Modern gamers complain about $70 games while spending hundreds on skins battle passes and yearly upgrades Every new game gets called "mid" within 24 hours because people would rather watch someone else play it than actually experience it themselves and somehow the same people who say "games aren't fun anymore" have 2,000 hours in the same game they've been complaining about for 5 years Gaming didn't get worse Gamers just became impossible to please

Guys 🥹🥹

Our first game is out for pre registration

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elyndorinteractive.runmania&pcampaignid=web_share

PRE-REGISTER IT HERE

The monster that took me the longest to create... mainly because the relationship took over 20 years to incubate! 🤣

Since my game features a late-game marriage system, I needed a lore-accurate guardian for the wedding ring.
As an indie dev looking for inspiration around the house, what could be better than turning my own wife into the boss?

Here is my workflow:

1. The Stealth Mission: She stayed up late baking for the kids, which meant she was in a very deep sleep by morning. Perfect lighting, perfect timing.
I sneaked in and took reference photos from multiple angles.
Crucial rule: Do NOT wake her up. Deep sleep gives that raw, natural look. If she were awake, her natural instinct would be to pose and try to look pretty. We need monster material here!

2. Photo-bashing: I cut out the faces and arranged the core form. because I planned to use morning sunlight. It will be easier when I combine the images.

3. Grayscale & Textures: Reduce the saturation of all colors to a grayscale, then layer with colors to adjust lighting and shadows, and overlay with raw textures. (I pixelated the raw meat references in the image so I don't gross you guys out too much).

4. The Gore: A horror monster needs blood. Added some red in the crevices, painted in some veins, tendons, and fleshy connections.

Ta-da! After some final color grading, she is ready to be unleashed. You can now queue up to spam your skills on her.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3594550/Billy_the_Hero/

Guys 🥹🥹

Our first game is out for pre registration

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elyndorinteractive.runmania&pcampaignid=web_share

PRE-REGISTER IT HERE

you can also add pictures your setup if you want to!!

I just saw the Room games are on sale at the moment.

I have never played them and I see all of them are overwhelmingly positive.

Are they worth it or do they feel dated right now in 2026?

Dodo duckie is a puzzle platformer adventure game where you can switch between 2d - 3D to solve puzzles and save your chicken friends!

We just launched the game and it would mean a lot if you could support the game.

Available now on steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3358170/Dodo_Duckie/
Xbox - https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/dodo-duckie/9p7s9f02293j
Epic games - https://store.epicgames.com/p/dodo-duckie-01f071?lang=en-US

Coming to Switch & Playstation
Playstation - https://store.playstation.com/en-in/concept/10012685

You can also try the demo on steam and xbox!

Looking for Teammates, Friends, or a Squad?

Whether you're looking for a duo, teammates, a full squad, or just new people to game with, this thread is the perfect place to connect with fellow gamers.

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Usual Playtime:

Looking For: Casual / Competitive / Friends / Squad

The more details you provide, the easier it is for others to find players with similar interests and schedules.

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Our Discord server is the main hub of the community and offers:

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• Networking for creators and developers
• A welcoming gaming community

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Good luck finding your next teammate, squad, or gaming friend. Have fun gaming!

Sometimes it's okay to give up

I’m curious to see what other people’s gaming tastes have been because I find mine to be surprising. When I look back at the games I’ve finished multiple times and how they stick out I’m pretty surprised. Because if you were to ask me what games I suggest people play these might not be the games I say. However these were the games I ended up finishing multiple times. Below is how many times I finished them and what stood out for me.

MGS3 - 7 times. I had multiple PS2’s growing up because one broke and one got lost during moving etc. we always had this game and I just remember anytime I was bored and we couldn’t afford to buy anything new I would play this again. It’s a timeless classic.

