#it is to me what NITW is to you

[lexcat-11]

c!Aimsey spiritfarer au do you see the vision

she’s star themed, symbolically is the sun, relates to the fact almost everyone they met is either a ghost, an animal, or animal adjacent, and their whole story is about accepting grief. Do you see the vision!!!

[poopylumpkins]

Some more sillies—got lazy w/ the animation so I didnt color or add any bg 😝😝 thought the audio was so them coded

+ here’s a question, what are like some hc voices for Narilamb?

I think Mao Mao for Nari but idk abt Lamb, I think I don’t like the idea of them having an overtly feminine or masc voice, if that makes any sense, but I don’t have a good idea of what that voice would be ??

I think I said Raine Owl House to myself before. But tbh idkk

also

Cooking rn 🐑..

[sagit---taurus]

hi tumblr i heard you like music cover. i made music cover

(i use garageband on the ipad cause i can't afford better equipment and stuff.be nice to me please i don't make music often until it takes control of me) (also Do Not look at the rest of my profile please /gen and thank you /th)

[butterflieswhisper]

"i found a dead bird and donated it to a friend i haven't spoken to in at least 2 years" was not on my 2024 bingo card

[orionis13]

Dude, is that an arm?

[technicolorxsn]

sometimes I remember that time a guy I sort of respect but am not rly in contact with anymore told me some really stupid gamergate conspiracy theory and have to wonder how he even believed and repeated that

[modgirlyreposts-revamped]

If you still support That Creepy Reading after what he did, then fuck right off, do not interact with me, literally nothing can justify falsely accusing someone of being in possession of real fucking CP because you don't like how they make their content, and to sound edgy <33

[carcinized]

when u recommend someone all the things u enjoy and they get really into them but then you have a falling out and they keep posting about them and ur like NO THATS MY THING GIVE IT BACK

[midnightclover]

4 11 and 15 for the ask game? :3

4... see, the most important part of a fishing minigame isnt the minigame itself, but the rest of the game around it. so this is kinda difficult. id mention a bunch of examples but.. it got kinda long, so lets skip to the punch, yah?

a short hike has the best fishing minigame ive seen. the minigame itself is simple, just mash a, and it's hard to fail, but the fun comes in with trying to find out where each type of fish lives.. you end up trying every little spot of water on the island, and finding rarer and rarer variants! its just a fun time (also once you find one of each fish you can talk to the fisherman on the boat and get a gold fishing rod which finds rare variants easier)

11. favourite berry? hm... raspberry. kinda close between raspberries and blackberries

15. a quote from a game that lives rent free in my head.. theres quite a few to pick from. i'm not sure what to choose.

ah how about this? even though it's been ages since i've played it, i still occasionally have himiko from fucking danganronpa v3 in my head going "Nyehh...."

[southislandwren]

I would literally be fine if I could play night in the woods btw. College peer issues is small beans when I’m pretending to be a cat that can play bass

[mikittalabs]

new jacob geller video has finally cemented the general idea of how i want mutated gold to end. take from that what you will but know that i vastly prefer optimistic stories. and also that my definition of an optimistic story might be completely incomprehensible to you until it isn't

[bumblebug5]

i think it’s very disappointing how much i see mae drawn skinny. the majority of nitw art i see depicts her as such, despite her describing herself as round in game. it’s a dialogue option that you literally can’t miss since the mirror scene is unavoidable

you can choose the other option, but you still see this one regardless of what you pick. mae is ROUND. this means she is NOT skinny. i guess some would argue that because her arms and legs are smaller that she is, but that’s literally just because of the game’s artstyle. EVERYONE is depicted that way, so it doesn’t change the fact that she is fat

another piece of dialogue describes her as “sturdy.” being a chubby person myself, this is literally what my mom called me when i was little. it’s really upsetting to see a character i love and relate to so much misrepresented this way when she is canonically built like me. it’s already rare to see good representation of fat people, so erasing the ones we get doesn’t help

next time you draw mae please try to keep this in mind. and to everyone who draws mae chubby already, i love you forever and always. thank you

[raconabhorrent]

capitalist-centric horror/corporate horror is such an interesting concept to me. like, the idea of taking something that is so (unfortunately) mundane in many people's lives in our current societal landscape and either perverting it or amplifying all aspects of it to create a horror experience is just so beautiful to me.

games like night in the woods (which technically isn't horror but is still relevant as a game creating a psychologically horrific atmosphere for the point of commenting on capitalism's effects), lethal company, night of the consumers, employee of the month (great game i rlly recommend), mouthwashing, happy's humble burger farm, yuppie psycho and MANY more games that don't fit neatly under a specific category outside of a general conception of what "horror games" are.

those kinds of things are fascinating because of the way they combine traditional "horror" (scary monsters, jumpscares, blood and gore) with the stress caused by something like a normal 9-5 at a corporate office, or the concept of working conditions at a packing plant.

it makes you think about how normalized the conditions we as humans exist in, and how despite that people are calling out that normalcy, whether simply through setting and plot or specifically through intention and subtext. it's definitely a genre of game that i'm excited to see more from and something i really want to think more about

(this was inspired by the jacob geller video essay discussing labor in both NITW and Tacoma)

[deerspherestudios]

Hii!! I love this VN, such a wonderful job. I have two questions:

1. What is the most difficult thing to draw for you? Hands, backgrounds...

2. What kind of music do you listen to? Or what are your favourite singers or bands?

I can't wait for Day 3 and know more about Mychael and the story. Remember to take breaks and be healthy ❤️

Oop, it's rare for me to get questions that's not about Mychael these days haha! Thank you so much <3

My answers are kinda image-heavy so I'll put them under a cut! But to summarize:

Poses

Too many to name.

1. Figuring out poses is the hardest for me, since I have difficulty imagining the right positioning + anatomy without some help. I heavily rely on references to get the vibes just right, especially for hands and perspective.

Fun fact! For these I actually took pictures of myself and used them as reference:

Hilarious to think in 3 of these I'm pretending to be Mychael rizzing the player. Unreal.

2. I can't say my taste in music is for everyone haha! I think it's clear from the two playlists I've made for Mushroom Oasis. But! Here's my little genre sandwich from Spotify Wrapped? I can't say it's super accurate since I listen to a bunch of alt, ska and jazz too but oh well.

I might've ruined my sandwich when I kept listening to NITW and Utopia's soundtracks nonstop and back-to-back while working for hours this year but uh, have it:

For bands and musicians, I switch interests a lot!

Off the top of my head I've been a fan of Streetlight Manifesto, The Front Bottoms, Tally Hall, (these three are childhood faves!!), Los Campesinos, Will Wood, Bear Ghost, Destroy Boys, Rare Americans,,,, I'm sure there's more but there's too many to list haha.

[sylsoddsandends]

I'm thinking abt that one scene from nitw where Mae and Bea are in Bea's room and they get in an argument and. oh it just hurts my soul

Bcs like. Bea's reaction is totally reasonable; Mae isn't being realistic and it probably feels patronizing to be told to just leave the situation

But you also understand what Mae is trying to express, she just doesn't really have the emotional intelligence or way with words; she cares about Bea and is angry on her behalf, because her dad doesn't acknowledge or thank Bea for her hard work.

And I think that's really sad. Scenes where one character means well but can't quite explain themselves always make me feel that way; I've been in that situation, it sucks

[lucydillu]

🎶How the gentle wind, Beckons through the leaves, As autumn colours fall.🎶

-Over the Garden Wall

It's finally starting to feel like Autumn here in the UK and you know what that means.. Cozy jumpers, pumpkin spice everything and revisiting all my fav Fall themed media. I'm talking NITW, Gravity Falls and of course Over the Garden Wall. Such a weird and wonderful little series(and genuinely unsettling at times!)

Perfect to help me shift into Halloween mode. Roll on October! 🎃