#I just do the drawing
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pushing500 · 2 months ago
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hello!! i love your rimworld stories so much! this might be a dumb question, but i was wondering if you had any tips for storytelling while playing rimworld? i love the idea of getting more into the narrative/roleplay aspects, but i sort of feel lost when i try. another possible dumb question: do you take notes as you play and/or do you rely on screenshots to translate into the comics? i’m probably overthinking this haha…im just fascinated with the idea of using a game like rimworld to tell a story
Hello!! I'm so glad to hear you like the stories! I have a lot of fun playing/drawing them, but it's especially nice when others appreciate them, too ❤️
Storytelling tips, hey? Hmm... I always think that as long as you're having fun, the story will sort of reveal itself. For me personally, it helps if I have characters I really like. When I first asked my brother to teach me how to play RimWorld, I actually didn't really like it. It felt like too much at once, and I couldn't get invested in the characters while also trying to figure out how to survive and make the game work.
It was only after my brother installed the EdB Prepare Carefully mod that I actually started to get into the story part of the game. I made a colony of characters based on a kids' TV show my baby sister and I watched (PJ Masks, for anyone curious). Now that I had characters I already knew, I could enjoy seeing the way they interacted with each other and the tasks they did, and I got more invested in keeping them safe during raids and researching things to make their lives easier. Only then did I start to write/draw what was happening, mostly for my own amusement but also because I enjoyed sharing it with my veteran player brother so he could roll his eyes at all the mistakes I was making (love you, bro).
Now, I use the Character Editor mod because it works better, but I still like to start out with at least one custom character in each new game of RimWorld. It helps me get settled in and ready to see what kind of story Randy Random decides to tell with them.
I don't know if that's helpful at all, but that's my tip for getting into the swing of things.
As for your other question, I don't really take notes. I do give the screenshots silly names that sometimes help me decide where I want to go with the drawing for that part of the story, but I mostly just wing it and hope it turns out in an interesting and (mostly) comprehensible way.
For example, screenshots from The Children of Ecthuctu:
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Screenshots from A Mechanitor's Message:
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I'm very organised and systematic, as you can see lmao
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paintedcrows · 3 months ago
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Did anyone tell Ford (bonus doodles: Family Movie Night, 70s Classics)
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puppyeared · 3 months ago
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filipina miku!! my mom helped me with her outfit ^_^
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ekko-idk · 7 months ago
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Combining my two biggest fixations atm <3
Edit: bonus comic!!
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alexandriad · 3 months ago
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jumping on the bandwagon with an ancient greek miku
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dovesick · 11 months ago
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endless night
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hinamie · 2 months ago
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post-graduation trip airport looks
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wanderingibon · 26 days ago
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anya deserved so much better
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theriverbeyond · 1 year ago
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companies underestimate how much locking their content behind needing an account will just make me go do something else. oh your website wants me to make an account to view this content? oh your website doesn't show media to logged-out users? okay. i didn't actually want to see it that bad. yeah. bye ✌️
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redpapercraness · 3 months ago
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all four of my sonic 3 movie trailer redraws in one spot 🫡
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canisalbus · 5 months ago
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The forbidden smooth Machete.
A lot of his head is just fluff, without it he's even more noodly than usual.
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ciearcab · 10 months ago
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how do you live?
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reginalusus · 5 months ago
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Not these two again (I will do it again).
Ummmm, soon-to-be father-son angst or something.
Jason's line after this was originally: "I don't need a lecture from the guy who swapped his scales and sword for cigarettes and guns," but I have other stuff I wanna move on to and the frames kinda got fucked, sooo.
Ko-Fi.
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verflares · 7 months ago
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just how long is forever? // not long enough, with you
pssst. check this out on inprnt :]
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snarkspawn · 11 months ago
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based ofc on this
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artkaninchenbau · 8 months ago
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A h-heartfelt reunion..?
Bonus
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