#studio cryo

[retrocgads]

USA 1993

[cparas-art]

The other Kaeyas I have drawn (2022 & 2023) :3

The 2nd one I tried to study Genshin's artstyle--I'll never do it again but it was a fun experiment XD

[i-vrdude]

Here are more 8-bit chibis of Genshin that I created!

[thormanick-fanart]

In the Name of Tsaritsa - Page 9

...second most favourite page? the composition on this one took a while

Snegurochka* - snow maiden

Moya* - mine

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[angelfromthepast]

in light of hydro kaveh and pyro (corrupt) alhaitham, i decided to also change the visions and designs of a few other characters!

cryo tighnari, and dendro dori ☆

[amzblu]

I redraw an old Chongyun art I did a while ago but digitally this time

[luna-rainbow]

Do you have a meta on the vest Bucky's wearing when they pull him out of cryo in that first scene in civil war???

Hmm I confess I never really thought about the vest because I read somewhere that Sebastian was filmed topless for that scene and the vest was later CG’ed on. I don't think anyone got an explanation as to why. My guess is because Bucky's topless scene in CATWS was...I'm not sure if threatening (to the idea of masculinity) is the correct word, but he was very vulnerable, from the framing to the camera angle to his relative nakedness. They've been course-correcting with Bucky since, to make him better fit the "masculine" norm and hopefully put an end to Stucky.

So in my canon I’ve always thought of Bucky as topless in that scene, because that seems to be the original intent without the studio meddling.

That said it looks like there’s a version of concept art from CATWS with some sort of mesh material covering the torso?

If I had to take a guess, the vest would most likely be for either temperature regulation or for restraint purposes. The black lines look almost like cords and arranged similarly? Maybe they're used to help cool/warm him quickly, or maybe they conduct electricity if he wakes up and tries to break free?

[matbenetti17]

Their favourite hobby? 🤔

Bloom likes to draw and DIY, in fact she likes to personalize her clothes and personal objects as much as possible using her art. I could also see her being a bit of a nerd and doing cosplay 🤔

Stella obviously loves fashion in all its forms. She loves shopping, reading fashion magazines, going to fashion shows and even making clothes with her own hands. A hobby that she and Bloom have in common, with her doing cosplay. A little hidden hobby of hers is liking stand up comedy, but she hides it because she believes that being a princess such a "guilty pleasure" could make her less qualified

Flora obviously loves taking care of her plants and studying, not just reading. She shares with her parents the desire to know more, to understand more. She also enjoys creating jewelry, a passion that she has passed on to her little sister Miele

Musa loves to play and sing but also to compose music. Let's say that she embodies her parents' total passion for music. Ho-Boe playing, her mother singing and she, in particular, composing music. She particularly dreams of opening a studio to record music and discover new talents. With Tecna she shares the desire to research new technologies, especially in her field. She doesn't like to do "old-fashioned" music very much

Aisha lived particularly protected by her parents, especially her father, and her passion for sports in general seems to have been a consequence of his desire to want always the best from her and to always want her to remain safe. She has been subjected to very tough training both physically and in etiquette training to become the perfect princess. Although this routine has always been tiring for her, over time she began to take certain moments of those combat trainings (physical and magical) for herself, to be able to vent all her frustration. Her only moments of leisure were spent with her cousin Tressa and her lady-in-waiting (and best friend) Anne. Thanks to her she developed a passion for dancing, another way to release all her energy and anger. Unfortunately, because of this "un-princessly" hobby, Aisha's father banished Anne from the court of Andros when he discovered them secretly dancing together *insert bisexual reading sublevel for this scene*. Anyway, apart from dancing she also likes: swimming, surfing and rock climbing (with all the times she sneaked out of her castle's tower)

Before arriving at Alfea Tecna had no particular hobbies. As already explained in this master post on Zenith everything that is fun and entertainment is considered useless. Tecna has always lived with the aim of excelling over others so, like Aisha, they have been subjected all their life to: magic trainings, exercises to further develop their intelligence and logic... and sometimes even experiments. The two prosthetic arms they wear were made by their parents as they were born without them. They continued to improve them for them for years, always looking for new ways to synaptically connect their child's mind with their robotic arms. Both to allow Tecna to live a better life but also spurred on by the constant pressure from King Cryos and the rest of the Titania Council. With Tecna's arrival at Alfea, they finally begin to have a semblance of a normal life. They begin to have some friendships: in particular with a boy from Red Fountain, Timmy, who will introduce them to their new passions: video games and RPGs.

Do you want to know about the other characters too?

[nickolashx]

System Shock 2 (1999)

System Shock 2 is a 1999 action role-playing survival horror video game designed by Ken Levine and co-developed by Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios.

You awake from the cold chill of your cryo-tube to discover cybernetic implants grafted to your flesh and the crew of the starship Von Braun slaughtered.

The infected roam the halls, their screams and moans beckoning you to join them as the rogue artificial intelligence known as SHODAN taunts and ridicules your feeble attempt to unravel the horrifying mystery of the derelict starship Von Braun.

[satoshi-mochida]

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster launches June 26 - Gematsu

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, and Humble Store on June 26, developer Nightdive Studios announced.

Here is an overview of the game, via Nightdive Studios:

About

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster by Nightdive Studios brings to you the modernized remaster of the first-person shooter / RPG classic. It’s the year 2114 and as you awake from cryo sleep on the FTL ship Von Braun, you are unable to remember who or where you are… and something has gone terribly wrong. Hybrid mutants and deadly robots roam the halls while the cries from the remaining crew reverberate through the cold hull of the ship. SHODAN, a rogue AI bent on the destruction of mankind has taken over and it’s up to you to stop her. Delve through the corridors of the derelict ship Von Braun and immerse yourself in the story rich atmosphere and environments. Explore deck by deck and unravel the horrifying fate of the Von Braun and her crew.

Key Features

Unknowable Horrors, in High-Definition – Completely remastered visuals, extending to cutscenes and character and weapons models, with up to 4K 144 frames per second support on PC and up to 120 frames per second on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S

Might As Well Make Your Death Comfortable – The game includes settings for an adjustable FOV, post-processing effects, and ultra-widescreen support

Armed Forces – Choose from an O.S.A., Marine, or Navy background to experiment with different playstyles

Misery Loves Company – Drag your friends into the hell that is the Von Braun starship in cross-play co-op multiplayer

Interface This – Play from the comfort of your couch with gamepad support, then celebrate with an ice-cold medical stim when you unlock 50 new Trophies/Achievements

If You Want Something Done Right – Full mod support on PC and the ability to implement community-made missions at launch

Watch a new trailer below.

Release Date Trailer

[dyssebeiawashere]

Founded in 1990, Cryo Studios actually produced a number of games before it's bankruptcy in 2002. Dune was Cryo's first game and helped push them into the spotlight where they would try and adapt a number of existing IP's into games (Some examples being Hellboy and Aeon Flux) with mixed success at getting the rights to do so. Picq worked on almost all of the games Cryo would make in the 90's, retiring in 1998 and moving to Madagascar. When interviewed about his career and why he ended it Picq cited the lack of artistic freedom he experienced while working in the industry. He still cared deeply for his work, however, and would rerelease the Dune soundtrack in 2023. As I've said in my KGB Post, Picq passed away earlier this year but had made multiple comments online about his desire to remaster many of his works and rerelease them for whoever was interested. If you'd like to listen to some of his own work, his YouTube channel is still operational and provides a link tree to other sites where he has uploaded some of his new and original work. I'm not sure if anyone will maintain this for him going forward, but for now here it is: https://www.youtube.com/@StephanePicqDune

[chirpthingz]

Involvement of third parties in the noise event:

I just wanted to organize everything, because i am... confused? about the actions of some of them because they seem somewhat uncharacteristic

The Federation:

gave jaiden various quests- after she expressed her intent to protect the all eggs at any cost- to collect materials/skills

gave jaiden the location of a dungeon (abandoned federation facility)

the federation facility had 8 cryo chambers (presumably that is what they are)

the facility had a timer startup sequence that required jaiden's quest items to start

initiated a sequence (most likely accidentally) that alerted the players and caused the train to disappear back into the portal

informed jaiden that they "are one step closer"

The Code:

appeared inside the inaccessible federation cryo-room

altered the egg quests to say "your time is almost up"

gave players cords to two broken down machinery rooms that, once fixed,

the timer-end cinematic was somewhat staticy and had a green & black color scheme similar to other code appearances

The Update Accounts: (may fall under federation as well)

were aware that something was happening- could hear noises/smell smoke (but only english and spanish updates)

some non-qsmp quackity studios updates briefly had a corrupted layout (cannot confirm this)

continued to update as normal after posting a teaser photo

Mysterious Third Party: (that contacted cellbit)

contacted cellbit seemingly impressed by his actions

told him to follow jaiden & record everything during the noise event, and told him failure meant losing his son forever

[lunarblessingart]

Betcha didn't expect me to pivot from my favorite AA4 boys to Matt Engarde, but here we are!

