#case coder

[althikapackaging]

Case printing in extreme conditions: The 5940 G now comes with a stainless steel cabinet When it comes to packaging in challenging conditions such as high temperatures, humid surroundings or on-the-go packaging, Markem-Imaje recognises the necessity of a robust coding solution that can endure even the toughest of environments. Hence, we're delighted to introduce the 5940 G, a Touch Dry® high-resolution inkjet coder housed in durable stainless steel. The 5940 G utilizes Markem-Imaje's Touch Dry inks. These inks are devoid of VOC, environmentally friendly, safe to use, and solidify upon contact, ensuring there's no smudging, fading, or loss in resolution.

[agendratum]

the four horsemen of censored danmei adaptations' endings:

faceless voice

out of nowhere bullshit that defeats the point of the entire plot before that

paywalled secret happy ending but watch out

shitty rushed animation about someone's sexual legs trauma

[ronnie-james-dio-brando]

Why the fuck is the [desktop] UI updated. Literally nothing was wrong with it before. Never mind the pfps being round instead of square and the font being a weird size, why did the follow button on posts go from a small blue word beside the blog name to a giant grey bubble on the right? Also, the "liked by soandso" is no longer green; it's grey (and bigger), and because it's grey my eyes/brain don't pick it up as well.

[ax0l0xias]

using AI as a tool is way different than using it as a crutch/claiming it as your own creative work , it should in no way take the place of anyone’s creativity but it can be a useful tool in cases of writers block or art block

[dykehelly]

90% of the use cases for chatGPT I'm like...if you search online you will find that some self-taught coder has made a dedicated tool for that exact scenario and has it available online for free. and it actually works and doesn't randomly lie to you.

[tzifron]

I’ve been rereading the late anthropologist David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs, which persuasively makes the case that the corporate world is happy to nurture inefficient or wasteful jobs if they somehow serve the managerial class or flatter elites—while encouraging the public to harbor animosity at those who do rewarding work or work that clearly benefits society. I think we can expect AI to accelerate this phenomenon, and to help generate echelons of new dubious jobs—prompt engineers, product marketers, etc—as it erodes conditions for artists and public servants.

A common refrain about modern AI is that it was supposed to automate the dull jobs so we could all be more creative, but instead, it’s being used to automate the creative jobs. That’s a pretty good articulation of what lies at the heart of the AI jobs crisis. Take the former Duolingo worker who was laid off as part of the company’s pivot to AI.

“So much will be lost,” the writer told me. “I was a content writer, I wrote the questions that learners see in the lessons. I enjoyed being able be creative. We were encouraged to make the exercises fun.” Now, consider what it’s being replace with, per the worker:

“First, the AI output is very boring. And Duolingo was always known for being fun and quirky. Second, it absolutely makes mistakes. Even on things that you would think it could get right. The AI tools that are available for people who pay for Duolingo Max often get things wrong—they have an ‘explain my mistake’ tool that often will suggest something that’s incorrect, sometimes the robot voices are programmed to speak the wrong language.”

This is just a snapshot, too. This is happening, to varying degrees, to artists, journalists, writers, designers, coders—and soon, perhaps already, as Thompson’s story points out, it could be happening to even more jobs and lines of work.

Now, it needs to be underlined once again that generative AI is not yet the one-size-fits-all agent of job replacement its salesmen would like it to be—far from it. A recent SalesForce survey reported on by the Information show that only one-fifth of enterprise AI buyers are seeing good results, and that 61% of respondents report a disappointing return on investment for AI or even none at all.

Generative AI is still best at select tasks that do not require consistent reliability—hence its purveyors taking aim at art and creative industries. But all that’s secondary. The rise of generative AI, linked as it is with the ascent to power of the American tech oligarchy, has given rise to a jobs crisis nonetheless.

We’re left at a crossroads where we must consider nothing less than what kind of jobs we want people to be able to do, what kind of work and which institutions we think are important as a society, and what we’re willing to do to protect them—before the logic of generative AI and the jobs crisis it has begotten guts them to the bone, or devours them altogether.

