So I've been working on an RPG one and off since last November, and I recently took a short break from it to participate in some game jams. Jumping back in, I've been taking stock of the state of things and figured it'd be a good time to post it all in one place!
Tentatively titled "Daydream Skies" It's an RPG with grid-based combat that follows a girl named Trixie and she tries to save her brother from AIR PIRATES!
Up front, my main focus was getting the combat to a place where it worked relatively well. It's very simple right now (hit and take damage) but the placement mechanics seems to be functioning well. I can even program different movement AIs for the enemies!
(Some more player feedback like animations are definitely the next step for combat!)
Once I got the combat stable, I wanted to move into some overworld stuff. I worked on rough tilesets, camera stuff, and controls for what would likely be the first area you can explore.
After that, I wanted to get "cutscene" functions in place. I spent a lot of time on a dialog and cutscene engine that would let me call dialog, show portraits, and control a variety of elements on screen when the controls are locked. SIDE NOTE if you want to use my cutscene scripts for your own project, I uploaded them for free on itch!)
Last I left off I was even able to make a rough cutscene of when Trixie meets her first party member, Davy >:)
So what's next? A LOT! I've got a hefty to do of taking all these rough elements, polishing them up, and sewing them together into something playable. My dream is to make a small playable demo and see where it goes from there! I'm making this in Gamemaker and beyond some extremely tiny games, I've not really programmed a "larger" game like this before. This is the longest solo project I've worked on! It's an evenings-and-weekends-and-I'm-teaching-myself-coding situation over here 💅
my ideal modern day top cat reboot (not just tc and/or the gang serving as side characters in an ensemble cast in a hanna-barbera crossover cartoon) would be like,
tc and benny are the same as they always are (selfish hedonistic get-rich-quick schemer and his naive childhood bff enabler)
dibble is a private investigator (like he's always wanted to be) who is tc's other childhood friend (boyfriend) whose investigations somehow always end up intersecting with tc's schemes even when he's not actively investigating tc. i cant decide if i want him to stay human or not tho (dog dibble au my beloved miss u baby)
trans lesbian choo choo my beloved. weird and emotional, and constantly talks about her girlfriend lola glamour (theyre so t4t)
non-committal flirty serial monogamist gold digger fancy fancy, based on a mix of his cartoon personality and comic personality. like if fujiko mine were a catboy, who will sometimes betray the gang but they barely really hold it against him. tc doesnt, anyway
oblivious math wiz brain who is probably nonbinary but he's got finances to go over so he doesnt really care about that right now.
former-hellcat butch biker lesbian spook *giggles* i cant decide whether i want spook to be a she/her lesbian or a he/him lesbian, but very top cat begins/comic based characterization
roxy from the scrapped reboot finally gets to join the gang :) she can have jellystone brain's personality since he's not using it. she also has something extremely gay going on with spook
then side characters would be like,
myra and sheldon live in the city and periodically get involved in tc shenanigans! myra is very much so a neurotic worrywart who is constantly freaking out over the ways her twin brother's schemes can backfire. sheldon didnt really have a solid characterization in his book so maybe he can have jellystone fancy's personality?
kitty glitter from top cat and the beverly hills cats can be recurring because i like her <3 to me shes so lupin-iii-sadgirl coded
lola glamour gets to appear now and then and gets to be so annoyingly sappy pda with choo choo. has a lot of mentions and cameos though cuz shes still a star and shes dating choo choo who adores her childhood best friend turned lover <3 <3 <3
dibbles ex-wife periodically shows up and tc hates her soooooo much which is ironic because theyre kind of parallels. foils. the same but different. i would emphasize them being so similar and in fact that she reminded him of tc is why he married her and she does not like that one bit. self indulgent but i really dont care <3
i think they should have two kids (fred and daniel, based on comic dibble's names) just because i think it'd be funny as fuck. am i making him even more like zenigata? sure but my justification is dibble is a little league coach and camp counselor which is stereotypically things dads do to connect with their kids :P
jazz and beau can be recurring antagonists with their own gang that being dark parallels to tc's gang. teehee.
trixie from the first movie can be a recurring character too but only if shes an irredeemable antagonist in jazz's gang. the rest of jazz's gang consists of pantera from top cat begins, rocky from the comics, and skratch gets to exist separate from spook.
i guess griswald could be recurring since he had two eps and in the comics there was a recurring antagonist who was a bulldog but i dont care enough about griswald to expand on that idea
- oh wait he can be the actual cop since dibble is a PI now. duh. he literally became a police dog in one ep so it works.
cop cat from the comics can be griswald's partner although i think he needs a better name than "cop cat" ... maybe fuse him with officer prowler so he gets a cooler name. idk
Had an idea I'm gonna write at some point: Abyssal, Mira and Amy are working together to try and catch one of Worm's escaped Viruses (Amy's there because she volunteered to help test Susie's High-Code-Density stabilizer prototype, her and Mira used it as an excuse to go out to this one restaurant Mira likes in a Code-Level server, they saw Abyssal chasing the Virus past and Mire recognized its code so they jumped in to help), and it leads them into a Meme Cycle-based Universe that isn't one of the SMG Universes... but also isn't one of the ones you're thinking of (because the Celestial Twins would not let that happen and you know it).