In my brainstorming for this project concept, I was thinking aloud with some of my Ace Attorney friends and asking for feedback, and I think one of them (I sadly don't remember exactly who) suggested that Matt would fake a different element...so now we've got this! There's a few clues planted to help you tell which is which, but the cryo vision is the real one.

I don't really have a lot to say about this, since I explained how I believe Cryo as an element is isolation in my last post about a character with a cryo vision, but I kind of imagined that Global Studios would specifically want someone with an Anemo vision when casting the Nickel Samurai, for whatever reason, so Engarde would just get good at icy wind or something and hide his actual vision.

You could add to that by giving Juan Corrida an actual Anemo vision, but I'm...not really sure it fits him either. I didn't assign him anything, feel free to brainstorm or debate or something if you're into that.

Post written & scheduled June 2nd (happy pride month :] )

[thormanick-fanart]

In the Name of Tsaritsa - Page 6

omg is this??? an update??? 😳🤯😮

Pushing my "Current Cryo Archon is the mother of the first Cryo Archon" agenda even though we already know who the first cryo archon was~

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[chrisairgames]

A Year in Retrospect

The social media diaspora began a year ago, and I've been neglecting Tumblr. Trying to come back, slowly, so here's what I've been up to since November 2022.

Bio-Drones & Cryo-Clones

From November to February 1st, 2022, I worked on my Zine Month campaign, a Kickstarter for my first ttrpg zine, a Sleeper Crew Adventure for Mothership RPG called Bio-Drones & Cryo-Clones.

I was blown away by the immense show of support. The crowd-funding allowed me to pay for even more art, better and bigger maps, development and editing, and professional layout. I got to make the zine into the amazing package I'd dreamed up.

The zines were sent off to the fulfillment center last Friday! A ton of my ttrpg work time was spent on what's in these boxes, and it's pretty scary to see it go off into a truck. That does mean the zines will be available at retailers soon, though, which just feels nuts to me.

The Unseen City

I also wrote The Unseen City, the first 3pp setting and adventure for Cloud Empress, the ecological science fantasy RPG, the successful Mothership hack from Worlds by Watt.

I go into depth about how this 20pg zine turned evolved from the "Pamphlet Duet" I originally conceived in my most recent newsletter. A lot of struggles, gained some killer art from HodagRPG, and all for a game I'm really quite happy with. I do plan to return to writing more adventures for The Unseen City as well!

Mitosis, Escape from STAR Station

Last year, RV Games published my Mothership pamphlet series The Cerdo Cycle (that was my last Tumblr post!). Shortly after the campaign, Violet asked me to write a giant 8x16 inch pamphlet adventure for RV Games' upcoming in-universe Mothership board game, Mitosis.

I wrote Escape from STAR Station, a gonzo adventure about a Prison Break amidst two warring factions: Cyberviral Pirate Goons & STARS Staff Brainiacs. Both sides are infected by experiments with the Mitosis board game microorganisms. It's a crazy lil adventure with awesome art by Sigmacastell. You can pick up an abridged print-at-home version for free on my itch page, even.

5 Million Worlds RPG

For the One-Page Game Jam this past summer, I submitted a pocketzine Space Adventure hack of Mothership, called 5MW RPG: Avatar Basics.

In this little A4/US Letter space, I've designed two main pulls away from sci-fi horror to space adventure. The first are Push Tables. Similar to the end of act in a Star Trek episode, these tables push the conflict in new and unexpected directions.

The second is a switch from Stress into Limit. Limit is your PC's XP, used to improve Stats/Saves, build towards projects, etc. Notably, instead of a Panic Table, 5MW has two tables: a Break Down table (similar to Panic), and a Limit Break table (like in FF).

