The Bastion keeps us safe
#bastion
daring fossil
Ah, that's better. We meet here in case of trouble 
novel schooner
Yk considering it’s a no role person and it’s bastion chat… <@&456908176877551658>
Always bastion chat 😔
open python
<@&456908176877551658> 
delicate tendon
open python
Two in one day??
twilit urchin
please i just want to level my mesmer in peace
anyway i think the kid is very good at braiding hair and zia would let him do it
open python
Ooh, definitely
cedar patio
i want the Kid to braid my hair
i think Zulf would grow out his hair post game and braid it like Zia
twilit urchin
zulf with a crown braid....
cedar patio
yes!!
heavy forge
Friendly reminder that, even though it doesn't appear in the game, Rucks has a song of his own
pale heron
It can be listened in the turntable iirc
open python
<@&456908176877551658> 
violet valve
ty
glass gate
once again
open python
I saw it live, this time--it did hit Bastion, then Transistor, then Pyre
outer raft
shrewd forum
It’s become comic relief for us at this point lol
unkempt oriole
Idea: Bastion 2
So new game+ is basically the ending where you reset time to stop the calamaity and it doesn’t work.
But what if the sequel to bastion is the ending where you go to find a new home, and thats the plot. I love bastion and would love to see a sequel
novel schooner
honestly they have a whole 2 stories with the ending
restore and evac can both have good stories
spring bloom
restore seems like a classic "we must change the timeline!" story, though it would be interesting to take a look at Caelondian and Ura society and maybe take the viewpoints of all the characters in the Bastion
evac has a lot of potential: new areas, new people, and you can really flesh out the world, considering that the Bastion can travel long distances
dawn finch
It's funny, I always pick Restore when I want to go into New Game + and am saving Evac for when I feel like I've done everything I want to do in the game specifically because I feel like Evac would probably lead into a sequel. Just feels right. Plus, isn't there references for another continent? I vaguely remember hearing something about how Caelondia is actually just a colony city state for another people beyond the ocean.
tidal echo
life is so much more interesting if you just narrate yourself as if Rucks was doing
proven skiff
because powershot 
shrewd depot
decided to start a new file without new game+ and hades has spoiled me, bows takes too long to charge ww
shrewd depot
tried to use the drink that gives you 100% crit rate when under 33% of max hp to cheese bow trial only to realize i cant fall of the platform the same way as in the dual pistols trial lol
green knot
so I was thinking some vtubers should play more SGG games. And there it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sawfn4moRYI
lol
green knot
anddd she got stuck at Bow trial for half an hour lol
fair ridge
I have to buy bastion as payback
shrewd depot
<@&456908176877551658> 🥛
strange token
buoyant pawn
Just finished this game the other day. I remember watching my dad play it back when it first came out, so it brought back some fond memories.
shrewd depot
Did you ||restore or evacuate?||
buoyant pawn
||restore, since I think it makes the most sense w new game+||
cedar patio
hey poll time: is zulf's outfit good, y or n
wet magnet
No vote but he reminds me of a matryoshka
open python
Is it something I'd wear? No
Does he wear it well? Heck yeah
lost merlin
year
open python
Shush you >:3
faint saffron
Is it something I'd wear? No
Does he wear it well? Heck yeah
Was about to write the same 😄
dire vine
Zulf's outfit is super pretty. Like Zia's, it has a lot of layers, different patterns with a bit more formality to it. Generally a fan of long, draping garments
Barring that the art is stylized anyway, not sure if I've seen something similar in real-life fashion - these kind of almost maximalist outfits are mostly with not as bright colors
Would be interesting to see what Jen was inspired by
fierce compass
Yes
south breach
|| yall || || im toward the end of the game and i gotta decide what to do with zulf ||
|| what do u suggest ||
neat swallow
do what you feel you should
cedar patio
||save him he's having a real bad time||
cedar patio
||saving Zulf|| was the right choice
fierce compass
||saving zulf is absolutely the right choice, 100% of the time||
plucky rune
<@&456908176877551658> why do people keep saying <@&456908176877551658> ?
twilit urchin
<@&456908176877551658> why do people keep saying <@&456908176877551658> ?
In this channel? Because this is a popular target for spam messages.
delicate tendon
To report a spam or an offending post, please only @ us if there is something that requires our immediate attention 🙂
plucky rune
ok]
open python
...I never thought about how mysterious that would look to someone who hadn't seen the spam coming in, that's kinda funny
lost merlin
lol
meager gazelle
As someone who has only ever seen the pings and not the spam, I felt that shskwjskjwksj
opal night
hey uh i didnt play bastion but just wanted to say ive heard a bit of ost, and it rocks
shrewd depot
It does
faint saffron
You might like the game as well then, as the music is important part of it - accompanies you on your journey, it's truly an unforgettable experience (at least for me it was)! I played it the first time a couple of years ago and meeting Zia's and hearing her sing is one of the experiences I'll never forget (got goosebumps even thinking of it).
mint portal
That whole section where you meet Zia is fantastic. One of my favorite parts of the game.
opal night
You might like the game as well then, as the music is important part of it - acc...
im definitely going to buy it one day, altough not super close to now (im planning to play some bullet hell now, maybe in a bunch of months)
winged rose
I just started bastion!