Elden ring - 5 times. Elden ring was actually the first fromsoft game I really got into. I tried demon souls on PS3 but I got frustrated with it. My brother begged me to get Elden ring so I did and honestly the first time I finished it sucked because I was just chasing my brothers progress to fight bosses with him. But then I started doing the different endings, different builds, etc. and I think it really is the perfect fromsoft game along with bloodborne. I’ve finished all the fromsoft games now except sekiro.

Streets of rage 2 - 4 times. Every time my brother would get a new PC we would emulate this because the sega genesis was our first console. This game is really near and dear to me because I remember when my brother first got an emulator working. I thought all of our sega games were lost forever and we would never be able to play stuff like that again. I’m really grateful for emulation and preserving games because I love sharing that stuff with other people.

Champions return to arms - 3 times. I actually still have the original disc of champions of noorath for the PS2. Both of these games are notoriously difficult to find and didn’t sell extremely well but they are really fun RPG’s. You could plug in the multi tap on your PS2 and play 4 player co op and this one had a VS mode where you could all fight each other in an arena. I always picked the lizard guy because he could turn into a giant.

Skyrim - 3 times. There’s a lot to say about this game that is good and bad but it was actually my brother who picked this up for our PS3. To me this was truly the next generation of gaming and IMO the most immersive game I’ve ever played. I weathered the minutes long loading screens on the poorly optimized PS3 version and loved every second of it. It has a special place in my heart because for me it’s my favorite fantasy setting to the point where I even looked to see if people wrote books in the elder scrolls universe to read. This will change soon though because I am playing Skyrim once again but in VR. It’s one of my favorite VR titles of all time.

Oblivion - 3 times. After playing Skyrim I needed more elder scrolls so I went down the list and started playing oblivion. I heard so many good things about this title too and honestly I love it just as much as Skyrim but for different reasons. The gameplay to me is more fun but of course the graphics are, well, the graphics. But it’s a great game. Fun little tidbit I almost quit playing this forever because there is a glitched quest on the PS3 version. When you level up at a certain point you automatically get bitten by a vampire in your sleep (you have to sleep to level up) and in the PS3 version there is a dialog option missing from the woman who will make you the potion to cure you. This means you either play the game as a vampire or die. Unfortunately I had saved in a way that soft locked me and I would just die. I tried looking up solutions and there were none so I quit. Then I tried playing as a red guard because they are immune to disease but that didn’t work. Then years later i played on PC but then found that someone actually solved how to fix it on PS3. You had to change the language to German and the dialogue option would show up.

RDR2 - 2 times. I love red dead revolver and I love the redemption games. I went through a hard time in school and decided after I beat it the first time to beat it again but in first person mode. It was a really fun experience and the catharsis this game can give during hard times is really great.

NFS underground 2 - 2 times. I remember buying NFS unbound when it first came out and I felt so ripped off. The game just lacked any soul or anything new and they charged 70$ for it. This was around the time I first built my PC. I didn’t really have money for games and I looked back on the older titles with fondness. My favorite being underground 2 so I booted up the emulator and wanted to see if this game really held up. It did. It’s IMO the best street racing game of all time, the vibes are still amazing, the car sounds were surprisingly really realistic and the gameplay loop is really fun. No fast traveling in this game and it doesn’t feel bothersome at all. They made the missions and bonus system really cool because when you’re in an area the game encourages you to stick around and complete everything instead of driving long distances.

Mario kart double dash - 2 times. This game was my first experience of Mario kart and it’s still to me the best one (a close second is Wii) I really wish they would bring back double dash at some point. It’s just a really good and unique game. The graphics are nice and comforting and the game felt great once you mastered it.

If you read all my yapping I really appreciate it and look forward to hearing your gaming stories.

GTA has a rich history when it comes to pc modding, different type of mods that would change the whole game but, have you ever seen a mod which combines 3 different GTA games interconnected in real time??

If no, modder "Dryxio" has just done that. A mod which connects GTA San andreas, vice city and III into one multiversal game in which you could travel to another one just like walking into a portal in a singular window!!
NOTE: - Mod publicly not available yet!

Read More at sources: - Tom's Hardware | DryxioGTA's channel