#gunfishing

[octahedral-chaos]

Welcome to OCTAfan's Obscure/ Odd Characters Tournament!

I made this to give some love to some of my favourite characters, especially the odd or obscure ones!

Feel free to make propaganda for your favourite! Just don't put down other characters though.

Each bracket will last for a day, starting at 6 AM.

If tied, both characters may proceed to the next round.

Now let's meet everyone!

ROUND 1

OCTAtag/ Monde (OCTAHEDRON) VS Light being (Everhood)

COCOON protagonist (Cocoon) VS HoB Protagonist (HOB)

Avemcaec (NERVE) VS Jadeplume Terrorshroom (Genshin Impact)

Space Beetle (THUMPER) VS Black Resin protag/ Xen (Black Resin)

Viridian (VVVVVV) VS Witch (Dicey Dungeons)

Aven and Edda (Worldless) VS Planets (ADOFAI)

Heart (Mad Rat Dead) VS Fantoccio (Billie Bust Up)

Jumpgrid (JUMPGRID) VS Rhythmy (Rhythmy)

Phoenix (DOTA 2) VS Solario (Black Heart)

Urania (Genshin Impact) VS Thunder manifestation (Genshin Impact)

Icosahedron (OCTAHEDRON) VS Miracle Matter (Kirby 64)

Dedf1sh (Splatoon) VS Marie (Splatoon)

Brolga (TY) VS Lilac (Freedom Planet)

Luna (Heartstrings) VS La Dance Macabre (JSAB)

Otis (Owlboy) VS Ida (Monument Valley)

Diver (Abzu) VS Pronty (Pronty Fishy Adventure)

[octastims]

A Petulmuta (NERVE by Gunfish Games) stimboard with gardens, flowers and mushrooms for @spectralgecko! Hope you like it!

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[pkmntrainersquid]

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It's been awhile since I've burned something. I wanna set something alight.

[eldrxtchavxan]

¤《🕊👁》¤ THE BLIND BIRD

◇An Avemcaec (NERVE by Gunfish Games) Roleplay and Ask blog. Caught by OCTAfan◇

Independent RP/ ask blog

Follows/ interacts from @octahedral-chaos

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Icon: Offical Art of Avemcaec

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Promo banner: Edited Gif of Avemcaec from this video

[solarsteam]

◇Extremely out of context/ OOC but every time I listen to NERVE (Gunfish Games soundtrack, specifically Avemcaec's theme, I have to resist the urge to make Avemcaec one of my muses.◇

◇I think I may like the giant eldritch horror bird a little too much...◇

[petermorwood]

Give this to Dirty Harry Callaghan (no relation of Clean Harry Callahan from "Young Wizards") and he'd come up with a catch-phrase. "Do you feel lucky?" and "Go ahead, make my day," have both been done.

How about "You've had your chips..."

(I'll see myself out.)

*****

That gunfish looks like it's based on a Webley...

...but I think only as 3D / CGI; it's certainly non-functional since there's no way the hammer can go back.

This corkfish, however, works just fine... :->

[sqarletsworldlesswandering]

Currently thinking about the “Duo as gatekeepers” idea again

Wondering what their design would be like? I can see both of them being similar to Avemcaec and Spinacylp, not being attached to the track itself…

I can also see both of them being based on eldritch angels? Feathery and lots of wings and eyes… maybe a halo too

Now that's a very interesting thought.

In my mind, Aven would sorta be like Avemcaec where he's detached from the causeway, while Edda would be wrapped around it. My logic there is that Aven has the closest thing we get to "flying" in his arsenal while Edda is more grounded.

I could easily see Aven having wings, or maybe smaller wings that will boost him off the track for short bursts but then back on, and you have to attack while he's on the causeway.

Edda meanwhile I picture as just...moving very quickly, and having a lot of "shield" elements that you have to get through before being able to attack eyes. I.e. There's an actual layer you have to surge or something before the eye becomes available for attack, as opposed to just...something you need to dodge.

Design wise the angel approach could make sense, but I think we can also vary that a little to be more true to their original designs.

