#toyhou.se is a great resource

[roxybirdie]

me: look at all these pretty google docs codes on tumblr! maybe I should- toyhou.se: AHEM! me: ...? toyhou.se: am I a joke to you? me: what- toyhou.se: you post your characters on MY domain 😤 me: but-but-pretty codes- 🥺 toyhou.se: I have prettier codes, thank you very much me: yeah IF I HAD PREMIUM! toyhou.se: I- me: the codes I like the most are for premium users. I'm not paying for premium toyhou.se: you'd pay for codes on tumblr so- me: yeah, but they don't require premium. GOODBYE!

[sollyraptor]

Golde eyes are awesome actually we need more illager ocs w golden eyes-

(don't know much about Siri..Sir.Sieus..Sirius. sorry I haven't slepr in a while I'm going to be weird.)

any finished lore or story for him I AM interested!! a lot!! he looks cool!!

|| (Cheers, fellow 2am lurker. lol)

|| Had this reponse drafted for way too long, almost forgot it in these chambers

Glad you like the silly guy! He has a thing going on and a tiny sprinkle of backstory shenanigans. I RP with him occasionally and he has a bit of a role in one of my (hibernating) ask blogs, but all in all he isn't my main guy or anything, I don't think so.

The golden/amber eyes were a design choice not made by me, since I got the lad in a Toyhou.se forum game (some design exchange thread). The designs for Sirius and Silas were gifted/traded to me! :D (So there aren't any lore implications or anything for his eyes, not that I can think of. His eyes are just a little extra piercing when he stares. lmao)

(og art by Jitsuemon [toyhou.se])

It is noted though that there are metal pieces (iron) imbedded in their foreheads. I like to think it's for them to distinguish who's from their community/tribe and who's not. Maybe for a little blessing/damage boost too, although I am unsteady on that point. I like to think the tribe he's part of isn't as magic savvy as others to make full use of such things as enchantments or soul shenanigans.

I don't think I can talk as much about him or speak confidently of his upbringing, since I am not really that deep in the illager sauce as some others. Pff- (I try my best.)

His story, the way I haphazardly put it together, is that his old tribe got demolished one way or another that separated him from the community. Something along the line of heroes launching an attack on their illager outposts, before concentrating on the mansion. Chaos and all. Whether it be killing the community off or by scattering them enough they couldn't easily find one another again, Sirius ends up without his tribe and perhaps a little lost too.

(Still not sure what part he had in the battle, tbh. He could've avoided the main conflict while he was on patrol, but got ambushed when they headed to the mansion to help, and ended up chasing off the attackers with Silas just to lose sight of his crew. He could've been in the midst of the battle and fled when things got dire. Idk honestly. He is a warrior and all, but he wouldn't be too eager to meet death head on when odds are so much against him/the whole tribe. Glory in war, but he ain't stupid. Maybe things just got a smidge too wild that even he got spooked. Heroes and their artifacts. You wouldn't run into a death laser if you could help it.)

A lone illager is a dead illager, it's believed, so it's lucky enough he has his trusty ravager steed Silas by his side once they escaped- Although while she may be a great help traversing large spans of distance, she costs a ton of resources. You can't convince me ravagers can live off of grass alone, even if they kinda look bovine. Food management becomes a problem.

Doing the illager thing as usual and pillaging villages for resources was easy enough for a while, considering Sirius doesn't need to wrangle any iron golems on his own. But even just a "swift pillage" for a bit of food and things sets alarms off and heroes are much more of a danger if you have no allies and they start actively hunting you down. It isn't worth the attention, especially since a ravager isn't exactly inconspicuous or particularily stealthy in avoiding keen eyes.

Sirius is a bit of a thinker compared to some other illagers (or what I know of, anyway? I don't think pillagers are that wise. A little silly. Orange-cat levels of braincells perhaps, but with more lethal weapon wielding.) He will ponder over things and actually give it a moment before doing something. Still- he thinks deep but not very far. (lol) Coming up with a plan, thinking for it for a moment but still ending up with throwing a door at someone or bashing his head against a wall. Either way, he can be talked with and likes to stay suspicious.

For a while he even attempted to trade with villagers, but he doesn't particularily look innocent and harmless, so if they don't ring the alarm anyway they just drive their prices up to make him leave sooner, which gnaws at his patience. Even if he attempts to be chill, villagers make his blood boil. He still thinks poorly of them. At least he never saw any of that "kind" and "hospitable" nature towards him when dealing with villagers.

