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So, some friends of mine tried "Fragpunk" last night and dragged me into trying it. Short version - don't bother, I didn't last 2 hours. It's insanely jam packed with currencies and predatory micro-transactions, the most boring character designs I've ever seen in the genre, AI Slop art, insanely ugly weapon models, and it's published by NetEase. That's like a hundred red flags for what is, at best, a competent 5v5 hero shooter.

But one of the ways they talked me into at least giving it a shot was one friend was convinced (by AI lying to him) that Bad Guitar Studios was Canadian. Upon scrutiny that wasn't even a little true but it DID get me thinking, are we making any cool games up here in the North?

I found some stuff with basic Googling. Compulsion games just released South of Midnight and that looks pretty good, though it's owned by Microsoft. Pheonix Labs made Dauntless, I didn't know they were Canadian. There's a bunch of tiny mobile developers. But I thought maybe other people might have more insight. Does anybody have an awesome game made by Canadians that they can point me towards?

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[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Still waiting for 'Hello, This is bear' by earend..

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2645770/Hello_This_Is_Bear/

and dont forget: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/potato-sack-racing-simulator-2024-3c3c83 and 'Baby Boomer 2'.. from Chiliwack.