#tron games

[astercontrol]

Update on the Mission Day project I mentioned earlier.

Lots more detail at that link, but to summarize the main points:

Back in 2016, there was a line in a TRON game which said that May 14 was "Mission Day."

Some fans got excited that maybe something cool was gonna happen that day

akin to the Flynn Lives ARG starting in 2009, where fans were led on a whole fun adventure, following clues through a network of webpages

but no, this time it turned out nothing happened, and people were disappointed.

and when I heard about that, my own rebellious side went:

Let's make our own interactive Mission Day fan ARG!

Like, what if next May 14 you start seeing fanfics posted on AO3 with mysterious clues in them...

leading to a webring of fan pages and fan blogs, all connected in their own cryptic ways... easter eggs and sneaky links on them all...

Separated by rating, sure, with proper warnings and everything, so people can see the stuff they want, and avoid what they don't...

but NOT restricted by the rigid and sorta LGBTphobic censorship of canon.

so potentially offering a LOT more diversity in fanmade art, writing, comics, animations, games... anything we wanna make.

...And as I got started on this brainstorming, a few things occurred to me.

First:

The main focus of this should be celebration of the great variety of fans and the different ideas they have

and a declaration of our freedom from the "official" owners of canon

Since fans have such a wonderful abundance of different headcanons and AUs, many of which are not compatible with each other in the same storyline...

this will have to be a multiverse.

So.

I'm working on a framing device (one of the entry points to this ARG; perhaps not the only one) which is a webpage featuring text chats between characters, in one of the timelines

It will show their communication as they test a new adaptation to the laser technology, which opens up connections to alternate universes

Then the links to participating fan pages will be listed at the bottom... framed as a record of "different timeline branches" opened by the laser

aaaaand from that point out, the exploration is free.

Anyone who wants their page of fan content included can get in touch, and links can be added anywhere.

So anyway that's my concept. Dunno how long it will take-- maybe the whole year til next May 14, maybe more. Maybe the whole thing's way too ambitious for me to bite off at this point in my life, LOL...

But, anyone who wants to get in on a private chat planning this, or at least talking about it? Feel free to DM me. I'm doing stuff already, with or without y'all, and I'd love to swap ideas.

[fights4users]

Why does no one who works on Tron properties animating for either Uprising or the games know what Bruce looks like? THE MAN WORKS FOR YOU GO STARE AT HIM— or look up images of him when he was younger. Idk who that is but it’s not him 😭😭😭

The funniest thing is that the games that get him right are the Disney apps that have a billion and one characters. (It’s also interesting that they both get him right and include Tron at all)

Yay:

Mirror verse excluded as he has no face

Nay:

Uprising is a stylized show but that is not- he’s - he voice acts for this - he’s right there you know what he looks like and they’ve also actively made Flynn LOOK LIKE JEFF 😭

Unrelated to his general appearance but they took away his floof™️ his hair shouldn’t be entirely perfect, that’s scary but also. Tron is serious but he’s also incredibly goofy at times it’s sort of? Representative. They clipped my man’s bangs and gave him a military cut.

*this was not intended as a 82’ v legacy design but everything set in the sequel era just happens to fall that way,

[animasmagic]

[redxdesign]

[mitskiluvr]

this dialogue with akechi is set up the same way as the dialogue you get with all ur lady confidants right before you date them Do you know how funny that is. “I need to give him a serious answer…” as if he’s just proposed to you on the streets of kichijoji

[giddlygoat]

i thought it would be funny if turbo tried to take over tron first, but after very nearly getting mortally obliterated on day 1 he decided to cheese it outta there fast af

[acquired-stardust]

Mega Man Legends Playstation 1997

[neon-glowing-rainbow-stims]

🏍️ ~ Modification Complete ~ 🏍️ (Broken Arcade)

(Credit if you use pls!) (ko-fi)

[arcadebroke]

Tron Bonne

[halloween-post-its]

Day 27 👾 Sark - Tron 🕹️

[coupleofdays]

Some Tron fans might be a little disappointed that TRON: Catalyst isn't a big fancy AAA game with cutting-edge graphics and whatnot, thinking that Disney doesn't care about the franchise enough to put huge sums of money into it (compared to, say, Star Wars games). But me, I was actually kind of relieved when I looked at the system requirements for the game and saw that it can most likely be run on my sligthly old, not-cutting-edge-specs computer. I'm happy that I won't have to buy a whole new computer, or a new game console, to keep up with the Tron franchise, at least not for a little while longer (who knows, maybe we'll get a big high-end game to tie in with TRON: Ares somewhere down the line?).

I felt similarly about TRON: Identity, and I might go so far as to say that I almost hope that Tron remains a "lesser" Disney franchise, if it means that we'll get more low-budget, but still well-made and interesting games set in its universe. To quote Jordan Mallory, "I want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and I'm not kidding."

At the same time, I will also admit that I'm happy that Catalyst does seem to have one important improvement over Identity: Voice acting. Even though that presumably require a slightly higher budget.

[animusrox]

7 COMFORT MOVIES (in no particular order) ↳ tagged by @ethan-hawke (thanks sav! I love doing these)

tagging: @talesfromthecrypts, @classichorrorblog, @zombooyah, @anthonysperkins, @losthavenmine, @rogerdeakinsdp, @tessas-thompson, @ayo-edebiri, @nessa007, @pascow, @waymond-wang, @anderwater, @gresit, @acecroft, @feodor-dostoevsky, @bladesrunner, @thequantumranger, @luke-skywalker, and anyone else who is reading this!

[fights4users]

Tron dictionary: update

I just about have everything organized, the way I’m going to post is by category rather than alphabetical. It is designed to be editable so if there’s a term I haven’t included let me know at any time!

I still would like some video game related stuff, there’s a bunch of jobs and items that have somewhat been absorbed into the larger fandom. I have absolutely no clue of any of it, I haven’t played any game beyond the literal arcade cabinet (which is actually pretty hard)

Also video game terminology in general! I think people forget just how much arcades and game video game cabinets shaped the original film (like all the vehicles canonically being from games) so terms like ‘frame rate’ etc the more technical stuff would also be great to include alongside computing terms.

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance - The Grid

[redxdesign]

[wynandcore]

Tron mouthwashing AU anyone?

Extra doodles tryna get their vibes right