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TumbleSeed |OT| A Friend in Need is a Seed Indeed
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I used to have a wooden contraption with a metal ball and two cords you could pull that works just like this. The holes were always a nightmare, I think my grandfather actually made it himself. Some of the holes would make coloured lights go on on top due to the electricity flowing through the ball when yanked through
Oh my sweet youth, guess I'll have to buy this game to relive those memories. Pretty sure they got a lot of inspiration from it.
Oh my sweet youth, guess I'll have to buy this game to relive those memories. Pretty sure they got a lot of inspiration from it.
purseowner
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Best OT title ever.
AcademicSaucer
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Really curious about the HD rumble implementation
Read this article about HD Rumble from the other thread: https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/1/15499328/tumbleseed-hd-rumble-nintendo-switch
Just watch the GB quick look. I can't imagine what a review will tell you, other than give context for if that particular critic jived with it or not.
I don't want to waste 30 minutes watching a video to tell me what a written review could tell me in a minute.
Grim Patron
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Good stuff.
Since the thread is here, I've been playing the game for about a week now. If ya'll have any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer em. Here's my coverage thus far:
TumbleSeed (Switch) - Daily Challenge Gameplay
TumbleSeed Live Stream (30 minutes)
TumbleSeed First Impressions (article)
Overall, I'm really enjoying the game. Getting a hang of the mechanics takes a few minutes, but afterwards, it's smooth sailing. The art is also really, really nice.
TumbleSeed (Switch) - Daily Challenge Gameplay
TumbleSeed Live Stream (30 minutes)
TumbleSeed First Impressions (article)
Overall, I'm really enjoying the game. Getting a hang of the mechanics takes a few minutes, but afterwards, it's smooth sailing. The art is also really, really nice.
TangoAlphaLima
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Oh yeah, I remember hearing about this game on Nintendo Voice Chat. Interested to see how it reviews.
The name TumbleSeed is good, but I find it easy to confuse with Tumblestone and Ron Gilbert's Thimbleweed Park.
The name TumbleSeed is good, but I find it easy to confuse with Tumblestone and Ron Gilbert's Thimbleweed Park.
PapaEmeritus
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Cool thread again! Played at PAX East, really dug it, love the music/art style, game plays and feels great, very responsive. Would like to see how reviews turn out though prior to buying. While it's very good, if it's very short and not that many character unlocks, I may wait for a sale to get it. If this is your thing and you know it, 15$ is a great price for this. Plays great.
PapaEmeritus
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Oh GNOG is out tomorrow too, that was also fantastic. I told the dev, forgot his name, it's a fantastic tinkering machine, and he said, Thanks that was exactly it. It's a digital fidget cube
OrbitalBeard
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Game looks pretty great. I'll probably grab this on Switch tomorrow.
PapaEmeritus
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Like 99% positive this has no motion controls, you'll REALLY want actual control when it gets going. COuld be wrong though.
LFMartins86
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Giant Bomb Quick Look mentioned no motion controls available.
No motion controls. I've been trying to get good enough at the game to capture gameplay footage of it, but I always make one mistake and it ruins the footage.
Okami Haundo
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I'm absolutely sold on this and it kills me. I was doing great at keeping up with my Switch library, but I'm finally starting to accumulate a backlog. I really need to finish Graceful Explosion Machine and Kamiko soon but I won't be able to resist diving into this.
At least I know I'll have plenty to play! Noon EST tomorrow can't get here soon enough.
At least I know I'll have plenty to play! Noon EST tomorrow can't get here soon enough.
PapaEmeritus
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Fuck it, do it live
That's the fun of it, people like seeing people mess up. Especially in Rogue Likes.FunkyDealer
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Wouldn't that be good representative gameplay then? I liked Giantbomb's video because they were just playing it "live". It gives me a better sense of what to expect.
Stock up on hearts; that's what I did to make it to zone 3.
Hmm. In that case maybe PS4 would be better vs the joycon analog sticks..
AcademicSaucer
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Thanks, it sounds the best implementation of the tech so far
Total motion controls would be tough, since you need both tilt (easy to do) and vertical movement (not so easy). You could maybe map vertical velocity to the axis of rotation not used for tilt, but that would probably be tricky to execute, and nigh impossible in switch portable mode.
A system that used rotation for tilt control and an analogue stick for vertical movement could work though. Maybe if there's enough interest the devs will patch it in.
With the Daily Challenge, are you able to compare your score against friends? I never get much out of Global Leaderboards, don't really have much motivation to move from 6569 to 6568.
PapaEmeritus
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IDK, I asked, they flat out said no. Sounded pretty definitive.
Here's the NintendoLife video, where where they play Tumbleseed on the Switch as a 2-player co-op:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFw39cjbPvE
But you'll not get the haptic feedback.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFw39cjbPvE
But you'll not get the haptic feedback.
silverhick
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Just discovered Ice Cold Beer a month or so ago and had a great night with friends playing it. It's the ultimate "one more time" arcade game. Picking this up day one for the inspiration alone.
Son of a Witch
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True roguelike. There's one unlockable as far as I know but it's just
a teleport to the second stratum that you wouldn't want to use any way
Fuck it, do it live
Haha, valid points. Here's 15 minutes of footage showing random power-ups and just me playing. Plus I do a quick quest in the video towards the end. I do love the peaceful soundtrack.
https://youtu.be/yG8AfLGy57c
Slick Butter
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Now I'm really hoping that they have the haptics functionality on the PC version. Sounds really cool.
Almost definitely getting this tomorrow.
Almost definitely getting this tomorrow.
chaostrophy
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Looking forward to this one! I played a demo of it at an indie games expo in Chicago last year and it was really fun. It'll be nice to get an Ice Cold Beer-like fix at home given how the copy of the machine at Logan Arcade that I've played a lot is constantly breaking down. Supposedly that's the exact copy of the game that inspired the TumbleSeed developers.
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Ah thanks. Unfortunately my reptile brain craves the dopamine rush of "progression" so I might wait on this one. Kinda wish they gone with a traditional level-based structure.