#Virtual World Building

[flying-reptile]

low poly tree #1 - basic

[invisiblestation]

[aprito]

sasosaku month Day 16: “This isn’t listed in the job description!” “No, but it is STRONGLY IMPLIED!” | Role Reversal

Old 2014 AU where Naruto and Sasuke died at VoTE so Sakura kind of goes feral, starts injecting freaky shit into herself and convinces little Sunan children to help her do the same to unsuspecting shinobi. smh

[theviridianbunny]

WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD

Chucking first attempt at creating an "unplugged" Viridian for my AU "glitch in the matrix" here - her design looks a little diffrent to how I first intended (ugh um - little quick ddoodle and notes can be found here) .. just because you can only push cp2077 so far-!!! I plan to make another variantion in TS4 - or through drawing the design-!!! ) more shots to come soon (along with a few attempts are recreating stills from the film~) I'm having so much fun with this AU already -!!!

[onionhaseyeoo]

⭐️⭐️Virtual Angel’s Guide to the Hollows~⭐️⭐️

(Mod disclaimer: Yes i did take a lot of inspiration from the game Zenless Zone Zero, i love the idea/concept of the game but i also wanted to do a lot of my own stuff with it, also this guide is written as if Virtual Angel (Winter) wrote it, but i wasn’t sure if i should have posted it on that account or this, so i went with this one.. i’m so sorry for any typos..)

Hello!~ This is Virtual Angel~ your guide to everything Hollow related!~

What are Hollows you ask? 

Hollows are an apocalyptic-level disaster, an abnormal spherical dimension that appears out of thin air swallowing everything they touch. The internal space-time environment becomes disorderly due to unknown influences, and dangerous mutant creatures known as the "Ethereal" are produced. Ordinary people lost in the Hollows face not only the horror of being attacked by monsters, but have to risk the corruption and eventual mutation.

However, you need not worry! New Moscow has fully mastered the technology to control the Hollow disaster! It even has the ability to extract valuable Ether from the Hollows. New Moscow is a miracle in an age of Hollow disasters, and should be everyone's only choice!

Are Hollows dangerous?

Good question! That depends on who you are.

Are you a member of the Hollow Investigative Association? Haha, then how could your "office" be dangerous!

Are you a Hollow Raider? Then Hollows = TREASURE TROVE~!

Are you an Ethereal? Wow... Then welcome home!

Are you an ordinary citizen? Then please refer to the info below.

What's inside a Hollow?

1. Monsters that attack all foreign living creatures. 

2. An unknown substance that is as ubiquitous as air, with great potential as a resource, but also mysteriously corruptive.

3. Those unlucky enough to be corrupted by the above, slowly mutating and gradually losing their conscious thoughts.

4. Lawless Thugs. Yes, there are criminals in the Hollows. They are literally beyond hopeless.. I mean seriously, you must be insane to actually STAY in a Hollow!

6. aes and personnel of official agencies. The saviors. (Yours truly will explain what aes are soon~)

＝Hollow Survival Tips＝ 

1. Stay where you are. Remember, the space inside a Hollow is disorganized and disordered.

2. Find a safe place and wait for rescue.

3. If you are spotted by an Ethereal, The Corrupted, or other dangers and have to flee, do so in a direction where the air feels easiest to breathe, remember, it’s basically like the back rooms lmao-

4. Please trust the officially accredited Investigators of the Hollow Investigative Association, and do not associate with "ae" or "Hollow Raiders".

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Virtual Angel’s guide to aes~

aes (pronounced like the word “I”), are delusional people who use special avatars to guide those who enter the Hollows. The name is derived from the word “ai”, like artificial intelligence, and the word for oneself “I”, isn’t that genius???

There also exists an website called the Aeternet which is related to the Aes but I’m not sure how much I can say… 

By now, you’re probably wondering “How the flip does V.A (Virtual Angel) know all this about Hollows and Aes if she’s supposed to be from this universe? 

Well, dear reader, that’s where you’re wrong~ I’m not from this world, I’m from New Moscow~ but I can’t say that, that’s a breach of 4th wall~ oh, but I’m already doing that now, aren’t I? Too late to go back now… 

Miss Creator, Ely decided to make me a part of this “Bungou Stray Dogs” world, so she made a document about me as if I was a part of that universe 🤭, but surprise surprise!~~ I’m not! “Quantum Hacking”? lol that’s a BSD explanation of something I can naturally do, but toned down… is that explanation enough? Now let’s continue, shall we?

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Ae information~

⭐️Hollow Guides are what those who use Aes are called. I’m one myself, and yes, I am delusional, but money is money, and being a Hollow Guide pays DOUGH‼️ Since we control our Aes from wherever we’re currently stationed, and our identities are to remain secret, Hollow Guides almost always use call signs, like mine is ‘Virtual Angel’ and my friend’s is ‘Black Swan’!

⭐️Hollow Guides are official personnel of the HIA (Hollow Investigation Agency), only Hollow Guides associated with the HIA can act with pay and without being in government trouble.

⭐️As Hollow Guides complete more missions, we get EXP, experience points like in a video game!~ the more EXP you get, the more well-known and in demand you get, collect enough EXP, and you level up! Currently, level 25 is the max level, there’s only 2 Hollow Guides with that level, and I am THREE levels away from being the 3rd!

