transistor

[zenith beacon]

and here it's red

B is supposed to be red
but here in the game it's green

hell - all the buttons are backwards

i know this game is past it's prime and SGGs have a lot of other things going on right now, but
man

i wish this port got some more love

how do i press on a mobile port of a 10 years old game?

[sage sequoia]

it's actually 10 years old now...

[zenith beacon]

yeah

https://tenor.com/view/savingprivateryan-ww2-old-soldier-matt-damon-gif-4203998

[brave fox]

Listening to the Transistor sound track while studying for finals - I forgot how GOOD it is

[soft kite]

Important question

What happened to Asher’s cat

[zenith beacon]

it's going through it's 8 remaining recursions, don't worry

[alpine badge]

Hey all, I'm new to Transistor and am a little confused by one mechanic. It seems like (sometimes) I'm able to squeeze in an additional action at the end of my Turn(), assuming that action is 50-75+% covered by amount of space I have left in that Turn(). I figured it would be more precise than that. Is there some kind of penalty I'm incurring by going "over capacity"? Or is the game just magically finding ways to trim down my walking paths in that Turn() to get me the extra space I need?

Maybe this was covered in a tutorial early on in-game...I took a break for several months and am coming back with barely any idea what's going on...

[zenith beacon]

nah - it's all intended
if you have at least 1% turn left you can squeeze in any action there

so it's encouraged to end your command combo with one big attack at the end

[alpine badge]

Ohhhh cool! Thank you

[olive sluice]

there is some penalty in that it extends recovery time iirc

the recovery time is what it would have taken had the bar been "as long" as what you used

[zenith beacon]

Yo
For real?

It’s been a while since I’ve done a proper run in transistor

It seems… reasonable
And I do remember some turns taking a bit longer before the bar starts recharging

[olive sluice]

yeah that's the cause, just tested it out

[zenith beacon]

But - you know - it’s been a while

Cool

I mean - I could test it too but
1 - I’m
2 - it runs at 30 at the only device I have atm

Seriously though

I wish this mobile port got some more love

[olive sluice]

i have the game open from testing some stuff for speedruns x)

[zenith beacon]

A single patch that gets it up to 60 and fixes the xinput button mappings

Actually
This gives me an idea

So you probably remember weeds, right ?

Those weird tentacle monsters that deal damage only if you get close to them

I remember there being a way to make them multiply

There was this one absolute mad lad on YouTube that somehow multiplied them so much they covered an entire arena

Then used crash() on them and it actually… crashed the whole damn game

I wonder how that would look like on ios

FOUND IT!

Ok so it’s not crash()
It’s tap()

https://youtu.be/UYM8mjo767o?si=estuzaSWED_Zf-Up

Yeah I guess the game did tap() out

[soft kite]

This is wonderful

[simple harness]

The final frame is glorious

[olive sluice]

psh crashing the game

make it make an error message instead :D

(die while going through a transition)

(the duplication is interesting tho)

[stone shoal]

I have a mighty need to see this, it sounds hillarious

[olive sluice]

https://youtu.be/78FUzO5YBYU

the delay between the crash and the showing of the error window is just me changing windows in recording

[olive sluice]

(You get to activate the fight while still being able to interact with the firewall due to a previous glitch, a save displacement)

[stone shoal]

That's hillarious tyvm jen!

[olive sluice]

no worries!

i think the crash technically happens from having a turn active while entering a transition? not 100% on that

i know a hard death doesn't crash

[compact venture]

Just remembered I reviewed this just over 10 years ago, really enjoyed the game

https://youtu.be/OxDafN7X9kQ?si=k7MT2umAkXsxv5pj

[proven forge]

just finished this game

what an ending

[simple harness]

Mood

[proven forge]

that was so shocking

but also beautiful

[simple harness]

Paper boats is so good

[proven forge]

yeah

||also, the final shot made me tear up||

anyways another banger from supergiant

[cedar grove]

People playing previous supergiant games after hades

[solemn iron]

After hades I went through a supergiant games marathon lol

All of their games are incredible, and its really cool seeing how they build on each other

[dawn ridge]

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxK4kgQ4Fo4mqmz3tYFhJbDsQN9h_8QkK4?si=i-9yMRLzwRdVsUI0

Anyone else think he sounds a lot like royce bracket

[dawn ridge]

Totally! I love how all the themes keep building off each other.

[inland mirage]

wait why can I kinda hear it lmao

[dawn ridge]

When I first saw SpongeBob, I thought to myself, I though wow. That's someone the Camerata needs.

[sand ivy]

Anniversary soon 🤤

[proven forge]

i remember i was waiting hades to release on PS4, and was so hyped that i bought transistor just to ease my hype for supergiant games lmao

always heard great things about that one and bastion, even before hades

now I'm loving pyre too

[cedar grove]

Hell yeah

[olive sluice]

(for reference anniversary is exactly <t:1716076800:f> )

[zenith beacon]

ah
the anniversary of my first SGG dissapointment

nah im just kidding - i love transistor

but BOY did i have performance issues on launch

they fixed it like a day or two later and then transistor qiickly became my fave

[dawn ridge]

transistor still breaks when i alt tab. also red stopped singing for a few seconds during the final song which was funny

just hope it didn't happen to anyone on their first playthrough lol

[olive sluice]

does it just pause or full break?

[cedar grove]

when i tab out and back, the resolution changes

[olive sluice]

huh

[agile root]

It's the Process working while you're not looking!

[zenith beacon]

i wonder if that soft lock during the last bossfight still exists

[olive sluice]

it does still in the speedrun patch (pretty close to the latest patch)

very rare but hard locks the save

made backup saves for marathon running just in case it happenned

[proven forge]

||still haven't got over that ending 😭 it was so shocking||

couldn't believe when i saw it

[sage sequoia]

yep

the most emotionally striking moment in any video game i've ever played

[simple harness]

||one of the few times I started shouting no no no no at the screen||

[proven forge]

||yeah, i could never see that coming 😭 i was shouting along with the sword at that point||

[cedar grove]

i like the ending and im sad that hearing people disliked it made me wait another year until i got it

it feels very significant and not just something for shock value

[proven forge]

idk why they disliked it. it made perfect sense to the story that was being told at that point

it's not necessarily something that the game builds up but it was a pretty meaningful conclusion to their arc

[cedar grove]

agreed

i already talked about on stream but i feel like my thoughts were pretty incoherent. because i was crying. lol
but its another moment of red showing her personality (and defiance, and her wants) - shes not really just a mute protagonist you can project on, despite not saying anything throughout the game - her actions, her songs, her background etc. all indicate a very distinct character. the ending just makes me think about all that and how its just her choice and not a moment the player gets to do anything about. its very linear, but that aligns with her as well

even the last test you get in the backdoor is called "agency test"

[zenith beacon]

I look at it in a slightly different way

At first - yeah I thought it was pointlessly cheesy

Red makes a decision to off herself because she can’t live without her man
It seemed like a bit of a cliche “love conquers all” thing

BUUUUUTTTT

Then I played ng+
And then it all made sense

It’s not that red killed herself cause she liked Romeo and Juliet a bit too much lol

It’s because cloudbank via the transistor works like a recursive function

Everyone’s dead - they’re on that deeper layer

And here there’s only red and an empty city of cloudbank

So
Let’s jump in and join everyone else and start from the scratch

And hopefully not make the same mistakes that led to this mess

So yeah
I like it

It’s way more reasonable while still not diminishing the emotional impact of this ending

Good jorb

[proven forge]

now i get that my reading of it was too surface level lmao
i simply saw it as her finishing what was undone, and once royce is down, she can finally make a decision out of free will and get with the only person that matters to her

[sage sequoia]

wdym by reasonable?

[zenith beacon]

Because ng+ exists and it’s called a recursion
Cloudbank is a simulated city, more or less
Think matrix or something

And if red really couldn’t stand being without blue…
She might’ve made that decision at any point, instead of going through all this revenge plot or whatever

Meanwhile - everyone else already is inside the transistor
For you - the player - they’re visualized as functions

[cedar grove]

yeah i didnt see it like that at all - there is no one left for her, and unlike royce, shes not content to stay in an empty city even if she could rebuild and change it however she wants
theres also the point that the "real life" rules dont affect cloudbank - i know the "its all digital/simulated" angle is a contentious topic but i think yeah, digital or not it has different rules and implications. and whether the country is inside the transistor, a digital afterlife or the "outside" i definitely see it as a kind of death and its referred to as such

a "mild and inoffensive" death

[zenith beacon]

So now that red knows the truth and knows how the transistor works (after royce explained her everything) she just decided to jump in and start over with everyone else

[sage sequoia]

idk if it was a revenge plot? there's a few dialogues that point to it being "i'll try to get you back to human again" kinda thing

[zenith beacon]

Yeah well - you know what I mean

[sage sequoia]

i think that's a big jump to go from "there has to be a way to get you out of there" to a revenge plot kinda thing

[zenith beacon]

It’s not death
Royce says it himself “funny thing about the transistor - you can get in but you can’t get out”

