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Grandma, Why Are You Doing This? Jimmy and the Pulsating mass is an amazing game. It's a more complicated, more rich Earthbound-style game that both pays respect to and improves on the original game. It's beautiful, it's funny, it's sad and it's very, very deep. Buy this game. Then watch the LP because you are a working adult with an enormous games backlog and really don't want to gamble on an RPG that's not made by a major studio that's 50 hours long. Do it so you can have something to idly tool around and listen to while you dick with on your phone or other websites or even grindy games. Because you shouldn't miss this one. What is Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass? Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass was released in August of 2018. It was made by one person, Kasey Ozymy. He did EVERYTHING. He made the graphics, the music, the design, everything except for some minor scripts. It's Jimmy's adventure. How Are We Going to Do This? This will be video. If I can figure out how to capture gifs well enough to do it justice, I'll post them. Because this game is imminently ripe for gifs. I'm going to edit out a lot of repetitive combat and grind off-screen so you don't have to watch it. But ideally we'll see every fight at least once and they're worth watching. I'll also be rotating commentators. More on that below. If you have any criticism or want some changes made, give me a heads up. I'll try to do two tv-show length episodes (~22-30 minutes) every week. Usually Monday and Thursday. Sometimes Sunday or Wednesday. Never Late. The Grandma Express is always on time. Spoilers? No loving spoilers. Period. If I miss something, PM me. Let's do it! Commentary On (Playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNr5681FV38xQo1dDBvfsBGn18FAwOeA2) No Commentary (Playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNr5681FV38w0rDLzMWybsMNijpcL-ArH) Bonus Videos! https://youtu.be/bwtN5BqaBJo The ultimate shame G-Mawwwwwww fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Oct 14, 2019 |
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Success Storiesthecluckmeme posted:god dammit I don't have the time to play this game but I bought the game anyway because it's about this point in the game where I'm getting the same vibes as meeting papyrus in Undertale where I know for a drat fact this game is as polished and loved as my grandmother's cutlery set. Ayndin posted:I've been trying to carve out time on the weekends for it, it's worth it. Roobanguy posted:This lp made me buy the game, and I’m probably near the end and gently caress man, this game is good. Taberquol posted:That is a wonderful dev diary. DiggityDoink posted:I just bought this game so I'm gonna have to skip the rest of this LP. But don't worry, the LP is the reason I bought it in the first place so thanks for the preview of what's to come. Plant MONSTER. posted:I went and bought this game cause of this LP. It is very good. Nocheez posted:FYI, I bought this game last night because of this thread. I only watched the first LP episode but I decided I'd rather play it for myself and be surprised. I made it to Smile last night and get to shake the poo poo outta people now Tellaris posted:I would just like to say that the banner ads brought me here, the first video enticed me, and I have subsequently purchased and beaten this game. I loved it so much I have managed to get 3 other people to buy it as well. It is a crime that this game didn't get as much recognition as it deserves. Jade Rider posted:Also I'll throw my hat in the proverbial ring for guest commentary. I picked this up a while back because of this thread and have been enjoying it gently caress yeah! Fan Art Kad made this! SystemLogoff is making this! SystemLogoff's painting is progressing nicely! Oh my god Kad Inflatable Fish made Woodlice under a Log! I'm calling it a postmodern interpretation. Mizuti made this bird! HONK Mizuti made this flower with a pithy observation! I'm losing my poo poo at Johnny Cats. Thanks Kad! Look at Mizuti's little stinky prince! Kad, I feel like this should be a magazine cover. Kad's drawing is simply marvelous and very froggy indeed Kad drew a doggy Kad has discovered what it's like to be a dad. Mizuti has captured my spirit animal Mizuti has the rotting jack-o-lantern that I love that gets the squirrels drunk! Lord Hippoman is showing us what Today's sexy vampires can't do! Kad, why? No one needs this much ice cream! Plant Monster knows me well. Plant Monster knows me a little too well. Co-Commentators! I like to rotate co-commentators and I've got open signups. The general list is below. I'm going to mix it up frequently but generally this will be the list I pick from. If you want in, let me know and I'll add you. This is going to be a long one. I'll usually get with you about a week out and holler at you. Upcoming guest commentator list: Dead Man’s Teaparty Violet