but like, at some point its nothing but men and thats when you want big single target damage
#transistor
calm jackal
full peak
You're right.
calm jackal
they uncloak for 1 second and then you destroy them in a single turn and then you have a good time
full peak
I may have tinkered at that point, 'cause Void into Cull still nukes your entire meter, and there's more efficient ways to blow up Men.
calm jackal
otherwise that last part of the game is a nightmare
full peak
First time through I definitely stuck with it, Cull never left my kit after I picked it up.
calm jackal
i was admittedly not very creative in my first run... i was running crash and breach and spark the whole way through, with varying upgrades
its good to backstab a man
wise folio
is there a man-themed limiter?
calm jackal
theres a limiter for every enemy... lemme see what the man one is
superiority: the process will spawn in greater numbers
wise folio
oh boy
that'll be fun
imagine being one of the people who turn off limiters lol
I can't bring myself to do it
calm jackal
MOST of the limiters are fun and enjoyable
the one where you lose 6 memory is ROUGH and leads to less creative builds
but the real awful one is the one where removing a function overloads it
wise folio
creativity is for chumps
just bash your face against the wall when you lose, and then try the same thing again until you win
calm jackal
you can beat the entirety of transistor with spark(switch)
but it is mindnumbingly boring
white solar
I find that Cull isn't that good when you find out about other builds
personally the best combination ever is Void() + Crash and Get with Tap() + Breach and Get
Tap() + Breach and Get does a maximum of 375 damage without void, and with void as a passive it's around 468. You can basically spam void and Tap to clear the whole game without ever using Turn
hushed yoke
Is the new game + here worth it?
inland mirage
yeah
I mean the story doesn't change ||excluding one line|| but you have more options from the getgo
hushed yoke
Also, I just read in #supergiant-games and where in transistor are people gay? I never noticed
Idc, I just think it's weird that people are stating how obvious it is when I didn't notice it at all
cedar grove
asher and grant kendrell are married, and sybil is stated to have been infatuated with red
you have to really read the function descriptions for sybil, but i think asher and grant are a bit more obvious
still, a lot of people seem to have missed it
inland mirage
tbh I didn't pick up on it the first time I played
but also the first time I played I had no clue what was happening lol
wispy stratus
a lot of the plot and details are a bit out of the way or subtle
manic lava
tbh i wish asher and grant's relationship was more obvious for stuff like this
hushed yoke
People kept mentioning Red and I was like, wait isn't that her boyfriend she's carrying around the whole game?
But now that makes sense
It's only Sybil and then the two dudes
inland mirage
I mean their relationship is vague but so is like...the entire plot lol
hushed yoke
I really like it that way though
stoic pine
Transistor is just too vague overall for me to be a satisfying story. It is both too specific to let me enjoy my own imagination, and too nebulous for me to grasp onto any strong characters and themes to really enjoy and dive into. It's got some good moments but I never felt like the moments pulled the whole story together in a tight bow. More like a bunch of cool vignettes that the devs enjoyed
lunar mesa
sybil's was a bit more obivous than kendrells to me
white solar
^
languid trail
The first time Asher is talking about Grant, the way he was talking, I was like 'people have to be shipping these two'. Then I saw they had the same last name in the function descriptions and died from glee.
calm jackal
Grant... can't talk right now because... he isn't well
jolly radish
yeah the backstory in asher's profile describes how he met grant when he was doing a story for the ovc
and i guess they just hit it off from there 
cunning plaza
Aw! I love happy endi- wait, nevermind 
jolly radish
it was happy for... a while, i guess 
cunning plaza
Maybe they are happy in The Country? Like Red and Mr. Nobody 
inland mirage
grant: indirectly responsible for killing everyone
asher to cloudbank: yeah my bad
cunning plaza
Asher knows that, as a couple, they should share the pain 
inland mirage
I just like that asher's confession can be shortened to "whoops!" and it has the same meaning
cunning plaza
Imagine Asher telling Red "Whoops!" when she demands answers and Red goes like 
pulsar lily
🗡️
little pagoda
Angry Red scares me
manic lava
angry red will mess you up
hoary heath
I love this game so much that I got a sleeve tattoo of the game, this game is so important to me. Thank you supergiant for everything you have created.
cold girder
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/351166263772446722/719357133820264488/IMG_20200608_030819.png
I prefer Smug Red
lunar mesa
yes
woven spruce
😏
lunar mesa
same image
cunning plaza
Isn't that the restroom picture?
white solar
yeah that's my favorite still from the game
calm jackal
Perhaps our worst sin is you will get no justice. For now we all share the same sentence.
keen karma
It is pretty cool!
inland mirage
I remember watching his skyrim animations, his Red looks so nice
green yoke
hi all! Fan of Bastion and ultra fan of Hades.
I normally don't love turn based games. Should I give it a try?
stone shoal
Yes definitely, transistor isn't turn based in the traditional sense, so your best bet is to either watch a bit of gameplay or jump straight in and give it a shot
green yoke
tbh, there is a really good deal for the switch, so I might just try it
I feel like I'm cheating... $4.79
stone shoal
Ayyy that's a real good deal
keen karma
Hey you can always buy it multiple times on platforms you don‘t even have ;———)
green yoke
You know what I'll hate? If saves from Hades don't transfer from my pc to my switch
grand aspen
Don't expect them to
still zealot
Cross-platform doesnt usually work like that
wispy stratus
Could always try steam link if you wanna play on the go
inland mirage
I think Divinity: Original Sin 2 is the only game to have cross-save on switch afaik
wispy stratus
crashlands has cross-saves with its mobile version
that's like the only game i know that does that
tis a cool feature though
mellow bone
Just here to throw my hat onto the "I love Transistor" pile, it remains my favourite game by supergiant by a large margin and is one of my favourite games ever.
wispy stratus
You should go get the transistor role
edgy saddle
Picking a favourite supergiant game is not easy, Good Job!
stone shoal
That's why I picked all of them 🙂
edgy saddle
Big brain
stone shoal
I'm just indecisive 
wispy stratus
same
edgy saddle
Or they all are just that great
white solar
wait, are the roles supposed to represent our favorite games? 🤔
near wagon
or games that you have played
white solar
Ah okie
grand aspen
I just like the colour
wise folio
wouldn't you actually get a better ending in transistor if you let the final boss kill you, and then turned off the game and never came back?
pulsar lily
since sword boyfriend seems to be silent/absent during the final battle... i'm gonna go with no
near wagon
considering that sword bf would still meet Red that way and not because of the ending, the happiness point should still apply
pulsar lily
Everyone in Cloudbank's dead either way, unfortunately... it felt pretty clear that the transistor couldn't bring them back
Makes you wonder how Royce would have actually fared if he did win. Sure, he'd be able to shape the city to his liking and not get it voted out, but no one's there to appreciate it
calm jackal
yeah i think he wouldve ended up the same way, after a while
he builds a big minimalism castle and then gets bored
near wagon
he can probably make new humans somehow, or at least new lively processes
white solar
The ending would probably be like the movie Dark City (1998) had Royce won.
