#nix and hydra

[m00nbani]

The magician's eye! I'm going back to my arcana obsession ✨️

[magdahlia]

heard you three valdemar enjoyers loud and clear! 🫶

[gaybravado]

are you the person who designed the marking Felix got from the god? just wondering who to ask for permission as I would love to get it tattooed one day 🙂‍↕️

Hey, I did not design this or Felix's last outfit, but it was sort of a group effort so I don't think there's any one specific person to ask permission from. I went looking for a clearer image for you but if there was one, it's gone now.

If you'd like to get a tattoo of it, follow your heart. I don't want to answer more LL asks because it's been so long since I worked on it and I've moved on, plus I don't want to speak for anyone else. But have one last piece of very old art for the road. Please consider it fanart and unofficial.

[soullessseraphim]

Gosh, I missed my creature... Say hi to the fool !!

[agender-wolfie]

This is the most disrespectful shit I’ve ever seen. These cunts don’t know when to stop. The Arcana is the ONLY reason people know about your shitty platform.

[artzval]

It's him.

[shyfurby]

This thing.

[13percival]

Modern AU Julian getting his hand tattoo :p

[synergysilhouette]

How the mighty have fallen--but will something better come out of it?

I stopped playing "Choices" a few months ago and it's WILD to realize I haven't played "Fictif" since it stopped 3 years ago as well as "The Arcana" when it finished around the early days of "Fictif" (I think), but I feel like I'm experiencing the first nostalgic era of the digital age when it comes to mobile games; the mid to late 2010s was the best era of mobile games, it seems. Of course, after doing some digging, it's WILD to hear about the downfall of the companies that made these games. Nix Hydra (maker of "The Arcana" and "Fictif") is a rabbit hole that I can't even begin to explain, and it's content quickly became second priority when acquired by Dorian, despite Dorian saying it would still prioritize NH's content, instead taking the back seat to Dorian's own app--the app of which I liked in concept, but not execution. In any case, some members of the team from "The Arcana" and "The Last Legacy" from Fictif, as well as other games, made the indie Red Spring Studio company, with their first game "Touchstarved" (which had a Kickstarter that FAR EXCEEDED it's OG goals by 8x; one of the goals included a Nintendo Switch port). I think the game comes out at the end of this year, so I'll be excited to see how it goes. Unfortunately, their Kickstarter page has their updates limited to backers (people who helped fund the project) only, which IMO limits the exposure the game gets, but let's hope for the best.

As for Pixelberry, apparently they've had issues for years, and last year they had massive layoffs and were acquired by an AI company, so...there's that. Plus it seems they're still smut-focused and even the early 2024 art was victim of AI usage, maybe before that. To recooperate their costs, PB closed out two of it's other apps, and while still generating content, is losing the trust of fans, especially since, from what I've seen on their newsletters, they're focused on more "content" for established franchises--which doesn't mean sequels or spinoffs, but often a short book. Anyway, three of their creatives have went on to found Candlelight Games: the Head of Design was once the ex-creative director at PB and helped write "Bloodbound," "Blades of Light and Shadow," "Most Wanted," and "Endless Summer"; the Head of Narrative was an ex-head of Choices and helped write "America's Most Eligible," "The Nanny Affair" (man, the switchup is CRAZY), "With Every Heartbeat," "Distant Shores," and "Ride or Die"; and the CEO was the former VP of new games, an ex-head of Choices, and ex-head of Hollywood U. As someone who became disappointed with many Choices books when the decade hit, this feels promising. The company's first project, "Project Spellstruck" (codename), is expected to start releasing this year.

Seems like the mid-2020s may have me more engaged in interactive mobile games that haven't been exciting for half a decade. Check out these stories and spread the word!

[rhazberriquartz]

Not sure if I ever posted this. But it's a piece from 2023 and I fixed it up recently so Rosie had her flowers at least.

This entire piece was voted on from the sketches to colors over on Instagram and was an amazing way to collab with my followers.

[m00nbani]

Faust will always be best girl!

[magdahlia]

just posting this to keep my account alive, i’ve been getting back into the arcana and i wanna draw lucio and ilya so bad 😭 does anyone like valdemar?? if people like this i’ll finish it but as of now it’s in the WIP void

@thearcanagame

[lunelicmoone]

do you think that the magician put asra on suicide watch after mc died

[jabberwockprince]

since i've been replaying the game, decided to make a gdocs template for the arcana ocs! there weren't menus in the game to replicate in a way that could work for gdocs so i made it tf up lol

remember to make a copy, do not ask to edit! File -> Make a Copy

link to template here!

[agender-wolfie]

Lmao look at the drop in followers. The apps and fandoms are dead and all that’s left are these parasites. These stories got me through the tough times and I’ll never forgive Nix Hydra or Dorian for what they’ve done.

[creator-indy]

Can I get some uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Plutocrat and satellite investors?

*crawls out the tenth pit of hell that is art block and adhd*

Here

They broke my hands