#second element

[dimalink]

Near the shore – shells at the shore

Text quest. About shore. Imagine for yourself, that you are suddenly, appeared at the island. Sand. Around you - it is a sand. As a beach. And sand line along the shore. To the far. It is so a summer island. To the depth -it is forest. Dark, green. And ocean is from another side. With blue water. And blue sky. Weather is cloudless. And it is a hot day.

Now, you are walking along the shore. And since this moment  you start your adventure. This is a text quest. And you need to write commands here. Game is linear. And along the shore all the places - there are shells. You need to collect them. If you walk game to the end. So you will see which shells – you collect. There are 8 of them total. And game is about 32  game scenes. But some scenes have several screens.

Maybe, most big question for quests. And with text quests too. This is logic. How a lot actions have a logic. What do you need to do – to go next? And how good it is easy to understand from the description. Mainly, with this game, you need to go to the different directions. North, south, west, east. And with the text it is written about this – to the north you see this. To the south you see this. And this means, you  go to one of these directions.

If there is item, which you need to take for walkthrough. So it is written – before your eyes there is something laying. With the usage of items, maybe, it is most this moment. Well, I cannot, as a developer, write it this way. Here you need to use crystal. For example. Player need by himself to get this idea, about this place to do something. This is most narrow moment in logic.

Do not forget to collect shells in game. It is so interesting moment. They are different here. Big. Green. Red. It will be here pair of dialogs. For example, a conversation with jean.  Which can help you. If you have shells. This is a water symbol. This is so mysterious element. Something it is connected with the water. Water - second element. But what the way – nobody gives explanation. And I do not explain it too. Open moment in game. You can use fantasy, as I can say.

Element with fantasy. Little of mystics. So fairytale and strange thing happens with you. You are at the island. And walk by sand. So, look, - someone made a castle out of sand! Sandy castle. Not big. Someone was playing here. But nobody is here now!

With this view.  Game is also like some strange and interesting quests. Like Riven and Myst. So there, you are inside the book. And this is a video quests. Strange locations. Everything is so unusual. Mechanisms. Island. Amazing places. Here is also same thing, but with the text form. And you are walking by sand.

Quests -are interesting genre. Text quests – I want to do them all the time. I remember, I dream about a house with ghosts. Something about vampires, but I do not know what certain. About mystics. About fantasy. And standalone block – science fiction. It can be some  imitation of Star trek next Generations. Or maybe, something like my own. Something amazing about space. Some event. And all around this.

And here it is blue background as Norton Commander. It is start idea. Game with blue background. With retro view. At the low – it is a line. Once again. Like Norton Commander – commands. Which are available at the scene. And a story. About ocean. But, no, it is about yellow sand and shore. But references to the water are all the time here. Sand, water, sky. Some kind travel to the picture. You find out someway yourself there. And now you are there. And it is everything some unique way in this place to go. And little strange. But it consists from familiar things.

Shells – water symbol. Magic creatures. Phoenix and jean. Wall with sand. Underwater cave with crystals. Forest. With parrots. And mainly - sand. And to walk along the sand. This is most big part here. Center part of the storyline. Sand. And you are walking by it. Shore. Sometimes, you are walking by water. Like, something, - it is valuable. But it is not have a tale why it is valuable, what is the things are here.

Collect shells at the shore. It is second element. Symbol of water. Here it is valuable. Like, it is some dimension. Shells and shore. Near the shore. What a nice day it is here. Sky, blue sky, nice ocean. And lots of sand.

Basic Pascal version 1.18 "Duckling" – most newest version. In this version there are 4 new games! Puddles at Countryside, Duckling Pseudo 3D, Road to Countryside, Duckling Goes 2D. And even more retro games! It is a pack of retro games with modern versions of Basic and Pascal.

It is now in development new version Basic Pascal pack games. This game will be included in a new version.

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[ashoss]

this idea wont leave my brain please help me !! YIPPEE HADES BATKIDS !!!

without the bg and text under the cut :))

asdhj probably gonna post like,, two at a time because thats ,, a lot,,,, of drawing ,,,,,,, so heres tim and jason! i think i got the hang of it more with jason lol

ALSO ALSO!!!

thank you to those who helped me with the titles for the batkids!! they were all really good :D (all on insta lol)

timothy: the tenured - thomson_at

[a-dream-seeking-light]

orion trapezium core by u/brownieboy2222 via r/astrophotography

photographer’s notes:  

Stacked and processed in pixinsight with RC Astro plug ins. Used HDR composition to not blow out the core

Scope:Askar 103APO, Camera: ASI533MC pro, mount: HEQ5, Askar 52mm guide scope + asi 120 guide camera. Optolong Lenhance dual narrowband filter

This was a lengthy processing workflow for me. First time trying HDR comp and I think it came out pretty well

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

In the world of heavy metals, love is denser than hate!

[capnportofficial]

Lilo and Stitch + Onion/Reductress/Clickhole headlines (1/?)

[galactic-rhea]

I was thinking back of some of the concept art for Encanto I always loved and... Long rambling ahead.

YUP! I remain obssesed wiwth it, especially the first one, the black butterflies!! In many latinoamerican countries (including mine) black butterflies in a home are a bad omen, to the point there's people absolutely scared of them (I have met a few, personaly); so the incorporation to it not only gives such a creepy image, but is an awesome call back to the culture.

The one where is raining on Mirabel's side of the house is also a perfect example of Magical Realism; the author whose work was first referred to as magical realism (in literature) had a short story called The Rain, in the story, the rain represents love, it doesn't really have much to do with the story in Encanto or the concept art on itself, just something that I remembered.

In Hundred years of Solitude, it rains for four years and the rain starts eating away the Buendías's house and destroying their fortune, and the decline of the house is what start of the town's decline as they're linked to the family.

I always said that Encanto was like a super sanitized and family friendly version of Hundred years of Solitude, and honestly I can see that a lot in the concept art, much more easily than in the movie

And to me, the biggest expression of Magical Realism in the concept art, is this one:

the mundane mixing with the nonsensical and magic, but the being accepted as part of the natural world without further questioning. And here's more of this on other of the concept art:

Magical realism as a term started being referred to art styles that depict something that objetively normal, has an uncanny element and often somewhat satirical. However, as a genre in literature, it started in Latin America, inspired by surrealism.

Is not just magic, is magic within a mundane world and being accepted as part of their lives. Latinoamerican literature tends to be fatallistic and crude; and magical realism follows similar steps, because the fantasy element isn't taken as something grandiose and something capable of solving every problem; the contrary, it just becomes something that just happens, and life goes on, and this usually means tragedy and death as well.

The magic isn't the cause, nor the solution, not even helpful because these stories kept on being harsh and sometimes cruel, in a sense Magical Realism reminds me more of Gothic Horror than Fantasy. Thousands years of solitude has these magic, fantastic elements, but it keeps on being a tale of the cyclical misery of the Buendías, that doesn't end until their entire destruction along with Macondo.

The Buendías aren't even meant to be liked (as in, good people), because they're supposed to be a selfish self-obssesed, land owners and the elite group that ruins the lives of others and keep digging their own graves.

For another example, the story that i mentioned, The Rain not only has a social commentary, but it ends in a very bitter sweet note, with a couple finally seeing the rain after a drought, but losing the kid that magically rekindled their love for each other. A lot of latinoamerican literature ends with painfully bittersweet, if not outright hopeless endings (Chronicle of a Death Foretold literally tells you, just with the title, what you will get into. Is a very cruel story and it has zero closure, the original "Dead dove do not eat/I don't know what i was expecting". Another example, Dead Houses is...well, is a bit more hopeful, but the cruelty is there and right on the face.)

Neither of these things fit very well for a disney family friendly movie, but just the fact they dared to show us Pedro's death and it being the origin of Encanto is a good enough attempt.

And a lot of these concept art does give a very dark tone, visually. I can see the attempt at trying to mix the whimsical of usual disney movies and the crudeness of the genre it takes its inspiration.

