#This should be their sprites from now on

[rivalcobalt]

Woe, MS paint diagram of the retroactive Komaedification of N be upon ye

[whyrubuyingclothesatthesoupstore]

I thought it would be funny if there was an option for shin to pick up the gun instead of keiji during this fight, my friends agreed so I decided to make a quick edit and then the quick edit took me literally two hours. moral of the story there should be more high-quality playthroughs of 3-1a logic

[rosewheresheshouldntbe]

> Rose: Discover a certain web site.

[churchydragon]

finally figured out how to get the Darkrai sprites working! they can both eat now :)

[bluastro-yellow]

Harry and Kim are like Annette and Plaisance, like Cuno and Cunoesse, like René/Gaston and Gaston/René, like Steban and Ulixes, like Fuck the World and Pissf%%t, like-

[stardestroyer81]

Y'all wanna watch Star TV?

Perhaps one of my favorite aspects of Pizza Tower is the TV HUD element, which shows our portly paisano's reactions to pretty much everything that happens to him in-game (For better or for worse), and given that I've drawn myself in the game's style, I wanted to attempt making a HUD TV for myself on top of practicing Pizza Tower's trademark wiggly lineart animation! 💙🍕✨

[pourablecat]

6. Samuel Vimes (again) and Lady Sybil Vimes, Née Ramkin (again, I just really love them okay?)

Lady Sybil used Opera! It's super effective! .../j

(I won't quote the fifth elephant on this, for fear of spoiling it)

I set a goal, and... suddenly it's after Christmas, and I'm some 23 drawings behind (sobs). But I do have schoolwork to deal with for now :(

I dabble a little in pixel art, the type where you bend over MS paint swearing :3c I'm getting asesprite once I can afford it!

I know that this Sybil doesn't positively tower over Vimes, but that's because I limited myself to a strict 16 x 32 pixels rectangle, black outline not included. I had to ban myself from sticking another elaborate wig on her head, and her hands are folded nicely up front because there was no space for her to move them around :(. I had difficulties deciding if the bit on her apron was supposed to be a shadow, a burn mark or the mortal remains of an exploded swamp dragon.In retrospect the background looks a little messy, but I have the original sprites to play with, whenever I liked!

It's good to give yourself limits as a beginner to stop things from getting too complicated, so I used grayscale (at the risk of making it look like a funeral picture), fully intending to convert it into signature Gameboy green later! But it turns out I used 6 shades (including black) and there are only 4 shades in Gameboy... never mind.

[starry-nocturne]

okay, finally cleaned the blog a little >< rules and pinned post are a little bit clearer now, including asks and rp stuff!

updated bio and masterlist should be coming out asap (or as soon as i'm done fixing some stuff oops)

[ajdrawshq]

the first few days of third semester is really just Akira having the worlds worst mindfuck of the century. and its hilarious

[hdmiports]

you already knew it was coming

[chalkeater]

Im soo happy i made the art of the height comparisons thing but oh my god some people are just So Wrong about the canon heights or are completely misunderstanding the SIMPLE point/joke/au/headcanon whatever- i was TRYING to make. Like on one hand i totally agree that yeah youre right Noelle isnt THAT SHORT im 6’2 and she’s 6’0. Monsters are just tall in my source but if people are gonna agree with me they should at least not be wrong about it .. how many times do i have to read “good headcanon but its not canon” girl its my little personal joke and indulgent thing “um Noelle is actually taller than susie anyway” no Count the pixels?? “youre wrong noelle is canonically shorter-“ im not stupid im just suggesting people consider a little fun idea that isn’t canon on purpose

[inabadancedcrazy]

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Surviving in Tokyo was the easiest thing in the world for Loretta. The guys here may not speak a lick of English, but everybody understood what it meant when a pretty girl got real close to you in a club. A little grind here, a bit more action there, and every guy in here was in the palm of her hand. She felt a little guilty for leaving Marion all high and dry, but the girl could use some time to unwind! Always worrying about her studies, she was just gonna end up with her head in a book her entire life! She needed to go out and meet people, go hookup with somebody! Do something other than just sitting there worrying and- Ugh, now Loretta was bumming herself out.

“Excuse me miss... Might you be Loretta Beale?” She turned around to find the guy she had been grinding on during her internal monologue to be gone. Instead, there was this random blond dude. Looked kind of girly, but she could dig it. A bit creepy that he knew her name, but he looked American, right? Might be on the same trip as her and Marion. Not like she really remembered the faces of the other guys in their group. She mainly remembered other things.

“You know my name, huh? What, you do your research on the hottest girls in town? Guess I’m gonna have to give you an A+ on your homework... Want a reward~?” She backed up to get closer to him when he in turn backed away. She fell right on her ass because of that! That was not a trust fall she was used to failing.

“Ah, I apologize, but that is unfortunately not what I was looking for at the moment.” He reached into his pocket and brought out a book. She groaned from her spot on the floor. She said the homework line to be sexy, not to actually get homework. She didn’t even do her own homework, that was Marion’s job. “A friend of yours wished for me to give you this.”

“Can you at least help me up first? It’s your fault I’m down here anyways.” She could get up on her own, but to get back a little control in the situation would be nice. Thankfully, the guy could take a hint, lifting her back on her feet. The only friend she had in here was Marion, so it had to be her, right? “Why would she give me a book in the first place? She knows I don’t like reading.”

“It’s concerning your trip, as some plans have been altered. Please look through it when you can.” She took the book- a pamphlet, honestly- and inspected it with squinted eyes. The lion on the front was cute, but that meant pretty much jackshit to her right now. Something that he said did catch her attention though. “I’m sure we’ll meet later on in the night, so perhaps then I can take you up on what you offered earlier.”

“Yeah, sure, whatever. How come you said ‘your group’ though? Aren’t you on the same...” She looked up to realize that the bastard was gone. She watched the crowd to see if she could find him again, but the guy had basically vanished into thin air. The only sign that he was even real was the book still in her hand.

“That was freaky... Welp! Time to get back to business.” Loretta put the book in the waistband of her miniskirt and stretched a little. Seeing all of these dopes turn their heads towards her sent a rush through her system. Business was going to be booming.

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[arielluva]

i replayed turnabout trump again for like. the 5th time i think??? god its such a good case

[goldenguillotines]

I wanna do that blind judge thing myself .. hm.

[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

[aesadraws]

Me: I have a Grand Idea for a cool new mod for the video game I am currently fixated upon, I bet This Time it won't be so hard to try and make it. :)

Me, inevitably, every single time: