Alec S // Renegade Sector Games
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Alec S. // Tales of the Renegade Sector Games
Solo Game Developer. Low-Poly Pulp Games.
He/him
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/RenegadeSector
Itch: https://malec2b.itch.io/
Solo Game Developer. Low-Poly Pulp Games.
He/him
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/RenegadeSector
Itch: https://malec2b.itch.io/
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Journey of the Garden Rose - Teaser Trailer #1
YouTube video by Alec Stamos
www.youtube.com
Journey of the Garden Rose Trailer!
Lily must explore a fantastic palace and contest with the machinations of a cruel prince to rescue her mother in this Old-School 3D Action-Adventure game!
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3692110/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NPX...
Lily must explore a fantastic palace and contest with the machinations of a cruel prince to rescue her mother in this Old-School 3D Action-Adventure game!
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3692110/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NPX...
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Oh damn, And All Would Cry Beware is getting close to 100 Steam Reviews!
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Oh damn, And All Would Cry Beware is getting close to 100 Steam Reviews!
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Escape from Terror City is 60% off this week on Steam!
Old-School 3D Run'n'gun Action! Bullet Hell in 3D!
store.steampowered.com/app/1524020/...
Old-School 3D Run'n'gun Action! Bullet Hell in 3D!
store.steampowered.com/app/1524020/...
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Escape from Terror City is 60% off this week on Steam!
Old-School 3D Run'n'gun Action! Bullet Hell in 3D!
store.steampowered.com/app/1524020/...
Old-School 3D Run'n'gun Action! Bullet Hell in 3D!
store.steampowered.com/app/1524020/...
Oh damn, And All Would Cry Beware is getting close to 100 Steam Reviews!
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Oh damn, And All Would Cry Beware is getting close to 100 Steam Reviews!
Escape from Terror City is 60% off this week on Steam!
Old-School 3D Run'n'gun Action! Bullet Hell in 3D!
store.steampowered.com/app/1524020/...
Old-School 3D Run'n'gun Action! Bullet Hell in 3D!
store.steampowered.com/app/1524020/...
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Escape from Terror City is 60% off this week on Steam!
Old-School 3D Run'n'gun Action! Bullet Hell in 3D!
store.steampowered.com/app/1524020/...
Old-School 3D Run'n'gun Action! Bullet Hell in 3D!
store.steampowered.com/app/1524020/...
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A good post from the tumble, esp in regards to anything with art. Studying new concepts and techniques is the most fun when you can do it like a dog chewing and shaking a new toy around until you can rip out the squeaker and run through the house triumphantly going SQUIKSQUIKSQUIKSQUIK
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A good post from the tumble, esp in regards to anything with art. Studying new concepts and techniques is the most fun when you can do it like a dog chewing and shaking a new toy around until you can rip out the squeaker and run through the house triumphantly going SQUIKSQUIKSQUIKSQUIK
The main thing that Cyberpunk has in common with Punk is that they were both going on for like a decade before anyone decided to start calling it that.
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The main thing that Cyberpunk has in common with Punk is that they were both going on for like a decade before anyone decided to start calling it that.
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We should be calling out the huge blindspots to international games in English games media, but we should also not ignore the fact that with video games we are already pretty damn global, especially compared to, say, the Oscars.
This is not all the way there but it's a decent start!
This is not all the way there but it's a decent start!
November 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We should be calling out the huge blindspots to international games in English games media, but we should also not ignore the fact that with video games we are already pretty damn global, especially compared to, say, the Oscars.
This is not all the way there but it's a decent start!
This is not all the way there but it's a decent start!
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It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
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Ok I seriously need help, is there like a big game preservation community hub where I can put out a bounty for someone to archive an overpriced iPhone game so I can emulate it in the future, I really need this
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Ok I seriously need help, is there like a big game preservation community hub where I can put out a bounty for someone to archive an overpriced iPhone game so I can emulate it in the future, I really need this
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this line from cloud is in my head at least once a day
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
this line from cloud is in my head at least once a day
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this goes right along with my theory that the AI obsession in *users* is often bc…
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
November 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
this goes right along with my theory that the AI obsession in *users* is often bc…
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
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the reason people still want to go indie and put themselves at tremendous risk is not wanting to put up with this kind of shit anymore. it's completely insane and completely humiliating how normal it is for companies like this to put people through all kinds of weird torture to prove their worth
3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
November 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
the reason people still want to go indie and put themselves at tremendous risk is not wanting to put up with this kind of shit anymore. it's completely insane and completely humiliating how normal it is for companies like this to put people through all kinds of weird torture to prove their worth
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Today we just got 100 new followers and a bunch of people saying "whoa I've never heard of this" re: the game we have been thumping into the ground for the last 3 years by posting one gif from our earliest demo. If you think you post too much about your game: you probably don't!