Broregarde FluffyDeathBringer Ayndin HuskyHog I ideally try to keep a mix of men, women and non-binary people for different viewpoints. In actuality, what happens is mostly men sign up. And that's good but if you identify as female or nonbinary or are a transman, let me know and I'll bump you up the list because different viewpoints are important. If there's an LPer you want me to contact to see if I can get them to guest, let me know. If you are an LPer and want to guest, gently caress yes, come hang out. If you want to skip the line, complete the challenge. This applies to past commentators and future. Current Challenge: Eat at Golden Corral. Provide Proof. Past Challenges FAQ Where's Scabs? I try to have Scabs in each episode. Scabs is a cat. Good luck getting them to do what they don't want. Sometimes we gotta record in the morning on a weekend and she is DEFINITELY asleep. Sometimes we record while Katherine is in the shower and Scabs is trying to rescue her from the terrible water. Where's Katherine? I would love for Kat to do more episodes. But I've got an incredible stable full of commentators in the wings and I like making new friends too. I'll have her on every so often but if you want more Katherine, she usually streams with me. Bestiary Solitair is doing some chronology of the bestiary and some furniture glossaries and filling in some of the gaps I gloss over to focus on talking about penises and Subway and Lunchables and garbage. First Post Second Post Third post Fourth post Fifth post Sixth post Seventh post Eighth post G-Mawwwwwww fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Aug 9, 2019 |
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GrandmaParty posted:What is YIIK? Listen, I know that game left its scars, but you gotta move past it. It doesn't have to affect every game you LP from here on out. Tuxedo Ted fucked around with this message at 04:20 on May 6, 2019 |
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Ground floor for this one. I've heard of this game but don't know much else.
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Tuxedo Ted posted:Listen, I know that game left its scars, but you gotta move past it. It doesn't have to affect every game you LP from here on out. True story: the original video had one frame of Yiik to start. I have no idea how it got there. It just wanted to haunt me. I've fixed it.
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GrandmaParty posted:True story: the original video had one frame of Yiik to start. I have no idea how it got there. It just wanted to haunt me. ...did AACK's glitches leave the game and enter our world?
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Jimmy's revolting blob looks much friendlier than the garbage, at least.
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# ? May 6, 2019 04:42 |
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I've just finished this game, so looking forward to seeing the discussion that comes out of this LP. There was a megathread for the game itself but it only lasted 3 posts before dying.
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BioEnchanted posted:I've just finished this game, so looking forward to seeing the discussion that comes out of this LP. There was a megathread for the game itself but it only lasted 3 posts before dying. Already Helga and Andrew have more characterization than every single person in Yiik except for Alex. It's in the little things-- Helga's dialogue with Jimmy, Andrew's fascination with crystals and huge vocabulary, the relationship they have with each other. Then there's the things they do behind closed doors, which even in and of itself have a lot of depth. It's such a deeper gag than "Rory's mom is all legs, get it?" There's going to be a lot of yiik comparisons because both games had somewhat similar goals.
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My main complaint with the game is how necessary grinding feels. There are a few postgame fights that feel i'm just not generally strong enough for yet given the tools I have.
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BioEnchanted posted:My main complaint with the game is how necessary grinding feels. There are a few postgame fights that feel i'm just not generally strong enough for yet given the tools I have. that's what the godsend of an Easy Mode is for it brings enemies' strength down to a much more manageable Earthbound-ish level and also increases cash/EXP drops so your grinding goes smoother
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GrandmaParty posted:Then watch the LP because you are a working adult with an enormous games backlog and really don't want to gamble on an RPG that's not made by a major studio that's 50 hours long. Big mood, at least on the time part. Who has time for real games with all their ridiculous phone games nowadays? So far the game has a bunch of personality and is pretty well written, looking forward to seeing more.
