Akka Arrh ( And here it is ! )

[Misfit]

There is a pretty good Windows gaming PC in the house that my son uses

I don't think you'll even need a gaming PC, it runs on a crappy mobile GPU perfectly (Win GPD Max):

The fans make more noise when I copy files than when playing this!

Cool. I wasn't worried about the level of tech needed, I can do that. It was the need to use a PC in general that bothered me, they aren't in convenient places in general!

Ah, but I do forget I have Aya Neo gathering dust! I forgot about that after I got my Steam Deck.

Not that I want another device to carry around, but it will fill the gap.

[Frogacuda]

Switching layers could be explained better. I can only do it when something enters the zone, I guess? But what makes something enter the downstairs?

[gilesgoat]

Switching layers could be explained better. I can only do it when something enters the zone, I guess? But what makes something enter the downstairs?

When the ring flashes and you hear "Achtung" it means somene is attacking the turret downstairs, THEN you can zoom down.

[gilesgoat]

Have you seen THIS ??!!! ( it's NEW )



.. amazing !

[PVB]

Switching layers could be explained better. I can only do it when something enters the zone, I guess? But what makes something enter the downstairs?

I’ve not worked out how to do it yet.

Got it on PS4 (playing on PS5) now, so have it on PC, Switch and PS5.

Here’s an adjusted image of how I see the PS4/5 version with my slight visual impairment at 4K on a 43” LCD TV sitting less than 4’ away.
Red boxes show text I cannot read at all. Yellow boxes show low-contrast text (dark colour text on a dark background) which I can barely make out if I lean forward.
Most of the tutorial text I fail to read all of it as it appears during play and then disappears before I’ve read half of it.

[PVB]

Snapped it up on Steam as soon as I got the Wishlist alert
I'm at work at the mo, so haven't had a chance to try it yet. I would put it on my Deck, but given the reports above, probably not worth it.

I would happily contribute to a "Buy Jeff & Giles a SteamDeck" fund

OK, let's try...

Feel free to donate: http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=89226

Edit - forget it, looks like Atari are going to get them one

I offered to buy them one last year and they said no.
Giles had said previously that they wouldn’t update/adapt the game to run on it even if they had one, as he’s fed up porting to other systems.

[gilesgoat]

Snapped it up on Steam as soon as I got the Wishlist alert
I'm at work at the mo, so haven't had a chance to try it yet. I would put it on my Deck, but given the reports above, probably not worth it.

I would happily contribute to a "Buy Jeff & Giles a SteamDeck" fund

OK, let's try...

Feel free to donate: http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=89226

Edit - forget it, looks like Atari are going to get them one

I offered to buy them one last year and they said no.
Giles had said previously that they wouldn’t update/adapt the game to run on it even if they had one, as he’s fed up porting to other systems.

Have I said this ? Really ?

[moobaa]

Got it on PS4 (playing on PS5) now, so have it on PC, Switch and PS5.

Would be interested to see which platform you prefer out of that lot. Do you have an OLED Switch? That's the one I'm leaning towards :}

(Also: Hi, PVB )

[WiteWulf]

Good spot re. the visuals PVB

The colour choices would impact me with my colour blindness, also. An issue I think we both raised in the past with respect to Polybius.

I get that people designing visuals have an overall concept in their head, but it’s not hard to include alternate palettes for those with CVD. There’s a wealth of resources out there on the internet to help with picking high contrast palettes. And to not have adjustable text size is equally as saddening.

This rules out me buying it on either Switch or Steam Deck as it stands.

[RiK]

Got it on PS4 (playing on PS5)

I’ve seen numerous references to a PS5 version in reviews, but only seen PS4 available to buy.

Is there actually a separate PS5 build that’s just not filtered through the store yet?

[Gilby 4000]

Have you seen THIS ??!!! ( it's NEW )



.. amazing !

EPIC!

[RiK]

The colour choices would impact me with my colour blindness, also. An issue I think we both raised in the past with respect to Polybius.

Aye, same here.

Thankfully devs are raking more notice these days with accessibility options for those of us with some degrees of colour deficiency.

[Misfit]

Good spot re. the visuals PVB

The colour choices would impact me with my colour blindness, also. An issue I think we both raised in the past with respect to Polybius.

I get that people designing visuals have an overall concept in their head, but it’s not hard to include alternate palettes for those with CVD. There’s a wealth of resources out there on the internet to help with picking high contrast palettes. And to not have adjustable text size is equally as saddening.

This rules out me buying it on either Switch or Steam Deck as it stands.

In the rather excellent trailer above, and shown in a pretty unaccessible way, it does mention an Accessibility Mode.

I wonder if that gives you what you need?

[PVB]

Got it on PS4 (playing on PS5) now, so have it on PC, Switch and PS5.

Would be interested to see which platform you prefer out of that lot. Do you have an OLED Switch? That's the one I'm leaning towards :}

(Also: Hi, PVB )

Not played it on my PC yet, but I prefer the PS5 over Switch just because I can’t read Any of the game text on the non-OLED Switch screen.

Probably be playing most on PS5 as it’s in the main family room, whereas the PC is in my bedroom.

Also: Hello Pete!
Was talking about you on Facebook yesterday: about watching at your house (when I visited Lisa Wolf) play level 64 on Space Giraffe.

[PVB]

Good spot re. the visuals PVB

The colour choices would impact me with my colour blindness, also. An issue I think we both raised in the past with respect to Polybius.

I get that people designing visuals have an overall concept in their head, but it’s not hard to include alternate palettes for those with CVD. There’s a wealth of resources out there on the internet to help with picking high contrast palettes. And to not have adjustable text size is equally as saddening.

This rules out me buying it on either Switch or Steam Deck as it stands.

As an accessibility advocate it dismays me to see games with hardly any options for text size, colour palettes, remapping controls, large subtitles, etc.

Even one-person devs can do it. Check out Eagle Island:
https://caniplaythat.com/2019/07/12/mob ... le-island/