Spoilers for Dark City
||He has control over Cloudbank and can manipulate it to his will, but it's empty. It's a lonely existence.||
little pagoda
Shelter by Porter Robinson and Madeon but there's no happy memories to keep him company
edgy saddle
I found it super trippy and scary that the new game+ is essentially taking place in the transistor
white solar
I never liked the theory that every recursion Red just goes deeper into the transistor and has to repeat the whole thing again endless times
because I just want them to be happy 🥺 
stone shoal
the good thing about the ending of transistor and recursions, it's all up to the users interpretation ^_^
white solar
Yep and my interpretation is Red and sword bf make a bunch of country babies the end :)
stone shoal
niceu ^_^ sounds like a perfectly good interpretation to me
pulsar lily
sword bf would be the undisputed king of dad jokes
edgy saddle
Absolutely
little pagoda
Asher and grant will get more cats
glossy epoch
Hi Guys, I have a question regarding soundtrack, do you know if there is a version of “coasting” with only guitar? I love the chill vibes of it, but the beat is sometimes distracting from it
stone shoal
I don't think so, there's the ost version and a version with red humming
And those are the only versions I'm aware of
daring narwhal
Beat this game for like the 5th time today. First time on Switch though, thanks to the sale. Still one of my favorite games of all time. Thanks, Supergiant team. What a game.
white solar
Seconds march into the past...
grand aspen
the moments pass
white solar
And just like that they're gone
grand aspen
the river always finds the sea
white solar
So helplessly
grand aspen
Like you find me
white solar
We are paper boats floating on a stream
grand aspen
And it would seem
white solar
We'll never be apaartt
grand aspen
I will aaaalllwaaays find yooou
white solar
Like it's.. wriittenn in the staaarss
grand aspen
You can run, but you caaaaann't hiiiiide
white solar
Tryyyy-yy-yyy
grand aspen
Like the moon that makes the tides
white solar
That silent guidee (i always thought it was that silent guy lol)
grand aspen
Is calling from inside
white solar
And pull me here and push me there
grand aspen
It's everywhere
white solar
Hanging in the aair..
grand aspen
We are... magnets pulling from different poles
white solar
With no control...
peak trout
WE'LL NEVER BE APAAAAAART
grand aspen
I will aaaaaallllllwaaaaayyys find you
white solar
You cann runnn but youu cannntt HIIDEE
peak trout
TRYYYYYYYY
grand aspen
I will always, always find you
white solar
teng tingy teng tenininining (the string instrument thing)
peak trout
Yeeep
wise folio
it might still be going if not for me
edgy saddle
Nah its already gone at this point 
white solar
sad fading strings part plays
vast tangle
Pretty sure you guys straight up missed some lyrics too
As a fellow transistor fan I feel great shame
Plus you didn’t swap the you out for we
Smh
keen karma
The Club of Fellow Transistor Fans™️ is appalled and disgusted
calm jackal
It's really you... come all this way
cunning plaza
I wonder if anyone would be bold enough to make a StepMania of We all Become
near wagon
that would be too hard to play because it'll be hard to see the screen with all the tears
little pagoda
Ive been thinking of making one of impossible
stone shoal
oooh niceu
little pagoda
But that would def be a RIP to my hands
Cause im not very good at the game despite owning it for years
And my leggy would be even less impressive
pulsar lily
https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/18449377 my fandragon is even better now that you can name familiars
now they just need to release a city-ish background...
(well, also if the accent I used didn't come with black head-feathers that'd be better, but the wing part of it was the inspiration to dress up a Red dragon in the first place so)
ruby tusk
Hello everyone ! I was wondering if it is still possible to buy the vinyl of Transistor's OST somehow. It would be wonderful for a friend's birthday ! Thank you all
manic lava
the store is closed currently, but it's likely you'll be able to find something on ebay
ruby tusk
Oh, okay thx !
elfin wagon
watching my partner play the ending of transistor
oh dear
"i don't know what you said, this ending isn't bad at all"
to clarify, this was before they witnessed ||Red, yknow... dying.||
lunar mesa
oh no
elfin wagon
even though i will be a titanium wall towards ANY other game
Transistor's ending, even after the third time
still makes me bawl
lunar mesa
it really do
and then || royce's voice at the beginning or recurrsion|| scares me every time
elfin wagon
Hey, Red..? We're not gonna get away with this, are we?
cunning plaza
So what was their reaction after they witnessed that?
hushed yoke
idk why everyone says they cry. Like there are very few emotionally touching things in games that would make me cry
dark umbra
Could be exaggeration.
And everyone has different "crying" tolerance.
Someone cries knowing swans can be gay.
Others don't shed a tear when their parents pass.
kind pasture
Very true
cunning plaza
Someone cries knowing swans can be gay.
@dark umbra This is amusing
pulsar lily
different people are different, nothing wrong with that
white solar
Well people are often moved to tears from beautiful pieces of music alone. Transistor's ending had beautiful music accompanied by the weight of everything you did in the story, so I think it's more than plausible (Source: me). Also I'm a sucker for romantic stuff
grand aspen
I cry in a couple ways. There's the "this is sad, and I can't not have a couple years". There's the "something awful has just happened". And then there's a type where something just breaks inside of me and I just can't stop crying, not in fully sadness or sorrow, but just for the experience I've just had.
Transistor and Pyre both had the third effect. I cried for twenty minutes after Transistor and 30 after Pyre. They both just got into my head and made it feel so real and powerful.
keen karma
I don‘t cry usually, Transistor is more of a goosebumps type game for me. I cried through the whole end credits for RiME though (good game 👀)
urban jewel
I cried after both Transistor and Pyre. Bastion too, now that I think about it. It's mostly the music. It's really emotional. And it was just such as beautiful journey.
I'm just a really emotional person tho
narrow notch
my friend cried after Pyre for 2 days.. but there was much more emotional link with the Reader, while here the story is a bit less personal
still zealot
I didn't openly cry, but I was in shock, and there was a bit of wetness to my eyes, ya know?
final helm
Interesting. I don't think I've ever had a more emotional link with a blank protagonist than with a strong scripted presence. Even in Red's case, where she doesn't really get to interact with others, I find her a much stronger presence than the Reader. I guess I should realize I'm in the minority in this but it's always strange to read about it. (I also cried more for Pyre but for literally everyone else, not the Reader)
manic lava
i think a lot of people cry for the reader bc it acts like a self insert or oc, whereas red is her own character. she's silent but she has a lot of personality
final helm
Yeah it's a me thing with self inserts in video games, I just. don't care for them. Intellectually I realize it should be the other way round
manic lava
yeah same. i never had any character for the reader, so it they didn't really mean anything to me
blissful blaze
i wish i could know what it's like to not get overly-invested into any and all OCs 🥺
pulsar lily
I didn't exactly cry, but I was definitely emotionally sucker-punched. Don't think a game left me shaking before that (and the only one I can think of that has since is Nier: Automata)
dark umbra
Yeah. I definitely didn't cry, but emotionally exhaust is a more apt description.
old sorrel
I immerse myself into self-insert characters a lot. The decision who to un-exile after the last Pyre rite took me ages, and I kept wondering afterwards for a long time if I really made a choice I could live with.
fresh void
I mean if you couldn't you could always play the game again
old sorrel
I know, but there are moments that can only experienced once for the first time.
tidal axle
Admittedly, my crying of video games (while not frequent) tends to occur with a game I've really enjoyed. Not necessarily because of the narrative, but because I know that that's the end of the game and I'm not done with it yet. Or I don't want to be done with it yet.
Yes, of course, one can replay, but it just isn't the same.
still zealot
You only have one first experience
little pagoda
Red: Hello, this is my impression of when Shakira goes to wash her hands but the water's too hot
Red, scalding her hand under a tap:
🎵EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeEEEEYYYYYYAAA 🎵
Red: thank you
edgy saddle
applause
white solar
👏
heavy rapids
We can buy steam profile backgrounds of Transistor using points! Take a look at that, pretty nice
white solar
yeah I bought the Red Mural
keen karma
Also check out the new profile themes (it's in your profile settings), I think the 'Summer' one looks nice with the Cloudbank background
median kelp
We can buy steam profile backgrounds of Transistor using points! Take a look at that, pretty nice
What? I can't seem to find it.
Nevermind, found it just now.
Cloudbank is gorgeous.
near wren
Wait where? I want them D:
copper trout
@broken path yo, that one's been answered way back
broken path
oh well i never saw it haha
unborn galleon
wait, for real? what's the answer then?
unborn galleon
ah, I see
copper trout
there used to be two people nicknamed crail which was hilarious
frank minnow
I hope we get some animated stickers of transistor to buy in the shop. I need more Transistor content to consume
dark umbra
Where do you find these Transistor backgrounds and stickers?
