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Discord has added generative AI features to servers.

Here are THREE THINGS you need to do today.

1️⃣ YOUR SERVER

Go into server settings -> roles -> Default permissions

Search for "external apps" and disable it

2️⃣ YOUR FEEDBACK

Access Discord support -> https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Go into Help & Support > Feedback/New Feature Request

Denounce generative AI and request the feature be removed. Bring up privacy concerns for yourself, your data, and for minors.

You will get an automatic reply to this request- PLEASE REPLY TO THE EMAIL TO PUSH IT TO THE TEAM or else it will get discarded.

3️⃣ ON MOBILE

Access your app store

Leave a 1 star review and publicly denounce generative AI and Discord's use of it

Reblog this to spread the word, I'm tired of the enshittification of the things I use in my day to day life.

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Here's a collection of sites where you can get sound effects and ambience for your projects!

https://freesound.org/ Freesound is a great resource for royalty free and copyright free sounds. Each sound comes with a creative commons license, some of which require credit, so make sure to check those!

https://www.sounds-resource.com/ Sounds resource is an archive of sounds from various video games and PC games, so while they can't be used for anything commercial, you may be able to use them for things like videos or fan games.

https://www.humblebundle.com/software Humble bundle regularly hosts fundraiser bundles of software and game design assets, including sound effects and ambience. You can also put money from your purchase forward the bundles charity. Sadly, humble bundle also puts out bundles of AI books, though, so it's up to you if you think the good outweighs the bad here.

Unreal Marketplace If your project is an Unreal Engine 4/5 game, check out what the Unreal marketplace has to offer! They offer both free and paid sound effect packs for your games.

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/ Another nice resource of free and royalty free sound effects! Attribution is not required, but appreciated!

https://www.youtube.com/ Youtube can be a great place to find copyright free/royalty free sounds too! To get the sounds form the videos, you can use a tool such as mediahuman's youtube-to-mp3 converter.

https://www.gamedevmarket.net/category/audio/sound-fx A paid store where you can find all sorts of sounds and ambience for your video game projects! Humble bundle seems to do bundles with them pretty often so you may want to look into that to save some money here, too.

https://sonniss.com/gameaudiogdc An archive of free and copyright free sound effect packs from the Game Developers Conference! A new pack seems to be added every year, too. :)

https://getsoundly.com/ Soundly is a program more than website, but I have tired it myself and you can get free sound effects from it, and you can get additional sounds if you pay for the pro version as well.

https://www.boomlibrary.com/ While this sound effect site is primarily a paid one, you can get a free monthly bundle of sound effects if you subscribe to their mailing list!

https://blipsounds.com/community-library/ Another great library of free sounds from the Blip Studios community!

https://www.zapsplat.com/ They require you to make an account before downloading anything, but this is another site with lots of free sound effects for your projects!

Itch Io Itch Io is another great resource for both free and paid sound effects!

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Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, giving way to the Old Ones. Embrace the Strange Aeon or go offline permanently…

The Shadow Over Cyberspace, a modempunk horror story. Available today for FREE on PC.

The Shadow Over Cyberspace is free -- no MTX, no battle pass, no "prologue," just free -- for Win, Mac, and Linux. Pay-what-you-want and optional donation DLC if you like.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2982530/The_Shadow_Over_Cyberspace/

Itchio: https://fictionfactorygames.itch.io/the-shadow-over-cyberspace

This experimentally weird narrative game is only possible thanks to our community, who have supported our development. If you want to get in on our next project, here's where to go:

Discord: https://discord.gg/gaCcH2N Patreon: https://patreon.com/fictionfactorygames

Thanks, and enjoy!

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Tall grass tutorial is out!

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Donut tutorial!

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A Whisper of Blue

Description :

« Seems like there’s a new resident in the marine reserve you’re working at. And a dangerous one at that. »

« A Whisper of Blue » is an upcoming slow burn horror romance centered around a merman who was recently brought to your workplace. His wild nature and wariness makes him an especially hard creature to deal with. Don’t lower your guards.

