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  • Re: Game Quest

    From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri May 8 20:57:17 2026
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    On Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:30:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> said this thing:


    This makes me realize that there is so much untapped potential for using
    the Steam library for in game mechanics, even in a non-impacting way.
    You know how older games could sort of tell what you played through the >memory card data, and unlock stuff automatically and stuff? Or the whole >thing with Psycho Mantis being all spooky and meta and calling you out
    for what games you liked? I think it'd be cool if more games did that >nowadays :P


    On a related note:

    * Don't Touch the Snail https://store.steampowered.com/app/4149320/Dont_Touch_the_Snail/
    A game where, if you lose, you never can play the game again.
    Yes, it's a joke game. Yes, the mechanics are stupid. Yes, there's no
    real point to playing except to say you've played and managed to keep
    moving your mouse for xxx seconds. But you get real consequences if
    you lose this game... namely, the inability to ever play the game
    again.


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  • From rms@rmsmoo@moomoo.net to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Sat May 9 07:37:09 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On a related note:
    * Don't Touch the Snail >https://store.steampowered.com/app/4149320/Dont_Touch_the_Snail/

    ONo! I wishlisted so fast :)

    rms
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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Sat May 9 10:52:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On Sat, 9 May 2026 07:37:09 -0600, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> said this
    thing:

    On a related note:
    * Don't Touch the Snail >>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4149320/Dont_Touch_the_Snail/

    ONo! I wishlisted so fast :)

    Soon to come: DLC to reactivate the game when you die (each purchase
    buys one more try).

    (Not really... but I wouldn't be surprised)


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  • From candycanearter07@candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Tue May 12 18:10:03 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 14:52 this Saturday (GMT):
    On Sat, 9 May 2026 07:37:09 -0600, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> said this
    thing:

    On a related note:
    * Don't Touch the Snail >>>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4149320/Dont_Touch_the_Snail/

    ONo! I wishlisted so fast :)

    Soon to come: DLC to reactivate the game when you die (each purchase
    buys one more try).

    (Not really... but I wouldn't be surprised)


    It's a cute idea but permadeath games always stress me out... on the
    other hand, someone is absolutely going to crack the protection and give themself infinite tries
    --
    user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom
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