They’re not dying
They’re going though another recursion

It’s a loop of sorts
Which SGGs like in their stories lol

[sage sequoia]

it makes perfect sense to me that it in fact was a "love conquers all" thing

[zenith beacon]

Nah

I mean - I get it
It is an emotional ending

[cedar grove]

ur kinda right lol bastion and transistor and hades all have their different sort of loops. pyre is the only game that feels so decisively final. i like that

[proven forge]

i haven't finished pyre yet, am i gonna cry like in this one 😭

please tell me i won't

[simple harness]

[sage sequoia]

i remember people theory crafting in a comment section about a possible pyre sequel xdd

[cedar grove]

oh, it depends

irt crying

[proven forge]

ik i have to win them all to get a good ending right

[zenith beacon]

But there is a much more reasonable explanation to her decision - considering how the world works there

[zenith beacon]

Lol
Lmao even

I cried hard in pure

Pure

[cedar grove]

i would love more pyre, but i dont want a sequel at all... but its an echoed sentiment that the story of the scribes is interesting enough for a prequel. thinking about it now i do like how it is entirely on its own and how its presented. a lot of room for interpretation and imagination

[zenith beacon]

Damn phone

PYRE

[sage sequoia]

pure

[proven forge]

pyre would work wonders as a novel, gn or animated tv show

anyways I'm getting offtopic rn
transistor you made me cry

[zenith beacon]

Well
Space jam already exists

[proven forge]

also it's funny because i went into transistor expected a light-hearted game after playing hades
only for it to break me

[sage sequoia]

that's

[simple harness]

Ouch

[sage sequoia]

ouch indeed

[zenith beacon]

And I loved this more somber,sturdy tone of the game

[cedar grove]

i also dont think theres such a thing as a definitively good ending for pyre, i think its just what you chose throughout the story eventually coming to consequences. there are so many different variations and "endings". N E way i wont spoil too much i would love to see what you think about your game when you finish it

[simple harness]

Tbh I got lucky with transistor

[zenith beacon]

HOW IN THE F did my phone correct “mature” to “sturdy”?

I meant mature

I’m gonna chuck this thing at a wall I swear

[cedar grove]

autocorrect will be autocorrect. its messing up big time for me lately too

[simple harness]

With the other games I got scared for any "bad endings" that I searched what to do

They still broke me mind you

But transistor was the one I didn't do that

[zenith beacon]

Anyways

Seeing what they did in transistor made me wish for an SGG horror game

I’ve been begging for it for almost a decade now lol

[sage sequoia]

that actually sounds pretty interesting

[cedar grove]

im holding out for the dating simulator in space

supergiant i will give you 5 money

[zenith beacon]

Monopoly money doesn’t count

[proven forge]

if they did a space game I'd love if it was something like supergirl woman of tomorrow

that comic reminded me a lot of pyre

[zenith beacon]

But yeah
I hope hades 2: melenoe boogaloo goes well enough to fund a horror game

pretty please with cherry on top

[sage sequoia]

i also remember Greg talking about her motives and how it was initially "blue goes on a quest to bring her back" before role reversing the story

at least initially it absolutely was about bringing usboyfriend back

[proven forge]

and they did so because jen zee likes drawing beautiful women

which is always nice

[cedar grove]

is that in the noclip doc bc its been a while since i watched it

[sage sequoia]

yeah

i think so?

[cedar grove]

jen zee if ur out there.. thank you for inventing women

[sage sequoia]

what too much Klimt does to an artist

[zenith beacon]

Based lol

[proven forge]

i remember the concept of red with the sword was so strong that they entirely changed the concept of the game because of it

which is what they mentioned up there. it was supposed to be about blue

[zenith beacon]

Oh I remember that first trailer

The one with scrapped content

[proven forge]

same happened with hades, the first concept for that kind of fell apart

[zenith beacon]

I’ve never seen a game trailer with such a strong sense of character and identity

… until the trailer for phantom fury

[cedar grove]

oh i remember some interview or concept art thingie or whatever where they said that the transistor was initially a suitcase

[sage sequoia]

may i ask about early hades stuff? is there a video that dives into that?

not too deep into hades rabbit hole yet

[proven forge]

glad you asked because yes, there's a video specifically about this

[cedar grove]

more than one in fact. even articles

[proven forge]

https://youtu.be/CIk8Y9qkYx0?si=v04IUgCWtOIrd2Bx

[sage sequoia]

ohhh i rmember now

tis in my watch later playlist

[sage sequoia]

if you ever find that interview pls send it right here

a suitcase is new to me and i really wanna hear/see it

[cedar grove]

https://www.destructoid.com/transistors-sword-was-a-briefcase-at-one-point/

i found itttt

[zenith beacon]

So THATS the inspiration behind hitman’s sentient briefcase

[proven forge]

there's a what in hitman

I'm gonna take that game off my backlog rn

[cedar grove]

LOL

from everything ive seen about hitman, its a comedy

[proven forge]

i played around four missions and it was so funny

[zenith beacon]

Oh yeah so hitman is this series about… a hitman
And it’s been pretty serious in presentation in the early days, but absolutely comical in gameplay
Since you had so many different obscure tools to take out your targets

Anyways - in newer games they decided to double down on those comical aspects and started leaving in bugs and other goofy stuff

[proven forge]

yeah i played a bit of world of assassination and it was amazing

[zenith beacon]

Not because it played well or was balanced
But because they’re were absolutely hilarious

It’s a slapstick comedy at points

[zenith beacon]

Yeah I’ve been a fan of hitman since hitman 2

The original one from 2002

And seeing it change from this artistic series with religious undertones to…
Austin powers

Has been amusing, to say the least

I think they’re found the right balance between moody, mature, serious tone and player-driven chicanery

Anyways
Transistor, I guess

Who’s the most annoying enemy in the game and why is it the man?

https://tenor.com/view/dancing-t-arrow-standing-vibing-vibing-to-music-gif-23974735

And his haircut

Wtf

[sage sequoia]

nope

[proven forge]

oh yeah man and the hair thing were the most annoying enemies in gaming

[cedar grove]

haircuts are terrible (just like real life!) but men are so easy to deal with (just unlike real life!) its just a little slow and repetitive

[sage sequoia]

he's managable but i hated youngladies with every fibre of my soul

[zenith beacon]

I mean - I find them easier to deal with in ng+

[cedar grove]

because you pick them off one by one with turn and thats it

[zenith beacon]

Just void and tap

Stack them with other stuff and you’re golden

[proven forge]

this is so accurate I'm pretty sure is the thought process they took when developing this game

it makes so much sense

[simple harness]

Void() + tap() + purge() my beloved

[zenith beacon]

Spark and those bubbly bombs

[cedar grove]

asher and grant just always go togther 😔

[zenith beacon]

Just zoop around the arena for free while farting out bombs everywhere

[simple harness]

Cull() is still my most used function pretty sure

[zenith beacon]

Idunno
If they wanted men to be easy to deal with they would’ve given us a beer() function

[sage sequoia]

||i loved killing Royce in exactly 3 turns when i figured out cull on my second playthrough||

[simple harness]

A streamer asked for help one time and their reaction to cull + void was hilarious

[sage sequoia]

xdd

[zenith beacon]

I loved not killing Royce when he softlocked and just stood there menacing nearby air

[sage sequoia]

is there a clip by any chance?

[cedar grove]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=365467743 shoutout to

taught me everything i know ...

if nobody got me i know transistor guides got me

[simple harness]

In hindisight it was less funny

Also swearing

[proven forge]

also

it's very, very unlikely but i hope we get her sword in hades 2

it'd be so cool

[gritty pagoda]

Might need this when I replay transistor, because I was just doing random stuff on my first playthrough I think😭

[simple harness]

Give Mel the transistor and the book of rites

As a treat

[gritty pagoda]

yeahh, I doubt it, but this would genuinely be sooo cool!!

[proven forge]

and bastion boy's hammer too

[crimson mango]

void, my favorite function gotten from my favorite character

[gritty pagoda]

yessss!!

