#detect loop in linked list

[oshaviolater]

i feel like the clock is ticking too fuckin fast nd every single day i spend not grinding leetcode is going to kill my career like no. no is dsa even imp in the holy year of 2023 or not that missed Microsoft internship is fucking Killin me.

[alltimefail]

Agency Assignments: A comprehensive to-do list for saving Dead Boy Detectives!

I'm very easily overwhelmed, so I wanted to break down all the ways to help "Save Dead Boy Detectives" that I have seen floating around. This is meant to be something you can reference when you feel like there is so much you need and want to do to help, but don't know how or where to start.

Note: I will be updating this post as we go when necessary, so feel free to bookmark it in your browser for easy access, add it to your homepage, whatever! I'll always have a link to it in my Pinned Navigation post on my blog as well!

It is of the utmost importance that we fight as an organized, well-informed front. We need to be on the same page if we're going to save our show, so let's get into it! 💜💀🔎

➪ First and foremost, follow @savethedeadboys! They're going to be our best resource during this fight.

➪ Next, follow @deadboyagency for news and updates: they've been around since the show dropped and have been an invaluable source of information the entire time.

Now for some task breakdowns:

"One-Time" Tasks

➪ Like the header says, these things can only be done once. Once you do them, you don't have to give them any space in your mind.

Sign the petition*

Review & Rate Dead Boy Detectives on Google, IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes. Be sure on IMDB you don't just rate the show as a whole, but you also rate each individual episode! You can also "Like" the show on Google and click "Watched" which helps the show's engagement scores. (If there are other popular sites I haven't listed here, feel free to share them and rate Dead Boy Detectives highly on them!)

Notify Netflix customer service (through their online chat feature) that you're unhappy with the cancelation of Dead Boy Detectives. This is a short, 5-minute task that I wrote a guide on (with an example message) here!

"Repeat" Tasks:

➪ These tasks can become a part of your daily routine; do what works best for you! You don't have to do every single one of these tasks every day if that is overwhelming!

Share the petition* over and over again, on every one of your socials! Make everyone you love sign it!

Stream Dead Boy Detectives!* Keep it on a loop in the background on low volume as much as possible. Try to get others to stream it as well, especially if they haven't watched it before! Netflix cares about VIEWS: views save shows and I broke down the reasoning here. (Bonus: if you post over on Twitter about your rewatch, use the tag #ReviveDeadBoyDetectives)

Talk about Dead Boy Detectives!* You're probably doing that already, but just be sure that you're tagging your posts. Here on Tumblr use the "Dead Boy Detectives" tag at least (to boost our tag to trending) and anywhere that uses hashtags (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram for example) I would recommend #SaveDeadBoyDetectives and #DeadBoyDetectives as those seem to be the most commonly used tags! IMPORTANT: do not use more than 20 tags here on Tumblr! Any more than 20 and your posts might be marked as spam and hidden from the tags!

Create art, edits for TikTok, fics, gif sets, doodles, crafts, analysis posts, and so on for Dead Boy Detectives.* Having fun is important, too! This is an extension of the "Talk about Dead Boy Detectives" point, but it needs to be stated - don't remove the joy from the fight. If a drawing of our boys or a smutty fic with your favorite trickster cat king is what you can bring to the fight on any given day, that is a perfectly valuable contribution! It's not all emails and hashtags.

Daily request a show through Netflix. Bonus if you're signed in! (I do 3-5 times a day)

Send Emails advocating for Dead Boy Detectives (Email list & Email Template). You can do this as much as you want or just one time.

Send Snail-mail (physical letters) to Netflix advocating for Dead Boy Detectives. I also send a copy of my letters to Warner Bros. Studios. Again, you can do this one time or multiple times. There are dates set aside for "mass" mail sending as well, so check out info on that here!

Interact with articles posted about Dead Boy Detectives. Read them, share them, comment on them, thank the writer for writing them, etc. We want lots of press about the cancellation, and supporting journalists and publications will make them want to write about Dead Boy Detectives more.

NOTE: Anything marked with a * means it's extremely important; if you can only do a few things, these tasks are the ones that you should focus on first. Remember to take care of yourself. This is a marathon, not a sprint, so don't burn yourself out!

WE WILL SAVE THIS SHOW.

Say that to yourself as many times as it takes for you to believe it. We're doing this to get justice for the writers, the actors, for ourselves, and assert to these companies that diverse, queer stories are not disposable one-offs; they deserve to be told in full!

Hugs and Handshakes to you all - whatever will suffice. 💜 Always feel free to reach out if you have any questions, whether that be through private message or my ask box. I'm not going anywhere!

- V

[adventures-in-mangaland]

Yet Another Dead Boy Detective Fic Rec List

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

I've been having so much fun with these, so I've decided to make another! See above for links to my other fic rec lists. ♥️

Like We're Gonna Die Young (Again) by RoseGanymede95

The latest installment in the superb Codependency World Cup series has the boys attend a nefarious house party and grapple with old frenemies, 90s fashion and temporary amnesia. Also fleshes out their achingly sad backstories, but compensates with the triumphant return of Pierre the rabbit.

When I Picture You by Gruoch

Charles gets braceleted by the Cat King instead of Edwin and receives his heart's desire... being alive again. This author has a special gift for taking fun sounding premises and turning the angst up to 11. So excellent.

young blood (never get chained) by ghostinthelibrary

University AU in which half-demon Charles intervenes in Edwin's ritual sacrifice and inadvertently binds their souls together... I'm genuinely obsessed with this AU, it has so much potential for tons of delicious tropes. Human!Edwin getting a crash course in supernatural shenanigans! Soulmate vibes!Found Family! Demon lore! What's not to love??

Ghosts and Monsters by justafandomfollower

Charles is also sacrificed and the boys meet in Hell! Fantastic premise and executed really well. I loved Masterful Edwin taking charge and protecting Charles while inwardly despairing. Highly recommended.

back to back they faced each other by ShanaStoryteller

The Night Nurse has a theory about how Charles was able to rescue Edwin from Hell so quickly... I'm genuinely shocked I haven't recced this one already. Sorry guys, I forgor. Anyway, this has interesting "Guardian" (angel?) lore, great meta and we even get some temporary amnesia as a treat.

boyfriend jacket by skadii

5+1 times Edwin borrowed Charles' jacket. The characterisation is on point, and it has some great OCs (Kyle the snarky seeing-eye cat!) and really sweet payneland moments. Plus Charles' jacket doing its most to annoy the Cat King.

Looking Like the Sunrise by letters_of_stars

Edwin thinks he's cursed so he and Crystal must team up to solve the case of his Mysterious and Suddenly Appearing Rizz. Funny and sweet friendship fic with some quality Edwin-Crystal bonding and discussions of trauma.