I am still just vague with how long he's been out and about. Couldn't be terribly long if he didn't get in touch with other tribes, or still long enough he adapted to being a bit of a lone wolf with all it's challenges. Eh, idk.

With emeralds running low, a hungy ravager (haha, or ravenous ravager) by his side and no post or mansion to return to, he kinda just looked for jobs that didn't mind recruiting a lone Illager.

I had him get in touch with a group of mob hunters. Hunting, fighting and capturing mobs of all sort for materials, meat, keeping as pets and other stuff by contract. I suppose, however you see it, like poachers. Sirius would be familiar enough with fighting and taking hostages maybe, so the basics shouldn't be too difficult from a pillager standpoint.

Currently he got a task to prove himself before he gets fully recruited, so I guess he's still jobless as before. He's still out there tryna get a grasps at the thing. As a pillager it's easy enough to kill/capture villagers, the people you fight always stay in one spot anyway. If it's wildlife ya gotta pursue through foliage or across biomes it's a little tougher. Pf-

That's pretty much all I got about him so far. Much to ramble about, but essentially not that much!

[xaloncat]

Made This For Friends But I'll Post It Here To Because I Think Its helpful For Ppl To Have These Resources ^^

MASTERLIST OF SITES YOU CAN USE TO KEEP OC INFO AND WORLD BUILDING LORE Main Sites Toyhouse! (https://toyhou.se/) This Is One Of If Not The Most Popular Site For Characters. You Can Make Custom Folders, Characters, Worlds And Advertisements Very Easily. It's A Great Place To Sell Characters And Trade Them, But Even Better For Keeping Track Of Your Characters! There's Some Little Specific Features That Are Less Known (Like How You Can Toggle OOC/IC For Roleplaying When Commenting And Such) But You've Probably Heard Most Of The Info I Care To Compile About The Site Already. I Do Feel An Obligation To Address Something Though, That Being The Fact That Toyhouse Is Not Free To Use/Sign Up For. Toyhouse Can Currently Only Be Accessed Via Having A Join Code, Which You Can Get From A Person Who Has Toyhouse Premium (Which Allows You To Produce Codes) But If You Are In Servers Like Artfight Or Just General Art Servers, Its Not To Hard To Find People Giving Out Freebies Or Trading Them Off (I Can Probably Find Someone You Can Contact If You Were Interested) Now, The Thing About Toyhouse Is That It Utilizes An HTML Code Format, Allowing You To Fully Customize A Characters Page. And The Community For This Site (Being Very Cool) Often Post These HTML's On Forums!

Here's A Few Links That Might Interest You ! https://toyhou.se/5564121.ftu-html-hero-s-journey - https://pastebin.com/NjnNZ7sU A Very In Depth Worldbuilding Html, Allowing For Pages on The Progression Of The Story, Roles Of Each Character And More ! Very Visually Interesting As Well. https://toyhou.se/27969594.purifiers-code-html-f2u A Decently Simply Character Info Page With Two Tabs (One For Info And One For Relations) Other Character Info Pages By This Creator - https://toyhou.se/27749456.project-moon-code-html-f2u https://toyhou.se/27946874.jackpot-html-f2u - https://pastebin.com/F2Uuf2Uf A Jackpot Themed Character Page, Which Includes A Basic Info Tab, Trivia/Notes Tab, A Relationship Tab And A Story Tab https://toyhou.se/27894933.html-affinity - https://pastebin.com/2dpGHeY5 Another Worldbuilding HTML, This One Including A Button To Play A Song Of Your Choice On It https://toyhou.se/27871561.unravel-htmlf2u A DND Character Themed Page, Including A Scroll That You Click On To Open The Oc's Info And A Lot Of The Basic Info Needed For A DND Character https://toyhou.se/27969906.washing-machine-oc-profile -https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CpgHf0TGG8t9A1jtXNSZamJRzK2Zm6xcCyPq3ebhAHM/edit Last But Not Least For Toyhouse, Goofy Washing Machine Profile For Your Oc's ! Self Explanatory, Put Your Oc In A Washing Machine

Unvale (https://unvale.io/)

A Decently Popular Site For Storing Your Characters ! It Includes A Gallery Tab, A Writing Tab, A Social Tab And A Traits Tab On Each Character. You Can Also Integrate A Song On The Character Pages If You Like. The Pages Are Decently Customizable Even Without Being HTML And It's Still Updating And Adding More Features Every Day! They Have Many Community Events As Well, Which Are Always Fun :3 I'm A Huge Ad For This Site (I Have Gotten 6 People To Sign Up For It-) So I'm Biased But It Is One Of If Not The Best Site For This Stuff IMO.