[cedar grove]

speaking of i love the bastion easter egg in transistor in the form of the hammers

[simple harness]

Fr tho, the aura mechanic of Pyre is really fun lol

[cedar grove]

and olmarq... i wonder if thats actually the kid's name LOL

[crimson mango]

sorry reply to old comment from an hour ago

isn't that the same thing if you believe in an afterlife irl (i personally don't, but the idea isn't exactly uncommon)

[zenith beacon]

well
we could go on for hours about beliefs and afterlife and what not

but my point is
at that point red had proof
physical proof that there is stuff after death - inside the transistor

instead of just believing and hoping for the best

[crimson mango]

yeah true that does make a difference

[proven forge]

i think in the end it comes to what greg said it was the very concept of the game, a sci-fi love story

it wouldn't have made sense for her to take any other decision considering it's a love story in its core. that she wants to be with blue

i don't think she'd just move on with things as they were in that way

[sage sequoia]

i mean yeah but i prefer to not bring up the dev commentary in this discussion

tis a game that can be interpreted a lot of ways and it boils down not to dev interviews but to what the player focused on while playing

[proven forge]

yeah i know their intention was never to reduce it to a single interpretation and that's never how you should approach any story in fiction. i meant mostly the "love" theme being what drives this game as a whole

[sage sequoia]

i see it as a love story to it's core but if you focus on socio-political commentary that's great if you enjoy that aspect more

[proven forge]

which is very appropriate

[sage sequoia]

yep, but even then it can be seen by some people as a "sloppy backdrop"

[cedar grove]

i agree but also will latch to any crumb of dev information because i want to know the original intent vs how i interpret it
tho i know from discussions that greg doesnt like giving too much information about the storys meanings and canon that can be up to interpretation

i respect it, gives it even more of a life of its own

[sage sequoia]

i mean if there's a supergiant game not to give too much information on tis Transistor

i'm really into vague/artsy/abstract etc media so it really clicked with me

[proven forge]

yeah and its one of the biggest strenghts that its story is so open ended. if there's one game of theirs that doesn't need further explaining, it's this one

it really pissed me off when i saw some people pretty much begging for the developers of a certain game to remove the ambiguous nature of its ending. like why the hell do you want that

[cedar grove]

akvarel out of curiosity, what are some of your other fave games that fit that description

[sage sequoia]

but i'm not gonna lie it clicked even more when my interpretation aligned with the intentionally planted message

i loved how you see the relationship between Red and Auden play out throughout the game

i feel like not a lot of games focus on romantic love?

[sage sequoia]

games?

[proven forge]

yeah the game doesn't really focus on their relationship on the story itself, but at the same time, that's what the whole game is about

[cedar grove]

yeah games, sorry i didnt specify, but id be interested in other media too

[sage sequoia]

there's not that many that i can think of that fit the description, mostly it's in other media yeah

Death Stranding as one example, i guess?

loved the experience from start to finish

[proven forge]

the boy and the heron is by far one of the best examples of this

mostly vague storytelling but at the same time filled with meaning

[sage sequoia]

you fine with anime recomendations?

[proven forge]

i haven't played gris but doesn't that one fit this premise?

[stone shoal]

Gris absolutely

[sage sequoia]

i gotta play gris at some point

[stone shoal]

me definitely not having >600hrs in it 😅

[proven forge]

you have 600 hours on gris? omg

[cedar grove]

yes i love artsy vague stuff

[stone shoal]

I speedrun it

[proven forge]

ohhh okay makes sense

[sage sequoia]

Haibane Renmei is my favourite anime i love it so much

[stone shoal]

Mononoke (the series) is very good

[proven forge]

i definitively recommend the boy and the heron

[cedar grove]

all of my to-watch is abstract artsy... i can link my anilist in #tv-and-movies

[sage sequoia]

sure

[proven forge]

the thing is, I don't think any ending in gaming could compare to transistor to me

nothing was quite like this

maybe there are a lot but I'm having a hard time remembering it

[woeful panther]

As much as I would love a Transistor sequel or any additional content, the ambiguity of it all is part of what makes the game so memorable to me.

[proven forge]

if they were to expand on this universe, it couldn't be around red or blue

[sage sequoia]

yep

[stone shoal]

transistor 2: red vs blue

[sage sequoia]

i'd love a prequel animated series

focused on the world itself

[simple harness]

Royce Royce Royce Royce Roy-

[woeful panther]

An animated series would be gorgeous..

Hypothetical Camerata content, my beloved.

[cedar grove]

i want to hear sunkrish bala again in another sg game PLEASEPLEASE PLEASE

[solemn iron]

Royce’s voice is soooo good

SGG is superb at finding the perfect voice actors

No spoilers here obviously but they’ve already done an INSANE job at hades 2 voice actors

[cedar grove]

i know pyre is not english VA or full VA but its still. very cool

[simple harness]

As always shoutout to the unused voice line where he's so disappointed you are dragging the transistor around

[cedar grove]

so real and true

[proven forge]

since netflix already collabed with sgg, maybe an animated series isn't that far fetched

[solemn iron]

I think pyre would fit an animated series best

But any would be cool

Hades live action remake

[proven forge]

Tom Holland as Zag

[simple harness]

Pyre series about the scribes

[solemn iron]

The Rock as bouldy

[solemn iron]

That would be sick

A pyre prequel would def work way better than a sequel

[orchid trellis]

i disagree

pyre is so focused on your choices and gameplay

i think that transistor prequel would be the best tbh

[cedar grove]

but hear me out. pyre prequel

pyrequel even

[solemn iron]

Yeah exactly, a series doesn’t have to just retell the story

I meant more in art style and how well it would transition between mediums

[zenith beacon]

hear me out
a bastion prequel

set 50 years back
focused on the ura-caelondia war

where you play as rucks

commiting...
some serious crimes

he did some Stuff

oh hey

this... this could be that fabled SGG horror game i've been on about for so long

[sage sequoia]

also twas very nice seeing transistor chat this active today, keep it up chat :)
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/844969953584873475/1233530081905872896/jeramsus.gif?ex=662d6de9&is=662c1c69&hm=16b1370a79e4957b3e0dcb0309a08a4b2409d55e6f48b5cb135127b40f161c8a&

[zenith beacon]

that's cause alma streamed it and i was there to annoy them and it just snowballed from here lmao

[proven forge]

alma streamed it?? i didn't see 😭 shame

[cedar grove]

and ill do it again
jk i should move to any other game. but i post my streams in selfpromo

[solemn iron]

Good to know!

[zenith beacon]

stream ion fury
it's good!

don't stream phantom
it's... not gud

[violet lake]

I agree that Pyre is the one that is the most impossible to separate from being a game. That's why it would be the one I'd be the most hyped if it had an animated show, it would mean they would be forced to make something different.

Slice of life magical basketball in purgatory let's go

[zenith beacon]

also - a linear pyre story would alienate A LOT of people because everyone would have their own picks as to who should go first

and then a pyre movie would have its own set and only a few people would go like "ayyy - my fave character is free!"

and everyone else would riot

[lilac juniper]

this is where doing a pyre prequel story might work better - a story of the commonwealth, maybe of the scribes

[solemn iron]

That’s what I was trying to say

[dusky folio]

pyre prequel would work real well, i think. Since its pretty set what happened. I'd also love to see my girl Sandra being a badass

[red spear]

does anyone know where i can find official art of sybil without that red filter over her? im trying to draw her but im at a loss when it comes to coloring in my lineart

[crimson mango]

like this? https://transistor.fandom.com/wiki/Sybil_Reisz?file=Camerata_Sybil_01.png

oh wait the link just shows the reddish pic again

but the second pic on the wiki doesn't have the filter

[red spear]

ahhh tyty!!

[proven forge]

paper boats is such an amazing song

supergiant's best for me honestly

[gritty pagoda]

It's so beautiful, I always get back to it every couple of months, it's amazing!^^

[echo ravine]

all of transistors music is just amazing

[solemn iron]

So is every SGG game

Darren korb my beloved

[sage sequoia]

paper boats is incredible
though i must admit my second favourite supergiant song must be the Careless Whisper cover from their London acoustic set
xdd

[simple harness]

Fr tho

That cover is great

[sage sequoia]

yep

[violet lake]

YES it is so good

Careless Whisper is transistor-coded now, whatever version I hear

[cedar grove]

TRUEEE it goes so hard

literally. think about it all the time

but i also like she shines and signals a lot ngl... even tho they arent in the game....

[simple harness]

She shines

[sage sequoia]

it goes unbelievably hard
you can feel the pure energy of the moment

everyone was having a great time and you can feel it

[orchid trellis]

coasting into careless whisper my belover

[white solar]

is there a non yellow filter version of the Red file

(a fool's query)

[cedar grove]

i dont think its a filter

my guess is that every portrait was drawn with the limited palettes

[red spear]

ya thats what i meant initially

but it was like the middle of the night and i was sleepy

[full peak]

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat it can be active????? gosh darn it I missed sm

[sage sequoia]

it is, kinda

[full peak]

I mean I don't know why I didn't set the notifs for this channel to be every message

[sage sequoia]

more alive than usual for sure + the 10 year anniversary's soon

[full peak]

I just...,,,,, forget this feature exists lol

usually it's the opposite (disabling that from small servers the owners of which forgot to do that themselves )

[sage sequoia]

i have notifs turned off pretty much everywhere on discord except for this channel xdd

[full peak]

WAIT RIGHT WHEN

[sage sequoia]

in like 2 weeks

[full peak]

what the cradle

and just when I thought this year couldn't get any better

OK THIS WILL SO COME IN HANDY I-

remember to check pins, kids

[sage sequoia]

you reminded me of this gem

^

[woeful panther]

Love those. 😭

[white solar]

will i make something for the 10 year anniversary ? (wish i could say yes but time says no)

[sage sequoia]

uwaaah:(

you were asking for the original red art with no filter the other day, I thought you wanted to draw her again

[white solar]

I just really liked that art

[cedar grove]

listening to the ost

https://tenor.com/view/fish-dance-swim-scuba-shark-gif-16183268

[gritty pagoda]

It's such a beautiful ost, especialy paper boats, love that one sm!:D

[sage sequoia]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/844969953584873475/1235979138230386869/video0_2.mp4?ex=663656c5&is=66350545&hm=2aefe0ec4fc93b6d2ddef4fca09594f43502cf3455585ba6aacb20e362152297&

[cedar grove]

waterwall hummed my beloved

[white solar]

This should be coasting

[sage sequoia]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/844969953584873475/1236006821748150457/video0_2_23.mp4?ex=6636708e&is=66351f0e&hm=b468a95767f2d63f867a7b32b096adca24723981b62a4e642ee980253ef3bc4b&

[white solar]

https://tenor.com/view/perfection-michael-fassbender-perfectionist-perfect-gif-7910211

[sand ivy]

[full peak]

twisted transistor by Korn

[echo ravine]

now that Hades II EA is out SG can finally make Transistor II

right?

right.. 😭

[simple harness]

Pyre 2 first 🔫

[echo ravine]

my friend says pyre is good but I don’t wanna play it

is it good?