The Case of the Anonymous Confession by Mayarenerose

College AU featuring Charles posting an 'anonymous' online confession about his complicated feelings for his bestie. The closet is glass, but Edwin is oblivious and Crystal is in pain. Cute and funny epistolary social media fic done really well.

the middle of something wonderful by KiaraSayre

Does what it says on the tin and gives us a trope salad of cosy vignettes, including a time loop, temporary amnesia, sudden corporality and Crystal and Edwin trying to get a good grade in Party. Wholesome.

My heart is like a haunted house (series) by halffulljampot

Charles (unknowingly) befriends the ghost of Edwin's mother and constantly gushes to her about his amazing best friend/boyfriend. Beatrice is a great OC and it's just nice (though extra tragic) to read a fic in which Edwin had loving parents. Read it for Family Feels and wholesome intergenerational friendship.

the first rule of fight club by e_va

The boys are captured by an evil underground fighting ring. The fic is from Charles' PoV, so the prospect of having to fight Edwin was especially stomach-churning. Still, we get Edwin being a badass and a brilliant surprise cameo I don't want to spoil.

The Case of The... by sophisticatedyet

Edwin borrows Niko's negligee and Charles' brain breaks. There's also a case and giant squids, but Charles' Distracted By The Sexy crisis is the main (hilarious) event.

in those heavy days when love became an act of defiance by aletterinthenameofsanity, JUBE514

Daemon AU and first meeting fic! Loved the worldbuilding, insightful character work and lovely use of Greek mythology. Honestly, this fandom needs more daemon AUs.

spinning around and around in an ocean of grief (your ladder came down to the sea) by Ingi

Prequel to DontOffendTheBees' excellent College AU, expanding on the boys being alive and in school together. Also has its own prequel about their first meeting from Edwin's point of view. This one, though, is a Charles' Bisexual Journey/Feelings Realization fic. So lovely.

head in the clouds but my gravity's centered by shadowquill17

Face Touching: The Fic. I just love non-sexual intimacy in fics and this one is so tender. I also love Accidental Kissing and Feelings Realization so my cup runneth over.

i don't want to rest in peace by handwrittenhello

Different First Meeting fic featuring Poltergeist Charles! Loved the concept, even though it made me sad.

the great snogging debacle of '95 by thatgayprince

Edwin disguises himself as a girl and Charles starts and then defers a sexuality crisis for 30 years. Funny, steamy and emotional.

a beautiful day to say goodbye by ofstitches

The agency take on the case of a depressed house. This is another bittersweet Edwin backstory fic with discussions of grief.

Smitten in the Stacks by cordelianoir

Adorable prequel to lolotr's equally adorable library AU. Meet cute featuring (platonically married) Dad!Charles crushing on the hot librarian who leads Children's Storytime.

Jenny Green: Butcher, Hot Mess, Reluctant Queer Elder by Money_Maker

Jenny-centric fic! The focus is on Jenny and her financial, mental and emotional struggles post-canon, but mentoring Edwin through his queer self-discovery becomes a big part of that. This turns into a really sweet friendship, plus Found Family Feels and some fun outsider PoV of the boys' dynamic.

I've always got more recs so watch this space! ❤️

[tropetember]

[Image description. Image reads “Tropetember Prompt List”, in the background, a picture of a mug placed on an open book in front of a blanket invokes a cozy feel. End id. Thanks to @supericelight​ for the image description!]

Enemies / Friends / Strangers To Lovers 

Case Fic // Police / Detective / (Super)Hero // Crime / Mafia / (Super)Villain

Hurt/Comfort / Sickfic / Whump

Coffee Shop / Tattoo Parlour / Flower Shop / Other Retail AU

Rockstar / Actor / Model / Famous AU / Reality TV AU / SocMed AU

High School / College / University AU / 80’s Teen Movie AU

Historical (Regency, Ancient Greece/Rome, Prehistory, etc) / Modern / Futuristic AU

Time Travel / Time Loop (eg. Groundhog Day) / Amnesia / Coma

5+1 / 3+1 (Five Times + One Time)

Accidental Confession / In Vino Veritas (Drunk Confession/Drunk Dial)

Business Partners To Friends To Lovers / Competitor Businesses / Office AU

Huddling For Warmth / Sharing A Bed / Touch Starvation

Slice Of Life / Domestic / Found Family

Monstrous (Human/Monster Romance) / Cultural Differences / Language Barrier

Marriage Of Convenience / Arranged Marriage / Matchmaking / Blind Dates

Future Fic / Reunion / Childhood Friends / Friendship Centric

Getting Together / Love Confession / First Kiss / Break Up/Make Up / Misunderstandings

Body Swap / Psychic Link / Soulmates / Bonding (eg. ABO, Sentinel AU, etc)

Apocalypse / Zombie / Locked In Together / (Natural) Disaster

Science Fiction / Fantasy / Space Opera / Horror

Genderswap / Rule 63 / De-Aging / Age Changes AU

Canon Rewrite / Fix-It / Everybody Lives / Everybody Dies / Major Character Death

Mythology / Supernatural / Fairytale / Wingfic

Accidental Baby Acquisition / (Single) Parent AU / Babysitting

Mutual Pining / Requited/Unrequited Love / Angst With A Happy Ending

Fake Dating / Didn’t Know They Were Dating / Accidental Dating / Accidental Marriage

Repression / Emotional Constipation / Sexuality Crisis (Gay Panic)

Holidays & Celebrations / Proposals / Prom / Songfic

Fusion / Crossover / Harlequin / Rom-Com (eg: Hogwarts, Pacific Rim, Daemons, Hunger Games, The Princess Bride, Pride & Prejudice, Love Actually, 10 Things I Hate About You, etc)

FREE SPACE

Link to Tropetember Welcome Post

Link to Hard Mode Prompt List

Link to Rules & FAQ

[kiyomitakada]

i realized i'm a fucking idiot and i can literally just post links to my dreamwidth fics on here instead of stressing about putting them all on ao3 so

dreamwidth fic masterpost

the vast majority of these are from moooonths ago so i dont know if i like them all anymore… but the ones i am fond of are marked with a *

also, these are all like, 100-1000 words max with very few outliers. the 3sf ones are even shorter because, you know, they are Three Sentences. so if you want tiny bites of fic here is your chance!