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This game freakin' rules and really nails that "the main character is eight" feel that a lot of other Earthbound-likes just don't. Imagination is a powerful thing. Oxxidation posted:that's what the godsend of an Easy Mode is for There's no real downside to this either, it's nice. Bellmaker fucked around with this message at 05:45 on May 6, 2019 |
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I just tried switching to easy and it seems it hasn't really changed the exp at all? The battle text still says the same numbers at least.
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I'm excited to watch you LP a good game, because I overdosed on YIIK about halfway through your LP of that, and couldn't bring myself to watch any more. I demand more cats. All of the cats.
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ZeButler posted:I demand more cats. All of the cats. There are cats in Jimmy. Looking forward to this, it's a great game. And it's gonna be weird to have GrandmaParty and the commentators actually talking about the game instead of bringing up random other stuff to defend their brains from .
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# ? May 6, 2019 08:14 |
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Dump-text exposition instead of demonstration of mechanics? Check. Pointless monologuing? Check. Although at least here we aren't quoting dialog verbatim in the monologue, so that's progress. I also thought the green blob in Buck's room was the pulsating mass at first.
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BioEnchanted posted:I just tried switching to easy and it seems it hasn't really changed the exp at all? The battle text still says the same numbers at least. Battle numbers stay the same, but you do get double xp, despite that.
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# ? May 6, 2019 10:33 |
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I really like how Jimmy's main power and greatest strength is empathizing with his enemies, even if they're stinky ugly blobs of slime that fart.
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# ? May 6, 2019 10:34 |
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It's odd not to hear that veneer of despair and disgust in Grandma's voice as the loading screen for a good game comes up. It's a nice change of pace
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Thotimx posted:Dump-text exposition instead of demonstration of mechanics? Check. Pointless monologuing? Check. Although at least here we aren't quoting dialog verbatim in the monologue, so that's progress. I also thought the green blob in Buck's room was the pulsating mass at first. the pointless monologues in this case are at least clearly intended for comedy, and their length is due to deliberately rambling subject matter and not endless "hm" "well" "I mean" "TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON" circumlocution also as someone who loves a good hyphen Information Guy's scene spoke to me deeply
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Oxxidation posted:the pointless monologues in this case are at least clearly intended for comedy, and their length is due to deliberately rambling subject matter and not endless "hm" "well" "I mean" "TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON" circumlocution To add on, they're also establishing characterization.
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Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass is the anti-Yuk. The dialog is well-written, the characterization is done well to the point where you feel for the characters, its influences (and there are a lot of them) show in its own way without blatantly copying from them, the music kicks rear end, the locations have a lot of thought put into them... I could go on. I watched thevoiceofdog stream this for 15 minutes before deciding to not watch any further and experience it for myself. Please buy this game. I'll watch later so maybe this was covered, but according to Kasey Ozymy, this is not a spoiler and was explicitly stated by him: this game takes place in Jimmy's dream, hence why Jimmy is sleeping on the title screen. That's all I can say, but when you realize that, everything else that unfolds makes sense. Edit: Another thing that separates Jimmy from Yuk: Kasey listened to fan input and fixed the game accordingly. That's why the game has an easy difficulty- originally it didn't. get that OUT of my face fucked around with this message at 14:19 on May 6, 2019 |
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get that OUT of my face posted:I'll watch later so maybe this was covered, but according to Kasey Ozymy, this is not a spoiler and was explicitly stated by him: this game takes place in Jimmy's dream, hence why Jimmy is sleeping on the title screen. That's all I can say, but when you realize that, everything else that unfolds makes sense. this is also an effective compare/contrast with YIIK and ties into what i posted in the last thread about Earthbound-alikes being colored by their protagonists' perspective. both games are essentially solipsistic, but for Jimmy that's justified because the entire world is part of his dreams - that's why every character is constantly talking about him (to the point where even the victory message gives him a reassuring pat on the head) and what we've seen of his family is sometimes caricatured, like Buck's casual neck-snap or Andrew's vocabulary being peppered with fancy-sounding gibberish. YIIK on the other hand purports to take place in a "real" world that's nevertheless slavishly focused on Alex, which feels artificial and unearned
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Oxxidation posted:this is also an effective compare/contrast with YIIK and ties into what i posted in the last thread about Earthbound-alikes being colored by their protagonists' perspective. both games are essentially solipsistic, but for Jimmy that's justified because the entire world is part of his dreams - that's why every character is constantly talking about him (to the point where even the victory message gives him a reassuring pat on the head) and what we've seen of his family is sometimes caricatured, like Buck's casual neck-snap or Andrew's vocabulary being peppered with fancy-sounding gibberish. YIIK on the other hand purports to take place in a "real" world that's nevertheless slavishly focused on Alex, which feels artificial and unearned There's also the fact that one is a child, the other is an 'adult'. Jimmy is more mature than Alex.