For Edda, what if we took a very literal approach to the term "lightning bug"? We've got the shields a la insect chitin and elytra, we've got literal lightning, and we can lean hard into the blues while some of her dodge-oriented attacks use ice crystal motifs. This would also nod to lightning being her main element, and ice more her secondary. Visually, that might translate to lots of glowing parts, possibly that pulse their glow. Maybe even some sort of blindness mechanic, like having to memorize a dodge sequence beforehand and execute it in darkness. Another visual beat could lean into insectoid limbs and compound eyes. The compound eyes especially could work well with the shield dynamic. Could definitely go with multiple pairs of wings - take the multi-winged eldritch approach but make it insect. Maybe she reflects lightning through her wings to aim and that's how the telegraph works.

As for Aven, a bird motif could work, but so could maybe a vague serpentine motif. Feathered lizard vibes of some kind. Maybe the feathers being visible means he's more vulnerable because his scales/plating pulls back to allow him to fly properly or somethin'. Most of his attacks could be wind based - wind tunnels that boost or slow you uncontrollably, tornadoes that force you into a glide or keep you from vaulting, etc. Then the fire shows up in projectiles and other obstacles whilst you're trying to reckon with the wind mechanics. It'd be neat if his scarf made an appearance, maybe as the pair of wings that lets him boost off the ground. I have this image in my head of his underbelly, and the feathery parts of his wings having most of his eyes, but there's a part on his wings that's a false eye pattern, as are the two on his face. The underbelly has to be hit with a projectile while he's on the causeway, and the feathered ones need to be hit by surging while riding a tornado or something adjacent. He's got little to no shield aspects, but he makes himself hard to reach, a la guard and evade, contrasting Edda's shield.

[octahedral-chaos]

Sometimes I remember that most of the games I love are extremely obscure and at most have five other people in the fandom.

Anyways, do anyone else knows about 140, THOTH, HoB, OCTAHEDRON: Transfixed Edition, THUMPER, VVVVVV, Billie Bust Up, NERVE (Gunfish Games), TY the Tasmanian Tiger, Owlboy and/or JUMPGRID?

[pkmntrainersquid]

Fish :)

[a picture of Remmi in her tank. The tank is full of plants and driftwood, emulating a lush pond. Leaves on the bottom of the tank have stained the water a healthy shade of tea brown. The remoraid looks happy, staring into the camera.]

[solarsteam]

◇Also if I do eventually cave and make Avemcaec an muse, I have to figure out a bunch of stuff for them.◇

◇Like how powerful should they be, are gatekeepers technically gods or at least weirdly powerful eldritch beings, what their personality would be like, how big they are compared to an average person, whether they can talk, etc.◇

◇They're really grabbing my attention... and they're also one of my favourite characters, but at the same time, I already have five muses and zero ideas on an Avemcaec blog, hmmmm◇

[ketrinadrawsalot]

Gen 2: Cold bacon, angry coral, and gunfish

[pkmntrainersquid]

Fire Blast! My Remmi loves using Fire Blast!

What is... your favorite move?...

Mine is... Transform...

[empyrean-demise]

HI I DO NOT KNOW HOW OR WHY I EXIST OR SUCH BUT I AM HERE I GUESS????

HELLO?!

~ ??? [Very confused NERVE (Gunfish Games) Protagonist fictive. I think I might be an oldie that got pushed away by Aven for a good while now and I am very confused. Please help]

[Also I do not have any concept of a name whatsoever so uhhhh... yeah]

[the-kinfesssional]

To all the gatekeepers I killed, I am sorry.

I didn’t know better, and if I went against my instincts earlier, this mess wouldn’t have happen…

~ Protagonist/ Light Orb (NERVE by Gunfish Games)

🫂/nf

[loveisinthebat]

Not necessarily a bat furry, but have my bat inspiration oc named Letalux! She's a fan character for NERVE (Gunfish games) and I love them very much.

(TW for multiple eyes)

Oooh, Quality Creature. The bat inspiration can be seen but it Definitely Feels More Wyvern to me. Which I suppose is silly because Wyverns follow a similar Idea to bats . That being the wing structure and placement more than anything. BUT , quality Creature nonetheless ^-^

[eldrxtchavxan]

¤《🕊👁》¤ Avemcaec backed off a bit from Pokey's words, but still remained close enough to speak. "Sorry kid, intimating me won't work," She said casually, "Not too sure what's your problem."

"Any other words before I leave... unless you change your mind?" They sighed.

@masterporky

"You can help me by leaving me alone!" Pokey yelled, he now seemed like he was trying to intimidate Avemcaec.

"Go away!"