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zylche posted:Have fun trawling this mess and point out the highlights of horrible games, hopefully someone can put together an adequate interface at some point.  Huh. The Vestibule was a Ren'py visual novel some guy made for the VN equivalent of Nanowrimo in 2011. I didn't think Android Ren'py builds had controller support, but I just plugged my DS3 into my Prime, ran my own RP project and hey, it works. So, given that, we'll probably see a glut of terrible Original English Language Visual Novels, the likes of which are regularly ridiculed on weeaboo.nl
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zylche posted:Yeah that's a good way to find out how popular the OUYA is, I might go find what the most liked game is actually... I'm about half way through, and so far 26 is the high. FF3 = 21, Beast Boxing = 13, The Ball = 9, Twitch.TV app = 7. These numbers are terrible. I'd assume just no one has gotten the system yet, but it's been a few days since launch now. Edit: Actually, are these organized by number of likes? Stalagfight is first with 26, everything else is below that with stuff at the bottom being at 0. Edit2: Nope, guess I was wrong, looked like it though. Think I finished them all now though 26 is the high. Matlock Birthmark fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Apr 4, 2013 |
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Yeah the number of likes is pretty depressing/hilarious. Here's a sample: Stalagflight 26 Canabalt 21 FF3 21 Gunslugs 15 Radiant 11 Beast Bozing Turbo 13 Save the Puppies! 9 Rage Runner 9 Knightmare Tower 10 The Little Crane that Could 8 The Ball 9 ... iMech Online 2 ... Subatomic Kangaroo World Tour 1 ... Space Repair Inc. 0  e: hahahaha oh jeez 
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zylche posted:Well the point of their store is everything is free to try, so those apks should just be the demo versions if anything. All the site is doing is replicating the OUYA's storefront, nothing out of the ordinary. Ah yeah, I see. I sideloaded Stalagflight from one of those links onto my phone and it runs but doesn't mention anything about purchasing the full app. Guessing it's a free one. Downloading FF3 now to see what that says but I did notice some apps in there with "free" in the package name so I guess piracy is still going to be easy for people but not quite THAT easy. edit: FF3 started up, popped up a dialogue that said "connecting" and then sat at a black screen. Time to go cancel my credit cards I guess. OOOOOOUYA! luncheon meat fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Apr 4, 2013 |
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XboxPants posted:Also, the controller faceplates are held on by magnets. It's aluminum. I can't wait until that aluminum starts tarnishing and oxidizing from gamers' sweaty palms. Or rusting because someone left it too close to a glass of water or something. Like unpainted aluminum does, you know. (Yeah I know he's already been mocked about this but holy loving poo poo. loving magnets, how do they work?) Also holy poo poo they made the controller plates out of loving steel?
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theflyingorc posted:It's possible that you can give them a bad number and it will still let you in, I've heard no reports either way. I was going to say that, but usually most stores (IE: Any that are worth a drat) easily detect fake numbers and can even sus out whether its a Visa, Mastercard, etc. by its numbers. Though you really can't assume anything with these people, as it very well might let you put all zeroes in and work anyway.
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I'm going to laugh so hard the first time a bug report gets filed from nerd sweat overpowering the magnets.
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How thick are these faceplates exactly? Because aluminum deforms really easily, and doesn't spring back like typical controller plastic does. I can easily see them getting bent in shipping, or if they get sat on, or if someone tries to pull them off incorrectly. It's almost as if they tied themselves to this stupid idea without any thought to how it would function in the real world.
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Cantorsdust posted:So just looking at Stalagfight, one of the "AAA OUYA games," it has 26 likes. I can get more likes than that by posting bullshit on Facebook. I'm not sure what "likes" mean in this situation, but it seems like a low level of activity for the OUYA launch. I'm more shocked at how the gently caress they can run The Ball without the thing exploding. Seriously, how?
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JazzFlight posted:Aluminum is a non-ferrous metal. It can't be magnetized, dude. You can attach magnets to aluminum. It's not hard nor does it need any sort of high-tech equipment but god help you if you get poo poo like the epoxy/adhesive on your skin or work with it and don't have protective gear on for at least your face because the fumes from it are pretty horrible iirc. The last place I worked at had one of these machines that was from the 70s, probably older, and just pours out epoxy that holds the magnets (and their spacers) in to whatever's holding them. Usually it was square cups about 2"x2"x1" if I remember right and when that poo poo hardens it's like cement. Both the regular and rare earth magnets were usually put in to aluminum holders that were then attached to machines or other equipment they were being made for. The NERVEGEAR is a joke for many reasons but lets not get carried away and assume something as basic as attaching magnets to another object isn't something that has been possible for decades by competent people. Evil Fluffy fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Apr 4, 2013 |
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"EMUya is an NES emulator with an indie game store. Support for Atari 2600, SNES, and Gameboy coming soon!" Not tagged sandbox. There are other even less legal emulators in the sandbox already, I am sure that Nintendo is thrilled.
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JackMackerel posted:I'm more shocked at how the gently caress they can run The Ball without the thing exploding. Seriously, how? Someone posted this earlier in the thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIZ5nSPywTk It looks like total rear end and seems to run about about 15 FPS, that's how.
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Evil Fluffy posted:You can attach magnets to aluminum. It's not hard nor does it need any sort of high-tech equipment but god help you if you get poo poo like the epoxy/adhesive on your skin or work with it and don't have protective gear on for at least your face because the fumes from it are pretty horrible iirc. The last place I worked at had one of these machines that was from the 70s, probably older, and just pours out epoxy that holds the magnets (and their spacers) in to whatever's holding them. Usually it was square cups about 2"x2"x1" if I remember right and when that poo poo hardens it's like cement. Both the regular and rare earth magnets were usually put in to aluminum holders that were then attached to machines or other equipment they were being made for. If that's the truth then they still did a poo poo job, all of the faceplates coming off during shipping or whatever. This is literally the main screen shot for a game on OUYA  And holy poo poo, the tags: 1-20, 21-40, 41-60 Are they seriously sorting their games by tagging them into groups like that? What the gently caress
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Evil Fluffy posted:You can attach magnets to aluminum. It's not hard nor does it need any sort of high-tech equipment but god help you if you get poo poo like the epoxy/adhesive on your skin or work with it and don't have protective gear on for at least your face because the fumes from it are pretty horrible iirc. The last place I worked at had one of these machines that was from the 70s, probably older, and just pours out epoxy that holds the magnets (and their spacers) in to whatever's holding them. Usually it was square cups about 2"x2"x1" if I remember right and when that poo poo hardens it's like cement. Both the regular and rare earth magnets were usually put in to aluminum holders that were then attached to machines or other equipment they were being made for. Don't be ridiculous, nobody is saying that it's impossible to attach one thing to another thing using an adhesive, that would be loving retarded. We're mocking Xboxpants because of his assertion that the faceplates must be aluminum because there are magnets attached to it, and of course the faceplates are aluminum because it's attached magnetically!
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Some of this was posted before but here is the rest about the controller. Because for fucks sake, this is a $50 controller! quote:Swappable faceplates are an interesting idea, but the execution results in what can only be called a design flaw. Each plate is held on by six magnets, making them perhaps a little too easy to remove. We've seen photos from a number of eager gamers who opened up their OUYA box to find one or both controller faceplates loose in the box, which certainly opens the door to damage during shipment.
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quote:net.sokay.DonutGetOUYA OK, thanks for the advice!
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Uncle Jam posted:Some of this was posted before but here is the rest about the controller. Because for fucks sake, this is a $50 controller! Holy gently caress everything about that sounds terrible.
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Disargeria posted:Space Repair Inc. 0 E: Wait, no, that's a tail.
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One very legitimate criticism that I read about that really hasn't been talked about here is how the OUYA is a giant kick in the balls as its Android but not Android. On any device that has Google Play I can buy an app, and then later download it to any other device I have that can access Google Play. Of course there are apps that don't support so many devices, but for the most part this is true. However, with the OUYA, you are pretty much buying an Android game... except if you want to play it on the bus you'll have to rebuy it. That kind of blows. Also, engadget called out one developer who was charging $1 more for his game on OUYA (the response was that the game was more difficult on OUYA, so more money). If you want FF3 on your OUYA AND your tab, well that's $30 please. I suppose this argument is not valid if you just intend to pirate the poo poo out of everything, but there you go.
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Uncle Jam posted:One very legitimate criticism that I read about that really hasn't been talked about here is how the OUYA is a giant kick in the balls as its Android but not Android. On any device that has Google Play I can buy an app, and then later download it to any other device I have that can access Google Play. Of course there are apps that don't support so many devices, but for the most part this is true. To be fair, that's an equal criticism of the Kindle Fire, which is guilty of the same "Android, but pretending not to be" horse poo poo. I think you're forced to use the poo poo-tacular Amazon App Store unless you root it.
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Disargeria posted:Space Repair Inc. 0
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Do the likes for a game confirm a sale as well? Can you like a game you don't own? I wonder how many games will even break $150. edit: I love picking random games from their list and seeing the gameplay  http://youtu.be/k6OwoAYLK-0?t=2m Madcosby fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Apr 4, 2013 |
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Has anybody answered why one of their (incredibly boring and ugly looking) flagship games is named German Prisoner-of-War Camp Flight?
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Inspector_71 posted:Has anybody answered why one of their (incredibly boring-looking) flagship games is named German Prisoner-of-War Camp Flight? I really, really hope that in the game you're a German soldier trying to escape the Americans.
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I also still cannot get over how tremendously lovely both the visuals and gameplay look for so many of the games that are supposed to be emblematic of what will make the OUYA great. I saw a video of what I guess were the DesignJam winners, as in stuff that actually got awards, and it all looked just atrocious on every level.
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Madcosby posted:edit: I love picking random games from their list and seeing the gameplay I like this one myself.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HLqtIYLqic Sorry about the crappy youtube, but that's the only video of the gameplay I can find, and I'm pretty sure it was recorded by the developer.
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Madcosby posted:Do the likes for a game confirm a sale as well? Can you like a game you don't own? Gazillioniare with a generic sci-fi theme instead of psychedelic aliens, making it one step closer to true spreadsheet.
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Inspector_71 posted:I also still cannot get over how tremendously lovely both the visuals and gameplay look for so many of the games that are supposed to be emblematic of what will make the OUYA great. The problem with bringing gaming back to the people is that a good number of people are rather stupid.
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Inspector_71 posted:Has anybody answered why one of their (incredibly boring and ugly looking) flagship games is named German Prisoner-of-War Camp Flight? I played the Web version of that game and got bored after five minutes. I can't believe that in The Year Two Thousand and Thirteen that a system would promote a "launch game" like that as one of their selling points.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I played the Web version of that game and got bored after five minutes. I can't believe that in The Year Two Thousand and Thirteen that a system would promote a "launch game" like that as one of their selling points. Do we know how much it's selling for? I want to determine a "dollars to minutes of gaming" ratio.
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raditts posted:I've seen many of them in stores. hedgecore posted:they were pretty much pulled from all stores In case it wasn't clear that I know they were once in stores, but hardly are anymore, there's that. I have never seen one since within the few months of launch in a retail store. Your mileage may vary, of course. BestBuy.com lets me order one online, but there is no in-store availability. I did find a forum where people found maybe 50 apps that are compatible, so yes, my initial knowledge was wrong. From the initial reviews I found only a select few were compatible, but it looks like that has changed. I also meant apps in general, so I said that, not "only able to run a few things at a time". I'm not sure where you pulled that from. But at this point it's clear you only read what you wanted to hear, and clearly I just made poo poo up, not you, so kudos? zylche posted:Well I threw together a crap piece of javascript to parse the OUYA store's api. I couldn't find the font OUYA uses so I went with an appropriate one. Don't expect a fancy site or that, it's just there to make the data more legible, so anyone wanting to improve just go ahead. Also I have a cronjob going to update the json blob every hour and it's loading from my server so that should lessen the impact on OUYA. Jesus. This is probably the first good use of Comic Sans I have ever seen. hedgecore fucked around with this message at 04:23 on Apr 4, 2013 |
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 Gameplay footage! From the developers! (crashes, shows a mouse cursor, doesn't respond) http://youtu.be/-quB0krBsVg?t=23s I tried to find "Escape" but instead found MAGIC ESCAPE http://youtu.be/TLl247ytYzs?t=53s Madcosby fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Apr 4, 2013 |
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raditts posted:Don't be ridiculous, nobody is saying that it's impossible to attach one thing to another thing using an adhesive, that would be loving retarded. We're mocking Xboxpants because of his assertion that the faceplates must be aluminum because there are magnets attached to it, and of course the faceplates are aluminum because it's attached magnetically! What alchemy has produced this magnetic aluminium? We can't be too far from the clear aluminium in Star Trek now if that is the case, or should I say plastic aluminium which the OOGLE is made out of. Don't forget that xboxpants said much earlier that plastic conducts heat better than aluminium. Even though aluminium is about 600 to 1800 times more thermally conductive. This thread has physics and chemistry turned on its head. Madcosby posted:Do the likes for a game confirm a sale as well? Can you like a game you don't own? You barely manged with your lives... 
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Oh man, I played the gently caress out of this game. In a browser. In High School. Except the one I played more features. Inspector_666 fucked around with this message at 04:40 on Apr 4, 2013 |
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Madcosby posted:Do the likes for a game confirm a sale as well? Can you like a game you don't own? There is a demo available on Kongregate of this 2010 game and it is absolutely horrible. Seriously, you could not pay me to play this. According that game list, OUYA has two SNES emulators and look at the cutting edge graphics on Blood 
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hedgecore posted:In case it wasn't clear that I know they were once in stores, but hardly are anymore, there's that. I have never seen one since within the few months of launch in a retail store. Your mileage may vary, of course. BestBuy.com lets me order one online, but there is no in-store availability. This is getting to an Xboxpants level of pedantry so I don't even care that much anymore, but... http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcat17006&type=page&skuId=5764553&searchpage=true&_requestid=86371 This has been out for almost a year and I saw it just the other day. It looks like it's in every Best Buy within like a hundred miles of me  The NeoTV Prime doesn't appear to only be on Best Buy's website, but is at Staples. Of course that's the only place I could find it, but I don't know what other electronics stores exist anymore. All I'm saying is that you seem to act like you have a lot of knowledge about something you've clearly never actually used.
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Devian666 posted:Don't forget that xboxpants said much earlier that plastic conducts heat better than aluminium. Even though aluminium is about 600 to 1800 times more thermally conductive. This thread has physics and chemistry turned on its head. I think you've got me confused with someone else, there was someone that did say something like that, but that wasn't me. I definitely screwed up on the magnetic aluminum thing, though. But whatever material it is, it's also not plastic, like the post I replied to was suggesting.
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