count: 20 kiyomisa, 19 lawlight, 6 yagamane, and 18 other :D

kiyomisa

yuri shipping olympics, round 1-4:

canon compliant dinner scene internal monologue (baby's first ever kiyomisa……………)

there's only one bed?! (*)

missing scene after the nye show (*)

how to send death threats in flower language (*)

snippet from the first kira!kiyomi au

round 5-8:

fake datingggg

how to send death threats on tumblr (*) (also on tumblr)

why are first violinists like that (*) (also on tumblr)

we are not making it out of the time loop with this one (*)

immortality elixir

mermaids… in SPACE!!!!! (*) (also on tumblr)

magic is just another word for fossil fuels

illegal karaoke

at the edge of the world

i made them act out the tempest by good ol bill shakespeare

100 words of them in a haunted hotel (*) (i still like this but be warned that it is truly fucking stupid)

vice principal kiyomi takada (*)

three-sentence ficathon:

i posted all my fills for 3sf under anonymous because i was feeling incredibly deranged realized that i should probably use a different screenname but did not want the effort of making a new account. i swear these are all me. honor code

lipstick (*)

three-way cheating, as you do (*)

dinner scene alternative ending (*)

lawlight

yuri shipping olympics:

edward vs jacob (baby's first trans girl light yagami…………)

sara berry au (as in, sara berry plays light and julie plays L. light and L are not actually in this fic. i don't know if this appeals to anyone but me)

face to face with i told you so (*)

dragonslayer (*) (also on tumblr)

high school lawlight, in an auditorium for some reason (*)

the good guys always win (*)

teleport to the backrooms. its backrooms time for you (*)

three-sentence ficathon:

i've got a list of names and yours is in red underlined (*)

in which light manages to call misa before she gets arrested (*)

playing > winning

are you dreaming of me?

resentful longing (*)

are these the eyes of a murderer to you

oh thank god my crush is a serial killer again

three grieving detectives in a trench coat (*)

audio drama light dies (*)

my jackass boyfriend is using me as a grocery pickup app

there is no moral; the forest is beautiful

werewolf cannibalism hell yeah (*)

yagamane (all three-sentence ficathon)

"your family hates me," misa's sobbing on the couch (*)

the drone could have been something other than a killing machine

some thoughts on misa and abuse (i fucked up the formatting on this one, you have to click the text "abuse cw and fatphobia" to see the first paragraph)

ok well MY kira logo was better

past the last exit (*)

parasitic (*)

other

yuri shipping olympics:

proto-ricochet (remisa)

possession au (remisa) (what if shinigami possession was like traditional taking-control-of-your-body possession)

three-sentence ficathon:

kiyomi is revered past death, sort of (kiyomi & halle)

the mortifying ordeal of being known (lawmane) (*)

in which light yagami is absolutely not sleep deprived (*)

in which soichiro volunteers for mock executioner (*)

sayu unrequited crush hours!!! (misayu)

misa & matsuda, post-canon (*)

sachiko & sayu, post-kidnapping

you can't kill me / oh, you knew? (remisa)

in which light is different from how kiyomi remembers him

he has my photograph doesn't he (meronia) (*)

in which misa notices sayu's crush on her

light/aizawa

light solo character study (burrito arc)

light solo character study no. 2

naomi lives au (naomi & light)

manga light/musical light (*)

[au-roulette]

Happy June!

To celebrate the fact that we are now officially one month away from the start of AU Roulette, have a post detailing the 36 AUs included in this year's challenge -- or don't, if you'd rather be surprised.

This year's AUs have been curated to be intentionally broad, in the hopes that they will encourage unique takes on each prompt and the creativity of the authors participating. You are welcome to write anything that falls under the umbrella of your assigned AUs, whether it's an original universe, a fusion inspired by another fandom, or something else entirely.

(What's AU Roulette, some of you might be asking? An explanation can be found here, along with the link to sign-up!)

Without further ado -- the AU list, under a cut:

Roleswap - Maybe you want to switch two characters' places, do a class-swap for a D&D fandom, try your hand at an age-swap fic, or you have another idea.

Superhero -- Invent an original universe or do a fusion with one of the many popular big-screen superhero stories. Play it straight and give your favorite characters cool powers, or try a deconstruction of the genre. With great AUs comes great responsibility

Gothic Horror -- Castles. Ghosts. Vampires. Drama. Love that conquers Death. Take your inspiration from classic literature or a newer entry in the genre, like The Locked Tomb books. But be sure to make things spooky.

Post-Apocalypse -- Will the world end in fire or in ice? Or maybe economic collapse, war, zombies, or one of many other options? You write what happens next!

Fairy-Tale -- Pick a classic tale from the Grimms, Hans Christian Andersen, Asbjørnsen & Moe, Charles Perrault, or another favorite author to inspire your AU, try out a more modern re-telling, or use fairy-tale elements to craft your own story.

High Seas -- Including but not limited to Pirate AUs and other Age of Sail adventures. Try out something more historical, or throw in as many fantasy elements as you'd like -- or a bit of both.

Time Travel -- For fixing mistakes, making things worse, or time loops. Or maybe you want to write a fusion inspired by a piece of popular time travel media, like Doctor Who.

Western -- Another AU where writers are free to do their history research or to lean into more outlandish genre conventions. Cowboys, cowgirls, and cowpokes all welcome, of course.

Mythology -- Write a story inspired by your favorite myths and legends, from a whole host of different cultures. Or maybe you'd like to try your hand at writing some epic poetry?

Coffee Shop -- A classic everyone knows and has strong feelings about. Play it straight or add a twist, whichever suits your fancy! After all, no one said where the coffee shop has to be...

College/Academia -- Are the characters in your AU students? Professors? Weary adjuncts? Throwing hands at a conference? Some mix of the above?

Theater -- Put those characters on Broadway or cast them in a disaster of a community theater production. Or a school play! All that really matters is the show must go on.

Ghost/Cryptid Hunters -- Maybe you want to write a story starring the next Scooby-Doo crew, or maybe there really is something strange in the neighborhood. Or maybe it'll never be clear what really happened -- it's your choice!

Secret Agent -- Code words, code names, you name it. Write a story about spies, cryptographers, or any other clandestine operators. Take inspiration from history or from James Bond. Just don't spill your secrets too soon.

Detective -- Whether you're writing the world's greatest detective or someone who just can't get a clue, play up the mystery! Use a classic locale like 221B Baker Street or invent your own.

Cyberpunk -- Time to write cyborg identity crises and fight the machine (literally)! Take inspiration from classic media like Neuromancer or Blade Runner or make a totally new cyberpunk universe of your own creation.

High Fantasy -- Elves and dwarves and gnomes, oh my! This AU could encompass everything from Middle Earth to D&D AUs to your favorite high fantasy books you read over and over as a kid. Or maybe you have your own spell to weave.

