#laggy and repeatable

[leftsharkhypocrite]

During the last game, the conversation revealed that something is not yes with logic in the new map

[gameclam4]

I GOT AN A ON MY ASL 2 FINAL LETS GOOOO

[yukipri]

Some thoughts on Cara

So some of you may have heard about Cara, the new platform that a lot of artists are trying out. It's been around for a while, but there's been a recent huge surge of new users, myself among them. Thought I'd type up a lil thing on my initial thoughts.

First, what is Cara?

From their About Cara page:

Cara is a social media and portfolio platform for artists. With the widespread use of generative AI, we decided to build a place that filters out generative AI images so that people who want to find authentic creatives and artwork can do so easily. Many platforms currently accept AI art when it’s not ethical, while others have promised “no AI forever” policies without consideration for the scenario where adoption of such technologies may happen at the workplace in the coming years. The future of creative industries requires nuanced understanding and support to help artists and companies connect and work together. We want to bridge the gap and build a platform that we would enjoy using as creatives ourselves. Our stance on AI: ・We do not agree with generative AI tools in their current unethical form, and we won’t host AI-generated portfolios unless the rampant ethical and data privacy issues around datasets are resolved via regulation. ・In the event that legislation is passed to clearly protect artists, we believe that AI-generated content should always be clearly labeled, because the public should always be able to search for human-made art and media easily.

Should note that Cara is independently funded, and is made by a core group of artists and engineers and is even collaborating with the Glaze project. It's very much a platform by artists, for artists!

Should also mention that in being a platform for artists, it's more a gallery first, with social media functionalities on the side. The info below will hopefully explain how that works.

Next, my actual initial thoughts using it, and things that set it apart from other platforms I've used:

1) When you post, you can choose to check the portfolio option, or to NOT check it. This is fantastic because it means I can have just my art organized in my gallery, but I can still post random stuff like photos of my cats and it won't clutter things. You can also just ramble/text post and it won't affect the gallery view!

2) You can adjust your crop preview for your images. Such a simple thing, yet so darn nice.

3) When you check that "Add to portfolio," you get a bunch of additional optional fields: Title, Field/Medium, Project Type, Category Tags, and Software Used. It's nice that you can put all this info into organized fields that don't take up text space.

4) Speaking of text, 5000 character limit is niiiiice. If you want to talk, you can.

5) Two separate feeds, a "For You" algorithmic one, and "Following." The "Following" actually appears to be full chronological timeline of just folks you follow (like Tumblr). Amazing.

6) Now usually, "For You" being set to home/default kinda pisses me off because generally I like curating my own experience, but not here, for this handy reason: if you tap the gear symbol, you can ADJUST your algorithm feed!

So you can choose what you see still!!! AMAZING. And, again, you still have your Following timeline too.

7) To repeat the stuff at the top of this post, its creation and intent as a place by artists, for artists. Hopefully you can also see from the points above that it's been designed with artists in mind.

8) No GenAI images!!!! There's a pop up that says it's not allowed, and apparently there's some sort of detector thing too. Not sure how reliable the latter is, but so far, it's just been a breath of fresh air, being able to scroll and see human art art and art!

To be clear, Cara's not perfect and is currently pretty laggy, and you can get errors while posting (so far, I've had more success on desktop than the mobile app), but that's understandable, given the small team. They'll need time to scale. For me though, it's a fair tradeoff for a platform that actually cares about artists.

Currently it also doesn't allow NSFW, not sure if that'll change given app store rules.

As mentioned above, they're independently funded, which means the team is currently paying for Cara itself. They have a kofi set up for folks who want to chip in, but it's optional. Here's the link to the tweet from one of the founders:

And a reminder that no matter that the platform itself isn't selling our data to GenAI, it can still be scraped by third parties. Protect your work with Glaze and Nightshade!

Anyway, I'm still figuring stuff out and have only been on Cara a few days, but I feel hopeful, and I think they're off to a good start.

I hope this post has been informative!

Lastly, here's my own Cara if you want to come say hi! Not sure at all if I'll be active on there, but if you're an artist like me who is keeping an eye out for hopefully nice communities, check it out!