[simple harness]

Is really good but also very, very different

Is still my fav game from them but I understand is not for everyone

[zenith beacon]

they're on Resistor right now

as in - they're resistin' the pressure of making a sequel lmao

[echo ravine]

NOOOOO 😭

DONT RESIST, i need more transistor styled combat

[solemn iron]

Tbf hades was the easiest game to make a sequel out of narrative wise

[full peak]

please

[woeful panther]

The answer is to simply make a sequel that involves all the games - the Supergiant multiverse. /j

[zenith beacon]

Super Giant Bros

[solemn iron]

It’s amazing

[full peak]

Disney buys supergiant and milks their universes
truly Worst Ending

[zenith beacon]

well their first game was published under warner bros so

[rose plover]

I'd love that tbh

[white solar]

Finally someone else who likes the combat in Transistor

[echo ravine]

did people not like it?

[rain salmon]

Are they permanently done with transistor merch?

[white solar]

Its a common opinion

[sage sequoia]

is it though?

[white solar]

Yeah

[rose plover]

I liked as well..it was clean

Breach is my fave, it's so satisfying

[full peak]

no SG will make Hades 3 the persphone farming sim

[dusky folio]

I'd be fine if they were done with sequels. We don't really need a Transistor 2, not even sure how they'd do it since the mechanics of T. started with the events of the game, and ended with the game.

I'd really like for them to get back to story filled self-contained games. With rich music and art. Like Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

Just my opinion tho

[echo ravine]

tbh i agree, the story is done

i just like the combat and just general feel

[sage sequoia]

rogue-lite mode would work well with transistor combat i think

i love the combat but it get repetitive on your sixth playthrough when you have everything unlocked and figured out

[candid vessel]

transistor-like combat solves the problem high heat hades runs into of there being untenably many fast moving hitboxes and poor ways of defending/avoiding and most importantly few ways of kiting/clearing the enemies efficiently

[outer shard]

The problem I found with transistor combat (as someone who loves the game) is that it's so easy to just fall into a set of move builds and just, not change them enough to figure out other variations

[cedar grove]

true true. once you get the real time builds its hard to go back

[orchid trellis]

agreed

[sage sequoia]

yup, i'd love anything that'd force me to change up the build

[zenith beacon]

Yeah credit where credit is due
They tried to make your biggest combos overheat when losing a health bar just to force you to use other stuff

A for effort

C for execution though because halfway through the game I just treated it as a single health bar and just started reloading checkpoints every time I lost a stack lol

I still love the game though

[olive sluice]

i actually was really motivated to change builds frequently to unlock lore

[zenith beacon]

Oh yeah there’s also that

Though it kinda falls apart on NG+ and above

[narrow knoll]

yes! but only if it has mp madgecute

[cedar grove]

After playing so many times, I would switch builds just to 100% all the function combinations

[zenith beacon]

Isn’t there like 3000 of them or something ?

[cedar grove]

i meant more like checking off the lists of combinations

not like actually playing with every function combination possible because that is not feasible

i cant find my old image tho

[agile root]

If anybody can do it, it's you!

[cedar grove]

oh its very small because i guess i deleted it from imgur but this is every function's page with a ✅ under every function ive used with them (which is all of them)

it was a run dedicated to that. maybe more than one

[keen karma]

The humming in Hades II is so... 😭 😭 😭 😭

[sand ivy]

red

also 12 days off from the anniversary!!

[reef pawn]

I KNOW RIGHT? Also the way Mel holds one of the weapons reminds me of Red dragging the Transistor around a lot

[sand ivy]

||yeah the axe||

[orchid trellis]

I KNOW

[zenith beacon]

[zenith beacon]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/638031423340806185/1238043705227608064/IMG_1741.png?ex=663dd98d&is=663c880d&hm=392ff63a6a88bd5534e7a0531e0faeaa9eae5676737489a90f255447657fa29d&

That’s the second most pixelated switch I’ve seen today

[short robin]

I just want to poke my head in here to say I'm loving hades 2 and I love hades a lot and I often feel like I'm the only guy in the United States who loved Pyre but Transistor is my one true love and I will never, ever forget this game and I probably need to do another playthrough. The music. The gameplay. The just-cryptic-enough worldbuildings. All my love, forever.

[sand ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/fnb-get-this-man-a-true-gif-25257480

[nocturne rock]

Started this game not expecting Hades 2 to release. I've absolutely loved it so far, but its hard to play more of it when Hades 2 is so good! Can't want to go back to it though. I want to make a video essay on it. Honestly its such a unique and special game.

[sand ivy]

Transistor is a super short game anyways lol

[glossy wharf]

Transistor makes me emotional

[olive sluice]

Omfg

i JUST discovered that in the turn puzzle (at the very start, the only "puzzle" in the game really), if you just keep interacting with one of the two plates, eventually it opens up

without using turn

incredible

[cedar grove]

LOL yeah

[zenith beacon]

wait hwat

the game just gives up?

[dawn ridge]

Yeah lol

I love how Blue keeps going "hmm"

[arctic rose]

transistor is a piece of art, it's something special to me

[sacred mulch]

If it makes you feel better, it’s not nearly as long as Hades 😆

One of the Hades 2 bosses made me feel like I was playing Transistor again with the background vocals. Absolutely loved it 😊

[arctic rose]

sirens haha

[sacred mulch]

Yeah I was being vague to avoid spoilerish things 😆

[reef pawn]

Bosses with vocals in their themes tend to be my favourites in any game they're present in

[delicate gate]

is this game challenging?

I just no lifed hades 2 and want more of their stuff

[nocturne rock]

The second boss right? That’s about as far as I’ve gotten and that was my first thought as well.

[nocturne rock]

It’s challenging but in a different way. It’s a slower game where you have time to think out what you want to do with the time slow mechanic.

[sacred mulch]

Yup!

[delicate gate]

are there like endgame things? new game plus?

[nocturne rock]

Im not sure. I've been too obsessed with the sudden drop of Hades 2 to finish it! Can't wait to go back though.

[bitter berry]

There is a new game plus from what i remember but it’s more about story and atmosphere than constant fights like hades

Highly recommend if that’s what you are looking for though

[zenith beacon]

i think it's the easiest SGG game by far
it's certainly the shortest one

the biggest challenge here comes from thinking with portals but with... functions
as in - once this system clicks for you and you change your mindset accordingly then it's smooth sailing from there

and NG+ is just a victory lap where you can get repeats of certain functions and just go wild with them

[full peak]

the actual biggest challenge is trying not to get too emotional (I personally failed )

[sand ivy]

^

[inland mirage]

definitely the easiest one to break (||void(cull, tap)|| wins the game)

can get tough if you use all limiters though

but that goes for bastion and pyre too, they aren't hard at all unless you enable idols or titan stars

[zenith beacon]

actually - i can do 10 limiters run without breaking a sweat
bastion though?

the best i did was 7 idols
and my ass is still sore from how hard it got kicked lol

[inland mirage]

I still don't have the 10 idol achievements lol

[cedar grove]

i used guides for the loadouts but i did it

[agile root]

You gotta run Pike + Mortar for 10 idols! It's very nearly unnegotiable

[cedar grove]

but not in casual play

[zenith beacon]

nah nah nah
if i can't beat 10 idols with my beloved machette + musket then im not doing it

[cedar grove]

strangers dream only to die in last wave

[formal furnace]

Whould love to see combat remake and maybe more story of this game. Anyone know if devs were even considering it?

[zenith beacon]

im pretty sure they're neck-deep in hades right now

wait that came out wrong...

you know what i mean

[formal furnace]

Yea, was thinking in like future, 2 or 3 years

When they are done with Hades 2 and have to start new project

[languid trail]

Hades 3

[full peak]

no channel can escape the name of hades

[wispy quiver]

there's a very cool transistor callback in the way the main character carries the axe weapon in hades 2 (and tbh that weapon feels real similar)

[glad perch]

Re-listening the 10 anniversary orchestral show at PAX on youtube and... I just love Ashley Barrett's songs from Transistor

I mean, I love every Korb/Barrett's song, but the Transistor ones are among the best.

[lyric pulsar]

Just today started playing transistor

The sword is sexy

Ope

My gf agrees she wants to boink the sword

[agile root]

Ouchy

[dreamy crow]

I joined this server so that I could give feedback for the Hades 2 early access but I figured while I'm here I may as well gush about Transistor, which is one of my favorite games of all time. I bought it twice and have played through it a BUNCH of times, I still think about it constantly. Every one of supergiant's titles is incredible, no other game studio has a hit rate like this, but transistor has lived in my head rent free from the day i first booted it. My favorite video game soundtrack hands down, absolutely beautiful visual art, a fascinating story whose ending is open to interpretation. All of this not to mention the really engaging way that programs layer on top of one another and combine. What an unbelievable marvel of a game.

[visual sky]

i played transistor for the first time this winter and i’m with you on everything. the psuedo turn based gameplay was really fun and much chiller than i’m used to, especially coming from hades. i want to get a poster + darren korb’s probably going to one of my top artists of the year

[next dune]

So true and same. I really enjoy Hades 1/2 but transistor is special and I wish it got more love

[keen osprey]

The music in Oceanus really makes me wanna replay Transistor.

Especially when dragging around the axe.

[dawn ridge]

I'm so happy we get to hear Ashley hum again

[dawn ridge]

I still regularly dream of finding a new secret or a new area. I don't think I'll ever stop.

[sand ivy]

based opinion + shadowheart profile picture even more based

[dreamy crow]

oh yeah now that I'm back on my Hades bs i should dig up my artemis avatar again thank you for the reminder hahaha

[lean atlas]

Im gonna have to as well. I nearly started crying the first time i got to that area. Transistor holds a dear dear place in my heart

[smoky marten]

it's so lovely for the ambiance

[sturdy basalt]

I’m glad other Transistor fans perked up hearing Ashley humming in another supergiant game, it instantly made me want to boot up my switch and replay Transistor lol

[smoky marten]

it honestly felt like coming home

[peak marsh]

That makes the already stellar soundtrack even better
Honestly I thought I was just imagining things lol

[orchid trellis]

setting sail even

[edgy saddle]

I am once again crying listening to Paper Boats

That is all

Farewell

[wicked swift]

My favorite SG games. Thank you for making it!

[glad perch]

Such a wonderful song

I knew the song already, but when I got to it in the game... Damn, hit me like a freight train.

[agile root]

Hecking context, eh! Really lends the long some oomph

[sand ivy]

10th anniversary is tomorrow!! 🎊

[prime cypress]

No way!! I feel like we should celebrate

[turbid dove]

Happy Birthday to Transistor, the game that introduced me to Supergiant Games. This is an amazing beautiful wonderful game. I love everything about it, the setting, the art, the music, the gameplay, the progression, the story and most importantly the team that made it.

I watched a stream of the game recently, someone who'd never played a Supergiant game before and they couldn't believe that it had come out in 2014, goes to show that the effort put into this game meant that it has staying power beyond your typical game.

Most of all I'm glad that the success of Hades brought new eyes to your prior games because more people need to experience Transistor.

[sand ivy]

Praying for that merch restock 🙏

[west sinew]

Happy anniversary :)

[woeful panther]

Happy ten years!

[agile root]

🔟

[cedar grove]

Transistor rapidly approaching middle school age

[little crystal]

I remember getting transistor when it was on sale for the Nintendo switch back in high school. one of the best decisions 15 year old me made

definitely of the games that made a big change in my life.

so I am grateful it was made and that i was able to play it

[cedar grove]

my favorite game ever ☺️ so glad I played it when I did and that it stuck with me in that way
I don’t have enough words or the right words to express how important it is to me so I’ll just reiterate what crimson said, I’m grateful I was able to play it

[zenith beacon]

TRANSISTOR IS 10 YEARS OLD ALREADY!?

https://tenor.com/view/so-old-gif-27277116

Wtf

When did this happen ?

Oh god bastion is 13
That’s the time between ps1 and ps3

[fair swift]

Happy Anniversary 😭
I will never get over transistor, i guess its that time again to replay it

[zenith beacon]

It could’ve been considered retro if it wasn’t for the industry stagnating so hard

[reef pawn]

Happy birthday, Transistor!

[keen karma]

transistor….. my beloved…….

[vapid thorn]

10 years of greatness

[bronze frigate]

TT ^ TT WE ALL BECOME

what a fantastic game

[dusky folio]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, RED!

[glad perch]

Seconds do indeed march into the past

[sand ivy]

Transistor 10 years 👴

[winter coral]

To commemorate this occasion I'm gonna reveal that I'm planning to make an Auden Cosplay

And if everything works out I will have a full sized Transistor "Sword"

[zenith beacon]

How much storage is it gonna have?

I mean - a flash drive this big has to have at least 10TB, right?

[winter coral]

[inland mirage]

happy transistor day

[dusky folio]

I was hoping to get my Transistor tattoo this past weekend. Gonna have to wait a few months now though

[zenith beacon]

ya know hwat?
it's the 10th anniversary

no hades for me today
gonna play some transistor

[zenith beacon]

oh my god two minutes in and im already getting chills

literal goosebumps

god i missed this game so much

OH MY GOD THE GHOSTS!

ok - help me out here
does transistor actually have those darksoulsy-ghosts of other players or am i just seeing things?

[keen karma]

hhhnnnnggnghngngngng https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7MgIuArglK/

timmcosplay

Happy 10th Anniversary to one of my favourite games of all time, Transistor! I was highly anticipating this game back in 2014, and I couldn't wait for May 20th to roll around. Thank you to @supergiantgames for making such a beautiful game and piece of art!
This time, I threw Royce back on and invited @sewingsillycosplay to do a collaborative vid...

Instagram

[zenith beacon]

@keen karma !
you're just the person i was looking for

you seem to know transistor well

tell - am i just going insane, or am i actually seeing other players?

[inland mirage]

the blue 'ghosts' are other players yeah

[zenith beacon]

i knew it!

cause i remember seeing them shortly after launch and then didn't see any few years later

are those ghosts real-time?

[simple harness]

Holy

[simple harness]

Wait huh

[inland mirage]

no clue actually I don't think they ever clarified that

[zenith beacon]

i think those ghosts were the reason why transistor had some performance issues on day 1

i dunno anymore - we would have to ask the devs, but
i don't wanna bother them

[inland mirage]

the only reason I know that they're other people is because they mentioned it once in some interview

I'm gonna assume they aren't real time though

[zenith beacon]

they could be because i remember one other player humming to the music next to me shortly after launch

[keen karma]

holy moly!!

[zenith beacon]

so it was either a mad coincidence

[oak elm]

it's been already 10 years ? I'm getting old 😦

[zenith beacon]

or they are kinda-sorta real time

[inland mirage]

wish there was an easier way to know for certain the only things I've ever been able to find mentioning it are a rockpapershotgun article and a random steam thread

[zenith beacon]

i saw another player at junction jan's!

[uncut prism]

Transistor is one of the few games I've ever 100%, that's how much I love it. Getting Risk() was Challenging

[chilly elk]

transistor made me upgrade from windows xp to windows 7

[uncut prism]

"Look, whatever you're thinking, do me a favor; don't let go" <- That's my favourite quote in the game

[zenith beacon]

my fave quotes all come from Drunksistor ™️

https://tenor.com/view/drunk-fall-down-stairs-gif-13180785

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1242151945050001418/image.png?ex=664ccba5&is=664b7a25&hm=570d1cf6f8da1da29fbde19051e5b2f6e8ab7faf855eaf02aba7f27da0f94153&

yeah, ok mr. sonic man
you gotta go fast

[dusky folio]

I'll be a bit sad if Supergiant doesn't give Transistor a shout-out on it's 10th birthday

[zenith beacon]

you'll be a...
Sad_Legend

[uncut prism]

it's in #announcements

[dusky folio]

Yes, but apparently I didn't get the notification from Announcements. Was checking it earlier today

[uncut prism]

🙈

[zenith beacon]

holy moly, slow down, Mr. Kasavin
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1242152568457527365/image.png?ex=664ccc3a&is=664b7aba&hm=40de04437cc07d0c448b7c070454e8ae6bdeb26c3d9eb5b89804efeccff2ab6d&

i gotta google-translate what "aplomb" means

[lusty pulsar]

Happy 10 years to Transistor!

[ivory wedge]

Everything about Royce is my favourite thing about Transistor.

And of course, "The Spine."

[stable bronze]

Been waiting years for a restock of the Empty Set concert poster on Fangamer, checked today and it's gone from restock planned to just 404 😭

[zenith beacon]

lmao

I FOUND A BUG!

hang on i gotta it

F10?
more like F10 years too late for that

basically - you can dash through this wall right here like in hades and get to the other side and it messes up the scripting
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1242159905935458456/20240520185554_1.jpg?ex=664cd30f&is=664b818f&hm=2b6b9bdb95aa281ef47786ec8c0330b53728b023b95cd6579061abef919d5d74&

so you have to dash out of there, go around and take the stairs to end up in the same place

[cedar grove]

this is a speedrun strat lol

transistor shirt

[reef pawn]

I'm digging that shirt

[timid cliff]

The new shirt looks sick, just preordered. Happy 10 years Transistor

[zenith beacon]

ok - few things
sybil's fight is still one of the best bossfights i ever played

and two - yeah i figured someone discovered this already
question is - how do speedrunners actually use this bug?
i went in there and bonked against an invisible wall

[zenith beacon]

i wish it came in black too

DUCK!
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1242164355920039996/20240520191237_2.jpg?ex=664cd734&is=664b85b4&hm=62a273f2c7f341d0e9359ede7455ef4cd19cf918d4e004e0a08b6f0b0ad4b4ae&

that's all - just...