shrewd depot
Ohhh nice, enjoy!
winged rose
This game has excellent music
cedar patio
all sgg music is good but i think bastion's slaps the hardest
and hope you enjoy the game!
winged rose
which weapons does everyone like?
cedar patio
bellows my beloved
spring bloom
musket 100%. but also pike.
shrewd depot
^ same, dueling pistols are really fun too
cinder temple
I think I used the Pike and the Carbine, but sometimes I'd roll Pistols instead
winged rose
So far I like basically all the guns
The hammer is fun too
I’ll have to play with the pike a bit more
cinder temple
Definitely! The Pike is a good time. I really appreciated it's range and diversity. Combined with the Carbine, you're pretty much effective at all ranges. I also remember really enjoying the Machete and Repeater early-game
cedar patio
repeater is a lot of fun, especially when you have the honing upgrade
cinder temple
Oh there you go! How'd you like it? ||what ending did you choose?||
cedar patio
also did you ||save zulf or leave Zulf||
winged rose
also did you ||save zulf or leave Zulf||
I ||saved zulf||
winged rose
Oh there you go! How'd you like it? ||what ending did you choose?||
I chose to ||evacuate||
dire vine
best choices
winged rose
this game has amazing music
when I got into hades I was listening to all the songs every day (and I still do), now I'm listening to build that wall and the ending song all the time
cedar patio
the ending song is So good
errant moth
Does anyone have any tips for improving performance of the game?
red pawn
Does anyone have any tips for improving performance of the game?
Increase the tolerance for the low level performance of the game, always works for me
errant moth
I should have specified this concerns running the game on Intel graphics
As I would like to be able to play the game on the go as well as on a capable desktop system
cunning coyote
what are the 2 hidden achievements? (tryna get the 100%)
outer raft
what are the 2 hidden achievements? (tryna get the 100%)
one of these most likely https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=146736681
cunning coyote
thanks
proud wren
wet magnet
Setting sail, coming home best song
cunning coyote
bruh i couldn't complete the memorial. i was 1 off
now i have to play the game again for the 100%
cedar patio
@hollow pilot this is the #bastion channel, that post would go in #self-promotion
hollow pilot
my bad accident
cedar patio
it's alright
hollow pilot
running bastion is fun. it seems like no matter how many times i run it, i always come back to it. even if i 100% the game
cedar patio
it is a really fun game. a really enjoyable cast and world a be the game itself is fun to play
hollow pilot
ye! it also has that nostalgia factor for me since its uhm, a really big game from when i was younger
shrewd depot
I really love bastion, even when i spoiled myself with the end choices i still cried at ||carrying zulf|| a lot
hollow pilot
yeah, ||that moral choice always gets people||
the soundtrack and rucks' narration over the story is what always brings me back
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=o_CQR9bnggw&feature=share especially this track
cedar patio
that's such a good one
final sonnet
Ok, now I have to play the game again :)
hollow pilot
that's such a good one
ikr??? its my favorite
cedar patio
glad you like it! how far in are you?
hollow pilot
Machete rocks
it really does, especially late game
wet magnet
My fave is the army carbine and the scrap musket
hollow pilot
thats an interesting combo
personally i go with whatever works for that mission. but my basis is the fang repeater and cael hammer. basic but effective if you choose the right upgrades
spring bloom
may have said this before, but it's cool to see the variety of weapon preferences people have when playing bastion. goes to show that the weapons system is balanced in a way that any combo works
someone should do a poll, would be interesting to see
hollow pilot
tbh my least favorite weapon is the galleon mortar
i just dont see a circumstance where i'd ever use it
hollow pilot
makes big boom yes, but calamity cannon makes big boom and big fast
cedar patio
calamity cannon is weird and also of evil origins
hollow pilot
lock on makes it soo much easier to use
(you can lock on before the upgrade but the upgrade makes it way more convienient)
spring bloom
mortar > cannon
for the record, i could never actually complete the cannon challenge
hollow pilot
that takes a lot of time, id say about 5 or so runs'll get you there
good ol army carbine never fails
delicate plank
I haven't played in years, but I remember favoring bow+machete
What can I say, I like to be speedy 🤣
cedar patio
yes!!!! that's exactly what i did
novel schooner
i used spear and pistols/carbine
depends on how i was feeling
used to run machete and pistols but then i learned that spear is fun
carbine also hit different
repeater is cool, and tbh i wasnt a fan of much of the other weapons lol
cedar patio
i love honing on repeater
hollow pilot
tbh for my carbine i went for pure speed since it already deals really good damage to enemies with powershot
cold gorge
bastion good
hard oracle
Yee
crystal jolt
midnight burrow
I’m not really a fan of the bow in this or Hades
It’s way too slow for my liking
Same goes for the rifle that needs to charge up
Scrap Musket is groovy doe
old sleet
hi there. is it possible to grab music sheets for bastion while store is offline till 2022? thanks
cinder temple
hi there. is it possible to grab music sheets for bastion while store is offline...
Yeah, I think I can help you out with that. I'll DM them to you
The guitar is in an interesting tuning. You might have more luck putting in new strings so they hold that tuning better. That's what I ended up doing. It's a really fun one to mess around in though, definitely worth the effort!
faint saffron
Yea, for that tuning on acoustic I found that .13 - .52 gauge is the best (basically the thickest acoustic string you can find).
open python
Same goes for the rifle that needs to charge up
I actually enjoyed the rifle when I played, something about timing the shot perfectly was very satisfying
dawn finch
Just got the switch version of Bastion while it was on sale and starting my third run of the game. What weapons should I use?
