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It wasn’t exactly obvious that The Legend of Zelda would lend itself so well to a rhythm roguelike, but that’s exactly the case that CADENCE OF HYRULE makes. As one can defer from its ridiculously long official title of Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda, this is a Zelda-themed spin-off by NecroDancer developer Brace Yourself Games. Nintendo giving one of its most iconic series to an indie developer for a wonderfully weird title is an awesome circumstance worth celebrating in and of itself, but thankfully the game’s quality proves it’s more than just a good idea. If you’ve played Crypt of the NecroDancer then you should be familiar with the core gameplay in Cadence of Hyrule. Rather than walking through dungeons, Link or Zelda will hop around from space to space. All of the creatures in Hyrule also bounce to the beat of the music playing, and the player gets bonus multipliers … [Read more...] about Cadence of Hyrule Review

Last year Cogmind got an expansive new robot hacking system with a lot of hacking options to use as either a primary or supplementary strategy. Overall it’s not as powerful as the simple placeholder version used in Cogmind’s early years, but it’s a lot more versatile. That said, as it was designed bothacking does become less reliable in the late game since it can’t directly deal with prototype threats, plus it can become a bit too challenging to acquire enough Relay Couplers to continue hacking while also dealing with other threats. Dedicated robot hackers tend to fall behind the power curve. Among the easier approaches to addressing this issue were a few additional minor passive RIF effects added in Beta 7.1, followed by Beta 7.2 increasing the value of Couplers higher in the complex, but these can only be so effective so we need other ways to prop up so-called late-game “summoner builds.” In the context of Cogmind I call this build style a … [Read more...] about Robot Hacking: Upgrades

Don’t panic: Psychonauts 2 is still coming to Playstation 4. Tim Schafer and co. might have been branded with the big green X, but that’s not going to screw over backers who hoped for Psychonauts on PS4. Even with Microsoft in the publishing seat, the mind-bending sequel will still hit Sony consoles alongside Xbox One, PC, Linux and Mac. Tonight’s Xbox conference gave us our first big look at the long-awaited sequel. In case you’ve forgotten 2005 – and who’d blame you – here’s the scoop: Psychic detective Razputin solves puzzles by diving into brains and uncovering twisted, hidden secrets. I don’t imagine all this mind-crime is GDPR compliant, but Psychonauts 2 looks like it’ll engage more brain-bending antics. Subscribe to the VG247 newsletter Get all the best bits of VG247 delivered to your inbox every Friday! Enable JavaScript to sign up to our newsletter Psychonauts was a neat little platformer back in the day, but it … [Read more...] about Double Fine’s new boss won’t stop Psychonauts 2 from hitting PS4

The new Battletoads has finally been properly unveiled with a first-look trailer. Battletoads was announced at E3 last year, but at this year’s Xbox E3 Press Conference we finally got a look at some gameplay footage. Despite a new, more overtly cartoony look than the older games in the series, it’s still distinctly Battletoads. Subscribe to the VG247 newsletter Get all the best bits of VG247 delivered to your inbox every Friday! Enable JavaScript to sign up to our newsletter The trailer shows off Rash, Zitz and Pimple as they brawl their way through a bunch of enemies. The game will support three-player couch co-op (the explicit use of the word ‘couch’ suggests that it might not feature online play) and looks like it will contain the big combos the series is known for. Also notable is the presence of a speeder bike section in the trailer, except now you’re heading into the screen rather than going left to right. This infamous section was a lot to deal … [Read more...] about Here’s our first proper look at Battletoads on Xbox One

I teach game design and development and I encourage my students to use command blocks and redstone to automate functions in their games. It's pretty much essential as automation in student created games is required for many game elements including automatically spawning mobs,  opening doors, creating check points, changing the game mode, cloning areas of their game to reset them, and so much more. In Minecraft Education Edition, NPCs are pretty awesome as they help to drive / narrate the story but also have the ability to issue commands, and not just one command, but as many commands as you want them to execute. Command blocks are great as well, but one limiting factor is that you can only execute one command from each command block. You can use chain command blocks to execute a number of consecutive commands, but you cannot simply enter line after line of code in one command block (something I keep begging the minecraft team for :) ) . Well, now there's an answer... You can … [Read more...] about Using functions in Minecraft (Education Edition and Bedrock)