Man, im really not a parasocial youtube personality kinda guy but matthew is the one exception and I've followed him for about 13 years or so. I love seeing him pop up. Every single time
Shortly after playing it I knew it was special and I put it just outside my top ten. A 100% run and a sub hour speedrun later it's comfortably top two.
I think it bears repeating: I really hope Matthew covers Super Metroid on his channel one day. You would think the game has already been covered to death by others, but with your sensibilities I think you can uniquely sing the praises of this game. Games that take after Metroid have exploded in the indie space over the last few years, but I don't think they successfully identified what made Super Metroid so special. A lot of people are playing Super Metroid for the first time because of indie games it has inspired, and honestly it has been frustrating seeing newer players dismiss the game as dated. The legendary status of Super Metroid has given people the wrong impression as to why this game is so special.
I'm not sure how I'd approach a main channel Super Metroid video but it is something I think about. Although I agree the game is kind of under appreciated in some ways, I still feel there are more pressing things to focus on for the time being.
There have always been so many topics to cover. Once it was believed Mega Microvideos could be the solution. But it turns out there are still too many topics. There is only one way to solve this. Behold! Mega Micromega Microvideosvideos! One 32-minute video containing 16 sets of 8 rapid fire takes each! Exactly enough time to say something controversial, refuse to elaborate and leave! A perfect fit for the TH-cam Shorts and TikTok dys- I mean utopia of tomorrow’s Internet.
How crazy you dropped this stream now. You're one of my favorite writers, and I'd just about wrapped up doing a "once more 'round the sun" of your essays, contemplating if it might be all I'd get for untold years. But I'm just glad to hear you're kicking and still working on something, that being the game. I'm no puzzle game player, personally, but I'll certainly try it out when it's done. Hope you have a good one, Matthew.
Matt it would maybe be wise to release a couple videos on the main channel before releasing a trailer. Work the algorithm. Hell, maybe even stream from your main channel for a pre release discussion of the game. I’m sure you have a lot of ideas but figured I’d throw it out there, I care a lot about the work you’ve done for years now and just hope you find success in this too. Hope you’ve had a merry Christmas and hope you have a very happy new year Matt
As someone who has a small game awaiting a free Steam release, I can relate to the stuff early on about game development losing, well, steam at the end. In my case it was one of the last projects I worked on with friends in college, and now that we’ve graduated the finishing touches are coming along very slowly since everyone fits it into their schedule differently, and 99% of it has been long done. There’s one big bug I should probably be the one to fix but it’s tough to care enough by now to do it before it becomes last minute. It feels like working on post-launch patches despite the game not being out yet.
Having finished a Kingdom Hearts 1 (the OG PS2 game) Proud Mode replay, a few months ago after not playing it for years, I can safely say that the game still holds up. It's not some kind of epic masterpiece or anything but the core design of the combat(hitsun, animation quality etc) is pretty well done. Proud mode also forces you to use magic which is actually amazing which you wouldn't know if you only played on normal. Also although you don't get many fancy combos and bells and whistles in this game, the upgrades you do get all have their uses. However if you want to get the best weapon there is a painful grind that'll take you 12+ hours to finish. The atmosphere of the game is still unmatched by any other game in that series and the music fits each world incredibly well and it never feels repetitive. It's also much more platforming heavy than what I remembered and it's full of "metroidvania" design where you can only get to some areas and items once you unlock certain abilities.
@matilyn_rf Absolutely! The way you delete huge health bars in the endgame feels amazing when compared to chip damage you deal in the beginning. There's even a subtle little animation of the health bar depletion as well. They really paid attention to how the game feels.
I also 100% completed OG KH1 a few months back and it absolutely still holds up. It's the best in the series for me personally. It's the only game in the series where it feels like the story, exploration, and combat are as important as each other. That synergy I feel was missing from the others, where those elements either feel disconnected or not balanced enough. In general, I feel there were a lot of surprisingly smart design decisions in the game. Do you have a timestamp of where he mentions the game?
I think dungeon crawlers are kinda underrated. I had a realization a while back that prey 2016 is basically a dungeon crawler which is part of why I like it so much. I love the focus on resource management and exploration. I'd love more games like that
I know you miss releasing stuff more consistently as well, but I suppose the extra-pleasant surprise of seeing you in my notifications is an upside. Looking forward to playing any game you make (especially the GB puzzler).
Hey Matthew, just wanted to say that I love your vids, and your writing has been super inspirational for me. I’ve recently started getting into game development and just wanted to thank you for that. Hope things go good for you with your game!
You're a treasure. Was just thinking recently about how many of my absolute favorites - Downwell, SoR4, Point Blank, Alien Soldier, and Bayonetta - came from your recommendation, and here you are with a new upload. Always a delight to hear from you and it's lovely to hear progress on your game is going well. Happy new year.
Hey, Matt. Just wanted to say thanks for all the content youve provided through the years. Im not on youtube much anymore, but your videos are a big part of the reason why I got into gamedev. Looking forward to your game, and possibly seeing more video essays in the future. Cheers, and merry Christmas!
RE: the BOTW & TOTK enemy design stuff around 4:24:21; you say they “look the way they should” but don’t seem to like that wording. Perhaps something that’s often said of Beethoven, that “hearing it convinces you it could not be otherwise”, even though you know logically that it could be.