I normally main either spear or hammer and the carbine.
wet magnet
Musket/carbine my beloved
dawn finch
I don't think I've ever run a double range weapon build. What do you usually use as your tonic skill for that?
wet magnet
I do not remember and I don’t have my switch sry
But the musket works rlly well in close range
dawn finch
Interesting. I might experiment with that a bit when I get to the musket mission and see how I feel about melee!musket.
wet magnet
Yess!! Do let me know
dry adder
I'm playing through for the first time and I like musket + carbine
tacit steppe
i love this game so much
the first time i played it (ending spoilers)||i honestly left zulf, after thinking about it for 15 minutes 🏃 then on my second playthrough i cried my eyeballs out saving him :')||
tacit steppe
I'm playing through for the first time and I like musket + carbine
oo! thats a nice combo, personally my favorite is the machette and the bow, but i switch between the hammer a lot too hehe
dawn finch
Man, replaying through the game I think I'm falling back in love with its soundtrack.
dawn finch
Yess!! Do let me know
Also, while I don't like how slow the fire rate is, there's something satisfying about just pressing a button and watching everything immediately in front of me either pop or just go flying. Gonna try musket + carbine this run once I'm done getting the weapon mastery achievements.
wet magnet
Also, while I don't like how slow the fire rate is, there's something satisfying...
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
uncut bobcat
i finally played bastion, bellows/musket my beloved
fierce compass
YEAH FINALLY ABLE TO GET BASTION
i watched a playthrough but now i'll be able to play through it on my own!
cunning coyote
Surprised to one realized that 2 days ago was the 10 year anniversary of bastion lol
open python
Surprised to one realized that 2 days ago was the 10 year anniversary of bastion...
(bastion's 10-year was a few months ago)
cunning coyote
Oh
Damn, guess that was an old interview then
Even tho it released yesterday lol
delicate plank
On the way home from the grocery store today, my three-year-old piped up from the back seat, "Mama, play 'Shovel' for me?"
"What's 'Shovel', baby?" says I. "I don't know that one, can you sing it for me?"
He frowns, scrunches up his little face, mumbles, "I think I forgot..."
Then lights up: "Oh! I know! It goes, I dig a hole, you build a wall!"
(We'd been listening to the Supergiant 10th Anniversary album this morning. 🤣 )
open python
that is
absolutely
adorable
delicate plank
He likes music! Trying to raise him on a good variety. 💕
heavy forge
Cute.
dawn finch
I want this file to be the first run where I first place every proving ground, but I'm stuck on a couple. Anyone got any advice for Windbag Ranch (machete) and Mancer Observatory (cannon) I can't seem to even get second place on either of those.
faint saffron
For Windbag Ranch use high crit and damage over time upgrades. Then try to slash as many of those darker Squirts that spawn in the middle as you can, so you don't have to chase them around the edges of the map. As for the cannon one, there is an upgrade that makes rockets seek out foes, which is crucial in that Proving Ground, I'd say.
dawn finch
I'll try those out next time I play
reef bobcat
midnight burrow
a lot of people here seem to love the scrap musket
cedar patio
scrap musket is just a solid weapon
wet magnet
It’s a ranged weapon that’s also great at melee what’s not to love 😩
weak rain
gun
short badger
I just bought this game on sale for my switch. Any beginner tips or do I just roll?
dire vine
I‘d say just roll, it‘s pretty accessible
cedar patio
@short badger definitely experiment with weapons and weapon combos. there's a lot of really fun things so it's worth exploring
heavy forge
Plus, there's unique dialogue for every possible weapon combi
cedar patio
it's very fun to hear what Rucks has to say about every combo
dawn finch
So, something's been on my mind while messing with the shrine to grind for cash/fragments. How much do we actually know about the gods? Like, we get a whole level dedicated to Pyth, a lot of people talk about Mother/Micia off and on, and there's that Pantheon song and the Shrine giving their one line descriptors. But that's about it, right?
cedar patio
yeah we're given very little
dawn finch
🤔
Yeah, I'm tempted to make a youtube video that's just me hyper analyzing something we're pretty clearly not meant to give much thought then. Because I've got the feeling that the gods, other than maybe Pyth and Mother, are just Ura gods that the Caels adopted, and I kinda want to have a 20+ minute tirade justifying that thought and explaining why I think that.
cedar patio
no i wouldn't say we're not meant to give much thought to them. i think we are; they're a really important part of the world. it's just we're left to make our own ideas and interpretations.
i'd say go for the video that sounds cool as hell
dawn finch
Well, I should rephrase. Pyth and Micia are definitely important, their iconography is everywhere and there's a whole song dedicated to Micia, but the rest of the Pantheon is just kinda... there. But I'm still going to talk about as much as I can about the other ones.
