#LYFE City

[luvsimtingz]

Another Von post because who gone beat my ass?

Her December was lit. Love her life!!!

[cokedupblonde]

lyfeeee

[hungerpunch]

finally home now after like two months of barely being home. i did come home directly following 10 tornado touchdowns in the area so i have some work to do outside clearing debris. but after that i can't wait to catch up w u all <3

[thatstormygeek]

Sometimes wear my nonbinary pride plugs when taking tickets. Most folks probably don't even notice them, and those that do likely don't know the meaning. But the stylish kid who came through my line at Ed Sheeran? Whose eyes lit up and who made it a point to pause and tell me they liked my earrings? Yeah. They noticed.

You ain't alone, kiddo. Even in the middle of flyover space.

[yepthatsacowalright]

I just need to add Volume 2 to this, because these are amazing:

Celebrating the continued legacy of Batman, it’s hard to gloss over the importance ofBatman: The Animated Series (1992-1995). Following the success of Tim Burton’s film adaptation of the character, Warner Bros. Animation brought the character into a gorgeous and timeless Art Deco version of Gotham City, and using villains from the entire run of Batman’s history (including a few new ones, like Harley Quinn, who made her debut appearance on this show in 1992). Bruce Timm & Eric Radomski - along with writing of Paul Dini - crafted arguably one of the most iconic versions of the Dark Knight to date.

It also, very importantly, standardized the style of music and the importance of it in serialized, animated storytelling, especially in the DC Animated Universe, which followed with Superman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, and many other landmark titles in the 90s.

We’ve carefully curated 16 of our favorite full episode scores from the hit show (remastered for vinyl), and put them together in a beautiful Box Set, with unique, brand new artwork for each episode by Justin Erickson of Phantom City Creative.

Source: http://mondotees.com/

[muzicpromotionclub]

🎤🔥 Experience the raw energy of hip-hop with 'City Lyfe' by Born Divine ft. Janese! 🏙️ This track brings the streets to life with hard-hitting bars and smooth flows, capturing the grind and hustle of the city. 🌆💯 Don’t sleep on this one – the official video is out now! 🚀🎶

[cinewhore]

Found myself missing art school and has to snap out of that quickly!!!

[mycologist778]

[perenians]

well basically people from central california get to call themselves californians but have like. zero swag.

no yeah hal being from middle cali makes so much sense actually

Tell me more! <- clueless

[howtobeaconartist]

Do all cons in the US require I get a sales tax permit? Also can I use one permit for all states?

Kiriska: Most major conventions will require a sales tax permit. Some even require the permit just to apply to the con. Some may not, but you should always check specific cons for their requirements. I'd recommend being permitted even if the con doesn't require it.

Every state has its own sales tax system, so you need to get an individual permit for every state that has a sales tax. Yes, it's a pain, but that's the reality of doing business across state lines. (States without sales tax don't require sales tax permits, but may require other paperwork.)

I highly recommend also having regional sales tax programmed into your POS and setting a reminder to switch/update them between shows. Sales tax can vary between cities and counties, in addition to state, and you're likely going to need to report the amount for each region.

For example, I mostly just vend in Washington state these days, but I still have individual tax rates in Square for Seattle, Tacoma, Unincorporated King County, Bellevue, Lake Forest Park, Olympia, etc... When I report sales tax annually, I separate out and report the sales per region, because they all have different tax rates.

✨Small biz lyfe ✨

Further reading: #sales tax, #taxes, #permits and licenses

[luvsimtingz]

Xoey Charlize Khumalo

-Just a shy capricorn who speaks through dance, on her way to her french class. Oui oui or something?

[tangledstrings-if]

——Tangled Strings——

Demo: TBA

Current TWs: Violence, Falling from heights, graphic content (gore, sex, etc.) 17+

You fell from the heavens and hit the ground hard.

Your home, a series of islands in the sky far above the snowy clouds that cover the human kingdom of Yalkasana, was paradise to you. The sun shone, the wind always blew, oh, and you still had your wings. Big fluffy things that were once taller than you, emerging from between your shoulder blades.

Paradise it might have been, utopia it was not. Cut- throat (or in your case cut-wing) politics are just part of life. Everyone must play the game, and you were a poor player. Or maybe you were just unlucky.

Some artifacts should stay dusty, and weapons with enough power to level the planet’s surface are definitely one of such things. When the artifact was revealed, a key to the island’s mythologized past of victory and conquest, of course someone would want to use it. To relive the glory days of your people and bring the surface world below to its knees once more like in the ancient scripture.

The thing is, the artifact? A piece of junk more likely to explode and crash the islands out of the sky than to actually aim at the ground and destroy some kingdom or city there.