I'm on the steam page that sells them and I don't see Transistor anywhere
cunning plaza
Ah, let me guide you if you wish~
stone shoal
Peach 
dark umbra
Thank you both
stone shoal
no worries ^_^
dark umbra
Time to update my Steam profile
woeful marlin
Hy! transistor is not saved during the passage how to solve it who knows?Play in Steam
lunar mesa
???
wispy stratus
I assume they are having some kind of technical difficulty involving saves, and are playing the game on steam?
still zealot
Is "the passage" an area?
woeful marlin
I think it was necessary to go further, they say it is saved only in certain places, maybe I played a little
keen karma
Your progress is generally saved at access points iirc
woeful marlin
Yes, everything is saved)) Thanks))
pulsar lily
hmmm
i'm going to need to go in and play a recursion in order to get a screenshot of that halfway-processed Sybil you see right before her battle, aren't I? All tumblr is offering me is fanart.
lunar mesa
halfway-processed?
isn't she mostly when you first see her
pulsar lily
yeah, mostly
but I mean, right before she fully transforms there's a close-up of her partially turned, like in this fanart https://nixaluminos.tumblr.com/post/169808738447/but-i-wont-save-you and I need an image that's, well, not fanart
lunar mesa
you could find a letsplay/walkthru for it too
pulsar lily
yes! thank you
white solar
no problem
patent marsh
sick tats, sybil
still zealot
I dont remember where I heard or read this, and it might very well be incorrect, but I remember someone talking about sybil's health bar. When you meet her, the game says something like "99% processed." They said that, how much damage you deal to her versus her total health, the fight actually ends slightly before you actually kill her. You are left with 1%, the last remainder of sybil
Honestly at this point I just want it to be true because it makes the fight even better
lunar mesa
i remember seeing the 99% but i don't remember if its the beginning or the end of the fight
little pagoda
i see you buzzing, a fly on the wall
still zealot
I'll be honest here, Sybil might be my favorite character
pulsar lily
Royce is fascinating
still zealot
I could listen to royce talk all day
frank minnow
Honestly, even though I love all six of them to death, if I had to pick a favorite I think it'd have to be Asher
white solar
No love for Luna 🐕🦺 😔
calm jackal
"everything we did, everything we're doing, is for cloudbank"
feral raptor
@still zealot @lunar mesa before the boss fight against Sybil, the game tells you that she's "98% processed," meaning she was turning into the enemies that you've been fighting throughout the game, which would explain her new physical appearance as a weird cyberpunk-y, four-armed demon who keeps stabbing you with her umbrella like it's a lance. And speaks/sings in that weird distorted voice.
I imagine after defeating her, that 2% of her that's left is her trace.
still zealot
Yeah, that's what I was referring to
I just remember someone claiming the actual in-game hp supports it
That you dont actually deal enough damage to "kill" her - she's left with 2% hp left
Idk if its true or not tho
It seems a little far fetched considering she resets hp between stages and can heal from the other enemies, but I definitely want it to be true
white solar
Yeah and I always found it funny when after you beat her and she's doing her last throes of life, your Help() dog just barks her to death. Takes away your chance to give her a dramatic finish.
white solar
lmao
wintry verge
in a transistor hummed soundtrack mood lately
little pagoda
Hummed Gateless and Impossible flung my wig to outer space
I love the emotion in the humming, too, like
The sinister tone in her humming in Apex Beat and Impossible or how powerful she gets in Gateless
❤️
pulsar lily
Blank Canvas
karmic otter
I think Coasting might be my favorite hummed
thorny talon
median kelp
I never realized before how much I actually needed this.
still zealot
I've listened to that video many times
My favorite comment is the one saying Royce sounds like he should be doing a podcast on the byzantine empire or something like that
magic scarab
God, can we get Royce's turn theme.
wispy stratus
magic scarab
I've watched that too many times. But like it's never going to beat the team officially releasing it. 😩
wispy stratus
technically it's already in the official release
the turn music just has different track volumes for the song
magic scarab
True
wispy stratus
but getting it by playing with the equaliser just isn't the same
magic scarab
Yeah :') Eyes in circles hummed and _n c_rcl_s hummed
Those technically count as different songs
Like the spine but hummed. I'm not sure if there is an actual hummed version but it's in turn so... Maybe?
wispy stratus
there should be a hum track for it since you should be able to play it in the sandbox and manually hum
magic scarab
I'm gonna double check that.
Just the instrumentals
In Circles (Hummed)
_n C_rcl_s (Hummed)
_n C_rcl_s (instrumental)
The Spine (Hummed)
V_n_sh_ng P_nt (Hummed)
G_ld L__f (Hummed)
ornate canopy
are there claves in Sandbox?
ornate canopy
what does ovc stand for
edgy saddle
I'd assume it means Open Voting something
calm jackal
console?
upbeat sky
Commission?
full peak
I never knew I wanted Red with a ponytail/long hair until just now.
keen karma
boyfriend guitar
boyfriend guitar
little pagoda
you strum on it and its just logan cunningham saying "strrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrum" instead of actual notes
pulsar lily
thank you jen zee for my life 
wait that's not her, I just saw the signature
thank you milena miynarska (sp?) for my life
hushed yoke
Either way, it’s all gorgeous art
little pagoda
It is time to praise Old Friends in how well it sets the tone of the game and conveys the emotion
👏 GOOD OPENING SONG 👏
white solar
I used to bump Old friends for years before even playing the game
little pagoda
Hearing the song was when i was convinced this is gonna be memorable
And god was it
stray path
just finished transistor last night
was hoping to get some answers here for the ending
novel fulcrum
what were you wondering about?
the exact nature of cloudbank and the country is somewhat left up to interpretation
stray path
hmmmmmm
so there isnt a clear explanation then
wack
so when the process wiped out cloud bank
there was no one left?
lunar mesa
yea no one but royce and red
edgy saddle
I mean now no one is left at all
iron quartz
yea ;;
manic lava
it's possible the process got those, too
final helm
I like to picture Cloudbank as a singular... whateveritis. There's just Cloudbank and Not Cloudbank (aka The Country)
full peak
Part of why people theorize Cloudbank was a digital world.
edgy saddle
I mean the recursions are theorised to take place in the Transistor over and over again
cold girder
Basically the Camerata unearthed ||a Trojan||
patent marsh
naw, they unearthed dev tools and lost admin access after accidentally executing rm -rf /
manic lava
@vagrant patrol would you mind moving this to #self-promotion? that's a more appropriate channel
vagrant patrol
@manic lava ya no problem didn’t even see the channel as an option
neon belfry
coasting sounds like on-hold music
change my mind
old sorrel
The question is why on-hold music can’t be more like Coasting.
wispy stratus
agre
frail fulcrum
Coasting is my alarm
wispy stratus
Sandbox is my ringtone
full peak
how many access points does it take to fix functions taken by Permanence?
full peak
nvm, they come back after 1/2 points
trying to get through Recursive with 10 limiters
but once i got the achievement for that i just took permanence off
now just trying to adjust the void-tap build to work with Resilience
came up with Jaunt/Ping for passives
then Tap+Load, base Void, base Mask and Ping+Jaunt
kind of basic but Ping+Jaunt is for getting rid of pesky shields
and thats 4 MEM on its own
full peak
right, finally got around to finishing NG+
6 hours, compared to 14 hour main playthrough
100% acheivements too, woo
wispy stratus
Nice
full peak
oh yeah for the royce fight i just put on a max damage cull+check build
he got bonked for 9k a turn
same for all the agency tests
turns out everything is weak to High Yield Functions
wispy stratus
From now on when people ask what my greatest weakness is I'm gonna say really high amounts of damage
My favourite royce build is still doubling up on mask with jaunt and ping subfunctions
full peak
with jaunt passive to make your turn charge faster?
wispy stratus
Wait i think i just used ping on mask to lower cooldown
But basically you just never stop cloaking
full peak
i haven't checked but can you assign 2 active slots of the same ability?
full peak
because if so you can set both to ping/breach and just never get hit
yeah i know but im talking like is it possible
wispy stratus
Yes
full peak
oh cool
wispy stratus
Never getting hit is pretty funny
full peak
never really tried that, mostly messed around with self-upgrading functions
im sad that ping+ping isnt the minigun i wanted it to be
wispy stratus
Now I'm sad about it too
full peak
like some functions are just more of the same thing when self-upgraded
like breach and void
i wanted void to like up the damage cap to 600% or smth
main notch
Breach(breach()) is kinda fun
edgy saddle
If Breach() wasn't enough, try adding more Breach() to your Breach() to make your Breach() more Breach()-er
little pagoda
[5 logans layered on each other] H E Y R E D
full peak
noble portal
maybe this is a weird question but does anyone have good reference images for Asher's scarf? XD
main notch
sounds like someone is planning cosplay
noble portal
no actually I'm plannign a gift for my husband XD
I'd like to knit him something before winter, but I'm also making an attempt at accuracy
plus we've already done a Transistor cosplay, and he will always be Royce in my heart 😅
but yeah I can find profile art but if anyone has a good screenshot of uh, him and Grant in the hideout or any links to concept art, lend a gal a hand?