Another little bits that make me think of Encanto and Hundred Years of Solicitude, is that something important in the novel's narrative, is that Macondo is kinda trapped in time, both because of how remote the town is, but also because of the magic element; the huge impact of the town when outsiders and new technology arrives sometimes is taken as another magic element (they see ice, and believe it must be magic). Encanto has a similar setting, the exact time is taking place is hard to determine and there's some anacronisms. And also, the soap opera that Bruno's rats are "playing" is literally a nod to two characters in TYS; Amaranta Úrsula and Aureliano.

In the final version of the movie, some of these vibes the concept art shows was lost, but at its core it retains the key elements of magical realism! However, sometimes I wonder what would have someone like Guillermo del Toro done with the basic plot of Encanto, I have the strong suspicion that we would have ended with something much, much closer to actual magical realism

Ending this with, idk, watch Encanto. Or even better, read some latinoamerican literature (besides Gabriel García Márquez, whom I have a beef with. Can I suggest Julio Córtazar, Pilar Romero, Isabel Allende, Liliana Bodoc, Angelica Gorodischer, Juan Rulfo, Miguel Otero Silva, and Horacio Quiroga?)

[katabay]

desmond & friends modern day assassin sequences…..I miss you……..

[deadwerewolfgirlfriend]

Supernatural + the many meanings of "Castiel" 4.01 Lazarus Rising // 4.16 On the Head of a Pin // 4.21 When the Levee Breaks // 8.10 Torn and Frayed // 8.17 Goodbye Stranger // 13.01 Lost and Found (source)

[thanatos-zagreus-shagreus]

had the idea of adding the glyphs from the owl house onto my denim jacket so I taught myself embroidery and did this as a first project!

here's hoping I'm not gonna randomly glow/freeze/burn alive/have a plant grow out of my shoulder I guess?

Close-ups, pic in sunlight (showing the proper colours), and fire glyph progress pics under the cut I swear I also took progress pics of the other glyphs but I can't find them rn

they're all about 5 cm in diameter and I personally think the ice glyph came out a little wobbly but it was my first embroidery ever and the fabric on that part of the jacket is also a little wobbly so I'm happy with the result

the lovely yellow lighting in my room is biting me in the ass rn bc the yellow and green are a lot lighter irl and the blue and red are a bit more vibrant

here's a photo I took in the sun that captures the colours better!

the fire glyph was the last one! I believe there were like two and a half months between finishing the third glyph and starting this one oops (but also yay bc the weather was amazing this weekend so I did a large chunk of the fire glyph while sitting in the sun!)

and a picture of the shoulder while I'm wearing the jacket! though normally the position of the fire glyph falls a little less front-facing (which is great irl bc that way it looks more interesting from the side and back instead of just from the front)

[godliath]

look man if you put a himbo/girlboss romance in a thing i’m going to scream cry throw up and then eat it whole with both hands

[adobe-outdesign]

There was a period in Neopets wherein all the faeries were designed to wear bell bottoms for some reason and honestly I kind of feel like getting rid of them was a downgrade

enough dresses, have a faerie show up ready to bless your Neopet and then head out to the disco afterward

[cable-salamdr]

Really funny when a show subconsciously changes your association of things. Ask a Ninjago fan what colour element lightning is and they will answer blue no hesitation as if THAT’S the most normal answer (it’s not)

[aroaceleovaldez]

It's honestly wild to me that ToA went through so much trouble to emphasize the fact that Will did not magically fix all of Nico's problems and was explicitly not Nico's only doctor.

Only for TSATS to have Will fix all of Nico's problems and have Nico be entirely reliant on him the entire book and literally helpless without him and LITERALLY have Nico's problems be magically removed.

[melancholypolywog]

…And you may tell yourself, “this is not my beautiful wife!"

(stickies if you want em)

[peppermint-moss]

Just managed to finish this before uni started! you can watch this Beings animation meme on my YT now :>

This is a remake of my old beings animation meme from 2018 (SIX years ago wagh!!!) I wanted something quick and easy to practice animating in clip studio paint and this was perfect for that. and it turned out so cutee

commission info || ko-fi (tip jar)

+bonus gif of the lil guy spinning (cw flashing lights):

whee!!

[kcdahippie]

LMFAO not the Doctor fixing his hair to get pictures by Isobel after literally being shot at by Cybermen and a bazooka being shot overhim seconds earlier