Honestly, the Cael/Ura pantheon remind me a lot of Cloudbank's reality bending voting terminals in that it's something that a significant portion of the game is dedicated to showing that it's a thing, and it's important, but we aren't really told anything about how it actually works.
spring bloom
i’d watch that analysis video with interest. remind me of Micia’s importance, though…i don’t remember her at all
spring bloom
both the transistor terminals and the gods in bastion may be the kind of thing you take for granted if you’re part of the world. it’s a given that there are several religions in the real world, after all: there’s no need to explain it. in transistor things are a bot more nebulous, unless you think of cloudbank as a virtual world, i guess (it is run by admins, so that’s a thing). but it’s midnight, and this is more of a ramble than anything else
spring bloom
https://bastion.fandom.com/wiki/Micia
OH, that’s Mother??? completely flew over my head, wow
dawn finch
i’d watch that analysis video with interest. remind me of Micia’s importance, th...
I'm not surprised. Nobody calls her that in game. Everyone just refers to her as "Mother", so I can imagine a lot of people probably never made a few connections about her given how casually she's mentioned as such. Hell, it took me until I actually checked out the pages of the different gods on the wiki to realize that Mother, I'm Here is referring to Micia and not a physical person.
I do like the theory that Cloudbank is a post scarcity, digital utopia, even if that gives some insane implications, but that's a conversation for a different channel, lol. I do agree that it's good writing that nobody goes "Oh, you don't know about the gods [person who has lived here their whole life]? Allow me to infodump about them."
warm sage
imagine dragons
south breach
imagine dragons
robust sage
imagine dragons
tall tide
Is anyone else finding this hard to listen to
Major props to Darren Korb and Ashley Barrett though
mossy talon
imagine bastions OwO
harsh nexus
im just astounded
robust sage
it is kinda odd to listen to, but im having fun
tall tide
Very neat surprise to have a Bastion song being performed years after though
robust sage
yeah its pretty cool
earnest shadow
bruh
rocky mulch
i thought it was cool
zenith smelt
it was certainly imagine dragons
hollow pilot
y'know both the songs transitioned into each other surprisingly well
dawn finch
Hey, is Rucks supposed to say something about the different gods/idols when activating them at the shrine? I'm noticing a weird audio thing on the switch version where he'll say there name, and then it sounds like he's about to say something else before getting sharply cut off.
lyric swift
Hey, is Rucks supposed to say something about the different gods/idols when acti...
If you could record a video of this on your switch (hold down the screenshot button and it will auto save the last 15 seconds) then send to the support email that would probably be the best way to report this!
You could also compare with let’s plays on YouTube to see if this is persistent across versions or just switch
shrewd depot
(switch records last 30 seconds normally)
faint saffron
Hey, is Rucks supposed to say something about the different gods/idols when acti...
I think he's only supposed to say their names sometimes...
I'd try verifying the game files integrity to fix this glitching:
From the HOME Menu, select System Settings
Scroll down the options on the left and select Data Management.
On the right-hand side select Manage Software, then select the software you would like to check.
Select Check for Corrupt Data.
slow mist
Do you guys know what the red part on the hammer is? Is it a scarf, like the one the kid wears, tied around the top or is it just a piece of the hammer itself?
cedar patio
it looks like it's a piece of the hammer
slow mist
And then there's the picture in my pfp (I can't post a picture in this channel) that adds to the mystery because it has no red piece at all. Is it a design inconsistency or just a different hammer from back when he was working on the walls? 
cedar patio
probably inconsistency, bastion suffers from that a lot
dire vine
immersion ruined
dawn finch
I'll try both of those fixes and see if I can recreate it
fierce compass
yeah!!!
cedar patio
hell yeah
dawn finch
I am suddenly glad that question about the hammer from yesterday was brought up, because I actually included a bit in my script for this analysis video about it. Thought it'd be neat to bring up because "Huh, the Kid's main weapon is a hammer, and Lemaign's idol is a hammer. Wonder if that's significant somehow?"
cedar patio
lemaign was known as the mason king, wasn't he?
dawn finch
Yep
Honestly, one thing that I'm curious about him is that I wonder who's soldiers prayed to him before battle, given how stonework and quarries were so important to both the Cael and the Ura that a war was sparked between the two over it.
At least, that's what I remember the war being about.
solid girder
I'm on windbag ranch and having a bad time
trying to fight off a bunch of fast tiny enemies with a short range melee wep?? Aaaa
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE IN 90 SEC?? Tell me Mr. Rao
Do I have to wait until I'm stronger
dawn finch
Upgrading your weapons always help, but the best trick is to roll up to the center of the map where the green squirts spawn and just hack away at as many as you can until they stop spawning.
solid girder
Upgrading your weapons always help, but the best trick is to roll up to the cent...
Oh man I feel silly now, I thought you had to kill the box things that spit them out first. Thank you for the tip!!!
thought they would keep spawning unless I got rid of the boxes lol
dawn finch
Glad I could help. 
The boxes will keep spawning more, but its faster in the long run to wait to deal with those and the towers until after the center of the map finishes spawning the green squirts.
gleaming scroll
maybe falling off the stage a couple times until werewhiskey procs will also help
ive cheesed a couple proving grounds that way
even managed to "beat" the musket one with a single shot lol
dont remember all the drinks i had but there was def stabsinthe, werewhiskey n hearty punch
cedar patio
it had people back in the beginning but it's been dead for a few years now 😔
absolutely tragic
faint granite
I need to actually play it...but Transistor is living in my head rent free at the moment. Never expected to be a Supergiant stan, but here I am, and it's great.
dawn finch
Hopefully I can stir up some interest in the game with that video I'm slowly chipping at, but with only around 100 subs who knows?
faint granite
You can do it! I believe in you!!!
dawn finch
I'll believe in me too once I can make heads or tails of this stupid sun horse.