Warning :

This game and blog are SFW but because of the horror genre, I would set the recommended age limit at 16. Check this post to know more.

The main love interest is non-human, which means his behaviors won’t necessarily cater to human societal standards. Killing human does not count as murder in his eyes. As such, here are a list of content warning for the current demo :

– Hypnosis

– Light gore (depiction of blood and wounds)

– Death (player and love interest)

This game is currently a work in progress, and only the demo is available !

Social medias :

Itch.io

Instagram

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Day 8 of Swordtember 2024 - Sun + Bonus Redraw

So, ended up working on a new sword for Swordtember. It was pretty fun working on it. I got the inspiration for this from the classic sun paintings with the face on it. With the more wavy based design, it lead to a lot of fun when creating the guard then later on, with the blade itself. I originally was going to go with a regular blade design that was gold instead of the sun like design that I gave it here. Sword name: Rising Radiance

Lore: The Rising Radiance is an ancient blade that was found recently in a crumbling temple on Ingolza, the Lost Continent. The temple was previously dedicated to Cyrus, God of the Sun. Interestingly enough, Cyrus is a god worshipped on Edath by the Cria, a race of travelling half elves. It is believed that a few of them settled in Ingolza many years ago and kept this rare relic as an artifact and proof of the fate. Unfortunately, the people there weren't able to escape the Eclipse that wiped out most of the life that was on Ingolza. This isn't the only sword I worked on recently either. I recently worked on a redesign of the Lunar Guardian, a blade I designed for the Moon.

This is the second version of the Lunar Guardian that I edited after some feedback on Bluesky. I gave it a more crescent blade compared to the original but I still have a lot of work to do in regards to it. I want to change the guard more since I do think it is bland but I can't figure out how to improve it currently. But, if anyone has any tips on how to improve it, just let me know!

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Day 6 (Smoke) & Day 7 (Moon)

So, I have been really busy lately with life, friends and girlfriend. So, I have ended up being really behind in terms of Swordtember. I decided that I am going to continue working on it as best I can since I am still having fun with this. Lore isn't finished for either of these blades so it is one that I will get to when I can. Maybe I'll add more art in when I finish the lore but until then, it will be mainly swords only.

Day 6: Smoke - Smoldering Edge

"Where there's smoke, there's fire." That was the main quote that I was thinking about when I was working about it. Making a purely smoke blade was tough since I don't want to purely copy the others blades on Tumblr. I had a greatsword in mind for this blade along with an incense stick. I ended up creating a sword that is originally incased in ash but as the user wields it, it burns away similar to incense and emits smoke. However, it reveals a fiery hot blade underneath. The smoke can hinder the user if not used properly but can be of great use to an experienced swordsman. The blade is demonic in origin and demonic blades are very rare to come by. They tend to contain powerful magic, beyond what even the best enchanters can do despite their capabilities. The main ways to obtain one is either by making a magical pact with a demon for it or by claiming one that lays in an ancient ruin, tombs or deep underground, which tends to be often surrounded by powerful monsters attracted to the source.

Day 7: Moon - Lunar Guardian

This is one of the blades where I had something in mind for one part of the blade but didn't know what else to put for the rest of the blade. I knew what I wanted for the guard and the color scheme but not much for anything else. Even touching upon it today, I still find it hard to work on and come up with ideas for. Lore wise, this will be fun to work on when I have some spare time. I haven't written anything currently but this will be updated when I have something in mind.

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Part of how I improve artwise is by playing games and studying different weapons and sometimes objects. I get ideas based on what I see from other artists, both on social media and on the art books I have (thank you Dark Souls, Monster Hunter and Ben Boos). And this is excluding more of things that I study for game design.

If you are going to be an author you have GOT to read books.

If you are going to be a TTRPG designer you have GOT to play or at least read the rulebooks for TTRPGs.

