#cg jobs 2021

[sunny-day-jack-official]

So! The demo is finally out! Or, a bit of it is. What’s next?

Let’s run over a few questions, so hopefully everyone is in the loop!

Q: Why is it only a little bit after so long?

A: Development has been all over the place and a big reason is just how difficult it can be to mediate between artists, programmers, writers, etc.. Mental and physical health, personal emergencies, etc.. are also a big part of this— and it wasn’t anticipated that this would eat up so much time.

The original game was planned to have Sauce (presently speaking!) handling a large majority of tasks all at once. So— when health stalled, production stalled.

Of course, healing took a bit of time to. And even now, that’s why so much of the demo is left unfinished. Overall— it wasn’t possible to complete the demo in the same amount of time the original demo was completed because realistically speaking— that was extremely unhealthy and rushed.

Because of that tight deadline, 48 hours to a week, many significant errors or retconned elements made their way into the game. A huge toll was taken that resulted in extreme burnout after. Quality (as can be seen in the CGs) suffered. An emphasis on quality is currently being prioritized, but I can safely say that I am no longer able to work at my original 2021-2022 pace.

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Q: Why are you (Sauce) working alone?

A: At this point in time— we had spent a while working on the GUI and design/function of the game. It is, after all, set to have some pretty hefty features.

Translation and dub settings

Censorship and Softcore modes

A VERY LARGE story map with several endings

An additional “one-shot” story mode wherein every ending you unlock, you then unlock additional content

That takes a lot more planning than we’d anticipated.

How do we make this efficiently run on most systems?

Are we able to make sure that the size of this game is compatible with older devices?

Are the assets optimized? ( A lot of time has gone into re-drawing and working out sprite systems )

What settings are accessibility necessary for impaired players? How do we implement those options?

How do we design a stylish and efficient system?

That was something we had figured originally would be pretty easy to work out! But multiple people here are wearing multiple hats.

The rest of the team is actively working on those portions. But at the moment— we’ve decided to shelve literal art development and scripting (which was where we were hovering for a while) until we got the programming bits truly sorted out.

That leaves little old me! While they worked on this, I’ve been spending time making sure we could serve you a sample of what’s to come. My job is doling out a taste of the narrative, style, etc.. That way, once they’re finished, we can consider any feedback in the implementation of these portions of the game in the final, official build.

Hopefully that makes sense! TL;DR - Everyone’s busy making the important program my bits and designing the menus. So I’ve stepped away to work on this so you all have something to see in the meantime!

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Q: Why are you REBUILDING THE DEMO?

A: The old demo— you’d think it would be easy to patch up. But it’s literally the very first build, sized up and fixed and stitched over. Unfortunately it was an unoptimized mess, even for what it was.

Hopefully a cleaner, more organized build will allow for better gameplay. But the key factor is just a desire for better quality!

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Q: How often will you be uploading new additions?

A: Until all the bugs are fixed and the whole demo is rebuilt. This should be every week or so until then. Once it’s all done, the demo will see a re-release publicly!

In the meantime, please keep in mind bugs may be aplenty— and I personally apologize for this. Demos released are intended to show proof of work— but they may not be the best, most fun experience for narrative-seeking players. It’s advised immersion-prioritizing players wait until the build is fully finished and christened on our steam page!

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Q: Will there be Mac support?

A: I will absolutely try!

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Hopefully that helps give a bit more insight. Unfortunately it’s difficult to articulate everything that’s going on, but we’ll do our best! We’d like to have someone more verbally gifted helping us to write these posts, but until we decide how to go about that, you’re stuck with me.

We’ll do the best we can to answer any questions as clearly as possible. And again— we thank you all for your patience.

Making SDJ was clearly a messier experience than we had considered. It’s been a rollercoaster— and as Sauce speaking, I can actually attribute most of the delays to my own personal health and absence.

That— I am sorry for.

The rest of the team is working very hard to put something together that’s quality. I can promise with my whole heart that they’re doing their best. We’re all just people passionate about this project, and no matter the weather I don’t think it’s ever not on our minds.

I look forwards to putting out a large Kickstarter update soon, detailing our work and more! And I’m excited to open the airways for more and more communication.

But for now— we’ll see you next bug-fixing update.

- Sauce

[satoshi-mochida]

B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA coming west for Switch, PC

From Gematsu

PQube will release MAGES.-developed boy idols visual novel B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA for Switch and PC via Steam in the west, the publisher announced. A release date was not announced.

B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA first launched for Switch on September 30, 2021 in Japan, followed by iOS and Android on February 10, 2022.

Here is an overview of the game, via PQube:

Become the representative of the famous B-Project in this unforgettable idol visual novel. Support a group of 14 idols from their humble beginnings through to stardom. Befriend them, influence their music and help them through their turbulent lives as they follow their dreams.

Sparkling Visual Novel – Full of brightness and color, B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA is a visual novel which follows the lives and careers of the idol group “B-Project.”

Become an Idol A&R – Support these idols towards their dreams in the role of an A&R (Artist & Repertoire) where you are their representative and the expert in their artistic development.

14 Different Idols to Represent – Each with different personalities, likes, and dislikes, but all with the same dream, pick your bias or stan them all.

Original Music – Enjoy exclusive B-Project music, with all the original songs by the very idol boys you represent.

Interactive Mechanics – Your phone is your gateway to nurturing your relationship with the idols, don’t miss your chance to respond to messages and calls!

Voiced and Animated – Voiced by famous seiyuu, let the idols beautiful voices take you away and watch their lively animated reactions.

