The Hole in My Heart | Yahtzee's Dev Diary

[@RobotShield]

Oh they’re not meant to have a head... I just thought it was a “placeholder” NPC you could add any head to later.

[@-AAA-147]

I like how private apathy was an anime character twice.

[@alexnoman1498]

+ one oversized plushie seconds after that :D

[@SirSoliloquy]

Grimace is the best Anime character

[@-AAA-147]

@@SirSoliloquy ᵇʳᵘᵘᵘᵘᵘᵘᵘʰ

[@JackSnotty]

You mean three times

[@-AAA-147]

@@JackSnotty Oh yeah, my bad.

[@doctorsaticoy3814]

When "Astroneer" was in early access, with its terraforming mechanic, players would build land bridges to the moon. Yes, gamers will try that. Doesn't matter what it is.

[@fishpop]

Now you have to have canisters of dirt to build with instead of just morphing the terrain.

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

Stranded deep. Building bridges to all the islands. Also Raft, some guy purposefully crashed his raft into a island and encompassed it.

[@Penguinmanereikel]

@@nyotamwuaji6484 he should’ve done that with Tangaroa

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

@@Penguinmanereikel too big i think. also it was before they made creative mode just a empty sea with no islands

[@maromania7]

@@fishpop did not stop me from hitting the build limit making a bridge from the moon to the first planet, losing a buggy after launching it into the void.

[@larynx46]

For the personality matrix examples, why not have both the male and female examples? Some players may be more familiar with one than the other, and providing a second example may round out the expectations.

[@ezraclark7904]

I agree, it gives a more dynamic example for each as well, Leia and Superman give different impressions of what that type is like

[@Sam_596]

I second that. For example, I know more about Lara croft and Donna Noble than Flash Gordon and the dude with an N on his head (red dwarf or something?). I'd also argue that some make better examples than others. For instance, Spike Spiegel is a much more fleshed-out character than Rei Ayanami. Spike has conflicts and outbursts and friends and enemies while Rei rarely has any emotions at all (which is in itself a plot point)

[@DankFloyd-fe9bi]

@@Sam_596 It's a H! For Hologram!

[@ezraclark7904]

@@Sam_596 Rimmer from Red Dwarf has an H on his forehead because he is a hologram.

[@PasCorrect]

While we're at it, how about some non-white examples? (edit: besides anime characters, which I *guess* are Japanese)

[@2CPhoenix]

Anyone suppose all that bitter lemon is also the reason for the yellow background?

[@AKidWithNoAttitude]

Nah, that's just all the boiled piss

[@coltonwilson3726]

You could add a red shirt for your neutral npc, he fully expects to die on a mission so he really has no real motivation. He could just be an Easter egg like Hal.

[@coltonwilson3726]

Whole not Hal

[@sarafontanini7051]

WAIT IDEA a planet of suicidal red shirts

[@coltonwilson3726]

@@sarafontanini7051 he could

[@fernandolemon9204]

Since people are going to ask, here: Upbeat Egoism: Lara Croft from Tomb Raider Upbeat Apathy: Catwoman from Batman Upbeat Altruism: Princess Leia from Star Wars Private Egoism: Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones Private Apathy: Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion Private Altruism: The Boss from Metal Gear Solid Bitter Egoism: Donna Noble from Doctor Who Bitter Apathy: Jack (aka Subject Zero) from Mass Effect Bitter Altruism: Ellen Ripley from Alien

[@Never_Or_More]

Thank you, I couldn't for the life of me figure out who the bottom left was. Needless to say I don't watch Doctor Who.

[@dumpsterDeity]

Thank you! I was looking for this comment, didn't know 4 out of 9

[@wearsjorge55]

You could keep the sleeping mechanic as an unlockable fast travel. It really depends on how long you make the game but it could be unlocked once you've achieved good relationship status with the 3 NPC's who your character best gets along with and therefore trust enough to leave manning the ship while you rest

[@MrMcJazzhands]

I'm not as familiar with your earlier work and so at first glance when I saw Hole I figured he was a placeholder sprite. Now that you've explained his background, I love him already.