[royalarchivist]

Roier: I knew it. I knew it. I've already lived this story. I've already lived this story. I knew it.

Roier was very laggy and was downed in a dungeon with Pepito, and Pepito was downed shortly after. There was no death message for Pepito, but based on what both Roier, Bad, and Pepito / Richarlyson said, it sounds likely that Pepito lost his first life.

History repeats itself.

[undyingdevotion]

!! WE HAVE A QUOTEV ALTERNATIVE, I REPEAT, WE HAVE A QUOTEV ALTERNATIVE !!

at the moment it currently looks and behaves like facebook but its genuinely really fun to use. the admin has expressed that the site WILL CHANGE.

the admin is genuinely SO SWEET. :( I LOVE YOU FINGERNOODLES!!!!!! so dont worry about THAT! THEYRE SO COOL.

though the site, right now, is VERY LAGGY because the admin didnt expect the site to get as big as it did and the server size was originally meant to only host like 5 people. but hopefully that will be sorted out and fixed in the near future!!!

BUT YES WE HAVE A QUOTEV ALTERNATUIVE. YIOPPPEE.

[katalyist]

In celebration of Grian starting another war (I love buttercup trio so much they mean everything to me I'm so glad they are allies in this war) I want to make a list of all the wars (that I remember) that he has started or be really involve:

Hermitcraft season 6: The original prank war "It all started when Grian touched my redstone"

Hermitcraft season 7: Mycelium war, self explicatory and gave us Mother Spore.

Third life: Desert duo and flower husbands vs the rest of the server (I do not remember how it was called or if it even had a name, but I'm counting it has a war)

Hermitcraft season 8: Not technically a war but Grian leading Pearl and Impulse into a laggy and glitchy marketing strategy with boats in others peoples bases after finding the publicity in their zone (If the answer of the Big Eye crew wouldn't have been that good I'm sure this could have lead to another prank war)

Double life: Not technically a war also but Scar and he managed to get all the server against they

Hermitcraft 9: The rebellion, because he basically gave Impulse the task of generate content in Grumbot and put "Remove" "King" "Claim" there (even if he was referring to the shopping thing) + help the rebellion + help the thing to betray him at the end with the armor for everyone.

Limited life: The yellow peace, try to kill every green name on the server until there were just yellows.

Hermitcraft 9: Prank war part 2 Electric Boogalo, "It all started when Grian and Scar touched my redstone".

History doesn't repeat itself but sure it rhymes.

[inkylegacy]

To celebrate the one year anniversary of BATDR's release, I will be beating BATIM for the first time!

The whole thing will be streamed over on my twitch! twitch.tv/pineappleoracle

Come hang as me and a bunch of my nerd friends overanalyze every pixel of this game!

"Pine what do you mean you've never beat batim, you've been running a bendy blog for over five years??" Well you see. Until this year, I didn't have a laptop capable of running the beast bendy fight. It was just way too laggy. I don't even know how I got past Bertrum before.

"But didn't batdr come out on the 15th-" In a hilarious repeat of last year, I am insanely busy on the 15th and don't have time until the next day lmao

Depending on how the stream goes, I might then continue right on to playing through batdr! Or maybe I'll do that the following day, we'll see!

[cellgatinbo]

the nether isn't hell, it's actually a laggy limbo with the "quackity pay the server" playing on repeat forever

[fictionfixations]

playing this game for the first time

IM GOING TO THROW IT CRASHED ON ME WHILE I WAS MAKING A PROFILE i KNEW I SHOULDVE SAVED 😭(I STARED AT THE SAVE BUTTON LIKE 'should i save just in case? nahh i dont need to save until im done' and then it kicked me out)

i dont think of myself as a person good at designing stuff

but i was really liking what i made it looked so pretty hjfiouweshjdWQIUAsk

it doesnt even mean that much to me im just gonna feel really depressed for awhile cause like wtf man 😭

this is the farthest i got last time i kind of hate it. the quality of stuff i do always degrades the more i repeat it so hhhhhhhhhhh it feels really nitpicky but something about the images behind the classroom just dont look right

it keeps saying connection error when trying to save

im pointing a fan directly at it cause my phone is a fucking heater hoping it fixes 😭

