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I want longer games. (rant post)

(please keep in mind that i am an autistic individual who has loved to play video games for my entire life since i was able to walk, i prefer to be in a constant state of flow and not be interrupted by sudden overstimulating visuals or short runtimes ending abruptly.)

to accommodate for the low attention spans of the new generation, many new releases since 2021 have been short and formulaic with a repetitive gameplay loop. (often overly colorful and vibrant) it’s as if the developers are catering only to retention, rather than actual creativity and challenge.

the thing about these games is that they’re usually round-based, with short bursts of (maybe) minute-long gameplay. now, i’ve played similar games like this and the problem is that they’re piss easy, and there’s barely any sort of strategy or learning curve. the skill progression is like the inflation stats for Arizona Ice Tea, still and stagnant. some of these games have potential, but only aim to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

it might be the next big thing for companies to make every game an endless treadmill of rewards all for a quick buck, but at what cost to gaming culture? whatever happened to games that rewarded you for making big progress and learning something new along the way? where did all the hella cool mechanics go? to me, video games are an art perfected only by a select few, as a person who spends most of his free time playing video games and getting into things that i can see myself enjoying for years. if i’m being an ass for not accepting that people have the attention span of a goldfish, so be it! i’m not the audience for these games, and i just want new, long games to devote my time to.

if you want to play a game that has fast gameplay and/or colorful visuals, but also has lots of gameplay and content, definitely play Pizza Tower or Bloons TD6. they’re my personal favorites and you should try them too.

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:33 < nepeta leijon

art by me. you most certainly cannot fight the homestuck, as the song suggests

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Random drawing board thingy, with @aceingtonbeef

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Art Direction for hypothetical Riff Rebel cartoon

i’ve recently thought about how a cartoon based on Riff Rebel would look like, since i am performing maybe two songs from that album in an underground performance. there is some homestuck influence here.

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Sillies! Characters By @aceingtonbeef Art By ME

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Peggy Singleton if she was peak:

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So Tumultuous

this is a lesser drawing, but this is The Tumult, from Azu Tower. She’s so pretty. She’s basically Tomo Takino in The Noise’s getup. how original.

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Drawing By @aceingtonbeef (PEGGY! >:3)

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Peggy's Sister! Art By ChesterNonWester (Me).

OC By @aceingtonbeef

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Comic by @aceingtonbeef :Antony Talks About (One) of His Exes.

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Starface this time.

This is Starface Torrel, the drummer of his friend Peggy’s band, The Pissmouths. My friend (as far as you know) said he is like a weirdcore OC. They also said that he is “Stargender”. I don’t know what that means, but it works. Starface’s little cousin did his nails for him.

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Riff Rebel and Starface

so all my pals know that i’ve made a little album titled “Riff Rebel” for a game jam. the Ost Composer Jam #7, hosted by Lone Rabbit, to be exact. This was my first ever album and even though i didn’t win the jam by a long shot, but people liked it and found it very creative. that is just enough for me, and i really did like this project. in fact, i am working to make a remastered album with some new songs mixed in. who knows what i’ll do next time, on Lone Rabbit’s next Composer Jam?