[@myrixica4222]

Check out the Ego Review in Yahtzee's personal channel Yahtzee19 if yo want to watch him and his mate play through it and other games Yahtzee has made :P

[@digitalbooklett9357]

I really appreciate the change of removing the sleeping mechanic; one of my flaws with stardew was the fact that I felt extremely limited by having to fall asleep by a certain time, and while that makes sense on earth and as a daily schedule it felt weird here, as you said. Keep up the amazing work!

[@scarfking1579]

For the character examples, why not list both the male and female examples? This would increase the chance that any one person would recognize someone in a given square of the attitude chart, and you don't have to worry about the awkward division between number of males and number of females.

[@Watchingyoutube11111]

I agree, and I would go so far as to add a third example.

[@VivaMidnight]

Is this perhaps over-complicating matters for a system which marginally alters dialogue? Most people will probably understand the headings, and if not should be able to extrapolate meanings from the characters they do recognise. Or am I missing some important functionality here?

[@skyler6175]

Played a bit of the latest build. One little nit I have to pick is that your computer doesn't take priority over tools, so I find myself taking those extra seconds to remember I have to put my wrench away before piloting the ship.

[@NeoKingGhidorah]

Holy shit he's invisible except for his eyebrows

[@FoxSnootz]

It does look a bit like a glitch to be fair, a solution could be make an outline of the invisible head along with the eyebrows so people know it's not just the head disappearing and bugging out on them. Or more likely just have the npc mention it when they first meet and hope players have the brain space to read

[@larynx46]

@@FoxSnootz I am sure Yatzee will have it come up in dialog, and the banter that arises is how the player will remember. (mostly)

[@larynx46]

@@zikarisg9025 Maybe he still sweats, but we can't see it.

[@Renegadebane]

Seeing Hole makes me miss Gabe. AitGoFW is one of my favorite games you played on that channel.

[@jellyfishtrifle7883]

Gabe has a channel with his friend called "KeepEtClassy" The dynamic isn't the same as Yahtz & Gabe but it's still more Gabe!

[@z0mbaeee]

Man I miss the report those two had

[@-JG-339]

Suggetion: npc might hate or like a certain task. And if you force an npc to do a task he hates he might do it badly or not do it. And to make it interesting do not tell the player, that might incorege changing roles in the ship and give more resons to find npc backgrounds

[@Cyan-hide]

Since the game is based around cargo delivery, why not add a time limit to them so it can pair up with the sleep function? The amount of time you sleep depends on how much stamina you’ve spent, so if you’ve spent too much stamina, you’ll have to sleep longer. But if you oversleep due to exhaustion, you can potentially run late for your delivery. That way stamina management becomes a challenge that is part of your routine and with some potential consequences rather than a momentary inconvenience. Note: I haven’t actually played the game, I’m just throwing ideas around.

[@Omnywrench]

Your advice on focusing on the Primary Gameplay Loop, I think, can also be applied to any other form of art, really. Though in a more general sense, I'd call it to "Focus on the Framework". I'm not a game designer, though I am an artist, and this is something I wish I learned earlier- I've been drawing all my life, but it wasn't until middle school that i actually started sketching out my drawings before adding details like clothes and backgrounds. Before then, I just drew the lineart from the get-go, and while my character drawings looked okay at the time, looking back at them I realize they suffered from sloppy proportions and "flyswatted" poses because I was mentally "projecting" them onto the paper and "tracing" them. But you can't build something with an imaginary framework. You have to sketch your drawing out to make sure it looks right. And like I said, this goes for all kinds of art- Musicians have to lay out melodies before adding lyrics, sculptors start with simple blobs of clay before carving details, painters start with broad strokes before grabbing the smaller brushes, and so on.

[@Uniscorn123]

Having played a fair amount of the test version, this game has gone from "Hey, I like Yahtzee so I'll play this" to "Even if I hated Yahtzee's guts I would still want to play this". I have to say, in my experience, I have encountered the issue of the frame rate plummeting whenever I go down to a planet, though I honestly don't know if it's the games issue or just my crappy ass laptop. Still, just thought I'd bring it up in case it helps. Keep up the good work!

[@a.dennis4835]

For me, it's the opposite. I was initially excited when this game was announced. As production has gone on, I have become less confident about this game.