Character Hub (https://characterhub.com/home) (*NOT Chara Hub)

I Haven't Seen Many People Talk About This Site But It Is Decently Popular (Though It Is The Least Popular Of These All) And Recently Just Became Completely Free To Use (No More Waiting List For It :P) It's Pretty Customizable With Around 20 Different Extra Info Things You Can Add To Your Page, Plus You Can Upload Art There, Sell Commissions, Sell/Trade Ocs And Roleplay With People On The Site !

Artfight (https://artfight.net/)

I Know What You Might Be Thinking, "Xalon That Doesn't Really Fit Here" And I Agree, But I Put It On Here Anyway Because I Can. Now, Artfight If You Don't Know- Is An Art Trading Game Hosted Every Year For The Entire Month Of July Where You Earn Points By Drawing Other Peoples Oc's. So Of Course, It Has Character Info Pages. Though It May Not Be What You Typically Think Of When I Say "Oc Info Storing Site", It Does Allow You To Store OC Info And Therefor Gets To Go On The List. Now, Similar To Toyhouse Artfight Uses Html (and BBCode)!! So Its Super Customizable, Both For Your Page And Your Oc's Pages, So Here's Some Links For That :) https://toyhou.se/27961292.artfight-character-profile#84166978 A Decently Simply Character Profile Page, Containing Info About Them That People Might Need When Drawing Your OC https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gYcUPr7eNk55ZX_B-lpICRYcVqhA81MDu9K93XC4uMU/edit?pli=1#heading=h.ky1wi7ab18y6 Another Oc Profile Template ! I Personally Use This One For All My Characters https://toyhou.se/11685585.code-art-fight A User Profile For Yourself, Including Many Variants (2 Of Which Are Themed After This Years Teams) https://toyhou.se/27884262.af-css-mangos-stardust-code - https://pastebin.com/PEgYMWJP A Stardust Themed Template For Your Profile On Artfight https://toyhou.se/27870517.f2u-art-fight-profile - https://pastebin.com/9BcxWRry Another User Profile (For Yourself), Themed To Be Seafoam By Default https://toyhou.se/27856750.af-cssneon-voxel-theme - https://eidolonentropy.art/random/artfight/AF%20Neon%20Voxel%20Theme.css Green Neon Themed User Profile (FOR AF PREMIUM USERS ONLY) https://toyhou.se/16738271.artfight-card-c-html A User Profile Card https://toyhou.se/27857096.af-css2024-team-themes 2024 Team Themed User Profile (FOR AF PREMIUM USERS ONLY) https://toyhou.se/27887437.f2u-artfight-permissions - Permissions Badges For Your Page In The 2024 Themes (I Adore The Stardust Ones For This)

Ref Sheet (https://refsheet.net/)

I Hadn't Actually Heard About This Site Before Making This List So I Don't Know Much About It. But From What I've Seen, It's A Pretty Simple Website Where You Can Keep Characters! It Has The Ability To Upload Images And Such And You Can Post Ads On The Site For Commissions And Such. It Seems To Be Relatively New And Only Run By A Few People

Other Links

Please Note That This Is For Sites I Do Not Know Much About And I'm Only Adding For You To Research While I Add Basic Info. https://lorekeeper.me/ - A Site For Keeping Character And World Info, Primarily For Devianart RPGS But Likely Can Be Used For Other Stuff https://wavemaker.co.uk/ - A Program Used For Writing And Stories On PC/Laptop (REQUIRES DOWNLOAD) https://plottr.com/ - A Program To Keep All Info About Your Story, Characters And Such Ect Where You Can Also Write Stories :) (REQUIRES DOWNLOAD) https://milanote.com/ - For People Who Like To Visually Organize Their Stories With Collaborative Brainstorming Boards https://www.weebly.com/ - Free Website Maker, Can Prob Store Stuff About OC's Here If You Want Your Own Site https://www.notebook.ai/ - For Writers/Roleplayers, Free To Use And Online. https://www.worldanvil.com/ - For Dnd Characters And Worldbuilding. And Thats Everything ! If You Want Anything Added, Please Contact me And I Will Update The List To Include It If I See That It Fits :)

[hinterland-clans]

how do each of the clans feel about outsiders and is it different for kittypets, loners, and rogues?

good question! i go into detail on this on the toyhou.se pages for each clan, but here's a rundown:

kittypets:

Glenclan is okay with accepting them into their ranks, as long as they prove themselves loyal to their Clanmates. Foxtuft and Hawktalon both have kittypet blood.