Endless Magic – With two different possible endings, 14 character epilogues to explore, and many CGs to unlock, the replayability is high.

Sparkling Visual Novel

Put your headphones on and get swept away with this colorful visual novel experience. Do you love boybands, JPop? Have you ever dreamed of being the driving force behind a successful idol group? Well now you can experience it in visual novel form!

Become an Idol A&R

Step into the hardworking role of A&R (Artist & Repertoire) to the talented idol group, B-Project. Take 14 young members under your wing, each with different personalities and struggles. It’s your job to support them, help them grow, and allow them to flourish! Discover the beginnings of the different idol groups—KITAKORE, MooNs, THRIVE, and KiLLER KiNG. Learn about their trainee days and the struggles they faced on the path to success. Follow the story as they join together to become one group, B-Project, and stand on Japan’s brightest stage.

Interactive Mechanics

Your phone is your gateway to nurturing your relationship with the idols. Be sure to keep an eye on it—as responding to messages and answering calls will allow you to better understand the idols under your wing.

Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first English screenshots at the gallery.

Announce Trailer

[kylesvariouslistsandstuff]

Much Ado About MOANA

Say it ain't so!

Walt Disney Pictures is working on a live-action "reimagining" of MOANA that will involve Dwayne Johnson himself, who of course voiced Maui in the original animated feature directed by Ron Clements and John Musker for Walt Disney Animation Studios and released in 2016.

As of now, the movie has three forthcoming extensions: This project, a land at Epcot in Walt Disney World, and an animated series being produced at WDAS (namely its recently-opened Vancouver unit) for Disney+.

I used to grouse to the moon and back about how much I detested much of these particular remakes and reimaginings of Disney's animated features and characters. You know, the ones made in the aftermath of Tim Burton's ALICE IN WONDERLAND throughout the 2010s, and even into now. I used to see them as something of a threat to animation's reputation, and they all came at us fast! MALEFICENT in 2014, CINDERELLA in 2015, THE JUNGLE BOOK (a largely CGI movie with one live actor and maybe like, 5 real-life plants) and ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS in 2016, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST in 2017, and a five-finger-punch of DUMBO, ALADDIN, THE LION KING, a MALEFICENT sequel, and LADY AND THE TRAMP in 2019... And then MULAN in 2020, CRUELLA in 2021, and PINOCCHIO this past year. Mixed in with these movies were a genuine new take on hybrid film PETE'S DRAGON and a legacy sequel to MARY POPPINS, MARY POPPINS RETURNS. Even Burton's ALICE, which got this whole ball rolling, was pretty much its own thing, ditto the 2016 sequel.

On the horizon? PETER PAN & WENDY, THE LITTLE MERMAID, SNOW WHITE, MUFASA: THE LION KING, BAMBI, THE SWORD IN THE STONE, a JUNGLE BOOK sequel, THE ARISTOCATS, ROBIN HOOD, THE CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN (which the 1985 animated feature THE BLACK CAULDRON was adapted from), THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, HERCULES, and LILO & STITCH. Now MOANA joins the ranks, the first all-CG animated Disney film to get the "live-action" treatment.

That's a ton of remakes in the span of almost 10 years, if we peg the actual start of this trend with 2014's MALEFICENT.

I think I've only seen... ALICE IN WONDERLAND, and THE JUNGLE BOOK, in full. I refused to watch the others. Back then it was out of protest and me just genuinely not being interested, nowadays? It's just the latter. These things aren't for me, and that's okay I guess. They haven't erased animation, nor did other recent "realistic" takes on animated classics, such as the 2017 GHOST IN THE SHELL movie with Scarlett Johansson. It hit me one day at my cinema job when THE LION KING was released. The Cinemark that I work at used to have a cart for movie merchandise, including things like T-shirts and Funko Pops and such. Most of the merchandise for the remakes that came out that year? Were for the animated originals... (I use the word loosely, but... You know what I mean!) I'd say it was an 85/15 ratio. Some stuff for the new remake, but mostly stuff for the classic animated movies that inspired them... It hit me... These are just over-glorified theatrical re-releases of the animated classics, made to move some merch and stuff at your local Hot Topic. It's kind of a weird transition from the way Disney used to keep their films in the public eye, whether it was a re-release cycle from the 1940s up until the mid-1990s, or their video releases being available for a limited time before being retired to the infamous "Disney Vault" (a ruthless marketing strategy thankfully put to rest with the arrival of Disney+ in 2019).

But in 2017-ish, I remember just being so goddamn grumpy about these things. Made worse by various directors, actors, and producers involved with the remakes making disparaging remarks about the classic movies for being... Well... **Animated**. Imagine that! The director of live-action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST declared that filming that story with real people gave it layers of psychological depth and nuance or some such bullshit. An actor on ALADDIN said almost verbatim the same exact thing. Disney stressed that their LION KING remake wasn't animated, even though the entire thing except a single shot was computer generated and "animated"! Then of course, several folks involved with the remakes making up nonsense about the princesses and heroines in the originals. We're seeing that now, even, with THE LITTLE MERMAID. Though these particular remarks about classic Disney heroines are nothing new, they remain nonetheless a bit irritating and proof that media literacy is lacking in many people. Then again, we do live in a world where people constantly parrot nonsense like "Batman is a rich guy who beats up poor people" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is about being bullied until you're useful to your bullies."

Some people just don't pay attention to what they watch, do they?

