#Nintendo: (taking notes)

[nocturnalfandomdoodles]

chibi midna

[echoesofdusk]

"hey guys play this game instead of Palworld bc it didn't plagiarize Pokemon!"

the game in question:

[gingergari]

In the toad peach au. Has peach ever used a double cherry. So that she can spend one day with her true appearance outside of the castle while someone else is the princess?

hi! thanks for sending in an ask! 🩵

double cherries aren’t native to the mushroom kingdom, so she personally had never used them until she visited the sprixie kingdom.

but she can do this without it if toadette or toadiko use the crown instead :^) due to their vow they look just like peach in human form, and to avoid suspicion it isn’t common for toadette and toadiko to both be at peach’s side in public. (avoids questions if one does need to step up plus it gives the opportunity for breaks) if for some reason there needs to be a human peach + toadiko, toadette, and toad peach somewhere at the same time, they would consider it but since the double cherry reflects the original it would probably be tricky in universe to pull off (but maybe not impossible thanks to magic 🔥)

peach just doesn’t spend much time outside the castle for a number of factors

1. toadsworth barred her from leaving castle grounds growing up for safety reasons

2. post debutante she was dealing with the escalating koopa kingdom situation that resulted in her first kidnapping

3. things keep happening all the time

4. she’s a bit of a workaholic 🩵

i tweaked things in the au a bit so now this is just a thing that toads know but are bound to keep secret so she feels safer out in toad company but otherwise is quite nervous whenever she’s outside in her true form

but post mario bros knowing she probably feels more comfortable to step outside the castle more (where your ask may come in)

mario’s a big fan of stealing her away when he can and she’s a big fan of seeing the kingdom up close whenever she’s can so she does her best to make it happen and cherishes each occasion 🩵

[wild-moss-art]

Obsessed w the fact that so many of us took extremely gendered game and made non-binary/gnc ocs

[drifting-knightjar]

Why is the trailer for the swunch so sexual?

[aethershroud]

Is...Roger Craig Smith just going to voice everyone, now?

Eh, don't care. This trilogy was amazing. Not PERFECT. It's a little too short, a lot of things aren't expanded on (Emerl was a glorified cameo, big sad) and with all due respect Omega deserved more than FOUR LINES, two of which were literally the same. And I was kind of hoping to see Shadow actually fall foul of Black Doom or the Time Eater. :/

Fun fact, I was nearly confused as to how Eggman had data on the latter...but then I remembered that he knew just about after Colours, so, that checks out.

I hope we get more like this for later games. Or better yet, just do standalone short films. Clearly that's one thing Sega is just excelling at right now. Except Drone Home but that was technically Paramount so shhhhhhh-

And...that's it, I guess. Bring on Shadow Generations, then!

(oh and a splatfest thing happened I guess yay go whatever)

[dsimemories]

ds avatars by starvalerian on deviantart

[transgirl-gaming-thoughts]

I feel like there should be some intersection between the Earthbound|Mother series and the Paper Mario series. Both are classic turn-based RPGs with action-based mechanics (Mario's action commands, the Mother health meter, Mother 3's rhythm attacks). Is this anything?

[sailermoon]

“steel soul” what if I hated myself

[rakofelo]

A break from BG3 stuff

[veil-jumprope]

Nintendo just announced digital sharing?? You can share your digital games!

Absolute W for nintendo.

[insertdisc5]

🎮 HEY I WANNA MAKE A GAME! 🎮

Yeah I getcha. I was once like you. Pure and naive. Great news. I AM STILL PURE AND NAIVE, GAME DEV IS FUN! But where to start?

To start, here are a couple of entry level softwares you can use! source: I just made a game called In Stars and Time and people are asking me how to start making vidy gaems. Now, without further ado:

SOFTWARES AND ENGINES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO CODE!!!

Ren'py (and also a link to it if you click here do it): THE visual novel software. Comic artists, look no further ✨Pros: It's free! It's simple! It has great documentation! It has a bunch of plugins and UI stuff and assets for you to buy! It can be used even if you have LITERALLY no programming experience! (You'll just need to read the doc a bunch) You can also port your game to a BUNCH of consoles! ✨Cons: None really <3 Some games to look at: Doki Doki Literature Club, Bad End Theater, Butterfly Soup

Twine: Great for text-based games! GREAT FOR WRITERS WHO DONT WANNA DRAW!!!!!!!!! (but you can draw if you want) ✨Pros: It's free! It's simple! It's versatile! It has great documentation! It can be used even if you have LITERALLY no programming experience! (You'll just need to read the doc a bunch) ✨Cons: You can add pictures, but it's a pain. Some games to look at: The Uncle Who Works For Nintendo, Queers In love At The End of The World, Escape Velocity