[solemn iron]

Just ordered the shirt!

[zenith beacon]

this is... interesting

have you guys read that interview with Logan over at gameinformer?

there's this interesting bit about transistor that goes like this
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1242165478827491418/image.png?ex=664cd840&is=664b86c0&hm=9e31b9709dec0fa1d3cfe34b6b91bbfbd2960eee52b742bfb519073997a7c2f0&

and it made me

i love Logan as blue
i think the voiceacting in this game is near perfect

so it got me thinking
what would Mr. Cunningham want to change there?
and how would that new Blue sound

[solemn iron]

Yeah that interview was super interesting

[zenith beacon]

a lot of artists tend to dislike their early works
seeing them as imperfect and what not

but iunno - i love transistor
it's my fave SGG game
well - almost
hades 2 is looking pretty sweet so far, but i'll have to wait for 1.0 to make that call

[gritty pagoda]

woahhh, new transistor shirt!!!

It looks sooo good imo!

[zenith beacon]

well - everything transistor-related looks good

im replaying it right now and man...
10 years in and this game still looks drop-dead gorgeous

just...

https://tenor.com/view/thirsty-oh-my-god-omg-gif-22768648

this kinda reminds me about the stink some people raised about Red's old running animation in the reveal trailer

i kinda liked it

[stiff finch]

Happy 10th anniversary to this gem

[zenith beacon]

oh my god - i never noticed this
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1242177056645578902/image.png?ex=664ce308&is=664b9188&hm=d1d37cfbcd863d86ad1c2dc064162abe0cea7ec7977c1acd2cfe38846d78d5a1&

this number just keeps going up

[winter coral]

Transistor will probably always be one of my favorite games
Like
I love everything about this game
From the Soundtrack to it's Artstyle, Story and Gameplay
And also all it's faults and weaknesses
As much as I love Hades and Pyre (and Bastion), Transistor is the SGG game that will always have a special place in my heart

[zenith beacon]

oh yeah same

is it flawed?
sure
is it short and easy? oh yeah

and as that noclip doc showed - making it wasn't all that easy either

but i still love it to bits

[winter coral]

I love that it's short
In a time when everyone wants to spend hundreds of hours in every single game, having a game that is short but still so memorable is a blessing imo

[zenith beacon]

oh in that way - yeah, totally

but what i meant is that - i'd love to see more optional challenges
or more robust NG+ or something, you know?

something that wouldn't make your first run grindy but would let you play around with those mechanics a bit more

[winter coral]

Yeah I can see that

[zenith beacon]

welp
first death of the run

i thought i had a nice little setup but then the next encounter happened and i wasn't able to kill a single enemy

[gritty maple]

happy anniversary transistor 💛 so glad this game is loved by so many

[frail pivot]

Damn 10 years! One of my favourite games, happy anniversary!

[solemn iron]

My list currently is:
Hades 2 (I love it so much already)

Hades (it’s what got me into SGG and has made a forever fan

Transistor (yall already know if your in this channel)

Pyre (the storytelling and music is superb)

Bastion (I love bastion but I love the others a bit more, I love zulfs theme and the credits theme)

Sorry for that my WiFi died

[solemn iron]

Meant to respond to this lol

But yeah transistor is so good

I was literally so shocked at the ending I was speechless lol

[zenith beacon]

my current list goes something like this

1. transistor/hades 2 (jury's still out on this one)
2. bastion/hades 1 (i love them both)
3. pyre - not because it's bad, mind you (it gave me more feels in 20 hours than hades in 200), but because i absolutely suck at it

whenever i play pyre im like

https://tenor.com/view/scaler-create-impact-dog-coding-programming-gif-25011983

[solemn iron]

That’s fair lol I’ve only seen people who say pyre is too easy or too hard

[zenith beacon]

the hardest thing about pyre is explaining it to someone who never played it

[zenith beacon]

yeah i have some really hot takes about the ending of transistor

[solemn iron]

Did you like it or na?

[zenith beacon]

oh i like it a lot
but for completely different reasons

i didn't like it at first but then i did a complete 180 after NG+

calse loops

SGGs sure love loops in their stories

[solemn iron]

Fr lol

[zenith beacon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1242193744208335052/3064298_0.jpg?ex=664cf293&is=664ba113&hm=c1dbed84aacdc82cc3a9a062dc8229b8949739a024621dade2f204fc451c716c&

why is that cat so round

[solemn iron]

Funnily enough I’m doing a python certification exam tomorrow and have to study recursion lol

[zenith beacon]

ROTUND

YEAH

that's it
that's the ticket to solving this puzzle that is transistor's story

[solemn iron]

Just got to play the game to study

[zenith beacon]

oh you're laughing but that's literally what happened to me

10 years ago...
i think it was my last year at highschool or first year at uni

i remember sitting there and i was actually learning about recursive functions and then it clicked for me

like a lightbulb went above my head and i went THAT'S IT!

"that's why red shishkebab'd herself at the end"

[winter coral]

Btw
If you have any suggestions or know anyone who has done this feel free to hit me up
I do have plans on how to do things, but I'm still very inexperienced when it comes to Cosplay and Cosmaking

[solemn iron]

Thats awesome lol

Listening to old friends rn, Darren korb is amazing

[zenith beacon]

but yeah - i was so impressed by bastion and transistor at the time that i've send SGGs an email (written in... borderline broken english lol) where i went on one of my trademarked rants about how awesome and inspirational those games are and how they restored my faith in gaming and other cheesy crap like that
basically - the stuff i write over at #video-games every other week or so now
and since i don't really do social media, the only email adress i found was the tech support one

and i don't know who got that email but Amir actually replied like the next day and i was like ayyyyy

good times

god - 10 years

that's the time between doom 2...
and freaking half life 2

absolutely insane

[solemn iron]

Supergiant is so cool for interacting so much

[zenith beacon]

oh yeah

it's rare to see absolute rockstars staying so humble and down to earth after so many success stories

[solemn iron]

Fr

[zenith beacon]

well - mostly successful, anyway
i have a feeling pyre didn't sell so well, but that's just my hunch

[fervent tulip]

Happy 10 year anniversary 😭😩🫰🏽

[solemn iron]

Prob didn’t sell amazingly but def has a cult following (in a good way)

[zenith beacon]

oh yeah it has a small and dedicated fanbase

there's like a handful of people who actually can play it well lmao

[solemn iron]

I grinded to beat 10 titan stars to 100% it and then my skill plummeted lol

[zenith beacon]

seriously - im gonna replay pyre on it's anniversary in about 3 years
and i'm just gonna spend most of my time there fumbling with buttons
good thing you can lose every rite and still get to the end

[zenith beacon]

oh yeah - i remember turning just two of those on and i got my ass kicked so hard i'm still sore when sitting down

im so bad at it

[solemn iron]

The titan stars are wild

Honestly so are limiters

They both do a lot in a single modifier

[zenith beacon]

i find limiters easy

i find transistor in general kinda easy

[solemn iron]

That’s why I like heat so much, it’s more customizable

[solemn iron]

Yeah I grew on em

Found em really hard at first

[silent tiger]

transistor was such an amazing game when it came out that i finished it twice from start to finish and once with like an 100% complete run and max difficulty the final boss fight still lives rent free in my head

happy anniversary

[zenith beacon]

man
i love the drunksistor

[zenith beacon]

welp
today was fun

it was nice seeing this channel so active again

but i gotta bail
see you in another 10 years, i guess

[quiet arrow]

I missed all the celebrations bc I was out but ooooh my lord

[zenith beacon]

well
hop into the game and you might even see other players running around

[quiet arrow]

If it weren't for Transistor, my absolutely favorite game still to date I wouldn't be here today

[zenith beacon]

i saw quite a few
haven't seen this much traffic around junction jan's and highrise in ages

[quiet arrow]

I'm still on the go and will probably fall into bed once I'm home

But I'm glad to see other folk are celebrating

I still wanna redo my Royce cosplay once I understand how to work with LEDs

[rose plover]

10 years old. What a ride! What a game! One of my faves. - still remember when I first played. Red was such a remarkable character. This game is a masterpiece.

https://tenor.com/view/red-transistor-red-supergiant-games-transistor-game-gif-12952491126418338255

[rose plover]

This part lol

[red spear]

TRANSISTOR BIRTHDAY!