I always love seeing one of these stream VODs pop up in my inbox. Obviously your main channel videos are superb, but its also really nice to just hear you chat off the cuff on what you're doing and thinking, talking about games and stuff, ranting about camera systems and smart TVs. I know that in the past you mentioned that you sometimes feel the need to "produce content" while streaming which makes them less enjoyable for you, but I do love seeing these and it'd be great to get one every few months or something. But anyways: good luck finishing up the game!! My Analogue Pocket is looking forward to seeing what you've been cooking up, haha
Aww sad I missed it but it's good to see Matthew hasn't forgotten his youtube password just yet. Hope everyone had a happy Christmas and will have a good new year.
1:53:44 Wondering how much you agree, but the main flaw I found with UFO 50 is that if you’re already really into games, you have a list of games you want to play that you could realistically recreate the experience of UFO 50 with (although this option is WAY more expensive). As good as some of the games are (and I would argue half of them are worth getting the collection for), they don’t really match up to just playing 50 (mostly) fleshed out games. Even my favorite game Rakshasa doesn’t come close to Ghosts n Goblins Resurrections (thanks for the recommendation btw). After cherrying every game in the collection, I can confidently say it’s more enjoyable to go through a backlog more than all of these games. Most of them just don’t have that much depth or content to really sink your teeth into. Like you said, still a braindead recommendation to give people for the value, but just not as something to REALLY get into. Was reassuring to hear you also found something off about it, this was what was off about it to me.
It is a shame that with the spotlight that it got UFO50 hasn't dug deeper into appreciation of what has inspired it. As you say why simply not play the games that the games are inspired by, which are more full fledged and *most importantly* fit into a larger game design chain that allows for understanding how certain game ideas changed throughout time rather than also being stuck in some kind of faux metanarrative in the game. Impressive in scale project, but UFO50 is ultimately disappointing considering what more it could have done.
I think I should abstain from more discussion of it until I play it more. It's a tough game to criticise at all since you can't help but admire the ambition. Anyway, I still have a lot of cherries to get and some cartridges to dust off before I've even tried them all.
I don't really agree. Some of the games are derivative like Rakshasa being obviously GnG and Ninpek being obviously SonSon etc, but then there's stuff like Mortol or Warptank where there's really nothing like it as far as I know, and neat combinations of ideas from other games like Valbrace being a dungeon crawler with Punch-Out mechanics. Most of the games aren't even particularly short either; the ones I've beat other than the really arcadey ones have been around 1-3 hours long, longer than some standalone indies like VVVVVV for example.
@ There is actually a game like Warptank called Dandara. Mortol also doesn’t have much going on mechanics wise to have very interesting puzzles. Valbrace is more Crossed Swords than Punch Out, Matthew has a stream that you can check it out with. I could keep going, but there are only a handful of games in the collection that feel truly unique in the grand collection of all games. I find this project both frustrating and exciting because it’s clear their team could make whatever they want. It’s sad that they had to waste time on many lackluster ideas that weren’t really worth playing just to meet the 50 game count. I get that they wouldn’t have been able to sell the collection very well without that Marketing hook, but it’s still disappointing. That being said, I’m really looking forward to their next game(s). If nothing else, I’m sure it’ll be a pleasant surprise and an interesting game.
Part of the games appeal is recreating the game quality by release year and how some of those early games weren’t fully fleshed out in any combination of music, sound, and gameplay. Why play devil may cry 1 or 3 when 5 exist is what your statement sounds like comparing it to the most recent ghost and goblins. Your statement is diminishing to just how incredible the feat of the game is, how it isn’t made by 50 different studios, just the 1, and its 1 packaged item recreating the bootleg multi-rom carts. For you to see it as having a favorite game does its job on its premise.
I definitely agree that Astro Bot is fun in spite of the basic movement mechanics being so limited. It's my favorite game from this year, but of course I'd be happy if a sequel introduces triple jumps or whatever to Astro's standard moveset. I think the reason people aren't complaining that the movement is worse is 'cause you're not thinking about that when you're having fun. I don't think most people were complaining that Mario's movement was so nerfed compared to Sunshine or 64, because they were having so much fun anyway. And I don't think many have asked for any additions to Ratchet & Clank's basic moveset in decades either, 'cause the guns are fun to use. It's not necessarily that people aren't even conscious of it, but people aren't inclined to complain when they're having a great time.
Well 90% of critics in the movie and gaming sphere, even some of the more popular ones that are generally well liked are kinda bad at their jobs a lot of the times so not suprising you found an embarrassingly bad movie review, sites filled with them. Makes me miss your content more Matt, although good luck with the game you're making, hope its a banger.
Thanks. I don't think it's going to blow anyone's socks off but I'm proud of it all the same. As a first project I wanted to release a game which I felt was actually worth releasing, as opposed to doing it just for the sake of it. I've at least cleared that bar.
Merry Christmas all! Matt, been enjoying your vids for a long time now. Take it easy mate, no need to rush videos, streams or your game. Maybe you feel like you've set a high standard for yourself because you've been a critic in the past. Please don't let that slow you down, we're all excited to see the GB release :) cheers from Australia, it's summer here and we're stinking hot right now
I'll worry about physical later, want to make sure the game won't get any revisions before releasing anything physical. Wouldn't want the physical version to be obsolete in any way.
making a Gameboy game sounds fun. im picking up GB Studio & Pico-8 just cus the idea of actually playing a game ya make on a handheld device just seems damn fun.