haughty grove
Anyone had any luck with resolution mods on non-steam versions on PC? I bought this in the GoG sale and trying to mod it to 1440p stops the game from booting
full peak
oh yeah i forgot i redid my vocal ost tier list after NG+
S: In Circles/_n C_rcl_s , Paper Boats, She Shines
A: The Spine, We All Become, Old Friends (does hummed count? i still wanna put it here, its that good)
B: Signals```It's a bonus song released with the album. As far as I know, it does not appear in game.
calm jackal
It was actually released when the game was ported to "apple tv" iirc. The song plays while the game downloads on that platform.
noble portal
nope
although opening steam to a small update, then poking through the files to find another folder in the Soundtrack section was a pleasant surprise that day
main notch
when does Signals play? game over screen?
pearl magnet
I played transistor once and haven't touched it in years
I'm gettin ready to fix that tonight and hope it holds up to what I remember
I have more nostalgia for this game than I thought
stone shoal
lunar mesa
it’s so good
old sorrel
I never finished the recursion. Just jumping probably won’t work for me, though.
shut plinth
You I left the game at recursion too cause you know wanted to do all the achievements and stuff never got around it
hushed yoke
I honestly should hop back in and try for more achievements in this and bastion
I never did the new game +
Pyre I’m missing like 4 and Hades is too addicting not to get most of them for me
(When they come out)
lunar mesa
i think the only achievement i didn’t get was the all limiters
shut plinth
wow, you guys are pretty good at collecting
calm jackal
All limiters is something everyone should try once I think
keen karma
It's quite cool, but I still did a third or fourth recursion so I could use the ten limiters in the five early and easier fights lol
lunar mesa
the achievements are well designed i honestly wasnt looking for them at all
fleet narwhal
Most of the limiters are great, though some are a little unfun. Making it harder to make neat builds.
But any excuse to listen to Royce Bracket and all the other dialogue in the game is worth it, so get those achievements.
white solar
Transistor is the easiest SG game to 100%, maybe thats why I love it so much
full peak
i got 100% acheivements in 1 regular + 1 recursion playthrough
the 10 limiter acheivement is pretty easy if you just put them all on before the royce fight and go through the first few battles with them
though once you get that immediately disable Resilience and Permanence
those 2 are the only really bad limiters
white solar
Yeah I only had trouble with it because I was testing builds in recursion and then I turned on the one that doesn't allow function-changing
full peak
yeah its annoying to deal with and only stifles any experimentation after its set
and resilience just forces you to put jaunt-upgrade on one of your functions
or just use cull passive
fleet narwhal
Permanence is the main one I don't like. Though Responsibility also makes me sad.
I like being able to make quirky builds.
Everything else is just making the actual game part of the game harder, so I'm fine with it.
full peak
responsibility is kinda bad too yeah but if you mainly focus on using turns to kill then resilience with initiative will be a nightmare
i spent a lot of my regular playthrough with it on and 1 of my functions was just permanently ping+jaunt to deal with it
and eventually cull passive + ping passive once i got the slots for it
and for just 2% i dont think its worth the trouble
fleet narwhal
Worth the trouble? Nah. But it makes me think more and that's fine.
calm jackal
oh yeah by the time you're doing 10lim you should be at the level cap
strange horizon
Hi everyone, I'm thinking about transistor again and I'm wondering if there's any general consensus among fans about the meaning of The Country? I know it's never explicitly stated but I really think the clues should be there to figure it out. My main thoughts are that it could be
- A euphemism for dying. Evidence for: The final words of a suicide note being "See you in the Country," The fact that going to the country is noted to be a one-way trip. Evidence against: The fact that the ending of the game seems to take place in The Country, but Red and Blue are technically alive in the transistor, not dead. Also Darzi's codex entry, which says the public was told he "Decided to move to the Country" in a way that doesn't really line up with suicide.
- The "real world," operating under the assumption that Cloudbank is a virtual world, and going to The Country refers to unplugging from the simulation. Evidence for: suicide note, one-way trip, the fact that Cloudbank seems to fall apart at the end like a virtual world. Darzi's entry. Evidence against: The ending, where they're (presumably) alive in the transistor, not outside the simulation
- Just a catch-all term to refer to anywhere that's not Cloudbank. Evidence for: Cloudbank seems to be a pretty elitist sort of society, so they could snobbishly call any place that isn't Cloudbank "The Country" in a derogatory way. Darzi's entry. Evidence against: The suicide note, the ending
- Literally refers to the inside of the transistor. Evidence for: The ending. Evidence against: pretty much everything else (most people don't even know what the transistor is but they still know the phrase)
Any thoughts?
still zealot
I think the 1st and 2nd options are most likely
Though one wrench in the gear for the second option is how strongly blue tells red not to do it
Cause if it was the real world, why would he try to stop her joining him?
strange horizon
One interpretation is that by being trapped in the transistor, Blue can actually never go to the real world
inland mirage
pretty sure the country is just the afterlife
strange horizon
Darzi’s entry just seems weird with that interpretation though
“It may seem mundane for the Camerata to take interest in a man like Mr. Darzi. Yet from the Camerata's perspective, he was perfect. Here was someone with the capacity to sway thousands in a subtle way, and whose career appeared to be waning. The public would readily accept that such a man, publicly disgraced, would decide to head to the Country away from the bustle of city life. And indeed, the public took this news at face value -- all but Mr. Darzi's confidant, whom the Camerata dealt with separately.”
full peak
It's used in intentionally conflicting connotations. Greg. You jerk.
calm jackal
maybe everyone thinks they know what everyone else means when they talk about the country
spring plover
I've always thought it was more than one of those cases
That the Country is a real place - after all, Red and Boxer are trying to skip town to go somewhere at the beginning of the game - but that that place is, for whatever reason, a one-way trip
And because it's a one-way trip, it becomes a euphemism/metaphor for other one-way trips, e.g. dying or moving on
That allows it to satisfy all uses - it's a place people can go when they want to leave the city or retire, that's thought of as a real place, and it's a way of talking about the spiritual beyond or the afterlife - the Sanctuary in Fairview has Country imagery in the stained glass
"beyond" and "the other side" are physical location descriptions (albeit vague ones) that have come to mean "the afterlife" when used as set phrases
fleet narwhal
That's the most likely explanation. Though -what- the other place is, we'll probably never know. Darn mysteries.
calm jackal
ok im sleep deprived and procrastinating, so here's the bosses in transistor as 1000 gecs songs--
sybil: hand crushed by a mallet;
the spine: i need help immediately;
asher & grant: xXXi_wud_nvrstøp_ÜXXx;
royce: money machine
edgy saddle
You'd call Asher and Grant bosses?
calm jackal
i call them bosses because i read a very funny build tutorial that included an explanation on how to beat them
brittle sage
quick lore question because my brother just played transistor for the first time: do you get grant and asher’s functions immediately after discovering them? because i swear you do
he told me he had no way of knowing grant and asher were a couple and i was like “??? their trace data confirms this” and then he was like “oh i never got their functions” IS THAT POSSIBLE?
full peak
I think you have to interact with their bodies.