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Today we just got 100 new followers and a bunch of people saying "whoa I've never heard of this" re: the game we have been thumping into the ground for the last 3 years by posting one gif from our earliest demo. If you think you post too much about your game: you probably don't!
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In Human Factors Psychology this is sometimes known as the "trust in automation" effect
If you automate something then people learn to trust that automation and don't learn skills themselves (and why should they? It's automated!)
This can reduce skill growth and engagement
If you automate something then people learn to trust that automation and don't learn skills themselves (and why should they? It's automated!)
This can reduce skill growth and engagement
Rather than informing the player of a consideration they need to have to successfully play the game, you are *offloading* a consideration. That's one less thing the player needs to think about while playing the game.
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
In Human Factors Psychology this is sometimes known as the "trust in automation" effect
If you automate something then people learn to trust that automation and don't learn skills themselves (and why should they? It's automated!)
This can reduce skill growth and engagement
If you automate something then people learn to trust that automation and don't learn skills themselves (and why should they? It's automated!)
This can reduce skill growth and engagement
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I'm seeing variants of "ah but today's gamers just don't have attention spans so we sort of have to-" rolled out earnestly so
No. You can let those players fail. The AAA conception of handholding is silly. There's huge genres that don't do it.
You just have a bad manager making you do dumb things.
No. You can let those players fail. The AAA conception of handholding is silly. There's huge genres that don't do it.
You just have a bad manager making you do dumb things.
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I'm seeing variants of "ah but today's gamers just don't have attention spans so we sort of have to-" rolled out earnestly so
No. You can let those players fail. The AAA conception of handholding is silly. There's huge genres that don't do it.
You just have a bad manager making you do dumb things.
No. You can let those players fail. The AAA conception of handholding is silly. There's huge genres that don't do it.
You just have a bad manager making you do dumb things.
Something about the tutorialization/hand-holding discourse is that *what* you choose to tutorialize and *how* you choose to do it affects the game's contract with the player.
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Something about the tutorialization/hand-holding discourse is that *what* you choose to tutorialize and *how* you choose to do it affects the game's contract with the player.
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friday soapbox: as a designer, if you want something to be a skillful action for players, and you want growth in this skill to be very deep/meaningful, then you need to also let players be bad at it. sometimes horrendously bad. players hate this pain, and designers often want to mitigate it away.
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
friday soapbox: as a designer, if you want something to be a skillful action for players, and you want growth in this skill to be very deep/meaningful, then you need to also let players be bad at it. sometimes horrendously bad. players hate this pain, and designers often want to mitigate it away.
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I'll be honest: dunno that I'm willing to buy a "we HAVE to force tutorialization down players' throats" argument in a period where games like counterstrike, dota, minecraft, roblox et al are some of the most popular games in the world
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I'll be honest: dunno that I'm willing to buy a "we HAVE to force tutorialization down players' throats" argument in a period where games like counterstrike, dota, minecraft, roblox et al are some of the most popular games in the world
A hot take which popped into my brain and which I haven't been able to banish since:
Gorillaz is The Alan Parsons Project for millennials
Gorillaz is The Alan Parsons Project for millennials
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A hot take which popped into my brain and which I haven't been able to banish since:
Gorillaz is The Alan Parsons Project for millennials
Gorillaz is The Alan Parsons Project for millennials
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beats hemingway by two words
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
beats hemingway by two words
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showed my friend who was visiting town this past weekend the Bob Dylan documentary "No Direction Home" - a personal object of obsession for me. afterwards, she told me that seeing people's responses to Dylan at the time really reinforced to her the benefits of pissing other people off with your art.
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
showed my friend who was visiting town this past weekend the Bob Dylan documentary "No Direction Home" - a personal object of obsession for me. afterwards, she told me that seeing people's responses to Dylan at the time really reinforced to her the benefits of pissing other people off with your art.
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this would fix me
March 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
this would fix me
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Super Mario World has an extremely eclectic art style whereby many enemies are drawn in completely different ways. Development files reveal Mario went through many stylistic changes; it is possible that all the enemies were made to fit Mario, but at different points in time.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Super Mario World has an extremely eclectic art style whereby many enemies are drawn in completely different ways. Development files reveal Mario went through many stylistic changes; it is possible that all the enemies were made to fit Mario, but at different points in time.