YAAAY

[keen karma]

and we finally get sybil merch... (kinda)

[red spear]

i just preordered the shirt, finally something sybil related

10 years of sybil wow! cannot believe it

[quiet arrow]

10 years of me being a Royce fan (holds him up like a potato)
I just think he's neat

[red spear]

ur so real for that

[quiet arrow]

I'm still a little mad we never got that sequence in the Process world but I also understand they never wanted to explain them explicitly (I'm foaming at the mouth for more og games SGG lore)

Greek myth stuff is fun bc you can interpret more fun things into them but I miss the Eldritch horrors of Pyre and the existentialism of Transistor

[quartz geyser]

One of the few games I did a cosplay for. I threw together a boxer cosplay that I only ever wore to the one event. Two people recognized it haha.

[agile root]

A reply from the Amir himself 👀

[cedar grove]

i got into transistor (and other sg games following) a year after transistor released, so 9 years of my longest standing interest in anything and a very special game to me

[kindred ferry]

happy 10th to dear old Transistor, one of those games i'll be thinking about for the rest of my life

[quiet arrow]

I remember it came out around the same time as Mario kart 8 back on Wii U
I was excited but ultimately let down by that
And then I got Transistor which I remember I tried to play with lights out
Always for the atmosphere
It was amazing

[coarse token]

I can see more traces of Transistor and Bastion in Hades 2 😄

squirts are back and we get those enemies that spawn more creatures

[languid trail]

NEW SHIRT and my boy is on it!

[dusky folio]

I will say that i appreciate that they seemed to have woven a lot more of the main story throughout Hades II. thats what i loved about SGG games so much was the story with the art, music, voice acting, and game play. The first Hades kinda missed on me because of how long it took to really make story progress, you had to get through to the end to get anywhere, it felt like. The only mark I have against Hades 2 is the same as 1: While the music feels very Hades, it doesn't frequently evoke parts of Hades. The other games, pretty much all the songs can evoke certain parts of the story and environs

[cedar grove]

I replayed transistor recently, but I’m replaying it again now…. Love this game so much. Sososo much

[jolly radish]

happy birthday to royce bracket in particular (he doesn't deserve it)

[cedar grove]

Happy birthday to him……

Just finished the game again… in just under 4 hours of one sitting ;__;
With all the time I spent with this game, I just wish I could experience it again for the first time. Though I feel like my awe of it never fades. It’s always a “comfort game” to replay when I need something familiar

[agile root]

You're gonna give Red stomach cramps from having her eat pizza then having her zoooom through the rest of the game!

[cedar grove]

no flatbread for her, then :(

[agile root]

Noooo that's even worse

[rose plover]

Can I just say that sound when u reach a portal lives in my mind rent free. Idk but it makes feel so techy

It's such a cool sound

[cedar grove]

We can never win 😔

[orchid trellis]

i cant but its ok thats the fun part!!

[pulsar bone]

Happy 10th Anniversary!

Transistor was one of the first games I ever owned on Steam. I think I was 12 when I played it for the first time. Though all of the Supergiant games are special to me, none of the others have left such a lasting impact on me in the same way that Transistor has. It may not be as critically renowned as Hades, but it will always be my favorite Supergiant game (Bastion is a close second though).

For me, the best part about the game is its soundtrack. Even 10 years after its release, I'm still listening to it --- both the instrumental and vocal tracks alike. I've probably listened to the soundtrack so many times that I know the track listing by heart. More recently, I've been making full transcriptions/arrangements of my favorite songs from the game and doing so has helped me realize how much I love making music. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this game has helped me discover one of my passions.

Also, Transistor's birthday is only two days away from my own, so that's a fun coincidence.

Keep making awesome games, Supergiant! You guys have always been a huge part of my life and you never cease to inspire me.

[tribal marlin]

Happy birthday, Transistor.

We are like paper boats, floating in a stream, and it would seem we'll never be apart.

[steel elk]

Loved the world and the atmosphere that this game created. Of all Supergiant games this one just always has the most interesting "mood" to it!

[agile root]

Moar art nouveau games, pls and thanks

[livid perch]

Happy birthday Transistor!!!!
been wanting to play Transistor, any tips before I do so?

[keen karma]

bring tissues

[quiet arrow]

Prepare for Hades 1, day 1 early access Dashes

(If you know you know)

[white solar]

Happy birthday Transistor

I failed you Transistor... I wasn't able to make something in time...

[small briar]

Me neither 😭

[white solar]

Im still gonna make something but it will be late unfortunately... the paper boat will have sailed

[zenith beacon]

You have…
NO IDEA how much effort it takes to keep myself from making dumb jokes about this post

[keen karma]

noooo

[pulsar lily]

SHIRT

yellow really isn't my color though 😭

[keen karma]

it could be ...

[zenith beacon]

Yeah same

I would totally buy it if it came in black

Or AT LEAST very dark blue

That’s as far as I can go in terms of colors on my clothes

[keen karma]

might need to go L in this one, I only found out later that most merch shirts (back when i bought them) were usually M though most 'fashun' tops on me are xs/s...

get a splash of color in!!

[zenith beacon]

Hell no

Never

[keen karma]

your name is literally yellow!

[zenith beacon]

No

It’s Bim

[keen karma]

ah sorry i'm colorblind

[zenith beacon]

welp
back to my current transistor run

oh look!
transistor is now officially an im-sim
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1242506479328690368/image.png?ex=664e15d5&is=664cc455&hm=3486cb975f69da47acfcc9c107a9c553ff9bdb7d9af5a5ed515b6d3e3b12caa1&

[zenith beacon]

maaaaan
how is this game still so pretty?

[zenith beacon]

haaaaang on a minute
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1242520426761162784/image.png?ex=664e22d2&is=664cd152&hm=beebcbd8b78354ef71cb95b0c9dd7f686975f9ae4822a19f1037ed1c956fae72&

is that the bastion hammer?

[woeful panther]

Oh!!! That’d be a fun callback!

[zenith beacon]

wouldn't be the first one

red has some bastion merch at her place

[zenith beacon]

I used Crash()...

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1242553222749618278/image.png?ex=664e415d&is=664cefdd&hm=be4d09f801af0b06a90be03e84d8916beab8f2a4a85cea7be08a6e4e4ee529d7&

it crashed the whole damn game

[keen karma]

Uwaga!

[zenith beacon]

i just saw another player!

heading to one of those jumppads in fairview

[zenith beacon]

aaaaaaaaaaaand done!
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638031423340806185/1242566140463546468/20240521215141_1.jpg?ex=664e4d65&is=664cfbe5&hm=bde4aa8f2695b2c320adcc16b315962fb2562811bbcfbff153dbf289c06a43b5&

god, what a ride

this game aged like fine wine

10 years in and there's still so, so much to talk about
and so much to discover

i am still utterly fascinated by cloudbank and how it operates
and there are still some parts of the story i don't quite understand

but that's fine
it's certainly the most "brainy" SGG story, and yet at the same time a lot of it is symbolic and up for personal interpretation

i'd rather have a story like this where even 10 years in it makes me go
instead of a wookiepedia-styled lore dump that leaves nothing to imagination a month after release

is it perfect? far, far from it
especially not with all those wild haircuts at the end that make old glam rock gigs look tame in comparison

but im happy with the way it is now
especially after seeing that noclip doc - apparently this game had a lot of growing pains

[agile root]

AD probably lurking like

[zenith beacon]

i doubt any of the devs will see this - seeing how they're all busy with hades stuff, but i still have to say this
Once again - thank you for this wholly unique, one of a kind experience.
even 10 years in there's nothing quite like it.

[zenith beacon]

hey
in this run those haircuts were a straight up instakill

i haven't seen haircuts this deadly since my last woodstock

...in 2012...
god im old

also - sidenote
seeing cloudbank getting all processed at the end there is one of the reasons why i would love to see a SGG horror game

[agile root]

SGG: The Backrooms

[zenith beacon]

that's where they keep all their Darrens

[heavy willow]

Paper boats playing in the credits after Red ||strikes herself with Transistor to see her fiance|| hits me even now. Happy birthday Transistor

[cedar grove]

i see someone didnt put bounce() on passive 👀

[zenith beacon]

i did

actually - i found the best way to deal wit them was to use...
switch()

and send them back to their former owners

[pulsar lily]

my daily discovery on tidal has We All Become on it 😌

[alpine badge]

Dear Transistor,

I am very sorry I went 10 years without playing you. My bad.

Sincerely, a new fan

[gaunt atlas]

"Look, whatever you’re thinking, do me a favor; don’t let go"

Played and finished the game today, my god the heartache.

[viscid finch]

whats transistor about 👀

might be interested in getting it next

[zenith beacon]

It’s this weird mix between a… slightly janky hack n slash and a delightful short-burst turn based strategy game about a singer who lost her voice and her bf/husband who’s nothing but just a voice

Set in one of the most gorgeous and interesting fictional cities ever made

Great music
Great art
Great vibes
Logan Cunningham spends 30% of the game pretending to be drunk

That’s about it

And all of it comes wrapped in one of my fave stories that’s near impossible to fully understand on your first run

[winter coral]

Finally pre-ordered the Anniversary Shirt

[glad perch]

I'll add another couple of things about "what's Transistor about" and they are...

