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Halcyon sneak peak (litterally all of chapter 1)

it has NOT been checked for spelling or grammar errors because this is a sneak peak of a rough draft of the first book.

in a google doc because it was too long for tumblr, trying to decide where to put it and upload chapters for everyone buuut enjoy :) I may just publish it the normal way, we'll see, either way I want you guys to be able to at least know what halcyon is about and i think this will at least get you a little introduction to the main character and conflict!

had to fix the link sorry

please tell me what you think!

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reblogging from my main account :)

made a meme of my boi Darling from my book Halcyon I'm working on

cutest lil villain ever isint he <3 that's my boy <3 in his lil cowboy suit <3

used the random qoute generator for him too

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194. Work

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as a writer , artist, arguably a programmer, and a person who just wont stop picking up hobbies yeah that's normal, it can vary wildly depending on your mood and the time of day, the week, month, year, general vibes, weather, it's wildly unpredictable and some days just aren't arting or writing or whatevering well and that's okay it's just the vibes. it can be affected by even something as little as listening to the write or wrong song, this is entirely normal and every creative person will experience this somewhat and it's not a sign you're getting worse it's just the way of things, it will pass, focus on enjoying yourself and it'll work itself out

please please please please reblog if you’re a writer and have at some point felt like your writing is getting worse. I need to know if I’m the only one who’s struggling with these thoughts

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CACKLING at this

me: this is a background character who's in one scene, has two lines, and is completely irrelevant to the rest of the story. i am going to stop obsessing over what to name him and use the random name generator on behindthename.com. i am going to accept the first thing it gives me and move the fuck on.

behindthename.com:

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:)

reblog if you like your blorbo covered in blood

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:)

fanfic writers coming up with *chef’s kiss* perfect ideas to torture their blorbos then remembering they’ll have to actually write them out in order for the fics to not exist only in their heads

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>:)

How writers look when putting angst no happy ending, major character death, and hurt no comfort in their WIPs.

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though to be fair some of us are also writing break-it-fics 100k make them suffers where their characters die :)

yeah yeah that famous quote that goes along the line of “if a writer falls in love with you, you can never die” but it’s the tireless AO3 writers who pull an all-nighter writing 100k words of fix-it fics where their favorite characters live

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Injuries For Your Characters To Receive When You’re In The Mood For Angst (And How To Treat Them.)

A: A bite wound. (Wash the wound with soap and water, then cover the area with a bandage. Afterward your character will need medical care from a doctor to make sure that they aren’t going to get rabies or an infected bite area.) 

B: A sprained wrist. (Your character should ice the area and avoid activities that cause pain. It’s also important to compress the area with bandages (But not so much that it cuts off circulation!) and keep it elevated.) 

C: A stab wound to the stomach. (This is an emergency room visit because abdomens have a lot of vital organs. Just straight to the ER.) 

D: A concussion. (A concussion is brain trauma so your character really should be checked out by someone at the ER. Afterward they should take it mentally easy and possibly take pills for pain.) 

E: A black eye. (An ice pack on the swollen area should help.) 

F: A broken ankle. (Your character will probably need to go to the Doctor to get their leg splinted. After leaving the hospital they’ll need to take it easy on their foot until it’s healed.) 

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no no. you don't get it. the reason I injure my blorbos until they can't walk is because that's the only way they'll ever let someone else carry them. the reason I curse them to be sick and feverish is so that they'll finally open up about their emotions while delirious. the reason I force them to overexert themselves to the point of exhaustion is so that when they pass out they can finally rest.

I'm doing this for their own good.

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fanfic: oh, you love this character? time for them to die horribly!

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Acianne and her dear supervillain, but well he got bunbunned because he also deserves to be soft and cute like her right? okay hes objectively more soft and cute htan she is at the best of times even in human form but look the girls stressed give her a break she's not used to being allowed to relax- i love how she turned out and i just adore her! she's technically a character from a book im making but shes inspired by anime and manga, i hope folks like her <3 originally i had her as a guy but i decided we needed more gals in this thing. i love drawing her <3 soft bunbun! stabby bunbun!

funfact about her her favorite order at the coffee shop is an espresso . all espresso. just right up to the top of the cup, then you add a little whipped cream on top. She doesn't like feeling relaxed. if she's not at least shaking a little at all times she's feeling guilty for it. her poor villain really has his work cut out for him if he want's her to be okay-

thankfully for HER she has Darling.

and heres some close ups!

since tumblr crushes the quality

he makes such a cute bunny doesn't he? look at that little head of a criminal organization isint he just the most...Darling- *has a rubber duck thrown at my head for my bad joke*

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📚 A List Of Useful Websites When Making An RPG 📚

My timeloop RPG In Stars and Time is done! Which means I can clear all my ISAT gamedev related bookmarks. But I figured I would show them here, in case they can be useful to someone. These range from "useful to write a story/characters/world" to "these are SUPER rpgmaker focused and will help with the terrible math that comes with making a game".

This is what I used to make my RPG game, but it could be useful for writers, game devs of all genres, DMs, artists, what have you. YIPPEE

Writing (Names)

Behind The Name - Why don't you have this bookmarked already. Search for names and their meanings from all over the world!