[@connorambrosino1741]

@@a.dennis4835 Why?

[@TheKinoWolf]

@@a.dennis4835 Why for?

[@a.dennis4835]

@@connorambrosino1741 Mainly because I feel like the core gameplay loop (i.e. maintaining your ship while in transit) isn't fun since, at least in the demos, there isn't much interesting to do in transit. You can fix or clean the ship, but damage and dirtiness accrue so slowly that you can deal with it before it is becomes a problem. The ship piloting minigame feels very terrible to play since you need to push menu options to move the ship (as opposed to free movement). When trying out every prior demo, what I would sleep until I got the red triangle warning then fix / clean ship before going back to sleep and repeating this process until I got to my destination. I was hoping Yahtzee would do something about it. However, he just seems content to jump around the issue. In this video, Yahtzee says he decided to remove the sleeping mechanic. However, removing sleeping won't change the fact that the core gameplay was so boring that I was using the sleep mechanic to fast forward through it.

[@fubrokonway8529]

@@a.dennis4835 then why dont you tell him about this?

[@minias1444]

Say hi to Toffee for me! Your making this year bearable Yahtz, thanks.

[@eremiss4771]

If you want a fresh take on the 'can move around the alignment grid' concept in the same vein as your 'alignment' chart from the last video, you should check out the boardgame Role Player. It's a game about building a character (presumably for DND or DND-like things) and it involves an 3x3 alignment grid. Players need to aim for certain alignments determined by their backstory, and over the course of the game they can get actions and buffs that affect/change their alignment when used (for example: an action that lets you change one of your stats will make you move down on the chart, towards evil, every time you use it). If your players can change their alignment, maybe you can make goals that require they have certain ones in order to complete, like quests or certain dialogues. But putting stuff behind 'you must be this apathetic/altruistic/etc' barriers would mean certain things are inaccessible depending on alignment, which would turn Starstruck Vagabond into a "you have to play it multiple times to see every path and option" type game, which isn't necessarily what you're going for. Maybe NPC quests can involve changing THEIR alignment?

[@LTGD]

You briefly mentioned worrying that the challenge was going away if you remove the Stamina mechanic etc. So, controversially, I'd leave the system in where cargo blocks NPCs. It'd add an element of planning and structure to the cargo loading, like Resident Evil's inventory management. It'd be another small gameplay consideration and gently augment the challenge of the game, and I think it's something players would expect to have to do in a cargo-loading spaceship anyway.

[@15oClock]

Flaw: "Likes Abba" Dipper Pines: *cries*

[@juliakovacs4885]

Now we know the soundtrack to Yahtzee's personal hell. ABBA and J-rock

[@AgencyNighthawk]

Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well.

[@al-muthannaathamneh120]

6:12 this will probably never happen but I really wish if this game will add a first person piloting mode like that. It will bring back the nice feeling of playing Euro Truck Simulator 2 while listening to podcasts.

[@rowan_jalso]

I don’t think you have to cut out any male/female examples. You can just have (Bitter Altruism: blurb blurb blur. As seen in Male Character, Female Character, etc) and leave it at that.

[@GameDevYal]

Having NPCs just ignore movable objects when pathfinding removes a bunch of potential low-implementation-effort gameplay options further down the line (e.g. blocking guards in with bananas to trivialize a stealth section, telling your party members to help carrying stuff, using randomly placed objects as area decorations, alien monsters grabbing the resources you're trying to harvest and running off...)

[@1fareast14]

1:23 or have sleep be optional for dream sequences, like in supergiant games

[@Pikminiman]

It's clear that Yahtzee has created an entire video editing style for Dev Diaries. When he inserts visuals from Zero Punctuation, they don't feel composited in the style of ZP, but rather in the style of Dev Diaries.

[@a.dennis4835]

Personally, I feel like removing the sleep mechanic won't fix the fundamental problem with the core gameplay loop namely that there is basically nothing to do while in transit. You can clean and fix the ship, but damage and dirtness doesn't build up that quickly. So, you can nip that rose in the bud.

[@sarafontanini7051]

perhaps add another minigame on the ship, like an in universe videogame. on the other hand that may be too much extra work.