[doriana-gray-games]

are you looking for any additional writers / coders wrt your new Gothic academia game?

✨🤔

Probably not this minute. Buuut I am always casually looking for someone that might fit the project perfectly.

Coding in this case would be c++ and unreal engine though, so not choicescript. As for writing stuff, I might commission editor/structure help later, but not at this moment ❤️

(Today is mostly a Sherlock day though 😌 I wanna wrap up all the scenes on my Watson AU knight minigame. Got to maximise the longing 🫦.)

[drghostwrite]

Dark Nights

Pairing: Natasha Romanoff x preg!wife!reader

Summary:

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"You can't ask that of her!" Natasha yelled across the table. You were both called into a conference room with Fury and agent Hill, they were talking about a last-minute mission though your wife was concerned about your approaching due date. While they argued and Maria played referee you found yourself staring out the window of the large conference room a million things running through your mind, one hand running along your bump as your baby kicked.

"And who are you to decide that?" Nick Fury shot back at the other agent.

"I'm her wife." Nat responded.

"Oh because that's stopped other agents before." He responded

"Fury you know I respect you but that's my wife, the mother of my child, our unborn child that in case you haven't noticed she's carrying."

"Okay, okay, before this goes any farther... How about we ask Y/N, she is sitting right here." Maria finally spoke up, motioning to your distracted form.

"Y/N?" you're wife gently called.

You rubbed a hand over your eyes trying to clear your head taking in a gasp before refocusing your eyes on them, "If and I mean IF I were to agree to this what all would it entail?"

"Well that..."

"No I want full disclosure, no more confidentiality and clearance levels, if I'm doing this and potentially putting my life and the life of my unborn child on the line I need to know everything." Nat sat next to you and turned to Fury.

"We had a situation a few years back, an agency that's been working against SHEILD, they used to be a part of Hydra but they reformed, they have recruited agaents and took over one of our smaller compounds, though it's to be evacuated this week to keep their identities a secret, we need someone to get in ther."

"That's where I asked why they picked you with being on leave."

"My main concern isn't getting you in, it's the systems on the inside, all the coders did was build into the SHEILD mainframe, they have no access to us but they have similar systems so I need someone that's a trained agent, and good with the computers, it would be in and out, need to know basis, all I need you to do is get in, crash their systems and get out."

"So that's where I come in?"

"Exactly."

"Okay, in and out, only on the condition that you do have agents on site and Natasha is in the command center, I want her in my ear at all times."

"Whatever gets you onboard, let's get you briefed and prepped for the field." Fury said.

---time jump---

You turned down the hallway, dimly lit by soft baseboard lights, you turned another corner but quickly pushed back when you saw two guards stationed outside the control room, any other time you would've just incapacitated them both but being 36 weeks pregnant wasn't helping you much.

"Natasha?"

"Y-Y/N? I'm r-r-ri-ght here what'sss go-going on-n?" The intercoms were breaking up which meant your job was going to get that much harder. "Two guards outside the command room, change of plans."

"Detka please, be careful."

"Will do, intercoms are getting scratchy, if this is it till I get out of here, I love you Natasha."

You made the decision that if you couldn't get in the control room you could still shut it down remotely, so you backtracked and took some different turns stumbling upon the old director's office, silently patting yourself on the back and opening the door.

You walked over to the desk, and brushed your hand along the command bar that's built into the desk, the hovering screens flashed to life. You swiped moving the screens around, they asked for your password and thanked Tony Stark for giving you a built in back door, when Ultron took over he built a back pathway that allowed you access but nothing was associated to you as a person so you had access to the entire system without anyones knowledge. You quickly started working pulling up the mainframe and started untagling the mess the rebellion had created, you were so close to unraveling the whole thing when you felt a sharp pain running through your abdomen.

You stopped in your tracks waiting to see if it was just your imagination, but then another one, this time catching you off guard causing you to keel over using the desk for support. "shit, shit, shit... this can't be happening." you said worry flooding your features, you tried calming yourself but you knew what this could mean.