Bitsy: Little topdown games! ✨Pros: It's free! It's simple! It's (somewhat) intuitive! It has great documentation! It can be used even if you have LITERALLY no programming experience! You can make everything in it, from text to sprites to code! Those games sure are small! ✨Cons: Those games sure are small. This is to make THE simplest game. Barely any animation for your sprites, can barely fit a line of text in there. But honestly, the restrictions are refreshing! Some games to look at: honestly I haven't played that many bitsy games because i am a fake gamer. The picture above is from Under A Star Called Sun though and that looks so pretty

RPGMaker: To make RPGs! LIKE ME!!!!! NOTE: I recommend getting the latest version if you can, but all have their pros and cons. You can get a better idea by looking at this post. ✨Pros: Literally everything you need to make an RPG. Has a tutorial inside the software itself that will teach you the basics. Pretty simple to understand, even if you have no coding experience! Also I made a post helping you out with RPGMaker right here! ✨Cons: Some stuff can be hard to figure out. Also, the latest version is expensive. Get it on sale! Some games to look at: Yume Nikki, Hylics, In Stars and Time (hehe. I made it)

engine.lol: collage worlds! it is relatively new so I don't know much about it, but it seems fascinating. picture is from Garden! NOTE: There's a bunch of smaller engines to find out there. Just yesterday I found out there's an Idle Game Maker made by the Cookie Clicker creator. Isn't life wonderful?

✨more advice under the cut. this is Long ok✨

ENGINES I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT AND THEY SEEM HARD BUT ALSO GIVE IT A TRY I GUESS!!!! :

Unity and Unreal: I don't know anything about those! That looks hard to learn! But indie devs use them! It seems expensive! Follow your dreams though! Don't ask me how!

GameMaker: Wuh I just don't know anything about it either! I just know it's now free if your game is non-commercial (aka, you're not selling it), and Undertale was made on it! It seems good! You probably need some coding experience though!!!

Godot: Man I know even less about this one. Heard good things though!

BUNCHA RANDOM ADVICE!!!!

-Make something small first! Try making simple: a character is in a room, and exits the room. The character can look around, decide to take an item with them, can leave, and maybe the door is locked and you have to find the key. Figuring out how to code something like that, whether it is as a fully text-based game or as an RPGMaker map, should be a good start to figure out how your software of choice works!

-After that, if you have an idea, try first to make the simplest version of that idea. For my timeloop RPG, my simplest version was two rooms: first room you can walk in, second room with the King, where a cutscene automatically plays and the battle starts, you immediately die, and loop back to the first room, with the text from this point on reflecting this change. I think I also added a loop counter. This helped me figure out the most important thing: Can This Game Be Made? After that, the rest is just fun stuff. So if you want to make a dating sim, try and figure out how to add choices, and how to have affection points go up and down depending on your choices! If you want to make a platformer, figure out how to make your character move and jump and how to create a simple level! If you just want to make a kinetic visual novel with no choices, figure out how to add text, and how to add portraits! You'll be surprised at how powerful you'll feel after having figured even those simple things out.

-If you have a programming problem or just get confused, never underestimate the power of asking Google! You most likely won't be the only person asking this question, and you will learn some useful tips! If you are powerful enough, you can even… Ask people??? On forums??? Not me though.

-Yeah I know you probably want to make Your Big Idea RIGHT NOW but please. Make a smaller prototype first. You need to get that experience. Trust me.

-If you are not a womanthing of many skills like me, you might realize you need help. Maybe you need an artist, or a programmer. So! Game jams on itch.io are a great way to get to work and meet other game devs that have different strengths! Or ask around! Maybe your artist friend secretly always wanted to draw for a game. Ask! Collaborate! Have fun!!!

I hope that was useful! If it was. Maybe. You'd like to buy me a coffee. Or maybe you could check out my comics and games. Or just my new critically acclaimed game In Stars and Time. If you want. Ok bye

[hotstreak2k3]

This fanart beautifully well narrated from Link's perspectives after witnessing all of Zelda's memories.

From briefly fallen in despaired (due to his love for his princess) to clutching his fist in knowing Ganondorf have deceived him by using a puppet play on Link's emotions.

This short comic is both dark and amazing!

Unwavering resolve.

[bumpscosity]

Switch Game carrying case that looks like the scarlet/violet book

[dsimemories]

free avatar and icon base by kiki-myaki on deviantart