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Day 5: Edible (Swordtember 2024)

This was another blade that I had a lot of ideas for. I had an idea yesterday for a blade called 'The Raisin Brand' but I had no idea how I would start the process of it. Then I had the idea of making it a cookie blade, with chocolate chips in it (maybe more since I can always make variants in Asperite easily). I decided on using a Cinquedea blade as inspiration, since it was on my mind since a good friend commented that the Floral blade looked like it. Since the blade was originally created in Italy, I figured I use an Italian dish since I figured it would be a more interesting design. Pizza was banned since it would be too basic to do. So, I looked into the desserts and whichever one made me the most hungry would be it. Reading up about the Torte Caprese made me want to try it out more so I ended up making that.

Sword name: Splendid Surprise Every year, there is a festival celebrating the life of a famous nomadic swordsman that travelled across the continent of Edath. Celebrations are typically held in the Intolgian Desert but it has been recently been at Vintolga, capital of the Zician Empire. In celebration, both blacksmiths and mages often create extravagant sword designs to show off their work and talent. Some create more practical blades for use in combat, others create more experimental blades due to enchanting them and working with rare alloys. This blade in particular, was designed by a chef in tandem with a mage. Using a slice of a cake that he typically served for his customers as the blade, a hardened butter and sugar for the guard and grip respectively and an almond for the pommel. It was indeed a work of art, one that thoroughly impressed travelers and the citizens of the city. Even most of the Empress's royal guards and a few members of the Inquistion were impressed as well.

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Day 4 - Divine Relic (Swordtember 2024)

I'm not gonna lie, I was struggling for a good while working on this. It took me some little bit of time to work on what I wanted for this. I originally had a few things I wanted to do for this: have it be a greatsword, be used by a king, uses the palette of the Paladin sword (one I made for last year's Swordtember) and base it off of the lore that I make for it. Though, I ditched the first and last one when I thought of Excalibur and realized that I surprisingly never drew it before so I decided to fix that. Sword name: Excalibur A young knight named Yorn travelled deep within the forest, fully focusing north. His eyes were set on finding the legendary blade Excalibur. Despite his youth, he was a well seasoned adventurer. He had fought a hydra, an undead warlord, a powerful lich and even a dragon. Despite his accomplishments, he knew he needed to get stronger, both in mind, body and technique. So, he sought out two legendary weapons to prove himself, one of which was Excalibur. Yorn had spend a lot of Crescents along with many months tracing down any rumors and books that he could find. He managed to narrow it down to a spring in northern Agrash, carefully avoiding any bandit factions and powerful monsters that dwelled there. He would spend six days traveling, setting up camps at night and hunting to keep himself fed. On the dawn of the seventh day, Yorn would finally reach the spring and take it in. It felt magical, like he was in the Fae Plains of Izelia again. He focused his eyes for a moment and he could begin to see the fairies all around, especially around the island towards the middle. Yorn would take out a spy glass and peak through. He would see the sword set in a pedestal, with it's shining steel and gold blade standing out to him the most. Yorn smiled over at it, more than eager to obtained what he sought after.

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Day 3 of Swordtember 2024: Cursed Relic

I had a lot of inspiration from Dark Souls 2. I originally wanted to go with a more warped version of Excalibur at first, with the lore being that it was created to mislead heroes from the real one. But, I ended up getting inspired by a few of the swords from the DSII art book so made something based on there. I might revamp the sword later on to be more of a longsword but I enjoyed how it came out. Side note: I do know I am a day late when it comes to this. I was spending the day with my girlfriend and while I ended up finishing the sword, I didn't have enough energy to finish the lore.

