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acediee · 1 year
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Commission from N3URO5I5.EXE! Thank you so much for commissioning me!! ☺️☺️
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Spooktober - Day 18 - Shadow
I'm thinking east may be the way to go.
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keybladewieldernier · 2 years
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No but Rune Factory 2 and Oceans were the best ones actually
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liquial · 1 year
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ルーンファクトリー オーシャンズ Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny (2011)
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loraluna · 4 months
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Rating Rune Factory Children
(Because I play favorites)
Rune Factory (1)
1/10
Cute but not much else to say. You have to wait a ridiculous amount of in-game time to get one short cutscene meeting your genderless nameless child (Game doesn't even bother to give them pronouns) and then never get to interact with them again. Disappointing.
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Rune Factory 2
8/10
A unique idea that the series has yet to implement again, this game let you play through the second half of the game AS your child from the first half, and honestly It was a cool concept even if the gameplay got a little wonky and unbalanced near the end. The game also introduced the first female protagonist to the series, Aria (left). She and her twin Aaron (right) actually had some personality of their own and even had unique interactions with the other villagers and children of the town. Cool concept and solid designs. I just wish you could interact with them a little more as a parent before the timeskip.
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Rune Factory Frontier
7/10
I may be a little biased here, as this was my intro to Rune Factory, but I love these kids. Default names; Leif and Leona, are the first, and so far only, RF children you can interact with at multiple stages, these kids have several cutscenes documenting different milestones and are quite cute to watch. Once they reach the final stage, they don't do much besides toddle around the farm and look cute. You can gift them certain items but that's about it. Still, It's refreshing to watch your kid grow over time as apposed to the usual montage you get with RF kids.
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Rune Factory 3/ Rune Factory 3 Special
3/10
They get bonus points for being the first in the series to let you have multiple kids (up to three) problem is, there's not much difference between em. The birth of each one plays about the same and while there's technically some different "personalities" it's more like each kid get a random lot of four or so unique lines of dialogue and that's it. There are also just the two sprites so if you have two or more of either gender they'll be identical, no matter the age difference. You can't gift them and they don't sleep, leave the house or even show up on the map. Honestly they're little more than cute house accessories.
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Rune Factory Tides of Destiny/ Rune Factory Oceans
4/10
First off, please pardon the crappy quality. This game doesn't have traditional character portraits so it's hard to find decent quality pics. Tides of Destiny kiddos were the first in the series to inherit physical features from the player's spouse. (Pictured are Electra's daughter and Sonja's son) They appear to use the same child models as Frontier with some minor cosmetic changes but I liked Frontier's kids so no complaints there. I do wish they had real portraits and more dialogue but they're okay. At least they'll accept gifts and the events leading up to their births are quite wholesome.
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Rune Factory 4/Rune Factory 4 Special
9/10
RF4's kids are darn near perfect. Luna and Noel have identical dialogue but they have more to say than any RF kids before or possibly since. There are TONS of unique exchanges and events with them, they participate in festivals, and most interesting of all, you can equip them with gear and take them adventuring! These babies are really something special. If I had to pick one complaint, I'd say I wish they looked liiiittle more like their concept art. They look like they both got aged up a little, which isn't bad but they do look barely younger than some of their possible parents...
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Rune Factory 5
9.5/10
Rune Factory 5's children are right up there with Noel and Luna, but they get a slight advantage when it comes to customization. Like RF3 this game lets you have up to three kids, but unlike that game, these kiddos are treated like actual characters. Depending on your choice of spouse and your answers in a particular conversation, your kids can have a variety of looks and personalities, including the fan favorite feature of inheriting hair and eye colors from the spouse, and continuing along that customization train, these babies can once again go adventuring! My one, one small gripe...It'd be nice if your eldest could grow a little by the time their siblings are born. Heck, it'd be cool if the villagers kids could grow too. I'd love to see teenaged Julian and Hina~
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So there's my thoughts on the Rune Factory children. I hope future installments continue the trend of more giving their kids more personality and better customization, maybe someday we'll even see kiddos inherit traits from non-human parents? How cool would that be if your kid could actually look half elf or mermaid or furry wereanimal? XD
If you agree with me (or strongly disagree) feel free to comment. Always up for discussing my favorite franchise~
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kokomalls · 6 months
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been watching a rf3 special playthrough recently, so i doodled the rf3 gals 💖
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joyfulsanctuary · 2 months
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Love your art style!! 🧡 Could you draw Elena from Rune Factory Tides of Destiny in your style?