I swear Yudrig is becoming the bane of my existance.
gleaming scroll
yeah... the bastion fandom used to be bigger n much more active about 10 years ago
i kinda miss it, but such is life
placid dome
cedar patio
Rucks's dream is so hard
fathom imp
jesus christ. i just started playing this game and i can't get the 5 perfect power shots for the final archery range reward. i can get 4 of them consistently every time and then i just CHOKE and the game occasionally crashes when i hit the restart prop
i switched to keyboard/mouse just for this section because I'm generally better on action games on gamepad but this section is only possibnle with mouse aim not gamepad auto aim
dawn finch
I feel you, man. Doing that on my Switch was way harded than on my Steam copy.
fathom imp
i know what lines of targets i need to do the perfect power shots on. i have done multiple power shots on each line of targets, just never all in the same attempt. arghhhhhhhhhhh
fathom imp
Actually this will be easier if I go away and play the game more and get more forge upgrades for my bow to increase damage so I'll do that
fathom imp
Was the sound effect for "chaos boon change effect" in hades (I'm talking about the sound effect that sounds a bit like a high-pitched tinny voice going "aaau") recycled from this game or am I just hearing things? The sound effect which I believe is the same is used in this game when a new wave of enemies spawns and also when you talk to the friendly squirt
dawn finch
I wouldn't be terribly shocked if it was
torn chasm
The Supergiant-certified power-shot sound is in all the games I think
open python
I don't remember exactly where it is in Transistor, but yeah
dawn finch
To be fair, I doubt a lot of people play around with how the different functions work outside of Turn()
stoic bolt
woooo bastion was the only SGG game i didn't own, but it's on sale on switch for $3 rn so i bought it :D
hollow pilot
Just bought it as well!
heavy forge
Does Zulf's song only play if ||you choose to save him?|| I never went the other route so I don't know firsthand
fierce compass
I believe so?
I'm not an expert but if I remember correctly; ||It plays while you carry him out of the terminals or whatever|| my brain is a bit fuzzy and I don't remember the exact details but I think thats what happens..
heavy forge
I'm not an expert but if I remember correctly; ||It plays while you carry him ou...
Oh, I did too. I'm just wondering if it plays when ||you choose to leave him||, sorry for not specifying.
violet valve
Oh, I did too. I'm just wondering if it plays when ||you choose to leave him||, ...
Had a look on youtube, looks like the song doesn't play
shrewd depot
Love how no one knows from experience lol ||cause leaving him isnt a real option||
tacit steppe
||you cant just leave him|| :( unless your 11 year old me but we don't talk about that 💦
open python
.> I missclicked and did it my first playthrough, reloaded the save almost immediately lmao
dire oxide
Just finished Bastion! What a lovely game! || What ending did some of y’all pick? ||
shrewd depot
||save Zulf/evacuate||
violet valve
||save zulf/evacuate both times||
||definitely wasn't in tears when the credits rolled, nope not at all 
||
shrewd depot
||i tear at just hearing mother, im here in yt ww||
dire oxide
|| Same here! There were definitely no tears, nope none at all ||
heavy forge
||Save Zulf + Evacuate, though I did go back to the file immediately afterwards to see the Restore ending||
dry adder
||save Zulf/Restoration||
dry adder
||definitely wasn't in tears when the credits rolled, nope not at all <:klinkSmi...
||same 
||
dawn finch
||Zulf/Restore, but I'm gonna see what happens when don't save Zulf in my current playthrough||
dreamy magnet
Today I learned Bastion is also created by Supergiant games
plucky rune
i just finished bastion today and here is my overview ||for ending, save zulf/evacuate. my favorite weapon combo was dual pistols and fire bellows, with flame carousel. I liked this game a lot, and would suggest if you do not own it.||
||and i like how fire bellows just melts through the second half of the game||
plucky rune
oh and i forgot to put in my distillery build ||squirt cider, werewhisky, bastion bourbon, lifewine and leechade. so a very tanky build||
dreamy magnet
I only played bastion once, but i'd love to play it again
also, Squirt Cider was my nickname in highschool
bright shard
Oh, I did too. I'm just wondering if it plays when ||you choose to leave him||, ...
it does not play when you ||leave him behind||
uncut crater
Hi guys, I'm trying to launch Bastion on steam. It shows 'running' on steam when I press play, but nothing happens. The game window is just not there. I'm using PopOS 21.10. Does anyone know what's causing this issue?
open python
Hi guys, I'm trying to launch Bastion on steam. It shows 'running' on steam when...
Heyo! I'm looking into some potential fixes, but in the meantime, has it worked before?
uncut crater
No, this is my first time playing the game.
open python
Gotcha. Not super familiar with PopOS--do you have something like the Windows Task Manager you can check?
uncut crater
Let me see, I'm also new to the OS.
Yeah, so a new process is created every time I press 'Play' on steam, and killing the process stops running the game according to steam.