But really, the remakes come, make a lot of noise, often times make a crapton of money at the box office... And then they just... Disappear. Like, it was insisted that BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 2017 fixed the plot holes of the 1991 movie and was "darker", more "adult", whatever- Uhhh, I don't really feel its presence anymore, whereas the 1991 animated movie directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale? Still here, still beloved, still holds up. I guess you could not outmode the dumb ol' kiddie cartoon, now could you? All that "darker" and "more psychology" talk is gimmicks at best, and most folks just kinda watch 'em because they saw the originals... and then that's it. It's a movie, it's a thing, it exists. You got what was on the tin: It's [insert Disney movie here], all over again!

This all being said... Now the CG movies are fair game, and possibly Pixar's some time in the future. It ain't just the 2D movies they're going after anymore. Look at Universal, they're readying a HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON live-action movie for 2025 with Dean DeBlois himself - director of all three of the animated DreamWorks HTTYD movies - at the helm! It's either going to be a straight-up live-action version of the DreamWorks adaptation released back in 2010, or it's going to be a whole new take on Cressida Cowell's book series. I hope it's the latter, honestly, then I might give it my attention.

To this day, many rightfully concerned folks still feel that these live-action/photorealistic remakes insult pure animation. Pure animation as in, animation that KNOWS it's animated. Straight-up cartoon or abstract. That Hollywood sees animated movies as but a "stepping stone" to superior live-action, but really... What I see is this... Money. People love an animated movie or show? Money. How many different coats of paint can we put on the car?

Some are asking... Why not just a MOANA sequel?

The weird thing about that is, Ron Clements and John Musker left Disney Animation. They were last seen developing a METAL MEN movie for Warner Animation Group. Of course, the directors being off on a new adventure doesn't mean anything in capitalism, Disney could plow ahead with a MOANA sequel if they wanted to. But they choose not to at the moment, only this and a D+ series. Kind of keeping in line with a history of not really making sequels in-house, and the days of outsourced direct-to-video fare has been loooooong over. (The remakes are often compared to the DTV sequels of the '90s and '00s, and for good reason. They're little more than brand extensions, and you can ex 'em out of the equation if you so choose to do so. Disney EU or Disney "Elseworlds" if you will...)

But what's actually seemingly upsetting is that... In the past few months, on the year of Disney's 100th anniversary... Most of the movie announcements have been nothing but continuations and brand extensions. They also serve as a nice distraction from needless layoffs, but yes... The big announcements have been things like TOY STORY 5, FROZEN III, ZOOTOPIA 2, Live-Action MOANA, etc. etc.

However, one ought to look closer. In-between all the franchisey stuff and synergetic things, there's still original movies being made... Like, there's not only 20th Century Studios continuing to make new live-action movies that aren't remakes or re-dos or new adaptations of books (y'all seen THE MENU and BARBARIAN last year? Great stuff! Highly recommended.), but you still have Pixar. From March 2020 to March 2022? Four straight original animated movies: ONWARD, SOUL, LUCA, TURNING RED. After spin-off LIGHTYEAR, we're getting ELEMENTAL in two months, ELIO in spring 2024, and presumably many more on the horizon.

Oh, but ELEMENTAL looks "mid", you say? "A parody of Pixar"? Or whatever else is being mindlessly parroted at the moment? Whatever, I don't know what to say to that, but like it or not, a movie like ELEMENTAL is the rare original movie from Disney, a small island in a sea of remakes, Marvel, and Star Wars. Ditto ELIO, and again, whatever is in the works after that that isn't a sequel.

And of course, Walt Disney Animation Studios, who have all but abandoned literary adaptations outside of public domain fairy tales, keeps up with original stuff, too. After releasing no new movies in 2017, two back-to-back sequels from 2018-2019 and taking 2020 off due to COVID-19 complications, they hit us with RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, ENCANTO, and STRANGE WORLD. Next up is WISH, also an original story, despite the weird way it was presented and reported on at D23. Whatever releases after that, I do not know, but FROZEN III and ZOOTOPIA 2 aren't the only things in development there. Plus, they have partnered with Nigerian upstart studio Kugali to make an original show for Disney+ called IWAJU.

Much like the reception ELEMENTAL is getting online, a movie that isn't even out yet, a lot of the recent WDAS output and what's next is just being written off... But it's all there, it's original, it's a mere morsel of something coming out of the company that seems to be all about them brands. I'm not blaming audiences specifically for, say, STRANGE WORLD's epic floppage this past holiday season, buuuuut- Those numbers are looked at, and they possibly bring about consequences.

I do get the worries, though. Under former CEO Bob Chapek, we saw Pixar's originals post-ONWARD all go straight to streaming while franchise entry LIGHTYEAR hit the big screen... and lost money. WDAS movies had a hard time, too. RAYA did a day-and-date thing with Disney+ before most of the vaccine rollout, ENCANTO dealt with Delta and Omicron before being a huge hit at home, STRANGE WORLD was straight up left for dead after testing very poorly.

With Bob Iger back in charge, Chapek's strong pivot to streaming is being reversed, as it's being realized that streaming is not the be-all end-all of the movie world. And sharp eyes knew it never would be, either, but you know how things go in capitalism: New thing shows up, abandon everything for the new thing! Disaster! Hey, that's how hand-drawn animated features prematurely got the boot circa 2001. Anyways- Yes, Iger rearranged a lot of things, and now the release strategies and marketing campaigns are back in the hands of the studios and creatives, and I'm pretty sure that there's an effort, a commitment to make ELEMENTAL the first Pixar box office success in four years. That's right, the last Pixar movie to make its money back at the box office was... TOY STORY 4... Back in 2019... And you wonder why a fifth one was greenlit?

