#i want to beat this game this month

[twotangy]

this thing is basically just a cat, a really weird looking one

[kodicraft]

wanna shout out a game i recently discovered for all the autistic computer girlies/dudes/folks

it's pretty short, I beat it in 8 hours. It's about building a computer network inside this post-apocalyptic underground bunker. You'll need to figure out the very lowest level of the game's packet routing system to build a reliable and fast network. You can really optimize this a lot despite the fact it's built on top of basically a single rule and the game knows it at it has multiple ways of challenging your understanding of its systems in an open-world sort of format.

The game really doesn't handhold you, in fact you unlock the game's "tutorial" quite late, I only finished the in-game manual a few minutes before the final puzzle. It leaves you to experiment and understand its systems before formally teaching you how they work.

It came out earlier this month, it has a free demo, a native Linux version and could probably run on a potato. Do give it a try if it sounds like your jam.

[etirabys]

I feel like I have basically zero emotional baggage around dating, a mild amount around friendships, and an extraordinary amount about joining a D&D campaign. My personality is sufficiently similar to that of people who get really into D&D that I feel like I should try, but when I simulate it, my brain is like... sorry... I don't know if I'll ever be ready for that level of commitment & mental entanglement...

[martyryo]

HAPPY VERY LATE PRIDE MONTH!! 🥳🏳️‍🌈

Drawing this was my odyssey. Anyways, I think they're best friends.

(alt version and closeups below 🤭)

Without filters

Closeups

[fa3tality]

wow it's been awhile

anyway

[scribblemakes]

Isn't it so cool how Wyll Ravengard invented romance, thank you mr Ravengard

[ID: Two coloured sketches of Wyll Ravengard and a player character from Baldur's Gate 3. The player character is a taller, muscled, elf with green eye makeup and long dark hair. The first image shows them touching foreheads. The second shows them together in bed, the player character kissing Wyll's jaw, with an acorn to the side. They look happy in both images. /End ID]

[nikolas-ghostbusters-fixation]

Something I've been thinking a lot about lately is how everyone thought Egon had gone insane. What Happened that made them think that. They've fought a gigantic Stay Puft Marshmellow Man TWICE (counting the 2009 video game because iirc it's canon? Correct me if I'm wrong), fought an interdimensional god, fought a blood thirsty ruler that killed thousands and was hated by all that was trapped in a painting (and managed to get in to beat him by making THE STATUE OF LIBERTY start walking down the street with slime that reacted purely based on vibes), found an underground abandoned transit system full of the moodslime, had a bathtub try to eat Dana and her baby, fought a giant murderous black widow lady, fought the fisherman ghost who turned an entire hotel floor into the bottom of a ocean, and that's not even mentioning them getting trapped on an island that randomly raised up from underwater that had been abandoned for decades created by Ivor Shandor who worshipped Gozer. So what did he do or say that made everyone else think he'd gone insane?? All I can think is maybe he was acting strange / eratic before, but he's always been like that to some degree.

I don't know. It's something that I've been thinking about. The correct answer is 'it's not that deep and they needed a reason that the others weren't together anymore and weren't aware of Egons death or know what was going on,' but also. What Was He Saying that prompted everyone, including Ray, to think he lost his mind when he'd been right almost every time before that.

I'm genuinely so curious as to what he was up to before this. What was he doing. What insane idea was working on prior to this or was he even working on anything at all??

Also want to clarify this post isn't negative 😭 I really love the newer movies and their lore / the newer storyline / characters, I just like thinking about small stupid things like this. Gives me something to think about / speculate about / figure out an answer to.

[kimkaitual]

2024 In Review

rules: link your favorite and/or most popular post from each month this year <3 (it’s totally fine to skip months!)

tagged by the lovely & incredibly talented @bu99erfly 🫶🏻 tysm beloved!!

JANUARY (Total Edits: 19)

Most Popular: Wonwoo, Mingyu, Dokyeom & Seungkwan for Cosmopolitan Korea, May 2020 Favorites: Baekhyun for Madam Figaro China, Feb 2024 // Kai's Solo Eras Birthday Countdown - Kai, Peaches & Rover

FEBRUARY (Total Edits: 10)

Most Popular: Ten "TEN" Teaser Image #5 'Nightwalker' Favorites: All of Ten's "TEN" Teasers // Donghun in Every Era

MARCH (Total Edits: 2)

Most Popular: The Boyz "Phantasy Pt 3" 'Love Letter' Write Ver. #Memorial Favorite: This Anon Ask about Junhee's teeth (I wasn't very active in March, but I love that this was one of my top 10 posts for that month)

APRIL (Total Edits: 3 and they're all ksoo's concept pics)

Most Popular: D.O. "Blossom" Concept Photos #1 Favorites: D.O. "Blossom" Concept Photos #2

MAY (Total Edits: 17)

Most Popular: WayV “Give Me That” Teaser #1 Favorites: Baekhyun in Every Era // Suho "1 to 3" Teasers // D.O. "Mars" MV Concept Teaser // WayV "Give Me That" Teaser #5 // All of A.C.E's Supernatural Teasers

JUNE (Total Edits: 26)

Most Popular: Jaehyun "Forever Only" Teaser Images Favorites: Haechan in Every Era // Red Velvet "Cosmic" Never Say Goodnight Teasers // Baekhyun for Dazed Korea, July 2024, The Covers

JULY (Total Edits: 28)

Most Popular: Ten “The Highest” Teaser Image #2 Favorites: Wonwoo for Waves China, Mar 2021 // Kun "The Highest" Teaser Image #2 // Haechan's & Jaehyun's "Walk" Road Trip Teasers

AUGUST (Total Edits: 26)

Most Popular: Baekhyun for Harper’s Bazaar Men China, Aug 2024 Favorites: Jeonghan for Noblesse Men, Sept 2024 // Chanyeol "Black Out" Teaser Image #2 // All of Jaehyun's "J" Teaser Images (but specifically #Scene 01 for some reason)

SEPTEMBER (Total Edits: 30)

Most Popular: Bibi "Lowlife Princess: Noir" Concept Images Favorites: Baekhyun 240908 SBS Inkigayo //Jeonghan for Going Magazine Vol. 1 // Baekhyun "Hello, World" Melon Magazine Exclusive Photos

OCTOBER (Total Edits: 29)

Most Popular: Jaehyun “Unconditional” MV Teaser Images Favorites: SHINee for GQ Korea, Oct 2016 // Sunwoo "Trigger" Flash Concept Photos // Hyunjae "Trigger" Riot Concept Photos // TBZ "Trigger" Trigger Photo #3 // Minho "Call Back" Teaser Image #2

NOVEMBER (Total Edits: 30)

Most Popular: Dokyeom for Allue Korea D-Edition, Nov 2024 Favorites: Jaehyun Countdown Week 2 "The 7th Sense" // WayV "Frequency" Teaser Image #4 // A.C.E "Pinata" Teasers - Trapped Mirror Ver. #SOLO & Destroyed Mirror Ver.

DECEMBER (Total Edits: 5+)

Most Popular: Baekhyun, Chen & Xiumin "The Last Christmas" Teaser Images Favorites: Minho in Every Era // Jaehyun Countdown Week 7 "Try Again"

BONUS: Moodboards (Total: 19)

Most Popular: Woozi + Pink Favorites: Kun + Red // Sehyoon (A.C.E) & Dawon (SF9) + Light Brown // Sunwoo + Purple // Minho + Sunshine // Chanyeol & Kyungsoo + Retro

tagging (no pressure 🫶🏻): @yunogf @okaysign @dojaejung @baekslight @antonleez @ohmyminsung @neonsbian @jiwoonhyung @myungjaehyun @hoforwonho @kyufeed @atlantis-area @96z @hongtonie @donghyuckkies @vcrnons @sungtaro @honeydewtual @xiaoten @hyeongseo @seonghwacore @yujaeren @lovesight + anyone who sees this and wants to do it <3

[northern-passage]

i suppose i should do a little check in... i managed to finish ch3 of blood choke for nanowrimo (yay) but i'm still not where i want to be with tnp (boo)

it's been slow going... in general after the blood choke update my motivation kinda dropped more than i was expecting, which was foolish given the time of year. holidays are always a pain since i work retail....

anyways all that to say that i'm currently working on tnp. blood choke has shifted to the backburner - i'm still working on that, too, but my main focus now is to finish the ch2 blackwater route for tnp. i've also relegated my other projects to backburner as well. i really want to finish this damn tnp chapter before anything else at this point lmfao

i'm also going to be hosting a jam (which i'll announce tomorrow) along with some of my pals that will be through jan-feb, and i have a short game planned for that which i don't think will take up too much of my time.

thanks everyone for your patience and for sticking around as always 💗 i know it's been a long time and i appreciate the support you all still show me for this story.

[sheepalmighty]

Some more of that Chai joins Vandelay for half a day AU. Or just a picture of a kinda OOC Kale chilling if you wanna gloss over those comics. I'm still not sure if the colours are too garish or not.

These were mostly done with the premise of treating Kale's office like the hideout. I also really like how mundane, or familiar, the interactions between Chai and Kale can be in the game so I wanted to draw some stuff exploring more like that. But also, there's the ulterior motive of shipping so I included an out of context scene because I can't bother drawing the rest of it (though it seems like a huge jump in their relationship as a result. I think they're so big headed that they get stuck in a feedback loop of stroking the other's ego if an excuse comes up to do so)

[sanfezu]

did i draw a character im playing as in starbound? …yes :D novakid oxy my beloved awawawawa <333

(i know that novakids’ cultural style is wild west, i just love these kind of shirts and i was fighting demons when changing their clothes, as i also wanted to keep the cosmic sheriff outfit)

[neptunym]

in honor of me finally beating gabriel i drew him shirtless lets go 👏👏

[autumnoakes]

i don't think difficulty and challenge should be a litmus test for whether or not a game is "good"

first of all, how good a game is entirely depends on the person. like a game that one person hates might be a game that someone else loves

second of all, remember the animal crossing craze when acnh came out? i don't think that's an especially challenging game, but it's still beloved. games that aren't challenging can be beloved

third of all, maybe those of us who suck at games maybe want a game that's easy for once? 🤷🏼

[gothsuguru]

OFFICIALLY DONE W EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO RB. tomorrow i’ll try and carve out time to clean out ALL my writing drafts and put them into docs + rewrite parts of “black is the color” and maybe decide on how i wanna curate my wip list/masterlist etc… OKIE GOODNIGHT! :D

[pagesofkenna]

re: chrono trigger... I can't recommend playing this oldie but good enough. But a bit of caution, i'd recommend it on the DS, if you can find it. If not, it is on steam and it works pretty well. I would recommend getting a controller rather than playing on your PC's keyboard. It's just easier and more true to the original controls.

The story is lovely, the turn based combat is one of the most enjoyable you could ever play - each character has their own skill sets and those skill sets also combine with your companion characters. You get single tech, which only you use and are unique to that character. Double techs, which are techs performed by two characters once they've both learned a certain spell or combat move.

so for instance, Chrono, whose element is lightening, learns Cyclone and Lucca, whose element is fire, learns flame toss - once they've both learned these separate spells they are able to perform Inferno together.

There's also triple techs which are the same thing but with your third character.

Last tip, it is so, so easy to speed through it and not level up much. Because the story is very engaging. Don't do it. Do your grinding. It sucks but you'll be glad in later battles because this is a nintendo hard game.

It also has fun game plus options (one of the first to do it) and a ton of alternate endings.

Please, give it a chance.

When I was a kid I gamed almost exclusively through emulators (we had an N64 and like two games I could play, everything else I played on the computer with an emulator) and Chrono Trigger was one of the games in our ROM library. I played maybe a couple hours, but I was a little kid and Pokemon was the only turn-based combat game I ever played all the way through because I liked the little monsters. I think at some point I realized this was kind of an important game from the era that I really should experience... I just never did

anyway, after Nintendo decided to shutter their support for the 3DS and the WiiU, I went through ROM libraries for both and downloaded a bunch of games onto both hacked devices. I don't have my 3DS readily on hand at the moment but I know I absolutely got Chrono Trigger, so... now it's just a matter of me actually putting aside the time to play it lol

I will also say, as much as I hate grinding, I've spent so much time wandering around Breath of the Wild doing little tasks (or grinding in recent Pokemon games) for the purpose of having something to do while bingeing a podcast, so I think I'm in a better place to tolerate grinding now that I was in the early 00s lol

[soni-dragon]

my pokemon black team! i found my old 3Ds a while back and have been playing through the game whenever I’m home from college, and just finished the game today! Have grown pretty attached to these guys <3

[ID: A digital drawing of a person wearing a long brown coat standing in front of six pokemon. From left to right is Conkeldurr, Darmanitan, Swoobat, Simipour, Whimsicott, and Gigalith. /End ID]