#engineering streams

[parisoonic]

Well, he didn't say it wasn't mechanically impossible.

[cheese-n-crackerjacks]

Quick reminder for engiespy shippers

Dell’s got an eye for art, so I can definitely see early on in their interactions: Engie in Spy’s smoking room, complimenting the new art piece he got, and while Engie’s going on a little bit about the artist, Spy is a bit awestruck as his predisposition of the engineer as a “typical hillbilly” is shattered (also thankful someone else on the team seems to have some taste)

[this-too-shall-bleed]

still Losing my mind over Harlan playing my game on his birthday spooky stream yesterday not once but TWICE….so here’s a compilation of some behind the scenes and concept art I had for my Malevolent inspired game, D.S al Fine for those that were interested:

yapping alert because this project is my child

First, for the audio enjoyers, I found some old unedited versions of my improv sessions on the piano! with these I cut into and created the ambience for the game as well as the ending track.

some Faroe sadness that didn't make it in fully (also the beginning sounds incredibly like Kayne's motif from wager is that just me???):

this was my first concept art I think! I was insanely hyper when I got the idea to conceptualize a malevolent game, it was like 3am, and I knew at its basis I wanted it to explore what happens right before the show originally starts because I was still a relatively new fan at the time and the ambiguity was incredibly interesting to me

originally I had the plan to make an animation of that, the fingers going into the eye sockets, but unfortunately to execute it im not skilled of an animator yet for the time I had…

early (June 2024) version of the office

yes the office took basically my entire 2024 summer break from college (may-august) because I simply could not stop adding details

along with the king in yellow I actually modeled the piano myself too :) hell of a learning curve

the way I felt my spirit ascend to another plane when I realized Lester pianos exist by the way

a glimpse into my insane note taking/concept method

of course I've been an artist first my whole life so I'm very visuals/atmosphere first, mechanics and motives later kind of game designer

ominous wip of arthur's piano room

kiy concept art. when in doubt take a screenshot of your game and draw over it if you need to 3D model for the first time!

this was concept art too

last but not least:

and other drabbles (I reaaally didnt want to model a lamp alright)

[captainmvf]

Now I stare at things breathing At all the things that are living Cause I want to and I feel it And it’s so clear that I do this to myself

Cover for my fan writing 'Another Believer' that you can read (with an AO3 account) right here!!

[legionofpotatoes]

I know the discourse well is poisoned and no one hates bioware games more than bioware fans, but I am just 🫠 having so much fun with veilguard it's unreal. It is selfishly the dragon age game I always wanted. with less emphasis on cRPG, a more focused story, curated mission based design that spotlights the high fantasy stuff, slowburn structure with companions, significantly less sidequest bloat, and a fully real-time action-oriented combat system that isn't riddled with the growing pains of previous titles. when I first played origins I imagined something almost exactly like this as my ideal version of a sequel; and it was one of those dirty, selfish thoughts that I knew was disrespectful to the then-established DNA of the thing, but I can't help but feel giddy about having it here and now. like down to the shift away from the childishly dark tone and to something more inherently flexible with a baseline aspirational quality. I hate aesthetically depressing games so much. am I not alive right here and right now already

When I say "aesthetically" there though I do mean it. I'm fully on the opposite side when it comes to tone and positions expressed in the story itself. I am just not including that in my analysis because I am not done yet - so please no spoilers! I think I am where most people consider to be the second act, and I definitely have my gripes with the narrative framework and some of the optics, but I won't put the cart before the horse and will see how it wraps things up first. Above that level, in terms of how it presents itself, of how it plays, of how it balances its core pillars - it is such a bioware-ass game and I could not be any cozier in it. So grateful it exists

[posthumanwanderings]

Galaxy Fräulein Yuna (Hudson Soft - PC Engine CD-ROM² - 1992)

[edwards-exploit]

Troublesome Tangmere and 249 Squadron Reliable Rebecca!

In an ideal world, we could've had a story where Tangmere causes good old Sundrian Confusion and Delay and then promptly eats shit.

Rebecca as 249 Squadron wasn't my idea, but it's been ingrained into my head nonetheless. I like the idea of a Rebecca that spent most of her life in scrapyards and storage and then still coming out singing- quite literally! But the trauma of it is still very much there, just... lingering. I imagine 'What Rebecca Does' was one of those moments where her anxiety and self doubt got the better of her- she only spent a short while on rails, and while she did pull expresses like The Night Ferry back on the mainland, here on Sodor it seemed that everyone is much more.... experienced and worldly and cool, and most of all, they got modifications and rebuilds to work around their design flaws while Rebecca is still very much an unrebuilt bulleid pacific. Poor girl's not sure what she can really do, after all these years and with her mechanical problems. This isn't even getting into when she WAS in service- her family was fine, and quite loving actually- and the ex SR engines were a decent sort! Everyone else, however...

