lariedos

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Favorite ecology or solarpunk themed games (slrpnk.net)
 

I wanted to come in and ask everyone about what their favorite ecological themed games were. I'm also looking to know what Solarpunk games are around, any good ones?

My favorite ecological game is Wingspan. Which is just this great chill engine builder game that manages to feel different for me each time I play. Like a new puzzle to solve. You play it in competition with others but it often feels more like you're playing together rather in direct interference, though there are ways to interact because of the shared resources, most of the interactions are positive because of cards you play benefiting other players too. I've actually still had fun playing alone because of their automa rules.

The aesthetics and theme involves you being the conservator of land trying to attract birds to nest there.

Anyways I just wanted to gush more about Wingspan because I feel more people should try it out. Most other games in the same mechanics category are much more complicated and strategies are harder to see, once you understand the turn order and resources in Wingspan it's a pretty smooth experience.

SLRPNK community discussion - September 2023 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

okay I've made my introduction post, thanks for everything, here's hoping the best for the community there

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Introductions (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hello /c/[email protected],

It looks like this community is needing a little bit of love and I thought I might be able to help as a moderator.

I'm Lariedos, and though I'm a professional video game designer by trade, I've also got a background in tabletop game design. I Kickstarted and published a tabletop roleplaying game a few years back and I've got a bunch of prototypes waiting in the wings. I am passionate for finding that sweet spot where mechanics and narrative support each other to one cohesive experience.

I'm hoping to leverage some of my skills to help folks with their projects and build a supportive community of tabletop development as well. Engaging here might encourage me to develop my prototypes more. Maybe we'll also come up with some neat solarpunk or ecological themed projects out it.

My favorite boardgames are: Splendor, Wingspan, Mysterium, Bang!, and the classic card game President

My favorite classic table games are (I'm bad at them, but enjoy them and their mechanics): Go, Poker, and Riichi Mahjong

SLRPNK community discussion - September 2023 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hi I'm a Game Designer (tabletop and videogames) and if the ownership of the board games community is up for grabs, I'm cool with keeping watch over it. One of my favorite games is Wingspan which isn't solarpunk but definitely is ecological and educational.

I'm thinking a good way to invigorate the community is to encourage discussions on board game design as well that way people in the solar punk community can support making environment and ecology themed game projects together. I can leverage my experience in this way.

But the main question is if most people end up using the community for general boardgames discussion is that considered alright? Most board games aren't solarpunk oriented and many of them might even have anti-ecological themes (ex. most natural resource management games, think Settlers of Catan).

I try synthetic salmon and enter the “uncanny valley” of taste in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Though it's not neon blue and more of a blackberry black, I thought Blue Raspberry was based on the flavor of Rubus leucodermis, the Whitebark Raspberry which grows in the Pacific Northwest?

Cult of the Dead Cow unveils 'Veilid', "a secure peer-to-peer network for apps that flips off the surveillance economy" in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

This reminds me about how network traffic worked in a book called "The Diamond Age" by Neal Stephenson (author of Cryptonomicon, and Snow Crash). In the book they described every device or application being a node and packets were routed through random nodes until they were pieced back together at their destination. That there was no central routing in these cases. It was a plot point because it's noted how difficult it is to track messages in this kind of networking. I'm not sure I'm remembering it correctly but it's a neat idea.