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by Mischief Maker 07/10/2012, 6:50pm PDT |
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A new French Shmup Superplayer has published an English pdf sharing his secrets not only for getting top tier scores in bullet hell shmups like Dodonpachi and Guwange, but how he managed to get that good at these games so quickly compared to learning in the arcade.
Part of his secret? Using MAME save states to practice optimum scoring paths through the hard parts over and over again.
He justifies this method by comparing an optimal scoring run through a shmup to playing a piece of music that starts out easy and steadily gets more and more challenging. If you screw up a part in the latter half of the song, you don't start the entire song over again and play up to the section you're struggling with, you isolate that section, even if it's a single measure, and play it over and over again until you've mastered it. |
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What Makes a Game? by Jerry Whorebach 07/07/2012, 9:05pm PDT 
First comment? Wittgenstein. by Worm 07/08/2012, 12:12am PDT
I read the original article. He's full of bullshit, or rather, his premises are by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/08/2012, 1:34am PDT
SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU PERPETUALLY BANAL FUCK by Caltrops.com 07/08/2012, 2:28am PDT
Get lost and stay there by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/08/2012, 3:46am PDT
In your case, it may not be Portal that's challenging you so much as life itself by Jerry Whorebach 07/08/2012, 7:07am PDT
is life a game? Or is it something else? by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/08/2012, 7:44am PDT
Remove the faulty concept of "self" or "I", and... NT by ...all your questions are answered. 07/08/2012, 6:41pm PDT
Re: is life a game? Or is it something else? by Mischief Maker 07/08/2012, 8:11pm PDT
That diagram is lifted verbatim from "Chris Crawford on Game Design" NT by mark 07/08/2012, 5:46pm PDT
This one, right? by Jerry Whorebach 07/09/2012, 7:54pm PDT
It's a pretty good book. by mark 07/10/2012, 6:25am PDT
Why do shitty designers hate saves so much? by skip 07/08/2012, 6:53pm PDT
Re: Why do shitty designers hate saves so much? by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/08/2012, 8:14pm PDT
Does this apply to every multiplayer game as well, or do some of those get a pas NT by s? Jerry Whorebach 07/08/2012, 8:34pm PDT
What I mean is... by Jerry Whorebach 07/08/2012, 8:38pm PDT
Re: What I mean is... by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/08/2012, 10:49pm PDT
I agree with respect to multi-player games not having saves:Ontological Inertia by Judge Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/09/2012, 9:16pm PDT
Then why did everyone hate Dungeon Siege? NT by Mischief Maker 07/08/2012, 8:35pm PDT
The complete lack of interesting choices. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/08/2012, 10:50pm PDT
Re: Why do shitty designers hate saves so much? by cowdrops 12/23/2012, 6:09pm PST
Re: Why do shitty designers hate saves so much? by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/23/2012, 6:20pm PST
I don't think he's talking about all saves, just PC-style save-anywhere systems. by Jerry Whorebach 07/08/2012, 8:28pm PDT
Savestates on emulators haven't taken anything away by skip 07/08/2012, 11:16pm PDT
Saying any game would benefit from quicksave/quickload is like saying any game by would benefit from noclip mode. 07/09/2012, 9:45am PDT
Quicksave/Quickload fixes as much shitty design as it creates. by Worm 07/09/2012, 11:38am PDT
Well, what if the worst happens, and you lose an entire hour of "progress"? by Jerry Whorebach 07/09/2012, 7:29pm PDT
Re: Well, what if the worst happens, and you lose an entire hour of "progress"? by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/09/2012, 8:33pm PDT
This post is a pretty scathing indictment of grinding, mandatory tutorials, and by Tropic Thunder. 07/09/2012, 8:54pm PDT
Well the worst is having the part you can't do an hour after the check point. by Worm 07/10/2012, 10:07pm PDT
Game Save is very important for at least one reason by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/09/2012, 7:57pm PDT
Since when did you stop doing anything to go to the bathroom? by Jerry Whorebach 07/09/2012, 8:37pm PDT
Let's try again by Judge Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/09/2012, 9:01pm PDT
It might be useful if we had some way to distinguish between games and by complex economic simulations. 07/09/2012, 10:14pm PDT
Hoe do you extract "NO SAEVS WTF!!!" from a post about save-anywhere? NT by Entropy Stew 07/11/2012, 4:55pm PDT
Don't leave home without it. The Save function, not the American Express Card. by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/09/2012, 11:02pm PDT
The save system drastically alters game difficulty by Entropy Stew 07/09/2012, 1:54pm PDT
Power outages. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/09/2012, 3:02pm PDT
That's always the first thing I take into account when designing a game by Entropy Stew 07/09/2012, 3:48pm PDT
Re: That's always the first thing I take into account when designing a game by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/10/2012, 7:29am PDT
It's not worth ruining good games to mitigate the awfulness of bad ones. by Jerry Whorebach 07/10/2012, 11:57am PDT
behind the current score JOHN NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/10/2012, 10:24pm PDT
My thoughts exactly by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/09/2012, 8:05pm PDT
Re: My thoughts exactly by HOT TUB TIME MACHINE JURY 07/09/2012, 8:18pm PDT
Re: My thoughts exactly by Judge Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/09/2012, 8:48pm PDT
Holy fuck even your one liners wrap to two lines by Arbit 07/10/2012, 9:25am PDT
Here's an unexpected take on the subject! by Mischief Maker 07/10/2012, 6:50pm PDT
How is that unexpected? by Jerry Whorebach 07/10/2012, 9:05pm PDT
The worst thing about quicksaves is that you never have to recover. by Gutsby 07/11/2012, 9:53am PDT
Here's my solution to saves by fabio 07/11/2012, 8:12pm PDT
Re: Here's my solution to saves by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/12/2012, 10:20am PDT
Just DON'T READ MY POSTS if they are hated so much by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/12/2012, 11:31am PDT
Re: Just DON'T READ MY POSTS if they are hated so much by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/12/2012, 12:38pm PDT
Jonesy finally realizes his error and regrets his attempt at playing forum god NT by Narrator of Caltrops: The Play 07/12/2012, 9:07pm PDT
Spoken like a man who makes his own games. NT by Jerry Whorebach 07/12/2012, 5:32pm PDT
Re: Spoken like a man who makes his own games. by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/13/2012, 6:46pm PDT
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