Axolotl 🚀

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- strange creature - designer of StarVaders & DiceVaders - not an astronaut

a picture of an axolotl
an incomplete piece of an image
starvaders title, but with a funaky paint.net 2 added
valentines day card template, invaders from the game StarVaders appearing "you invaded my heart" "to:" "from:"
a picture of the night sky with starvaders invaders in the sky, circled by a big red circle with arrows pointing at it
axolotl hosting the game awards for games who can't afford the game awards
"What is a game?" alignment chart Menu: interfaced through a menu, usually strategic or turn based In Between: Elements of both Parkour: relies on timing, reflexes and coordination Game Purist: win/lose condition and enforced rules Game Neutral: creation with implicit goals Game Rebel: only exists as a goal in the player's mind Slay the Spire is a Menu Game Purist Lego is a Menu Game Neutral Creating alignment chart meme is a Menu Game Rebel Hades is a Menu-Parkour Game Purist Minecraft is a Menu-Parkour Game Neutral Debating on discord is a Menu-Parkour Game Rebel Celeste is a Parkour Game Purists Monkey Bars are a Parkour Game Neutral Eating Large Hamburger is a Parkour Game Rebel
"born too late to explore the earth, born too early to explore the universe, born just in time to explore game design"
an expansion of the original chart with the Y axis (parkour-menu spectrum) Stardew Valley - very smooth, somewhat menu Celeste - very smooth, very parkour Slay the Spire - somewhat smooth, very menu Hades - somewhat smooth, somewhat parkour Minecraft - perfectly in the middle Hollow Knight - slightly spiky, very parkour FTL - somewhat spiky, somewhat menu Noita - very spiky, somewhat parkour Dwarf Fortress - very spiky, very menu
"all games are on the smooth-spiky spectrum" Into the Breach - Smooth Slay the Spire - Lumpy Noita - Spiky
4 hands playing the game known as "chopsticks"