Tasselfoot

Hello new people! I'm Tass. I do a million different things for the Armor Games website and Armor Games Studios publishing. I also post about achievement hunting, bowling, and movies. I'm a NO on genAI and genocide. YES on trans rights.

So many of the bug reports we’re getting on GemCraft are from Linux users… when Linux is not a supported platform. It’s frustrating for those players. And it’s frustrating for us. I think Steam needs to do a better job on the store to make it obvious what platforms are supported.

Gmail sends like 10-15 legit emails to Spam every day now. But scam YouTube copyright claim emails go to my Inbox. What are we even doing, Google.

When players complain the GemCraft they’re getting isn’t the GemCraft they want… all I hear is: “I don’t want brownies! I want cake!” Shush and eat your god damn dessert.

Not frustrated that Steam went down 10 minutes after our launch. I'm ok.

💎GemCraft - Legacy Collection is OUT NOW💎 GemCraft: The Forgotten, Chapter Zero & Labyrinth, together for the first time on Steam. 100+ hours, 9x fast-forward, hotkeys everywhere, & an achievement for every in-game amulet. Grab it now: store.steampowered.com/app/4207990/... youtu.be/ei1VLmOiNGg

This must be another new quirk/change from the achievement API stuff, because I never saw this before as a blocker. And many games have had achievements with identical names/descriptions in the past!!

Didn't just have a panic attack because I couldn't release our game because 2 (of 385) achievements apparently had the same name/description. Changed one of them to "level ???" because I can't figure out which is correct and which is wrong. Lol. But at least we can release in 10 min!

With the release of GemCraft Legacy Collection in about an hour, here's a post with wishlist data. Personal Calendar has been fantastic for this title! We've increased our total wishlist count 43% in the past 3 weeks, vast majority from the Calendar. About 8 months total from game reveal to release.

Devs: it is now possible to leak your achievements ahead of release, due to what data the @partner.steamgames.com API is now passing since the recent update! Not that it matters, but the GemCraft Legacy Collection achievements were all made known because of this.

Have mixed feelings about the new achievement sets on Steam. As a dev: this is FANTASTIC As a player that cares about earning All Achievements: this just makes things more confusing, and will embolden (some) devs to design poorly I'll be closely monitoring.

We don't need generative AI to make sure our games are great. We already have AI. We've had AI for a decade. Yeah, you heard me. All our devs know about our AI... the Amazing Ivan (patent pending), who can fire off up to 100 bug reports a day.

If you, as a player, accuse me, my colleagues, or our developers of using AI in any aspect of development... please expect me to respond back harshly. I will not be nice in shooting down your question. I will be very clear in rejecting your notion.

We have GemCraft - Legacy Collection releasing next week. Started getting all the scam key requests, and every single one of them refers to the game as "Craft - Legacy Collection" in the email body. Email subject gets it correct, though. Really odd.

Dino Time Raiders is OUT NOW Time to: 🦖Time-travel 🦕Capture dinosaurs across four eras 🦖Bring them back to build your park 🦕Inevitably watch it descend into chaos Grab it now on Steam with a 25% off launch discount: store.steampowered.com/app/3971710/...

If I had a nickel for every time I've been served tomato ice cream as part of a fancy restaurant's tasting menu, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. Tomato ice cream does not taste good.

I have recently discovered that: - I like sudoku - I don’t like picross

Adding a section at the top of our public developer documentation asking for AI disclosure has been fantastic. It’s self-selecting; the AI agents read our docs and disclosure the uses. Real folks usually aren’t reading our docs ahead of time!

Someone asked me what my favorite Armor Games Studios game is… and I said SOLAS 128 by @amicableanimal.bsky.social (I love all our games though. Like children.) You can get SOLAS + 6 other great games all while helping to support the @eff.org www.humblebundle.com/games/progra...

Go Birds!

We got it! Still worlds 2-5 to go… but getting 6 out of the way is a huge relief.

Working on a very hard co-op deathless achievement. On the final hit of the final boss. Epic save into an absolutely horrible choke. @dietzribi.bsky.social's Toodee and Topdee. www.twitch.tv/videos/28797...

It's not even 2pm and today has been a wild day: - Got threatened with a lawsuit by an AI agent - Got snapped at by support for a bowling website for reporting bugs - Got emailed about an Epstein Island video game (made by AI). With an affiliate program! Might be enough internet for today.

Devs. I'm BEGGING you. On Steam... submit your game build for review AT LEAST 3 weeks before release. It does not have to be Gold! About once a week I see a game unable to release on its release date because it's still under review.

Most of the game submissions we receive these days are AI. That sucks. If you are a dev with a non-AI web-playable game/demo and want 10,000 people to play it, submit to mygame[at]armorgames[dot]com! Possible licensing up to $250 as well!

Thanks to all the devs leaving "chatgpt.site" in the URL for their game submissions. Makes it REALLY easy to auto-reject them.

ISAT is also 33% off for Adrienne's birthday. itch.io/s/200874/ins...

Sometimes I worry that I respond to emails too quickly and people will think I'm a bot. Not a bot. Just perpetually online.

Double Feature of Primer and Coherence.

📢CREATOR CALL📢 Are you a Flash Era gamer? Do you like tower defense titles? 💎GemCraft Legacy Collection is coming Oct 21st and I'm in charge of keys. Hit me up if you're interested. youtu.be/nakEkBwjenQ?...

Hey GliaCloud. I'd really rather you DIDN'T email us 5 times at once. Thanks and kindly piss off.

Display order in Steam Library is important! Games in a franchise need to have consistency in naming so they don't look like shit (2 bad examples provided). For GemCraft Legacy Collection, I made sure this was done correctly! Doesn't that look good? What're other examples of this done well/poorly?

If there is a game you love, tell the devs. This shit just made my month.

Has anyone ever done a speedrun inside another speedrun? I just had the funniest idea: In Big Walk, there are blorbs that require waiting in a locked room for 5 and 30 minutes, respectively. During that period... runners could speedrun Goose Game any% and 100% with plenty of time to spare.

Starting to have the inventory to open my own pharmacy. Daily powders: - 25g protein - 8g creatine - 12g fiber - 8g super greens blend Pills: - 1000mg vitamin c - 2000iu vitamin d - 800mcg folic acid Feeling healthy and fit, though!

Dev: I made this game using AI. Me: We don’t allow genAI games on Armor. Dev: Is there any explanation? Me: No. We don’t allow genAI games. Dev: Don’t be rude. and… scene.

New problem... sales of the bundle ($80 for 14 games) don't get their revenue broken down and assigned per-game in Itch's backend. So now I have to manually do that. Guess we'll never bundle on Itch again, if we do ever run another sale.

Having to dispute a music claim on a video I just released... how is there no options for "The song you are claiming is the wrong song and you have no valid right to claim this video"??? YouTube's copyright system is such ass.

Best friend girls break up with best friend guys. Everyone goes shopping.

Philadelphia sports are going to send me to an early grave... but days like today (and this weekend, on the whole) make being a fan worth it.

Did you know that if you have relationships with other devs, you can ask them for favors and they'll say YES? Dino Time Raiders coming soon... and So Many Bundles with other incremental games! Thank you dev friends! And, uh, wishlist DTR? We have dinos. store.steampowered.com/app/3971710/...

Had to research Turkish slang and profanity today. Running a website is never dull.

Servant of the Lake is so good. Nobody manages to give creepy vibes like @rustylake.com. Another fantastic game.

Did not think it was possible... but we cracked top4 search results for "warfare"!!