"Natasha?" You called over the intercoms, but no response so you tried again but you realized there was no signal, you were alone and going into labor. You thought about backtracking and alerting them but as you went to exit the office you heard footsteps, quickly swiping the screens dark again you watched as the guards walked by standing next to the door frozen, you felt the warm liquid running down your legs and realized that this was it, the night just went from dangerous to deadly if you didn't get help quickly. Your water just broke and you were by yourself in an enemy compound with no way to communicate with anyone outside.

You cringed as another contraction took over your body pressing a hand tightly under your swollen bump, "Oh baby not now, please not now." you brought the screens back up typing rapidly, taking the mainframe down meant potentially setting off a bunch of alarms which meant that you would be exposing yourself in the height of labor.

"Okay wait if this is built into the SHEILD mainframe I can get ahold of your other mommy...Oh God..." Another contraction took over, you slid to the floor, pulling out your phone you connected it to the computer sending an "SOS" to Nat hoping that she would get it in time.

"Okay baby, this is me and you until we get help, so I'm gonna need you to slow down a little bit." you ran a hand over your bump closing your eyes and leaning against the strong desk.

You moved quickly into the adjoining room moving into the corner, grimacing at the pain of your baby trying to make it's way into the world, "God you're as impatient as your mother...Nnngghh."

You heard the door to the office start to open and held your breath, hearing light footsteps, and saw as a light scanned the room.

"Y/N... detka are you in here?" you heard a whispering voice call out.

"Natasha?" you called, you listened as hurried footsteps moved towards you, the door swung open revealing your wife. As she looked in on you her worst fears coming true, she quickly got down in front of you, running a hand soothingly along your thigh.

"Y/N what's going on?"

"It-it's the baby...Nnghh, Natasha our baby is coming," you said and tears started to fall, you were a trained agent one of the best to ever step foot in SHIELD, you were an Avenger a super soldier, but in this moment you were scared out of your mind.

"Um, okay baby it's okay."

"M-my water broke...we need to get out of here"

"Okay, Y/N it'll all be okay, Maria is outside getting a hold of Steve she's calling in a rescue team, you know Bucky will be breaking down that door as soon as he finds out."

"I-I cannghh..." you gripped her hand throwing your head back gritting through a contraction, "I got you baby, just breathe."

"Nat this is happening now."

"Okay, then let's do this." she said as you slowly shook your head agreeing with her.

"Okay, my pants you gotta help me." you said pushing at the waistband, she quickly hooked her fingers in your pants pulling them off along with your panties and laying them to the side.

"Y/N, I can see it... I can see the head."

"Whaa- no I-I no this wasn't supposed to happen like this... Nat I can't do this... Hhahh, I can't do this."

"Y/N Romanoff yes you can, you are my wife, one of the strongest people I know I've never once seen you back down from a challenge or a threat and you protect the ones you love so fiercely, I never once doubted starting a family with you, so if anyone knows, I do. I know that you can do this."

"Woouuu...Nnghh." you tried but these contractions were getting closer and closer, "I-I need to push."

"Okay, follow your body." you pushed, your nails digging into Natasha's shoulder as she was bent down in between your legs, she was reassuring you while you fought through a few more contractions.

"Okay Y/N head is out, just a couple more and we meet our baby." you tried to answer but the contractions were too close, you pushed a couple more times before your wife was holding your newborn in her arms.

"It's a girl, we have a baby girl." you listened as her cries filled the room, you started feeling lightheaded.

"Natasha I don't feel so good."

"Y/N, I-Y/N..." she said noticing the blood, you were bleeding fast and she realized that you needed to get out of there asap.

She heard as the door to the office crashed in, "Y/N! Natasha!" you heard Bucky yell out, he moved around the room and stopped outside the door hearing your newborn daughter's cries, he opened it coming in.

"Is that?"

"Yes." Natasha said tears in her eyes, and he quickly realized how dire the situation was.

"Bucky, she, the blood..."

"Okay let's go I got her." He quickly picked you up making sure you were covered and started out the door. Natasha saw the screens still live and hit the execute button, running our behind Bucky with your baby in her arms.

46 hours later and the mission had been executed, you were finally awake and safely at your home holding your baby girl, Natasha was next to you holding you both in her arms, you had minor hemorrhaging after the birth but luckily had some of the best doctors around, meaning you made it out almost completely unscathed and with a perfectly healthy baby girl. Though you and Nat quickly agreed that next time there would be no last-minute missions so close to your due date.

[beatrixst0nehill]

"Owww, they ache so bad, Chat. OMG, why did you make me do this?I never wanted to be a titty streamer, I can't believe ya'll talked me into this, it's so fucking humiliating. I got fired from my job, you know? Cause my coworkers found my videos. They started getting sent to everyone at the office in a chain email. It was hard enough trying to explain why the mousy girl who did coding suddenly went from flat chested to having a giant set of cow udders jiggling all over the place. Because remember, Chat, my boobs are growing too fast for me to keep up buying bras. So I was walking around with these fat milk bags bouncing in my blouse or sweater. Dripping milk. People started joking that I should offer them milk in their coffee. I tried to pretend my breast growth was serious, like sudden macromastia that runs in my family. But nope, they found me.....

My boss eventually took me aside and ripped off my top, he smacked my breasts, squeezed them, spun me around, ripped off my skirt, and ass fucked me so loud everyone on the floor could hear it, then he spanked me and sent me packing, walking home with no clothes, only my purse and heels. My coworkers laughed and took pictures, my boss's cum dripping from my ass. Needless to say on the train ride home a few other men left their deposits inside me, and my tits were left nice and bruised. Now I'm here, still taking these pills like an idiot. I swear they lower your IQ--I specifically bought the ones that said they didn't affect intelligence but I seriously doubt that's the case. I know I'm getting dumber and I don't really care.... I don't need to be smart being a titty streamer with an OF, now do I?

Yes, I'm doing an OF. I know I said I wouldn't but how else will I make any money? I liked getting raped and used so much in the train and at work I think I'm going to just film myself in skimpy outfits getting ganged up and and force fucked. Does that sound like fun? From brilliant, flat-chested coder girl to a worthless, braindead slab of rape meat with a dumb-looking set of oversized udders. That's all I am now. All I'll ever be. I bet I'm already pregnant. Don't these pills have a warning that says not to get pregnant because they're a really potent fertility drug? Oops. Well, if I'm pregnant with ten kids my udders will just grow faster, and it'll make me such an easier target for men to force themselves on. Not like I'll be able to run away or fight back with a belly that big, it's almost perfect for a girl like me. Sorry, a braindead hucow. If I was still a girl and not a braindead hucow I'd get these ridiculous looking things chopped off, get an abortion, flush these pills, and beg for my job back. Instead, I kinda wanna wear a tiny sundress barefoot onto the subway, set up a camera, and see how many men take the bait and rape my dumb hucow brains out. I'll be sure to plead and beg and tell them I'm pregnant, as pedestrians just watch or film me getting force fucked over and over by whole groups of men..... Quite the career change, but I think this suits me more, don't you all agree? ❤️"

[separatist-apologist]

Azris fic recs please? I am more of a plot person though obviously I don't dislike the porn. The best plots you have read recs.

Anyone is welcome to add to this list if they'd like! This isn't comprehensive, just some of the ones I've really enjoyed, with a mix of plot (and some porn sorry anon but I am a simple girl).

Our Bodies, Possessed By Light by @iftheshoef1tz

After Koschei’s war, Prythian rebuilds. While the Inner Circle grapples with the burden of responsibility, they are forced to face the consequences of their choices, both past and present. Azriel finds himself at the center of trouble brewing in the Hewn City, with a certain Vanserra brother sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong.

There is always a price for freedom.

Decode This Case by @witch-and-her-witcher

There couldn't be worse timing for the new allegations against Night Co's coder as Azriel struggles with his emotional state of isolation and loneliness as his family and friends seem to move on without him. Enter Eris Vanserra to make Azriel's life even more complicated, smug and regrettably handsome as ever.

Eris has impeccable timing - or is it all just careful calculations? Whatever has aligned their reunion, he knows nothing will be accomplished until he can pull Azriel from his fog.

Only Know You Love Him When You Let Him Go by @fieldofdaisiies

Almost exactly a year after their painful breakup, Azriel and Eris unexpectedly meet again and find themselves trapped together in a snowstorm. With no choice but to spend time together in a small space, the long hours lead to conversations of their past, memories of their adventures togethers, unresolved feelings and heartbreak…

Once More To See You by @buffy-vanserra

Days after Feyre and Lucien are rescued from the Winter Court border, Eris finds Azriel snooping in his father’s woods. They fall into old habits and discuss a path forward.

Or: The story of how Eris entered his alliance with the Night Court

Just Enough Light to Cast Shadows by @jules-writes-stories

Eris Vanserra has been plotting to overthrow his father for centuries. But when the High Lord’s removal becomes a matter of life and death, Eris allies with the Day Court. In his desperate quest, he unearths secrets that will change the course of Autumn Court history, and all of Prythian's, even as his mating bond pulls him towards a male who will only ever see him as a cruel prince.

Rhysand becomes suspicious, ordering his spymaster to keep watch of the Autumn prince. But the more time Azriel spends with him, the more he is drawn to Eris’s cause.

When desire and duty collide, the Shadowsinger is faced with an impossible choice. Will Azriel take Eris at his word, or fulfill his role as Night’s brutal enforcer? And what will become of Autumn’s heir?

games without frontiers by @houseofhurricane

Azriel and Eris, in the Autumn Court at the winter solstice. But who has the knife?

My Heart's Aflame, My Body's Strained (But God I Like It) by @acourtofladydeath

What happened when Azriel brought Eris back to the Hewn City after saving him from Koschei at the end of ACOSF?

I Want To Believe by @secret-third-thing

Azriel travels to Boston to solve a murder case and leaves having experienced Alien dick. Or.... X-files / Roswell, but make it acotar.

Betting Like You Know The Odds by @fourteentrout

"But, if you so choose to believe my display of weakness was entirely genuine, then perhaps a rematch is in order." Eris suggested to Nesta, his mouth twisting into a smile a bit different from his others of the night. Something less soft around the edges, less weighed down by inebriation.

"Well, then, one could argue that it would be just as unfair. You're a High Lord now, after all." Rhys pointed out. Eris' smile melted away naturally, and he reclined back in his spot, throwing a hand around the back of the sofa.

"Why don't we ask him what he thinks? Shadowsinger," Eris called, jutting his chin right towards where Azriel stood, wreathed in shadows. "What are the odds that you could hold up in a fight now that I'm a High Lord?"

Azriel stood rooted to the spot, as if he were in a nightmare. He stared directly at Eris' smoldering eyes. Eris stared back.

Say it With Your Fists for Once by @mudandmire

After their close-call with Briallyn and Koschei's plot, Azriel and Eris crash-land somewhere near the western coast and have an all-out brawl about it.

After blood and tension cools, Azriel begins to put pieces together much to Eris's trepidation and the shadow's delight.

Counter Tension by @ninthcircleofprythian

Eris is wound up tight in more ways than one

Your Scars on My Pulse by @shadowsandlint

For Azris Week 2024. A story following each prompt, where Eris Vanserra navigates an increasingly more confusing relationship with his nemesis-turned-ally.

Eris is haunted by what happened between him and Azriel at the High Lord Meeting, and feels completely overtaken by the male's accursed presence. His usual snarky comments land him in trouble when the furious shadowsinger wraps his raging hands around his neck in front of the whole assembly.

"A mixture of surprise and panic had taken over Eris, sending his body into a wild, meaningless thrashing, but before he could hope to regain control of his limbs, a third, more confusing feeling had entered him. Azriel’s all-consuming presence had sent a shock wave into the place in his chest where air was supposed to be, and in its absence, a spark of joy had lit up the vacated darkness. The recognition of this had so thoroughly bewildered Eris that all hope of fighting had evaporated, and the bewilderment hadn’t left him since."

Tell me what you want by @lady-of-tearshed

Azriel had too much to drink at a boring High Lord meeting. He decides it would be a great idea to drag Eris Vanserra, new High Lord of the Autumn Court, to an empty bedroom and kiss him with everything he has.