[@unrandomman3946]

You could use a sleep mechanic to interface with the crew. Like someone always has to be running the ship and you can’t romance someone if they’re asleep when you’re on shift.

[@Aspharon]

Can anyone help me identify all the characters at 0:42? I know all of the top row (Lara Croft, Catwoman, and princess Leia), as well as the very middle one (Rei), but the rest don't really ring a bell for me. On a side note, Yahtz, you could always list both character instead of choosing one. For example, instead of saying "Superman type" or "Princess Leia type" you could say "Think Superman, or princess Leia."

[@samward8548]

Private egoism is Cersei from Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire. Bitter altruism is Ellen Ripley from the Alien film series.

[@Quote_Cannon]

Private Altruism is The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 3), Private Egoism is Cersei Lannister (Game of Thrones), Bitter Altruism is Ellen Ripley (Alien franchise). The other two I had to google, but Bitter Egoism is Donna Noble (Doctor Who) and Bitter Apathy is Jack (Mass Effect).

[@samward8548]

I think bitter apathy is Jack from the Mass Effect series.

[@Aspharon]

@@Quote_Cannon Thanks, Quote! Wasn't expecting to see you here, hahah

[@JCupgrade]

I’m a big fan of very visual reputations of progress like a bigger house/barn in stardew valley so I’m really hoping there are some ship upgrades you can get as you go along with smaller upgrades just making ship faster but dirtier and big ones adding more rooms, ship functions, and cargo space to do more than one mission at once

[@ArcMedicalResearch]

Gonna be honest, I watched Dev Diary a while back but got distracted from it over a year ago. Of all the things to draw me back it was seeing the alien characters in the thumbnail, which I only recognize because of Yahtzee's old Ego Review videos from way back when

[@andrewlong7578]

It would seem to make sense to include sleeping but require a certain interval to elapse before you can sleep again. Keep a 24 hour cycle and only allow your character to sleep 1/3 of it in a row and you have to be awake for 8 hours before you can take a short sleep and 16 before you can sleep another 8 hours.

[@15gloriousminutes]

So, is Rob Blanc in the game? can we romance Rob Blanc?

[@myrixica4222]

Rob is too busy romancing king penguin.

[@StigmaticClown]

Rob is too busy romancing Paul.

[@LLtrash]

Rob Blanc can only be romanced one way and it rhymes with "may grape"

[@nascromt]

What if sleep is treated realistically... like not being able to sleep, sleeping too much causing sluggishness... naps vs sleeping vs hiding in bed. Sleep has always felt strange in games... and nothing like real sleep.

[@WebMonkey741]

I think I'm gonna need a whole other footnote episode explaining how "Donna Noble" is more bitter than "Cersei Lannister"?!?

[@BenSunhoof]

Yahtzee, here's a thing I think you should, but don't have to add (it would just make it easier on the eyes): Whenever you close a door, instead of just covering the room behind you in black in a matter of a millisecond, the room should gradually fade away into darkness. That way, I feel, getting through multiple rooms isn't as jarring.

[@michaeldunleavy3868]

The game is really taking shape. I was playing FTL recently (got intruders three bloody times in a row on my first bloody move!) and I love the loop of the game but always feel like I’ve wasted time when I have a bad run. If this game can give a space travel vibe with lasting progression I think it will be special indeed. Looking forward to testing the latest build 😀 hope everyone is well.

[@grantcutler2367]

One thing about games like this: a lot of the fun comes from doing "the tasks" but a lot of the rewards tend to "make the tasks easier". So my idea is that your "make-it-easier/quicker" rewards free up enough time for you to get into character development. The increase in tasks efficiency will free up time to get access to story elements. Maybe you can't progress the narrative until you've become efficient enough to make yourself breakfast, clean the whole kitchen and hit the weights for a solid 30 minutes before noon.

[@johnbrunelle5218]

Maybe the ability to walk over pickups could be an unlockable upgrade. Or even just a bit in the intro segment of the finished game. Like perhaps your first mission may require you to block in a crew member before you alter the pickup density on the ship's computer or whatever.