You spoke out. It was only right. You had to protect your people, your friends, your home. But you failed, miserably. Labeled a traitor to your history and islands, they ripped out your wings, cauterized, and sewed the wounds shut before they threw you from the islands with one objective. If you survive the fall and you still want to stop the restoration of the artifact? Destroy the kingdoms below before it’s done.

Welcome to the human Kingdom of Yalkasana. Your home awaits.

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Tangled Strings is an Interactive Fiction game made in Twine. You follow a cast of unlikely friends, who all want the same thing as you. To save their home.

Meet the ROs. Your friends. Your victims.

The Princess (She/Her):

- Maira Yalkansanas is the darling of the court, her place secured by being the second of the dead King and Queen’s children. With a noble heart and gentle air, people part like the sea before her path. Her grey eyes mirror the clouds above her beloved kingdom, with a sharpness that glints like a knife in the dark. She has everything she never wanted, and three people who allow her to call Yalkasana her home, her twin brother, her falcon, and her life long friend.

The Prince (He/Him):

- Hylens Yalkansanas is the people’s sword and shield, his place secured by being the first born of the dead King and Queen’s children. He is valiant and brave, an aspiration for every guard and soldier in the kingdom. His grey eyes mirror the cold metal of his father’s sword, with a softness of the clouds above them all. He cradles his duty with the awkwardness of someone being handed a babe as the parent walks away without a word. But still, he holds it steady, there is no one else to hand it off to anymore.

The Diplomat (They/Them):

- Morn Lyfes is the first, and youngest, Elven diplomat to walk in Yalkasana in over a century. What an honor. What a burden. A clear-sighted and fire-eyed beauty with a light footstep. They were born in bloodshed, raised in ruin, and came of age in the restoration of their kingdom. They are the closest anyone in Yalkasana will ever get to seeing a star.

The Healer (He/She/They):

- Rhayen Thurm is a steady and well reputable healer in the castle. One of a dozen, almost completely interchangeable with the rest, aside from their close relationship to the princess. With hair as white as their gloves and eyes red like rubies, they stand out with their mediocre skills and status. Their smile is soft, despite having a twist like they know what kind of stuff your spirit is made of before you even speak.

The Baker (He/She/They):

- Gullen Wasy is a cook in the castle. Their mother was incredibly skilled, but died with the plague before she had the chance to teach them her secrets. Now they feed the servants of the castle, and occasionally get to help with feasts or parties when any extra pair of hands with even half a wit will do. They are stubbornly kind and well-meaning despite how much trouble it always gets them in.

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[[Build the story with a multitude of choices ranging from who to murder to who to date. There will be choices in sex, gender, sexuality, background, morals, skills, and personality.

I am working on: Chapter One as of 10/19/24 and plan to have it published before 01/01/25 as the demo.

There are twenty chapters planned, but they'll be separated into three arcs to make the game load easier on Twine as I write them.

I might have a second book/sections of arcs, but I'll cross the bridge when I get to it.

Any questions or suggestions are welcome, most of my posts until I drop the demo will be art of the ROs/Friends and world building history/tidbits that I think is cool but cannot find a way to fit into the story organically. Full disclosure, I am a senior in college right now and work a part time job while also doing research, so while I have full plans to finish this book/game, it will be slow going on progress until I graduate. Most deadlines will be tentative, but I fully intend to meet them.]]

[hungerpunch]

need a version of this

that is photoshopped to say "i speak for the midwest" bc one thing about me is that i will extol the virtues of the american midwest

which is comprised of states belonging to both the great lakes region and the great plains region. the cradle between salt-coast empires. often mocked, derided, and maligned even though the nation relies on us to provide its current way of life, even though we boast boundless natural beauty, even though we maintain bastions of art and culture, even though we have sent many forth to become known on the world's stage for their talent, skill, or intellect.

i am the (lo)rax and i speak for the midwest. and i won't stop speaking for the midwest until every self-styled academic, every self-professed progressive, every self-identified intellectual stops looking down their nose at us as if the white supremacist engine of genocidal colonization and everything that came after, including and perhaps especially the rise of those salt-coast metropolises, did not have a hand in shaping everything you pity or resent us for. as if those same qualities, features, or aspects cannot be found under your very own nose where you are. as if the machines of your wealthy empires do not actively, still to this day, work hard to make us misunderstand each other.

