bogdugg

I realize this. What I meant is, 'that's why it was added', rather than 'I wish that this existed.' Relying on the time slow is recognizing that the dungeon wasn't really designed around the time loop in the first place. It just doesn't feel like a very cohesive design.

It is basically two games in one. The Clocktown/'sidequest' time loop game, and the traditional Zelda dungeon game. I tend to agree that the latter is mostly just not good. The dungeons don't improve with the existence of the time mechanic - in fact they needed to add a mechanic to slow time down because of how poorly the two designs mesh, which is kind of antithetical to the whole initial conceit, in my opinion.

The Clocktown Game, on the other hand, I think is really cool. You get to see all the routines and problems that characters have over those three days, and nudge events towards desired outcomes. Exploring how all their lives intersect, and how they react in the literal face of impending doom, allows for some really cool stories and moments.

It's a Clocktown game trapped in the body of a Zelda game.

I prefer not to consume content I don't seek out, and I don't really seek out YouTube content.

Some level of community merging seems both inevitable and necessary. Initially, my assumption was that a single instance would be the home for an individual community, but that's just not how things work for many reasons. Communities of the same type should have a way to talk to each other, and more importantly, make it easy for users to follow them wherever they are. The current system is obviously inefficient for many reasons. I think there's a lot of content across communities that is not being surfaced to users for whom that content is relevant, and it is making the entire system feel less lively than it could be.

I recently read the short story The Long Game by Ann Leckie - it presents quite a large gap in capability between species.

Yes on desktop, no on mobile (as mentioned already).

There appears to be some miscommunication between instances in this thread regarding how posts appear from other communities. I think many arguments are stemming from this, so to clear things up:

It is trivial for users on sh.itjust.works to see what is posted where. It is less obvious for kbin.social users to do the same. Personally, I think it's a kbin issue for not surfacing enough post information.

Yeah for sure, the actual answer is that the "best" is relative to your needs. But they work for me.

The "best", in my opinion, would be a private music tracker.

Short answer is it doesn't matter. And Then There Were None is a great starting point.

a slot machine simulator is still gambling even if it doesn’t really pay out

Uhh, no? That's not what gambling is?