reminder that Archipelago exists and is absolutely incredible:

https://archipelago.gg/

it lets you create “multiplayer games” where you and your friend play two completely different singleplayer games and find items for each other in your games

for example I could be playing Doom ‘93 and instead of getting the super-shotgun and a soulsphere, I might find the PokeFlute and some rare candies for my friend playing Pokemon

and then they might be exploring a cave and find the BFG and the red key for E1M4

I can’t believe that something like this can exist. and there are a surprising number of supported games too

@kasdeya right we still need to set this up sometime

@tempest I would definitely love to play it with y’all!

@kasdeya mind blown 🤯

@kasdeya they apparently somehow added ms paint to it….

@kasdeya @sysop408 this is fucking crazy.

@kasdeya It's equal parts heartwarming and hilarious to see what has been touted for years as a core of glorious web3 gaming just quietly existing entirely without need for blockchain over in the land of people who build things rather than cargo cult financial instruments.

@kasdeya i havent played this myself but i saw it adds a whole new game mode to Outer Wilds where you physically cannot solve certain puzzles until you or your partner unlocks the “knowledge piece” that your character would need to have.

@kasdeya the Randomizer is also cool, I could play Stardew Valley and Minecraft both totally randomized, thats so funny and the challenges will be that both Games depend on finding things in each other to progress.