Cain on Games - Tim Cain's new YouTube channel

[Bester]

Hyllian. Why no scanlines?

Scanlines are more of a TV thing when displaying low-res content, I don't remember the technical explanation exactly but it had to do with filling out low-res 240p content on the screen. As far as I remember, PC CRTs didn't display scanlines, they work differently from TVs. Hyllian and most well known shaders are based on TVs. There are some shaders that change the way scanlines work past a certain resolution, others display them all the time.

I may tune them down a little for higher res games.

 

[Roguey]

Yeah I used console emulators in the 90s and they had options for enabling scanlines and interpolation because playing one of these games on your monitor did not look the same as playing one on your tv, even if you were setting it to the original resolution.

 

[__scribbles__]

I talk about what I would add and change if I were to remake The Temple of Elemental Evil today.

 

[Jigby]

2:10 - not as many people were a fan of the radial menu, because you couldn't hotkey things. I'd add hotkeys

b-but... there were hotkeys. Or is this a temple+ thing? Sitra Achara

 

[Roguey]

"I don't think it'd change the fundamental nature of Temple if I completely rewrote it, redesigned the encounters, and added a lot more content."

It'd still be a 3.5 D&D game, sure.

 

[NecroLord]

2:10 - not as many people were a fan of the radial menu, because you couldn't hotkey things. I'd add hotkeys

b-but... there were hotkeys. Or is this a temple+ thing? Sitra Achara

Yeah, there are hotkeys.

 

[NecroLord]

"I don't think it'd change the fundamental nature of Temple if I completely rewrote it, redesigned the encounters, and added a lot more content."

It'd still be a 3.5 D&D game, sure.

Also, yeah, the game could've used more content.
Get rid of Hommlet or make it so there are a lot more quests that don't involve talking with the locals too much.
Hommlet's a real chore until you get to the Moathouse and the game begins proper.

 

[Roguey]

Yeah, hotkeys are mentioned in the manual. Either he forgot or what he actually meant was a having a hotbar where you can actually see and click on what you want to use instead of memorizing what you've hotkeyed or digging through several submenus each time.

 

[__scribbles__]

I talk about the questions I am skipping in my channel’s comment section, either because I cannot answer them or because I simply do not want to.

 

[StrongBelwas]

Don't ask Cain about releasing code, the indie scene (Just a consumer of them like anyone else, can't comment on the internal workings), Bloodline's design (You can thank him for the Sheriff throwing cars and hookers though), working at 'pure' tech companies, his opinions on methodologies like SCRUM, Outer Worlds 2 stuff (And don't try to trick him), streaming coding/playing games, or current events like Unity and BG3 bear sex.

 

[Alienman]

Another passive-aggressive Tim video?

 

[Roguey]

People have been seething about the bear since July, I don't think it's going away in a few months, the bear is eternal.

 

[normie]

so we can still ask him about his poz status

 

[Bester]

the indie scene

Why not?

 

[Butter]

the indie scene

Why not?

Tim only plays AAA slop.

 

[NecroLord]

Tim only plays AAA slop.

Got that right.
You can see it in the design of The Outer Worlds...

 

[processdaemon]

People have been seething about the bear since July, I don't think it's going away in a few months, the bear is eternal.

Hopefully that means he can make a video addressing it in 5 years if people are still talking about it

 

[Roguey]

the indie scene

Why not?

Because he's not and has never been in it. He's only worked for (or been funded by in Troika's case) big companies.

 

[Viata]

What indie scene, btw? It's so big at this point it's just another big part of video game industry. What about the single A games instead of AA or AAA ones?

 

[__scribbles__]

I talk about designing skills for role-playing games, from deciding what skills to include to what numerical ranges those skills should have.

 

[Roguey]

Tim's now on the side of things and thinks a skill for any given action should only be present if it's used frequently enough to justify its inclusion.

He also seems to regret the coarse Arcanum skills and would have rather made those perks instead. Naturally he's most in favor of the granular 1-100 range, but doesn't mind 1-20 either.

 

[NecroLord]

Tim's now on the side of things and thinks a skill for any given action should only be present if it's used frequently enough to justify its inclusion.

He also seems to regret the coarse Arcanum skills and would have rather made those perks instead. Naturally he's most in favor of the granular 1-100 range, but doesn't mind 1-20 either.

What's wrong with Arcanum skills?
Not too few, not too many. Just the right amount.
It seems lately he is in a really "shoulda, coulda" mode. Running out of ideas for videos and starts talking about "rebalancing" the games he has worked on.
Will he talk about remasters eventually? Since we are living in the age of remasters and "reimaginings" for a more MODERN AUDIENCE that reflects the current world...

 

[Tyranicon]

"I own the code so I can use it"

"I can't release the code"

That doesn't sound like ownership at all, it sounds more like a license to use it with maybe some royalties mixed in.

 

[Roguey]

What's wrong with Arcanum skills?
Not too few, not too many. Just the right amount.

1-5 range is too small for his liking in a dozens-hours long RPG. Means it's not really a good idea to have items that give skill bonuses because it's such a huge buff.

 

[normie]

What's wrong with Arcanum skills?
Not too few, not too many. Just the right amount.

1-5 range is too small for his liking in a dozens-hours long RPG. Means it's not really a good idea to have items that give skill bonuses because it's such a huge buff.

Disco Elysium was one of the RPGs ever made, it featured a wholly clothing based system operating in similar ranges and it's more successful than anything Tim's ever made
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