[strawbhat]

05-10-24

NOTHING BURGER ASS DAY!!! i cnacelled my plans ehehe., seasonal depression getting my ass im realising omfg.

anyway! i helped my friend clean up her place and she handed over the keys! im actually very sad she lives so far now T_T my lyfe is so hard.. imn gonna miss her a lot! its gonna be weirddd cause i usually see her like 3 timnes a week but that will go down loaaads now. MY SOCIALISATION!

when i got back i ordered chicken burger :3 ehehe it was SOO YUMMY i was craving chicken and gravy sooo bad annd i ate so much ( i fel sooo sick now tho). PAYDAY MEANS AWFUL DECISIONS BEING MADE!!

i've been thinking. i used to take such joy in fashion and dressing up but ive become so stagnant. i wanna get some super cute second hand clothes that match my current style because all my wardrobe is pink and i cant handle it rn. IMN EMOOOO. i also want a tattoo soo bad ITS BEEN A WHOLE YEAR! bu t i am brokiez. and i have so much i wanna get that the decision is overwhelming. one of my fav artists moved to a city nearish me so i want another piece from her!! my favourite tattoo i have is from her (2 headed calf) . imn still in awe of it and its been like 2 yrs, her dynamic line weight is so fucking crazy im obsessed. actually i lied thats my objective favourite but spiritual fav is of course ROSIEEEE my baby girl!! i need to get back on the crossing grind but my switch is broken slightly and my island is so decorated it lasg soo bad

i m going to sleep now (LIE. ITS SIMS TIME!!!)

song of the day:

Night Aviation (The Interpretation of Dreams) by GWSN. objectively the best kpop song ever made and im not just saying that.

[omegaremix]

Omega Radio for March 9, 2019; #189.

Surfbort “Les Be In Love”

All Dogs “Buddy”

Mega Bog “Marianne”

Big Ups “Fear”

Bangzz “Your Boyfriend Is Really Bringing You Down”

Wall “Fit The Part”

The Feel “You’re Around”

Being Dead “Apostles’ Prom”

Tunic “Boss”

Bee Bee Sea “This Dog Is The King Of Losers”

Grim Streaker “Freak Child”

Annabel Lee “Hi Hi Hi”

Thick “Lyfe”

Duchess Says “Rabies (Baby’s Got The…)”

Warbly Jets “Propaganda”

My Teenage Stride “Drenched In Blood And Flesh In Tatters”

Public Practice “Foundation”

Nazca Plate “Blotter”

Doe “Team Spirit”

Slow Mass “Suburban Yellow”

Thanks For Coming “underboxesbehinddoors...”

Cattle “Caring”

Nilufer Yanya “In Your Head”

Richard Vain “Digital”

Illiterate Light “Two Cats”

The Royal They “Sludgefucker”

Rye Pines “Icebox”

Surfbort “Pretty Little Fucker”

Sharkmuffin “I Called You From The Moon” (acoustic demo)

SWMRS “Broadcast This”

Current Affairs “Breeding Feeling”

Shady Bug “Make It Up”

VV Torso “Blood”

Water From Your Eyes “You Never Admit You Could Do Better”

Deluxe post-punk, d.i.y., and city sounds

[cyberninjax3648-studios]

Experimental Projects

I have three experimental projects I work on every now and then on Godot, though now I am working far more on one of them. All of these are "experimental" because they are using features I haven't made or used. It doesn't necessarily mean no one else has used them though.

FALL OF SYNVARMRIYA

First is my current project: Fall of Synvarmriya. Based in the perspective of a young alien woman in an failing alien universe it is an adventure RPG created nearly entirely out of polygons and utilizing them for full on cutscenes. Also includes a font created specifically for an alien language. Plans for it also include an interesting RPG battling system inspired by UNDERTALE and SUPERHOT [Yet to be made], multi-stat based health, including the difference between cuts and beats* and energy depending on breathing and music sung with an alien language.

"MOTHERBOARD"^

Stylized as "MOTHER=BOARD" Second is a project based on the space station for the company, Lyfe in the perspective of a recently soul-bound AI. It really utilizes the viewport by having you play on multiple fronts: Top-down bullet-hell, side-scrolling Metroidvania and city-building battling strategy all in the form of a computer surveillance system. Plans include all three of these modes connecting each other: Talk to and protect Humans physically Unlock rooms and fight against virus attacks virtually Send attacks and manage fortifications and power through the map. The project has already been designed with a custom window border, "tooltip" system as well as investigation dialogue and multi-directional door teleporting.

CYBERSOULS^

Finally, there is CyberSouls which is based in the building of the company CyberComplex in the perspective of a freelance programmer. It is a horror It uses a character-based positional UI and includes following characters, multi-room maps and an attempt to make ladders. And as you might notice [maybe] is that it uses the darkness coupled with lighting and shadow. Also includes some experimentation with wall-climbing/jumping.

It might be a little dark...

So those are some of the things I'm working on. Even if I push Fall of Synvarmriya for later, there's still two other projects to work on. Nevertheless, there is much work to do for FoS. See y'all and God bless ya!

-All of these projects are at least loosely related to F:CD lore and is within the same multiverse`.

*Not as good as Just Shapes and Beats. ^Both closely related to FIREWALL: Cyber Defense lore. `Seems extreme to call it a multiverse when there's only three.