Medieval Names Archive - Medieval names. Useful. For ME

City and Town Name Generator - Create "fake" names for cities, generated from datasets from any country you desire! I used those for the couple city names in ISAT. I say "fake" in quotes because some of them do end up being actual city names, especially for french generated ones. Don't forget to double check you're not 1. just taking a real city name or 2. using a word that's like, Very Bad, especially if you don't know the country you're taking inspiration from! Don't want to end up with Poopaville, USA

Writing (Words)

Onym - A website full of websites that are full of words. And by that I mean dictionaries, thesauruses, translators, glossaries, ways to mix up words, and way more. HIGHLY recommend checking this website out!!!

Moby Thesaurus - My thesaurus of choice!

Rhyme Zone - Find words that rhyme with others. Perfect for poets, lyricists, punmasters.

In Different Languages - Search for a word, have it translated in MANY different languages in one page.

ASSETS

In general, I will say: just look up what you want on itch.io. There are SO MANY assets for you to buy on itch.io. You want a font? You want a background? You want a sound effect? You want a plugin? A pixel base? An attack animation? A cool UI?!?!?! JUST GO ON ITCH.IO!!!!!!

Visual Assets (General)

Creative Market - Shop for all kinds of assets, from fonts to mockups to templates to brushes to WHATEVER YOU WANT

Velvetyne - Cool and weird fonts

Chevy Ray's Pixel Fonts - They're good fonts.

Contrast Checker - Stop making your text white when your background is lime green no one can read that shit babe!!!!!!

Visual Assets (Game Focused)

Interface In Game - Screenshots of UI (User Interfaces) from SO MANY GAMES. Shows you everything and you can just look at what every single menu in a game looks like. You can also sort them by game genre! GREAT reference!

Game UI Database - Same as above!

Sound Assets

Zapsplat, Freesound - There are many sound effect websites out there but those are the ones I saved. Royalty free!

Shapeforms - Paid packs for music and sounds and stuff.

Other

CloudConvert - Convert files into other files. MAKE THAT .AVI A .MOV

EZGifs - Make those gifs bigger. Smaller. Optimize them. Take a video and make it a gif. The Sky Is The Limit

Marketing

Press Kitty - Did not end up needing this- this will help with creating a press kit! Useful for ANY indie dev. Yes, even if you're making a tiny game, you should have a press kit. You never know!!!

presskit() - Same as above, but a different one.

Itch.io Page Image Guide and Templates - Make your project pages on itch.io look nice.

MOOMANiBE's IGF post - If you're making indie games, you might wanna try and submit your game to the Independent Game Festival at some point. Here are some tips on how, and why you should.

Game Design (General)

An insightful thread where game developers discuss hidden mechanics designed to make games feel more interesting - Title says it all. Check those comments too.

Game Design (RPGs)

Yanfly "Let's Make a Game" Comics - INCREDIBLY useful tips on how to make RPGs, going from dungeons to towns to enemy stats!!!!

Attack Patterns - A nice post on enemy attack patterns, and what attacks you should give your enemies to make them challenging (but not TOO challenging!) A very good starting point.

How To Balance An RPG - Twitter thread on how to balance player stats VS enemy stats.

Nobody Cares About It But It’s The Only Thing That Matters: Pacing And Level Design In JRPGs - a Good Post.

Game Design (Visual Novels)

Feniks Renpy Tutorials - They're good tutorials.

I played over 100 visual novels in one month and here’s my advice to devs. - General VN advice. Also highly recommend this whole blog for help on marketing your games.

I hope that was useful! If it was. Maybe. You'd like to buy me a coffee. Or maybe you could check out my comics and games. Or just my new critically acclaimed game In Stars and Time. If you want. Ok bye

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art study! uhhhh. material..pies

yum?

i spent a while just trying to get better at drawing materials now that ive found my brush i like most- :) had fun with it! its fun making material pies

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*glances at darling who became the main character* >:(

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FIxed it log thing fixed bug where it was literally impossible to befriend zuko you could only either marry him or die by fire like 6-8 different ways. now you can but it's a special secret route.

actual number of endings it has now:

friends ending

fire

Zuko just leaves just actually leaves

romance ending

my cursed attempt at a semifunctional game say hello to the worst possible avatar game ever made : zuko seduction simulator

Made to specifically make my friends in my dungeons and dragons group suffer, I thought the avatar fandom might also enjoy this disaster I made as intentionally terrible as possible say hello to my first attempt at coding i have NO idae what im doing and i did NOt try very hard on the art. im pretty sure to make it play you doubleclick the .exe file thing or something? idk. enjoy if you possibly can?

if youre in my dnd group you're not allowed to download it till presentations night (we're basically all supposed to do presentations but i was given permission to do a dating sim instead. so i stayed up till 1 am learning how python works)

enjoy....?

expect wildly out of character weirdness and nonsense

Please tell me if my link doesnt work or if it for some reason just decided to hate all other computers it barely likes me and ill try to fix it. I do not own these characters nor one of the background images or the fire jpeg but its not as if im benefitting in any way from this except maybe laughing at how bad it is <3 comments appreciated, please, clown on me, join me in this circus

also this is FULLY SAFE FOR WORK you will recieve basically NO fanservice whatsoever in fact everything here is a disservice to this entire fandom you're WELCOME