Pineclan, being the closest to twolegplace, is the most accepting to kittypets, though Vinestar tested this a bit with his strict loyalty values. Blackreed, Heronstalk, Thicketburr and Mistybush, Sunbelly and Curlear, and Jadewing started as or are descended from kittypets.

RiftClan will accept former kittypets or their descendants as long as they can prove their loyalty, though they can be less than accepting towards their Clanmates who seek out relationships with kittypets. Oceanroar and Whiskertail both have kittypet blood.

rogues: this goes for all three Clans, but the general definition i use for rogue is "cat(s) who are hostile towards or were banished from the clans." therefore, all three are very wary towards their like. Examples include banished cats like Tangleswirl, or rogue bands like Tempest. It is rare for a rogue to be brought into a Clan, but it does happen, like with Perry and Honeyglow.

loners:

GlenClan tends to be a little hesitant towards loners, generally harmless but still outsiders. They have a great relationship with the North Face band, where Jaystorm and Hawktalon originate from. They will accept loners into their ranks.

Loners hold immediate value to PineClan cats for the outside knowledge they can bring. They are seen as outsiders, but can easily trade information for other resources the Clan has. They will accept loners into their ranks, including Nitfeather.

RiftClan is wary of all outsiders, but will hesitantly accept a loner into their ranks if they need immediate aid or can prove their loyalty. A cat taking a loner as a mate can be harshly looked down upon, but if their mate were to join the Clan they would be peacefully recieved.

[of-fear-and-fate]

CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT: MOTH He/they | 16 | Side character

Art by Styllwaters

Moth is a scrawny orphaned child and resident troublemaker of the No-Lands.

Nobody is quite sure where they came from, though they frequently visit towns on the edge of Pruizau to steal food and resources. They have a talent for escaping danger and flirting with death.

Several years ago they met Ena, a scientist who took him in as an apprentice. They tried to teach him what they knew, which is to say, astronomy, geography, physics, history, and basic manners, to name a few. Unfortunately Moth was not one for academia and eventually Ena gave up. They still hang around though, and the two formed a close bond. Moth sometimes helps Ena with equipment and does various chores for them in return for shelter.

Art by Mogumie on Toyhou.se

He also occasionally runs into Legacy, whom he likes to torment from time to time. She describes them as 'an infernal buzzing insect'. The only reason she hasn't smited them yet is because she likes Ena and doesn't want to get on their bad side by murdering their apprentice.

Surprisingly, Moth has a talent for music, and has a fondness for the violin. They take great joy in making up ridiculous songs for the village locals.

Despite their mischievous and sometimes rude behaviour, Moth has a soft spot for those he considers friends and tries his best to help them any way he can.

Art by Truffoozler on Toyhou.se

[tehuti88-art]

1/5/24: r/SketchDaily theme, "Free Draw Friday." This week's character from my anthro WWII storyline is Constanze von Staden. She's Adalard's sister, and unbeknownst to him at first, works for the resistance. There'll be more about her later in my art Tumblr and Toyhou.se, though there's already some in Adalard's entry.

Regarding her design, I wanted her to resemble Adalard yet not look like his twin. I pictured her with black hair, but thought she might look too similar to Nixie, so made it dark brown. Her eyes are also bluer than Adalard's though I'm iffy on that. She's wearing a headband.

TUMBLR EDIT: I haven't much new yet to share about Constanze, older(?) sister of Adalard, a young Junker fighter pilot who briefly ends up in a labor camp. Most of her role in the story is already outlined in her brother's entry, linked above. I don't yet know, for example, what exactly it was that convinced her the Third Reich is evil and to aid the resistance instead, to the extent that she's willing to use herself as a honeypot to gain info on the SS. Perhaps this info will present itself sometime when I have more opportunity to brainstorm background characters. I can safely say she's very levelheaded, with steel nerves and great love for Adalard; she's the only one of their little family who dares to criticize the SS for what they did to him, while their father hides behind placation and their mother just cowers in fear. She sets to work seducing an SS guy in hopes of obtaining info on her missing brother while her parents simply accept the BS the Nazis feed them. (Vischer and Captain Altermann, two visitors to the camp, are the ones who end up getting von Staden freed, but Constanze does try her best, considering the lone resource she has to work with--her sexuality.)

For some reason Constanze's appearance, in my head, was never particularly "Aryan." Von Staden himself would be blond if I drew my male rats with hair, yet Constanze has always appeared as dark haired. As I mentioned though, I didn't want her to be a clone of Nixie, so gave her brown hair instead. She's quite serious in demeanor, though so is her brother, so maybe it was just the way they were raised; many of my Junkers are rather humorless and stoic, with a few exceptions (Katharina von Thiel, Wil Volker, and Hasso Reinhardt come to mind).

Anyway, I think now I'm just typing to fill in space that could be saved until I get working on her profile. I've FINALLY been adding my Trench Rats characters' profiles on Toyhou.se! You can find the folder HERE. It's still not caught up, but now that I've streamlined the profile format and decided to reserve the meat of the info for later addition, it's going much more smoothly! Feel free to check it out, and let me know if you'd like an invite code, I can currently generate...417 codes. Yikes. SERIOUSLY DOES ANYONE NEED A TOYHOU.SE CODE, I've only ever generated one and that person never visits the site, sigh.

I'll leave off here since I literally have nothing more at the moment. When and if Constanze's story develops, Toyhou.se is likely where it'll appear (I guess unless the site goes under :/ ).

[Constanze von Staden 2024 [‎Friday, ‎January ‎5, ‎2024, ‏‎3:00:57 AM]]

[shion-yu]

Day 15 - Experimentation

Rey's powers could only do so much. Whumptober 2023! I’m using the @ailesswhumptober's prompt list. This story is about my OC Rey - here’s his profile if you’re so inclined: https://toyhou.se/23741197.rey 

CW/TW: Kidnapping, torture, minor whump (Rey is 15-17 here)

Rey always tried his hardest when it came to a task that he found important. Although what he found important wasn’t always what his parents found to be important - for example, he valued learning to pick locks over studying - no one could deny that Rey was tenacious when he put his mind to it. It was the same now as he dedicated himself fully to the task at hand: keeping his nine companions alive. 

They were all roughly within five years of age of each other - Rey being among the oldest. It seemed they had targeted children who were near puberty for a reason - the drug the scientists were giving them targeted a gene that, from what Rey had been able to gather, either manifested around puberty or not. The purpose was to force this gene to show itself, despite none of them showing early signs of being able to naturally develop powers on their own. Even then, none of them were particularly skilled at using their talents - probably because they weren’t supposed to have them at all. Similar to Rey, using their powers tended to cause great stress on their bodies.

One girl had the power to read minds. It was very weak and the scientists weren’t pleased with her progress, but that was how the group had discovered most of the details about their kidnappers. They knew the head scientist once worked for the government as an alchemist but had been exiled due to illegal human experimentation. It seemed Rey and the others were a continuation of this research - hidden away from the prying eyes of society, of course.

Another boy had the power to see through walls. Again, while not terribly accurate, he was able to sketch a rough floor plan with his finger on the compacted dirt ground of their cell. They were in the basement. The lab was on the ground floor directly above them, while there were other halls and rooms that were more like offices around them. The path to the exit was well guarded and impossible to get to without going directly through the lab - which was never unstaffed. 

“We should just kill them,” one boy, Ardyn, said. “If we swarm them all at once, we could take at least the night staff down.”

Perhaps if they’d acted the very first day they’d gotten here, they might have had a chance. But Rey knew this was not a realistic possibility now. They were all weak, pushed to their limits near death on the daily and hadn’t seen proper nutrition or exercise in months. If it weren’t for Rey, they’d all long have been dead. It was by a stroke of luck - for the scientists - that Rey had manifested the botched power of healing. It meant they could bring all of their subjects far closer to the brink of death than they had originally planned because they knew Rey wouldn’t let them die. At least, not right away.

Rey often grew so weak that he could barely walk anymore. Each time he healed one of his companions, he suffered greatly. He’d vomit blood, have terrible fevers and even seizures. Because he was the scientists’ key though - their favorite, the one who allowed them to continue this work without stopping and wasting many resources to heal the children after torturing them - he was often treated medically. On rare occasions he’d wake up and find himself in a small cot being tended to by a doctor. These were the only times in his two years of captivity that Rey was ever treated gently, but they were also far from comforting. It meant that when he was well, he’d have to go right back to healing his near-dead companions day in and day out.

Lucas was the first to give up, and the first to die. He begged Rey not to heal him anymore; told Rey he was just as bad as their captors for keeping them alive in this hell. But what was Rey supposed to do? Just let him go? He refused. But Lucas took matters into his own hands anyways; he managed to sever his carotid artery with a scalpel during one of his sessions in the lab so severely that he was dead by the time they’d rushed Rey up to heal him. Rey couldn’t forget the vacancy in his friend’s unseeing eyes. His friend who, once upon a time, had attempted to motivate the others alongside Rey that they would definitely be saved one day.

After that, the scientists were much more careful. No one else had the opportunity to kill themself and Rey healed until he no longer could. Eventually though, even with treatment Rey could not keep up with the demand. Everyone was so sick, and so hopeless. By the end, when Rey’s last companion died in his arms, he wasn’t sad for her. He was jealous that she finally got to rest. And now, he told himself, it was his turn.

[justafewocprompts]

OC Showcases!

Hello everybody! Starting today, we’re going to be showcasing people’s OCs on the blog!

We’ll be posting an OC along with a description of the character before plugging any blogs (personal or art) or even other social media accounts that the creator wants to share.

I wanted to give creators the opportunity to get the publicity they deserve, especially smaller creators who could very much benefit from having their work showcased for the over 12,000 followers of this blog.

This is an offer for members of the OC Sharing Discord Server! ⬅️ (Click to join!)

It’s just one of MANY other server benefits including:

An extremely active, large community of fellow writers and artists that are eager to share their own content and interact with that of others

Dozens more OC prompts, questions, and challenges that revolve around drawing or creating new characters

Free toyhou.se codes! We have so many! Come join and get one of your very own!

Lots of great resources for creators looking for assistance, critiques, or inspiration

We hope to see you there!

(Note that before now, the server was exclusively SFW and designed more for people in the 13-17 age range. However, now that it has been a few years, the moderators and most active community members are adults now, and a NSFW channel has been added.

Also note that the server is open for everyone and is incredibly inclusive, and even has neopronoun roles that if asked for will be added!)

[maddgicalgirl]

Paracosm Resources <3

Need help bringing your paracosm to life? Try these free resources!

⚠️ Updates always pending! Suggestions always welcome! Feel free to message me any tips or questions <3 ⚠️

(Cont. below cut, or with real time updates on this google doc!)

Art Programs

FireAlpaca - 2D Art Program, Animation. Where I make most of my digital art, and paint the frames for my animations :) It is free to use, and easy to learn and use! It can make basic animations as well, such as gifs. It requires download.

Krita - 2D Art Program. Professional, free digital paint software :) I have not used it before, though I have heard good things.

GIMP - 2D Art Program, Photo Manipulation. It's free to use, but I do not like it/recommend it highly. But! If FireAlpaca and Krita don't float your stoat, try Gimp! For 2D art, but also able to emulate Photoshop to a degree ^^

Inkscape - 2D Art Program. Free to use digital illustration software. Makes 2D art :)

Of course, who can forget classics like good old MS Paint, and the new and exciting 3D MS Paint, which can both be used to create some really neat things! Classic MS Paint is available here in browser form! If you need that. I just think it's neat!

Art AI

Petalica Paint - Coloring Software. An in browser, watercolor manga style coloring software, which can (almost) effortlessly color in any of your line art pieces! I've played around with it for my Thorn illustration style piece, and enjoyed it! It is free to use, and can take user input to make the colorations more precise.

ArtBreeder - 3D Realism Software. Using Artbreeder, you can create lifelike images of your paras, planets, or potentially even fursona, using the intricate AI they let you work with for free! A premium version exists, but most functions are fully usable without - though I recommend donating ^^ You can randomly generate, or prune and shape what you make until its perfect! Slow to use and get the hang of, but very worth it! Artbreeder is also pioneering an intriguing animation software to go alongside their product! Browser based.

3D Software

Blender - 3D Modeling, Animation. The best (in my opinion) free 3D modelling software.

MagicaVoxel - 3D Pixel Art. Free to use! Could be interesting :)

MikuMikuDance - 3D Rigging. Anime style rigging and animation software, free to use, and certified internet artefact! Has stood the test of time, and is still used and loved today. Can support ports of many kinds of assets, including, I believe, those from Blender, and of course those that are downloaded. DA has a bunch of old MMD communities you can raid for assets!

Animaze - Face Rigger. Use 3D models and a webcam to watch your paras talk! Models can be made in Blender, downloaded online, or even from CHARAT V, CHARAT GENESIS sister app!

Character Creators

CHARAT GENESIS - 2D Character Creator. Browser based anime style character creator, with multiple crops and poses, and infinitely customizable options. It is legitimately insane. Has a 3D function called CHARAT V which can apparently convert characters made in CHARAT GENESIS into 3D models compatible with Face Rig and Animaze!

V-Katsu - 3D Character Creator. Free on steam! Anime style, intensive character creator, by the same people who made Koikatsu, and Koikatsu Party, two amazingly detailed 3D hentai makers. While V-Katsu is a SFW VTuber maker, if you're looking for NSFW anime content, you could always spend roughly $70 on the full NSFW versions. V-Katsu requires a translation mod (free online as well) which you have to install, or the ability to read Kanji <3 Works with VR tech.

V-Roid Studios - 3D Character Creator. Free on steam! Anime style, fairly in depth character creator, that allows for some degree of digital 3D hand sculpting, particularly with their amazing hair engine, to get your paras looks perfect!

And, of course, Picrew has thousands of character creators of various styles and quality uploaded by the artists who made them! Also, honestly I think we as a society should embrace making dinky chibis in Gacha Life. IDK why everyone is mean to the gacha kids, like we weren't all cringe at some point,

World Design

HomeStyler - 3D and 2D Room Designer. Make a model of an interior for a home or building, using real 1:1 furniture of IRL brands! Apparently this is free to use, though there is a premium version, and  it offers 3D and 2D models.

Map to World - 3D Planet Maker. Turn your fantasy world into a 3D model of the planet. Put maps directly on, or design the surface and textures of your world. Takes a lot of getting used to, but it is AMAZING. Free to use, and browser based!

PlanetMaker - 3D Planet Maker. Make a customized 3D planet! Free to use browser site! I have never used this, but I would love to mess around with it sometime! Allows you to add orbital rings, change textures, and more at the click of a mouse.

If on sale, I also recommend snagging a copy of the Sims, particularly 3 or 4, for character creation and world design. Maybe not the best gameplay without mods, but it's also a load of fun, and very easy to add custom content to! Minecraft also. But you just need Minecraft, in general. Beyond its ability to fairly faithfully recreate structures from your paracosms, it's just Good.

Game Creators

Maybe you wanna turn your paracosm into a cool game idk, just thought I'd put these here!

Construct 3 - 2D Game Creator. Beginner level game making :) Drag-and-drop if/then style programming.

GameSalad - Codeless 2D Game Creator. Drag and drop style/no coding, beginner friendly. Free version available!

Solpeo - 2D Game Creator. HTML5 based game engine for 2D and isometric game development. Some programming knowledge needed. Platforms supported: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer 9+. Free version available.

Stencyl - Codeless 2D Game Creator. Drag and drop style building/no coding skills needed. Has editable templates!

Scratch - 2D Game Creator. Very easy to use and totally free, though relatively basic!

Unity - 3D, 2D, and VR Game Creator. Make games with 3D software. Import your own assets (Blender compatible) or download free options, or buy the rights to models. Works for 3D and 2D games. Free version available, and now works with VR tech!

Unreal Engine - 3D Game Creator. Extremely advanced 3D game developer. Highly customizable. Free to use!

Twine - Text-based Game Creator. Use a map to make a branching paths text-based story game. Free to use.

Squiffy - Text-based Game Creator. have used Squiffy and it can make some really, truly incredible things. Can take a while to pick up, and learn how to use to its full potential. Free to use! Has an online and offline library of player creations you can get inspiration from!

Quest - Text-based Game Creator. I've never used this, but it seems cool! Use it to make interactive text-based DND game adventures in browser.

Ren'Py - Visual Novel Creator. Visual novel engine, that is well acclaimed, and of course, free to use!

Companion AI

Replika - 3D Companion.

Kajiwoto - Chatbot Companion. Customizable, learning AI you can shape into a personality. Communicates via Discord like chat box.

Organization

Toyhou.se - Character Gallery. A customizable library where you can upload all of your paras and characters for the public to view! Free to use, but requires a premium member to invite you!

Refsheet - Character Gallery. I haven't used it before, but I've heard good things, and that it's a suitable alternative to toyhou.se if you can't get an invite!

Notebook.AI - Character Gallery. I haven't used it before, but I've heard good things, and that it's a suitable alternative to toyhou.se if you can't get an invite!

World Anvil - World Building Toolset. Like character galleries, but for worlds and their lore :)

Scabard - World Building Toolset. Aimed at DnD campaigners, but I reckon it'll be useful for many!

YARPS - World Building Toolset. More focused around story and lore than Scabard or World Anvil, and looks beautiful! Still in its prototype stage, however.

Pinterest - Photo Organizer. Look at, collect, and sort images into boards. Personalizes your feed based on that, and is free to use and join! However, unlike their myriad of wonderful recipes, DIY tutorials, and the likes - a lot of the images are uploaded by second parties and not credited, so be careful reuploading anything you find! Also great for finding outfits and art inspo for your paras!

Generators

Fantasy Name Generator - Name Generators. Does what it says on the tin! Generates fantasy names. Is a lovely website, run by a purportedly lovely woman.