Instead, it's the Ben 10 Universe of all things.
It turns out that somebody just trying to make some goofy fan animations accidentally stumbled upon the formula necessary for a Meme Cycle Mod. Ben's obviously the Avatar/Anchor equivalent (who else would it be?), and the SMG/MRU equivalents are a purple Galvanic Mechamorph named Rewind and somebody from a fanmade species (which I haven't come up with yet) named Zenyn. Rewind handles the Living Memes, Zenyn handles the dead.
Also, there's technically a USB Admin/Supervisor equivalent, but not in the way you'd expect. Basically, there wasn't an actual, physical External Drive in this case, so no Pod, and it turns out those are actually kind of important. So, the code that should have created a Pod but didn't have a physical template to work with instead connected itself to the Omnitrix. And the combination of the Pod code working best when it has a Program monitoring it and the Omnitrix having a rudimentary-by-Galvan-standards semi-sentient AI caused the Omnitrix itself to become the new Program. Sort of. The actual physical Omnitrix still stays on Ben's wrist at all times, but now its computer has opinions and can manifest the typical Hologram Body typical of Programs separate from the base model while somehow still inhabiting both, though this initially takes a lot out of her before she gets more used to it, and the further away from Ben she is the weaker her connection to the Omnitrix becomes (though she can get pretty damn far before the effect is noticable) and she absolutely hates it. She goes by Trixie because of course she does, but her proper designation is still Omnitrix.
If you don't have plans on December 20th, we have some news for you! The town's banquet room has been reserved and everyone is invited! Come take a break from gift shopping, request songs and dance the night away from 4 pm-12 am! Drinks and refreshments will be provided, free of charge and free entry!
Winter colors and formal wear are suggested for dress code, but the only requirement to enter is a mask. While the event takes place on the 20th, you may start writing immediately so everyone has enough time throughout the rest of December to participate! This is a dash event, but we'd love to see people using the group discord voice channel to play music! For event starters and outfit posts, feel free to use the tag #evermorehqswmb23 so we can find them easier! If you signed up for the blind date matchmaking, you can find the details below the cut; happy holidays, and we hope everyone has the night of their lives.
Upon arriving at the event, characters are given a card with the name of the person they're meant to meet up with throughout the night, and no additional details about them; threads are not required between matches, but we do ask that you at the very least reach out to plot with the other mun(s) so no one feels left out! Below are the results of our two wheel spins to ensure no one matched with themselves. Have fun plotting!
Code Name: The Trixie Virus/ The Psychopath Plague
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Samples of SCP-AGL are contained at Site-AO for regular testing purposes. They are separated into 8 vials kept within a biohazard box placed within a freezer at the Level 2 area of the on-site Biohazard labs. Any testing must be approved by at least one Level 3 Clearance Foundation staff member. Testing using the Site-AO city simulation testing area must be approved by the Site Director.
Any containment breach involving SCP-AGL is to always be assumed caused by a third party as SCP-AGL is not infectious like normal viruses. The scenario where the breach is caused by an infiltrator, or a traitor is to be found and either regulated to D Class or executed. There are no exceptions.
Description: SCP-AGL is a Weaponized Viral Anomaly, or a WVA for short, created by Group of Interest: PENTAGRAM. The virus is meant to infect by exposure only; blood on blood infection, bites and scratches, and other common viral spreading methods do not work with SCP-AGL. The virus was specifically created to be exposed into a water supply of a local area. This was done so SCP-AGL will never spiral out of control, it will however kill off all that are infected while ensuring the death of those that weren't infected.
SCP-AGL is extremely volatile however its danger does not relay in mutating its victims into monsters like normal anomalous pathogens but instead altering their minds. SCP-AGL infection devours the chemicals of the brain little by little removing common sense and reasoning skills in the mind. Soon the brain is no longer able to handle even the smallest of emotions making the host extremely aggressive, paranoid, and delusional. They will start to indulge into their own delusions and begin to do nonsensical and often violent acts without restriction or reasoning.
It is possible for an SCP-AGL host to simply do ridiculous things or live in a time loop in their own head until they eventually die of the infection. However more often than not, SCP-AGL infection leads to its hosts becoming psychotic killers. They will be completely insane often doing anything relating to their daily routine or saying things they normally do at random while also killing anyone who they encounter that is not infected. SCP-AGL's do kill each other but they normally spare one another when they knew each other as friends or family before infection. Though as stated before SCP-AGL do not only become delusional but also extremely emotional so any minor grudges they had will explode into full on blood thirsty revenge. Furthermore, they will become extremely territorial with areas they are familiar with often hiding and seeing anyone who gets even remotely close as a threat. They will set traps and brutally kill such people even if they knew them prior to infection.
