. Terraria in hardcore mode could be interesting though.

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Games suitable for a livestreaming relay event? (lemmy.zip)
 

I am part of an event called "nethackathon" where multiple streamers hand over the same character/savegame to the next person in the schedule, like a relay race. What other games do you think would be good for a similar kind of event?

Nethack is ideal for a few different reasons:

  • it has a clearly defined objective (win the game)
  • permadeath means there are real stakes, we care if each character lives or dies
  • a winning run usually takes about 10-20 hours, short enough to be done in the weekend of the event, but also long enough that it can't be completed by a single person and requires multiple streamers in 2 hour "shifts"
  • transferable savegames (we play on a common server)
  • the game itself is interesting and deep

What other games do you think would work well in this format and why?

When the "heros" simp for billionaires rule in c/196@lemmy.world
[–] unit327@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

No preferential voting system, first past the post only. Minority parties are worse than useless, they actively harm the outcome in such a system.

The Talos Principle: Reawakened launches in April with a demo live in c/gaming@lemmy.zip
[–] unit327@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The original was done in their in-house engine and was one of if not the very first commercial game using vulkan. It had a native linux version, hell, even the VR version supported linux natively.

This remake is UE5, windows only, and presumably directx only. It makes me sad.

The new Mecha Break demo is absolutely dominating Steam, with player numbers so high it's overtaken GTA 5 and Marvel Rivals instantly. in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
[–] unit327@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 month ago

I don't get that vibe from the comment. If those games are your jam, go nuts. It would be nice to have a co op mode of an extraction shooter though so I can play with my friends in a less brutal environment.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater teases new announcement with countdown in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] unit327@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago

An announcement of an announcement of a game. Perhaps I shouldn't have written this comment, instead I should have made an announcement that in 20 days I will announce the date at which I will write a comment in response to this announcement of an announcement.