Radiator Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

You can totally miss important conversations and scenes because you're stuck in the stairwell climbing animation at exactly the wrong time. This isn't a big apocalyptic video game betrayal cutscene where a villain reveals himself and destroys a castle, instead it's a smaller deeper betrayal that instantly brought me back to being a teenager.

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Indy Film Games Puzzle 52

Radiator Blog

MAY 19, 2023

Before The Green Moon (on Itch and Steam ) is a post-apocalyptic indie Harvest Moon / Stardew Valley / Animal Crossing inspired farm life sim about scraping by, in a decaying rural truckstop town with bored depressed locals you gradually befriend (or ignore). But the game doesn't tutorialize this or dispatch an NPC to spell it out.

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NPC Cutscenes Animation Animation 59

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

NOT telekinesis, only works on NPCs / PvP) Havoc (temporary shield / damage buff), very useful for people who keep dying (i.e. where the main drawback is you're still vulnerable during the 2 second execution animation. Very streamlined, much faster, low stakes, and often just setting up the inevitable ensuing gunfight.

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Fighting NPC Puzzle AI 52