Sometimes, from the darkish dungeons of the web, a Twitter account emerges with such energy that it rocks the business to its core. Grizzled veterans query their designs, their life selections, their knowledge. Paradigms shift. Bars are raised.
Thanks to “Can You Pet the Dog?“, you possibly can pet the canine in Enter The Gungeon. The ramifications are profound.
Rover reporter Dominic Tarason did cowl this momentous occasion final week, when the final update Entered the Gungeon. Still, I can’t assist however really feel that Dom didn’t pay correct consideration to the forces behind the change.
— динозавр на скейте (@Ravinggus) April 8, 2019
A causal hyperlink is much from sure. Developers Dodge Roll Games may properly have been planning on implementing canine affection independently of novelty Twitter feeds, and merely engaged with them in a canny and finally profitable try and elicit but extra protection for The Gungeon. I don’t want to consider that is so.
I consider that “Can You Pet the Dog” is inflicting builders the world over to essentially reevaluate their design selections. I feel that is however the begin of a tsunami, a sea change that can reforge our relationship with each digital canine. Perhaps with all animalia.
Other examples have already begun to emerge, albeit in a more disturbing direction than I’d have hoped.
At the very least, “Can You Pet The Dog?” is lastly prompting main business figures to ask the proper questions.
Now somebody simply must make “Can You Belong To a Union?”.
