"He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich." - Proverbs 21:17 KJV
Age 37, Male
Animutopia
Joined on 4/9/09
Posted by Surn - 1 month ago
https://store.steampowered.com/app/220700/RPG_Maker_VX_Ace/
Store page says:
Either way, this would be a great way into the world of game development, even if you're not a coder. The To The Moon series is a great example of a game made with RPG Maker (and it doesn't even use the full functionality).
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/FreebirdGames
Here's one I made (albeit with a later version)
Posted by Surn - January 11th, 2025
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.
Posted by Surn - August 18th, 2024
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:
Posted by Surn - August 15th, 2024
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.
Posted by Surn - July 1st, 2024
Come try out my new game!
Features
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.