u/reishitaira — reddlx

Would this playing field design work in irl play?

So the game I'm making is heavily inspired by Tetra Master (Final Fantasy IX). Basically, it's a game where left-right and the direction of cards matter A LOT because the whole battle system relies on directional arrows each cards have. Not only that, cards would flip ownership many times. But when I playtested it by myself, I ran into a major problem. People usually play TCG facing each other, thus each player's left and right are different.

The first playing field I came up with is Picture 1, which doesn't work because placing cards with different direction would break the game. So I came up with Picture 2 which would solve the left-right problem because the main playing field is now separated and rotated to work universally.

What do you think?

I appreciate any advice, thoughts, and ideas! Thank you in advance.

u/reishitaira — 21 hours ago

▲ 21 r/DissidiaDuellumFF

Reminder to always be aware of your surroundings when matched against Balthier

Just broke my most kill in a game record because the opposing team let their guard down way too many times. I love being a Balthier main

u/reishitaira — 3 days ago

▲ 27 r/expedition33

The lyric that broke my heart

I've been listening to Une vie a t'aimer for over a year now and I don't think I will ever get sick of this song. Earlier today I was listening to it again while really thinking deep about the lyrics. I've got the whole lyrics and translation memorised, but I just realised how heartbreaking this one particular lyric is especially to an artist like me.

Fermer les yeux, reste le noir

Closing my eyes, only darkness remain

This is the most horrifying way to describe grief to an artist. Personally as an artist, my mind and imagination is my safe place. Whenever I'm tired, sad, or scared, I always run to my imagination. Often times I would pour that imagination out and draw. The moment I close my eyes, it's colorful and so full of life. Absolutely soothing, healing, and so far it has never failed me.

And then I thought about Aline who described her grief as seeing only darkness when her eyes are closed. I guess that's why I never really loathed Aline or see her as the absolute villain (although the memes are really funny). She is experiencing a level of grief I can only describe as, for the lack of better words, horrifying. The fact that it's also "only darkness *remain*" makes it much more heartbreaking. There has always been darkness in Aline's mind, but Verso's presence brought colors and life. His death was her biggest tragedy. This lyric really broke my heart on this beautiful morning. I hope I never get the chance to experience such grief.

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u/reishitaira — 3 months ago