Band/Musicians -- Whether you decide to make the characters in your AU famous pop stars, part of an orchestra, students at a conservatory, jamming together in their garage, or otherwise musically-inclined, have fun with it!

Reporter/Journalist -- For everything from local anchors and newspaper staff to big-league investigative reporters. Write characters who'll do anything to get a scoop or with a strong sense of justice -- it's your call!

Cosmic Horror -- You don't have to love Lovecraft to get creative with this AU. Make characters comprehend the incomprehensible, send them messages from beyond the stars, and get a little creepy.

Heist -- Will you write a story about master thieves? Vigilantes righting some wrong? What's being stolen and why? Try a Leverage AU or a caper of your own making.

Space Opera -- The genre encompassing works like The Expanse, Imperial Radch, Mass Effect, and Star Wars, brimming with galactic empires, alien species, and chivalric adventures. Write a fusion set in the universe of your favorite work in the genre, or invent a new one!

Sports/Athletics -- Pick a sport, any sport -- whether a team game like hockey, an individual one like archery, a paired one like figure skating, or something a little unconventional, like roller derby or HEMA. Then it's ready, set, write!

Historical Era -- An AU type absolutely bursting with potential, from medieval romances to 1920s Prohibition AUs, to ones inspired by historical fiction like Les Miserables. Whatever era of history strikes your fancy, you can write it.

Road Trip -- Pack your favorite characters in a car and don't forget the snacks. Or maybe the spaceship, or something else if you're feeling adventurous. Where are they headed and why? Only you know the answer!

Space Exploration -- Whether you want to write modern-day astronauts, a futuristic Star Trek AU, or something inspired by the space race, the sky isn't even the limit with this AU.

Urban Fantasy -- For all your modern-with-magic settings. Write an AU inspired by something like Teen Wolf, Artemis Fowl, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or much of Neil Gaiman's oeuvre, or invent your own world where witches and websites coexist.

Museum/Archives -- Have the characters in your AU working in the exhibits or behind the scenes, down in the collections or even as archaeologists or paleontologists. What secrets are waiting to be unearthed there?

Hospital -- A surprisingly flexible AU option -- are the characters working there, or the victims of some unfortunate accident? Or maybe it's a bit of both. Take it wherever you feel like.

Camping/Wilderness Survival -- Could be anything from a fun summer camp or camping trip to a nightmare survival scenario. Write everyone having s'mores around the campfire or something inspired by media like Yellowjackets, where they might be having... something else.

Steampunk -- A fantastic opportunity to get creative with your worldbuilding. Try your hand at some alternate history, or invent a world of airships and other flying machines of your very own.

Shapeshifter -- Can the characters in this AU turn into anything they want? Or maybe they're more limited, like selkies -- even unable to control their shapeshifting at all (can I get an "awoo" from the werewolf fans?)

Classic Literature -- An AU somewhat more dependent on fusion ideas, but still very flexible! Pick a favorite classic book or play and let it inspire your writing!

Dystopian -- Create your own awful society or let a favorite piece of media guide you, like writing a Hunger Games AU. Will the characters break the cycle, or end up trapped in it?

Renaissance Faire -- A recipe for chaos. Write a bunch or faire-goers or have the characters in your AU working at the faire! Adventures await.

Scientist/Mad Science -- Write characters as normal biologists, physicists, and chemists, the next Frankenstein, or as hapless experiments themselves!

[largerthanaveragearmadillo]

Paradise Killer is an incredible game.

I am about to talk about it in detail, so if it looks up your alley (you like detective games or you adore the aesthetic) don't hit that read more link and play the damn thing.

All done playing it? Okay, I'm gonna ramble.

I adore detective games, Obra Dinn is in my top five games ever. If I hear about a detective game it goes on my wish-list instantly.

Paradise Killer comes so very close to being a perfect detective game in a narrative sense. There are plenty of twists and turns, and you are never quite sure that you've gotten everything right.

(There are some clunky things involving how certain clues are gathered and how Ms. Love Dies controls but that's not what I'm talking about here.)

Unfortunately for me, this uncertainty persists through the ending.

Now, to those of you who played the game; Yes, I have reading comprehension, I know the uncertainty is very much the point. This is the message the game is trying to get across, a message about power and who wields it, about those who write history, about an empty hole of uncertainty when faced with the questions of; "Did you do the right thing? Was justice served? Are these two things the same?" A message about the impossibility of trying to change a corrupt system while you are in it.

The conclusion isn't supposed to be satisfying, the defendant will die anyways regardless of your actions, the endless loop of new islands founded under a corrupt government will not end.

On top of that, everyone that you can convict is sympathetic in one way or another. Obviously the Daybreaks are very likeable and far less involved than any other suspects that can confess, but the others have understandable motivations too (although it obviously doesn't excuse them from murder). Akiko doesn't want her husband to die, Witness is afraid of retribution from the Gods (that live literally next door btw), Carmelina doesn't want her entire family legacy to be remembered by a mistake her father was coerced into making, (a mistake he was executed for by the way). Even Yuri, a character who is designed to be hated from minute one, is technically possessed and has been for upwards of fifteen years, as such it can be argued that he is not truly guilty.

This is a message I respect. This is also a message that infuriates me greatly because of how satisfying untangling the thread of conspiracy was throughout the entire rest of the game, the threads of narrative were finely crafted, but at the end you're left feeling empty. The ending is the same regardless of your actions. You could convict the original defendant and be done within minutes and NOTHING CHANGES.

Paradise Killer is a piece of art, it's a game that conveys its message very well, it's a game that leaves you unsatisfied and I hate that so very much.

Good job Paradise Killer devs, you made a game that will take up space in my head till I die probably.

[melefim]

Swearing in Dead Boy Detectives: Bloody

Overview:

Bloody was said a total of 8 times, in 6 episodes and by 3 different characters.

Uses Per Episode:

Episode 1: 0

Episode 2: 1

Episode 3: 1

Episode 4: 2

Episode 5: 1

Episode 6: 1

Episode 7: 2

Episode 8: 0

Uses Per Character:

Edwin: 1

Charles: 5

Night Nurse: 1

Percent of Total:

Bloody is used 8 times, which is 2.5% of cursing in the show.

Rankings:

Total Uses: Bloody is said 8 times, which puts it in 10th place.

Number of Episodes: Bloody is said in 6 episodes, which ties it for 5th place with Damn, Bloody Hell, and Jesus

Total Characters: It is said by 3 different characters, which ties it for 9th place with Screw and Dick.

It is one of only four words said by both Edwin and Charles—the others being Damn, Fuck, and Bloody Hell.

