This article doesn’t contain any story spoilers for The Outer Worlds. My purpose for writing this was to: 1) provide players with evidence of how Supernova difficulty feels compared to normal/hard mode, and 2) review from a design perspective the …
Xbox Game Pass Titles that Xbox & PC Gamers can Play Together
(Updated November 22, 2019)
Super specific list and something I wouldn’t otherwise have written about if it weren’t for Microsoft’s give us $1 and we’ll give you three months of Game Pass Ultimate promotion. I gave them my buck and …
When Hesitation Turns to Paralysis, It’s Important to Fight Back
I’ve noticed that hesitation and indecisiveness strike most often in situations where we have a tremendous amount of control but aren’t sure exactly what we want the outcome to be like. On paper, the easiest thing to do is try …
19 Lessons I Learned From Developing Super Event Horizon (Part 1, #1-10)
I made a freaking game! It’s a spooky, horror/sci-fi themed romhack for Super Mario 64 that came out a few weeks ago and Simpleflips already played it! It was made in collaboration with a friend of mine, Benjamin Wolf, and …
19 Lessons I Learned From Developing Super Event Horizon (Part 2, #11-19)
If you haven’t read part 1, numbers 1 through 10, I recommend reading that first!
11. Don’t push new players away just to make your hack hard.
In the level To The Portal!, I wanted to create a slope jump …
What I Learned from Starting Projects That I Never Finished
Sometimes I tell people I’m going to do something and then I just never do it. I’m not talking instances where I’m like, ‘Hey! I’m going to pick you up from the airport!’ and just don’t show up. That would …
How To Create A Patch for Distributing Your Romhack
Got a rom hack you’d like to publish but aren’t sure how to make a distributable patch for it? Check it: the process for making a patch file is 200 times easier than you’d imagine thanks to a program called …
How To Manually Patch Your ROM Using .bps Files
A lot of people have asked me, ‘Isn’t rom hacking illegal?’ Short answer — no. Long answer… if you distribute a pre-patched ROM with your mod installed then you’re also distributing a copyrighted game. This is where things get sketchy. …
How To Manually Patch Your ROM Using .xdelta Files
A lot of people have asked me, ‘Isn’t rom hacking illegal?’ Short answer — no. Long answer… if you distribute a pre-patched ROM with your mod installed then you’re also distributing a copyrighted game. This is where things get sketchy. …
Talking with Kurko Mods About The Jiggies of Time, Past & Future Works + The Games He Likes to Play
Andy: Kurko, how are ya man!?
Kurko: Hi Andy! Well, very good! Bear Waker was a success and it seems that people are also liking BK Smash Bros Temple, so very happy for all the good feedback received!
Yea, about …