[@MeisterKleisterHeisstEr]

I'm thinking a simple fishing game like in Spirit Farer would be great for contemplation / relaxation. But I'm not sure what the space equivalent could be... Perhaps a satellite dish which turns looking for certain signals. It "shakes" and locks on once it got one, and you have to hold it. The signal could be pulsar coordinates for which scientists send you money or distress signal locations which you amplify. It could play exactly like a fishing minigame.

[@madmanmax120]

Question: in the ship rooms turn black when they're out of sight which seems like a feature for a combat or horror type game. But if things are going to be relatively 'the same', should they be lit up all the time? That way you can still watch what your crewmates are doing even if you're just passing by and not actually entering the room they're in.

[@superchroma]

When the topic of music comes up, I'd like to put in a vote for Ian Dorsch to bring his unparalleled ability to make earsplitting buttrock to this project.

[@MazeFrame]

Scott Buckley probably has a fitting track for brain on standby space flight, "Sleep" for example^^ Not sure how to read Scott's chart for what license does what though.

[@betasprite4239]

Yahtzee: I'm going to put in characters from my other works... Me: *frantically watching for a haunted metal coffin floating through space*

[@Violathewitch]

I think stamina should stay, and please keep the bed just to put your character in. Having furniture to interact with is a big part of relaxing in game, even if you don’t have chair and tables. Just having the option to put the character sprite inside the bed is good.

[@sarafontanini7051]

to explain why your NPCs can move through shit andd you can't, say that the company is giving everyone faulty phasing devices as a test, but the phasing devices don't work through ships and only specific objects. And also you don't get any because of tax reasons.

[@ender7278]

And here I thought the invisible except for eyebrows guy was just waiting for finished sprites.

[@Omagadam1]

You're killing it mate. Making awesome progress.

[@GreenLantern814]

I must say, as soon as you talked about assigning crew members to tasks, I assumed there would be a skill mastery bar a la FTL. I think it's a good call to implement one.

[@Eyeball117]

Ya boy eyebrows is back

[@saltypumpkin927]

Maybe sleeping could just make stamina recharge faster, but not speed up time. Might be a little weird with sleeping though, so maybe it could just like a sofa or something

[@TheCreepypro]

looks like it is coming along nicely can't wait to see what it will look like when it is done

[@ginko2692]

Yahtzee a few episodes back : alliteration stops being cute eventually. Yahtzee this episode : the position from which a pickup can be picked up and pickups are placed by the player, there's a potent possibility of player positioned pickups

[@geldonyetich]

Great tips on productivity and rounding out a game design here. On the downside, now I want Subway.

[@dontnormally]

I never once used Sleep to fast travel. I only tried to use Sleep to get my stamina back so I didn't have to stare at the slow fill progress bar.

[@ems9616]

Maybe you could make the pictures toggle-able? So players can see two examples of someone on each alignment- it might give a clearer view of different ways characters could meet the criteria for each point on the table.

[@DrStupid87]

There's a lot of useful writing tips here but its always something I'd like to know more about. Is there any chance you could include a brief explanation of how you write for an episode of ZP? It's one thing to review a game but another thing entirely to make it consistently engaging.

[@handsomeaaron6175]

This is defiantly an idea that wouldn't be implemented until a later stage in development but I think it might be a good idea to avoid giving the player total control over the NPCs. Maybe when the player isn't ordering them they'll wander around the ship on their own and interact with things. I think things like that make characters feel a little bit more real. Similarly, I think games like Spiritfarer, Harvest Moon, Stardew Valley, My Time at Portia, and so on have a really good idea with their NPCs where they occasion do tasks for you or give you free stuff. It's difficult not to like or feel attached to someone that sometimes does your chores or buys you a pizza unprompted.

[@ender7278]

Not sure I could ever call Princess Leia "upbeat".

[@michaeldunleavy3868]

Yahtzee, are you accusing gamers of all people of trying to break things!?

[@JoshFranklin1995]

As someone who would like to write a novel and make a game one day, I love these videos!

[@phoebeaurum7113]

Grimace being in the middle reminds me of the umami video.

[@Jagerbomber]

It's how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped.