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An absolute baby! Precious bean!!!
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pickledandjarred · 11 months
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book recs for aapi heritage month 🕺🕺
a bit late, but happy aapi heritage month! i’ve been getting back into reading this past year after my pandemic slump, so here’s some books that i really enjoyed by aapi authors 
the poppy war trilogy by rf kuang - this series is a fantasy based on 19th-20th century china. it’s hilariously written with some of my favorite characters of all time, and deals with some really heavy topics like colonialism, the effects of warfare, and classism in a brutally honest fashion. i have so much to say about it but that’s for a much longer post-
babel: an arcane history by rf kuang - at this point i will read this woman’s grocery list, she is such a skilled writer and genius storyteller. babel is set in an alternate 1800s oxford university, in a world which the british empire’s power is built upon magic silver. babel unpacks the intrinsic ties between academia and empire from the perspective of someone on the inside and the concept of resistance. it also really hits home to the feeling of disconnect from your native language as a bilingual/third culture kid- overall just brilliant book imo. the magic system is also really interesting (as is that of rf kuang’s other work)- she builds upon the real world to create a fantasy that is engaging, but also very representative of the motifs of her work?? idk how to explain it but 🙏rebecca🙏
you’re the only one i’ve told: the stories behind abortion by meera shah - you’re the only one i’ve told is a collection of stories about abortion entrusted to shah, a medical practitioner who works as an abortion provider. the book humanizes these people and their experiences from a variety of different backgrounds and circumstances, and is a really compelling read. 
we have always been here: a queer muslim memoir by samra habib - we have always been here is a memoir about  habib’s experience growing up as an ahmadi muslim in pakistan, coming to canada as refugees in their teenage years, and grappling with queer identity within an environment where their body and personhood was thought to have been needed to be controlled. habib discusses faith, sexuality, and love through a lens of self discovery and finding community that you didn’t know existed. 
the henna wars by adiba jaigirdar - this book is set in dublin, and follows a young bangladeshi girl named nishat. nishat has fallen for an estranged childhood friend, flávia, who just so happens to be her rival in an upcoming school business competition. and by some luck, they both have chosen to create the same business; henna tattoos. i’m a sucker for fluff so this book got me, but it also deals with appropriation and queer romance (particularly from a 3rd culture experience) quite delicately. nishat’s relationship with her sister was also so well written, and i think was one of the most compelling bonds in this book!
this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar - okay i’m still in the process of finishing this book, but it has been so good so far! this is a story about two rival agents moving through a war that stretches across time, fighting tooth and nail for their own victory in a vaguely apocalyptic world. they begin a correspondence that spills into something that could change the course of time extremely literally. the writing style and descriptions are gorgeous, and the fragmented format of letters jumping across thousands of years is a really interesting reading experience. very cool book!
on earth we’re briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong - god this man is such a talent- everything good you’ve heard about his work is true and you should go read it rn. on earth we’re briefly gorgeous is written in the form of a letter from a son to his illiterate mother, and tells a story that crosses over 3 generations with it’s epicenter rooted in vietnam. the narrator unpacks how the effects of warfare, immigration and generational trauma have shaped his relationship with his mother and his own life. i’m not doing it justice (not for any of these rlly i cannot elevator pitch books), but vuong’s writing is so beautiful and intimate yet quiet? 💃💃🙏🫶👍🙏👌💃
that’s all i have for now, if you have any recs pls do tell!! to my fellow asian/pacific islander americans, your voices and stories deserve to be uplifted and celebrated without being fetishized, appropriated or pigeonholed. have a great may! 
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rhinoyo · 2 months
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hey cos!! what are your favorite rune factory games in order :0!! im super curious!! have a nice day!!!
helloooo!!! <3 oou thank you so much for the question.. <333
of the ones i’ve completed in full — 4 is my favorite, followed by 3, and then 5! <3
including the ones i’ve just played enough to have an opinion — it’d be 4, 3, oceans, 2, 5 :> <3
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braidpoll · 7 months
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ROUND 4 PART 4
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crownconstellation · 2 years
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hi so going through rune factory 5 has made me think a lot about things past games had that are probably never going to be seen again which is sad bc there were a lot of fun features that got scrapped throughout the series so here is a lengthy list of things that only ever showed up in 1 to a few rf games that i miss and i think people would be interested in knowing about:
unique proposal items & quests (1 & 2). added a little personal touch to pursuing each character even if some of the items could be tricky to obtain, like the lover snapper for Mei requiring multiplayer trading. it was still cute though :( stuff like figuring out Felicity’s mystery illness in 1 as her proposal quest, or getting Rosalind a flower bouquet inspired by her favourite story in 2 by seeking her brother’s assistance to use as her proposal item...
unique friendship methods (1 thru frontier). while the gift-giving system was still in effect, there were some characters who would gain friendship in other ways (whether these were just bonuses or did more for you than gift-giving depended on the character). like Bianca in 1 & frontier who was so rich that gifts did Nothing for her, and you just had to talk to her daily. or Alicia in 2 who was more interested in you using her fortune-telling service than getting gifts from you. Rosetta gained bonus LP if you were there when she picked up shipments at 5PM in Frontier, Selphy & Tori gained LP from reading books, etc. etc.
constellations (frontier). this system was sooo cute basically if you talked to Cinnamon after befriending people to a certain extent she’d tell you about constellations you could view; seeing them unlocked a little event w the bachelorette they were related to (ex. a treasure hunt for Bianca’s) & some ingame lore on the constellation from Cinnamon. it would also unlock a book in....
the library (1 & frontier). i could be remembering wrong but i think 2’s was solely for learning spells so i’m not counting it. anyways the libraries were FUN.... frontier’s had more to it but it was a cute concept in 1 too, they had books that covered topics like tutorials to legends to the individual constellations you could get as you unlocked them (frontier)...... it was a really cute feature and good for stuffing in extra tidbits, lore, and small details
jumping & double jumping (oceans). my god i miss jumping. it wasn’t ever necessary and often caused more problems than anything bc of getting Aden stuck but it’s fun. and that’s what matters.
haggling (oceans). there wasn’t a shipping box in that game because you were on an island without easy produce transport so instead you had to sell your wares to shops and actually haggle for better prices. sometimes it would work. sometimes they wouldn’t budge. sometimes they would get pissed off at you and lower their buying price. it was fun :-)
rival marriages (2). we are never seeing this Ever again in either rf Or story of seasons because farming sim fans don’t know how to deal with other people potentially being into their love interest but i hate being the only person who ever gets married in these games and it would be nice if they brought it back because it makes it feel a little less like everything revolves just around the player. also it came with the funniest feature of all time in rf2 which was stealing somebody’s bride at the altar. i want that back so bad. they are never going to top that.
multiplayer (3). they probably removed this because it was incredibly easy to take advantage of and completely destroyed any difficulty you might face in the main story but in 3 there was a bonus dungeon known as the sharance maze which had solo & multiplayer options. in the multiplayer version (which you could still play by yourself lol) time didn’t pass and you suffered 0 repercussions for fainting. very exploitable in a good way. also you could play as just about any character in the cast and they all had their strengths and weaknesses -- Sofia gained HP instead of losing it from failed dishes, Sakuya had increased chances of finding treasure chests, Daria had like 2x speed, Marian had increased HP drain (+ boosted HP gain from green veggies and immediate KO from tomatoes), Pia had her mermaid form accessible, etc. etc.
the electric guitar (oceans). “the fucking what now” you may ask. well you see oceans had some VERY fun joke weapons including an electric guitar axe that actually played guitar riffs when you swung it, an entire flag as a longsword, & a pair of firecrackers as dual blades. they were great and i think rf5 should’ve brought them back
house expansion creative freedom (frontier). i think pictures can do better than an explanation so here’s the gallery link for frontier upgrades, you could pick different designs for your kitchen / forge / apothecary
the boat (frontier). in frontier there was a large lake with little islands scattered about it and you could take a gondola and paddle yourself out to the islands. there was also a festival based in it called the boat race in summer!
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taohun · 2 years
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do you guys want me to put square solo piano version and shame jammin out solo version up as audio posts because i have their mp3 files 
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ventus-selphus · 1 year
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crossing my fingers so so badly for a oceans port to the switch
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tye-wig-music · 1 year
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t/rfs r really… know-nothings & proud of it
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willtheweaver · 2 months
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A writer’s guide to forests: from the poles to the tropics, part 8
We’ve made it to the tropics. I hope you enjoyed this, and found it useful in your writing.
Tropical rainforest
Probably the most recognizable of forest environment, and among the most threatened.
Location-Latin America, Africa, Australia, Indonesia, and the Pacific islands in between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Many forests have been felled or heavily altered by human activity.
Climate-Subtropical to tropical, with conditions being wet year round. Rain does not fall all the time, with a defined rainy and dry season. (What’s the difference? Rainy season has rain almost daily while in the dry season you will have to make do with high humidity and morning fog) At higher elevations, nights are cooler, though still well above freezing, and mist and rain are more common(this is why mountainous RF are called cloud forests)
Plant life- This is a tree dominated environment. The understory and forest floor are dark, unless trees have recently fallen. Many small plants are arboreal, nestled in the upper branches of trees. Vines and other climbers use larger plants as scaffolding. In areas of poor soil, tropical pitcher plants (Nepenthes spp.) and bladderworts (Utricularia spp.) get much needed nutrients from animal sources.
Animal life- Rainforests are the most biodiverse environments on Earth. Insects are everywhere, as are the animals that eat them. Birds and primates can be found from the canopy to the forest floor. The moist conditions make for an ideal habitat for frogs and toads. Apex predators are the big cats-think jaguars, tigers and leopards. Some species of herbivores can be quite large; Africa is home to gorillas and forest elephants, while the island of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java support rhinos and orangutans (though the further of these species is uncertain)Waterways are home to all sorts of fish(there are more species in the Amazon river than in the Atlantic Ocean), and larger animals, such as otters, crocodilians, and even river dolphins. Isolated islands have far fewer mammal species, with bats being the only ones, but hardy insects, reptiles, and birds making up the majority of the biomass. Deforestation and the introduction of invasive species have caused the extinction of many animal species, with island forests being the hardest hit.
How the forest affects the story- When one thinks of societies in the tropics, it usually is through the lens of western stereotypes designed to shock audiences and give ‘civilization’ something to conquer. Avoid this at all cost! There is more to the forest. Before the Spanish conquest, the Amazon was home to cities, and the agricultural societies of New Guinea are believed to be contemporaries with the farmers of Mesopotamia.
Grain does not do well in the tropics, so farming will be based around plants such as açaí, coconuts, taro, breadfruit, bananas, and manioc. These can be supplemented by hunting and fishing, but long term storage will have to be addressed. High humidity is a breeding ground for bacteria and fungi, so organic material will have to be kept dry so they don’t rot. The concentration of microorganisms also means that good hygiene is needed to avoid disease.
Settlement will always cause disruption, and the extent of your character’s activities can have a big impact on the forest, and your story. And remember, the activity of a small village will be different to that of large scale logging. Management, use, and abuse of the rainforest can be a driving factor in the plot. How will your characters react? Is the threat from outside or from within? The destruction of the rainforest is one of the main factors, along with unmitigated greenhouse gas emissions that is causing the current climate crisis. Can your characters do better? Or will you create a cautionary tale that shows us the grim future we are currently barreling towards? (That choice, my dear writers, is completely up to you)
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