neurosaur

[neurosaur]

[neurosaur]

The Octopus Hunter

August 2024 Update

Rustday, Newt 7, 244 Day 13 of the Containment Experiment

Played poker with Dr. Fidge and the others. Vermin was obviously cheating but Walls kept jumping to his defense. I don't know what she sees in a sleazy creep like him but I suppose it's none of my business.

Dr. Fidge said that the experiment is going well and the Field is holding. He tried to explain it to me again, but it went in one ear and out the other. All I got is that the experiment is now part of the prestigious Tiny Teams conference and that's apparently a really good thing? Woohoo, I guess...

Fleaday, Newt 8, 244 Day 14

Stuck on guard duty with Stutter again. There's not much to talk about. Vermin and Walls finally finished synthesizing and animating all the required "graveyard sprites": visual attachment points to draw the ectoplasm entities into the Containment Field. "The sprites make the Field come to life and feel like a real ectoplasm habitat", as Walls put it.

I have a terrible headache and can't sleep. Wonder how Mom's doing...

Smogday, Newt 9, 244 Day 15

Dr. Fidge asked me to gear up and enter the Field. Not the best way to start the day, but it's not like I have a choice. Today they were demoing the experiment to a group of military commanders. How many times do we have to update the experiment's parameters for these demonstrations?

We did manage to correct a long-standing fault in the Field's boundaries that occasionally prevented it from responding to the controller's input, so it's not all bad.

Gruelday, Newt 10, 244 Day 16

I had a medical checkup with Dr. Henrietta today. She said there's nothing wrong with me physically, but gave me some sleeping pills.

Something's definitely wrong with Dr. Fidge. Stutter asked him about the experiment's end date and Fidge got visibly upset. "We're all doing our best here! I'll have a date for you soon enough". I wonder what's eating him?

Mossday, Newt 11, 244 Day 17

Apparently they extracted part of the ectoplasm and packaged it into a miniature field with its own dedicated page on the Steam academic publishing platform. The marketing folks even recorded a new "trailer" for it, like it's the latest summer blockbuster.

Walls and Dr. Fidge keep arguing. She thinks the ectoplasm extraction will weaken the Field's structural integrity. Dr. Fidge said he's under a lot of pressure and had to give the Ghost in a Bottle shareholders something to market.

Oh, and the pills worked. I slept like a slime baby, although I still feel terrible.

Rustday, Newt 17, 244 Day 23

No time to update this diary. Really sick and also dealing with the Containment breach. We laid Vermin and Walls to rest today. This isn't what I signed up for...

Smogday, Newt 19, 244 Day 25

I woke up feeling funny. Another tooth fell off. Stutter, Dr. Fidge, and I are quarantined. Dr. Henrietta says it will be alright, but I don't trust her.

Gruelday, Undead 5, 244 Day ??

They're all dead. Dr. Fidge was the last one. I'm sorry. Too hungry. The Field is unstable. Rips in the universe...

I'm coming home, Mom...

[neurosaur]

Octopus City Blues is the story of Kaf Kafkaryan, a cowardly tentacle trimmer living in a city built around a giant mollusc. Plagued by bizarre Octoblood-induced nightmares, Kaf unravels dark secrets as the line between dream and reality begins to blur.

[neurosaur]

Summer’s gone, David Foster Nass

[neurosaur]

Finding Solace

Art by Justin Horlina

[neurosaur]

[neurosaur]

Toad’s Tower

[neurosaur]

Ham’s Galley

[neurosaur]

Luxury Train - Car 7

[neurosaur]

[neurosaur]

NeonHack by @antunesketchreal

[neurosaur]

I just love my neighbour’s shroom garden :D

[neurosaur]

[neurosaur]

Viviparous genegrab giving birth to a bioflash From biopunk game 'Exit: A Biodelic Adventure': https://store.steampowered.com/app/620410/Exit_A_Biodelic_Adventure/

[neurosaur]

You may wishlist the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/620410/Exit_A_Biodelic_Adventure/

[neurosaur]

[neurosaur]

Welcome the flesh bubbling! Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/620410/Exit_A_Biodelic_Adventure/