[agendratum]

the details on the cover and the illustrations i love this so much

and who is that i spy with my little eye

[forsaken-headcanons]

Builderman AI headcanons

He was made by a group of engineers, coders, and scientists who were commissioned by this guy

He's based on this guy (This is my take if he was killer) Roblox is the president of Robloxia btw

Builderman had many design concepts. Roblox was satisfied with the one you see in Forsaken (see photo below)

Builderman was made to be Roblox's assistant.

2. When he was first created, Builderman could only express two emotions, happiness and concern, but one day, there was a code error that made him sentient and also led him to express more than the two emotions above, feel pain, mood swings, and heck, he even can swear!

3. He's not entirely robotic but an artificial Robloxian made through code and artificial Robloxian flesh, which is why he can also bleed! A chip was created that is the equivalent of his brain.

4. There was an accident that made him lose both of his legs and arms, so he got prosthetic legs and arms that are height adjustable (I'm pretty sure I sent the 4th headcanon, but I added this just in case)

That's it for now! More will be added

Oh I love these.

I love it when people treat the official Roblox account as an actual character by the way.

[shurikensgang]

[whatever. Says the one with a pathetic love interest. Watch it backfire. Watch it burn the connection you thought you had. WAtCh It RUin YOuR LiFE.]

It returned back into the recesses of Shuriken's mind space.

...

[.]

The Solver found itself in control of Shuriken's body, yet it was not the time of their deal yet. Furthermore, it found itself floating in nothing. The void's endless expanse was dark, not a single star lighting the way, nor planet to call home. Then, The Solver heard... its own voice?

"Hello."

The voice came from every direction.

[How curious....hello?] It said looking around, sensing a copy of itself.

[ah... another version of me] it mused to itself.

[sunnysidesevenup]

Overview

Trying to make this post a bit more “official”, but still a little funny <3

For those who haven’t seen this project before, this is a fun little dating sim featuring people’s TWST oc’s. It started as a bit of a joke but now it’s… definitely not. It’s actually a full game now. Even people who have no knowledge of TWST will be able to play it, haha…

If you’d like to be added to the tag list, let me know ^^

Updates from the Dev Team!

First up, all the sprites have been completed! The bases being done by me, and then expressions made by those who wanted to <3 You might see the sprites floating around, depending on who wants to post theirs or not. Most likely they’ll be used in memes lmao

Nearly all the first meetings have been written! Everyone has been doing an excellent job writing for their own characters. Even if we keep getting derailed by ships….

The shop has been completed! Mostly. Featuring the weirdest collection of items you have ever seen. And marketable plushies. Why are there plushies of students at a school shop? The world may never know…

Some Interesting Patch Notes

From our lovely coder @ramshackle-ramblings, who you should check out immediately. Seriously. Go do so. I am paraphrasing these notes because I think they’re hilarious, also some of them happened a while ago. Sorry for the slow updates.

We’re on version 0.0.2!! This is very exciting.

Tilly is no longer hoarding infinite cream soda. I think this is a win.

Griffin is no longer breaking the game! Yippee! I’m still keep the Griffin Thanos snap meme on hand though. Just in case.

March exists again. And might be the main character now considering the infinite Yurch loop.

Gave Tilly his hat back. This one was actually my fault, sorry Tilly…

Infinite Yurch Loop Fixed. These guys just REALLY wanted you to witness them fight.

And, of course, out of context memes.

We have a whole channel for these, so we can’t leave them out. Sadly there is an image limit 😭

Dev Team (& Character Cast)

check them out. Do it. You know you want to.

Abraham & Alise @ramshackle-ramblings (sorry for the double tag <3)

Griffin @twsted-void

March @kumikokane

Yurena @ranas-twisted-wonderland

Constance @theolivetree123

Tsuki @prefectrose

Otto @w1ndigo0

Rory @miriaocs

Arlo (from me and against his will <3)

Tag List

@purplefirepit @kirexa

[allieebobo]

Monsoon Games: Roadmap

I'll continue to tweak this rough roadmap according to the responses I get from the google form, but here's the plan (ideal-case) for the next 1-2 years!