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Jimmy's emotion (this game's substitute for character class) is empathy, which immediately makes him more mature at eight years old than Alex is in his mid-20s.
get that OUT of my face fucked around with this message at 15:53 on May 6, 2019 |
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Neither exasterate nor minaculation is a real word. I'm so angry right now.
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# ? May 6, 2019 15:53 |
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Oh hell yes. This is one of the best RPGs I've played in a while. Really scratches that turn-based grind itch. It also helps that the world is so vibrant and fun to be in. Looking forward to this one!
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I'm happy to see that this game is still slowly amassing fans. It's a fantastic game and deserves way more attention than it got upon release. One thing that I think a good number of people who like this game might not realize is that it's not Kasey Ozymy's first game as he's also made four freeware RPG Maker games over the years before Jimmy. They're a lot rougher than Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass, but it's easy to draw some parallels between them and this game, especially in regards to the combat system of The Heart Pumps Clay. I think they're definitely worth checking out for anyone who wants to see how the developer has improved over the years or if you simply want to play some decent freeware: https://rpgmaker.net/users/Housekeeping/games/
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# ? May 6, 2019 16:44 |
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aaw yea ground floor
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It's a shame how little attention it got. I looked for the thread in Games and it got three posts and died in september. also a shame - while watching that first video all my recommended things were those creepy as gently caress kids channels. BioEnchanted fucked around with this message at 17:22 on May 6, 2019 |
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GrandmaParty posted:I ideally try to keep a mix of men, women and non-binary people for different viewpoints. You are a good human being.
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BioEnchanted posted:also a shame - while watching that first video all my recommended things were those creepy as gently caress kids channels.
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get that OUT of my face posted:Jimmy's emotion (this game's substitute for character class) is empathy, which immediately makes him more mature at eight years old than Alex is in his mid-20s. Right??? Only 15 minutes in and we're already leagues above YEEEECH.
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# ? May 6, 2019 18:36 |
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it never fails to amuse me how, even if you spell it properly, YIIK's title is a perfectly articulated sound of elemental disgust
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# ? May 6, 2019 18:38 |
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BioEnchanted posted:It's a shame how little attention it got. I looked for the thread in Games and it got three posts and died in september. A related problem is how steam seems to lump it in with rpgmaker horror non-combat games like The Witch's House, which it is most definitely not at all.
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NewMars posted:A related problem is how steam seems to lump it in with rpgmaker horror non-combat games like The Witch's House, which it is most definitely not at all.
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# ? May 6, 2019 20:32 |
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This was my top game of 2018. Granted I didn't play a lot of AAA stuff but this was the most earnest and satisfying game I've played in a long time. I'm real glad you found the 'adult fun time' because I didn't know about that my first run through, it's a really great joke on what Jimmy thinks adults do with each other.
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do your best jimmy
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GrandmaParty posted:Neither exasterate nor minaculation is a real word. Jimmy's dad is always using big words Jimmy doesn't really understand.
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