So, just the game window is not there for some reason. The game is apparently running.
open python
Mmkay. Could you try setting the launch options /X=1920 /Y=1080, replacing with whatever your resolution is?
uncut crater
hmm.. I can try
oh, it's working now. I was looking for the file to change those variables and clicked on a random file in the game folder and it launched the game
open python
Oh xD Those are set through Steam, but I guess that works!
open python
sure thing! Enjoy the game ^.^
uncut crater
yeah, loving the familiar Supergiant style audio so far 😁
elder palm
... Isn't PopOS a Linux distro?
open python
... Isn't PopOS a Linux distro?
Yes
wooden hinge
Yo has anyone got a good picture of the world-map without the levels on it?
Always really liked the style of it so I wanted to find the full thing, but the best I've gotten is this very transparent one.
https://static.tumblr.com/4b8l2mx/BRno20b0y/bg.png
hushed pier
not sure if this is what you’re looking for but this is a bit less transparent https://www.pinterest.com/pin/509469776573157915/
wooden hinge
Oh yeah I did find that one looking around, it's just very smol.
Was hoping someone had something bigger.
Thanks for looking, tho. ✨
hushed pier
oh! it’s should be pretty easy to resize if you want
wooden hinge
Without it becoming horribly pixelated?
native kernel
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/800967579920760855/928481664311644171/big_boi_bastion_map.png
this big enough?
wooden hinge
Well, yes, but it's still quite horribly pixelated. 😛
native kernel
¯_(ツ)_/¯
errant bluff
On the way home from the grocery store today, my three-year-old piped up from th...
feelsoldman
signal flower
Imagine Diablo 2 with the Art and design from Bastion. Wupdiwupdi.
delicate plank
feelsoldman
I am old, man 🤣
Over thirty is old in fandom terms these days, right?
faint granite
Yeah, apparently (even though a good chunk of actual creators are older, so that always boggles me)
Like, teens, if you think 20s-30s are old...how long do you think the average human lifespan is???
spring bloom
it’s cool seeing people from different age groups enjoy the same content
love how sg games have something to appeal to every age
faint granite
Yesssssss
hard oracle
Yup I agree
This speaks about their quality
They might be my favourite indie developers in the industry
Only negative rhing for me is that they don't make sequels of their already great games. Tho I can understand and respect why they don't do that
errant bluff
Over thirty is old in fandom terms these days, right?
very
i cant imagine still liking a game i played more then a decade ago
delicate plank
cedar patio
Only negative rhing for me is that they don't make sequels of their already grea...
yeah it definitely makes sense as to why but i would love a bastion sequel so much...
dawn finch
Or hell, a prequel going unto Ruck's backstory would be nice. I really wanna know more about that Cael/Ura war, and I think he offhandedly mentioned having been part of it.
cedar patio
yeah he does talk about being in the war, especially when there's the whole big reveal about the calamity
but that'd definitely be an interesting prequel
let us know about rucks
dawn finch
His Who Knows Where is such a tease
cedar patio
it made me so mad. i was like. hey. where is my rucks info. i've been had
like u know when he's like "the things i miss most abt caelondia, 1) not having to watch my step everwhere, 2)... ah forget about two" SIR what is 2
give us your secrets old man
plucky rune
give us your secrets old man
||yes and and he says he prototyped the calamity cannon. how did he get the calamity while on the bastion with zia? But I dont know i wont question SGG||
cedar patio
||yes and and he says he prototyped the calamity cannon. how did he get the cala...
||what do you mean by "get the Calamity"? like how did he make the cannon? i think it was already made and that's how the Kid found it||
plucky rune
||what do you mean by "get the Calamity"? like how did he make the cannon? i thi...
||oh, i thought he said he prototyped it||
dawn finch
||He does say something to the extent of having "left the kid a present", so I wonder if he somehow airdropped it to the Kid or if he just gave directons to whereever it happened to be alongside showing him where the Mancer's Observatory was.||
||However if its the latter I'm surprised the thing was still there given that area was deep in Ura territory, and there's a good number of them near where its grabbed.||
spring bloom
||evidently it’s a top secret project Rucks worked on pre-Calamity…must have been hidden/protected there, known to very few||
crystal birch
what does the dlc add
outer raft
https://www.supergiantgames.com/blog/announcing-the-strangers-dream-dlc-for-bastion/
The Stranger’s Dream DLC includes:
· The Stranger's Dream: a new fully narrated Who Knows Where sequence, bigger and tougher than the others. You'll gain a bit more insight into Rucks' backstory as well as the history of Caelondia if you can survive this fight.
· Score Attack Mode: a challenging new way to play through the story! You start at level one with all Spirits and Idols unlocked. Your combat performance is rated for efficiency, and all areas are repeatable.