[@251TheMechanizedSingfantry]

I'm really looking forward to finding out what he does with the story. I'll happily play a game just for the story alone

[@Jukettaja]

How about in place of a bed the ship could have a place to winddown like a window to look out of and marvel at the galaxy. Different areas of space could have different biomes so to speak. I know space is largely empty but pictures of galaxies are always very colourful.

[@reddoctorproductions3746]

I think it might be cool if different NPCs had different advantages and disadvantages on doing certain tasks

[@TheLordDracula]

I'm assuming this is a game taking place in the future. You could have some sort of anti sleep pill or fluid that needs to be injected to replenish stamina and that needs to be either refined from something you mine or purchases from a dock.

[@BakilAskamrim]

Make it look like a future coffee / tea pot

[@PleasantWhale]

*RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FUTURE:* Can we have the option to expand our ship? Not just modules that do, "+X to speed." I mean I want to make the *ULTIMATE FREIGHTER SHIP!!!!!* I want to go from having a dinky little ship where I have to put boxes in my BEDROOM, to have a big ship with a juicy cockpit, a dedicated room/rooms for engineering, then I walk out onto a catwalk that shows the SECOND FLOOR OF MY SHIP! Which is entirely dedicated to storage. Then I take an ELEVATOR inside a SHIP that takes me down to the second floor, where I have 60-80 GLORIOUS TILES OF ROOM! WOOOOOO!!!! And I had to pay a BUTTLOAD of cash to afford an addition to my ship this big. Then I PIMP out my storage area with an automated system with conveyor belts that receives, stamps, and plops down boxes. Then, I have a robot NPC (that I purchased) sort all my boxes out and store them for me. Going from sorting and stamping boxes where I sleep, to having a miniature, industrial, empire in my ship! WA HA HA HAAA! WOOOO!!!! And the NPC's can even drop the gear OFF for me as well! This is of course all very expensive and late game stuff. You have to really WORK toward it. So, players can B-line the story, or choose to stay in the world and become the ULTIMATE FREIGHT SHIP! I like building toward bigger and better things. Rimworld, factorio, kingdoms and castles, Endless Space 2, Recettear, these are all great examples of, "You start with a penny and a coat button, and build up to a gigantic empire."

[@coeniq]

Wonderful! Finally a new game dev video!

[@greenfolder2437]

"I like the idea of a character who has been gifted by fate with some kind of amazing quality, but which does absolutely nothing to help them." You'd enjoy Mob Psycho 100, Yahtz.

[@Ishpeck]

Remove sleep and speed up travel times = best idea so far. DO IT!

[@onedeadsaint]

is this V0.1.3?

[@Formoka]

Could be interesting or could be feature creep, but what about adding messages from your romantic interest to the PDA. Something to remind you of the next step you have to take to win them over?

[@imaloony8]

I find it interesting that Yahtzee didn't immediately think he had a gender neutral option for the grid (other than the joke of Grimace) when his initial grid had Starscream. And while they're definitely referred to as a guy... well, Starscream's a robot. By definition they don't have a gender.

[@jaymz6473]

Who's the Private Altruist? It's the only one I don't recognise. (0:28 middle right)

[@spinningninja2]

5:18 Name: Yahtzee Pers.: Goal: Strengths: Flaws: Dislikes ABBA Scene 1: Scene 2: Scene 3: Romance:

[@Imaginita]

0:30 - Donna! 0:45 - Noooo Donna... And to make matters worse, I have no idea who the guy who replaced her is. If it’s worth anything, I also don’t recognize Upbeat Egoism guy, and I’m not sure on Bitter Altruism and Private Apathy girls. I *think* they’re the Alien woman and the Ghost in the Shell woman respectively, but I’m not sure.

[@Acidpunk101]

Rimmer from red dwarf is the bitter egoist to end ALL bitter egoists. The show has entire episodes centered around it, almost to the point of parody. I think upbeat egoist is flash gordon but not 100%

[@fernandolemon9204]

For the females, Bitter Altruism is Ellen Ripley from Alien, and Private Apathy is Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion.

[@kenzfrenz]

If you’re going to have 9 party members, won’t the ship get a little cramped? It already seems like a tight squeeze for just one person.

[@GmodPlusWoW]

IIRC he's got the idea for the ship to be modular, so you expand it as the game progresses.