Fantasy Map Generator - Map Generator. Randomly generates a fictional map, which you can view in 2D or 3D.

Donjon RPG Generator - Multiple Generators. Can make maps, weapons, items, etc.

Seventh Sanctum - Multiple Generators. One of my favorites from high school! Does all kinds of things - the standard items, spells, and names - but also prompts, backstories, characters, and even comedy generators!

ShindanMaker - Multiple Generators. User created and uploaded, any kind of generator you can imagine, of varying complexity. And when I say any generator? I mean ANY generator.

Audio

Audacity - Record and Edit Audio. What can't Audacity do? I love Audacity to death. At surface level, it records audio. I've used it to record voices for my paras, and get audio for animations and games I've worked on. I cannot recommend it enough. Comprehensive editing, and with some investigation, it can do so, so much more than just record simple dialogue.

FL Studios - Compose. Compose music with an unlimited free trial. Upgrades available for purchase!

Indie Game Music - Royalty Free Music Library. Free to use Indie Game Music. What it says on the box!

AudioJungle - Royalty Free Music and Audio Library. Thousands of free to use audio clips!

Online Piano - Someone could use this, for recording, or just messing around. I've seen plenty of paras who play piano, this could just be used for fun!

Online Guitar - Same reasons as above, but this site looks kinda sketchy. Use at your own risk or reward! Audio

For real, if you ever need music, sound effects, or really any MP3 clips that can be used without infringing on copyright laws, just search 'royalty free' (music/audio/insert thing here) same applies for photos! Make sure the source is reputable, however.

Tutorials

W3Schools - Coding. Learn the basics of coding, for free, online!

Miscellaneous

Debut Video Capture - Screen Recorder. Record game footage and let's plays for free! Professional and home versions. I see a few of our community members have paras who run YouTube channels, and I thought these might help! It could be a nice way to connect your parames. YouTube quality <3

Pixton - Comic Maker. Comic making website. I have no experience with this at all, but some may find it useful!

Picfont - Image Editor. Puts customizable text on an image. I used these for @paraesthetics paracosm header edits <3 It has a premium version (???) but the free version has all functions, but it crashes regularly (honestly seems timed :/) but once you get it down, it's a very quick process, and you won't have to worry about that at all.

Itch.io - Publishing. You can publish your self made games here :)

Korsakow - ??? Described as, "The Future of Storytelling" and is apparently a way to create interactive films. I *just* found out about this, but thought I should include it for someone who may know how to use and appreciate it! Free? Unknown, at the moment.

Tips and Tricks

Animation Done Easy

Our forefather's of internet animation used MS Paint, Windows Movie Maker, and Audacity. All of these, or their equivalents, are free on standard computers. I, personally, use FireAlpaca - which works just as well, if not better, than MS Paint for animation - but takes longer, and definitely lacks that retro feeling. I also use my trackpad to draw and animate everything, so its doable, but probably not totally comfortable, to animate like this for most people :)

⚠️ Updates always pending! Suggestions always welcome! Feel free to message me any tips or questions <3 ⚠️

[reallyhardydraws]

sorry if this is obvious, but what is toyhouse? im not sure how to look it up and not, like.... find just toy houses 😅

you can find it at https://toyhou.se/ ! it's like i guess a character archive lots of people use for their OCs to put pics and info i guess! i've been sent a few as refs when ppl do comms it looks like a great resource!

[sakimeihime]

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So, I officially fell in love with BANG! by AJR and I immediately drew inspiration for this picture. This is my ‘My Hero Academia’ oc, Sayuri Takenaka. I have a lot in store for her, so I hope that you’ll stick around to find out more about her!

This piece took me so long to do, but I am so happy that I stuck with it until the end. I am so happy with how it turned out. I can’t stop staring at it. (⺣ˇᴗˇ⺣)

「✿」 Sayuri is impervious to heat and flame due to her father’s ‘Dragon’ quirk. Because of this, she makes a great teammate for Dabi, as he doesn’t have to worry about burning her by mistake.

I have so much more that I want to share about this girl, but I’m going to wait until I have the artwork to go along with it. For now, you can read more about her and her quirk on her manga profile page that I did some time ago!

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⠀╭ ❀ ╮ ⠀┆ 咲 ┆ Illustration © @sakimii​ ⠀┆ 夜 ┆ Character Design © @sakimii​ ⠀┆ の ┆ My Hero Academia © Kōhei Horikoshi ⠀┆ 君 ┆ ⠀╰ ❀ ╯

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