⭐️⭐️Thank you for reading, everyone!~~ and remember, contact @virtualangelll on the Aeternet (that’s pronounced “I-ternet”) for any questions or comments!~~

-Virtual Angel signing out!~

[freshfrenchangel]

Expressiveness, grace and power in the simplicity of the body movements.

New post on my Flickr(credits).

[chromatic-corrosion]

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[brilokuloj]

BEHOLD, my totally indulgent Tower Unite blacklight arcade, complete with a custom NPC modeled by yours truly. I am having way too much fun with this game.

[trashcatbuffet]

Some pictures of the Seaviews Cottage (dark edition) from DaD that is on sale today (7/9) for L$75.

[cozeydaily]

Attention

Attention #secondlife #secondlifedecor #virtualphotography

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[lovelylivelyv]

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Perfect segue into self-promo, my friend. Go check out my new video!

[thejaymo]

Emily Short lays out three key challenges for building the geography of interactive fiction worlds:

[1] to build a layout that is easy for the player to understand without extensive mapping, [2] to control access to parts of the geography in a way that sets the desired pace for the game, through puzzles and other design techniques; [3] and to disguise the edges of the map from the player so that [the player] doesn’t feel claustrophobic.

[agentromanoffsir]

neocities guide - why you should build your own html website

do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!

what is neocities?

neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."

why should I make my own website?

web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.

what would I even put on a website?

the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site

getting started: neocities/html guide

sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles

fun stuff to add to your site

want your site to be cool? here's some fun stuff that i've found blinkies-cafe | fantastic blinkie maker! (run by @transbro & @graphics-cafe) gificities | internet archive of 90s/00s web gifs internet bumper stickers | web bumper stickers momg | gif gallery 99 gif shop | 3d gifs 123 guestbook | add a guestbook for people to leave messages cbox | add a live chat box moon phases | track the phases of the moon gifypet | a little clickable page pet adopt a shroom | mushroom page pet tamaNOTchi | virtual pet crossword puzzle | daily crossword imood | track your mood neko | cute cat that chases your mouse pollcode | custom poll maker website hit counter | track how many visitors you have

web revival manifestos & communities

also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience

in conclusion

i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities

[kuromi-hoemie]

I've been hanging out with my manager so much lately !! i usually only talk to her virtually once a week, i am so energized.. i love her 😩

[theviridianbunny]

I'm searching and I'll melt into you

extra shots from my mgs inspired AU (that one day i'll do something with- one day i'll work on it more and flesh out this idea~ !!)

[chronicbitchsyndrome]

so: masking: good, unequivocally. please mask and please educate others on why they should mask to make the world safer for immune compromised people to participate in.

however: masking is not my policy focus and it shouldn't be yours, either. masking is a very good mitigation against droplet-born illnesses and a slightly less effective (but still very good) mitigation against airborne illnesses, but its place in the pyramid of mitigation demands is pretty low, for several reasons:

it's an individual mitigation, not a systemic one. the best mitigations to make public life more accessible affect everyone without distributing the majority of the effort among individuals (who may not be able to comply, may not have access to education on how to comply, or may be actively malicious).

it's a post-hoc mitigation, or to put it another way, it's a band-aid over the underlying problem. even if it was possible to enforce, universal masking still wouldn't address the underlying problem that it is dangerous for sick people and immune compromised people to be in the same public locations to begin with. this is a solvable problem! we have created the societal conditions for this problem!

here are my policy focuses:

upgraded air filtration and ventilation systems for all public buildings. appropriate ventilation should be just as bog-standard as appropriately clean running water. an indoor venue without a ventilation system capable of performing 5 complete air changes per hour should be like encountering a public restroom without any sinks or hand sanitizer stations whatsoever.

enforced paid sick leave for all employees until 3-5 days without symptoms. the vast majority of respiratory and food-borne illnesses circulate through industry sectors where employees come into work while experiencing symptoms. a taco bell worker should never be making food while experiencing strep throat symptoms, even without a strep diagnosis.

enforced virtual schooling options for sick students. the other vast majority of respiratory and food-borne illnesses circulate through schools. the proximity of so many kids and teenagers together indoors (with little to no proper ventilation and high levels of physical activity) means that if even one person comes to school sick, hundreds will be infected in the following few days. those students will most likely infect their parents as well. allowing students to complete all readings and coursework through sites like blackboard or compass while sick will cut down massively on disease transmission.

accessible testing for everyone. not just for COVID; if there's a test for any contagious illness capable of being performed outside of lab conditions, there should be a regulated option for performing that test at home (similar to COVID rapid tests). if a test can only be performed under lab conditions, there should be a government-subsidized program to provide free of charge testing to anyone who needs it, through urgent cares and pharmacies.

the last thing to note is that these things stack; upgraded ventilation systems in all public buildings mean that students and employees get sick less often to begin with, making it less burdensome for students and employees to be absent due to sickness, and making it more likely that sick individuals will choose to stay home themselves (since it's not so costly for them).

masking is great! keep masking! please use masking as a rhetorical "this is what we can do as individuals to make public life safer while we're pushing for drastic policy changes," and don't get complacent in either direction--don't assume that masking is all you need to do or an acceptable forever-solution, and equally, don't fall prey to thinking that pushing for policy change "makes up" for not masking in public. it's not a game with scores and sides; masking is a material thing you can do to help the individual people you interact with one by one, and policy changes are what's going to make the entirety of public life safer for all immune compromised people.