I'd imagine Iger saw how Chapek and co mandated Pixar to send TURNING RED straight to streaming, and knew what to do from there. Ditto how, on the WDAS front, STRANGE WORLD was just straight up abandoned. TURNING RED probably would've made ENCANTO or BAD GUYS numbers at best, which wouldn't have been enough for its hefty budget (Pixar needs to stop overspending on these things), but I wonder what's in store for ELEMENTAL. Few animated movies post-2020 have passed the $100m threshold domestically, and I feel that is due to how many trips to the movies families can afford a year. (Say the line, Kyle: In 2014, statistics showed that the average American family goes to the movies four times a y-) It's opening amidst a ton of blockbusters and other animated family movies, including Disney's own LITTLE MERMAID, and the fifth INDIANA JONES movie. Maybe movies should just be more affordable? And theaters, better places to sit down and see a movie? I can see why many just don't go anymore, again, having worked at a theater for 7 1/2 years (and ready to move on to something better).

Or better yet, Pixar and WDAS need not spend more than $150m on the movies that they make. DreamWorks, Illumination, Sony, et al. put out dynamic-looking movies that are rewriting the CG animation book for way less, WDAS and Pixar should probably consider that. Leave the tech-flexing to things like that LION KING remake and prequel, let their animated movies experiment and have fun again. But even movies they don't seem to be flexing tech cost so much. Why, though? I know in California, these things are expensive, but DreamWorks is based out of California, too. I guess that Moonray software they themselves created and other solutions have gotten their movies to cost less than $100m each time out. Well, WDAS opened their Vancouver unit, so maybe they can up them to feature status? Like they did with the defunct Florida unit way back when? Split the effort with Vancouver, lower the cost? I dunno, just spit-balling here.

Basically, I don't want ELEMENTAL and WISH to come up short at the box office. Or any of the original stuff coming out, period. Again, WDAS, Pixar, and 20th Century/Searchlight are like Disney's last outlets for that kind of stuff on the movie end of things. 20th is fine and good, because in small-scale live-action, most of the time the studios know how to be smart with budgets. $150m budgets make the average WDAS and Pixar movie a risk, that they have to get on the stage and essentially perform like a Marvel movie just to break even! That's a lot to ask of an original animated movie! And not even the WDAS name nor the Pixar name can guarantee people will show up, both have had their fair share of flops. And now, judging by how ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA is doing, the Marvel name ain't a guarantee anymore either. Ditto Star Wars, remember how SOLO just sorta existed at the box office and lost a lot of money? TV and elsewhere is a different story, of course, there's plenty of original stuff to choose from there.

MOANA Live-Action is likely being made to fund the fun cool stuff, much in the same way sequels help fund originals. They... Pay the bills, shall we say.

In other words, I'm just indifferent. Whatever. Tell me more about the original stuff coming out, and you'll have my ear.

[cadybear420]

My thoughts on the 2022 Choices releases so far

Even though it's long past 2022, I still wanna do one for its books I was active that year. Not for 2021 though, since I was still very new to the app starting in that year. I am currently working on a masterlist for all Choices books though.

Some of these books, I have not fully read or caught up with yet, but I'm still providing my opinion on what I anticipate for them.

Surrender

I'll put this as briefly as I can. They try to push the story as being about a MC who escapes a toxic partner and rediscovers herself through BDSM. Except the love interest in question Reagan is toxic towards her from Day Fucking One. And the writers say it wouldn't make sense for MC to dom right away, except they had no problem making her want to be Reagan's sub right away.

Ms. Match

The MC and LI's banter was fun, but other than that, this one was really forgettable and flavorless.

Untameable

Nope nope nope. This book was just so empty and filled with forcing high stakes where there are none. Kit has zero personality to me, and the only thing that makes the romance "forbidden" is that Austin will throw a baby temper tantrum once he finds out.

It wasn't even the "dumb fun smut" kind of bad that TNA 1 was. It was just... nothing. Heck, it didn't even feel all that smutty outside of like those CGs. No idea why it got a sequel but hey, Unbridled so far seems like it will be much better.

Crimes of Passion

This one was alright. The MC's character and their dynamic with Trystan was certainly very refreshing to the usual Choices formulas. And the story was interesting enough. But besides that, I found it overall mostly lukewarm and there wasn't much that stood out to me.

The Princess Swap

It's exactly what it was on the title, and I think it did that job alright. A little more effort could have gone into it but it was still a sweet and fun little "Prince and the Pauper" story.

The Cursed Heart

This one was alright. I certainly could have done without Kieran's more abusive behaviors, but it was otherwise a pretty solid story. Definitely one of those books that's much more interesting when played as anything other than wlm.

And I think we can all agree that this one is visually just gorgeous. The backgrounds, the outfits, etc.

The Nanny Affair 3

This one has to be the worst of the 3 Nanny Affair books. The whole drama with Addison reads like an r/AmITheAsshole post made for validation purposes. And the Jenny/Aditya plotline was so blatantly a proxy affair so that PB could have that accidental pregnancy plot that they couldn't have with Sam and MC. Cause let's be real, they totally would have had Sam knock up MC at the gala in Book 1 if not for the fact that they're GOC.

But I'll give them one thing though. This is probably the first and only book I have ever seen that allowed a female character (MC in particular) to penetrate her male LI's bootyhole. Yes kiddies, in the first smut scene in Ch 1, you get an option to play with Sam's ass, and they describe you slipping a finger between his cheeks. Sucks that we're still waiting for some proper cheek-clapping one and a half years later though.