Favorite Word: Bloody is Charles’ favorite word, with 6 uses.

Lines:

Episode 2:

Charles: I thought you said even Aramaic was easy with a bit of study. Bloody read it.

Episode 3:

Charles: How do we break this bloody loop?

Episode 4:

Charles: Bloody cats. You all right, mate?

Charles: I'm also bloody angry.

Episode 5:

Charles: I'm also bloody angry.

Episode 6:

Edwin: Even if that were true, you're a bloody crow!

Episode 7:

The Night Nurse: And what do you mean 'did you know?' That's my bloody book!

Charles: We're going as fast as we bloody can!

Notes:

Charles’ “I’m also bloody angry” from episode 5 is the same clip from episode 4, remembered as part of Crystal’s nightmare at the start of the episode.

See Also:

I’ve counted Bloody and Bloody Hell as separate curses- you can find the stats for Bloody Hell here or at the Masterlist linked below.

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More Dead Boy Detectives Swearing Posts:

Masterlist

Swearing by Episode

Swearing by Character

Swearing by Word

All Swearing Posts

And if you like lists of things like I do, you can check out my other Dead Boy Detectives ones here!

When Charles’ Shirt Colors Change

George Rextrew’s Edwin comic inspo board

Full soundtrack with timestamps

Moves, Incidents, and Cases Masterlist

First pass at finding where the songs in the score are used- full post with timestamps in progress

[ijsthee]

Hi friends, here are some lesser known/underrated games I want more people to play, including steam links! (many of these are also on other platforms, steam is just easiest to link)

tldr: heres the list on backloggd with the same comments

Outer Wilds (exploration, puzzle, mystery) - not by any means an underrated or even unknown game, but a game I simply have to recommend to anyone, any time. My favourite game ever. Genuinely imo one of the best games ever made. Anyone will tell you not to look up anything about this game (and theyre right, uncovering every part of this game IS the game) but I recommend if you really get stuck or frustrated, play with a friend or ask someone who has played it for a nudge!

Tunic (zelda-like, souls-like, adventure, puzzle) - an homage to retro gaming that I am slightly too young to fully understand.. and still one of my favourite games! A simple (but charming) zelda-like with souls-like elements on the surface, an intricate mind-breaking puzzle game at its core! Highly recommend if you like games that you have to keep physical notes for

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (puzzle, mystery) - Puzzles puzzles puzzles! One big mystery puzzle game dripping with atmosphere and intrigue, a non-linear story that will pull you in and puzzles that youll be thinking about for hours after exiting the game. its a crime that this game seems to be slept on for now

In Stars and Time (rpg, story-driven) - the story-driven time-loop RPG that tumblr needs. WILL make you cry. the characters are at the heart and core of this game and they are AMAZING. Extremely trans story also

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (visual novel, mystery, story-driven) - so listen i know Ace Attorney is not niche by any means. But it feel like either people dont really know about this game or havent given it a shot yet. Well I'm here to say if you have any interest in Ace Attorney, these games are some of the best the whole franchise has to offer. The story is intriguing and interconnected in ways the best Ace Attorney stories are, the main cast are charming as hell, the music is amazing, they are by far the best looking 3D Ace Attorney games of the franchise, etc. If youre familiar with ace attorney i dont need to sell you on the whole murder mystery bit, i just need to emphasize that this is some of the best mystery writing in the whole SERIES

Chants of Sennaar (puzzle, language) - puzzle game where you gradually learn the languages of various peoples by context and logic! Not only is the language and puzzle aspect of this game really well done, it also has a really nice theme and beautiful art style

Hypnospace Outlaw (puzzle/investigation, 1990's internet) - play as a moderator on an alternative universe's 90's internet, put your detective skills to use in order to find those pesky users breaking the rules! or spend hours digging through peoples pages to learn wtf ''frostpunk'' is and what happened at ''coolfest'', y'know, like the internet

Nine Sols (metroidvania, souls-like, action/combat) - can be described as a ''sekiro inspired souls-like metroidvania'', if buzzwords do anything for you. If not I will mention that it has a beautiful art style, incredibly satisfying (tough, but fair) parry-focused combat, and intriguing lore and story. Its good!

The Roottrees Are Dead (puzzle/investigation) - a game that takes some inspiration from Obra Dinn & Her Story, and has a similar gameplay loop to Hypnospace, the goal of the game is to uncover one family's family tree by cleverly searching The (fake) Internet

[lairofsentinel]

For the author meme: 2, 5, 6, 37

Omg, I was not aware I had queued that questionnaire XDD as always, I forget what I put in my queue list. Thank you for asking!

2 -Do you prefer oneshots or longfics?

Long fics. They are beautiful challenges, a lot of work, but also a lot of learning process for me. And you cant work in ironies and give impact of some situations if you didnt built before in previous chapters. I like that too.

5- Where do you get your title inspiration from?

Once the fic is finished, I see the big picture of what I wrote, and I try to see what title would condense it. Sometimes it is the themes of the fic, other times the patterns I worked with, sometimes it's the main event that triggered all, sometimes it's the ending. It’s something I pick once the whole thing is finished, or at least finished in its draft version. That's why it's impossible for me to write and publish at the same time... among other reasons [rewriting is the main one for impact and foreshadowing]

6- Do you listen to anything while you write? Or do you prefer silence?

A bit of both. Music improves mood in some scenes. In fact, in one of the things I wrote, for bg3, the character I was writing about translates his emotions in music, while tries not to show much of them in any other circunstance. His iconic instrument is an erhu, and the fic I wrote included links to Jia Peng Fang because I felt they added a unique layer of emotion that can't be translated with words on the text. I wrote those scenes with that song on loop. Other times, when I’m writing structure or thinking in lore consistency, outlining or such, I need silence to focus.

7- Favorite genre?

Epic fantasy, or mystery, detective-like genre. Or both.

[wandering-aloneo-o]

hi, i'm wanderingalone! i primarily go by ace online!

i like things and stuff, and also do stuff and things occasionally

i'm an avid halloween, plants, and goofy things enjoyer! if you like any of those, you're automatically cool in my book and get a free googly eye

[insert googly eye png here]

(or a gold star if you want that instead. i'm fine that you don't want a googly eye. that's fine. im not hurt or anything. im fine about this.)