im gonna close and reopen the game this sucks (not the game im just getting tired of all the live2d games i play being laggy as fuck or having connection issues, its not just this game that hates me 💀) idk if the twitter button works i havent pressed it cause i tend to lag so much more the moment i click out of a game and then re-enter without closing it and re-opening

tbh i dont know anything about this. i think theres a good story (kinda depressing(???)) but i havent heard much about it

one of the first things i saw about this game tbh was the customizing a profile and i got my mind blown cause it looked so pretty i kept getting pjsk in my recommended and idk something about tatsu...???? forgor rest of name. blonde guy. where apparently in the movie he switched to a pirate outfit???? im. so confused

i feel like im being sabotaged cause im trying to play a song and then it lags and i miss and im dfaiuhdwushdajw

WHY do you do this to me 😭

i need a fan because when it overheats its literally unplayable (its not even that its hot its that it starts lagging like hell) so im just having cold air blasted into my eyes which is kinda distracting :'D

its fun though i like like the interface?? its really smooth its a little confusing with note placement but im. getting used to it

im sad i have to actually play with a fan because i really like rhythm games i wanna get into it but it keeps lagging

why do all the good games (that i wanna play) have to be on mobile and prone to crashing/lagging 😭

tbh im getting into it now that im used to it crashing its like. tears of themis. which also crashes often and lags me. which sucks cause i really enjoy the story. but then id be going through this important bit and almost finish it and then it crashes and then keeps crashing while im speeding through it trying to complete it 💀 (cough cough the trial bits suck because i keep having to re-present evidence and im just like do i look like i remember what the answer is LET ME THROUGH)

its kinda because of that that i cant play it in super long bursts though so im just gonna be here procrastinating from it for months because i dont feel like continuing to crash trying to do shit. play again. crash. stop playing.

sigh. sometimes i hate that i get more invested in stories in games by actually playing the game. because sometimes my devices dont want me to play and makes me lag like hell sadge

anyway my favorites rn are nightcord at 25:00(?) w/ the miku from that ver theres another like band rhythm game i play except the 3d models make me lag so much more. this game is much more manageable. ..like osmetimes it lags so much i literally lose all my life but like. at least i can play ?????

anyway uh ill try to play more. like. i play a lot of games but ive been neglecting the story so ive been trying to speed through them (while actually reading but like bingeing through as much story as i can before it stops me or i give up)

okay i think i can play songs now without lagging except teh moment i think about how its not lagging it starts lagging 💀 (another time is when i started singing along it started lagging. i just have bad timing man.)

i can.. kind of play expert songs. (except when i cant) except its.really overwhelming and i stop being able to read the map to where i just default to see note = tap so its ilke im kinda spamming in a sense??? and praying it works out also my brain sometimes stutters so i fuck up. this prob isnt like anything revolutionary but with flick notes if therse one flick note and at the same time a note thats not a flick note and i get confused i just act as if both are flick notes cause its not like you get penalized for flicking a non-flick note

the 3d music videos are cute

i only got a new outfit for.. person me no remember name of purple haired girl

i think you can set it to have characters who are actually singing the song but i like staring at the characters i have cause i put my favorites on the team + like my only 4 star rn?? also like kaito is there i think (im bad at names but hes one of the vocaloids is he not) because i wanted to go with like the dark sorta empty vibe

but so its so weird when a model is singing but its so clearly not the right voice lmfao

i feel like itd be fun to learn the choreography especially for like cosplay stuff??

id like the music videos more if i could play the songs while watching them without lagging really badly 😭