If you haven't filled out the form yet, please do, as answers would be super valuable in helping me better gauge, prioritize, and budget my next steps as well as tweak the pricing for the tiers!

Phase 1: Now till end-2025

Full-time urban planner

Part-time game dev.

Likely to be mostly solo-work and choice-script based

Phase 2: Beginning 2026 till end 2026

Part/Full-time game dev

Likely to involve / bring in an artist/coder, depending on eventual decision on game format (ren'py, Godot or choicescript)

Phase 3: Beginning 2027

Launch phase 2 game

Re-evaluate what to do next, likely back to my full-time job, but to KIV this based on what happens in Phase 2

Details below the cut!

Again, if you have comments, suggestions, preferences, do leave a message or email (allieebobo@gmail.com). If you're interested to collaborate, or to find out about what games I'm thinking of, click here.

Phase 1a

Timeframe: now till end 2025

Scope: Keep rolling out choicescript updates for CT:OS and Merry Crisis. This will form the base of content for ko-fi/patreon (with subscribers continuing to get early-releases until these games are complete).

Phase 1b 

Timeframe: start sometime 2nd half of 2025, run concurrently till end 2025)

Scope: Write a choicescript 'concept demo' for 2 new games I've been haunted by over the past couple of years. (I'll release more info on this if I think they're viable). Whether or not they become more complex games, I'll at least have the choicescript demo. 

Phase 1c 

Timeframe: optional, but to start as soon as funding is obtained

Scope: Depending on interest, I want to consider doing a port to ren'py for Merry Crisis (or CT:OS, but likely MC) for a more visual-style game. This would involve either hiring a coder to help with the port, or doing it myself. More importantly, will need to commission art for this.

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Monthly-subscriptions for both Phase 1a and 1b would include the following tiers: 

$3/month (existing): Just to support me :) 

$6/month (existing): Early-access links to CT:OS and Merry Crisis

$9/month (new tier): Same as above + Early-content (e.g. lore, character snippets & art, non-interactive stories, dev logs) for new game(s)

$12/month (might not go for this tier, but including just as a concept): Same as above + Expanded early-content (e.g. interactive choice-script based demo access)

Phase 2a

Timeframe: Beginning 2026, probably 6-9 months or more depending on scope

Scope: With CT:OS and Merry Crisis completed, I hope to then turn my sights to converting the choicescript demo created in phase 1b into actual complete games. This could either take the form of: 

A full choicescript game

A full ren'py (visual) game

A full Godot (2D) game

About 2-3 months into Phase 2a, I will also have enough content to launch a kickstarter, which would hopefully bring new backers on board and funds to speed-up production of the game(s). For folks who prefer supporting once-off instead, they'll also come in at this stage :) 

Phase 2b: 

Timeframe: Probably 6-9 months into 2026

Scope: Once there's a playable beta version of the game, I'll then do testing with subscribers and other beta-testers, and do de-bugging.

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Monthly-subscriptions for both Phase 2a and 2b would include the following tiers: 

$4/month: Just to support me :) 

$8/month: Subscriber-only content for all new games in development (e.g. character snippets & art, dev logs)

$12/month: Same as above + Little interactive patches/expansion packs for CT:OS and Merry Crisis 

$16/month: Same as above + Expanded early-content for all new games (e.g. non-interactive stories, scene peaks/teasers, interactive twine or choicescript based playable content, access to beta version of the game when ready in phase 2b)

Kickstarter tiers: 

$12 once-off for a specific project (a selection of content from the pool of characer snippets & art, dev-logs that $8/month subscribers get) 

$25 once-off for a specific project (same as above + a selection of content from the pool of expanded early-content) 

$35 once-off for a specific project (same as above + special perks e.g. ability to design a character or item or request chapter) 

Phase 3

Timeframe: Start of 2027 onwards 

Scope: When at least 1 game is launched, hopefully by start of 2027, I'll re-evaluate and see what to set my sights on next! This probably also means going back to full-time urban planning :)

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