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[-] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 hours ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Wheels is actually a browser game from 2010. It just got re-released on Steam.

[-] iamthetot@piefed.ca 14 points 8 hours ago
[-] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 hours ago

It's just looking at some basic information like "tags" that may appear in both unrelated games of different styles and genres. Example if a game shares 3 or more broad tags like "gore, violent, indie" then Steam will recommend games with such tags. Depends what is in your pool of played games as well.

For me the recommendations were: "GTA 4" and "Goat Simulator"

[-] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago

I see they never actually filled out the character selection screen.

[-] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

Probably to not show everything, so there is some surprises for the player.

[-] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago

It has been like that for 10+ years.

[-] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

Which is fine I guess. I mean there is no need to start spoiling on the own shop for new players after 10 years. It's actually quiet normal to not show everything what a game has to offer, so there is some secrets or progression to discover on their own. So even 20 years later its fine that the list of players is not full.

I don't understand. This is not an issue, right?

[-] db2@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

$4.99 for those wondering

[-] FoxAlive@lemmy.zip 31 points 13 hours ago

I'm surprised it wasn't already on steam. I feel like I haven't heard of happy wheels in nearly 20 years.

[-] Eldritch@piefed.world 9 points 12 hours ago

I don't think YouTubers like markiplier have touched it in a decade. Granted, he's been busy. But I still see it in my suggestions from other YouTubers now and again. Though way less than back in the day. GSP does them now and again still.

[-] FoxAlive@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 hours ago

I rarely watched any of them back then, but I remember it felt like a whole year when the front page was only ever happy wheels.

[-] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 20 points 12 hours ago

Holy shit, I forgot all about this.

[-] phi0@lemmy.zip 20 points 13 hours ago

Happy Wheels is a side-scrolling, physics-based, community driven sandbox game, now (finally) available, ad-free, on Steam. Select your inadequately prepared racer, and disregard severe consequences in your desperate pursuit of short-lived victory. Choose from more than 5 million user created levels or create and share your own.

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