|
Picked up NGU again now that I saw it's on steam; posting here so 4G notices.
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2020 23:34
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 4, 2024 03:03 |
|
|
I SEE YOU
|
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2020 23:35
|
|
|
Tukkun, we need you. 
|
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2020 23:46
|
|
|
So I've been chatting about it in the discord but i'm curious your thoughts. For the 2nd game that i'm working on that's a WIP, I was originally intending to launch it on kong first. So, given recent events, might it be better to just hop to steam? Would those of you interested in early playtesting be willing to go through redeeming something like a beta key to try it out, or is that too inconvenient over the browser?
|
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2020 23:49
|
|
|
More like you don’t need to play games in a browser at work when you are working from home and can just play games on your Switch instead without anybody being the wiser.
|
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2020 23:51
|
|
|
something posted:So I've been chatting about it in the discord but i'm curious your thoughts. For the 2nd game that i'm working on that's a WIP, I was originally intending to launch it on kong first. So, given recent events, might it be better to just hop to steam? Would those of you interested in early playtesting be willing to go through redeeming something like a beta key to try it out, or is that too inconvenient over the browser? I might be in the minority, but I very rarely return to web games after the initial play session. I didn’t start playing NGU regularly until you released it on Kartridge, and greatly prefer having ngu as a separate process with its own taskbar icon.
|
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2020 23:57
|
|
|
The Fool posted:I might be in the minority, but I very rarely return to web games after the initial play session. I didn’t start playing NGU regularly until you released it on Kartridge, and greatly prefer having ngu as a separate process with its own taskbar icon. Yeah I like NGU on Kart because I've had this game literally running for months at a time and like having it separate from my Steam activity. If something happens where you can't support Kartridge versions anymore I'll understand and make the switch but this is kind of how I feel about it too.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 01:18
|
|
|
I'ma be honest, I don't have any interest in flash-type games on Steam because I'd rather play them for free and then support the dev if I know the game is good. Or even if it's freeware for some reason I feel more comfortable having it in a web browser than downloading it, idk why. I don't know what I'm going to do when/if Kongregate goes down. e: them closing the chat and forums is loving weird though, surely that can't cost much bandwidth?
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 02:31
|
|
|
I play NGU in Steam and would happily playtest NewNGU there too.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 02:48
|
|
|
the problem is my friends will make fun of me when they see me on steam in an idle game still rather play ngu than not
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 03:15
|
|
|
Despite my previous comment, I only play idle games on a work computer where I can’t exactly run Steam or Kartridge, so browser is really my only option.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 03:37
|
|
|
I'm not really surprised that website is going on life support. I'm more surprised it lasted as long as it did. Developing games is unbelievably time consuming and expensive, but even if you made the most successful web game of all time, it would earn maybe 1% to 2% of what an average commercially successful mobile game would earn, possibly less. I imagine the website portion of their business has been getting propped up by the mobile side for a long time now, and the new owners are probably trying to stop the bleeding.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 03:45
|
|
|
shs posted:I'm not really surprised that website is going on life support. I'm more surprised it lasted as long as it did. Developing games is unbelievably time consuming and expensive, but even if you made the most successful web game of all time, it would earn maybe 1% to 2% of what an average commercially successful mobile game would earn, possibly less. I imagine the website portion of their business has been getting propped up by the mobile side for a long time now, and the new owners are probably trying to stop the bleeding. the problem is that in stopping the bleeding they're gonna stop the bloodflow too. I don't think kong will survive this otoh I bet it'll have an amusing post life a la Myspace
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 03:58
|
|
|
The biggest problem I have with steam is just that I don't want idle games clogging up my playtime list, if I could selectively remove games from that list I'd have no problem. I do feel like Steam is your best option though, so by all means fire away.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 04:33
|
|
|
Arzaac posted:The biggest problem I have with steam is just that I don't want idle games clogging up my playtime list, if I could selectively remove games from that list I'd have no problem. I'm surprised Steam doesn't already have that kind of thing available as a feature considering how many pervert games they sell.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 04:37
|
|
|
something posted:So I've been chatting about it in the discord but i'm curious your thoughts. For the 2nd game that i'm working on that's a WIP, I was originally intending to launch it on kong first. So, given recent events, might it be better to just hop to steam? Would those of you interested in early playtesting be willing to go through redeeming something like a beta key to try it out, or is that too inconvenient over the browser? I'd be down for that
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 05:17
|
|
|
Arzaac posted:The biggest problem I have with steam is just that I don't want idle games clogging up my playtime list, if I could selectively remove games from that list I'd have no problem. same. i also have to set myself to invisible if i dont want to appear ingame all the time im gonna miss kong when it eventually goes down, i hope there will be some archival efforts
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 05:29
|
|
|
The only idle games I play are on websites, I wouldn't ever launch them through steam personally. There's a ton of friction involved in installing a game that isn't there when you're just clicking a link that someone posted in the SA idle games thread. I hope you find some way to keep a web version around even after Kongregate kills itself. Kong was already pretty much dead though, you could tell by the fact that 90% of the recent badges were for the one guy still uploading a steady stream of rpgmaker miniatures. I'm surprised they even still had people to lay off. Jabor fucked around with this message at 05:40 on Jul 2, 2020 |
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 05:37
|
|
|
I can say that there is no way in hell I was ever going to give Kongregate my credit card info, but I've happily spent like ~$200 or so on idle games on Steam (NGU, WAMI, Realm Grinder and that Forgotten Realms one). What's real dumb about idle games and steam is that sometimes they'll grab the joypad focus, so I have to close them before I play actual games.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 05:37
|
|
|
Rip everything and upload it back to newgrounds lmao
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 05:41
|
|
|
Jabor posted:Rip everything and upload it back to newgrounds lmao holy poo poo that site is still alive holy poo poo it's been around for 25 years ran by the same dude. That's kind of amazing. Yeah, Kong people should consider uploading (more) stuff there since it'll probably be the last online games site standing.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 06:15
|
|
|
itch.io is another option, I think, for uploading games at least while in Alpha/Beta. Also all this talk of NGU keeps reminding me that every time I picked up NGU, I just kept bouncing off of it because of how relatively little progress I felt like I was making in the game in a given day.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 06:49
|
|
|
Xelkelvos posted:itch.io is another option, I think, for uploading games at least while in Alpha/Beta. Post in the goon discord. A lot of the growing pains get ironed out or at the very least you get a sympathetic ear. I had this same problem when I first started. Also re: Kong closing, I'm a bit bummed. Bit of online history closing there but yeah the writing was on the wall. It's niche has been supplanted by phone games. I haven't been active on that website for ages and only came back for ngu. Also I will totally want to beta test ngu industries on steam.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 07:24
|
|
|
Youth Decay posted:holy poo poo that site is still alive https://twitter.com/yaoiwario/status/1230363076429537280
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 09:16
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 11:33
|
|
|
at least it didn't dcrease
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 11:42
|
|
|
Write me down for testing the new NGU game on Steam.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 16:25
|
|
|
So wait - is there any way to transfer NGU saves from Kartridge to other platforms?
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 16:42
|
|
|
Id idle on steam, hell ive been doing it
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 16:50
|
|
|
bubbapook posted:So wait - is there any way to transfer NGU saves from Kartridge to other platforms? Yeah, there is. Turns out the "Export" button isn't just a free AP button, it also creates a save you can import on a different platform. Weird.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 16:52
|
|
|
Clicker heroes 1 got an update. Anyone?
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 17:08
|
|
|
In NGU when do quirk points start to drop at a much faster rate? I'm just at the point where i can idle the interdimensional party and i'm only really getting about 200 a day. I've not really bought any up the evil iTPOD perks for Questing yet it yet mainly because they seem so expensive, but also don't seem like they'd make much of a difference to the QP volume to help get those perk beast quirks that cost thousands.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 18:17
|
|
|
Kin posted:In NGU when do quirk points start to drop at a much faster rate? I'm at a similar point as you. I just unlocked wishes and that seems to be where it starts taking off? There's a later wish (that I'm nowhere near getting) that starts enabling QP drops from certain titans.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 18:23
|
|
|
Quest stuff really starts ramping around Exile ime, you need a couple hackdays under your belt to start really seeing a qualitative difference in your daily RoI
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 19:19
|
|
|
Kin posted:In NGU when do quirk points start to drop at a much faster rate? the QP hack modifier can start slow but if really piles on when combined with the perks and wishes at the end of evil right now and I get 150 QP for idling a minor quest which takes about an hour per turn in after idle multiplier reductions you'll probably see a big increase whe you start doing hack days (burn a R3 beta and gamma potion for 24 hours of 9x R3 power) and that should be something you start doing after the next adventure zone.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 19:36
|
|
|
Quests also have more factors than just the plain reward they give. Faster Majors, faster Idling(Or higher rewards from Actives), higher respawn speed, their own drop chance. In a sort of a balance, there are also fewer Quirks, and after this initial hurdle of the Best Quirk Ever thing really go off.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 19:43
|
|
|
Is it possible to transfer a save from NGU Kong to NGU Steam?
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 20:18
|
|
|
Yeah use the Save Game button to write a save file on your computer.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 20:25
|
|
|
Thank you Mr. 4G for blessing us with new, duck related content.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 21:32
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 4, 2024 03:03 |
|
|
I was saving up for the discounted last sellout accessory slot. So close....
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2020 21:56
|
|