#moonbear rants

[ominous-moon-bear]

ao3 is down? what am I supposed to do now, kill myself?

#and i was reading?? rude #ao3 #end me please #ao3 gods what sacrifice must i make to get it back #it was a hannigram fic in case anyone’s curious #moonbear rants

[seagullsecret]

The Pocket Build Rant

Pocket Build is a build-your-own sandbox by Moonbear Games, available on Steam and mobile devices. Armed with all sorts of 3D assets and AI bots, Pocket Build challenges you to build to your heart's content, with a surprisingly simple interface and some surprisingly cute (if janky) assets to match. You can even swap between an infinite resource or limited resource mode, with the latter relying on AI to gather your resources.

But for all of this, it's lacking in what is perhaps the most important part of all sandbox games: stakes.

Pre-made characters only technically exist in the game. After all, what you have access to arguably do count as pre-made characters: bots with models, some of which even have a light-hearted description. You can even set their behaviors, between gathering resources, wandering aimlessly, standing still, or gathering one unit of a specific resource. Some models can even be told to fly, breathe fire, dance, or go on a destructive rampage. And some are completely outside your control, and some among them will even fight with other bots. These bots, as it were, are goblins.

But that's it.

They don't have questlines, progression trees, unique audio, or even dialogue--text or otherwise. Indeed, their default names are all the same: Unnamed. They can only do, well, what's already been said they can do. And, well, that means that they're all just blank slates. You have to give them their names. You have to build their world. You have to pretend they're chatting with you or each other or whatever. And this is sucks because, in the end, your investment with them is built on that.

This ties into the second issue with the game's stakes: your immortality.

Pocket Build has HP for its bots, but not for yourself. No one even has a hunger bar. This all matters because, oddly enough, there is a mode where resources determine what you can and can't build. And these resources are wood, coin, and food.

All you can do with food is, well, build more bots or props. You never have to worry if there's enough of it to keep your bots alive, or to top off your health or hunger meters. As a result, you only ever have to care for your creations if they happen to fall through your world and/or if you decide to have scarce resources. Indeed, you have to decide if enemy bots exists in your world at all, but even then you decide where they spawn and the geography of that spawn area. Thus you can control if they can even perceive each other.

As such, this means that your pressures towards an efficient resource-collection and bot-management system are very surface level, even when you enable resource scarcity. And that means fewer reasons to feel proud of whatever you made.

Still, it can't be denied that making an aesthetically pleasing world is a reward unto itself. Indeed, so too is making a thematically satisfying story for that world. Pocket Build is unique in that regard, in that it puts little to no pressures on that, beyond the limits of its engine. But as for ever feeling that your worlds have, well, characters... That's simply not there.

#pocket build #sandbox #games rant #worldbuilding #character development #character creators #character creation

[ominous-moon-bear]

i caved and started watching 9-1-1 and ok. i knew it has gay potential but like on the episode that’s literally buck-themed, and has his name in the title (2x8), there’s. there’s a whole gay montage. with a fun little sequence on two guys falling in love, and growing old together. only for buck to say he hopes to find something like that??? yeah yeah he means in general but can they not see how queer coded that is ? just MAKE IT GAY. if this is not a slow burn gay romance i’m gonna kill myself i can’t go through that again

#911 fox #evan buckley #thoughts on media #but the thought is just ‘make it GAY already’ #i think it’s gonna happen ok i have faith this shall not be a destiel repeat #moonbear rants

[ominous-moon-bear]

everyone talking about “she’s sooo mother” or “he’s daddy” like ok. what about blorbos who are uncle

#i want justice #blorbo #moonbear rants #this very specifically about javi from weight of massive talent and also benoit blanc

[ominous-moon-bear]

I’m sooo Remus coded right now

(I have a cold and the record shop manager texted me to let me know Abbey Road was back in stock for me)

I am also Remus-coded in that I can not afford Abbey Road right now

#remus lupin #atyd #all the young dudes #maurauders era #you guys get it #anyone wanna uuuh #venmo me the money for abbey road #i’ll pay back eventually i just can’t risk it going to someone else #need me someone to pay for my interests #moonbear rants #i do actually have a cold #sucks

[ominous-moon-bear]

Opened google to search something and unconsciously typed “goncharov”. Just like. Mechanically.

The effects this website has had on my brain are abysmal anyways goncharov (1973) is my favorite movie ever I wish it were real

#moonbear rants #i have full goncharov brainrot i can think of nothing else #goncharov 1973 #goncharov

[ominous-moon-bear]

i’m about to take a latin exam and i shouldn’t be scared cause i can translate latin texts in my sleep so WHY am i acting like a pussy rn. shiver me timbles.

