#to pixelia

[simsecret]

Secrets Post #873, September 6th, 2024, part 1 of 2. More under the cut; posts for individual secrets will be made on this blog's main page.

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[simesthetick]

I'm late posting about this, but I tried out the To Pixelia demo. It's like a life sim/RPG combo. I'm kinda into it.

Always like a cat in a game.

I do enjoy a city setting. Was hoping you could get mugged or something in the "rough" part of town, haha.

It was fun, and I like the idea of a more story-driven life sim. I do hope the controls get some work. I had trouble getting into the bathroom in my apartment, but maybe I'm just a dummy. Doesn't help that WASD doesn't work with my brain. Also, the dialog is pretty janky. But I'm interested to see where this could go, especially after seeing them posting what they're working on their subreddit. Seems like a lot of potential here!

[celluloidrainbow]

PIXELIA (2018) dir. Ratheesh Ravindran Kumar, a bachelor in his thirties leaves his corporate job in Kochi to become a graphic novelist. He embarks on a new life as an Uber driver in Kochi while working on his graphic novel titled Pixelia. One day a trans woman named Mandakini gets into his cab. They keep meeting, gradually bonding and building a relationship as Mandakini helps Kumar come to terms with his identity and future. (link in title)

[skunkes]

i tried the demo for that To Pixelia pixel life sim game a couple of weeks ago, and I'm so sad bc I didn't really like it 😭 I like it from the outside because I much prefer pixel graphics to 3D Assets regardless of quality 80% of the time, and a lot of people seem to like it, but it seemed TOO story driven (?) I couldn't even get a chance to breathe.

Not sure how you manage time when you actually have to plan around finding a bus to get to, clock in, and work at ur pixel job (for example.)

Keeping an eye on it in case the full game is better... Hoping it was just stressful because the demo only covers a few days so they had to jam a lot in there....

[raredrop]

to pixelia got delayed until next year :(

[wildfangz]

On the subject of Life Sim games in general, you guys should check out To Pixelia. It's definitely not a sims alternative but it's super cute and I really enjoyed the demo (which is still available) :)

[gefdreamsofthesea]

I was able to get To Pixelia to work on my Steam deck. It's fine, there aren't a ton of life sims set in cities. I wish the style was more distinctive. It feels like every pixel art life sim has decided to use the same engine, also your footsteps are so loud!

You can get hit by cars and it stuns you for a bit.

[simsecret]

- Secrets Post #873, September 6th, 2024

[thspod]

Coral Island is now out of Early Access, so we are going to talk about it again. Some people are saying this should have been game of the year last year.

[teknodiot]

Türk Yapımı 2D Life-Sim Oyunu “To Pixelia” İçin İlk Fragman Yayınlandı

[otaku553]

Small update

I think I might continue with Empireswap. 

I had so many ideas for where it was going, and I kind of want to expand! I’ve done 4 pages of just planning already :P. I’m pretty happy with how it’s going, but I’m feeling so uninspired on how Dream meets Blue. I’ve got it all worked out how the others meet each other, but Blue is just such an unexciting situation. Since Dream’s main goal is spreading happiness in the world, it just seems natural that Blue join him. It’s like, just that Dream is the literal embodiment of positivity, and Blue’s similar. There doesn’t feel like much that can be used to make something interesting. Maybe it’s just that I’m not a good writer. If anyone has any tips, they’d be highly appreciated!

Currently what I have is that Dream has already started building his kingdom/empire, and people are naturally attracted to him because of his affinity for positive emotions. At the same time, Swap Kingdom (working out a name currently because that sounds odd) for some reason or other (natural disaster perhaps?) had to mobilize and were taken in by the Empire of the Sun. Dream is actively working to keep people happy, because that’s what they expect of being in this empire, and that’s what they came for. People are unbalanced on constantly on the positive side of the spectrum, and often forget their worries or troubles (nobody with terribly traumatic experiences has come by yet which now that I think about it, is odd. A kingdom that’s said to make anyone happy and people who feel eternally sad aren’t flocking to it? I might need to think that through a bit.) But anyways, Dream’s actively working to keep people happy, which tires him (but he refuses to believe that because it would prove his brother’s point.) I think that being around Blue and his bubbly personality and just often genuine happiness makes Dream happy since Blue is “pulling his own weight” in a sense, and since the happiness isn’t fabricated or manipulated, Dream actually gets energy from being around him. At the same time, that means that Dream doesn’t get tired of Blue’s constant happiness, which makes Blue happy, since his bubbly nature can be overbearing and tire people out. So I think it’s a good dynamic, but there’s nothing interesting about the way they meet. Maybe there doesn’t have to be anything interesting about it. I don’t know.

Also I think it would be quite ironic if in his attempts to give everyone happiness, Dream was working hard and making himself miserable.

So if anyone has any tips or ideas on how I can work out the relationship between Dream and Blue, they’d be gladly appreciated!

[silent-simp]

Hasn't it been some time loves? I'm glad on how this turned out. A lot harder then previously thought of, but in the end worth it.

"If I am a Star, why am I always falling?"

Enjoy

[raredrop]

happy to pixelia demo day :)