Oh hell yes. This looks amazing.

Reminds me of Garry Kitchen’s Game Maker for the C64 from my childhood.

http://www.garrykitchen.com/product_history/garry_kitchens_gamemaker.html

Looks like a good teaching tool for the younger set. Will be interesting to see what the capabilities are.

I’m very curious how much flexibility it has. Like, in the beginning I assume there are training wheels, but by the end, how much can you mix and match the actions and verbs and settings? Like, some verbs probably don’t quite make sense in some contexts, like can you assign a ā€œjumpā€ action in the card game? Are you limited to specific views, or can you move the camera around a 3d space to get different views of the playfield?

I can see this going either way, but Nintendo’s design philosophy is generally along the lines of avoiding totally garbage states, so it will be interesting to see how much failure they allow for.

Zombies ate my neighbours was amazing, and amazingly difficult.
I still listen to the soundtrack sometimes.

Can’t say I’ve ever heard of Ghoul Patrol. It had a sequel?!!

I had no idea it had a sequel either. Not that I could finish the original. :)

God, the Genesis version of this game wrecked my thumbs for ages. Never did beat it.

Overview for Game Builder Garage:

I like that the nodon system is aesthetically and at least somewhat functionally similar to UE’s blueprint system. At least a few kids are going to go from this to that and make some games.

I adore the presentation! Those nodes and the UI all look so bright, clean and crisp.

Is this the same pro that was to be revealed at E3 2020 and E3 2019 or another one?

Different one. This is the one that’s been long rumored, but not announced yet. Apparently Bloomberg and Eurogamer have both heard from reliable sources behind the scenes that they will finally announce the consoles before E3 so that developers can announce games and features for it during E3. And that it will come out this Fall, probably around November.

Sounds exactly like the one from last year and two years ago then!

I don’t think they had ā€œsourcesā€ last two years. Just rumors. We’ll see in a couple of weeks.

Oh last year they had sources. So many of them. They always do. Expert bullshittery 101: you’re your best source.

If it’s really replacing the existing Swtich, which will get phased out, then it sounds more of a refresh than something with significantly improved capabilties. I guess 4K is still a possibility, that was the big-ticket rumoured thing right? Higher res, but relies more on DLSS than a heap of extra horsepower.

Right. Plus the OLED screen if you care about playing it in handheld mode (which I don’t, so the OLED screen is irrelevant to me, and will needlessly make it more expensive for nothing gained, as far I’m concerned).

Either way I’m keen for an upgrade whatever it is. I skipped the last refresh.

You mean you stayed with the WiiU and didn’t get a Switch?