(Also! any mutuals feel free to dm me for my disc if wanted! :D)

i occasionally do stuff (im not lying. i do do things. sometimes. i promise im not lying.)

buuuut i also don't want to take up too much space with those things and stuff and stuff and things, so now i will be inserting a break gap extend button thing (wow, so cool!)

i am aroace and use any pronouns!

here's a list of my little sideblogs that have some little things:

@th1ng2: a place for videos and photos ive taken

@a-whole-lot-of-things: i talk about all the silly things i like here, could be music-related, media-related, (but primarily) fandom-related, basically anythingilikeoraminterestedin-related

@yeahireblogsomethings: a sideblog which serves the sole purpose of being a place where i reblog Every post i like INSTEAD of liking them. thats right, ive defeated the dreaded tumblr killing-heart button (don't quote me on that) (started on june 16th, 2024) (also starting to go through and reblog Past likes, and remove likes. because i feel like it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

i'm also I WAS in sideblog with everyone, but so is everyone else, so that's not saying much

i also may or may not run an updates acct. who knows. not me. and certainly not you. and its definitely not @tubbo--updates

(i also have like 2 or 3 sideblogs that are just username holders or short-time gimmicks of sorts, so those aren't really important)

now it's time for some important/cool/noteworthy things. yippee!

tags:

og - original posts from me :D (WIP) (if you for whatever reason stumble upon any of my og posts that aren't tagged with this please @ me or link them to me so i can fix that!)

save for later - self-explanatory, things i want to look at later for various reasons

time fuckery - anything time loop/time travel/mental time gap/etc related. i just think its neat

beautiful - me yapping abt things i find beautiful

MyArt - also self-explanatory, it's just my art. art i've made. that's it

MyMugs - the famed mug collection

5 Good Things - a list of 5 good things that happened in my day

dc situation - i dont even know how to describe or summarize this

honorable mentions posts:

2020 and why its BAD

the dream creatures (i love them sm :))

This Exchange with @fullofgenderandstressed and @justanotherhumanbeing which i still chuckle about when i think of

This Thing which resulted in my first (i think??) youtube short debut (Here)

likes/fandoms/etc:

plants, sleeping, music (Two Door Cinema Club, James Marriott, McCafferty, Destroy Boys, The Wombats, La Roux, Los Campesinos!, Crywank, Lorde, Feeder, Mother Mother, Akine, Nena; indie, 80's, rock, german, and a whole bunch more) (if you have any music recs pleasepleaseplease share them with me i loooove expanding my music taste), animals (shoebills are cool af), halloween, rain, and a whole bunch more that i can't think of atm :D

Stranger Things, Dead Boy Detectives, MCYT (Tubbo, Nihachu, Jack Manifold, Tommyinnit, Hermitcraft, and the occasional other things sprinkled here and there), The Haunting of Bly Manor, Severance, Criminal Minds, Coraline, a bit of Star Trek and Marvel, and other random things that sneak in there now and again

i currently have a growing mug collection and vinyl record collection, which i may share at random times if i really feel like it, i also write and draw things occasionally which is pretty fancy pretty cool imo, i also normally have my tumblr set up in pumpkin theme from april 1st to december 31st for funsies (gotta love that halloween spirit) And i'm making wind chimes out of old glasses lenses for funsies :D

anyways, i think that's all for now, i'll probably edit this every now and again, if you've made it this far i hope you're having an incredible day/night/time, remember to do that one thing you've been putting off, and here's a spinning cat as a reward for getting through all this! (also here's your Daily Click reminder if you haven't done it yet!)

last edited april 1st 2025

[project-twenty-twenty-five]

Movies to watch in 2025 (at least 42)

The Blues Brothers

The princess diaries

The prestige

The mummy

The matrix

Titanic

Glass onion

The great mouse detective

Indiana Jones

The lion in winter

Halloween

My cousin vinnie

The boy and the heron

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

Wicked ✅

Gattaca

Spirited away

Gladiator

The dark knight

Rocky

Grave of the fireflies

Practical magic

The year without a Santa Claus

Oh brother where Art though

Jaws

The Truman show

Batman

Reservoir dogs

Bill and teds excellent adventure

Groundhog Day

A league of their own

Indecent proposal

Spider-Man into the spiderverse

When harry met sally

James and the Giant peach

Love actually

The sound of music

Inception

Pans labyrinth

Requiem for a dream

She’s the man

Memento

Star Wars

While you were sleeping

Treasure planet

Perks of being a wallflower

Road to el dorado

The ring

Devil wears prada

Interstellar

Halloween

The grudge

Bridge to terabithia

Forrest Gump

Ponyo

The godfather

Lady and the tramp ✅

Shawshank redeption

It’s a wonderful life

Terminator

The player

Donnie darko

Scott pilgrim

Get out

Lady Bird

Moonlight

The social network

Whiplash

V for vendetta

The substance

Nomina

The big lebowski

Pee-wees big adventure

Dr strangelove

Pulp fiction

Ghostbusters

Kill bill

The shining

The thing

Fight club

Candleshoe

Nope

10 things I hate about you

Alien

Good will hunting

Hercules

Dead poets society

My neighbor totoro

Pursuit of happiness

Grease

Princess mononoke

Chorus line

Singing in the rain

Raiders of the lost ark

Citizen Kane

House of games

My fair lady

Little shop of horrors

Newsies (1992)

Wizard of oz

Galaxy quest

Princess bride

American psycho

Sleepless in Seattle

The proposal

Wall-E

…

I haven’t seen any of these so as you can see I’m clearly out of the loop regarding movies. I do like watching movies, but it feels like a big commitment to lock in and just watch something for two hours. Also finding a movie is a struggle. So in the last few years I barely watched anything new, I mostly rewatched movies. So in 2025 I’m gonna make a point to watch at least 42 movies (because of the 42filmpodcast) and I’ll just pick one from this list. I’ll probably also write a little review and link it here. If you have a favourite movie I should put on the list (maybe for 2026) then message me it.

[splinter-cat]

Splinter-cat Writing

Hello, I'm Chase (name maybe TBD haha). I'm a 28 year old white trans man from the USA. I figure I'd make this one part intro, one part writing list, so I wanted to include that. :) When I'm not writing or reading, I'm usually watching TV or playing video games. I have a computer science degree, but tbh my ultimate dream would be to be a screenwriter for TV.

I like to write both original works and fanfiction. My primary genres are supernatural (or more specifically, werewolves), romance, and hurt/comfort (including the more hurty side of the spectrum, as long as there’s enough comfort to balance it out). I post my works to AO3 as Splintercat and a couple to Wattpad as Splinterwrites.

Links to my writing below the cut:

Beasts in Blue

Beasts in Blue

Beasts in Blue is a supernatural dystopian whump featuring detective caretaker/werewolf whumpee. It's complete at about 96k words.

Playlist here.

Witness to the Dead

Witness to the Dead will be a spinoff of Beasts in Blue, featuring the events of the story from the eyes of Alicia the psychic.

Playlist here.

