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Chris Franklin

@errant-signal.com

I liked Wax Heads and managed to put some thoughts together on it

youtu.beSpinning LPs for NPCs in Wax HeadsYouTube video by Errant Signal

2/7/26, 2:24 am57 reposts205 likes

Chris Franklin

@errant-signal.com

2 July

I also did the usual thing of putting it up in text form, for those so inclined:

medium.comWax HeadsWax Heads is a visual novel where you play as a new employee at The Repeater, a storied neighborhood record store in the UK. As a record…

nikki 🐁

@nikkimvee.bsky.social

2 July

one aspect of this game i loved is having the rotating cast of coworkers each day, leading you to have favorites much faster than other games that give you their whole cast accessible at any time a shift with tee and matteo >>>>>> a shift with paul

Clifton B

@cliftonb.bsky.social

2 July

@ginaloughlin.com Ya see this??

Murray Somerwolff

@patattiemurray.bsky.social

2 July

Very humbled by you making a video on Wax Heads!!! Really enjoyed your critique and loads of interesting points, especially now that we're a couple of months from release and I'm marinating in the post-release state. Really cool to see, also love the production of the vid!

Murray Somerwolff

@patattiemurray.bsky.social

2 July

And funnily talking about the sacchirine quality of the game, I just recorded a talk with @twodollarhero.com which is going live tomorrow where I get into my thinking behind those decisions!

Sean Barrett

@nothings.bsky.social

2 July

Regarding the recommendations being a puzzle and not how recommendations really work, you mention the way the NPC's preferences aren't realistic, but it seems like there's ALSO the issue that the player's recommendation is basically based on everything EXCEPT listening to the music.

Murray Somerwolff

@patattiemurray.bsky.social

2 July

We did explore making puzzles based on listening to the songs but it created A LOT of design nightmares... so in the end we decided against them 😅

Sean Barrett

@nothings.bsky.social

2 July

Oh, absolutely, like Chris said, it makes sense as *game*!

Sean Barrett

@nothings.bsky.social

2 July

It reminds me of a critique I read somewhere about how videogame crafting represents everything about crafting EXCEPT THE ACTUAL CRAFTING. You don't have to actually sit there and connect pieces together, creationg an analog level of quality of the final product based on how accurate your input was.

Aymeric

@aymeion.bsky.social

2 July

Well I just finished it this week so the timing is perfect - thanks!