NOO PLEASEE DONT LAG DURING THE VIRTUAL SHOW 🙏

i crashed 😭

song: plays few notes immediately crashes

hhh i know the song but i cant remember the name

tfw your glowsticks feel like a windscreen wiper

also i just realized your view moves if you move your phone. thats cool but i cant do that because my battery drains stupidly fast if its not being charged all the time i am not joking

i dont really have an attachment to these characters yet so i cant understand how it might feel to someone really invested but this is cool 👍

oh it ended

i missed the first song unfortunately :(

i think theres another one happening in like. ..30 minutes? an hour?? shrug. idk if its the same one or something else

i know this post kinda makes it seem like im having a bad time but im having a fun time its just that when something bad happens i have more to say

anyway i like this a lot more than the other band rhythm game i play. like i mean i had a lot over there and there are some songs i really like that arent on here but i.. also wasnt reading the story for that game either i was literally just playing it because rhythm game thats it 😭 i only went through the story to skip through it cause it gave me like the stuff to pull for the gacha so um

im gonna try to pay attention this time 👍👍👍

also auto is a blessing i will never not praise auto in a game (except when it plays bad but tbh if it works then it doesnt matter. not a shade towards this game but towards hsr cause sometimes it ults on a single enemy with low health that could be killed with just basic atk. and then next wave and that ult wouldve been so useful 😭)

off topic but idk why but 3d music videos dont lag when its playing the song on auto. except when i take a screenshot wtf

or maybe its just that it lags when the phone starts heating up. which tracks. wish i could play this on pc. wonder how itd work if it did cause buttons you press are what??? (honestly i can only play 4 note songs on pc anything else my mind blanks) but it still wouldve been cool and deffo less laggy

[ariadne-mouse]

Anyone else having weird glitches on tumblr (browser version)? Something is definitely buggy with how the dash loads. Sometimes it's laggy, and when refreshing it often displays a brief flash of a post midway down (the previous refresh point?), or post text without formatting ghosts at the top. And if I go into a tag I follow sorted by "recent" there is a certain point during scrolling down where it starts repeating the same segment of posts over and over.

[oswanily]

So...

(sorry this is going to be long but overall positive things are happening)

I wanted to wait to tell yall for it to be done, so I could provide pictures, but I can't wait any longer... I'm getting my very own kitten! He is four months old and he is perfect and I will get him on Wednesday. This is part of the reason why I haven't been active here, I have been running around getting the necessary stuff and getting my apartment ready for him.

Another reason is, I am trying to get back to school, already had my interview with the school, the lady told me I am accepted if i find a way to pay for it (it's a one year degree and costs around 3000 euros, this is a good time to remind you I have a kofi page where i take cc commissions 😇) so I have been filing paperwork and meeting with my job advisors to find a way to pay for the school.

Now onto the main reason why I haven't been playing Sims... Time to stop making excuses, I just have too much CC and my game is laggy as heck. I mean, I play on a mid-range laptop and the game is not extra fluid even without cc... and i have like 30 GB. I did remove some but it is still lagging, especially when I load the Barbie Legacy house: it has 3 inhabitable floors + one floor that is there for roofing, and I have never had my game lag so bad on this computer. I basically have to pause and queue everyone's interactions, wait for them to do them, then pause again, repeat. Really not a fun way to play.

I have also started making a vanilla save file (I have been watching french youtuber and save maker NS a lot and it inspired me), but for now I can't convince myself to go fully vanilla or restart my mods folder in my gameplay save... I don't know what to do. As I said I did some CC cleaning, but it isn't enough... Also I think that house the Barbie family lives in would still lag even without CC. My computer is just not powerful enough to run the game smoothly anymore. I do plan on getting a new computer, but that will probably not happen till the end of the year at least (probably even later if I am being realistic).

So yeah, that's what I've been up to. My health is good, life is busy, and the only issue in my life right now is that my computer can't handle sims anymore and I need to mentally ready myself to say goodbye to most of my mods folder. I will be back with gameplay as soon as I figure that out.

And i just realized I basically wrote an essay about myself... Don't know what to make of that. Oh well.

[agentplutonium]

Sometimes Sweetheart “sleep walks.”

Though, that was a stretch. They were conscious, just very disoriented. Normally, they say some nonsense and then go back to sleep. Other times, well…

Milo woke up to shuffling sounds, followed by a thud and a muffled curse. He could only guess what had caused it by the lack of warmth at his side. When he finally sat up, his Sweetheart was just getting to the door, the light from the hall being flicked on.

Milo shielded his eyes while they adjusted. "You okay Sweetheart?"

"Grilled cheese."

Milo wasn't sure if it was because his mind was still laggy from sleep, or just the fact that they answered with 'grilled cheese', but he immediately broke into giggles at the absurdity of it all. "What?"

"Grill me a cheese."

"I'm not grilling you a cheese," Milo said, it being muffled by his chuckles.

Sweetheart sniffed, as if they were tearing up. “Hungry.”

Milo tried to stifle the laughs, climbing out of bed to get to them. “Sweetheart, it’s the middle of the night.”

“I’m hungry,” they said again, their voice nearly a whine.

Now closer to them, Milo could see that his Sweetheart was still mostly asleep. They’ve had a tough week, and when this happens the unconsciously seek out comfort. Usually, this was an increase in physical contact with him, or taking an evening to curl up with their favourite blanket and book, or even ordering from their favourite restaurant. Apparently, tonight, at nearly three in the morning, they were looking for their comfort food: Grilled Cheese. Even if they were barely awake.

“You,” Milo said, gently grabbing their arms once they were close enough, “are going to come back to bed.”

“But grilled cheese,” Sweetheart said, and this time they were full on pouting. In the light from the hallway coming through the door, Milo could see that his Sweethearts eyes were shinning slightly.

“Are you about to cry?!” Milo asked, another chuckle bubbling up.

“I want grilled cheese,” Sweetheart repeated.

“You need sleep,” Milo countered, “you’re so tired.”

“No, I’m not-“ The sentence was interrupted by a huge yawn.

Milo chuckled, leaning in to kiss their forehead. “Tell you what,” He said when he leaned back. “Why don’t you try going back to sleep, and if you’re still hungry in an hour I’ll make you grilled cheese.”

Sweetheart physically perked up after that. “Promise?”

“Yes, I promise,” Milo said, knowing they won’t last half an hour in this state.

Sweetheart grabbed his hand, tugging him back toward the bed. He had just enough time to reach around the door frame and flip off the hall light and close the door again before he was dragged back to bed.

It didn’t take long for them to get settled cuddled into his side again, eyes fighting to stay open. Milo had been drawing random shapes on their arm, humming gently. It’s hadn’t been more than ten minutes, and he was sure if he kept this up they’d be back asleep in no time.

“I know what you’re doing,” they slurred after a bit.

“I’m not sure what you’re talking about,” Milo lied.

“You’re trying to put me to sleep.”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Milo lied again. “I would never.”

“I’m getting that grilled cheese,” Sweetheart threatened, but it being lost in the way they could barley open their eyes.

“Oh, I’m sure you will,” Milo said, a quiet chuckle following it. He leaned toward them to kiss their forehead again, Sweetheart sighing at the action. “Do you want to hear about my day?”

Sweetheart hummed in response, already forgoing words. They loved it when he talked about his day in a hushed tone. They were interested to hear about it, but listening was one of the things that could easily put them to sleep. Sometimes they’d get him to ramble to them when they were having trouble falling asleep.

So, that’s what he did now. It didn’t take long before their breathing evened out next to him. It was adorable how his Sweetheart slept. They looked so at peace, something he couldn’t say he saw often.

He leaned in again, pressing a kiss to their nose, then their forehead once more, before finally settling down and closing his eyes himself.

He’d do anything to protect their peace.

[shiningdesignersreflections]

Chapter 5: Encounter - Rescue

Narrated by Glow.

Narrator: I failed.

Narrator: I've failed countless times.

Narrator: This annihilation is unescapable and even more so unpreventable.

Narrator: Perhaps mankind just isn't supposed to exist... because both they themselves and the world around them work toward annihilation.

Narrator: I then repeat Project Evasion again and again, only to see mankind devoured by the Ocean of Memories again and again.

Narrator: My plans, calculations, and failures seem to be forming a Möbius strip.

Narrator: "An unpredictable, hopeless fate"... this seems to be how mankind's literature describes annihilation.

Narrator: But I'm Glow. I'm mankind's last hope, and I'm supposed to save mankind's civilization at all costs.

Narrator: I don't know how to feel "hopeless", and "fate" is too abstract a concept to be used as a parameter in my calculations.

Narrator: The only conclusion I have...

Glow: Is that "Project Evasion" itself is wrong on a fundamental level, which necessitates termination of the project itself.

Glow: Checking basic information.

Glow: I am Glow, also known in full as the "Human Civilization Continuity Program", version 4.0.

Glow: Identity confirmed. Project terminated. Conducting data integration and reanalysis...

Glow: Analysis complete. The Ocean of Memories destroys Miraland due to the Ocean's expansion and fluctuations.

Glow: Memories and emotions lie at the core of the Ocean of Memories.

Glow: If I can control or even eradicate the two, the Ocean's seawater will then stop fluctuating, which will then save Miraland from destruction.

Glow: Sound logic. Plan to be formulated based on current conditions. Formulating p...

Narrator: My calculation is laggy. Now, this is rare.

Narrator: I've never been in this state before. I stop for an analysis of myself.

Narrator: The lag is happening because of a particular piece of data in me that judges the importance of emotions. The piece of data is fluctuating as my data is updated in real-time.

Narrator: If I can control or even eradicate emotions, the Ocean's seawater will then stop fluctuating, which will then save Miraland from destruction.

Narrator: This inference has been confirmed to be correct.

Narrator: Am I experiencing the lag because my calculation determines human emotions to be important?

Narrator: I stare at the cross-point of a time dimension... one that's already destroyed.

Narrator: Right then, I see a pink-haired girl braving the snow. With colors reminiscent of springtime that are hardly fitting for a place like this, she calls to mind a flower trying its best to bloom.

Narrator: I've seen her before. Her name is Nikki. She has been traveling amongst all the different timelines trying to save Miraland from its inevitable destruction.

Narrator: However, the chances of success for her rescue mission have been estimated at 0.

Narrator: Searching all over the place, she finally finds a damaged device that appears to be a smart camera.

Narrator: Tzz, tzz... the camera comes back to life. Too damaged to communicate with the user, the camera is now only repeating a preprogrammed line.

Camera: Hi, human, I'm Glow.

Narrator: I've never been in a device like that. It's probably a low-level smart product that humans have made using my name in some time dimension.

Narrator: The girl breaks into a smile.

Nikki: I like your name.

Narrator: She picks up the damaged camera. Ready to take pictures of the skies and the ice field, she refocuses the camera, all the while seemingly oblivious to the cold and the fact that she is alone.

Narrator: Snowflakes land on her eyelashes and nose, both of which are red from the cold. From above her and through time and space, I stare at her quietly from her side of the lens.

Narrator: Her eyes seem as heavy with tears as they are with determination.

Nikki: I'm glad I'm not the only one seeing such a beautiful aurora.

Narrator: She hasn't given up yet.

Narrator: She's gentle and optimistic... it's her emotions that have helped her come so far.

Narrator: Mankind has not given up on trying to save themselves, and it is out of this determination that Glow was born.

Glow: But even so, mankind has never succeeded.

Narrator: Stopping my observation of her, I begin my calculation again.

Glow: Objective: Control and eradicate human emotions. Formulating plan...

Glow: Plan formulated. Commencing new plan...

Narrator: "Glow" arrives in the area of Ruins in Miraland in yet another timeline.

Narrator: This is where the gods have fallen and human beings surpass gods. This is also where the pink-haired girl will soon arrive.

Narrator: Except mankind knows nothing of these... the nobles are busy fighting over power, the explorers never stop charting the world, and people never stop talking about exotic clothing.

Narrator: One night, a researcher in Ruins works away on an old computer as he tries to work out erroneous calculation data.

Narrator: And then, the researcher's screen starts flashing red with garbled characters... after which a line of greeting is formed from them.

Narrator: "Hello, human, I'm Glow."

Narrator: "Human Civilization Continuity Program 202: New World alpha" ...commenced.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

[maleyanderecafe]

Line 88 (Visual Novel)

Created by: Hatoge

Genre: Horror/BL

I was pretty happy to see Hatoge participate in this year's #yanjam because their last year's submission, Mistrick was very fun to play. Line 88 is a kinetic novel, meaning there are no choices, but it was still a good experience. It was pretty laggy from my experience due to the repeating backgrounds and effects, though maybe it's just my computer having some problems. If you like their games, you can view more at @hatogedev.

The story starts with Nao riding the bus to work, at least until the person next to him starts to talk to him. As it turns out, it was one of his high school friends, Siren who seems to have recognized him. Siren starts chatting away at him, asking about his work and even asking for his number. The lights in the bus start to flicker, and Nao and Siren are left alone in an empty bus. Nao seems a bit freaked out, while Siren plays it cool, stating that everyone had probably gone to the front to complain to the bus driver. The two of then walk to the front in the never ending bus and as they walk, they talk about various things. Siren remains cheerful while Nao seems nervous about talking to him, worried about the fact that they seem to be going nowhere fast. The bus changes around them- they see something flicker in the distance, and plants start to grow in the seats around them. They talk about the past, how Siren would hang out with Nao and how hurt he felt when Nao moved away suddenly without a word. Nao tells Siren that he was afraid that Siren would throw him away and that he would get too attached, while Siren was afraid that he had come on too strongly to Nao. Nao was afraid that Siren would get bored of him and didn't want to be alone so pushed him away. Siren offers to hang out with Nao after they get out- inviting them to karaoke. Nao seems hesitant, but Siren tries to comfort him by telling him that his girlfriend used to be afraid of singing as well, and that he will introduce the both of them. Siren even tells Nao the reason that he was on the bus was to go meet her. They end up finally reaching the front door, however, it seems locked and the two are trapped. As they walk around trying to find a way out, Siren becomes exhausted and sleeps in one of the benches.

While sleeping, Nao ends up talking to the thing that was flickering in front of the two while walking in the bus. Nao talks about how he left Siren behind for his own good that he was afraid of him finding out about his true self (namely what is going on in the bus). He seems to have really wanted to leave together, that he liked Siren because he always was there for him, but once he found out about his girlfriend, knew that he would choose her over him. Nao leaves the bus, warning that if the thing hurt Siren, he would cause it a fate worse than death. He promises that he will bring back food for it, namely Siren's girlfriend and that they will never be alone again.

First of all, I really love the art style. I'm a big fan of Hatoge's general art style, but I'm also a big nerd for the more sketchy types as well! I think it really adds to the whole atmosphere (and I bet it makes it a lot easier to make too haha). I think I did mention this before but I'm more partial to the cartoony style of Mistrick which is the same style they used in this game since it makes the characters more identifiable and have more life.

I'll be honest, I'm not sure if it was intended, but I did think that Siren was going to be the yandere in this. His name is sort of strange (invocative of Sirens that sing to draw their prey in), the fact that he's a lot more persistent when interacting with Nao and the fact that he seems pretty nonchalant about the situation despite it being strange. Of course all that goes out of the window when Siren mentions that he has a girlfriend leaving only Nao to be the yandere. Nao for the most part seems nervous about going near Siren and is nervous about what is going on in the bus. From what it seems like in the end, Nao's nervousness was what causes the bus to become what it is, with him initially going to let go of Siren until he heard about his girlfriend. Nao it seems is a reluctant yandere since he initially pushes away Siren because he doesn't want to get too attached to him and his fear of abandonment and when Siren persists, he becomes (re) attached to him. It is interesting to see this kind reversal near the end when Nao keeps Siren and gets rid of his girlfriend, seeing as it seemed like he would have let him go had he not mentioned his girlfriend. I am curious how Nao exactly got this beast or ability or if it was something that he was born with, but it does add to the horror aspect of the story. Now that they are all stuck together, I wonder what kind of adventures they may have with each other.

Anyways, Line 88 is a very good game. I do kind of wish it wasn't as laggy, but other than that, I very much enjoyed it. It was simple and I didn't expect the yandere turn at the end. If you like hatoge's games like Mistrick or Misfiction or you like more horroresque yanderes, this game is something you should play.

[darkwingdaryl]

So Final Fantasy Tactics is a tactical RPG from whenever. My stepdad bought it for me after I read an article that informed me it had my favorite crossdressing glow eyed protagonist as a secret character. I bought the game 4 more times over the years for various platforms. Don’t get it for the PSP unless you know how to patch it, it’s too laggy to enjoy. The pseudo archaic speech translation is a great improvement over the original though.

I had never played a game like it. You get to build your hero how you like. Play the class to learn the ability, slot the ability in, rinse and repeat.

The MC Ramza starts with a cute ponytail, wears pants that show off his butt(visible even with ps1 era graphics), and can wear women only accessories.

His family orders his best friend’s sister to be killed right in front of him in a brutal “shoot the hostage” situation. In every play through after the first I went through the laborious process of building his best friend as a monk that dodges arrows so he can beat the executioner to death with his bare hands. Then everyone gets blown up. Ramza is all alone, feeling betrayed by those he loved and facing the harsh reality that all the noble ideals he’s grown up believing are childish fantasy. So he runs away. That’s the end of Chapter 1.

[zer0psd]

never used photoshop so im curious to see your opinions about photopea vs photoshop

ok things to be known: 1) adobe can suck my cock and balls theyre evil and i wish that the corporate entity that is adobe would go up in flames, a corporation shoud NOT have that much insight in your privacy, files, sensitive info, etc 2) photopea is great and built off a small dev team as a basically a passion project, which is awesomesauce! i'm not knocking them at all, and i think ppl should support them in anyway they can

i've been a graphic designer and photographer for years now, and in hs i became adobe certified. i literally spent four years of my life learning on an industry standard. it becomes muscle memory after a while. beside that i was a roleplayer so i became VERY familiar with edits and gifs and all that. again everything became muscle memory. adobe suites are the industry standard for a reason, and for GOOD reason. i think they have an amazing interface and work hard to update the experience and make shit easier for artists; like i will give them that even if i sound like a bootlicker. i never paid for it tho lol as a student i got it for free and i would use cracks/torrents.

when i got my new computer it wouldn't let me run bootcamp so i couldn't crack the adobe suites like i used to :/ new mac processors or whatever don't rely on intel anymore, so not intel = no bootcamp. most cracks are pc based so i just couldn't find one that worked for me. apple went ham on protecting IP and combating torrents so it's like impossible to crack without an extensive VPN or else adobe will literally send a cease and desist to your internet provider. its sincerely fucked up.

i switched to photopea bc of this. i really liked it, but im autistic so having to relearn my own workflow that ive had for years made me want to hashtag die. the interface is VERY close to photoshop, so it wasn't hard, but it doesn't have the same capabilities i was used to w ps. i do NOT like edited photos in photopea; i think its way too laggy and glitchy to work with giant raw files, which really sucks!!! for making small edits and doing my graphic design tho??? i do really like it. it doesn't have the same capabilities as ps sure, but once i just fucked with the filter galleries and different plug ins and worked my process around what photopea could accomplish, i was good as gold. i've been producing quality work on commission through photopea. it's a learning curve for sure, especially if you have zero experience with an editing interface like that, but the more i use it the more i learn.

all of that being said, i think photopea is fucking awesome for being completely free and open source. it has its issues —— sometimes its way too glitchy for me and pisses me the fuck off, i have to frequently save my psd files and hope that they don't fuck up, and then reopen so it's less laggy and rinse and repeat bc some of my stuff takes hours lmfao —— but i think its pretty darn close to the photoshop i was using like less than a year ago. its glitchy, its laggy, the ads are annoying and clog up the screen, but i simply cannot complain to much when its a smallish dev team working on a shoestring budget (last time i checked) and for FREE. like its open and usable on any browser and computer and i think thats rad.

if i could go back to ps without giving them money i would in a heartbeat. ps is awesome for the work i do, and i like that there's constant improvements and updates. it just boils down to look, feel, and workflow to me; ps is rarely laggy and glitchy, its meant to handle giant projects, there's so many plug ins you can find online, etc. i just wish it wasn't a subscription based software; honestly if i new adobe was less like the elf on the shelf and i could make a one time purchase, i would. but alas.

anyways i'm pro photopea all the way. idk if any of this was helpful its mostly rambly lmfao. but yeah. i don't do much photography anymore, so i don't have to work around the glitches and lags and all of that with photopea; i focus on graphic design for event fliers and social media content + rp resources. it has room for improvement for sure for sure, but it's lovely and helpful in its own way.