Immortal Desires

This one was pretty fun. Definitely another one where playing anything but wlm (well, 100% wlm) will be a more interesting experience.

I don't think it's quite as brilliant as Bloodbound, story-wise. Though one thing it does do better than BB is not being pointlessly genderlocked. That being said, it does have a sequel coming soon. So it's not exactly complete enough to be fully compared.

Murder at Homecoming

Definitely one of the better, if not the best, release of 2022. The story is a bit linear, but it works. And I do love how they incorporated queer themes into the story, like with how your MC can talk about (if any) their own queer experience and how romantic dialogue with Tyler changes if your MC is male or enby to talk about how he used to think he was straight.

My only real problem is that it didn't feel like Perdita had as much importance in the story as the writers clearly wanted her to have, and that made it harder to get invested in it. That being said, I think not learning what really happened to her was a fairly nuanced ending and while I'd love a sequel to the story, having us find out what really happened would be a major disservice to that nuance.

The Phantom Agent

Ohhhh this one is such a guilty pleasure for me. I'm a total sucker for secret agent/spy stories and James Bond-esque stuff and this one was great for that. Is it one of their best-made stories? No. But it's certainly a very refreshing and enjoyable one.

Also props to this for being probably the only GOC-LI romance story I've ever seen where the wlm version is actually refreshing for once. It especially shows with the interactions with characters like Nurse Lou and Alexis Reid, but Agent Grey and even Rowan have a few good moments too.

Slow Burn

This one was such a dissappointment holy god. It's just 95% helping out a bunch of randos with their restaurants and MC barely gets to do any actual cooking.

[tigerlyla-of-metinna]

Please tell us more about this game you are working on! I saw some pics on google images and they looks so different from the art you post here. Why is that?

(PS. I'm not a horndog (hehe), just genuinely curious.

.... not a horndog, eh anon?

Like I told the previous anon (was that you?), I work as a CG artist so I don't make the game -that's the developer. I merely color the line arts which explains why the style is different. Those on google images are the old styles: new scenes have vastly improved and so the old CG's are getting reworked to match the current style of line and coloring. A few of these reworked scenes I do both the lines and colors.

The studio handles the PR but there are a some vids of the game on youtube. Here is one I like because it doesn't spoil the content and it also briefly mentions the team (including my alias). This is 2021 or early 2022 (I'm not sure) so the images are from the old style and not the HD overhaul.

Ok, enough about my job!

I wanna get back to posting Witcher/Nilfgaard stuff T_T. The next ask better be about witcher!

[leos-regression-cove]

I posted 1,164 times in 2022

That's 972 more posts than 2021!

216 posts created (19%)

948 posts reblogged (81%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 921 of my posts in 2022

Only 21% of my posts had no tags

#agere fic inspo - 396 posts

#sfw agere - 148 posts

#agere blog - 137 posts

#fandom agere - 134 posts

#sfw little blog - 129 posts

#agere little - 129 posts

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#irl want - 120 posts

#fluff - 115 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#my warrior cat oc (i never read the books but my friends did so i played along) was a corpse stitched together that could revive dead stuff

My Top Posts in 2022:

(Read more because they're all long essays)

#5

This post is a shoutout to the littles with facial and body hair because yall are so underrated and cute omg.

This is about the messy littles who get food in their facial hair.

This is about the little ones who love the special attention when someone brushes their beard.

This is about the littles who get their fuzzy legs and backs pet.

For the littles who let their cg help with shaving.

For the littles who want to do it themselves because they're a big kid.

For those just growing in a patchy mustache for the first time and keep coming up to show their Cg or friends how cool it is.

Your hair is part of you and it's adorable!

58 notes - Posted June 25, 2022

#4

My role as a regressor is the little sibling who learned to talk and hasn't shut up since and who learned to walk and now can't stop moving.

The toddler who isn't potty trained yet but wants to hold your hand and walk around an art gallery and patiently critique the pieces.

The little one who laughs too loud at the silliest things and doesn't know the right measuring cup for what you're baking.

The little who's trying to use a pull toy on playground bark instead of hard wood or cement.

The baby who gets belly raspberries and kicks their legs.

The one who makes their big sibling feel proud to be a big sibling.

That's my job as a little.

98 notes - Posted August 8, 2022

#3

A Proposal

107 notes - Posted January 15, 2022

#2

I saw this really nice post about how in a lot of posts, financial responsibility for a little is touted as the mark of a good Caregiver; how that idea is materialistic, not the best way to express affection, and generally not a sustainable option for caregivers. (Points I totally agree with)

Obviously I get why this is such a common tip, children aren't given financial freedom and rely on caregivers to pay for toys and stuff. Just because gifts ARE your love language, or little items DO help you regress, doesn't mean you need to put that on your carer.

Here are some nice alternatives where there is minimal to no financial burden on caregivers:

What Littles can do:

If you're very very close with your caregiver, you can always ask for them to hold your wallet or money for you (just make sure you count it up and keep track!)

If you're not as close, hand them the money before you get up to the cash register after you know what you want to buy.

Simply take them shopping with you. Pay for your own things (like a big kid!), but have CG's help pick out your toys or gear. (You can even do this online with a share-screen feature!)

Make a wish-list or Christmas-list! Go through Amazon, seasonal catalogues, or even actual stores and just window shop together! You don't need to buy anything.

You can buy materials for a project while big, and just assemble it with your carer. Even if things don't turn out, you'll have made something together. (This is especially nice with food!)

