#General ask

[losergames]

Just found this WIP today. I'm absolutely in awe with the aesthetics and designs of your game, and your blog. If you ever wrote/did any kind of crash course in UI design for Twine, I would pay serious money for it. I feel like it's really hard to get such a professional, clean, and unique look for a game!

thank you so much that is so incredibly kind!!!

honestly my best advice is reference! reference your butt off!!! so much of design is looking at other designs first before attempting your own. chop shop's twine build came from a lot of places. i looked at the need for speed series, forza, GTA, saints row and hitman from the top of my head.

in fact chop shop's main console was inspired by the menu from need for speed underground 2:

i highly recommend checking out Game UI Database - it categorises games by genre, style, themes and more! i'm always looking at stuff on there for ideas to improve my own ui! i 100% recommend looking at the cyberpunk 2077 ui page, it is so incredibly detailed and has so many stills of the different menus.

twine can be intimidating for sure. sugarcube 2 is basically limitless since it's html, css, and javascript. but again i say, use as much reference as you can! the best ideas are not usually your first and it's always easier to build something when you've already got a base to look at y'know?

i hope that's a little helpful! please let me know if you wanna talk more about ui and design! <3

[pansy-picnics]

can ask that you spill everything about your Splatoon OCs? 😺

ABSOLUTELY i did not expect anyone to ask to be honest….goodness where do i even begin. Let’s see. I’ll start with my main little doomed love triangle thing i suppose

Cecilia Paek, she/her, 24 yrs old, aka: cece, celia, eight, whore, freak, slut, etc. My agent 8. born in the domes under the name Paek Seo-Mi, but renamed herself to cece post-memory loss. A freak both in the not-safe-for-work sense and just. In general. She says the most unhinged shit in such a passive formal manner. Marina has to consistently tell her she’s not allowed to eat the jelletons. She bites. A lot.

aside from being a freak cece is curious and observant, but incredibly blunt and fierce. In the past Seo-Mi was a much quieter and more repressed person, but hearing the Inkantation awakened a flame within her, so to speak. Cece is incredibly vocal about her thoughts and feelings, and she does not like to be pushed around. although shes always been a very nostalgic person, shes been trying to look forward more often than not. (she was on team future!)

cece has a very mature, almost sisterly presence, and is especially close with neo 3 (ikra) and her pseudo sister agent 4 (yottsu). she also has a daughter of her own, yumi! ikra and yottsu are my friends ocs so i cant say too much about them but ikra is like, basically her and kyle’s adopted kid

Kyle Lastname, (Actual surname to be determined Eventually) he/him, 25 yrs, aka three, cap, kyle, ceces silly rabbit /j. he’s my captain 3. has a stupid ass name bc he’s a stupid ass guy. Basically started as a joke oc but i put him through the Horrors. he’s the malewife of all time.

Grew up the only hearing person in a deaf/hard of hearing household so he’s fluent in sign language. He joined squidbeak when he was like 16 mostly bc he was a MASSIVE FUCKING LOSER with a huge ego who wanted the attention. Now he has Trauma and hates his teen self more than anything. (The egotistical little white kid phase is like, a rite of passage in his family. His little sister is still in that phase.) Now that he’s mellowed out hes just a sopping wet cat. Dating cece and is obsessed with her + will do literally whatever she wants.

Hes a lot more talkative than canon 3, hes the kind of guy who copes with humor all the time. he tries to be cool and mysterious but hes really awkward and gets flustered or worked up super easily. He’s overall a pretty boring guy and thats his charm. She’s barbie and he’s just ken. etc etc.

Hes SO dad coded btw. He and cece have a daughter together, Yumi. Since he was young he spent a lot of time looking after his little sister and he’s basically adopted his protege, neo3 (ikra). he makes me think of RTGame for reasons i could not describe to you, it’s just the energy somehow. He’s my babygirl. My little meow meow if you will (Cece voice)

Victoria Mendoza, she/her, 25 yrs, aka Tori. SHE is the fucked up one. Literally doomed by the narrative. Eye love her.

She comes from a long line of elite soldiers and was a child prodigy, but also the Problem Child. Got expelled from multiple schools for beating up other kids. from a young age she’s been incredibly critical of the octarian society and she was basically your average teen rebel. into alt music/fashion, incredibly vocal about her distaste for the system, fairly closed off with a cold exterior. the only person she truly cared for was Seo-Mi (Cece).

Seo-Mi was quiet and sweet and generally pretty average academically, so she didn’t have nearly as much pressure on her to succeed compared to Tori. the two were childhood friends and teenage lovers. The only ones who truly matched each others freak if you will. When they were little girls they used to dream of escaping to the surface together. this changed when they were about sixteen years old.

the most important thing to know about tori is that she is a pessimist and at her core a Coward. She’s all bark and no bite. She’ll scream her hatred of authority from the rooftops but immediately crumble at the sight of her leader. and as she got older and officially entered her career, she lost hope. she determined the surface wouldn’t have anything more for her than the domes did. she became complacent, while Seo-Mi, who had previously been more neutral, had heard the inkantation and only become more determined to leave the domes.

The two desperately tried to change each other’s minds but they were far too stubborn. both of them were crushed by the supposed “betrayal” of their beloved. Inevitably Seo-Mi left for the surface, eventually being taken in to Kamabo Co. while tori stayed behind to rot.

Since Seo-Mi left, tori became more bitter than ever before. she turns her focus to her career, and her family, but she never truly moves on from the loss. Unfortunately, Cece did. Cece met someone else, she’s started a family, she has a completely new name. she’s essentially a new person. and Tori is still the same.

Canonically i don’t think they would ever meet again and actually recognize each other, but i like to play with the idea sometimes bc if they did they would Hate each other. Tori is completely incapable of accepting that her Seo-Mi has moved on. She is clinging on to a version of someone that doesn’t exist anymore. tori is a deeply self destructive person and will never move on in any sense of the word. Sad!

Also this is Yumi. Age varies but shes like. Very young toddler as of the current timeline. She’s cece and kyle’s favorite surprise (Accident). They’re both freaks and shes the consequences of their actions. She and smollusk have playdates together. She’s obsessed with off the hook but doesn’t realize that her weird lesbian aunts pearl and marina are the same people. She’s baby

[banananutsmuthie]

The Beginner's Guide to.. To uh...

Suffering from memory lost because of these GIFs 😫 I'm dumping these here 🚚, it's your problem now hahaha 😈

I think, regardless how people feel about Yooa, it's a shame she isn't featured more around these parts

[narrators-journal]

I can never get enough of people writing senku reacting to different characters trying get with his family members, the Rizz is in the genes lmao.

Senku: *grabs their attention*

Reader (Sibling/parent): yes?

Senku: see that guy *point at poor victim who fell for them*

Reader: yes?

Senku: they are a gross SIMP!

LMAO Alright, going into this I want to remind you that this is my take exclusively, it's been a while since I've sat and seriously watched dcst, but still. This is purely for humor and just in regards to my own portrayal. I'm not claiming this is canon.

That being said! I feel like Senku's reactions vary depending on who it is who likes his family member.

If you're someone rather normal like Kinro and you have a crush on his, let's say, Sibling, he'll tease you, tease them, and jokingly call you a simp or use your crush on his sibling as a bribe to make you work more.

If you're someone like Yo or Ginro? A general menace who's a bit of a headache but generally useful, even if in specific situations? He's going to warn his sibling to stay the fuck away, but if they decide to date you, it's their choice. You're generally safe from him meddling, you'll mostly just get teased or threatened with the world's worst itching powder or hallucinogenic in ur breakfast.

If you're someone like Mozu, Hyoga, Stan, or Xeno. A legitimate threat who has tried to kill him and has questionable morals. I would not put it past senku to tell his sibling he heard you talking to the medicine woman about some questionable sores and burning sensations. Mans will work overtime to keep you bitchless. It doesn't even have to be his family. If you try to date his friends, he will also spread rumors that you do some heinous shit, or have straight up diseases. And he will gaslight you about it too. Catch yourself with phantom itching and double-checking how you can be perceived.

[phoenixeclipse-lmkau]

Hey, I was wondering if it would be OK with you if I made an AI on my PolyBuzz app based off your cursed warlords AU but like it takes place after the curse was broken? If you don’t want me making an AI based off any of your AU’s, then I understand.

Honestly AI is such a touchy topic. If you really want to then I’m not going to stop you, but I can’t guarantee that it’ll be accurate to their personalities.

Keep in mind I don’t like the idea of AI in general but as I said I can’t / won’t stop you. It’s up to you what you do and I don’t want to hear arguments about AI. Everyone has the choice to do what they want so if you want to do it then do you but I can’t say I 100 percent approve. However I also know how addictive AI chats can be… so yeah I’m not going to stop you.

[kdramaxoxo]

Looking for K-Drama Movie Recs

While I'm in a k-drama slump, I've been really into watching K-drama movies (not fancy Korean Films like Parasite or Decision to Leave) but more low budget ones featuring mainly K-drama actors.

Some K-Drama Movies I've watched recently:

Brave Citizen

The Girl On A Bulldozer

The Beauty Inside

Love and Leashes (you know I love this one so it was a rewatch)

Can you rec any others you've seen recently?? I'm willing to go outside of my favorite genres (romance and rom com) since they're shorter! Mainly I just love seeing my favorite people in movies!

[seventh-soul-ask]

Okay so generic question about the ask-blog overall. Do the asks have to reasonably fit withim the canon of Seventh Soul, or could I for example send a Spamton-themed ask?

Oh or like send gifts or items to the characters?

[hacking noises]

Tis I, Kat, hacking the ask Seventh Soul blog from the Seventh Soul cast to answer this question nyeheheh.

You can ask whatever you want, just understand that the characters in Seventh Soul only have knowledge pertaining to their universe, so if you were to ask say...a question about Deltarune or another game entirely - or even a movie for that matter - they most likely will not know what you're talking about and likely just won't answer at all depending on what the question is.