IMO the next Zelda can be more restrained without decreasing its size or scope. In TOTK you can explore Hyrule without the paraglider and the game feels significantly more restrained like that already. So I think they can accomplish it with the little changes. I’d be more interested seeing how they continue to apply the typical Zelda twists to another open world. Something like manipulating the landscape or abilities using animals or something lol
Super Metroid is really cool. I only played it this year after being well familiar with the series thanks to 2, Fusion, Zero Mission, Dread etc. Even coming after all those I still think it might sit at the top. The only thing I thought was tough to get along with were the controls, though I can imagine that isn't a problem after the 20th randomizer run or whatever lol.
I brought it up a few times in the chat as a joke, but I seriously think you'd enjoy Shadow of the Ninja Reborn. It's a really nice arcade-style action platformer, made by veteran developers who worked on the original NES game. It only takes about an hour to clear once you understand the mechanics and stage layouts. I ended up spending more time with it than any other game this year, replaying it over and over for score and just for fun. Anyways, thanks for the stream dude, it's always appreciated.
If anyone who sees this, watching this guy play Metroid makes me wanna play a metroid game but I litearlly have no idea what game to start with even after googling. If anyone knows what a agood starting point would be its much appreciated
While there is a overarching story for the games, it's not really anything that is too important to follow in my opinion. Some games the plot is more prevalent than others. Avoid the original Metroid 1 & 2 on NES and Game Boy unless you want to look at them for historical purposes. The remakes are significantly better and would be better to play first. Super Metroid is a good starting point since it gives a good reference for what base Metroid is like. Metroid Prime is also good in that regard, and it's on Switch. I have not played that version, just the Wii version via Prime Trilogy. Metroid Dread is also good as well. Technically this is one of the games that focuses a little more on story, but it's not a huge part of the game and you should be able to understand what's going on without any context. Hope this helps!
If you don't want to just play them chronologically I would go Zero Mission (remake of 1) -> Metroid 2 -> Super Metroid -> Fusion. That way you pretty much get the full picture of 2D Metroid. Each game leads into the next story-wise (though the story isn't extremely important).
crazy, I was just wondering what you've been up to recently and you streamed a couple days ago. Hope you've been well and good luck on making your game/whatever else your doing!
Hi Matt I’m the person asking for recommendation of Kamiya’s games on Patreon. I still can’t get into Kamiya’s games, instead I dug into other Shinji Mikami’s works that I haven’t played yet. Vanquish for example. Recently I’m playing Dino Crisis and enjoying it so far :)
They're not for everyone, hope you find some stuff you enjoy through Mikami. I love Resident Evil 4 myself. I might have forgotten to mention but there's a video on this channel called How to Enjoy Bayonetta which acts as a guide for that game. If you already tried it and bounced off, it might be worth giving that video a view.
Hi Matt, loved the stream. Since you don't watch that much youtube, i would like to recommend Mark Brown's (Game Maker's Toolkit) series of videos documenting the development of his puzzle game. I think you'll find some nice insights regarding playtesting, pricing and sales, etc.
Hi Matt, just wanted to get something off my chest. A while back you shared some early concept art for one of your projects, and I took that as an opportunity to do some design critique practice. It wasn't really appropriate of me to champ at the bit and post it online, criticizing something that was clearly still work in progress. I guess I was too eager to critique the critic, but I didn't really put myself in your positions where you might not want early work-in-progress stuff scrutinized so heavily, especially at the beginning of your game dev careers. I can imagine responses like mine made the game dev journey even more stressful for the two of you than it was. New indie game developers shouldn't be held to unrealistically high standards when working on their first projects, no matter the background of the people involved. I'm happy to hear that your first game is just around the corner and I'm excited for whatever the future holds.
It would be fun if you streamed some Cave shmups like DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou, Ketsui or Mushihimesama Futari at some point. They are really intense and mechanically deep games that probably have some of the highest replay value of any single player games I know.
Hey! I'm a gamedev, and I know how useful good playtests can be for validating assumptions and checking blindspots. If you'd like, I'll play 15-30 minutes of a given section of a build, and record (mp4) what I'm thinking outloud as I go. I've done quite a few; typically they provide a section like a tutorial, or an introduction to a new mechanic, but often it's just a new save file. Your main channel vids are classic, and I'm glad I can contribute back in some way.
Congrats on the progress on the game, looking forward to its release! Don't want to be too negative but I want to share that I agree with your sentiment regarding SH2. Cheers!
Just hope you see this, have a good new year and know you got 4 sales for myself and 3 people i know! Like listening to instrumental music, i'm looking forward to playing a game that doesn't destroy my attention span
Listening to the price part right now. I would pay $20 USD for it because I am a fan of your work and I do think most people who will buy it at or close to launch are in a similar spot. It would also be a good price point for sales since it scales nicely to the average consumer's wallet and expectations. That being said it would kind of be a case of "the early supporters getting the worse deal" you mentioned since it's low enough to get your fans in but too high to get normies in without a % sale. You could go Undertale mode and price it at $10 but that would be in my opinion too low for the average fan who is gonna buy it day 1. It would kinda be the perfect price for it to never or rarely go on sale but you would probably be leaving money on the table early on. That's up to you to decide. Looking forward to it. If you need an animator for future games or a quick little trailer, hit me up. I'd do a short trailer for free for you.