What Caregivers can do:

make your little a picture :) Everyone, little or carer, enjoys a hand-made piece, even if it's just a little doodle you made in five minutes.

Go to the library or check out some stories to read together next time.

If you do want to surprise your little, you can check with relatives, friends, and neighbors for toys (you'd probably be surprised how many cousins or aunts or friends' parents are trying to get rid of old toys and will be willing to give you Lego and Barbie sets for cheap or free)

Thrift stores are wonderful, too, and create a treasure-hunt environment which is also more of a fun experience for the both of you. Many times, you'll probably leave only having spent gas money and some time.

But of course, life is not about stuff. Being little is not about stuff.

If you're having trouble finding caregiver advice or activities that are wallet-friendly, I'd highly suggest looking into minimalist or DIY/nature centric childhood lifestyles like Montessori or Waldorf (even if you don't agree with the philosophies).

I could go on and on about how these concepts can be adapted for littles, especially littles on a budget, but I won't for now. But they can be really helpful in creating a child-like lifestyle and atmosphere that is cheap and still stimulating enough for regressors while still making a warm and nostalgic environment. (They can also be subtle). So if you're a little or caregiver on a budget, it might be nice to look into those.

The point is: You have options.

Regression does not need to be expensive for caregivers or littles.

You don't need to spend a billion dollars on these things.

Regression is a therapeutic tactic and a hobby, and it does not need to be one only open to the financially well-off.

136 notes - Posted May 30, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Taking care of a small group of littles and being a caregiver for them is such a cute concept;

Setting up a quilt in the sun outside as a safe space if they're tired or want a break. It's littered with various toys and a couple of picture books. But the lazy sunshine makes everyone happy and we're all working together in the garden.

Perhaps there's a baby in my lap, helping me put dirt into the garden beds, getting their hands dirty as they play.

Maybe a toddler is running around helping with watering the plants or helping me poke the seeds into the ground.

Possibly, there's an older kid who's a little bit more independent with their own game going on. They play on the swing and build fairy houses. I hand them a bowl and they collect flowers and other plants to put in their mysterious mixture of "medicine"/"perfume".

168 notes - Posted March 5, 2022

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I picked up A Journey to Love again, even though I wanted to wait a little longer so I wouldn't be tempted to go into the tags while people were still complaining about the ending. I've managed to dodge most details so far, after all. But every other show I started from my backlog, the main character is an idiot.

I start LORD Critical World over again, because I only watched the first episode or two before, and yeah I remembered the main character is a charlatan but apparently he is also a complete moron. It's like... if Naruto was in a C-drama and played by a handsome 20-something, but it's still season one Naruto on the experience and intellect and annoyingness level.

Then I decide to play Miss the Dragon during work, because it's better to play something I've already seen so I can pay attention to work and not the plot, right? But the main character in that is also an idiot, this time in the innocent maiden variety. Like, I remember the first lifetime was rough and the later ones were more interesting (this is one of those shows where the heroine endures multiple lifetimes of suffering for love), but I forgot it was this bad. Also the CG dragon is not as handsome as the ones in Love Between Fairy and Devil or Back From the Brink or even Eternal Love (the dragon angle was wasted on that show, absolutely wasted). I did redo the scoring on Miss the Dragon a little because I forgot how much I enjoyed the music, but the show itself and the main character are worse than I remembered.

AND THEN I start Stand By Me (2021- the Dream of Chang'an one), because of my newly enhanced appreciation of Cheng Yi. Xuan Lu is in it and she's fantastic so far. So I want to know what's up with the emperor and the Ziyi Court or whatever they're called but again, the main character is awful, just absolutely short-sighted and stupid and annoying. Also, this is like the fourth "young girl's family is killed in a plot and she grows up to get revenge but falls in love with the killer(?)" story I've started, the second one with amnesia as a major plot point, and it's the worst of the lot. I was praying for the "MC's friend gets killed and she stops being so willful because the Stakes are Now Real for her personally" arc, because it's sure to come, this show is trotting out the tropes like they're inbred colts on Derby Day, but I don't know, I'm already soured on this show. I don't know if Cheng Yi can save it for me.

So I don't know how much more of these main characters I can take, especially since I recently watched The Moon Brightens for You and I'm still in pain from that. And like, I can deal with some purposefully unwise characters- Back From the Brink, Love Between Fairy and Devil, Heroes, Mysterious Lotus Casebook (also a Zeng Shunxi character- the man is developing a Type)- and if your character is stupid or unwise, but not annoying, I can deal with it. But if they are stupid AND annoying, I get a headache and start writing bad reviews.

I could never do this for a job. How do drama reviewers keep their sanity?

[starswallowingsea]

I'm scheduling this out for when this ends just because I knowwwwww I'm gonna forget to do this but here's an explanation of everything!

Starting with the comic by the pop team epic guy because that's the "most normal" thing on this list. There is a comic called Ensembukubuku Stars done in the same art style as PTE and it releases twice a month related to recent game events.

Here's a sample from the main story, which also segues into our next one!

Guy who lived in a basement his whole life and crawls in the vents! That would be Mayoi Ayase, whose introduction happens after the characters hear him scuttling around in the vents above them. He also made hand and footholds around the building to help him get to the vents. Guys who have severe anxiety and purple hair and sharp teeth.

The vampire characters are also pretty easy to guess if you've seen any art of them, especially that Rei card from Resurrection Sunday. They have a chronic illness that manifests similar to vampirism (weak to sunlight, low iron, have more energy at night). Rei also has a coffin that he keeps at the school to sleep in and it's now used by BandBB club as a storage area.

Scifi version of the main story was actually an April Fools event in 2021 called Endless Vide/Endless Coda. It's a dream Hokuto had about Eichi moving ES to space and making everyone into clones that can fight endlessly for entertainment in space mechas. You'll see a lot of people talk about this as a serious AU though, especially fans of RinNiki. You can watch Endless Vide on youtube here!

Character who is an ex-god would be Kanata Shinkai, who was raised as a living god of the Shinkai cult. Other characters like Madara Mikejima and Souma Kanzaki were previously also involved in the cult, though Madara has been working to take it down. Madara also has some uh. Really fun lore we'll hit in a second here. Before we get to that have a Kanata. Also read Meteor Impact if you'd want to know more. No the trigger warnings are not a joke.

This CG of Kanata is from a scout story called a Myriad of Colors and Flowers, which is Madara's White Day scout. In the story, Madara has planted a flower field for Kanata and blown off one of his juniors in the track and field club, Mitsuru Tenma. Mitsuru is upset by this still a year later and runs into Madara's sister, Maguro, who convinces Mitsuru to get back at Madara. The way that they do this is by uh. Luring Madara (and Kanata by extension due to some other things) to the flower field and then planting landmines that will explode and scare them. Knowing Maguro and Madara's family history and strained relationship, it is not entirely out of the question that Maguro was trying to kill Madara. Maguro also buried herself in the ground to keep an eye on them because her wheelchair is too conspicuous in the flower field without any trees or anything for cover. Madara's CG below is him revealing his sister in the ground.

The orders not to kill (among other things) and the dropping people in a jungle to prevent them from participating in a competition are from the same set of events. The orders run across every part of the SS Arcs or Main Story 2 and range from "Must participate in every job for your unit" to "Do not kill anyone" to "Don't eat foods with gluten in them" (Mayoi, Kohaku, and Niki's orders respectively). Most of these are only punished by fines except for the leaders' secret orders for every unit* which have unique punishments. That's a post for another time though.

As for the jungle, that's from the very first SS Arc called Satellite which features Trickstar and Alkaloid. Trickstar won the previous SS and were given the option to be seeded right away in the main competition rather than compete in the qualifying round, but they chose to do the qualifiers anyway. In order to give the other units in their region, Hokkaido, a chance of moving on, Trickstar was dropped in the middle of a jungle and told to just find their way out. Tatsumi was able to give them help through his own orders, though it wasn't always super specific or great, and he took advantage of them by making sure Alkaloid got the first dibs to show Trickstar jungle survival footage. And also maybe Hokkaido's crabs are just built different.

AND FINALLY the fake out of the poll, the Womb War. This is hugely popular fanon on tumblr but the premise is that Mika Kagehira from Enstars and Suzu Kuromori from Engirls (The original idol training game by Happy Elements that is now defunct) are twins. They met in the light novel and it was remarked upon that they look similar, are about the same age, and have heterochromia. People have speculated that they might be twins, but since heterochromia isn't a genetic condition, they would have had to have developed it in a different way. One of the ways someone can develop heterochromia is by cannibalizing a twin or other sibling in the womb, essentially. And since both Suzu and Mika have heterochromia with different eye colors, it's speculated that if the womb war theory is true, they would have originally been quadruplets and each of them consumed one sibling and kept their eye. It's fanon guys happyele hasn't even confirmed officially that they're siblings that's ALSO fanon.

*every unit but fine, trickstar, and eden got orders. Trickstar and eden were exempt for winning the previous SS and fine were exempt because they have Eichi privileges.

And this has been Ensemble Stars lore with Shay.

I've seen a few of these for other fandoms so I thought I'd do one for Ensemble Stars (totally normal idol rhythm game)

I don't know if everyone does this but I'll reblog this after the poll is over with context on each one of these (including the fake one) because none of them get better with context honestly.

[lrussellconceptart]

Forefront Identification - What is classed as art?

The public, whether or not from an artistic background, were given the chance to comment on Robert Ryman's artwork 'Bridge'. Interestingly, there were some amusing interpretations such as "I would use this for my floor tiles". People argue that white art can not really be classed as art, as anyone can slap white paint on a canvas. However, not just anyone can sell their idea. White art comes into the minimalistic movement and has been created many times over. What makes white art art? Once again it seems to be open for interpretation as not all art is the same to people. With a close enough view, one could see dots, stripes, splashes, or even droplets.

Creativity, ingenuity, physical attractiveness, and emotional strength. Those are strong words, open to interpretation in both conscious and unconscious information processing. A subjective definition that, in our opinion, alters the significance of the term "art" as an association. This begs the question: Does art have limitations defined by definitional criteria, or is it just a depiction of our own theory? Platforms like YouTube and Instagram have provided a venue for artists to create, share, and grow, especially for individuals without a formal education in the arts or links to the business. Although the phenomenon of art combined with technology has been a source of debate for years in the fourth industrial revolution, it does not lessen its aesthetic worth (Vane, 2020).

It is thought that art needs emotion to be classed as art. These standards are frequently not met by modern art. Many works in this genre are abstract and do not express particular thoughts or feelings. They are made specifically to stand out or stir up controversy. Modern artists frequently lack the same degree of expertise as traditional painters, too. Many works of modern art are meaningless scribbles or chaotic forms, which serves as evidence of this. When money is involved it becomes a different view. There are many opinions on this subject. The idea that everyone should have access to art, regardless of socioeconomic background, is a crucial one. Another rule is that, even if money shouldn't define art, it might affect how much it is worth.

These types of art: traditional, modern, and contemporary, all need to convey an emotion to be classed as art. However, when it comes to concept art it is very different. As concept art is the birth of an idea, it needs to convey a certain look for the type of style and genre of the brief. Being used for film and games, it must convey the vision and tone set for the whole thing. Being the starting point it is a way of setting the referencing for the progression of the project (Fitzgerald, 2019). With concept art, there are no limits to the creation of characters, creatures props, and environment. With the aid of references from real life, they are able to twist and manipulate them to create this whole new world.

Image referencing:

Video: Schaffer, E. (2019) The great debate: What’s art and what’s not?, Medium. Available at: https://medium.com/@elisejschaffer/the-great-debate-whats-art-and-what-s-not-e84f3d8108bf (Accessed: 25 July 2023).

Image 1: Eden Gallery (2021) Modern art vs classical art: What’s the difference?, Eden Gallery. Available at: https://www.eden-gallery.com/news/modern-art-vs-classical-art (Accessed: 25 July 2023).

Image 2: What is concept art? (no date) RSS. Available at: https://www.vanas.ca/blog/whats-concept-art (Accessed: 25 July 2023).

Fitzgerald, R. (2022) What is concept art?: Job role & salary expectations: CG Spectrum, What is Concept Art? | Job Role & Salary Expectations | CG Spectrum. Available at: https://www.cgspectrum.com/blog/what-is-concept-art#:~:text=Concept%20art%20is%20a%20visual,creatives%20working%20on%20the%20project. (Accessed: 02 August 2023).

Vane, J. (2020) What is considered art and who decides?, Medium. Available at: https://medium.com/@jeanette.vane/what-is-considered-art-and-who-decides-ee9fa39fd5d (Accessed: 02 August 2023).

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B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA launches July 15 in the west - Gematsu

MAGES.-developed boy idols visual novel B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA will launch digitally for Switch and PC via Steam on July 15 in the west, publisher PQUBE announced. A physical release will follow for Switch on July 26. Pre-orders are available now with a 10 percent-off discount via Nintendo eShop, while the same discount will be available for the PC version at launch. A demo will be available for PC from today until June 17.

B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA first launched for Switch on September 30, 2021 in Japan, followed by iOS and Android on February 10, 2022.

Here is an overview of the game, via PQube:

Become the representative of the famous B-Project in this unforgettable idol visual novel. Support a group of 14 idols from their humble beginnings through to stardom. Befriend them, influence their music and help them through their turbulent lives as they follow their dreams.

Sparkling Visual Novel – Full of brightness and color, B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA is a visual novel which follows the lives and careers of the idol group “B-Project.”

Become an Idol A&R – Support these idols towards their dreams in the role of an A&R (Artist & Repertoire) where you are their representative and the expert in their artistic development.

14 Different Idols to Represent – Each with different personalities, likes, and dislikes, but all with the same dream, pick your bias or stan them all.

Original Music – Enjoy exclusive B-Project music, with all the original songs by the very idol boys you represent.

Interactive Mechanics – Your phone is your gateway to nurturing your relationship with the idols, don’t miss your chance to respond to messages and calls!

Voiced and Animated – Voiced by famous seiyuu, let the idols beautiful voices take you away and watch their lively animated reactions.

Endless Magic – With two different possible endings, 14 character epilogues to explore, and many CGs to unlock, the replayability is high.

Sparkling Visual Novel

Put your headphones on and get swept away with this colorful visual novel experience. Do you love boybands, JPop? Have you ever dreamed of being the driving force behind a successful idol group? Well now you can experience it in visual novel form!

Become an Idol A&R

Step into the hardworking role of A&R (Artist & Repertoire) to the talented idol group, B-Project. Take 14 young members under your wing, each with different personalities and struggles. It’s your job to support them, help them grow, and allow them to flourish! Discover the beginnings of the different idol groups—KITAKORE, MooNs, THRIVE, and KiLLER KiNG. Learn about their trainee days and the struggles they faced on the path to success. Follow the story as they join together to become one group, B-Project, and stand on Japan’s brightest stage.

Interactive Mechanics

Your phone is your gateway to nurturing your relationship with the idols. Be sure to keep an eye on it—as responding to messages and answering calls will allow you to better understand the idols under your wing.

Watch a new trailer below.

Release Date Trailer

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Sarkari Naukri 2021 - Punjab SSSB Recruitment 2021 - Govt Jobs Dhaba

Punjab SSSB Recruitment 2021 

Punjab SSSB Recruitment 2021 for Technical Assistant. Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board, Punjab SSSB is recruiting candidates for the post of Technical Assistant. The last date of applying for this post is 20/05/2021. 

 Name of the Post: Technical Assistant

Number of vacancies: 120

 Age criteria: 18-37 years (as of January 1st, 2021) 

 Expected Pay Scale for the post of Technical Assistant: not specified but will be given as per government rules.

 Required Educational Qualifications: The candidate must have completed Graduation / Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture/Chemistry/Bio-Chemistry/Botany/Zoology.

  Application Fee: candidate needs to submit his or her application with an application fee

of Rs.1000 (for the general and unreserved category) and Rs.250 for SC/ST

candidates. 

 Selection Procedure: The final selection of the candidate will be made based on his or her performance in the Written Test. 

 Application process: Interested candidates need to apply online by submitting an application form through @ SSSB Punjab online application portal. More details about Sarkari Naukri 2021