And sure, you can try sending them gifts lol

[13leaguestories]

Heyyyy so I was wondering what the skin tone range for the MC is and what ethnic group they’re based off of since I rlly want to make fan art but I want to try and keep it as accurate to the story setting as possible. (Sorry in advance if this question has been asked. Anyways I rlly appreciate all the work that’s gone into this IF I haven’t gotten that far yet but I’m obsessed thank you sm for this piece of art)))

Your skin tone and ethnicity is up to you to decide. If it was ever important like that then I'd add it in, otherwise it's always there for you to headcanon.

[misty-wolf-draws]

gives u a banan

Oh! Thank you!

I don't really eat bananas but I appreciate the gift

[oceanfalls-official]

how do u feel about people headcanoning ur characters as a gender that is different from their actual sex? (butch, demigirl, demiboy, nonbinary, etc)

Gender as a topic is beyond me, so I tend to keep things straightforward and not make my characters play around with it. I leave readers to their imagination for headcanons as with any other topic, like how they interpret things based on their reading of the webcomic.

I only hope that everyone will respect each other even if their headcanons are at odds, and also to respect the distinction between what is canon and what isn't.

[losergames]

OH MY GOSH... I never knew UI database was a thing!! I'm so incredibly grateful you responded to my ask with that link, it's a game changer for sure. I've been referencing some of my favorite games when thinking through UI for my own game (Cyberpunk 2077, my beloved) but I never knew there was a site like that for more cohesive referencing. Thank you!!!!

hi!! i am so incredibly sorry i am late answering these. life! you know how it goes.

i recommend w3schools for html, css and javascript! they have a lot of beginner tutorials for things you might be interested in, as well good explanations alongside examples.

i also watched a lot of dan cox's tutorials on youtube. he has a bunch of stuff on his page for sugarcube 2. as far as i know he has a few video for the new 2.37 version, where as i'm using 2.36 but that's up to you! super SUPER helpful to watching someone actively using the programme and talk through it.

idrellegames' coding in twine tag is also super helpful! i was scrolling through it all the time when i got started with twine lol

my best advice for coming up with a design that is unique is to not go straight into the coding first! i mocked up all of chop shops designs in photoshop before i started building it in twine. here are some old mock ups. it doesn't have to be photoshop, that's just the tool i have on hand, but something like canva would definitely work just as well! or, if you don't have access to anything digital, just using a pen and paper would work just as well. it's much easier to draw out a design than start coding it when you're not sure how it's even supposed to look yet.

i hope that helps a little! <3

[pansy-picnics]

Do you have discord?

Eye do!!!! I admit though im not good at dms LOL….i usually only use them for like,,, commissions or mutuals/rlly close friends,,, If anyone does ever want to inquire abt commissions or something my discord is on my carrd but if you just want to chat w me (and some other awesome people too) i am fairly active in the uknighted dream server which i help mod!! (And by that i mean i manage emotes and nothing else)

(Would also like to note. If you ever have something important to discuss w me or want to talk about a commission please just say it right off the bat instead of a simple “hi” or starting with small talk bc i WILL probably ignore it otherwise 😭😭🙏)

[banananutsmuthie]

Our Yena made her comeback! Did you already listen it? what do you think about her comeback?

Oh yeah, definitely. Yena is the Avril Lavigne of K-Pop in a good way and I always look forward to Yena's outfits because they never miss. It's unfortunate about the controversy of the song title but everyone kinda saw that coming.

[narrators-journal]

That anon is both wrong and correct actually! The correct spelling is Yuuki/Yūki, but gets written as Yuki most of the time. The AO3 tag uses Yuuki though, and I think most people over here use Yuki as well.

When writting from JP -> ENG they often remove the macron from the vowels as ENG doesn'treally have that sound. Even in official content, when writting names in english they remove it as well, his figma is labeled as "Yuki Makoto" for example. This happens with lots of characters, in another series I like, "Asougi" is written as "Asogi" except on a single collab lol.

If I recally correctly, Yuki means snow, while Makoto's name (Yuuki) comes from towers.

Oh! Okay, phew. That should mean I'm not crossing any wires then, right? Seems it's more like the whole mozu situation, so hopefully I'm good.

Thank you for clarifying! Glad to know I'm not unknowingly invading some other Fandom with my many chapters of ryomina content and that both are kinda right for minato lololol

[phoenixeclipse-lmkau]

Hey I don’t know if I’m like missing it when I look for it but did you do a chapter 5 for journey to the west. If not it’s fine. I love your work and I love reading all of your stories. Get plenty of sleep and eat properly. God bless you

Unfortunately, I stopped writing Journey Out Of The West. I'm planning to implement pieces of it into Cursed Warlords.

To answer your question. No. I did not write a 5th chapter.

However on this note as I said I'll be adding stuff from what I wrote into Cursed Warlords. (If there is anything specific you'd like to see in Cursed Warlords from it please let me know.)

Again I am sorry. I'm glad to know you liked it though.