Weird request but is it possible that you could recommend some games from 1999. I’m a pretty big film guy and experiencing some of the best films released on the year I was born really satisfying. Would you be able to give me some of the best from 1999 you’d happily recommend?
Crash Team Racing is phenomenal! And of course there is the original Super Smash Bros. You could play those with people you know and bring them into your tradition. Additionally, I think Matthew himself has spoken about Ape Escape and Chrono Cross on the main channel. Neither is a perfectly polished masterpiece but they’re both interesting games you probably wouldn’t expect a big studio to attempt now, and because of the PS1 wild west approach to 3D game design there are even ideas executed in ways you rarely see in modern indies.
As far as remakes go, this might be an even more cynical viewpoint than yours lol, but I just don't trust most developers to be able to create a classic from scratch. Some do fine, I don't think Nintendo need to worry much about remaking Mario 64 or anything. But when someone announce a remake, I always gotta take into account, "what have they been doing lately?". Square Enix only decided to do FF7 Remake after a string of disappointing games. I personally don't believe that any other game Bloober Team makes is gonna be as good as the Silent Hill 2 remake. Sonic Generations is a welcome re-release 'cause it's still the best Sonic game that Sonic Team has made in 20 years. I think it's pretty optimistic to think Grezzo will make something that tops Ocarina of Time 3D or Link's Awakening on Switch, I sure don't think Echoes of Wisdom is that. And Capcom haven't made, in my opinion, a better Resident Evil game than 4, after many, many, _many_ attempts, although some were better than others. Konami made Metal Gear Survive and then stopped making games for ages, so sure, just pretty up Metal Gear Solid 3. At some point, I think you might as well just have another go at the good one. Remakes don't always turn out great, I can think of plenty I dislike, including examples of remakes above. But I don't think they have a worse batting average than original titles and there are plenty of them that I love way more than the original, too. And I don't think it's weird that the audience is hungry for remakes either with how lackluster many of these newer titles are. I spent 60 bucks on the new Mario & Luigi game recently and I wish I'd just put those into the Thousand Year Door remake instead, unfortunately.
I have a feeling you'd like Copy Kitty. 2D action platformer game about combining various weapon power-ups on discrete stages/levels (the amount of possible combinations for power-ups is dizzying but the ones you find throughout the stages are set) with a score system... early 2000's visual style, some pretty cool boss designs so far, great feedback/game feel... idk!! it's very under the radar, it's got 297 reviews on steam, it's doing its own thing... worth checking out on sale for 5 dollars at the time of writing.
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Man, im really not a parasocial youtube personality kinda guy but matthew is the one exception and I've followed him for about 13 years or so. I love seeing him pop up. Every single time
Thanks for sticking around so long.
Same. Been a fan since the ocarina of time video.
I seriously miss your content.
I seriously agree.
I also seriously agree.
Same
I miss releasing stuff, with some luck next year will be better.
@@matthewmatosisextrafingers crossed 🤞🏻 all the best in 2025 mate. Was good seeing you stream again
Made my Xmas 🎄 10x better
Happy to hear that. It improved my Christmas too so thanks for tuning in.
Like Matthew, I've grown to love Super Metroid more and more. It's genuinely a masterpiece
Atmosphere, presentation, and level design decades ahead of its time.
Yup! I used to prefer Prime, but over the years I've grown to prefer Super
Shortly after playing it I knew it was special and I put it just outside my top ten. A 100% run and a sub hour speedrun later it's comfortably top two.
I think it bears repeating: I really hope Matthew covers Super Metroid on his channel one day. You would think the game has already been covered to death by others, but with your sensibilities I think you can uniquely sing the praises of this game.
Games that take after Metroid have exploded in the indie space over the last few years, but I don't think they successfully identified what made Super Metroid so special. A lot of people are playing Super Metroid for the first time because of indie games it has inspired, and honestly it has been frustrating seeing newer players dismiss the game as dated. The legendary status of Super Metroid has given people the wrong impression as to why this game is so special.
I'm not sure how I'd approach a main channel Super Metroid video but it is something I think about. Although I agree the game is kind of under appreciated in some ways, I still feel there are more pressing things to focus on for the time being.
There have always been so many topics to cover. Once it was believed Mega Microvideos could be the solution. But it turns out there are still too many topics. There is only one way to solve this.
Behold! Mega Micromega Microvideosvideos!
One 32-minute video containing 16 sets of 8 rapid fire takes each! Exactly enough time to say something controversial, refuse to elaborate and leave! A perfect fit for the TH-cam Shorts and TikTok dys- I mean utopia of tomorrow’s Internet.
Stream came at a good time, chilling on my own dying with a bad dose, thanks man Cheered me up!
Hope you feel better soon, take it easy.
56:32 God love this man
How crazy you dropped this stream now. You're one of my favorite writers, and I'd just about wrapped up doing a "once more 'round the sun" of your essays, contemplating if it might be all I'd get for untold years.
But I'm just glad to hear you're kicking and still working on something, that being the game. I'm no puzzle game player, personally, but I'll certainly try it out when it's done. Hope you have a good one, Matthew.