As stated, before SCP-AGL was created to be controlled, as such not only is drinking contaminated water or direct injection the only methods of infection, but the incubation period is lowered as well. SCP-AGL has an incubation period of 48 hours afterwards infection will be irreversible, or the person will completely safe. It's unknown how long a person can survive under SCP-AGL infection as most have not been able to survive for more than 4 days without getting killed, killing each other, or accidently killing themselves. Though after the 3rd day of infection there is visible deterioration in their bodies internally as black veins become visible all over the skin, they become deathly pale as well, and their eyes start to become yellowish and red due to accelerated hunger, dehydration, and swelling of the brain.
SCP-AGL was discovered in 2010 when a PENTAGRAM plane accidently crashed into the local river of the small town of [data expunged], Iowa. The plane was supposed to go to a PENTAGRAM base in Texas to be incinerated as it was deemed too dangerous to be in use anymore. With the river contaminated the town was placed under watch by PENTAGRAM. Once the second day of infection was confirmed PENTAGRAM mobilized their quarantine forces and reinforced themselves with the U.S. military.
Unfortunately, even with their accelerated quarantine protocols in place, a containment breach still happened leading to a complete collapse of PENTAGRAM control. The Global Occult Coalition then took control and ordered an immediate sweeping and execution of all remaining survivors regardless of infection or not. Foundation agents infiltrated the area to collect samples before the entire area was destroyed without allowing either organization to know. They were disguised as U.S. government agents and given specialized amnestics to prevent PENTAGRAM or the Global Occult Coalition form tracing it back to the Foundation.
Though half of the agents died in their missions the other half were able to gather SCP-AGL samples from the water supply and blood samples form dead hosts. Afterwards the GOC sent a warhead into the town incinerating the entire area, the cover story later given was an incorrect management of the town's gas causing multiple gas leaks and the inevitable destruction of the entire city. Survivors that escaped the area were found by the GOC and were executed as a precaution.
Because of SCP-AGL is a WVA meant for controlled chaos and the destruction of isolated areas meant great testing potential within Site-AO's simulated cities. As such, it is regularly used to see if SCP-AGL can be used for Project [data expunged].
Hello friends, it is I, the Great and Powerful Trixie! I have an incredible act planned for you all today….. However, Trixie needs a little help with audience participation! First, she needs the silly little numbers on your credit card, as well as the code on the back! Second, the expiration date on the card! Thirdly, your full legal name and zip code! Remember, the Great and Powerful Trixie is counting on you!
hi, I’m Trix (20yrs old|black), and this is my writing blog where I post imagines and the such.
about: character imagines/x readers/headcanons (here’s my masterlist)
50+ (fics, hc’s, & imagines)
I repost stuff too
connected blog: apocalypse-boogie
my ao3 (note that my works are set to only show my work to registered users)
my wattpad
Authors Note: I cannot write for every type of person. Please don’t act like I can or should be. I am one singular person who has a life and feelings, not a genie in a bottle and I don’t have to do any one thing. Thx
DNI: minors; on my posts/reblogs that are 18+ (because I want peace of mind).
racists; because ‘fuck you’ that’s why. race fetishists; see above quote in orange for why.
homophobes; because I’m not and never will be in the mood.
terfs, misogynists, & pedophiles
one more time, y’all
me: Trixie
20yrs of age
black; as in brown skinned
18+ only on posts tagged “18+”; minors dni with those (I’ll just block you)
ALSO FREE PALESTINE
I don’t care about how you might want to argue with me about this, I don’t support genocide and I just want to make my stance on that clear. (Unfollow me if you want, you won’t be missed.)
Once I gather all my links together I’ll be putting resources and information on Israel’s occupation of Palestine and ways to help right here.
To learn about Palestine and the ongoing conflict there: thepalestineacademy.com
USCPR’s toolkit for calls (what you do - in the US - to call for a ceasefire & the end of the US’s support of Israel)
Make sure to state your name and address (& at the very least your zip code when calling) so that your call/voicemail/email is recorded by your local representative.
Here’s global protest information to look into if you are able to physically attend a rally.
Boycott! Boycott! Boycott! Boycott! (We have spending power let’s put it to good use.)
Siemens, Puma, Garrefour, Ahava, Sodastream, HP, and AXA (a multinational insurance company based in France that provides its services throughout the West) all support Israel. x x
This post gives a lot of info.
Also, protest tips to keep yourself safe out there because the right to free speech in America is a joke. If you can, look into faraday bags (or alternatively tinfoil) to combat the police tracking your cell (but, really, just try not to bring your phone at all). Look into temporary burner phones (that you can discard), and in order to better combat facial recognition wear goggles as well as a mask.
[via: comicsareforkids]
THERE IS NO BLACK LIBERATION WITHOUT PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY (and FYI Black Palestinian Lives Matter too)