[thumpypuppy]

Reminder that the Q&A Live Steam is coming up in ~9 hours (10:00PDT/17:00UTC)! We'll be going live on our YouTube channel to discuss your questions, and there are some good ones queued up! That said, if you have questions during the stream we'll try to get to them. 👍

Also, after this stream we'll be transitioning over to Twitch and ideally start doing semi-regular streams with work sessions, studio news, tutorials, and more Q&A.

(On that note, if this starts to gain traction, we may need a community manager, and regardless, any tips for live streaming would be greatly appreciated as this is fairly new here.)

[wittywallflower]

I think we should make a list of good shows that have 5+ seasons (that preferably were not cancelled abruptly, or at least were wrapped up tidily if they were) and start circulating it and everyone just… slow down on watching new shows. Stop feeding the streamers the binge views on release week. They’re going to cancel the new show anyway, so trying to get as many people completing it within days of release… it’s pointless. Make them wait.

Let’s go back and enjoy some of the work that people put YEARS of effort into - because the shows actually ran for multiple years, and had 13-23 episodes a season.

I’ll start with a few sci-fi reccs:

Eureka (known as A Town Called Eureka in some countries): a normal everyman type guy becomes sheriff in a secret town populated exclusively by genius scientists developing insane(ly cool) technology. He’s got no science smarts but he’s still gotta help save the day when, for example, someone creates a mini-sun. Or grows a plant whose pollen makes everyone lose their inhibitions (it’s not a sex pollen I promise lol). Very comedic, got some found family vibes. Very light scifi. It’s like modern life just with better technology. 5 seasons, and the ending is the right kind of open ending, where you are left knowing everyone is going on with their same preferred adventures, living the lives we watched them build.

Farscape: a human astronaut is shot through a wormhole and meets copious amounts of alien creatures. They are all unique kinds of ‘fucking weird’. There’s lots of jokes and it’s sci-fi that doesn’t look all clean and polished like Star Trek. Also their spaceship is a living creature and her name is Moya and she loves them. Equal parts comedic and dark, got those found family vibes. Hard scifi. Everything takes place on spaceships and the main character is the only human. Awesome practical effects on the aliens, most of which the Jim Henson Company worked on. Technically only 4 seasons but they were 22 episodes each, and then they made a miniseries cuz s4 ended on a cliffhanger and they wanted to fix that

Add to the list and pass it on.

[calciumcryptid]

I feel like if Q was a YouTuber he'd have anti-Bob Ross energy. Like he still says everything in a calm manner, but it is so not Bob Ross you know?

[parisoonic]

i really wish we got the tf2 tv show because i think, about your talk about how pyro ends up being a foil to the other characters, pyro is such a wildcard of a character that if you need someone for an episode to complete a dynamic it's pyro. he's designated driver. he's the mcdonalds employee. he's scout's ma. she's helping miss p dismember bodies. it's coming in through the dog door

your ask got me thinking about how i'd use pyro in a show and IDK if anyone else has seen Solar Opposites but how they split the Pupa's screentime between A + B plots in the first/second season would be spot on the money for me. Pyro could be there, in the A plot, in small ways (like you said, at the back of the bus or en rotue to the episodes mission) but then gets sucked into a 'mundane' B plot for some tonal levity within the episode. Pyro's gotta run that FTSE 500 company! They've gotta seduce the Ballicorn comic writer in order to read the never-published final issue! They've gotta earn an Astrophysics PHD in order to steal their Professor's Pokemon topped pen....that sort of thing. And then occassionaly they can show up with the deus-ex-mechina for the episode with the rest of the team being none the wiser (other than vaguely baffled as their flamethrower could've REALLY come in handy fighting those haunted scarecrows).

[mythbits]

the captain usually isn't one for pictures

[Text in image 1 reads: 'Oh Captain, My Captain!'

"The captain who explored the 'wild west' of a wormhole... and lived!"

'The Invinceable crew and it's Invinceable Captain.'

Text in image 2 reads: "I wonder if the captain would sign this for me..."]

[incorrectwearetheseries]

[In the middle of a science experiment]

Beer: Now pour the aqueous sodium chloride into the beaker.

Mick: (spills) Oh shit!!! Shit! It hurts! Fucking chemical!

Beer: Mick, aqueous sodium chloride is salt water.

[maddambone]

i am queuing for casual wish me luck

[weedle-testaburger]

one topic I find weirdly charming is stuff for kids that's basically specific to one place. when there's some obscure thing that pretty much everyone outside your country goes 'what?' and everyone in your country goes 'OH MY GOD THAT' when you mention it, that's the shit

[posthumanwanderings]

Galaxy Fräulein Yuna (Hudson Soft - PC Engine CD-ROM² - 1992)