So sad I couldn’t join for the stream but very happy for the VOD, merry Christmas
what is his stream id, i cant seem to find it
holy shit Christmas keeps on giving
Thoughts on Zelda series and TOTK starts at 1:16:59
“Insane take” on menu system in recent Zelda (BOTW TOTK EOTW) starts at 4:26:55
But he starts talking about Zelda in general again at 4:21:40
Excited for your Game Boy game. I’ve been playing many of them since getting my Analogue Pocket a few years ago.
The Lighthouse did have substance. The only Matosis criticism that ever offended me lol
Same lol. He should still give his Nosferatu remake a shot since it’s a very different film.
What a lovely Christmas surprise
Great to see your stuff again. Hope you get the opportunity to do more next year.
Matt it would maybe be wise to release a couple videos on the main channel before releasing a trailer. Work the algorithm. Hell, maybe even stream from your main channel for a pre release discussion of the game. I’m sure you have a lot of ideas but figured I’d throw it out there, I care a lot about the work you’ve done for years now and just hope you find success in this too. Hope you’ve had a merry Christmas and hope you have a very happy new year Matt
As someone who has a small game awaiting a free Steam release, I can relate to the stuff early on about game development losing, well, steam at the end.
In my case it was one of the last projects I worked on with friends in college, and now that we’ve graduated the finishing touches are coming along very slowly since everyone fits it into their schedule differently, and 99% of it has been long done. There’s one big bug I should probably be the one to fix but it’s tough to care enough by now to do it before it becomes last minute. It feels like working on post-launch patches despite the game not being out yet.
Having finished a Kingdom Hearts 1 (the OG PS2 game) Proud Mode replay, a few months ago after not playing it for years, I can safely say that the game still holds up. It's not some kind of epic masterpiece or anything but the core design of the combat(hitsun, animation quality etc) is pretty well done. Proud mode also forces you to use magic which is actually amazing which you wouldn't know if you only played on normal. Also although you don't get many fancy combos and bells and whistles in this game, the upgrades you do get all have their uses. However if you want to get the best weapon there is a painful grind that'll take you 12+ hours to finish.
The atmosphere of the game is still unmatched by any other game in that series and the music fits each world incredibly well and it never feels repetitive.
It's also much more platforming heavy than what I remembered and it's full of "metroidvania" design where you can only get to some areas and items once you unlock certain abilities.
Always loved the progression of abilities in Kingdom Hearts 1 and how powerful you can feel in the last dozen or so hours versus the first few hours.
@matilyn_rf Absolutely! The way you delete huge health bars in the endgame feels amazing when compared to chip damage you deal in the beginning. There's even a subtle little animation of the health bar depletion as well. They really paid attention to how the game feels.
I also 100% completed OG KH1 a few months back and it absolutely still holds up. It's the best in the series for me personally. It's the only game in the series where it feels like the story, exploration, and combat are as important as each other. That synergy I feel was missing from the others, where those elements either feel disconnected or not balanced enough. In general, I feel there were a lot of surprisingly smart design decisions in the game.
Do you have a timestamp of where he mentions the game?
@@JH-xc9weat the beginning I suppose? Where Matt is talking games to stream for Christmas
It might be my favorite 3D action game, nothing replicates the zero to hero feel quite like it.
I think dungeon crawlers are kinda underrated. I had a realization a while back that prey 2016 is basically a dungeon crawler which is part of why I like it so much. I love the focus on resource management and exploration. I'd love more games like that
This was a surprise but certainly a welcome one. Really enjoyed it!
Finally podcasted through the parts I missed. Thanks for the stream and wishing you a happy new year!
This was fun to catch live, hope you had a great Christmas and have a happy new year.
I know you miss releasing stuff more consistently as well, but I suppose the extra-pleasant surprise of seeing you in my notifications is an upside. Looking forward to playing any game you make (especially the GB puzzler).
Thanks, I hope you enjoy it.
Oh thank god. We need you more than ever right now.
Hey Matthew, just wanted to say that I love your vids, and your writing has been super inspirational for me. I’ve recently started getting into game development and just wanted to thank you for that. Hope things go good for you with your game!
A video game player, huh? What are you, a video gamer now? You playing some video games? Maybe you wanna make one as well? Huh? Huh? Huh?
Heh
Why are redditors like this?
@@EpEDlxD0 nah, reddit probably watches Joseph Anderson
@@punishedleader543I probably agree with this but why is that a case 😂
I play computer games.
You're a treasure. Was just thinking recently about how many of my absolute favorites - Downwell, SoR4, Point Blank, Alien Soldier, and Bayonetta - came from your recommendation, and here you are with a new upload. Always a delight to hear from you and it's lovely to hear progress on your game is going well. Happy new year.
The worst part about Matthew’s annual christmas streams is they remind me of the cruel and unrelenting progress of time.
Happy new year!
Hey, Matt. Just wanted to say thanks for all the content youve provided through the years. Im not on youtube much anymore, but your videos are a big part of the reason why I got into gamedev.
Looking forward to your game, and possibly seeing more video essays in the future. Cheers, and merry Christmas!
RE: the BOTW & TOTK enemy design stuff around 4:24:21; you say they “look the way they should” but don’t seem to like that wording. Perhaps something that’s often said of Beethoven, that “hearing it convinces you it could not be otherwise”, even though you know logically that it could be.
I always love seeing one of these stream VODs pop up in my inbox. Obviously your main channel videos are superb, but its also really nice to just hear you chat off the cuff on what you're doing and thinking, talking about games and stuff, ranting about camera systems and smart TVs. I know that in the past you mentioned that you sometimes feel the need to "produce content" while streaming which makes them less enjoyable for you, but I do love seeing these and it'd be great to get one every few months or something. But anyways: good luck finishing up the game!! My Analogue Pocket is looking forward to seeing what you've been cooking up, haha
Happy to see you still trucking yous. Merry Christmas and a happy New Years!
Totally a lord of the rings 3 moment
Aww sad I missed it but it's good to see Matthew hasn't forgotten his youtube password just yet. Hope everyone had a happy Christmas and will have a good new year.
1:53:44 Wondering how much you agree, but the main flaw I found with UFO 50 is that if you’re already really into games, you have a list of games you want to play that you could realistically recreate the experience of UFO 50 with (although this option is WAY more expensive). As good as some of the games are (and I would argue half of them are worth getting the collection for), they don’t really match up to just playing 50 (mostly) fleshed out games. Even my favorite game Rakshasa doesn’t come close to Ghosts n Goblins Resurrections (thanks for the recommendation btw). After cherrying every game in the collection, I can confidently say it’s more enjoyable to go through a backlog more than all of these games. Most of them just don’t have that much depth or content to really sink your teeth into.
Like you said, still a braindead recommendation to give people for the value, but just not as something to REALLY get into. Was reassuring to hear you also found something off about it, this was what was off about it to me.
It is a shame that with the spotlight that it got UFO50 hasn't dug deeper into appreciation of what has inspired it. As you say why simply not play the games that the games are inspired by, which are more full fledged and *most importantly* fit into a larger game design chain that allows for understanding how certain game ideas changed throughout time rather than also being stuck in some kind of faux metanarrative in the game. Impressive in scale project, but UFO50 is ultimately disappointing considering what more it could have done.
I think I should abstain from more discussion of it until I play it more. It's a tough game to criticise at all since you can't help but admire the ambition. Anyway, I still have a lot of cherries to get and some cartridges to dust off before I've even tried them all.
I don't really agree. Some of the games are derivative like Rakshasa being obviously GnG and Ninpek being obviously SonSon etc, but then there's stuff like Mortol or Warptank where there's really nothing like it as far as I know, and neat combinations of ideas from other games like Valbrace being a dungeon crawler with Punch-Out mechanics. Most of the games aren't even particularly short either; the ones I've beat other than the really arcadey ones have been around 1-3 hours long, longer than some standalone indies like VVVVVV for example.
@ There is actually a game like Warptank called Dandara.
Mortol also doesn’t have much going on mechanics wise to have very interesting puzzles.
Valbrace is more Crossed Swords than Punch Out, Matthew has a stream that you can check it out with.
I could keep going, but there are only a handful of games in the collection that feel truly unique in the grand collection of all games.
I find this project both frustrating and exciting because it’s clear their team could make whatever they want. It’s sad that they had to waste time on many lackluster ideas that weren’t really worth playing just to meet the 50 game count. I get that they wouldn’t have been able to sell the collection very well without that Marketing hook, but it’s still disappointing.
That being said, I’m really looking forward to their next game(s). If nothing else, I’m sure it’ll be a pleasant surprise and an interesting game.
Part of the games appeal is recreating the game quality by release year and how some of those early games weren’t fully fleshed out in any combination of music, sound, and gameplay. Why play devil may cry 1 or 3 when 5 exist is what your statement sounds like comparing it to the most recent ghost and goblins. Your statement is diminishing to just how incredible the feat of the game is, how it isn’t made by 50 different studios, just the 1, and its 1 packaged item recreating the bootleg multi-rom carts. For you to see it as having a favorite game does its job on its premise.
I definitely agree that Astro Bot is fun in spite of the basic movement mechanics being so limited. It's my favorite game from this year, but of course I'd be happy if a sequel introduces triple jumps or whatever to Astro's standard moveset.
I think the reason people aren't complaining that the movement is worse is 'cause you're not thinking about that when you're having fun. I don't think most people were complaining that Mario's movement was so nerfed compared to Sunshine or 64, because they were having so much fun anyway. And I don't think many have asked for any additions to Ratchet & Clank's basic moveset in decades either, 'cause the guns are fun to use. It's not necessarily that people aren't even conscious of it, but people aren't inclined to complain when they're having a great time.
When you release your game, will you make a video on your main channel promoting it? Just want to make sure I see it when it releases.
That's the plan, I don't think you'll miss it. Although there's always the chance that the algorithm will bury the video.
Us Matts gotta keep the Christmas Super Metroid tradition alive!
Well 90% of critics in the movie and gaming sphere, even some of the more popular ones that are generally well liked are kinda bad at their jobs a lot of the times so not suprising you found an embarrassingly bad movie review, sites filled with them. Makes me miss your content more Matt, although good luck with the game you're making, hope its a banger.
Thanks. I don't think it's going to blow anyone's socks off but I'm proud of it all the same. As a first project I wanted to release a game which I felt was actually worth releasing, as opposed to doing it just for the sake of it. I've at least cleared that bar.
man, the one christmass in years im with family and i miss the stream...
Happy to see you stream again.
Also, I suspect your puzzles are going to kick my ass. I always bail out of Zachtronics titles about halfway through. But I’ll do my best haha
I’ve missed this so much, hope the Christmas was good Matthew!
Merry Christmas all! Matt, been enjoying your vids for a long time now. Take it easy mate, no need to rush videos, streams or your game. Maybe you feel like you've set a high standard for yourself because you've been a critic in the past. Please don't let that slow you down, we're all excited to see the GB release :) cheers from Australia, it's summer here and we're stinking hot right now
Merry christmas Matt! Good to know how you and your partner have been doing, and of course, excited and happy for your game's release.
You should consider releasing your Game Boy game as a ModRetro Chromatic cartridge. If you’re open to releasing it physically anyway.
I'll worry about physical later, want to make sure the game won't get any revisions before releasing anything physical. Wouldn't want the physical version to be obsolete in any way.
@ Ideal 👌
making a Gameboy game sounds fun. im picking up GB Studio & Pico-8 just cus the idea of actually playing a game ya make on a handheld device just seems damn fun.
Checked my phone before going to bed and was delighted to see you streaming.
IMO the next Zelda can be more restrained without decreasing its size or scope. In TOTK you can explore Hyrule without the paraglider and the game feels significantly more restrained like that already. So I think they can accomplish it with the little changes.
I’d be more interested seeing how they continue to apply the typical Zelda twists to another open world. Something like manipulating the landscape or abilities using animals or something lol
Super Metroid is really cool. I only played it this year after being well familiar with the series thanks to 2, Fusion, Zero Mission, Dread etc. Even coming after all those I still think it might sit at the top. The only thing I thought was tough to get along with were the controls, though I can imagine that isn't a problem after the 20th randomizer run or whatever lol.
this game made me a fan of metroid
Love to see a Christmas stream! Hope you have happy holidays.
I brought it up a few times in the chat as a joke, but I seriously think you'd enjoy Shadow of the Ninja Reborn. It's a really nice arcade-style action platformer, made by veteran developers who worked on the original NES game. It only takes about an hour to clear once you understand the mechanics and stage layouts. I ended up spending more time with it than any other game this year, replaying it over and over for score and just for fun. Anyways, thanks for the stream dude, it's always appreciated.
If anyone who sees this, watching this guy play Metroid makes me wanna play a metroid game but I litearlly have no idea what game to start with even after googling. If anyone knows what a agood starting point would be its much appreciated
While there is a overarching story for the games, it's not really anything that is too important to follow in my opinion. Some games the plot is more prevalent than others. Avoid the original Metroid 1 & 2 on NES and Game Boy unless you want to look at them for historical purposes. The remakes are significantly better and would be better to play first. Super Metroid is a good starting point since it gives a good reference for what base Metroid is like. Metroid Prime is also good in that regard, and it's on Switch. I have not played that version, just the Wii version via Prime Trilogy. Metroid Dread is also good as well. Technically this is one of the games that focuses a little more on story, but it's not a huge part of the game and you should be able to understand what's going on without any context. Hope this helps!
If you don't want to just play them chronologically I would go Zero Mission (remake of 1) -> Metroid 2 -> Super Metroid -> Fusion. That way you pretty much get the full picture of 2D Metroid. Each game leads into the next story-wise (though the story isn't extremely important).
crazy, I was just wondering what you've been up to recently and you streamed a couple days ago. Hope you've been well and good luck on making your game/whatever else your doing!
Merry Christmas, King.
Sorry I missed this live, but Merry Christmas, Matthew! I hope you and your family had a nice one! God bless
I would kill for a Kingdom Hearts stream LMAO
I really hope you keep doing these streams while developing your game. That’s enough for me.
Hi Matt I’m the person asking for recommendation of Kamiya’s games on Patreon.
I still can’t get into Kamiya’s games, instead I dug into other Shinji Mikami’s works that I haven’t played yet. Vanquish for example.
Recently I’m playing Dino Crisis and enjoying it so far :)
They're not for everyone, hope you find some stuff you enjoy through Mikami. I love Resident Evil 4 myself. I might have forgotten to mention but there's a video on this channel called How to Enjoy Bayonetta which acts as a guide for that game. If you already tried it and bounced off, it might be worth giving that video a view.
Hi Matt, loved the stream. Since you don't watch that much youtube, i would like to recommend Mark Brown's (Game Maker's Toolkit) series of videos documenting the development of his puzzle game. I think you'll find some nice insights regarding playtesting, pricing and sales, etc.
Matt thinks his game'll "bomb", but it won't just bomb, it'll be _THE_ bomb. :^)
Jokes aside, curious to play it.
Are these streams announced anywhere beforehand? I’d love to catch the next one, whenever that may be.
Merry christmas Matthew
Did he actually beat all the Zachtronics games? That would be impressive
thanks for the yearly stream, merry christmas
Hi Matt, just wanted to get something off my chest. A while back you shared some early concept art for one of your projects, and I took that as an opportunity to do some design critique practice. It wasn't really appropriate of me to champ at the bit and post it online, criticizing something that was clearly still work in progress. I guess I was too eager to critique the critic, but I didn't really put myself in your positions where you might not want early work-in-progress stuff scrutinized so heavily, especially at the beginning of your game dev careers. I can imagine responses like mine made the game dev journey even more stressful for the two of you than it was. New indie game developers shouldn't be held to unrealistically high standards when working on their first projects, no matter the background of the people involved. I'm happy to hear that your first game is just around the corner and I'm excited for whatever the future holds.
You might have jumped the gun a bit but you have the right to critique something if you want to. It didn't discourage us so no harm done.