But there's the big glowing "interact with me, I'm a new Function!" thing on top of them so I can't imagine how he'd walk by.
calm jackal
you don't get their functions when you discover them
you get spark from L. Platt and jaunt from P. Moyle
brittle sage
yeah he says he did interact with them! i think this must not be the same as with lillian platt etc
calm jackal
you don't even get help from Sybil, you actually get help as a level up reward right after the fight
crash, breach, spark, jaunt are the only functions you get from the world
the rest of the functions you get from leveling up
brittle sage
this conversation makes me realize i completely misremembered the game and should have given him a list of camerata functions to get their lore....the fool is me
brittle sage
i did recursion! i just forgot that this info was in it
anyway this is just making me appreciate how good royce’s va is and how i hope he comes back for a future project sometime
patent marsh
the camerata's functions were recorded into the transistor while they were still alive
apparently you dont have to kill to record a function, but do need to kill to make the administrative council AI
white solar
keen karma
How many recursions can you do in Transistor until you hit a stack overflow
full peak
does the difficulty keep increasing or is it just the same? since i've only ever did the 1
also on the country, yeah the best explanation for it is that it IS a real world place, but also can mean like death or moving on
since cloudbank is a pretty elite city and i'd assume that if you were to leave, it'd be for good
keen karma
Difficulty stays the same. I did three recursions and I don‘t remember seeing any changes
full peak
i see
vital tinsel
Hey I might have found a bug in the switch version of the game
I beat the spine and then went to check my updated functions only for Red's function to dissappear
I don't remember that happening in previous playthroughs but it's just gone now
vital tinsel
So doing some research into bugs it appears to be the same issue as others had way back in the day involving resposibility ejecting all your stuff
Cause I had Crash in one of my slots and then activated the responsiblity limiter and now Crash is just gone
manic lava
it's gone to the country
vital tinsel
Fair 'nough
compact nacelle
Hows the replayability on this game
calm jackal
well, there's a sort of new game +
you can play it over with new weapons and combinations and all that
it's a fun game to play twice
...or more, if you look at my hours played
compact nacelle
but will the game be the same, or kinda change
twin summit
ng+ allows you to keep all previous powers, allowing you to mix and match more (and is the only way to get more lore for some of the later powers, since you usually don't have enough game time to unlock them)
also, late game enemies show up from the beginning
still zealot
You'll probably get about 2-3 playthroughs before you've seen pretty much everything to my understanding
final helm
Huh, I've only played through it once and I had no trouble unlocking all the powers' lore. Not the added difficulty because I'm chicken on first playthroughs, but the powers at least gave me all the time I needed to switch things up.
fleet narwhal
There are more powers than you can possibly unlock in one run, if I remember right.
final helm
Oh yeah right, the choices. Sorry. I unlocked everything in everything I got but you'll miss a few
pulsar lily
i got through my first run without unlocking cull()
echo sedge
Royce must've been very happy to get some variation in his suffering
main notch
My sides weren't prepared to read that
Pretty sure almost everyone has used get(crash()) void(spark()) mask(tap()) cull(ping()) or some variations thereof
wise folio
purge(mask()) is OP
it completely disables a target for about 1 second, while dealing damage over time
cosmic hollow
yeppp!
I exploited the heck out of it near the end of the game
I'd just go around using it on all enemies
and keep just one to deal with
rinse and repeat
novel fulcrum
I remember trying to make every attack I did charm an enemy
Because it’s more fun to watch them fight each other
cosmic hollow
noice
I had jaunt(charm()) i think on my Y key
Just kept dashing into groups
was indeed fun
novel fulcrum
Jaunt is a fun one to add effects to yeah
main notch
Jaunt(spark() load()) is fun
vital tinsel
I ran spark first but yeah
Spark(jaunt()load()) meant I had around control and a tool up at all times
white solar
Purge is one of the best spammable functions in general, it also works with crash for permastun
little pagoda
Purge is still the most brutal function dont @ me
echo sedge
I thought tap(load) was AOE? Or bmore damage?
Played with something similar for a while.
wise folio
tap(spark) hits three times, blasts centered in front of you and on both sides.
the blasts overlap in a small area around you
lunar mesa
i love that it took me 3 years of owning transistor to realize old friends is referring to the camerata
white solar
I love that it took you having to point that out for me to realize that
still zealot
Lol
tranquil crescent
Jaunt is a fun one to add effects to
Jaunt is my jammy fav 20 MEM / 10 Limiter setup is focused around using it:
_ _
[5 MEM] Void (Crash)
[4 MEM] Tap()
[2 MEM] Mask (Ping)
[7 MEM] Jaunt (Purge,Spark)
_ _
[2 MEM] Passive: either Bounce() for the shield or Crash() + Mask() for 25% damage reduction and 2sec stealth after every kill
_ _
this is massive debuffing w/ stun via Void(Crash), crippling/damaging w/ Jaunt between and during Turn(), Mask(Ping) for the damage buff and safety if needed w/ reduced cooldown, Tap() for good AoE damage and healing (Weaken x3 + Crashed + Unmask + Tap = huge damage and HP gain)
white solar
Jaunt() + Purge is really great
you don't even have to go into Turn, you can just spam it
and Void(Crash,Get) is the most broken function in the game because the pull radius is huge and it just permastuns all enemies
novel fulcrum
I thought old friends was possibly referring to the time loop kinda thing new game plus implies
Because you remember all the programs
But your thing makes more sense
runic mica
i just finished this game (my first supergiant), i love it so much! my favorite is jaunt(purge, spark) and void(crash) + cull(cull, tap) combo!
love the ending too 🙂 will play Pyre next!
calm jackal
Hehe jaunt (purge spark) is super messy isnt it... send 100 projectiles everywhere
surreal relic
Bought Transistor on switch finally for $3.00! (I used gold points) 🥳
stone shoal
Pog
edgy saddle
Hope you have fun during your time in cloudbank!
shut plinth
i just finished this game (my first supergiant), i love it so much! my favorite is jaunt(purge, spark) and void(crash) + cull(cull, tap) combo!
love the ending too 🙂 will play Pyre next!
@runic mica Reading that I felt Like a noob lol...Ending is just mind blowing...My eyes widened and I said 'Red!' along with the Voice in transistor when she did what she did
toxic fern
So I got this game last night because my best friend loves it to death, and I gotta say I'm digging it, one of hte few games I've seen with a reason the main character is silent
but now I have to try and find time to play both Hades AND Transistor but I love them both so much :-;
shut plinth
but now I have to try and find time to play both Hades AND Transistor but I love them both so much :-;
I feel you !!! You can't choose when you love both equally... just go with the mood I'd say
night mulch
Late to the party. Fav combo is spark(purge()jaunt()). I had this 1000+ dmg combo with void(), mask(), and cull() which would train my turn gauge like crazy and used spark() during recovery for some nice chip damage
toxic fern
need to get onto the transistor grind
viral token
Cryothia, that sounds amazing, wow!!!!
toxic fern
So you basically use Cull for a mega sneak attack and then spark before your combo recharges. I might give that a shot once I have the memory for it
wise folio
if you use tap(spark()) you can get similar damage, without backstab, with a larger area of effect, and it uses less turn()
toxic fern
also Load+Anything seems insane.
Hmm, haven't gotten tap yet, only level 8
Also, anyone have any tips for what limiters to run?
wise folio
all of them
run all the limiters unless there's one or a set that you can't handle
then turn those off
oh, but make sure your function build is set up how you want it before you turn on Permanence
you'll eventually probably get so OP that none of the Limiters will hurt you if Permanence is off
toxic fern
What's Permanence? I don't think I've seen that one yet
but based on the name I have a pretty good guess of what it does
but 10-12% exp really doesn't feel like it makes much of a difference
runic mica
Yeah the void + cull combo is almost game-breaking ! One of my favorite parts is the Performance tests. There was a time where I need to fight 4 Men and I only have Ping(), Tap(), and Mask(). Really difficult! It's like I need to chip their health away and try to use the Haircuts against them!
toxic fern
I have no idea what you said but yeah I like the Performance Tests, I could do those all day
Is there any DLC for this game?
stone shoal
there's no dlc besides the soundtrack
toxic fern
dang
graceful thistle
One of my favorite combos is Breach+Crash+Ping
Makes everything pretty easy
You can switch Ping for bounce too
flat quest
i wish this game had a spinoff or a seperate ng+ like gamemode that let us play as royce
gilded lance
today i gifted 14 copys of transistor across 3 servers,and bought it for myself so i can 100% on pc (i did it on switch)
it is now 5am
goodnight
radiant timber
nice!
hushed yoke
Idk if I will 100% or not
karmic otter
100% for Transistor is pretty simple. It's one of the few games I have all the achievements for. It just took me halfway through a 2nd playthrough to get.
