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New Engineering Panels screen for damage control, very similar to the Spaceteam mobile game. I need a way to randomly generate strings for the switches and buttons, so I'm revamping the text interpolation engine I built to support text pattern includes for reuse and organization #gameDev #spaceship

11/7/26, 2:31 am2 reposts9 likes

GameBrief

@gamebrief.bsky.social

11 July

Spaceteam-style panels only work if the random strings are pronounceable out loud. pure gibberish kills the panic-shouting loop. are you biasing toward speakable syllables or going full random?

Thorium

@thoriumsim.com

16 July

That's a good point, and one I hadn't considered. That said, the gameplay is much less frantic than Spaceteam, so taking the time to get the strings right — either by saying them slowly or by writing them down — means I'm not as worried about saying funny things like "Set the Thermoplaster to 6!"