Cruelty of the Beast

Cooper's story, set after the events of Beasts in Blue. Currently in progress.

Playlist here.

Cat Burglar Mysteries

Curiosity Killed the Cat

The first entry in the Cat Burglar Mysteries series, this story is an original murder mystery that follows a cat shifter as he thieves his way through solving a double murder.

Original smut

College Boys

This series that needs a better name is about a group of fraternity bros turned polycule with help from a witch's spells. Each entry is a separate work with its own tags and most can be read independently from each other.

Women of the Otherworld

Smitten

An OC/Noah fic featuring an encounter with an incubus in a brothel.

Dream to Me

An OC/Reese fic with a darker story, currently on the backburner but not forgotten.

Playlist here.

Stranger Things

Peaceful bliss, just moments away

A Steddie time loop fix-it fic where Eddie saves Vecna's victims. Finished at 21k words.

Run with the Wolf

A Harringroveson werewolf AU of season 3. On hiatus at 24k words.

They Say It's Darkest Before the Dawn

A Steddissy fix-it fic with an alternate season 4 ending. On hiatus after one chapter.

Do You Remember (Dying Here)

An undecided ship fic where everybody lives (with consequences). On the back burner while I finish my other fics.

Playlist here.

And that's the list! There are more one-shots on my AO3 but I wanted this to be just my longer works. ^_^

[emerald-hobbit]

Masterlist.

Requests Open!

I don't have an upload schedual, I just do this as and when.

This list will link to my Tumblr posts for the related fic which has a summery and link to the ao3 page. Feel free to suggest a better way to do this, this is just a quick reference guide.

Good Omens

Bad Pain Days Hurt/Comfort, Fluff

Good Pain Days Fluff

Crowleys Duck Obession Light Angst, Fluff

The Tracks Of My Tears Angst, Hurt/Comfort

Hold On To Me ('Cause I'm A Little Unstedy) Angst

Much Needed TLC Light Angst, Fluff, Wingfic

The First Day Of The Rest Of Our Lives Angst, Hurt/Comfort

Starman Light Angst, Fluff

The Problem With Being A Modern Day Demon Angst, Sickfic

Understimulation Autistic!Aziraphale, Angst, Hurt/Comfort

"Ti a Fi Gyda’n Gilydd Am Byth" (You And Me, Together Forever) Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Fluff

Doctor Who

In The Down Time Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Nightmare

Loki (TV)

Safe In Your Arms Hurt/Comfort, Light Angst, Fluff

Are You Okay? Trans!Mobius, Genderfluid!Loki, Emotional Hurt/Comfort

Jet-Skis Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Slice Of Life

I'm Here (You're Safe With Me) Panic Attack, Emotional Hurt/Comfort

Mobius' Nintendo Switch Fluff

If This Is The Final Time We Meet Angst, First Kiss, Bittersweet

I've Got You Hurt/Comfort

The Owl House

Are You Okay Kid? Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Panic Attack, Fluff

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

Day One Autistic!Fitz, Light Angst, Hurt/Comfort

Avengers

The Story Of My Life Angst, Emotional Hurt/No Comfort PTSD

The Blood on My Hands Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Panic Attack

What If...?

What If... The Watcher Was Injured By Ultron? Angst, Hurt/Comfort

What If... The Guardians Of The Multiverse Spent Christmas Together? Fluff, Angst, Hurt/Comfort

BBC SHERLOCK

We Will Find Our Way Through The Dark Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Panic Attack, The Hounds Of Baskerville

Oh Brother Mine Hurt/Comfort, Aftermath of Torture, Angst, The Empty Hearse

The Sherlock Survaillance Chat Collab, Chatfic, Humour, Angst

The Case of the Missing Pen Light Angst, Hurt/Comfort

Sherlock & Co

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Hairstylist Fluff, Domestic fluff

London or Kiev? Hurt/Comfort, Angst, PTSD

The Sandman

A Century of Pain and a Hug Hurt/Comfort, Angst

Dead Boy Detectives

Mirrors Late Night Conversion

Constantine

Aftershocks hurt/comfort, nightmares, aftermath of possession

Legends of Tomorrow

I Can't Save Us (My Atlantis, We Fall) panic attack, hurt/comfort

Exhaustion hurt/comfort, effects of magic

The Interview humor, fluff

Captain Cold gets a Cold sickfic, hurt/comfort, childhood trauma

The Cicatrices hurt/comfort, burn scars

Old Advice for New Parts hurt/comfort, injury recovery

Magical Hangovers hurt/comfort, effects of magic

Unethical Polyamory posession, sexual humor

The Flash

Never Forget hurt no comfort, angst

Space Station hurt/comfort, PTSD

That's what life coaches are for, right? hurt/comfort, panic attack

Overwhelmed hurt/comfort, sensory overload

Phantom Lightning hurt/comfort, chronic pain

Well, Wells. We're Wellses. angst, hallucinations?

A Break in the Case literal sleeping together

Repentance hurt no comfort

A Voice in the Dark emotional hurt/comfort

A Chat with HR emotional hurt/comfort, ex-military Harry Wells, POW

Don't Show the Pain aftermath of torture

Coming To hurt/comfort, waking up

First Aid Flirting injury, harrisco

Safehouse 5 times

42 time loop

Brutality torture, angst

Bad Vibes emotional angst, harrisco

Wrong Time, Wrong Place blood and injury, hurt/comfort

Beside Himself with Worry emotional hurt/comfort

Cubic Grief hurt no comfort, harrisco

Cruel to be Kind medical procedures

Devil with your Face nightmares, angst

Choice? What Choice? hurt no comfort, angst, psychological trauma

Unwell Wells sickfic, harrisco

Interlude overworking, movie night

Seasonal Discomfort fluff, angst, harrisco

The Coffee Connoisseur fluff, slice of life

The Experiment crack, humor

Council of Dicks Hurt/Comfort, Trans!Harry

I'll Keep you Safe hurt/comfort, OCD

Arrow

Even a Queen Needs Rest non consenual drug use, hurt/comfort

Time to Let Her Rest hurt/comfort

[tropetember]

Enemies / Friends / Strangers To Lovers

Police / Detective / (Super)Hero // Crime / Mafia / (Super)Villain

Hurt/Comfort / Sickfic / Whump

Coffee Shop / Tattoo Parlour / Flower Shop / Other Retail AU

Rockstar / Actor / Model / Famous AU

High School / College / University AU / 80’s Teen Movie AU

Historical (Regency, Ancient Greece/Rome, Prehistory, etc) / Modern / Futuristic AU

Time Travel / Time Loop (eg. Groundhog Day) / Amnesia / Coma

5+1 / 3+1 (Five Times + One Time)