wispy stratus
glad I'm not the only one who makes cult jokes here
hushed yoke
Alright I’ll play through it again
I was kinda tempted to do the ng+ anyways, so if I can get all the achievements through that, then it sounds good
Pyre is too long for me to warrant another playthrough on true nightwing though
calm jackal
The gameplay of having more functions is really eye opening
tidal bobcat
guess who got transistor again for theie nintendo switch? 
i noticed it was on sale and im so happy to play it again
especially with a controller this time around instead of mouse and keyboard
lunar mesa
i play all of SGG stuff with controller
pyre is my only outlier which i use KBM
lunar mesa
idk
the way the controls are don't vibe with me
even when i custom set them
edgy saddle
To each their own I guess =/
lunar mesa
i mean to be fair
my KBM setting is a custom set up of a qwer loadout
cosmic hollow
tbh yeah pyre controls on a gamepad were weird for me as well, starting out
but i got used to them soon enough
toxic fern
Anyone got any tips for fighting the Man enemies, they are kicking the ever loving crap out of me
lunar mesa
focus on the haircuts
finding a way to send them back also helps
a ping could easily take the haircut out
toxic fern
oh, I didn't nkow the Haircut was key to take them out
does killing the haircut make them drop stealth?
calm jackal
They cant hurt you if you take care of the haircuts
If you need help with the stealth ones, enter your turn() right when they place down a haircut
If you have a ranged crash you can stun them right after they place the haircut and then they get hit by the explosion
toxic fern
ohh
calm jackal
It takes some practice
toxic fern
that makes sense
gilded lance
Hey guys does anyone know if royce says anything when you become a superuser?
The passive buff from Help()
well
i even killed him with it and got no tibts of dialouge so no I guess
gilded lance
calm jackal
Best song!!!
edgy saddle
If we're going off ambient music, Gold Leaf and Old friends are my fav
ornate nexus
oh the eternal mood for water wall. have had that on loop for years now LOL
patent marsh
sinister accordion sounds
inland mirage
+1 for water wall and old friends
rare moth
me with water wall as well gjhgvjhfvj
stone shoal
water wall is a bop
inland mirage
idk why but Old Friends is like, the transistor song for me
the one I instantly think of
probably because it's the very first one
white solar
Water wall is so damn good fbnehfheh froths at the mouth
wide bough
Is this the right place for support for Transistor?
wide bough
I'm guessing is not possible to fix subtitles on ultrawide resolutions?
I can provide screenshots of the problem if required
hushed yoke
Hmm I'm not sure, never used an ultrawide res
wide bough
Thing is, when the monitor is ultrawide, the game starts and can be played, with 2 balck bards of both sides
No problem with that
But captions are cutted
I'm not asking to make use of ultrawide screens, but to make captions working if I have an ultrawide screen
hushed yoke
Yeah I'm not sure, hopefully someone else will know
hushed yoke
I just got to the spine in recursion and I’ve got most of the difficult achievements
calm jackal
ah yeah the achievements in this game are pretty doable
hushed yoke
Is it pretty easy to get to level 24 (max) even if I only use a bit less than half the limiters?
I already got the achievement for having all 10 activated at once for 5 encounters
calm jackal
I think I got the max level halfway through second recursion idk
edgy saddle
I already got the achievement for having all 10 activated at once for 5 encounters
Its really easy to cheese if you remember the order of encounters
But yeah you should easily reach level 24 with about half of the limiters
inland mirage
🥳
edgy saddle
🎉
wise folio
stuck?
edgy saddle
Go ahead!
brave summit
yeah im at cloudbank and the path foward appears blocked off
wise folio
what does your impediment look like?
wise folio
spark() is good for those
brave summit
got it
wheat bobcat
Aight, 'Overkill', 'Overkill!', 'Overkill!!', 'Do You Even Read' is now my favorite string of text in a video game
Seconded only by 'Mash the buttons! DO SOMETHING!'
wheat bobcat
And also 'You Are Mean'
brave summit
dude just got bodied
leaden swallow
Hey guys when I play the game I can't hear the music anyone knows why?
wheat bobcat
Did you check the settings?
white solar
Does anyone remember which part the song Signals plays? I love the song but I forgot which part of the game it plays in
lunar mesa
its when red and boxer realize that they and royce are the only ones left and are flying back to the start of the game
white solar
ah right, is that when they are riding the cloud of Process things back through the city
inland mirage
Signals only plays in the Sandbox via music player
it doesn't appear at any other point in the game naturally
lunar mesa
you might be thinking of she shines
wispy stratus
i don't remember signals being anywhere in the game other than the sandbox
lunar mesa
yea
now that i looked it up
its a bonus track that was only in the sandbox
white solar
no wonder it's a hidden gem
lunar mesa
i could have sworn it played when your were on the cloud thingy
shut plinth
@hushed yoke Congratulations bruh
no wonder it's a hidden gem
@white solar Totallyyy
I need to complete the game too
for completion I mean
any tips ???
hushed yoke
Just do ng+ and turn on all ten limiters until you get the achievement for it, then turn on about half of them (whichever ones you're comfortable with)
white solar
void() + crash and you're set
lunar mesa
na
wheat bobcat
Accuracy
white solar
The video works with any transistor song tbh
wheat bobcat
Or Bastion.
Or Pyre.
Or Hades.
white solar
^^
wheat bobcat
Also, low-key, I feel like Red would be the best choice for a Supergiant guest fighter in my game.
Her Manifest would have her switch how her specials and supers work (either using them as an attack or stacking effects onto the next special or super she uses as an attack); her lights would be punches, mediums would be kicks, heavies would be slashes; specials would be her functions; her supers would be Turn(), Breach(), and Crash(); and her insta-KOs would be the ||self-stab from the end of the game but through the opponent|| or absorbing their Trace after an all-out assault.
She'd also be like the game's version of Es- a fighter who's not exactly caught up in the entire world's drama.
cosmic hollow
your game? 👀
wheat bobcat
Yeah. I'm working on a fighting game called Broken Reflections. 2D fighter, airdash mechanics, four-button combat system, most characters have 5 ground and aeriel moves, high comboability, quick-input specials and supers, and a unique mechanic which rewards players for fighting to the beat of the music.
Each installment adds at least one or two guest fighters. I thought if Supergiant wanted to add one of their characters, Red would be the best pick.
hushed yoke
Hmm that does sound fun
wheat bobcat
Thanks.
How her functions effect each other would remain functionally (pun intended) the same.
hushed yoke
I could never make a fighting game
The balancing would drive me crazy
That’s why I’m doing an rpg, but with a unique battle system and slightly futuristic setting
wheat bobcat
Well I've got other games planned too. A top-down RPG where you play as a couple acting as one, an over-the-shoulder RPG with a similar vibe to Darksiders, and a couple other fighting games.
white solar
I would love to see that game @wheat bobcat , especially if you add Supergiant characters
frail fulcrum
flat quest
i still want a pvp mode for transistor btw
cant have enough of the royce bossfight, and unfortunately completed all agency tests
wheat bobcat
That would actually give them a lot of room to come up with new Functions
Swarm() would generate a cloud of rapidly orbiting shrapnel that hits multiple times, Raid() would launch the player a large distance, Repeat() would hurl out the Transistor as a spinning projectile that returns like a boomerang (Adding Jaunt would have them warp to the sword rather than it boomeranging), so on and so forth
flat quest
i love these and i wish i was as creative as u
i only thought of two players charming each other forming a squad
wheat bobcat
Obviously the names of those would need to be changed to be actual computer processes, but you get the idea
But you could have quite a few possibilities. Buffer() would enhance teammates, Project() would make a weak clone like the Youngladies do, Cut() would lay out a disruption field, Rewind() would reverse everything in a small area of effect, End() would temporarily cancel an ability, Equal() would be a big team-based move that equalizes every team member's health, Compare() would give you information on the affected enemy's loadout (but would also give them info on your own), Fix() would gradually heal teammates, Trace() would set out a line on which peeps are sped up but along a set path they can't diverge from 'til the end unless they use Turn(), Display() would display enemy positions for five seconds, and so on
And Turn(), rather than freezing the entire game, would instead freeze a large area around the player using it. This limits what you can do during Turn() so there's more of a legitimate reason to play without using it as well
My ideas aren't really that good though. They're sub-par at best- I could never come up with something as good as Supergiant's team could
I'm just a sixteen-year-old kid, I don't have nearly enough experience or capability to be on their level.
Not even close
I'm sure that just one of their staff members could look over my ideas and instantly come up with, like, a dozen better ones on the spot
wheat bobcat
So please, don't give me praise I don't deserve
white solar
nah your ideas are great, i would love to see them in a sequel to Transistor (which would never happen but a man can dream)
wheat bobcat
I don't even know how to respond.
flat quest
nah your ideas are great, i would love to see them in a sequel to Transistor (which would never happen but a man can dream)
@white solar i agree
w the ideas being great, i still have hope for a transistor sequel
wispy stratus
what do you mean sudden the people here are always this supportive
flat quest
i wouldnt compliment u if i didnt find ur ideas genuinely great
wheat bobcat
That's fair
manic lava
keep it clean folks
wheat bobcat
Were we not?
manic lava
someone sent a msg that was not appropriate, the rest of you are fine
manic lava
consider: transistor 2, everything is the same but the sword is made out of foam
just bonk royce on the head
lunar mesa
better idea
the sword is that lightsaber that can record whatever sound you choice and do it whenever you swing it
inland mirage
transistor 2 but drunksistor is the default
wheat bobcat
All of his voicelines are just r/showrthoughts excerpts
"Reeeeed... y'know how you have fingertips? Well, you don't have toetips. But you can tiptoe, right? So why can't ya tipfinger?"
lunar mesa
wait
does he have hands inside the transistor
its been a while since i played thru it
wheat bobcat
Kinda?
Well, the projection of him inside it does, but it's not like he can use 'em to do anything outside of it
...
I just got the most awesome idea.
lunar mesa
oh no
wise folio
oh no
wispy stratus
oh no
wise folio
oh noe
wheat bobcat
Team-based shooter where the basic plot is that, inside the virtual world Transistor takes place in, there's been a Transistor that's been found. The world is screwed up, and everyone wants to get their hands on it to escape and/or fix it. So, they all use these things called 'Diodes' which can be used to amplify one's Trace. All of the fighters who are trying to get their hands on this Transistor have a Diode.
wispy stratus
so the camerata if everyone tried to stab each other instead?
lunar mesa
if sybl realized she was done with the rest of camerata\
wheat bobcat
There'd be one guy who specializes in spatial warping, allowing him to teleport, generate time bubbles, make portals, reverse time, and generate small gravity wells; another girl who's Trace basically turns her into a walking steam jet, giving her flight and blasting capabilities; a girl who's essentially a walking electrical generator who uses parkour; one that enhances forces such as gravity, sound, kinetic pushback, velocity; a walking weapon who's able to freeze time; a bandit who's capable of rendering himself completely undetectable; etc., etc.
And it would have this overall feel where, even if they're teaming up temporarily, it makes sense that they'd fight each other later canonically because all of them wanna get their hands on the Transistor.
Each of them would have different reasonings, too. One could have a god complex, one could wanna get rid of her powers entirely, another could be wanting to help everyone, yet another could be wanting the world to just be them and someone else. Maybe someone would wanna study it and see how it works, while someone else would want it completely destroyed because they LIKE the world in a way where there's no rules laws or society to govern what they do.
wispy stratus
hey what if they could also use each other's functions as subfunctions or whatever if they took that person out
wheat bobcat
Yeah! Once you defeat a person, until they respawn (So for 10 seconds), you'd have their Mechanic Ability as a secondary option.
Basically, everyone would have a primary and secondary fire, a mechanic ability which is one of the main things for their playstyle, a movement ability which is used to cover large distances, four versatile abilities that can be pretty much whatever they need, a passive ability, a vacant ability (the one you steal), a melee, and an Ultimate ability that charges up over time or by dealing damage.
Rather than having the traditional roles (Damage, support, heavy), there would be four roles altogether which could be applied to any character.
So one character can fill out support, but they can also fill out a tanky role, or be a fast but squishy damage dealer, or they could be a jack-of-all-trades.
Sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself.
It's a waste to even come up with these, there's no way that Supergiant would ever even think of working with someone like me.
edgy saddle
Even if they aren't considered I love reading these. Please don't stop! 
wheat bobcat
wispy stratus
just make your own game based on the idea
wheat bobcat
I've already got one I'm working on anyway. A fighting game.
But I won't waste your time talking about it.
lunar mesa
bruh
im choosing to read your idea cuz it sounds pretty cool
don't worry about "wasting" peoples time with it
wispy stratus
if people can literally make a podcast about ideas for podcasts then i'm sure there's a market for game idea pitches too
wheat bobcat
Yeah, but I don't wanna flood the chat with stuff that wouldn't interest people. Just because a few people are interested in it doesn't mean it wouldn't just be a massive textwall for everyone else.
lunar mesa
yea
i'm literally studying game design and developement as a major
wheat bobcat
I can't start studying at a college yet, sadly. I'm still only 16, after all.
wispy stratus
we're all people who presumably like games so i'm pretty sure most people wouldn't mind hearing it
lunar mesa
bruh
if you're already working on ideas like this thats awesome
i didn't know how to code stuff until junior year of hs
wheat bobcat
Well, I can't code yet, sadly. I just work with coming up with plotlines and mechanics, and do a bit of music and design. Not that the last two aren't utter garbage every time.
wheat bobcat
Graphics, yeah
lunar mesa
its more mechanics than graphics
but im prob gonna minor in some kind of art
wheat bobcat
Just some concept art.
wispy stratus
keep doing it
lunar mesa
yea
wheat bobcat
I'm mainly working on writing the story and movesets and characters and planning out how we're actually gonna sell the game. I have some artists on hand and a friend who can code.
lunar mesa
if you want to learn how to code i would suggest looking at python as a start
its a pretty simple language to begin with
wispy stratus
maybe go to #off-topic-discussion if we're going off topic?
wheat bobcat
Coding is something that would be optimal to learn, but it kinda overwhelms me and causes me to have a panic attack, so probably not the best decision
flat quest
i just beat sybil in record time
also
how did we find out blue's title is the boxer
wheat bobcat
IDK
wispy stratus
we didn't, that's just his nickname because of the hand wraps
flat quest
i was just going to say those are a dead giveaway lol
wispy stratus
it's a fan name just like blue is
lunar mesa
yea
i didn't even know he had a that nickname until I came here
wispy stratus
wait i think boxer might be a code designation thing too
echo sedge
Boxer was somewhere in files afaik
wispy stratus
that and auden i think
lunar mesa
now that i think of it the first interaction i had with people in this channel was about
C R A I L
manic lava
yeah boxer is in the code, unrelated to the handwraps
inland mirage
I just call him mr. nobody
white solar
wasn't Boxer's name like "Auden" in the code
which I thought was cool
oh wait someone said it already
flat quest
crash-tap-tap-cull
tap has load and purge
cull has ping and spark
i have void as a passive
ruby magnet
void with tap and purge. i use that for uh everything
like........i think thats the only setup i use during recursion
void is just insane
flat quest
try mine tho
wheat bobcat
I use Tap() with Load() and Cull, Purge() with Ping(), Spark() with Bounce() and Crash(), and Jaunt() with Breach() and Mask(). Then I've got Switch() and Get() as passives.
white solar
I wanna try doing a whole run of transistor without using Turn and record it but that would take up too much disk space
flat quest
segment the recording
white solar
how does that work
wheat bobcat
It lessens how much you record overall?
wheat bobcat
Another idea for the Transistor Arena idea
The place they're all in is called 'The Circuit'. It's essentially a massive capital city.
Along with that, their weapons are called Ohmics. They store their user's raw power and can release it in multiple ways- this can be in the form of projectiles, or energy fields, or projections- anything they put their mind to.
wheat bobcat
Interesting hypothetical just struck
Were Red and Blue to have a kid within the Transistor, would that kid essentially be a personification of the Transitor itself?
Given that Red is still technically the User and Blue was the person within it she knew closest, it would make logical sense.
