#i am NOT good at ultrakill

[dyktvideogamesfx]

You've said Ultrakill is one of your favorite games-- I'm curious what your favorite part of it is... the lore's great, the weapon pool is just. mmm, the enemies and level designs. incredible.

the way it does difficulty? has to be my favorite part. i love how i can just. go do something thats a little bit harder. get a slightly better time, get a slightly higher wave, add an additional modifier like radiance or a self-imposed weapon challenge, and p-ranks all make for the perfect difficulty curve that has lasted me over 600 hours

so with that lil infodump, i bring it around to the beginning question-- what's your favorite thing about ultrakill?

There is MANY things I enjoy about ULTRAKILL... but my favourite?

I think generally, it is the lore. I'm gunna go under a read more here just in case. But to add to it- Gameplay is incredbile, even if I'm not very good at it.

The weapons? Hilarious. Looney tunes ass shit that somehow exactly fits the games aesthetic and style. How it merges comedy perfectly with tragedy and serious moments.

But anywho! Under the read more for some ULTRAKILL spoilers.

I am... quite frankly abnormal about how V1 is not the main character. That this is a game about Gabriel, at the end of the day. How every major change, every major importance, comes from his decisions in the end.

I'm already a big lover of playing with religion. One of my TTRPG characters who I have yet to play is a priest going through some real shit. There is so much you can do with religious guilt and the things that bind and ULTRAKILL plays with that like building blocks, it fucks.

The creativity of how each of the layers of hell is depicted is also? MWAH. perfect. PERFECT. seriously, I have never seen a game just play with its concepts like this before. The enemy designs also go hard.

I just really enjoy its lore conceptually. Breaking away from something thats been chaining you is always something I find hard to be invested in- especially if the character, Gabriel in this case, is very much like "No, I can't be feeling this way, there is something wrong with me."

It's just good. ULTRAKILL is good. Fraud WHEN.

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

Transcript:

Mmh- Good morning~ Wakey wakey, sleepyhead.

I made you some coffee. 

Cut up some fruit in the kitchen.

It’s time to start your day.

Are you- Jesus Christ, it’s 9:52, it’s 9- WAKE THE FUCK UP.

IT IS 9- ITS LIKE 10 AM, JESUS.

Audio Source

[hexxingcode]

i call this one "god damn it jesus christ i was just doing this to wind down from my other comic why did it take like 2 days to finish" and also "therapists don't take style points so i guess this'll do" and also "i cant fucking use the knuckleblaster it makes me mad" and finally: "bowing back to v2 in the first fight is funny so i illustrated it. theres some other stuff in there too i guess."

[raptorrobot]

i feel like i'm fighting for my fucking life here

[washingtonwhitemarkiplier]

IS THAT THE BEST YOU'VE GOT?!

[hmmbo]

if i dont see this fucking bottom under my tree tomorrow im going to throw myself into the river

[blueescreend]

A little bit of robot yuri to start off pride month :P

Not much but I spent way too much time on this than I should've

[fernsensei]

i forgor to post this

original pic vvvv

[rgbwings]

Ultratober Day 2: V2

@paulacaulfield / @spaccadt

[pigswithwings]

i am my own inhibition, i want for nothing

[sweetmapple]

A typical "I got carried away while practicing anatomy and the allure of rendering shiny gold was too great" WIP

Also jesus christ he's holding the little cloth that's attached to his belt. I am putting this here just to cover my back in case anyone thinks I am much bolder than I actually am. That's not his dick, I'm just bad at rendering bunched up fabric

And even then, I will always maintain leaving things up to the imagination is infinitely more tasteful like 65% of the time

[3am-door]

i keep drawing these two in science they’re so silly i love old man yaoi

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

Transcript:

Greetings, bestie.

Beautiful, fantastic, stunning, and intelligent as always.

But in my infinite wisdom and never ending judgment, I couldn’t help but observe you’re just a little dry.

Here, take this. It’s a big fucking jug of water. Chug the shit out of it.

Drink to your heart's content.

You will stay hydrated.

I’m starting my own 10 commandments, and this is actually at the top of the list, so for there to be piss, there must first be slurp.

So sayeth Gabriel, Judge of Hell, and judge of your bladder.

Drink up. And the urine will await you down below.

Audio source

[watusingpaputok]

GABV1EL NATON LISTEN

i was on tiktok when i found these flowers and oh my god they are very them!! (apologies for my incoherence i am insane for these two)

orange lily: aka the enemies to ??? (lovers? idk) flower. self explanatory but hey gabe's fixated as hell on the 'insignificant fuck' turned duel partner or whatever secret third fucked up thing they have /lh

white poppy: representing v1 with how their victory over gabriel became both his bane with how he got his light stripped off him therefore bringing him harm as well as the entire duel thing. the antidote parts comes from gabriel being freed from heaven's control as if like a poison that clouded his mind with their views and v1 clearing them away in the messiest way possible.

asphodel: representing gabriel with how he's dying and may have many regrets in his mind like killing minos, being wrathful towards the sinners etc. you get it

rosemary: for how gabriel gets invigorated to the point of ecstasy in 6-2. v1 brought catharsis to an angel that never knew therapy and it shows /lh. also represents v1 since yk theyre a vampiric robot and gabriel is very flesh and blood. quite literally giving v1 a second chance on things and carnage

phlox: this one can be a reach but (HEAR ME OUT OKAY) for how they (gabv1el) keep bumping on each other twice (maybe even thrice in 9-2) after all ultrakill *is* gabe's story and v1 is a machine who happens to be another POV of that story

thats about it i think unless there is more to add. thank you for listening to my insane talk

[astrum99]

Do you think bugs fall in love?

Their small bodies host even tinier brains. Built to crawl through soil and rocks bigger than itself. Running on a simple software bouncing between eat, sleep, fight, flight, and copulate.

V1 is smarter than a bug. It must be. It’s a war machine, so it must be. Its programming is complex enough to fry several motherboards; the internals are heated from constant, unrelenting processing needs. If it updates its optical data intake to any greater degree than these rough, messy polygons, it’d surely perish from the overwhelming information.

V1 is built to kill first, survive second. To be fair, survival would ensure more killing, so it’d be more effective. Moving through the battlefield, culling lives, drawing blood. Perfectly aligned with its programmed objectives, then.

Gabriel is smarter than a bug. He must be. He’s an angel, so he must be. He’s one of the best soldiers in the heavenly realm. Armour and swords glistened with pride and justice. He sees all. He judges all. His loyalty and perfect track record have earned him a high rank within the order. Leaving behind the creaturely "it". His light burns hot and bright within his constitution.

Gabriel is built as a messenger of the Father, then a judge of Hell. To be fair, the role of a judge was assigned to him by the council, so he supposes that his placement can be summed up as the bearer of the divine authority to bring right to all other creatures. Perfectly aligned, then.

Bugs… Well, they’re the same. I suppose. Small beings. Running pre-programmed orders derived from centuries of evolution: eat, sleep, fight, flight, and copulate. No role. No responsibilities.

Bugs are built naturally and fully, unlike humankind; but formed and ready to go within seconds from their births, like machines and angels.

So. Do they live?

When the machine and the angel escape their chains, do they see themselves in bugs?

Bugs are born to live, temporarily, fleetingly, yet live nonetheless. Do they, then, deserve to live, freeing and meaninglessly. No role. No responsibilities.

So. Do bugs love?

Do they learn that they can go beyond their basic structures? Do they see their own reflection in each other’s compound eyes? Do they recognize each other’s bodies, scents, heat? Do they feel the desire for closeness?

To flutter wings like a dance of waltz. To brush antennae like butterfly kisses. To greet and caress and lie next to each other near their death.

To move through the sky in battle, in passion. To clash swords and fists and bullets. To greet and caress and lie next to each other near their death.

The same cells in the same blood coursing beneath the same suit of exoskeletons.

Machine, angel, bug. Boiled down to the barest essence of existence; crisp simplicity.

To live, to love.

[quinttyz]

this robot is scaring the hell out of hell