Sword name: Wolgar's End Have you ever heard the tragedy of Wolgar the Cursed? Long ago, Wolgar was a knight in the ancient kingdom of Prelya, who were known for their metalworking prowess and their experiments with alchemy. The very sword you see was one of the metalworking experiments, with the blade itself intended to be used to absorb magic and possibly spirits and with a ruby to hold one of them in. It was intended to recreate some of the enchanted blades that was found before. However, there was a crisis in the neighboring kingdom of Grivaria in which they requested aid for. More than eager to end the conflict, Wolgar rushed out but instead of taking his usual silver sword, he brought the new experimental blade instead. When Wolgar and the other knights arrived, everything was in chaos. A long dead warlord has come back to life and was raising havoc across the land, summoning ancient warriors to aid them. With each fight, Wolgar felt himself improving and easily overpowering the warriors, who fought with the strength of eight of their current knights. The strategist originally predicted that the conflict would take 4 and a half months but they eventually manage to route the warlord inside of his catacombs after two weeks. When it came to the final battle, Wolgar bravely fought him, matching blow for blow and even surpassing the Warlord fairly quickly. This ended in Wolgar piercing through the undead warlord, winning the fight. But, as the warlord died, instead of their soul being released, the soul was instead absorbed into the sword. It wasn't long until Wolgar pulled his blade out of the armor of the fallen warlord and turned his blade against his fellow knights.

Note: I wanted to make this one longer but I still have another piece of lore to write for the Divine Relic. Maybe I can do some reworks later on when I am not as busy.

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Day 2: Floral

Moving on to Day 2 of Swordtember 2024. It was a challenge working on this one since this was my first time making a flower. But overall, the blade ended up coming out really well. It was a bit of a challenge since I had a few items like vines wrapped around a steel or silver sword but decided to use thorns as the main focus point of the sword along with a silver grip and pommel. I definitely want to experiment more with this one later on. Sword name: Vengeful Thorn Lore of the Blade: You should never underestimate the power of a nature mage as they often have more power than what is commonly thought. It is what led to the creation of this sword. Apprentice mage Sylvia Olgard was one of those mages who was relentlessly tormented by several of her peers at the magic academy due to the weakened state of her family. It led up to the point where they broke into her families estate and destroyed an ancient heirloom, a silver sword that was once used to deal with spirits in the neighboring country of Grivaria. Now enraged, she impulsively challenged them to a duel set for the next day but due to the nature of their crime, all the set duels had to be settled with a sword and no magic.

Sylvia unfortunately only knew how to use a knife and short blades and the only available weapons were the longswords that her family were known for now. The smiths weren't any luck either and there were no short blades to purchase, outside of subpar weapons. When all hope was lost, she took a look at the broken blade and got an idea. Taking a rose that was cultivated in the academy garden, she worked on repairing the blade and making it suit what she needed. It took the rest of the day but by the end of it, the Vengeful Thorn was finished. Sylvia took the blade and headed off to the dueling ground, more than eager to restore the honor of her family.

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A small comic about Palestine I created to appeal to more passive family and friends

Anyways if you have the money I urge you to donate to Ibraheem Hadi, a Palestinian who contacted me and whom I promised to highlight in relation to this comic:

Otherwise there is always a need for eSims to keep Gazans connected

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Having all these as future refrence

11 of my tutorials (Couldn't fit more in this post). All available on my discord though!: http://discord.gg/n5TDnqfR5P

If you want to support these:

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ATTENTION ARTISTS OF TUMBLR

since tumblr is going to start scraping blogs to train ai be sure to glaze and nightshade your art!! Not only will both of these programs protect your art from being copied but nightshade also poisons any ai that tries to steal it

here is some more info on these tools and where you can download them:

Nightshade: Protecting Copyright (uchicago.edu)

Nightshade: Downloads (uchicago.edu)

Glaze - What is Glaze (uchicago.edu)

Glaze - Downloads (uchicago.edu)

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Day 1: Wings So, gonna be posting everything for Swordtember on both here, Reddit and Bluesky. It is long overdue that I should post more here but it will be a fun experience. Thank you very much for @faithschaffer for the Swordtember themes for this year. Sword name: Winged Elven Longsword Lore: "Very often, elves of the royal families would commission swords as a symbol of their status, often being made with enchanted silver as an easy show of status and magical power. However for this blade, it was created for Rennyn Reyydark out of mithril due to his exceptional service as a ranger. Due to his love for animals, the smith crafted a silver wing as the guard to represent that."