#moonbear rants #moonbear tries to do well in school

[ominous-moon-bear]

hi!!! in case anyone is curious about the update: I promise it’s coming but also I broke my foot so uh,,, haven’t had much time to write HOWEVER I have a plan ok I even figured out the amount of chapters (most likely 7) so only like three left !! :)))

#u guys my foot hurt so bad i was crying from pain #and i never cry #send flowers #and thank you for your (presumed) patience #i say presumed bc no one’s actually asked anything LMAO #anyways i started ofmd and guys it’s so good !!!!! everyone was right god i’m obsessed #life update #foot hurty #moonbear rants #writing #ao3 stuff

[ominous-moon-bear]

Me: yeah idk I’ll just write a short one-shot, 5k words tops, just to get it out of my system.

Me, two weeks later, staring at a 16k word document, with three 5k word chapters done, at least three more in progress, and plans for a sequel: ok, listen-

#ao3 #ao3 stuff #moonbear writes #fic writing #writing #archive of our own #moonbear rants

[ominous-moon-bear]

I’m dean-coded because I don’t believe I’m worthy of love and I’m cas-coded because i’m autistic and in a constant state of gay yearning what’s not clicking

#*sighs* supernatural #supernatural #me? supernatural posting in the year of our lord 2022? #it’s more likely than you think #‘the year of our lord’ actually based on the current events i’d say god’s left us a LONG time ago #anyways #spn #castiel my best friend castiel #castiel #dean winchester #moonbear rants

[ominous-moon-bear]

cryinm thinking about blorbo from my show it doesn’t matter when you read this

#just saw a tiktok #it was a song about ed and stede #blorbo #i’m quite literally in pain #moonbear rants #blackbonnet #blackbeard #ofmd #our flag means death

[ominous-moon-bear]

well... against everything i told myself, i managed to post chapter V today !! :)

i’m not super happy with it, mostly because of the length (and how long it took me to write such a short chapter) but the aim of writing is to get better every time, so!

anyways, i hope you guys enjoy it !!! let me know what you thought, and i shall read all your comments tomorrow after i wake up (what is it with me and only posting when i should be asleep?)

#i know i should properly post the fic on here #so it gets traction or whatever #but 1. #i never meant for this to be read by anyone anyways #and 2. #i don’t know how #LMAO #ao3 #ao3 stuff #writing #moonbear rants #over and out

[ominous-moon-bear]

I’m almost done with Chapter IV!!! why did this one take SO long I thought I’d have it out by friday. Anyways only editing left now!!! much excitement ;)

#we’re sitting at 5.5k words rn #but i still have to write some filler scenes and stuff #i always think ‘oh this one is gonna be much shorter than the previous one’ and every time i’m proven wrong #i’m not making any promises. but. BUT. if i continue to blow off all my responsibilities #i might even get it out today #flexing my writing muscles #*fingers crossed* #writing #ao3 #ao3 stuff #moonbear rants

[ominous-moon-bear]

I’ve recently found out I can’t for the life of me write Steve POV. what that man’s psyche is like is a mystery to me.

maybe it says something about me that i can only write from the pov of sarcastic comic relief characters who use humor to cope with their trauma but I’m not gonna open that particular can of worms rn

#to everyone waiting on chapter 4 (aka like two people): #i am. writing it. and i just finished with exams so it’s coming sooner rather than later #but i ran into a problem #the problem being i lost the initial burst of autistic hyperfixation and can’t write 2500 words in one sitting anymore #i’ll do some writing tonight tho and MAYBE i can post it before the weekend #writing #ao3 stuff #ao3 #moonbear rants

[ominous-moon-bear]

autistic child 🤝 gen z dad

nature documentaries

#actually autistic #actually autism #autism #neurodivergent brain #moonbear rants

[ominous-moon-bear]

Hey did you write the Nico di Angelo fanfiction (grace!!!) It's awesome!! Please update

HI!!!! yea that was indeed me :DDD

thank you so much for reading and enjoying it! i can’t believe people actually read my little fic (how??? why?? feel free to tell me :p )

bit of a long answer: i got attacked by the worst case of writer’s block ever and between that and school it’s been hard to find the motivation/energy to write. but!!!! lovely messages like these remind me that people actually like the fic so i will do my best to update soon. stick around!!!

#grace fic #moonbear rants #asks