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It would be fun if you streamed some Cave shmups like DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou, Ketsui or Mushihimesama Futari at some point. They are really intense and mechanically deep games that probably have some of the highest replay value of any single player games I know.
Hey! I'm a gamedev, and I know how useful good playtests can be for validating assumptions and checking blindspots. If you'd like, I'll play 15-30 minutes of a given section of a build, and record (mp4) what I'm thinking outloud as I go. I've done quite a few; typically they provide a section like a tutorial, or an introduction to a new mechanic, but often it's just a new save file.
Your main channel vids are classic, and I'm glad I can contribute back in some way.
Congrats on the progress on the game, looking forward to its release! Don't want to be too negative but I want to share that I agree with your sentiment regarding SH2. Cheers!
Super Metroid
In all seriousness hope you're doing well Matt
Just hope you see this, have a good new year and know you got 4 sales for myself and 3 people i know! Like listening to instrumental music, i'm looking forward to playing a game that doesn't destroy my attention span
I’ve missed hearing your voice
I missed these streams so much
Merry belated christmas Matthew
Hope development on your game is going well!
Listening to the price part right now.
I would pay $20 USD for it because I am a fan of your work and I do think most people who will buy it at or close to launch are in a similar spot. It would also be a good price point for sales since it scales nicely to the average consumer's wallet and expectations. That being said it would kind of be a case of "the early supporters getting the worse deal" you mentioned since it's low enough to get your fans in but too high to get normies in without a % sale.
You could go Undertale mode and price it at $10 but that would be in my opinion too low for the average fan who is gonna buy it day 1. It would kinda be the perfect price for it to never or rarely go on sale but you would probably be leaving money on the table early on. That's up to you to decide.
Looking forward to it. If you need an animator for future games or a quick little trailer, hit me up. I'd do a short trailer for free for you.
Missed the stream but happy to see you upload again, hope the game devving is still fun! Merry christmas to you Matt.
Weird request but is it possible that you could recommend some games from 1999. I’m a pretty big film guy and experiencing some of the best films released on the year I was born really satisfying. Would you be able to give me some of the best from 1999 you’d happily recommend?
system shock 2
I was gonna recommend starcraft: Broods war but i checked and apparently it came out in 98. you should still play it though, since it's free
Pepsiman
Armored Core: Master of Arena
Crash Team Racing is phenomenal! And of course there is the original Super Smash Bros. You could play those with people you know and bring them into your tradition.
Additionally, I think Matthew himself has spoken about Ape Escape and Chrono Cross on the main channel. Neither is a perfectly polished masterpiece but they’re both interesting games you probably wouldn’t expect a big studio to attempt now, and because of the PS1 wild west approach to 3D game design there are even ideas executed in ways you rarely see in modern indies.
Matthew let’s gooooo
Merry Christmatt
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Mistlematoesis
great stream!
When Matt said he considered playing KH on stream i audibly laughed, not the kind of game i'd expected him to randomly want to play lol
where can i find Mathews stream?
Matt, I would have liked to ask you in the stream what do you think about the Sakurai game dev channel. I will keep it in mind for next time.
As far as remakes go, this might be an even more cynical viewpoint than yours lol, but I just don't trust most developers to be able to create a classic from scratch. Some do fine, I don't think Nintendo need to worry much about remaking Mario 64 or anything. But when someone announce a remake, I always gotta take into account, "what have they been doing lately?".
Square Enix only decided to do FF7 Remake after a string of disappointing games. I personally don't believe that any other game Bloober Team makes is gonna be as good as the Silent Hill 2 remake. Sonic Generations is a welcome re-release 'cause it's still the best Sonic game that Sonic Team has made in 20 years. I think it's pretty optimistic to think Grezzo will make something that tops Ocarina of Time 3D or Link's Awakening on Switch, I sure don't think Echoes of Wisdom is that. And Capcom haven't made, in my opinion, a better Resident Evil game than 4, after many, many, _many_ attempts, although some were better than others. Konami made Metal Gear Survive and then stopped making games for ages, so sure, just pretty up Metal Gear Solid 3.
At some point, I think you might as well just have another go at the good one. Remakes don't always turn out great, I can think of plenty I dislike, including examples of remakes above. But I don't think they have a worse batting average than original titles and there are plenty of them that I love way more than the original, too. And I don't think it's weird that the audience is hungry for remakes either with how lackluster many of these newer titles are. I spent 60 bucks on the new Mario & Luigi game recently and I wish I'd just put those into the Thousand Year Door remake instead, unfortunately.
56:30 LMAO
neato
Nolan hate is well deserved
Persona 5 is my Christmas game.
Oh my god matthew hates all my favourite movies
Completely agree about The Lighthouse
where does he talk about it?
@Snarf692 around 2 hours 30/40 maybe? Sorry I can't be more specific
Too busy enjoying a lovely dinner with my family to watch an MM stream smh
I have a feeling you'd like Copy Kitty. 2D action platformer game about combining various weapon power-ups on discrete stages/levels (the amount of possible combinations for power-ups is dizzying but the ones you find throughout the stages are set) with a score system... early 2000's visual style, some pretty cool boss designs so far, great feedback/game feel... idk!! it's very under the radar, it's got 297 reviews on steam, it's doing its own thing... worth checking out
on sale for 5 dollars at the time of writing.