[@c4r151]

I feel a middle ground for the NPCs walking through items, where they will try to navigate around items if possible but will walk through them if not, would be better.

[@PhoenixAgent003]

But that would be more work.

[@luigicampo4008]

@@PhoenixAgent003 yeah,it wouldn't make sense to have them both.

[@Zockchster]

Shouldn't be that hard either, just assign a high cost to the tiles in the pathfinding

[@insaincaldo]

Would make it seem like a bug when they have to phase through things, instead of an intentional fix for them being blocked.

[@ClockCommunist]

Idea: keep NPCs being able to walk about without obstruction, but have them complain about it

[@fighteer1]

I've always liked the idea of stamina management systems in simulation gameplay but whenever I'm forced to deal with them I find them intrusive and annoying. Maybe it's because a game should encourage me to play it, not force me to take breaks every so often. If stamina is treated more like a resource that can be refilled by taking certain actions, or there are options to switch to other characters or at least do stuff that doesn't require stamina while it recharges, that helps with the problem.

[@jordonnichols546]

Holy crap he's invisible except for his eyebrows

[@Epicmonk117]

Which square would HAL go in?

[@markinok.8787]

Why not have the crewmates get better at a task faster they're more they like you

[@Skibbi198]

Try a sleeping minigame where you do something dreamy during sleep.

[@VelkanKiador]

I do think the bed could work if the mechanics of it are changed. Instead of going to bed and regaining all your energy when you wake up how about this, the bed functions more like the pool in Stardew Valley? In Stardew Valley if you run out of stamina you have two choices, either go to the pool where you slooooooowly regain stamina, or waste resources to get food to refill it. If I am stingy as hell or low on what I need to make food I probably will go to the pool and slowly regain my stamina, or search for berries. And if I have resources and money I will likely eat food. So what if you slowly gained stamina while lying down on the bed, slightly faster than you do ordinarily but not much. Then the player has to consider whether they want to save up the food by resting, or do they want to get more done and instead of resting they eat. And that moment of waiting to regain the stamina will leave the player alone with their thoughts, and give them a breather to contemplate the themes of the game or their place in the universe... Or they could listen to podcasts.

[@TripleBH1]

Waiting times for crew task seems like its edging towards an afkish mobile game. As long as it doesn't become a major mechanic.... I guess something like cooking mama waiting times would be perfect, look how well that game did

[@basiloregano]

I cant believe liking abba can be considered a flaw!

[@Exail01]

Oh lol, I thought it was just a placeholder and you hadn’t worked out what you wanted the face to look like yet.

[@japanimationman4442]

You've already got a gender neutral character with Starscream. A He is a robot, and therefore by all physiological standards, has no gender, save what we arbitrarily ascribe to him. (which I myself am doing here for simplicity's sake) B He has been played by female and male voice actors, depending on what country/language the show was aired in. (the French version was female, I believe) C He has been portrayed with feminine traits in actual canon stories as a deliberate joke by the writers about his vague gender qualities.

[@joshuabrown7815]

Throw Hoid from the cosmere in to fuck with people

[@hannamouse1]

Could Hole shave his eyebrows? Be completely invisible for a week or so until they start growing back?

[@mikec1222]

Is this ship called the Neverdie?

[@SinMelchiah]

I wouldn’t skip sleeping, but definitely would make cleaning less frequent. It would give much more satisfaction to the player imo.

[@grumpyunclenick205]

OH MY GOD... YAHTZEES A WEEB... for Evangelion!

[@Watchingyoutube11111]

Just use both the male and female examples, maybe even add a third, as other comments have pointed out it would increase the likelyhood that people would recognize at least one of them.

[@NotSuperSerious]

If you don't keep the stamina mechanic, how are you going to squeeze the players for their irl money? Arf, arf...

[@RainbowblitzFTW]

Ok question, especially concerning your positions on the idea of modding in the past. Would you be willing to include some kind of mod support for this game at some point and/or are you against others polishing any of the games presented in this series?

[@brusatv7983]

I think you should change the title font. It looks to different from how the rest of the game looks

[@Drakojana]

5:20 how dare you list it as a flaw