• One of the best homages to art deco and art nouveau I've ever seen (especially in a game)
• One of the best cyberpunk-y concepts, executed with a very "light" touch that doesn't sit there and explain everything to you
• The music and the songs. Oh my. Yes we already mentioned them. But they're that good.

[zenith beacon]

oh yeah

also free pizza, great pubs, open-heart surgery "honey i shrunk the kids"-style and one of the best bossfights ever put into a videogame

whoever asked what's transistor about is gonna be really confused after reading this

[white solar]

https://x.com/SiliCell/status/1793675092209406115
Finished

SiliCell 🤖 (Commissions closed) (@SiliCell) on X

Been super busy so I had to speedrun this fanart, but here's my tribute to #transistor's 10th anniversary!

One of my favorite games of all time and the one that made me start drawing.

In this piece, Red goes to the movies. I wonder what film they saw? 🤔

#supergiantgames

Twitter · May 23, 2024, 4:07 PM

[zenith beacon]

oh this looks great

i like the detail of red actually wearing blue's jacket
before he - you know - got shiskebab'd by the camerata

[white solar]

Thats a nice way to put it

and thanks!

[agile root]

One wonders how badly Blue gets rattled throughout the game from Red dragging him along the ground, swinging him, slamming him into things, etc

whee! whee!

[zenith beacon]

oh yeah there's some dialogue about it in the game

[agile root]

I didn't remember that 👀 Now I must search

[zenith beacon]

basically ||in the first drunksistor bit he goes like "y-ya wanna know what i hate more than stairs?"||
||nothing.||
||right now? nothing||

and you end up draggin him through like three flights of stairs

i wish he had an animation of going bonk bonk bonk on every step

[agile root]

Thanks for this LOL

[zenith beacon]

thank mr. Kasavin for writing this line lol

[simple harness]

One of my fav ||drunk transistor moments is him singing we all become||

[zenith beacon]

WHAT

WHERE!?

[simple harness]

Idk what triggers it

[zenith beacon]

also i love that one bit where he goes like "y-yuo iknow i love you, right? "
"it's... true! "

[simple harness]

Pretty sure is the first time but he just did that randomly

[zenith beacon]

boi haven't we all been there

[simple harness]

https://youtu.be/4ckhuItMewg?t=23m3s found a clip

[zenith beacon]

oh that's cool

[simple harness]

I think he also hums it if you change one of the volume settings?

[zenith beacon]

honestly though - i still don't quite understand this whole drunksistor thing

like - why does ||the spine make him act like that?||

[glad perch]

I think it's left vague on purpose. For sure all ||spines|| seem to have that effect. Maybe they are ||process creatures|| so big they disrupt the Transistor's "interface"

[zenith beacon]

since cloudbank ||isn't really real|| i've hard some people comparing it to the internet backbone

i mean - it is a spine, after all

but how that relates to anything is beyond me

[keen karma]

uuuuhhh interference (i won't elaborate)

[zenith beacon]

please do

[keen karma]

no

[rancid rose]

Either way, it was funni seeing drunk sword

I thought the lyrics would clear things up, but not really

[haughty root]

i don’t remember this in detail. but, maybe when the spine is threatened it consumes most of the simulations processing power. and since the transistor itself is a sophisticated device it slows down and becomes drunk to compensate for a lack of cpu time.

[zenith beacon]

the transistor itself is a sophisticated device it slows down and becomes drunk
nah that's not it

im far from being sophisticated and i still tend to slow down and become drunk

[rancid rose]

Could it just be that the sword just doesn't have enough functions and memory at that point in the game, hence the drunk aspect of it?

[zenith beacon]

i don't think it's that either because it happens twice

the second time is right at the end where you're at peak power

[rancid rose]

Oh yeah you're right, forgot about that

[zenith beacon]

but see what i meant when i said it's the most brainy sgg story?
we're 10 years in and we still can't figure out what the second boss means

[rancid rose]

Maybe if SGG has a Q&A thingy, someone should ask about the second boss

[glad perch]

Man, I was so gung-ho during the ||spine|| fight that I realized today the exact shape of the creature, or at least the top end ||(a massive human-like body with a shock of long hair, similar to a giant Man process). It also has the stabby tail, but somehow I didn't really see the shoulders the first time around.||

I might be a bit daft 😜

[gaunt atlas]

Play it blind like I did, for the big owies

[viscid finch]

LOL?

Thank you for the replies

[bitter berry]

anyone else preorder the new shirts! bought it immediately

[cedar grove]

i want it so bad but im trying to be financially responsible

sooooooo bad

[sand ivy]

I did, super excited for whenever it arrives

[rancid rose]

I would've, but I don't like to wear yellow that often

[keen karma]

I remember being at a campsite as a kid while they had a beetle problem and they‘d fly onto anything yellow… (our plates were yellow)

[orchid trellis]

i wanted to! but havent tet

yet*

[zenith beacon]

is that why the beatles were so happy singing about a submarine?

cause it was yellow?

[mint swift]

transistor is one of the few videogames that have ever made me cry. both when ||the transistor is first malfunctioning||, and ||them reuiniting in the country at the end.||

easily one of my three favorite games of all times, alongside Majoras Mask and New Vegas.

[keen karma]

is there a parallel world where all the people are swords that are getting stabbed by humans

[frail gazelle]

checked out the annib shirt but i wish it wasnt yellow

also looks like Fangamer no longer carried the cloudbank tee? ive been waiting for ages for ti to come back in stock 😦

[formal estuary]

I **just **saw the 10 year anniversary message 😔
I'm not among the ones that played when it released but I did play it almost four years ago and instantly got hooked on all SGG's stuff

certainly deserves another replay despite playing it like three times already and getting that hundo% on steam

tbh it's my favorite of the bunch due to the high-tech high-life aesthetic that makes it stand out within the sci-fi/cyberpunk artstyle space, and no ost gets me happy like Gateless

one of my favorite moments is when ||sybil starts singing along during the fight itself after the first phase||

[full peak]

But the music do

Twisted transistor

[old matrix]

I wish they would put out those transistor flash drives again

I was a fool years ago and kept forgetting to grab one

[visual sky]

also trying to be financially responsible and hold off until june, unless i see they start running out of sizes

[visual sky]

i'd be a sucker for a poster of some kind

[spark warren]

Same, if it was black or many other not-that-shade options it'd make the other colors pop so much more 😔

[west sinew]

Me just learning about that rn OMG I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT IT SOONER

[old matrix]

I was always broke at the time and now I can't find it anywhere

[west sinew]

Seems like its release coincided with the PAX that year so I doubt it’s available anymore especially 10 years later

[old matrix]

Oh definitely, I pray they see our tears and re-release it, but I dont have much hope

But it would be cool to do it for the anniversary

[spark warren]

i don't know where mine is rn but i got one at pax east back in the day

[old matrix]

I mean if you found it and were interested in selling it hmu lol 👀

[spark warren]

oh no i very much love having it haha

it's just not right in front of me on my desk so i can't snap a pic or whatever

[cedar grove]

i got it but i missed out on some other merch...

it straight up haunts me lol my collection... it will be forever incomplete....

[rancid rose]

I'm so glad I bought mine when I did. Still using it.

[gaunt atlas]

There were transistor flash drives? and I don't have one? I'm screaming

[hushed yoke]

Dang I’d love one

[solemn iron]

The Ghost of Supergiant Past

[inland arch]

Royce’s voice reminds me of Harlan Ellison

[dry elk]

Did they get rid of all their transistor merch?

[prime cypress]

SG has kinda gone through a weird saga with different merch providors. My impression is that they handled a lot of it in-house for a while, and it caused a lot of strain on the teams that handled it. The move over to FanGamer saw a lot of the catalog getting trimmed, and tragically that included most/all of the non-Hades merch.

[dry elk]

genuine suffering

[prime cypress]

I understand it tbh. As fans we have a lot of "shut up and take my money" but they're mostly in the business of making games. Maybe once H2 hits full release we'll see some back-log getting fulfilled, but I imagine that pretty much every employee has their hands quite full at the moment lol.

[pulsar lily]

I'm glad I got the Red figure at PAX when I did, at least

[prime cypress]

Blessed to have a Concert Poster decorating my walls

[alpine badge]

So one of my favorite parts of the Hades soundtrack is the duality of many of the tracks. The zones have a more acoustic feel and the bosses have the rock version.

I like to think Darren’s genesis for that concept came with Transistor’s singing/humming versions of its tracks. So cool.

[full peak]

it's not financially irresponsible to buy anything transistor

[dawn ridge]

https://us.super-groupies.com/blogs/feature/hades-01-watch-jacket-bag-new-collaboration-items

I'd pay upwards of $500 for a watch/jacket from transistor

[orchid trellis]

i technically own the transistor jacket for my red cosplay lmao

[radiant gyro]

ive wanted to make the Sword to cosplay Red for years so I can use it to practice working with an Arduino board, but I also don't think trying to hook up a speaker and reactive lights at the same time is the best place to start 🥲

[visual sky]

that sounds like a very fun project tho