· No-Sweat Mode: for those who just want to experience the story of Bastion, this mode provides unlimited chances to carry on from where you left off if you’re defeated in battle.
outer raft
yeah it was the only dlc supergiant has done
and bastion was published by wb, not supergiant, so it was kind of a unique situation
outer raft
iirc i think it just came with the game after a certain point
heavy forge
Yeah, the Switch version comes with it
crystal birch
||you get weapons||
hollow pilot
https://imgur.com/ov7hnKK can these achievements be done in ng or only in ng+
faint saffron
I think that in theory they can be done in NG, but realistically in NG+ you'll be able to level up to max and get all the Spirits and weapon upgrades, which will make those challenges easier.
hollow pilot
true
limpid imp
so im playing the game for the first time and just saw counter pop up
am I right in assuming that it basically is. If I block at the right time I do dmg to the enemy?
open python
Yup!
crystal birch
https://imgur.com/ov7hnKK can these achievements be done in ng or only in ng+
you might need ng+ for all idols
hollow pilot
tyty
wet magnet
I mean we have the machete
dire vine
You guys made me start Bastion up again... last played 2015 🥺
sleek rune
heyy, not sure if im in the right channel for this, but every time i stream bastion on discord, it crashes when pressing play, or loading into a new area, without fail. if i dont stream, the game runs fine, and no crashes happen 😭 the funny thing is that the day before, it was working just fine, but these past two days its just kept doing it :( did anyone else have this problem?
open python
heyy, not sure if im in the right channel for this, but every time i stream bast...
That sounds like a graphics card or RAM issue. I'd try updating your graphics driver, and also try closing other programs when you stream, as a starting point.
sick dock
hey im playing bastion rn and does ||saving zulf|| change the ending of the game or smth?
novel gust
see for yourself :]
hollow pilot
Hey guys, bastion is 2D right?
for things like stairs and elevation changes, am I right in saying the world is not actually 3D and they're not actually stairs, they're on the same level but just look like stairs
sick dock
i think its more 2.5D
and the elevation changes are actual elevation changes
instead of being in the same level
hollow pilot
oh they are! Thanks mate
sick dock
no problem
oblique charm
hey would anyone know what instrument is playing at the beginning of Mother, I'm Here?
it sounds sick and i wanna know what it is
fierce compass
i think thats a guitar
oblique charm
really? it doesn't sound like just a guitar
or if it is could you specify what type
faint saffron
It's an acoustic guitar. Darren is using a specific tuning here (and in many songs in Bastion), that's why it might sound different.
fierce compass
yeah
faint saffron
any tips on how to finish all the proving ground challenges?
Check wiki for some Proving Grounds tips for specific weapons. But basically, getting all the upgrades usually helps a lot with most of them.
sick dock
thanks
faint saffron
No worries :). Feel free to ask here if you're struggling with a particular one.
faint saffron
Wiki entry basically covers the tips for that - focus on the spawning green Squirts first so that you don't have to chase after them, then move to other targets. And get the damage upgrades (crit hit chance and dmg).
sick dock
is it better to focus on crit hit chance or cripple?
ive been using cripple on my machete but honestly idk what im doing with my weapon builds lmao
faint saffron
Cripple can help with those enemies that are able to run away, but I think I found it easier with the crit chance upgrades, as you want to deal with the enemies as quick as possible. And cripple can be a little unreliable in this challenge.
oblique charm
It's an acoustic guitar. Darren is using a specific tuning here (and in many son...
ah thank you
sick dock
Cripple can help with those enemies that are able to run away, but I think I fou...
alright then i guess i'll try maximizing crit damage then
thanks
cedar patio
oh congrats!
sick dock
thanks!
now the only trial that im stuck in is the shield trial cuz i cant seem to time it right
orchid heart
👍🏽
flint cypress
It took me a minute to figure out the machete one but I think you need to stand in the center and get all those ones spawning in, than go around and take out the spawners, stopping for clumps of squirts
I also recommend no extra throwing blades because I notice when you have more then they don't go straight so you can't aim
flint cypress
I'm doing an experiment
I didn't pick up the machete
But I can still do windbag reach
Ranch
I just did wind bag ranch and it gave me the war machete to keep
cedar patio
yeah the game is very forgiving and doesn't allow you to miss out on plot- and mechanic-specific items
like how you can buy plot items in the little shop
whole valley
clear moth
I honestly wish Bastion would have a continuation or something more on that same world. It's to this day one of my top 5 favorite games of all time.
flint cypress
At least 3 of supergiants games are my top fivr
bold ivy
I honestly wish Bastion would have a continuation or something more on that same...
Same here ☺️
deft pecan
how do i unlock T2 weapon upgrades?
deft pecan
and when ya kill something and blue fragments fall into holes, are they just gone?
tranquil meteor
To answer the latter question: yes
Regarding weapon upgrades: find more materials for them, then use a Forge
ornate axle
hey, idk what happened but i was streaming Bastion for my gf on Discord and everything was working fine, but when i went to restart the breaker barracks challenge the game crashed and now any time i continue my save or load a new area the game crashes to desktop
i saw the post from 2 months ago having the same issue, i updated drivers and it's still happening
game works fine if i'm not streaming, but when streaming it started crashing out of nowhere (did 3 runs of the challenge and it was fine, resetting for the 4th run is what started the crashing... /shrug)
ornate axle
so i messed with the resolution... lowering the resolution stopped it from crashing
no idea why, but at least i found something that seems to work
ornate axle
ya, lowering the resolution stopped the crashes altogether, we were able to get through the whole game crash free.
i could only stream at 720p (no nitro), and there wasn't even an option to have the game lower than that, maybe it was an aspect ratio thing or something? idk, i'm just glad it worked, and hopefully if anyone else runs into this issue then playing with the in-game resolution will solve it for them too ¯_(ツ)_/¯
snow sail
hey, idk what happened but i was streaming Bastion for my gf on Discord and ever...
