Remembered that this existed, writing it down before I forget again:

Haven't watched it again yet, but as I remember he's basically Mega Man except with blasters in his chest instead of arm.

The initial aftermath

The biggest surprise was how sticky the cutting mat was. Despite the label saying "LightGrip" it was a bit challenging to get paper off it without tearing. I had to print out multiple calibration sheets because I couldn't just peel it off the mat to readjust without damaging it. I tried putting some paper under the sticker page at one point but the blade moved the sticker page around hence why the cutting mat has to be sticky. I saw that they have a tool for this, but I'll stick with a butter knife.

There's also the software which took me a bit to get the hang of. As you can see from the picture above, my first sticker sheet made with Cricut's software isn't completely filled. Not to mention you'll frequently see things locked behind a pay wall including text-warping.

I did eventually manage to make a decent batch of stickers.

Overall, if you're into sticker making, getting a Cricut is an excellent alternative to cutting them out by hand, but it does take a bit of learning and trial and error.

Or is it just me?

I can't put my finger on it exactly, but I feel that people on Newgrounds aren't as harsh/brutally honest as they used to be back in 2009.

There once was a normal-sized pig who wanted a home to call his own.

He was nowhere near lazy enough to even consider building a home with sticks or hay and bricks: he didn't particularly care for the aesthetic.

So he decided to build his house out of nice, sturdy logs at the edge of the forest near a stream.

For weeks he toiled away, chopping, hauling, measuring, cutting, planing, placing, nailing, building.

After 4 long weeks he stood back to admire the fine log cabin his hooves had made.

Out of the corner of his eye he caught the big bad wolf trying to sneak up on him. He dove into his house and locked the door just in time.

"Mister Pig, Mister Pig, let me come in!" Said the wolf.

"Just cut to the chase and try to blow down my house! It won't work!" Said the normal-sized pig.

The wolf sneered at the pig's insolence. He took a great breath and blew with the force of a hurricane. The house creaked and groaned as the trees behind swayed. But the house stood firm. The wolf tried again and again but to no avail.

"Ha, is that all you got?"

The wolf smirked.

"I've been holding onto something for just an occasion."

The wolf walked to the side of the house, pulled out a match, and lit it.

"Go ahead and try it! I treated this wood with..."

The wolf unleashed the mother of all farts onto the match which turned into a massive torrent of fire, engulfing the home. The wolf sustained it for nearly ten seconds. The squealing of the pig could scarcely be heard over the deafening roar.

At the edge of the woods, near a stream with, charred grass on either side, smouldered the blackened remains of a log cabin. In the middle was a normal sized pig....

... cooked to perfection.

The moral:

1. While it is important to work hard it is also important to choose the right thing to work hard at.
2. You don't necessarily have to work hard to accomplish something that pays off.

Problem:

On rare occasions, one might find a random birthday cake, complete with still smouldering candles, sitting on a table within their home.

Nobody remembers putting it there, it's just there.

Solution:

You may dispose of the cake as you see fit. If you wish to consume it: only do so if it is an ice cream cake; but be advised that it is likely going to be surprisingly flavourless as it has likely spent most of its birthday magic. DO NOT attempt to re-light the candles and make a birthday wish, especially if it happens to be your birthday.

Cause:

If it is not an ice cream cake, then it is likely there because of a fail safe to prevent food poisoning. Wishing on a tainted cake will cause it to teleport somewhere away from the one who made the wish. Do not eat this cake, throw it away.

While most birthday cakes can grant small wishes, only an ice cream cake is powerful enough to alter the timeline and this is likely the case. The most likely scenario is that someone has been displaced within or removed from the timeline with a wish such as "I wish I was never born" or "I wish I got that job". Either way, your home belonged to someone else in the previous timeline and the ice cream cake is all that remains of that timeline. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WISH ON THIS CAKE. While you may be tempted to re-light the candles and make a wish to undo the wish that altered the timeline. This will lock reality into a time loop of the wish being made and you undoing it and will eventually trigger a fail-safe coded into reality which will erase the cake and everyone and every thing that interacted with it from existence.

Please give input.

Hopefully I can get around to taking my own advice.

Also I made this to represent people with growth mindsets but didn't end up using it.

Come try out my new game!

Features

• A different challenge for every weekday. Come back tomorrow for another challenge!
• Quick sessions. Great for procrastination!
• Custom game creation. Share your creations here: https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1536059
• Works on mobile devices with responsive layout.
• EGA color palette and sound effects derived from vintage .wav files for a hint of retro.

I decided to make this game after a session with the classic Pirate's Plunder. I wanted that game play experience in a way that was convenient and not legally dubious.

It's going to launch on Newgrounds on July 1st!

It's nothing fancy, maybe a bit rough around the edges, but it's a fun game to procrastinate with.

You can preview it here:

https://www.newgrounds.com/projects/games/5826153/preview

I made this game because I wanted the game play experience of Steve and Erin Pavlina's Pirate's Plunder in a way that was legally sound and convenient.

For those that haven't seen my previous updates: I'm setting out to create a game that borrows heavily from Steve and Erin Pavlina's Pirate's Plunder. Since my last update I've added enemies and a whole bunch of items with more on the way. I've also become quite partial to the art style I've been using for the placeholder graphics. I think I might keep the style for larger resolutions, but use a pixel art style for phone.

The different items make the game a bit cluttered, but if used in the right combinations, should make for a number of fun challenges. I may try to make it so that there's a different setup for every day of the week. I may also add the functionality for players to create their own combinations.

Alternatively: Will anything that can be done on a computer be taken over by AI?

Is there any point in pursuing a career in IT?