Accidental Confession / In Vino Veritas (Drunk Confession/Drunk Dial)

Business Partners To Friends To Lovers / Competitor Businesses / Office AU

Huddling For Warmth / Sharing A Bed / Touch Starvation

Slice Of Life / Domestic / Found Family

Monstrous (Human/Monster Romance) / Cultural Differences / Language Barrier

Marriage Of Convenience / Arranged Marriage / Matchmaking / Blind Dates

Future Fic / Reunion / Childhood Friends / Friendship Centric

Getting Together / Love Confession / First Kiss / Break Up/Make Up

Body Swap / Psychic Link / Soulmates / Bonding (eg. ABO, Sentinel AU, etc)

Apocalypse / Zombie / Locked In Together / (Natural) Disaster

Science Fiction / Fantasy / Space Opera / Horror

Genderswap / Rule 63 / De-Aging / Age Changes AU

Canon Rewrite / Fix-It / Everybody Lives / Everybody Dies / Major Character Death

Mythology / Supernatural / Fairytale / Wingfic

Accidental Baby Acquisition / (Single) Parent AU / Babysitting

Mutual Pining / Requited/Unrequited Love / Angst With A Happy Ending

Fake Dating / Didn’t Know They Were Dating / Accidental Dating / Accidental Marriage

Repression / Emotional Constipation / Sexuality Crisis (Gay Panic)

Holidays & Celebrations / Proposals / Prom

Fusion / Crossover / Harlequin / Rom-Com (eg: Hogwarts, Pacific Rim, Daemons, Hunger Games, The Princess Bride, Pride & Prejudice, Love Actually, 10 Things I Hate About You, etc)

FREE SPACE

Link to Hard Mode Prompt List

Link to Rules & FAQ

[19thperson]

19th's Steam Next Fest Impressions Day 6

Day 0/Day 1/Day 2/Day 3/Day 4/Day 5

Touhou Gensou Mahjong

This game is... not an entry-level game. or at least it isn't right now. The tutorial and the single-player adventure mode meant to ease players in isn't in the demo. further, a lot of stuff has been left untranslated. Both in terms of "instead of calling it 'a win', it's called 'agari,'" and in terms of "the entire hand list is still entirely in kanji." So whatever is left is for severe mahjong heads.

And what is there for severe mahjong heads is interesting.

Every character has their own cheat skill, and most do match up with characters. Cirno freezes your hand, so you can only draw and discard. Sanae gets wind tiles free at the start of a round. Reimu can just shield up and say, "You can't take or win off my tiles for 3 turns." Add each table having different universal rules as well, and there's a lot of variations in play.

The game had net play, but I wasn't able to test it.

On Your Tail

Classical Cozy Mystery. You're a detective who has suffered a traffic accident while crossing through a beautiful seaside italian town. While waiting for your vespa to be repaired, you get embroiled in a series of crimes caused by a mysterious masked thief.

The main mechanic for mystery solving is your chronolens, a magnifying glass that shows what an area looked like in the near past. Spot differences between past and present to get clue cards. Once you have all the clues, you need to arrange them in order to recreate the crime.

The main issue with this is that it's easy to guess your way to a correct answer without understanding anything, but it was a tutorial case, so I assume later ones will have more to chew on.

Aside from solving mysteries, you explore the town and interact with inhabitants, sometimes doing minigames with them. Apparently, there's going to be some relationship meter/social link system, but the demo didn't show it off.

I like that knocking on random doors actually gives you conversations with characters that have names and profile pictures. It's looking like it'll be a really expansive cast. This game has real promise.

Caravan SandWitch

An open world exploration game. You play as a girl named Sauge who returns from living offworld on the incredibly creatively named "Space City" to her birth planet of Caligo, because she got a distress signal from her missing sister.

The gameplay loop in the demo is mostly exploring the surroundings for machine components, parkouring over the landscape and doing a couple simple quests.

Setting is the star here. The planet seems to have been extensively strip mined for resources by "The Consortium," but they've either been ousted or abandoned the place, while those who remain are trying to build a self sufficient society and repair the ecosystem.

The thing is, unlike a lot of solarpunk games, they are pretty straightforward that the entire arrangement... kinda sucks? better than living under the thumb of a megacorp, but things are barely holding together. And its repeatedly stated that you aren't the only one who has split looking for actual work.

Since the demo is so short its mostly a tone piece, and the tone is... familiar yet melancholic.

Also there are funny little frog guys.

If the primary thing you are looking for in a game is interesting exploration, it seems worth keeping an eye on.

Moon Mystery

I start the demo. Our protagonist is on what seems to be mars. He looks up to the sky and says:

"The Black Hole is getting closer! I gotta run!"

There is, in fact, a large black hole in the sky. I do not think this is a problem we can run from, but run we do, as debris is dragged into the sky.

I then come across enemy robots that the game prompts me to shoot in a combat tutorial. But I have no health bar nor take damage, so I just walk up and shoot at point blank range.

This continues until he jumps in a portal, and then he wakes up in his bed. It was a dream. And I just think, "Oh, that's why it was stupid."

Anyways the real story is that you are on a moon research mission, your two other companions got really sick after encountering The Mysterious Crystals, and you've lost contact with earth for a week. After seeing a calender that reminds him of his awful son's birthday, he decides "I'll go to the old abandoned base that my friend got deathly sick at to see if there's a way to connect to earth"

After a short drive on a space buggy where I don't get to the base, it fades out, and I'm cut to a later level.

It's a farther farther future space station, no moon in sight, and the goddamn dream robots are back.

I shoot through them and find a star wars ass spaceship that our protag says he trained on, and then I'm introduced to horrible ship combat.

Then the game crashed on me.

Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus.

The Hollow Knight influence is strong with this one, and not just because it's a metroidvania where you play as a little guy with murder in his heart.

It's because of the pogo. They've turned that dynamic into the core of its combat.

Not only does hitting an enemy in midair allow you to air stall/propell yourself upward if you're aiming down, but each time you do an air hit, you reset all your air actions: double jumps, air dashes, more slashes, etc. The game incentivizes playing The Floor is Lava with an air combo meter. Filling it up allows you to launch a powered up version of your projectile that I never used because pogoing was so fun.

Of course, the main balancing factor to all these air actions now is that you can no longer pogo off spikes.

The main problem with the game isn't a problem with the game itself but just its release window. In a vacuum it's fine but.

Nine Sols is right there.

(Not that the Japanese mythology theming in Bo and the Taoist theming in Nine Sols is interchangeable, just that they're both combat centric metroidvanias. And Nine Sols has a parry.)