When characters are in the shit, and they have to roll a Limit Check, the players can decide whether to spend their XP and do some cool shit to overcome the circumstances, or accept the Break Down. Good ol' @christiansorrell even did a TikTok video discussing the game, if you wanna check that out.

I'm very excited to continue to pursue creating a player's handbook, 5MW RPG: Avatar Primer. If you download the game on itch, I'll keep y'all apprised of substantial updates. Next up is developing the chargen, and reconfiguring the pocketzine as an A6 booklet: 5MW RPG: Avatar Basics+.

Outer Rim Uprising

I was extremely honored to join 11 other designers to create pieces of the Outer Rim Uprising Megabundle, spearheaded by our intrepid leader, Iko of The Lost Bay Studio.

Several months of brainstorming and collaboration went into this 20+ piece bundle. I contributed two pieces for this bundle. The first is a 12pg adventure module Rusted to the Core. Androids aboard an aerostat station floating in a gas giant's clouds have gone on strike. Can the PCs resolve the issues before the Rust overtakes the station?

The second is the more "experimental" Bones on the Ground. Bones is a bifold adventure into an android museum-prison, paired with three diegetic fliers supporting the ARA, the Android Rights Association (or Android Rebel Alliance, depending on who you ask!). Pieces of the three flyers contain clues for PCs who join the ARA to better succeed when they begin their museum infiltration.

A Buncha Spaceship Deckplans

So I have ADHD, and experience bouts of summer mania. Spaceshiptember rolled around, and I thought, "Hey it'd be no problemo to write 30 deckplans and release them this month, while I'm also trying to print BioCryo, promote ORU, starting a newsletter, and finishing up The Unseen City." Totally sane decision, right?

Well, I got through half the month. And I sketched out a third week's worth of ships on paper too. One of those sketches caught Adam STATION's eye, even, and he asked me to join An Infinity of Ships to turn it into a micro-adventure!

As long as this quick-n-dirty zine remains unfinished, it'll be free on itch.io. Again, if you'd like, follow along and I'll send out dev updates when new pages are added!

the dying tides

Another Jam entry, this time for The Lost Bay Studio's system agnostic fantasy setting + coloring book, SKYREALMS.

I made the dying tides as a short, lightweight fantasy adventure to venture among wavebros and squidillies. The art is based on my 4 yo daughter's paintings. Since she loved coloring the SKYREALMS books so much, I figured it was a poetic homage to the kind and mysterious heart of this game.

An Interactive Terminal Network

Last but not least, I smashed my skull against Twine on and off for six months to create a unified Interactive Terminal Network for my Mothership adventure, Bio-Drones & Cryo Clones.

The terminal is absolutely free to play on itch.io. Though passwords that can be found in the zine lock off a few areas. That said, I'm sure many folk could dig out the passwords without the zine. I don't know how to do that stuff. The fact that I even MADE this thing is a miracle to me, hahaha.

Goal for 2023

Talk about this stuff as it's happening so I don't infodump on people like this, haha.

What I'm working on now:

Twisting Unseen

Untitled Liminal Horror adventure

Provisional sketches, for the artist/layout designer.

Also, if you made it this far, thanks.

-Chris Air

[misty-groves]

Revelations (Mari & MacCready)

Rating: G

Pairing: Pre relationship Mari/MacCready or MariCready as I've dubbed them.

Summary: MacCready and Mari share some time after clearing a building. Mari shares more about herself than expected.

Warnings: Canon typical filth, guns

Other: If I missed anything, please let me know

"You're gonna get us blown up." MacCready scoffs as he looks at the woman beside him.

"You worry too much, we just cleared the place." Mari says as she leans against the wall.

"I do not. I need to stay alive. You're welcome to get yourself killed if you want."

"Wow, I feel so loved, Mac."

MacCready just rolls his eyes. He's not got much to say to that.

So, he watches the door that separates the studio apartment-esque room they've holed up in.

He knows they cleared the place. But still.

He hears Mari light up a smoke, and as much as he's trying to quit he misses it sometimes. He's not going to begrudge her the vice though, she so rarely uses it.

"You know, I think I should redecorate my apartmen. This room is just soQ10 inspiring."

"There's a pee pudle in the corner." MacCready rolls his eyes as he turns to really look at her.

She laughs, cigarette held between her middle and pointer finger.

The light in the room is enough to see the amusement in her impossibly green eyes.

He's never seen that shade of green on anyone besides her twin.

"Yeah, I'm not that trashy." She says before taking another drag.

"Good." MacCready says.

He sets about cleaning his gun. They're safe. And really, if anyone shows up Mari will do something.

Because if he's honest (and this is totally objective), Mari is a badass that's taken down a super mutant with a few well placed slices. And the whole judo flipping a raider.

Clearing out a gunners' base by herself.

Yeah, he's fine. Mari seems to have some sort of honest care for him, as more than a hired gun.

Besides, they cleared the place themselves.

"You're overthinking again." Mari says as she snubs out the half smoked cigarette.

"You're wasting smokes."

"Yeah, maybe. But I've committed worse sin."

"You make it sound like there's a god out there that cares."

"There used to be." Mari says softly, getting that bittersweet tone she gets sometimes.

"Did you know that god?"

"No. But I remember learning about it. It's a nice thought."

"You must have grown up somewhere else."

"You'd never believe me of I told you."

"Try me." MacCready challenges.

Mari looks at him, and she has a funny expression on. Bitter amd nostalgic and trying to ignore both.

"I am from here." Mari says after a minute.

"That's not out of the ordinary. Lots of people live and die in one area."

"I'm from here, before the bombs. I grew up before the bombs hit, I remember the war that started it."

"Yeah? How did you even survive?"

"I was frozen. I was a military experiment put into cryo-freezr when I was seventeen."

"You're messing with me."

"If you say so." Mari says with a shrug.

After all, the only person she's told that believed her was Daisy. Though, Hancock at least pretend to.

"Ypu say that like you're being honest."

"Have I ever lied to you?" Mari challenges, turning her gaze back to him.

There is nothing but curiosity there.

MacCready rubs the back of his neck. He knows she hasn't lied to him. Yet. (Dosen’t everyone lie eventually?)

But he has to admit, as far fetched as it sounds it makes sense.

She sings songs he's only heard in the Capital Wastes.

She's got a softness in her heart that no one else has besides her twin.

And hell, she references things that only the ghouls seem to understand.

Maybe she's being honest.

"It's hard to believe. You gotta admit that."

Mari just gives that bittersweet smile again. She can't bring herself to respond.

She can't lie to MacCready about anything they're talked about so far. And she isn't starting now.

But she can't make someone believe something.

"Just- tell me something. If you're really from then, how are you so - good at this stuff?" MacCready asks.

Mari laughs softly. Of course he asks.

"I was a military experiment, they wanted to make immortal super soilders. They didn't have the stuff to make us immortal so they froze us."

"Really? They couldn't make you invincible?"

"You've seen me get thrown around like a rag doll and walk away from grenades with almost no injury. They got close."

"Do you miss it?" MacCready asks after a moment.

Because he's realized she isn't lying. She really does have some odd quirks that being from back then explains. She keeps eating utensils and almost always uses them.

She walks with perfect posture and her smile is entirely too charming for her own good.

Mari just shakes her head. "Sometimes. But I was taken from my family without warning when they started experimenting on me. So it wasn't a great last year there."

"Wow."

"Yeah... But hey, I'm a he'll of a shot so it's not like I'm in bad shape these days."

"Yeah." MacCready echoes.

"You know I've been thinking about recording some of the songs I know. They seem like they aren't really in circulation."

"You can sing?"

"Of course I can. I play piano too... though that's not nearly as helpful."

"Huh. You're all educated then?"

"Got my GED and everything."

"Your what?"

"General equivalency diploma. It's an alternative to a highschool diploma."

"Oh."

"You should let Teddy ramble about history or art. He's all English and art smart."

"That explains why he likes Publik Occurances."

Mari laughs again, shaking her head. "Yeah, that's why. It has nothing to do with Piper, like, at all."

"Oh shut up."

"You know I can't."

MacCready just breathes. He can admit he has a soft spot for Mari, but the way his heart squeezes when she gets cheeky with him is unhealthy.

He's probably just sick. Yeah.

When he looks back over, Mari is fiddling with an old pipboy she's had for a few weeks. She'd raided a vault outside the common wealth.

The green glow is familiar.

Diamond city radio turns on, and orange colored sky plays quietly.