Omnihanded Entertainmet News | Ludoscene, A Game-Discovery Tool Inspired By Dating Apps, Is Out Now

If you’ve been struggling to find some new games to play recently, a newly released tool called Ludocene might be the thing you’re looking for. Having successfully completed a Kickstarter earlier this year, Ludoscene is a dating-app-inspired tool that helps you find new games based on what you already like. If a game comes up and you don’t like it, swipe it away. If you love it, swipe it towards you, and the app will start to recommend games based on that choice, removing and adding more suggestions as you refine what you do and don’t like.

The unique thing about it is that, according to its Kickstarter page, it uses “rich human-researched data to build your catalogue of games.” Curation is the key thing here as opposed to something like Steam, which sometimes seems like it’s just taking a guess at what you actually like.

🎉LUDOCENE LAUNCHED 🎉 So excited (and nervous) to send our game-finder into the world. Ludocene.com If you want a better way to find amazing games that rewards experts and is in the hands of players, this is our shot. Thank you to the 1000’s backers and supporters.This is just the beginning.

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— Andy Robertson (@geekdadgamer.bsky.social) August 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM

While it’s a bit awkward to use with a mouse–the Tinder-like quality makes it more suited to smartphones or tablets–there are a huge range of games it can suggest. You can start “runs” in a few different ways, like starter packs based on the staff’s personal picks, new and upcoming games, and recent discoveries. You can also start from specific games you like, or even based on the tastes of “experts.” These include developers, journalists, streamers, and more.

While on runs, you can view trailers for each of the games to see if they take your fancy, and if they do, you can pin them to remind yourself to play them later. Don’t worry about skipping past games either, as there’s an undo button, and the whole thing is free too. Perhaps this will be a good way to cut down your Steam wishlist full of games you swear you’ll buy eventually.

Where to Find the Scoutmaster in Peak

If you want to find the Scoutmaster in Peak to unlock the Mentorship Badge achievement, note that you first need to summon him. He’s not a random encounter, and there are specific steps to follow beforehand.

There are two methods for the Scoutmaster to appear in your game. These depend on whether you’re playing solo or with others online, and are noted below:

In single-player, you must use the Scoutmaster’s Bugle, which is a rare item in Peak.

In multiplayer, you have to defy Scoutmaster Myres’ advice and actually leave a friend in need by deviating from teammates.

For the first method, the Scoutmaster’s Bugle is a rare item, meaning that it has a very low chance to appear in the game. You have a chance of getting the item from either Ancient Luggage–which are the suitcases that have the red emblem on them–or from the Ancient Statues that appear at the summit of each biome. Note that for the latter, all players must be alive when you interact with it. Otherwise, the statue will revive any fallen climbers, instead of dropping an item.

It’s indeed possible for the Scoutmaster’s Bugle to appear in multiplayer matches as well. In either case, the chances of encountering it are quite low. In over 26 hours of playing Peak, I’ve only seen the item twice–but again, there were several instances where the statue didn’t drop an item since one of our teammates had died in the biome, so your mileage may vary.

The Scoutmaster is not messing around.

If you’re playing Peak in multiplayer, encountering the Scoutmaster is somewhat easier. You need to distance yourself from your co-op buddies, whether that’s just one more person or several of them. A way of ensuring you trigger the encounter is by having everybody else but you stay at the starting point of the Shore biome. Then, head over to the opposite side toward the peak and start climbing.

After a few minutes of gaining latitude, you’ll begin hearing a different music than the usual background environmental track, similar to bells in the distance. The Scoutmaster is designed to chase whoever splits from others, so you’re likely to see him get close to you. A good way of knowing when he’s nearby is a film grain effect on the screen, which will gradually obscure your visibility the closer he is.

If the Scoutmaster is in your vicinity, get close and you’ll see the Mentorship Badge achievement appear. There’s a chance of him falling off a ledge and interrupting the chase, but he’ll likely climb back up again shortly. From here, you can either attempt to escape–the Scoutmaster is quite fast, mind you–or let him trap you. When tackling this myself, the Scoutmaster grabbed me and promptly threw me off the mountain.

That’s all you need to encounter the Scoutmaster. Bear in mind that there’s a chance of triggering the encounter by accident if you stray from other players. It’s a punishing and quite terrifying way of ensuring that you’re lending a helping hand whenever possible.