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[–] quortez@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

Retro-indie gamers are absolutely eating this generation

[–] Cmar@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What an enchanting game this is. I’ve never made it that far but the world building is simply superb. Recently started playing it again on my Steam Deck and it plays wonderfully.

Live and drink friend!

[–] Weylandyuta@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you mean handheld or while docked with m&k? I didn't think it had gamepad controls.

[–] Cmar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Handheld, I don’t use the SD docked.

[–] Weylandyuta@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you just use the trackpads and a custom control scheme or is it friendly enough with the controller setup? That's pretty cool either way.

[–] Cmar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don’t have my SD with me now, but from what I remember I just used either an official control scheme or user customized one.

[–] Chailles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It is surprisingly fun and usable on controller. Like moving alone feels great. You use the left stick to choose a direction, but actually move that direction by pressing A.

[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now if people suck at this game, we can say "git qud"

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago
git: 'qud' is not a git command. See 'git --help'
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I absolutely love this game. You can do all kinds of stupid shit in it, like turn a wall into a sentient being and then enslave it to your will. Or survive by being a part mushroom mutant and eating your own body.

[–] Chet_Awesomelad@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

My favourite run was when I took the mutation that gives a tiny chance of my evil twin appearing. Literally the turn that I started the game in Joppa, my twin appeared and killed me. They acted before I even got the chance to take my first turn, so from my perspective I just loaded in and instantly died.

[–] MelonTheMan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was looking for something like dwarf fortress adventure mode or cataclysm dark days ahead and this is as close as I could find.

Sacrifices a lot of the smaller details of CDDA by being easier to play (not a bad trade off necessarily). You'll still die a million times in Qud though.

[–] mainframegremlin@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I for sure feel this sentiment but damn does Qud hit that sweet spot. Like, sometimes I don't want to feel like I'm writing a dissertation - which is what CDDA can feel like sometimes - but I still want said depth, or at least the feeling of said depth. CoQ hits that sweet spot. So much charm too, love it.

[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've tried this before but couldn't really get into it, anybody know of a good newbie guide for the current version?

[–] JonVonBasslake@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Am I the only one bothered by the half of an acronym? Like either call it sci-fa or science-fantasy...

Why even shorten the science at that point?

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

I previously wasn't bothered by it, but you're totally right. I can't unsee it now. It's wrong and I'm now bothered by it.

[–] Chailles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not too particularly bothered by that, I'm more bothered by the fantasy part of it. It's not really like story fantasy trope, but a post-apocalyptic sci-fi stuff being fantastical is kind of a given, isn't it?

[–] JonVonBasslake@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Tbh, I didn't even look at the game itself, I was too distracted by the title.

[–] Mordachai_Shedbacon@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Still don't know how you pronounce it, "Could" "Kwud"?

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cud, like the thing cows chew. At least that's how the developer pronounced it.

[–] Chet_Awesomelad@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As others have said, it's pronounced "kud". The name for the in-game plant qudzu, is based on a real life plant called kudzu.

[–] Mordachai_Shedbacon@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

A satisfying answer! Saints bless you, Chet Awesomelad! waving as you fly off

[–] regular_human@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Rhymes with mud

[–] supercheesecake@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

It’s pronounced “gif”

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] overlordette@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Saw a panel discussion where the devs called it "kuhd". I refuse to surrender. It will always be caved of "could" in my heart 😮‍💨.

[–] fox@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago
[–] spesk@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Wow really looking forward to this. CoQ is certainly one of the best roguelikes released in recent memory.