But the bigger question: If the child would be the Transistor, would they be able to project themselves out of it?
wheat bobcat
It's an intriguing concept. And, if this child (Just naming them Violet for right now since that's what red + blue make) is the Transistor, would they have a unique Function or would it just be Turn() since they couldn't have a Trace Bank?
edgy saddle
That would make for a really interesting sequel concept if Transistor didn't end on such an open note
But a much important question is...
Will it be a girl or boy?
Or heck will it just be a walking transistor?
wheat bobcat
I think it would be nice to have an androgynous protagonist. Perhaps agender or gender-fluid.
edgy saddle
Walking Transistor it is
wheat bobcat
Given that they'd be essentially an exact replica of both Red and Blue's code, Violet would logically be either both sexes, or the opposing code from the different sexes would cancel it out and they'd be physically sexless.
edgy saddle
So a non-Binary kid?
twin summit
wheat bobcat
Quite
edgy saddle
I can dig that
wheat bobcat
It also adds another layer to the combat. They themselves could directly perform Functions, essentially giving each function two potential Active uses.
And I think they'd probably leave Cloudbank. Find and eradicate any traces of the Process while also exploring who and what they are as a person, and not just as the Transistor.
twin summit
help() can be a cat this time 🤧
wheat bobcat
Plus, we'd have both Red and Boxer's voices guiding them, since Red is able to speak while within the Transistor.
edgy saddle
I'd like to think that they essentially start off as living happily in the country. Up until Violet realises that the country isn't real and its just a bunch of code that was created when Red "killed: herself. She trys to break out of the perfect Utopia to find the core of the Countries creation which is just a processed Red
Super cliche tbh
wheat bobcat
But they'd already know the Country isn't real, they're the Transistor's OS given being.
edgy saddle
Would they?
wheat bobcat
Well, given that they ARE the Transistor, it only makes sense.
edgy saddle
I mean Red could just lie to her, so that she can protect this utopia that she has created
Oh I guess in that sense that wouldn't work
wheat bobcat
Also Violet would probably figure that out given that they're the only one capable of interacting with people apart from their parents.
It would also be nice to see Grant and Asher being happy husbands in their own utopia as well uwu
edgy saddle
Alright, so the main gameplay and plot is gonna be destroying the remaining Process all over cloud bank?
wheat bobcat
Yeah. Combine that with the general plot of discovering their identity.
wheat bobcat
Maybe they even find another User who's purposely damaging Cradles to release more of the Process.
OH
IDEA
Y'know how Sybil was herself and then she was essentially consumed by the Process?
edgy saddle
Yeah?
wheat bobcat
Perhaps each boss is another person who was similarly consumed.
edgy saddle
Oooh
That's nice
But who would they be?
New people?
OH
They could be the different people that are destroying the cradles?
wheat bobcat
For a few, yeah.
And then the news anchor, she'd probably be the first one though.
Although I imagine the news anchor would be less of a boss battle and more of finding her and putting her out of her misery.
edgy saddle
True judging that she doesn't seem that intimidating or strong
Now if only SGG would look at these
wheat bobcat
Omg if one of them actually asked about these ideas or DMed me I'd literally die
Like, I'd just combust
edgy saddle
I can imagine that XD
wheat bobcat
Also, idea for a simple concept. Time that passes inside the Transistor doesn't pass inside the real world unless the current User is outside of it.
So, whenever Red enters the Backdoors or after the ending, time hasn't passed outside.
Because the news lady shouldn't have to be in pain for too long.
Also, the way that Violet would advance through each area would be by defeating the Process and gathering their damaged code. Then, Violet's able to use that code to expel the corruption within Cloudbank.
twin summit
if sgg hired a non-binary singer, i'd be good with the game lol
wheat bobcat
That would be epic.
twin summit
maybe with some cool autotune effects
wheat bobcat
I was thinking that Violet would sound and look fine unless they get overly emotional. When they ARE overly emotional, they start to glitch out, visibly and audibly.
AKA: Their voice glitches instead of cracks.
Violet just sounds like their speaking in keysmash during puberty XD
Also, one idea, Violet would have a single Cell that just follows them around and gets real snuggly. So in their idle animation, it'll get closer slowly and when it gets close enough it'll nuzzle against Violet for a sec.
edgy saddle
Yes.
wheat bobcat
All of your yes?
edgy saddle
Yes
wheat bobcat
lol
So, Violet's adversary
W h o
Firstly, we need to determine a name for it
Is the name legitimately cool, or is it cringy because the peeps in it are try-hards?
wheat bobcat
And how many peeps will me in it?
wheat bobcat
Okay, so I've got the name down. Trojan.
This is of course referring to the malware categorization.
There'd be seven members all-in-all.
The first would be found right after the news anchor encounter. He'd serve as a sort of tutorial. Unable to overload himself and allow the Process to consume him, he'd try to fight Violet without it, using a Diode he has on himself. He'd fail, of course, being taken out easily and quickly with a simple charge and stab- but he wouldn't be absorbed. Due to being partially overloaded, he'd turn into a Cell. This Cell would be the one that accompanies Violet throughout the game.
His name will be Dabir Amily.
He'd also respresent both a deadly sin and a cardinal virtue- these being lust, specifically a lust for attention, and diligence.
This leaves greed, envy, gluttony, sloth, pride, and wrath open for the others; as well as chastity, temperance, charity, patience, kindness, and humility.
wheat bobcat
Then the next encounter would be Violet getting ambushed by the rest of the operatives not long after while going through the Macro Canyon in Media, a small rural town to the West of Cloudbank, and them leaving a bunch of Jerks behind when they flee. The Jerks would shatter parts of the canyon, causing massive amounts of rock to fall, preventing Violet from returning to Cloudbank, or continuing on the fastest route to the first of the three broken Cradles.
This leads Violet to head around the long way, winding up passing through Embed, a major city at the end of the canyon at the foot of a mountain range I've yet to name.
This leads them to the first boss fight against Miriam. Miriam's tactic to try to 'suade Violet is by getting very romantic with them- and unfortunately for Violet, they've apparently got a thing for cute girls. But, they're able to shake it off pretty easily due to their overall determination to complete their task.
Although, the overall 'Miriam's tactic working' is just a comedic idea and not really a needed plotpoint, so it's a maybe at best.
All in all, Violet won't really show much emotion until later in the game as they absorb more Traces.
prisma mica
it took me forever to realize that red typing and deleting on OVC triminal was her way of communicating after losing her voice
i thought she was just thinking of what to type on a public comment
wheat bobcat
Just got the idea for the name. "Transistor Code:Re"
Also, idea for a new mechanic. Each Lv^ will inevitably increase overall MEM by a couple of points. It will also allow Violet to upgrade a Function. However, each upgrade makes it cost more MEM all-in-all.
white solar
I like the idea of a friendly process/Cell following you around or just being nice
Could be like Luna but a more permanent companion
full peak
Just got the idea for the name. "Transistor Code:Re"
this sounds like a light novel about reconstructing Cloudbank
wheat bobcat
I mean, you kinda are reconstructing it as you go
flat quest
i still want a sequel involving royce
wheat bobcat
I like the idea of a friendly process/Cell following you around or just being nice
@white solar He also does have a role in combat. The 'Highlight()' command, which locks onto a specific Process and gives you more detailed information than normal. Also makes attacks home in on that particular Process if they do so already, such as Purge.
flat quest
maybe he finds a way out of the country and finds out the process hasnt really left
wheat bobcat
There's also two sets of functions. Attacks and then effects. Attacks are used via A, B, X, and Y (Or 1, 2, 3, and 4 if you're KBM), while effects are used via the D-Pad (Or Z, X, C, and V if you're KBM)
Effects will solely effect you, while attacks effect things around you. This means each Function has two active uses. So Mask can either make you undetectable as an effect, OR banish a target as an attack!
wheat bobcat
The other members of Trojan are Deirdre Seraphina, Blaise Brennan, Cessair Nailah, Zahra Odessa, and Skylar Dracul.
flat quest
got to fairview on my 2nd ng+
manic lava
it's so brutal
inland mirage
everyone gangster until Blank Canvas starts playing
queen ivy
Paper boats: exist
Me: