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septiseph · 7 months ago
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didn't bring my laptop/tab with me this weekend so I'm back to sketchbook doodling
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adhdemongirl · 1 year ago
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Kind of a review of "Laika: Aged Through Blood"
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Over the past weekend I managed to put 24 hours into this little game and I have so many feelings about it that I decided to write up a review of it. So let's get into it:
Laika: Aged Through Blood is a 2D metroidvania by Brainwash Gang that released on the 19th October of this year. It's also a shooter with bullet time. And also one of those bike-platformers like the Trials games or Happy Weels. And a post-apocalyptic spagetti-western.
Gameplay: Like I've mentioned before, Laika plays a lot like one of those bike-platformers, meaning that you'll spend the vast majority of the game driving trough the desertificated ruins of civilisation, making sick flips and trying desperatly not to break all of your bones on the pavement. The major way in which Laika differs from those games is that it also gives you a gun and asks you to shoot facists with it. Because aiming while having enemies shot at you while also trying not to crash isn't that easy, the game throws you a bone (because your playing as a canaid, get it?) and activates bullet time as soon as you press down the trigger, firing the gun only when you release. This doesn't only alleviate the chaos, but also makes you feel cool as fuck! Your guns (of which threre are six in total) all have infinite ammo, but require you make a backflip to reload. You are also able to parry enemy bullets by pressing the turn button at the correct moment. Your parry only replenishes after doing a front flip. This is fucking brilliant, because it forces you to do tricks and tricks feel satisfying to pull of.
The metroidvania aspect of the game honestly falls a bit into the background. There are only 3 really new abilities that you unlock over the game, one of which doesn't get utilised enough. The gamplay at the end of the game doesn't feel that different from the beginning. Luckily enough, the gameplay that is there feels amazing and the game isn't long enough for this lack of evolution to become a problem. Still, it would probably be more honest to call this an open world game than a metroidvania, especially more so because while exploration is definitly a thing that happens, it happens more passivly while you are doing quests for the people in your village or other wastelanders. A couple of other (really minor) misgivings that I have are that I only really found myself using 2 of the 6 guns, that there should have been a couple more teleporters around and that the dash upgrade should have been a nitro boost.
Presentation: Laika has a really cute cartoony art stile that contrasts brilliantly with it's bleak world and gruesome violence.
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Even the most minor encounter will lead to mangled corpses and our heroine being soaked in blood (partially because this wastelands currency are the guts of your enemy)
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That doesn't mean there isn't time for more peacefull or communal moments though
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And honestly, the game needs an artstyle like this. Anything less and it's world would feel to bleak. A game this bleak and melancholic needs a bit of cartoony levity, else it would be to depressing.
Speaking of melancholy, the soundtrack by Beícoli is hauntingly beautifull. Tracks like "The Whispers" or "Mother" will be spooking around in my head for a while. The soundtrack is also completely diagetic! Because not only is Beícoli a character in the game, but the songs you listen to are cassetes that you listen to with a walkman (that you can eject and replace whenever you want through your menu).
The rest of the sounddesign is also great. Menus have all the right clicky noises, your bike roars apropiatly and while I'm not completely satisfyed with the guns (could use more cracking) they still sound better than in some FPS games I've played.
Story and World: I'm honestly a little bit afraid to say too much about both, because I'm afraid to spoil to much of an amazing experience. I'll still try to give at least a (very tiny) ocerview. I'll also get into the content warnings for this game. Because besides the extreme, although cartoony, violence, the game also features depictions of extreme violence against kids and depictions and mentions of suicide, as well as mentions of sexual assault. Now the game itself warns you of these and it didn't feel like it relished in any of them. I still think that they are worth mentioning though.
As I've alluded to before, Laikas world is not a happy place. The world you inhabit isn't dying, it died a long time ago. And there are still people that want to deprive others of what little they have. Specificaly these racist as fuck birds with legally distinct guns and uniforms that definitly aren't a stand in for real world imperial powers, what are you talking about?
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(The birds in question)
The game beginns with a child having been brutally murdered by them and his father having gone out to take revenge. Our heroine, the anthro coyote Laika (whoever would've guessed that she's called that!?), follows him. soon enough she's sent out by her village to wage a one person war against the enemy. Luckily, Laika is cursed (ha), which means that she can not only see the ghosts of the recently decesed, but she's functionally immortal (because resporning at checkpoints is also diagetic, hell yeag!) Laika is also a single mom looking after her daughter Puppy (there is an actual story reason she's called that, the writers weren't just lazy). Laika doesn't want this fucked world to rob her Puppy of her childhood (for more reasons one). Her own mother, Maya (who she has a very strained relationship with at best), disagrees. Maya believes that Puppy needs to grow up to have a chance surviving. Both of these plotlines, Laika fighting the Birds and Laikas relationship with her family, are surprisingly nuanced, overlap at times and, most importantly, hurt me. Laika: Aged Through Blood is one of these stories that, even right after beginning them, you just know can at best end melancolic. That doesn't mean there is only tragedie to be had here, just be aware that you shouldn't play this game if your goal is only to feel great.
Final thoughts: I could talk about this game for hours (but that would involve heavy spoilers and isn't fitting for a review). I don't think I there was a moment in the 24 hours I spend with it that I didn't enjoy (mind that someone that was better at the game wouldn't need that long, I just fucking sucked at it, lol). It's a game that made me cry multiple times. It's a game that definitly deserves more attention than it is currently getting. It's a game that you can try out right now because there is a demo available! It's probably my game of the year.
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aviul · 1 year ago
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abstractober day 30: bricolage
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radi0activec0smos · 1 year ago
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part 2 to that doodle spam post which I absolutely could've done as a reblog but like. cmon. why would I do that. do I look like someone who uses logic to you? /hj
(once again under a read more cuz I don't want to like take up massive chunks of space)
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First of all THESE two doodles I didn't get to fit into the og post - surprise bitches, im also a cookie runner (though I'm not really that active, even less so in the fandom, so, like. do with that as you will). also yes I got infected with the "give blorbos pointy ears" disease and it's exactly one friend's fault /pos
And now: style change :3 @starlightlamplighter mildly encouraged me to share the doodles I did in their style so bestie here's also your time to shine
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and of course we start with gay people real because why not
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iirc THIS doodle with Mur and @starlightlamplighter's Ryuva was what really sent me properly into cementing her style into my styleset as well :] (I still remember when she ended up encouraging me to use it more often and I have to say it's REALLY fun to use)
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Okay, context behind these four: I massively headcanon that Wounded Warrior (who I refer to as Mur or Murtagh) may have defected from Eden/wherever the fuck Resh's army may have been situated or whatever and rejoined the war effort on Tsadi's side, mainly because of the symbol on their chestplate and the fact that there's the sun shield in their memory. These doodles are set both during their time in Eden and during their escape.
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And to top it all off, more gay people (which is actually from this month!)
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illumacati-aka-cati · 1 year ago
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"Hph... Welcome aboard then." They say. "Huh? What do you mean?" "How do you think we increase in numbers? We need fresh minds so our judgment is correct for each generation to follow." Two of the judges grab you off the pedestal and hoist you up with them, you adorning their white robes and heavenly flair without even noticing. One of the more older judges jumps off, plummeting to the Earth below. And the cycle begins anew.
In the afterlife, people will be measured by how good or evil they are in their lifetime. You scored a perfect zero, without a single decimal points. According to the regulations, it’s illegal to send you to heaven or hell so nobody knows what to do now.
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casualberries · 21 days ago
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ROAD, by me
If you ever met someone
Going through the same thing
You used to go through
What would you do?
For me, it's quite simple
If someone's lost on a dark road
I'll try to give guidance
I try to be a little light
Now, I know
One light isn't always enough
But you can see better with 1 lamp
Than with none
I know the dark road
I know which way to go
I know where the end is
I've walked it myself
Some might say
That because I crossed the road alone
I shouldnt help others
They need to do it alone too
But the thing is
I wanna be the light
Because I dont want anyone
to ever walk that road alone
So, if you're alone on a dark road
And you need a little light
You can ask me, im not the brighest light
But ill try my best to help
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justasadboi · 7 months ago
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I got my juice in in bed. In a basement where it’s so cold im under like five blankets rn but it’s fine. I really wonder why people act the way they do ya know I feel like everyone would be so much happier if we just like said what we mean. Like I could totally text a few people and be like hey bitch I love you or care about you but like society has this like rule where if y’all don’t talk anymore than doing that is like super weird but like I still have a place in my heart for many people. They aren’t all great people but I feel like they should know that I still think about them and care even tho when they texted me like three years ago I didn’t reply. Or like after that fight I never reached out and was like im sorry I still love you. Or like it’s literally been like a fucking decade almost since we’ve spoken or seen each other but like I still think of you and ur kids ya know. Im a sentimental person and idk why that has to be such a bad thing ya know. Im full of lore. And maybe some people don’t deserve that love but like that’s not my fault it’s still there I can’t control my metaphorical heart
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marsipain · 3 months ago
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Norwegian Mikus :)
Left is Miku as a russ and right is Miku in a bunad!
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wefeedonnaturalchaos · 1 year ago
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Wait...
Are there people following me???
Why???
I just exist to consume content
I've been lurking on Tumblr for AGES with no interaction for as long as I can remember
You know what I don't mind, I'll go back to being a hermit
Forgot I was here
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kugelblitz31 · 1 year ago
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Wait, you can improve your self by pushing yourself?
Bruh
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hotgirlmeg · 2 years ago
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crazy how going to bed a little early and getting a little more sleep can avoid making me feel like death at 1pm at work.
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traumxrei-archive · 1 year ago
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IT’S NOT EVIL IF I’M CORRECT !!! junoace the world !!!
I SAW YOUR ACE JUNO POSTING AND !! i would like to add:
juno surprising ace one day with wearing the heart suit on his other eye, maybe during an unbirthday party. all the heartslabyul students staring bc they KNOW how much ace gripes about juno wearing the diamond suit.
and ace just bursting into metaphorical flames bc it’s kinda like…juno’s saying that he’s his own person but also ace’s person too….
meanwhile, juno acting nonchalant abt it even tho he KNOWS what it does to ace hahahhahaha—
)(=?(==)?! WHAT ?(=? I WENT TO SLEEP I DID NOT EXPECT THIS?=)=? OOHH UR SOO EVIL FOR THIS WHAT THE HELL
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Why are they so meepy, they make me rot so much🙁
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o0kawaii0o · 4 months ago
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Baby I'm yours 🎶
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fuumiku · 6 months ago
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It was Maid Day today yesterday a week ago so I got struck by inspiration to draw the worsties, and it ran away from me into a whole AU where they’re coworkers at a maid cafe. She’s a med student & this is just a part time job, and this is his depression job while he gets his life back together. He needs something he can be workaholic about to forget what it’s like having a personal life and personal issues. He’s actually the accountant, but the new hire janitor (Izutsumi) doesn’t show up for half her shifts and is a sloppy worker, so he gets the extra work of doing her job on top of his because he’s undervalued and overworked. Of course, janitors also have an uniform to keep the aesthetic cohesion as they go about cleaning the place, of course.
Senshi’s the part time cook you only see slivers off, he’s kind and warm when you do see him and have a chat but most shifts he’s in and out the kitchen without a trace. Laios and Falin are regulars because Falin and Marcille are besties & in the same med school, Laios accompanies Falin as she visits her friend at work and gets hooked on the food. Chilchuck has to remind Marcille to work instead of chatting with Falin for an hour, and next thing he knows she’s distracting him from work too. That’s it that’s the AU. Inspired by this idol AU fanart a bit <3
This was not meant to be birthday gift but well…… Happy bday Chil!!!
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#Dungeon meshi#delicious in dungeon#Chilchuck tims#marcille donato#spoilers#dunmeshi au#Maid cafe au#Marchil#Workwife marchil save me. Kabuholm in the background bc i said so lmao#i think people forget marci n chil are coworker worsties first and foremost. Ppl should capitalize on it more#The orange hair swag that makes him look like a marketable idol more#You can tell idk how to draw maid outfits. I hate those hats sm I will miku miku beam them out of existence#Marcille does change her hairstyle everyday btw#they don’t get back together btw she goes you haven’t talked to me in 4 years and he immediately goes YOU haven’t talked to ME in 4–#i mean ehem i’m sorry haha… while Marcille is like 4 years?! 4 years…#Mei only did it bc Fler has been getting jittery again kept sighing#I wanted to draw Chil with a car key at his belt but it wasn’t meant to be#idk if marchil ever gets together in this one it’s an eternal summer coworker with tension situationship au#romance is when you slowly deteriorate his work ethics so he starts skipping on his worktime to spend it at the front messing around w you#once he’s blessedly in the office and he hears this huge crash and the Marci just goes ‘…… Chiiiiiil?�� cue sigh and having to repair#the coffee machine. So many lil comics i couldn’t indulge myself to draw save me#shoutout to the time as a cashier in training at a convenience store I was left by my coworker who was supposed to wash the greasy chicken#oven but didn’t so I had to clean it for the first time myself while I was alone in the store and was also supposed to man the front#Shoutout to my convenience store’s accountant helping us with cashier duties often when there was less job to do ty ty#Understaffed struggles are so real#People also call Chil a manager because the boss is most often away so he just does everything#There’s no union but maybe one day he’ll get to overthrow the boss idk#The pay IS good at least#Modern au
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marsmarbles · 2 months ago
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Me and Mogswamp got on mcci together and I had so much fun talking to him and playing all the mcci games omfg. The amount of stimming and shrieking I did afterwards was insane lmao.
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ohno-the-sun · 1 year ago
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Brain empty only fish 🐟
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