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No, it has to be done while that mission is active. It's step 6 or 7.

Geez, that's evil. I have never evolved a Magikarp and have about 350 Candy for it so I'm not far off, thankfully.

Yeah, I really like this research thing. It's a good idea and it's done well, it seems. I'm in a rural area these days so haven't got the chance to really try doing the missions, though. They may get worse later.

Confirmed for Europe, published by Rising Star Games. Out in the summer.

Celeste?

It's not bad. Not at all. Just not quite as good as where I am now - and that's probably top of the top. I'm unlikely to ever find anything that good. I have the next interview (just a short one according to them to clear out formalities) on April 12th, will have to have an answer at that time. My wife is mostly concerned about the working hours but they guarantee that they work normal hours most of the time and are flexible.

Snake Pass is an interesting game that's for sure. I got bored with it pretty quickly because it isn't relaxing or overly interesting to play. The controls make this game hard to master and may give you a headache because you need to concentrate a lot when trying to do something and I don't like games where the controls are the main difficulty, which is what I felt like when I played it. So no, I wouldn't recommend it but if you are still curious about it, then go for it. It's an interesting game.

I've tried having too little to do. It was terrible. I just sat there, waiting for the time to have passed 7 hours and 24 minutes every day so that I could leave without using up my time bank. It was so demotivating that I started doing much else during work hours and didn't care for my job at all. Of course, it didn't help that I had a son and wife at home that I wanted to go home to but still... On another note. Just finished talking with someone I know who worked at the place I'm perhaps switching to. The decrease in salary is not so much and the company actually divides a part of it's earnings to the employees which is exactly the money I will miss by switching. Also, it is perhaps a stretch to assume that someone will pay me what I'm currently getting when taking up a position where I need some training in order to give something back to the company. Then I will get less vacation days, 5 days less a year. That's a bummer but I can take up to 3 days off without pay if I really need it, and they are flexible enough that I could perhaps say that I won't be coming in for two days and then work overtime for a small period afterwards. Furthermore, I am told from the one who worked there that they are actually very good at not working too much overtime, so no overtime pay is not that much of a problem. It's a nice thing, though, and I think that it is one thing that the employers should really consider because of the signals it sends. I don't want to work extra if I get nothing back from doing so - except that I perhaps get my work done a day or two before. Of course I'm all for working overtime when it's necessary. I just think it's a shame that employees are not directly rewarded for doing so. Last, the increase in commute. I can bike a couple of times a week - that's 15 km each way opposed to the 8 I have now so it'll take a bit longer than now doing so, but I can also just take my car for the days that I really need to make it home faster than biking (if the traffic is not too bad at least). I'm still undecided but this talk made me realise that it's probably not so bad as it may sound on paper.

It would be a nice way to hatch ingame eggs.

I hated Steamworld Dig. Found it incredibly boring to play. Haven't touched Dig 2 for that reason. Heist, on the other hand, is pure fun. It's like Worms, just less crazy overall, which is fine. The gameplay is awesome. Can really recommend that.

That's a really good way to distribute Mew if that's truly the case.

I'm really surprised this wasn't part of the Spring Sale. It totally should have been.

No, there is no physical edition on Switch - unfortunately.

So it seems that the crashes are getting fixed. From reddit: It won't fix the game but it's good that they get this fix up and running before the physical version hits the shelves.

Wow. That's a good question - albeit hard to ever answer yes to, isn't it? But no, I probably won't get better quality of life by changing. I don't think I had already decided when I wrote the above post but I am trying to be all pros and cons about it. And yes, the cons may outweigh the pros on this one. It's a high trade off for learning something that I want and need to learn (software development in a modern environment). The problem is that I think the new company is a great match for me, that's what makes this really hard for me. I think I'm about 60-40 on staying where I am.

Finished the game now. The final boss was indeed a better fight than the rest. But 3/5.

I am reaching the final boss now so want to give some thoughts on the game. While it is charming, I found it getting tedious towards the end. There really isn't much in the game and what's there is not overly challenging or much fun to actually do. The bigger battles especially are really not difficult because of anything else than lackluster fighting mechanics. Geddy is useful but weak, and the muscet is way to slow to do anything. So it's more or less spamming ZR until your fingers hurt - don't play in handheld mode. Then there are a few riddles but they aren't really anything but a delay in the game. Furthermore, the game has crashed five times for me. I've played for 5 hours or so. That's really not good enough, especially since nothing was going on at those times. Also had the single digit framerate at the lava boss. Overall, it's charming, the story is fine, the setting is interesting, and the characters are good. The game itself isn't that good but luckily it's short. That makes it way too pricey, though. At this price I would expect something more.

Yeah, I agree, someone else I probably handling it but from the update It sounds like it still involves them a lot.

I'll get Fe for sure. May buy Blossom Tales as well. Was hoping that Celeste and Yooka Laylee were on the list as well but alas. A shame that I've already bought Owlboy just a few days ago but that's life, and thankfully it isn't a crazy discount on that.

Sigh. Is it really necessary to spend time on languages? Bugs and FPS, sure, spend time on that. But adding 10 languages seems a bit unnecessary.

Had my second interview today with the new job. It went very well, and it still sounds good but I'm really in doubt whether I should change job or not. I just got a raise at my current job and the new place can't or won't match that. They can only match my current salary. It is a 4 % raise so it's noticeable. It's really unusual that you don't get a higher salary when changing job in the IT business. They do give raises, though most.likely not as significant as 4 %. In my current place, I believe I'll get yearly raises for a few more years to come. Then there is the issue that I won't be having as many vacation days the new place. Currently I have 35 vacation days a year and 5 days less in the new job. We have a 25 days minimum in Denmark so still better than that at least. Then I will spend more time commuting every day. And probably won't be biking every day anymore because 13-15 km each way is a bit much. Overall, I'll be losing some welfare by changing. However, the work is in a far more modern, young and challenging area. I'm not being challenged anymore in my current position and my manager doesn't know what to do. It sounds like a good place to work when they talk about it and what I hear from the ones I know there. So, yeah, I don't really know what to do. I'll probably have to give an answer just before or just after Easter next week.

I enjoyed it very much on 3DS, the map on the top screen is really nice to have available during gameplay. I think the Switch is a bit too bulky for this game to be enjoyed properly as you basically play it with one hand. Just note that the stylus may scratch your screen a little.

I guess this will feature at E3 then.

First gameplay video from GDC:

Trailer for the DLC that released today: