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[Li Kao]

Hello guys ! I'm back
Was a regular for a few months and ran into a very, and I mean very big money problem. For the three people that are aware of it, well, the problem didn't totally disappear but the family survived, we moved house and now is the time to save some money and be patient / pray that the problem continue to die slowly. Evidently it will not be a fun few months for purchases / humble bundles / retail games. I must admit I nearly laughed nervously when I saw Titanfall price.
Well, these few words to say I'm still good and that I missed you SteamGAF.

 

[NIN90]

Bit of SteamGaf fun since Hexcells is on topic tonight:



(Numbers indicate the number of blue cells around a cell or in the line (there are other mechanics but I've solved them for simplicity))

Q. What move is next and why?

Reveal this piece because there can only be one piece in the "1" column, thus the "3" cluster needs a piece in that place.

 

[Knurek]

Bit of SteamGaf fun since Hexcells is on topic tonight:

(Numbers indicate the number of blue cells around a cell or in the line (there are other mechanics but I've solved them for simplicity))

Q. What move is next and why?

If you must have two blue cells in a row (as the hint would suggest), the middle one will be blue in both cases.
Or would that hint be {2} then?

Either way NIN90's answer is obviously correct.

 

[toddhunter]

Reveal this piece because there can only be one piece in the "1" column, thus the "3" cluster needs a piece in that place.

Correct!

If you must have two blue cells in a row (as the hint would suggest), the middle one will be blue in both cases.

Right cell, but they don't need to be in a row (unless surrounded by {}) so not quite the right reason.

 

[Arthea]

Bit of SteamGaf fun since Hexcells is on topic tonight:



(Numbers indicate the number of blue cells around a cell or in the line (there are other mechanics but I've solved them for simplicity))

Q. What move is next and why?

look at the very first line, it has number 1 on it, if you make 3 numbered hex by doing hexes to the left, you violate 1 hex line. going from there it's easy.

so beaten lol

Tetrobot isn't a platformer at all, it's designed for mouse control and you click to send the robot somewhere. There's also a rewind function so it's all about the puzzles, no penalty for an error.

thanks, I'll check Tetrobot then too.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Rather funny how Gaming front page is 50% Dark Souls and TitanFall topics. Praise the hype!

 

[aku:jiki]

Damn it, you guys were faster. Yeah, it's the 4.

 

[AScotAbroad]

I see that Groupees have revamped their Profile page, and even added a system for selecting multiple games in your library and creating a giveaway to a friend's e-mail address (if this existed before, I had never noticed it).

You can also flag keys as used, like Flying Bundle.

 

[Arthea]

Rather funny how Gaming front page is 50% Dark Souls and TitanFall topics. Praise the hype!

you are forgetting FFX and X-2 remasters, hence you are doing it wrong!

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that's what I'm playing next month, and next after that and one after, etc.

 

[Knurek]

thanks, I'll check Tetrobot then too.

If we're talking about puzzle games on Steam, there's no better value than Everyday Genius: Square Logic

Also, English Country Tune never gets enough love here.

And, sadly, not on Steam yet, DROD games. If you didn't get them in Indie Gala bundle, GOG release is a great deal.

 

[MMBosstones86]

Staggering differences

Grief.exe
Don't stop believin'~~~ hold on to the feeling
(Today, 03:06 AM)

So basically....what were they running the earlier demos on? An earlier build that they gimped?

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Where are all these Megabyte Punch keys coming from, out of curiosity? Which bundle?

 

[Deques]

Where are all these Megabyte Punch keys coming from, out of curiosity? Which bundle?

From the current IndieGala bundle

 

[hohoXD123]

Grief.exe
Don't stop believin'~~~ hold on to the feeling
(Today, 03:06 AM)

So basically....what were they running the earlier demos on? An earlier build that they gimped?

Who knows, maybe the PC version or an unannounced current-gen version? Can't say I'm too hopeful about either of these scenarios.

 

[Arthea]

If we're talking about puzzle games on Steam, there's no better value than Everyday Genius: Square Logic

Also, English Country Tune never gets enough love here.

And, sadly, not on Steam yet, DROD games. If you didn't get them in Indie Gala bundle, GOG release is a great deal.

ya, you already recommended it, I was somehow sure it isn't sold separately and before I was sure I bought steam bundle with it, both turned not to be true, lol
I'll buy it next time it's no sale for sure.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

From the current IndieGala bundle

Thanks for the info.

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Just earned 1€ just by selling all Mitsusomething cards.

 

[woo and indeed hoo]

Hello guys ! I'm back
Was a regular for a few months and ran into a very, and I mean very big money problem. For the three people that are aware of it, well, the problem didn't totally disappear but the family survived, we moved house and now is the time to save some money and be patient / pray that the problem continue to die slowly. Evidently it will not be a fun few months for purchases / humble bundles / retail games. I must admit I nearly laughed nervously when I saw Titanfall price.
Well, these few words to say I'm still good and that I missed you SteamGAF.

Yay!

Thanks for letting us know you're okay Li Kao . Well done you and your family for getting through it all. You've been in my thoughts quite a bit so reading your post has cheered me right up . Bless you. Enjoy your few months of money being tight; there can be a perverse pleasure derived from that! Look after yourselves. Much love and kisses to you all [tongue optional] .

 

[Arthea]

Just earned 1€ just by selling all Mitsusomething cards.

you should play Mitsusomething (><)

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and it's Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae, not that hard to remember! (><)

I intend to do that. That was the reason I bought the Indieroyale Bundle.

ya, I bought it for this game too

 

[Chairmanchuck]

you should play Mitsusomething (><)

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and it's Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae, not that hard to remember! (><)

I intend to do that. That was the reason I bought the Indieroyale Bundle.

 

[Arthea]

I was wondering about something, some of you might know.
I have problem with reading text, it's too tiny in quite a few games, Witcher games are guilty of this, it's so incredibly small as if cdred hates me or something, even icons are invisible. And almost all strategy games are guilty of it. While in some cases choosing lower resolutions helps some, it doesn't in Sins of a Solar Empire, they use very condensed font, which seems to be on the verge of unreadable to me. Is there any way to change font in a game, do such mods even exist?

 

[Knurek]

I was wondering about something, some of you might know.
I have problem with reading text, it's too tiny in quite a few games(...). Is there any way to change font in a game, do such mods even exist?

Would love to have this for Divinity II, the devs used such a small font it made playing the game painful.

 

[Li Kao]

Yay!

Thanks for letting us know you're okay Li Kao . Well done you and your family for getting through it all. You've been in my thoughts quite a bit so reading your post has cheered me right up . Bless you. Enjoy your few months of money being tight; there can be a perverse pleasure derived from that! Look after yourselves. Much love and kisses to you all [tongue optional] .

As adorable as ever ! It's good to be back

 

[hohoXD123]

I was wondering about something, some of you might know.
I have problem with reading text, it's too tiny in quite a few games, Witcher games are guilty of this, it's so incredibly small as if cdred hates me or something, even icons are invisible. And almost all strategy games are guilty of it. While in some cases choosing lower resolutions helps some, it doesn't in Sins of a Solar Empire, they use very condensed font, which seems to be on the verge of unreadable to me. Is there any way to change font in a game, do such mods even exist?

For Sins of a Solar Empire, you could try this

 

[Deques]

I was checking Playfire's new rewards for today and stumbled on this

• Dark Souls - play for the first time - £0.10
• Dark Souls - unlock Enkindle - £0.10
• Dark Souls - unlock Ring the Bell (Undead Church) - £0.25
• Dark Souls - unlock Rite of Kindling - £0.50

Achievements soon to be available? GFWL soon to be removed?

 

[hohoXD123]

I was checking Playfire's new rewards for today and stumbled on this

• Dark Souls - play for the first time - £0.10
• Dark Souls - unlock Enkindle - £0.10
• Dark Souls - unlock Ring the Bell (Undead Church) - £0.25
• Dark Souls - unlock Rite of Kindling - £0.50

Achievements soon to be available? GFWL soon to be removed?

 

[JaseC]

I was checking Playfire's new rewards for today and stumbled on this

• Dark Souls - play for the first time - £0.10
• Dark Souls - unlock Enkindle - £0.10
• Dark Souls - unlock Ring the Bell (Undead Church) - £0.25
• Dark Souls - unlock Rite of Kindling - £0.50

Achievements soon to be available? GFWL soon to be removed?

Apparently they've been replaced with Black Ops 2 achievements. I doubt GMG is privy to what Scamco is planning, but even if it were a Steamworks patch is still a fair way off as the app doesn't even have a beta branch yet -- my guess is that work won't begin until Ace Combat's patch goes live, though there's a bright side in that Scamco will have some experience in surgically replacing GFWL with Steamworks and so Dark Souls' patch should take less time to prep.

 

[Arthea]

For Sins of a Solar Empire, you could try this

thanks for posting this!

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some posts there, I'm laughing out loud

 

[Jawmuncher]

Steamworks for DS1 sure would be nice. Personally having the patch come out with DS2 release would be nice to see. Mainly since that way anyone who can't afford DS2 would jump on DS1 at a cheap price if they haven't yet for any reason.

 

[Deques]

Apparently they've been replaced with Black Ops 2 achievements. I doubt GMG is privy to what Scamco is planning, but even if it were a Steamworks patch is still a fair way off as the app doesn't even have a beta branch yet -- my guess is that work won't begin until Ace Combat's patch goes live, though there's a bright side in that Scamco will have some experience in surgically replacing GFWL with Steamworks and so Dark Souls' patch should take less time to prep.

At least it's somewhat confirmed that DS will have GFWL removed

 

[jshackles]

Hello guys ! I'm back
Was a regular for a few months and ran into a very, and I mean very big money problem. For the three people that are aware of it, well, the problem didn't totally disappear but the family survived, we moved house and now is the time to save some money and be patient / pray that the problem continue to die slowly. Evidently it will not be a fun few months for purchases / humble bundles / retail games. I must admit I nearly laughed nervously when I saw Titanfall price.
Well, these few words to say I'm still good and that I missed you SteamGAF.

Welcome back! We missed you too, and I'm glad to hear that all will eventually be well with you and yours.

 

[MMBosstones86]

Steamworks for DS1 sure would be nice. Personally having the patch come out with DS2 release would be nice to see. Mainly since that way anyone who can't afford DS2 would jump on DS1 at a cheap price if they haven't yet for any reason.

was really hoping it would come before DS2 drops so I can jump back in. Weekend deal???

 

[JaseC]

Hello guys ! I'm back
Was a regular for a few months and ran into a very, and I mean very big money problem. For the three people that are aware of it, well, the problem didn't totally disappear but the family survived, we moved house and now is the time to save some money and be patient / pray that the problem continue to die slowly. Evidently it will not be a fun few months for purchases / humble bundles / retail games. I must admit I nearly laughed nervously when I saw Titanfall price.
Well, these few words to say I'm still good and that I missed you SteamGAF.

Just squirrel away what you can and go nuts during the Summer Sale.

(That was a terrible pun, but I'm standing by it.)

 

[More_Badass]

I've perfected maybe 15-20 levels so far and I have to say that what they made is a fun game, but not necessarily a very good one.

It's almost a rhythm game and there's a ton of things that suddenly, and without warning, change the tempo, which is just confusing and annoying. There's also a crapton of random elements which are not very conducive to the nature of a score attack-type game; it just leads to having to try over and over until you get a run without something unexpected screwing you over. I personally hate it when your button press randomly turns into a dodge rather than a punch, since it moves your character and momentarily confuses you as to who you should be attacking first, and it only happens like 2% of the time so it's hard to get used to.

Not trying to completely rag on it since it is fun and very addictive, but it's not exactly genius game design. I do love the hell out of the sword rounds!

What, Picross 3D?! Tell me there's a clone of that on Steam!

What? The dodging isn't random. If an enemy require multiple taps (like Left-Right, or L-R-L) the first hits will be dodging. Other skills you can unlock I believe give you a dodge ability, and there are usually specific criteria how skills are activated

 

[PixyJunket]

Oniken is the real.

 

[RionaaM]

Hello guys ! I'm back
Was a regular for a few months and ran into a very, and I mean very big money problem. For the three people that are aware of it, well, the problem didn't totally disappear but the family survived, we moved house and now is the time to save some money and be patient / pray that the problem continue to die slowly. Evidently it will not be a fun few months for purchases / humble bundles / retail games. I must admit I nearly laughed nervously when I saw Titanfall price.
Well, these few words to say I'm still good and that I missed you SteamGAF.

Glad to hear you're getting ahead, however long that may take. Here's hoping you can totally get rid of that problem.

Welcome back man!

 

[Stallion Free]

Have they ever explained why those Playfire rewards are specific to one region?

 

[Arthea]

Just squirrel away what you can and go nuts during the Summer Sale.

(That was a terrible pun, but I'm standing by it.)

nah, I approve it

Spoiler

also when is summer sale? (><)

Oniken is the real.

Tod hates it, just telling

Have they ever explained why those Playfire rewards are specific to one region?

They are? That might explain why I wasn't getting them!
but isn't it strange, that I got e-mail from them to join beta. Why would they send invitation to wrong region?

 

[YianGaruga]

Have they ever explained why those Playfire rewards are specific to one region?

I don't think they are?

Can I participate in the Playfire Rewards BETA if I live outside the United Kingdom?

Yes, absolutely! During the BETA your rewards will be displayed in GBP (£) but these will converted to your local currency, based on a daily exchange rate, when they're deposited into your Green Man Gaming account.

 

[MMBosstones86]

Have they ever explained why those Playfire rewards are specific to one region?

Might be because it's Beta?

 

[JaseC]

nah, I approve it

Spoiler

also when is summer sale? (><)

Presumably ~mid-July, as has been the case for the past couple of years.

 

[Hasney]

Playfire is really broken for me. It never auto-tracks any achievements and I have to email support. They always add the credit, but it's not worth the hassle.

 

[KarmaCow]

It would be nice if you could link disparate GMG and Playfire accounts. I had about £5 on a playfire account because the site wouldn't accept my GMG email.

 

[Arthea]

Presumably ~mid-July, as has been the case for the past couple of years.

that was joke, you know one about don't ask when sales start and stuff

It would be nice if you could link disparate GMG and Playfire accounts. I had about £5 on a playfire account because the site wouldn't accept my GMG email.

but you can... I remember that I linked my accounts at some point, can't say I remember process itself, sorry about that.

Playfire is really broken for me. It never auto-tracks any achievements and I have to email support. They always add the credit, but it's not worth the hassle.

ya, for me too.
What credit?

 

[Deques]

Playfire is really broken for me. It never auto-tracks any achievements and I have to email support. They always add the credit, but it's not worth the hassle.

It's broken to me too. I have some Borderlands and Civ V rewards which it hasn't registered yet

 

[Stallion Free]

Oh okay, that explains it. I'm gonna try going for some of these achievements.

 

[JaseC]

that was joke, you know one about don't ask when sales start and stuff

Oh...

...I knew that!

 

[Arthea]

In fact, only reward I got is for registering for beta, and nothing after that. I visited their forum, and it was so widely spread problem, that I decided not to bother them, it is beta after all.

Oh...

...I knew that!

sure!

Spoiler

also it gave one more chance to post that Ronan gif, no?

 

[def sim]

I should get into that playfire achievement deal. I'm just throwing money away getting these things without linkng my account!

 

[Knurek]

God help me, but I totally would. hit. that.