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Sniff... it's what they would have wanted...

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A new sketch of my anxious boi (he's trying his best!)

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Gonzo

Here's speedpaint https://youtu.be/U00ZsTFiSZI

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lore idea: sornieth is tidally locked

why are sornieth's poles as climatically different as they are? the far north is a jungle and the far south is a tundra. they should get the same amount of insolation. what gives?

my theory is that sornieth is 1:1 tidally locked with its parent star, centered on the beacon of the radiant eye.

this theory would explain a lot of the placement of climates and regions. nature gets a lot of sun to fuel the plants, the arid biomes cluster in the areas around the middle latitudes and the humid biomes cluster in the middle latitudes, and the perpetual darkness regions are the coldest flight and the one that likes to look at the stars the most.

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CALLING ALL AUSTRALIANS

(who play flight rising)

come join our aussie discord server. kiwis are also welcome!!

one of my friends keeps recruiting people exclusively from earth. WE ARE OVERRUN BY ROCKS we need some variety. msg me

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In love with how most Art RPGs I've read up on before demand you do fullbody, full background, fully rendered pieces in order to be able to parttake in the game at all

And then on Dungeon Coursers we're currently having the time of our lives over drawing horses as beans with stick legs. Yes this includes a bunch of the mods. Yes this is as Actual Gameplay. We are getting EXP, loot, and coins for this. No there is literally no penalty. Everyone is just enjoying it bc it's cute as hell, opens the way to a lot of comedy, helps you learn about composition and posing without having to commit to a whole giant piece and deal with difficult anatomy, and is just plain whimsical

It's great

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tbh I don’t use communities much but something sorta neat I’ve observed is how they’ve started developing unique responses to porn bots. Some of them just do a long post that says PORN BOT BELOW. sometimes like five people will say it. some spam random memes under the words of warning to make a more eye catching buffer. so far the absolute winner is the Flight Rising community, that has their own SFW Sasuke (someone’s sasuke fandragon, extremely vertically stretched)

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look at this scan of an old dracorocoro magazine i found from back when crystafam gem and gold came out!

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keraunos

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I’m having a good time in wplace

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Selling Catsup, the first one up for sale for my new project! If you want this tomato boy and his art you can find him here!

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You suggest joining Dungeon Coursers, how does one do so? I am interested as I have enjoyed ARPGs in the past

Hi! :D

Step 1: check out the Dungeon Coursers website. Look around, read some info, see how you like the game design and the characters already existing on the site! If you decide you'd like to hop on, make an account!

(Gently plops my account here if anyone wants a more specific glimpse into things. Profile pages are visible only to logged-in users, but characters/gallery/etc can still be viewed from the outside)

Step 2: join the Discord via the link provided on the site. This is necessary to be able to play the game - things like randomly rolled prompts and skill checks are handled on Discord. It's also where you can ask questions, make suggestions, and shoot the shit with the rest of the community

I'm not a fan of how opaque using Discord as your Main Social Hub makes things even if I understand the utility side of things. If you'd like to know more about how the Discord functions, just ask :)

Step 3: have fun! Aside from the Handbook on the site, there's other, user-made guides to Getting Started or specific game mechanics floating around, and the community is always Very Enthusiastic to help (as in, if you say hi in #general and say you're new, very soon you'll have veterans excitedly asking if you'd like a free horse or perhaps some items to get you started)

An important note: DC is currently in open beta, meaning some stuff is still being solidified, added, and thoroughly bug-fixed. We're nearing the end of beta though! No ETA, but we're getting closer every day :D

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Actually, a funny thing about FR vs DC that has nothing to do with staff and a little with game design is a Me Problem but i'm amused by it

In both games it's Very Easy to Get Temped and Get New Guys (tho on FR, Having Many Guys quickly becomes stressful due to space and food concerns). On FR 98% of my dragons suffered from having just A Job and maybe a line or two of vague lore

And while not all my Coursers are thoroughly developed and written about either (and never will be), they all sooner or later end up with at least basic personality and backstory and a couple fun facts, bc if you wanna play with those specific characters, developing them is exactly what you're gonna end up doing, one way or another

I continue to be a damn hoarder but I have Maybe Improved. A Little Bit

There are many reasons I don't think I'll ever become active on FR again but one of them is definitely that what has been my Main Community since april or so has absolutely spoiled me in terms of present, responsive staff and devs. Like yes we are talking about completely different genres of games (petsim vs ARPG) on different scales and on different platforms, but still, I cannot imagine going back to a game where the devs just make random major changes without listening to their community, leave accessibility concerns unaddressed for years, do the same about an economy that relies entirely on a low-reward grind or the ability to churn out highly desirable art, while at the same time adding New Content at an ever-increasing rate in a desperate bid to keep player attention

And that's with knowing that FR staff aren't even That Bad or anything and have some areas they are above average or even fuckin awesome in

And yet

I don't think I could go back at this point. Even if at a smaller scale, my expectations have unfortunately been raised through the roof, both in terms of management, staff conduct, and the general attitude of the community

Anyway pspsps come play Dungeon Coursers, this is not meant to be propaganda, I just adore the game and the community and I miss FR but I can't anymore I'm sorry, I'm not strong enough

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The storm breaks at Goldensparc

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I was lamenting to a friend about how Sandsurge are hard to draw and got the following back:

Hard to draw?? Draw shark. Add horns. Add frills. Sandsurge :)

I think I missed a step.

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There are many reasons I don't think I'll ever become active on FR again but one of them is definitely that what has been my Main Community since april or so has absolutely spoiled me in terms of present, responsive staff and devs. Like yes we are talking about completely different genres of games (petsim vs ARPG) on different scales and on different platforms, but still, I cannot imagine going back to a game where the devs just make random major changes without listening to their community, leave accessibility concerns unaddressed for years, do the same about an economy that relies entirely on a low-reward grind or the ability to churn out highly desirable art, while at the same time adding New Content at an ever-increasing rate in a desperate bid to keep player attention

And that's with knowing that FR staff aren't even That Bad or anything and have some areas they are above average or even fuckin awesome in

And yet

I don't think I could go back at this point. Even if at a smaller scale, my expectations have unfortunately been raised through the roof, both in terms of management, staff conduct, and the general attitude of the community

Anyway pspsps come play Dungeon Coursers, this is not meant to be propaganda, I just adore the game and the community and I miss FR but I can't anymore I'm sorry, I'm not strong enough