lol sad
fierce compass
dude??
open python
Ah, aight. The "lol" made that a bit harder to understand
snow sail
ok
cedar patio
periodic reminder that ||Zulf's squirt has a little apron and Zulf probably made it for him||
spring bloom
periodic reminder that ||Zulf's squirt has a little apron and Zulf probably made...
never forget ||apron squirt. always gives me happiness and hope to see him||
cerulean pulsar
||Zulf has a squirt?||
cedar patio
@cerulean pulsar ||in the evac ending he had a little squirt in the kitchen with him||
cerulean pulsar
<@590568143886483506> ||in the evac ending he had a little squirt in the kitchen...
||I don't know why but when I first saw that scene, I mistook him for The Kid despite their clear hair differences for some reason||
tidal echo
@ionic abyss wrong channel?
mild kraken
A cool and cozy Twitch streamer named Jinkitsu is currently streaming Bastion, if anyone is interested 
open python
it's always a good day when an SGG game comes up in one of my game design lectures
(this time, we're talking about different categories of game audio, and Bastion's narrator came up as an example of "meta audio")
nocturne whale
Does anyone have or know where I can find the official Bastion soundtrack sheet music? The store page for it is down.
peak nymph
I'm one of the people helping to make it, want an invite to the server coordinating it?
acoustic kelp
I knew I wasn't crazy
I saw the 
too
zenith smelt
woah where
I was surprised to see the inscryption stoat but I didn't see the squirt
oh wait i found it
dry adder
low seal
hushed pier
someone should make a
hushed pier
I'm one of the people helping to make it, want an invite to the server coordinat...
sure!
chilly quartz
hey so bit of a random question but is there a good video that breaks down the full story/lore of bastion? my friend is playing the game but he's not a massive fan of the who knows where sequences and some of the other stuff where story is hidden, but he wants to try and get all the story
spark mantle
tfw when you're poking at a zit on your nose that hasn't come to a head yet and your brain randomly glitches out to Bastion and you hear in your head
"one day this zit is gonna pop" 🎶
fervent laurel
uh yeah I guess that happens 💀
crystal birch
how do i install mods
open python
how do i install mods
I would ask the modding server, link pinned in #self-promotion
cedar patio
galleon mortar slaps
low light
Finished the story pretty recently and I loved ||the end choice. Game went from good to great at the end.||
shrewd depot
Now tell us your choice 🔫
low light
Had to break the cycle!
shrewd depot
||did you save Zulf tho||
low light
Of course
shrewd depot
Nice
low light
||The scene where I carried him was 
||
flint cypress
I played twice and I decided on the second playthrough I wouldn't but I did it anyways
shrewd depot
||Leaving Zulf is not a choice||
spring bloom
i do love that moment the choice pops up! it’s so sudden, and i wasn’t expecting it. ||to be running through a pretty linear narrative, whether you like it or not, and then to be presented with a Choice of that significance right at the end…||it caused my brain to short circut the first time i played the game
cedar patio
the first time i saw it i freaked out i was like omg can i choose wrong?! ||the answer is yes you can. the wrong choice is to leave zulf behind||
placid fulcrum
fierce compass
i will consider him
wet magnet
Zulf my beloved
faint granite
A loving bonk
wet magnet
A bonk of “ur our family now”
naive spruce
limber jackal
It's a shame this game is so slept on. It may not be the newest, but it's definitely a classic.
cedar patio
it's sooooo good
limber jackal
It was my first super giant game. I gotta agree
cedar patio
mine too. played it way back in 2013. just a stunning game. little rough around the edges sure but still. just stunning.
limber jackal
Rough around the edges how? I found it to be pretty smooth
cedar patio
i mean like, some of sprites, the difficulty spikes, things like that. nothing major or anything.
limber jackal
What did you think of the story though?
cedar patio
story's really really well done
limber jackal
I really liked the who knows where levels because of the backstories.Also Jawson's bog, because it's really trippy.
cedar patio
ooh jawson's bog is good
i'd love to play it again now that i know how to analyze things lol
limber jackal
"Proper story's supposed to start at the beginning. it's so simple with this one"
limber jackal
On a side note,why are there no Bastion memes? 
cedar patio
i think there were some closer to the game's release
short relic
Hey question, I’m thinking about getting Bastion but I’m curious: is it a similar play styles/mechanics to Hades, just without a Greek myth theme to it?
open python
Hey question, I’m thinking about getting Bastion but I’m curious: is it a simila...
It's a bit slower overall, but similar
torn chasm
You get 2 weapons instead of 1, and it's not a roguelike
But the combat overall is pretty similar
cosmic condor
I'm thinking of getting all achievements for all of Supergiant Games' catalogue. I noticed Bastion has a 7/10 difficulty rating on PSN Profiles. What makes it so difficult to get all achievements? I got all achievements on Hades without ever using God Mode, so will I have an easier time with Bastion?
Please ping me if you have an answer to any of those questions, thank you.
south knoll
I'm thinking of getting all achievements for all of Supergiant Games' catalogue....
it requires using all the difficulty modifiers present in the game and beating a set of of challenges with them active, but it’s doable for sure. I played it on pc where the 100% is a bit easier though