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So like, I found out people DON'T think she's getting slapped in this scene, and that is a crime

Even in the scary, they are the goofiest, love these two

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Silicon is asleep from V3 mod development... zzzzzzzz

I feel like it might've been a bit evident from my inactivity on multiple platforms, but I thought I'd say it plain and simply that I'm taking a hiatus from developing Resolute Rebellion for now!

I'll definitely be back again, but between recovering from a period of burnout and then proceeding to become engrossed in other projects, I can tell that right now isn't the time. I also have some other promises I've made to people that I have yet to deliver on...!

In the meantime, though, the Chapter 1 beta has been available in the Discord server for... a few months now, actually! ...Well, I thought I'd mention that in case anyone's interested in checking that out and hasn't already. If I have the time or energy, it'd be nice to polish that up and possibly even release a more complete version. But no promises that such a thing will happen soon, ahah...

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I guess this is my theory post on knife Ralsei

I draw him more now. There’s more under the cut. This is what knife boy does to you. Gives you the brainworms.

Gave him hooves by the way, but only one set. It was my brother’s suggestion, because he thought it’d be cute if he was a little weird

So the thought first came up because we were discussing Dark World logistics. There's always been the mystery of how Ralsei could travel to Dark Worlds, but we chalked it up to Castle Town magic for while. Eventually my brother realized that Ralsei being Kris’s knife explains it really well.

Kris brings it everywhere they go, but it isn’t visible to us in the inventory. We never see it become anything in the Dark World either. When Susie uses it to make a fountain, nothing is in her hands or in the ground once they’re inside. Even if it didn’t become a Darkner, you would expect it to at least be an item. If the knife became Ralsei, he could walk off and meet up with them later.

He never states exactly why he never turns to stone, and we’re left to assume it’s because he comes from Castle Town. But I think it could be that he doesn’t have a home location. He just belongs anywhere Kris goes.

All theories have merit, but I much prefer the thought that he’s an item we have seen. I kind of expect to never get a reveal of his light form. But if we do, I would be much more satisfied if he was here all along, rather than some lost item with little current importance.

I absolutely adore the idea that Kris cares about his Light World form to this day. How this affects his relationship with Kris is the reason I want it to be true.

Kris is already weirded out because this guy looks a lot like their brother that they miss. And he’s the nice goat monster they could never be. But on top of all that, it’s their beloved knife! They love that thing. They take such good care of it. And now it’s talking to them and trying to be friends. It’s the experience you would get if your dog started talking.

And Ralsei being so subservient to Kris would make so much sense. It’s not just because they’re a Lightner hero in the prophecy. They’re basically his best friend. He never takes what we do in bad faith because he knows how much Kris cares about him in the Light World.

I know Ralsei doesn’t look very knife-like, but I don’t think that’s a big issue? The designs for important Darkners seem to focus on being characters rather than objects.

It would also be cool if he looks this way because he doesn’t want to be the knife. He wants to be a fluffy companion who supports Kris with healing magic. Not a violent blade that hurts and creates dark fountains.

I just really like him as the knife because it makes me love Ralsei as much as I love Kris and Susie. I hope to convince someone that knife boy is an awesome idea.

Here’s the first drawing I did of Ralsei as the knife if you wanna see that too

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Knife boy has been eating my brain

If Susie had the knife, where did it go? Mayhaps it walked away...

So what if... Ralsei knife boy? What if he knife?!?!?!?

He getting rides to Dark Worlds via pocket!!!!

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Look at this goober

They just want to drink, play, and sleep

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Made the warehouse walkable to get some reference photos. Pretty cool to look at the stuff that no one would ever see in a regular playthrough

You have no clue how much tomato sauce is in here

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Discord server for the mod is live! I'll post it here for now (and soon to be everywhere else I can think of too) but feel free to share it with anyone interested

Oh why does it say the member count

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Chapter 1 is nearly done! ...ish

Coding for the main story of DRV3: Resolute Rebellion Chapter 1 is in the final stretch! There's still a whole bunch of bits and bobs to iron out even once that's done (one such bob being a new bonus event I want to add), but the main gameplay is starting to wrap up.

I'm contemplating setting up a Discord server and doing a beta release once Ch. 1's main story is completed; would anyone be interested in that? I personally would like to have some extra eyes looking out for bugs and oversights... and I can't be the only one excited to unleash Chapter 1 out on the world ahaha

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Testing character positions on the second floor and I think I found something I wasn't supposed to see

Hey girls.... what's going on....

...You kissing each other?

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Please look at them!!!!!!!!!!! They are the best

Drew some silly guys!

Wanted to practice with my squishy style, so they little

Bonus thingies

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Added some custom coordinates to the nighttime version of the Pianist's Lab the other day

Much better now, right?

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Making myself take a break from helping people on the modding Discord... It's weird to say, but helping others has kinda been weighing on my mind as of late and affecting my mental more that I'd like ahaha

I've been fond of the server because I feel like a lot of like-minded people have been active there, but I'm realizing that as DR modding grows, its audience will change as well

Grappling with that alongside other little worries like whether people will mod the games respectfully and with good intentions, or whether people really care that I'm helping them... has kinda been a bit much ahaha. I'm really quite a worrier, especially about things that shouldn't really matter in all honesty.

Sometimes it's good to take a step back. I'll be able to devote more of my time to my own mod this way, so it's all good on this side.

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Not giving up on my dream of giving Resolute Rebellion an animated promotional video

The QR code is just a link to the mod page ahaha (I wanted a watermark and this worked just fine)

Made a Tumblr community for the mod by the way! Feel free to join, vibe, share your thoughts on the mod so far, gameplay screenshots, speculation, and the works. I'll be chilling there too while continuing to try to understand how social media works ahaha

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Feeling pretty uncertain about myself and Resolute Rebellion, I really want it to reach more people but like. I'm no social media superstar ahaha

I've mostly been screwing around, and occasionally it reaches more people by word of mouth from others who share it online and with friends

I want to do everything in my power to get it out there but the reality is, there's only so much I can really do at this point, especially as only a single person

Either way, these things take time and I've only modded and released the prologue... I'm definitely planning to make sure Chapter 1 makes a splash though

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Oooh the social bug works in mysterious ways. I definitely wanna go touch grass now

Sometimes I think I get bit by "the social bug" and I try to go talk to. random people. Use the social media to be social. then I feel stupid after ahaha

Thinking I should probably make this social bug go out and mingle irl over the weekend

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Actual size of this image is way too big

I only draw at tiny resolutions or obscenely large resolutions, no in-betweens

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Sometimes I think I get bit by "the social bug" and I try to go talk to. random people. Use the social media to be social. then I feel stupid after ahaha

Thinking I should probably make this social bug go out and mingle irl over the weekend