#pixel talks gaming

[eloquentspeeches]

noticed a severe lack of wyll memes so I made a bunch.

#the target audience is ME I love this guy okay #he's my favorite #wyll #BG3 #eso talks #how do you tag things. #wyll ravengard #also i have to run the game on low graphics settings if stuff looks pixellated i can't do anything about it

[bonetrousledbones]

y'know its fun to dunk on undertale's pixel art inconsistencies and purposeful ugliness sometimes but can you imagine if it actually looked good. it just wouldnt work

#trousled rambles #undertale #real talk if the soul didn't have fucked up pixel sizes i dont know if it would be nearly as iconic as it is #like. you look at that thing and you dont just think “oh video game pixel heart” you think “that's the undertale soul” yknow #i think it being a lil ugly genuinely does strengthen its art direction tbh. helps you focus on the story itself i think #imagine if we actually knew what color papyrus's arms are. terrifying

[annislittleshopofhorrors]

ASP Chat - Artificial Intelligence

#chris evans #Josh we talked about it #he needs a new laptop #ASP Chat #my 1996 Super Mario game had less pixels

[xxcapybaragamingepic1337xx]

Leo building stuff? (Your colour palette is pretty cool :])

she's got big plans!! (also tyyy)

for the ask game: send me an ask with an fanon or canon egg and I'll doodle it for you :D

#egg ask game #my art #it talks! #qsmp leo #I originally wanted to draw Leo building the pixel art of one of Foolishs emotes near the dragon statue but I could not #for the life of me find a good screenshot of that :( #qsmp

[sharkface]

Attempt one at running Rain World on my 3ds... This IS a video of my actual inputs, all done on the 3ds's buttons, but the latency is so awful that there's several minutes of delay between it and my PC. I suspect the program I'm using (pinbox) is just kind of shit so I will see if there's something better out there for this purpose. It could also just be my shitty wifi!

#It would be awesome to do a real port but that's very far out of my skill range lol #Rain world is a pixel game with minimal buttons though it's a really good candidate for this type of console #Which is why it's on thw switch! #I however am crazy. And want it on my DS instead. #talk #rain world #Should I tag this for reference later...? #rain world ds saga #< Whatever good enough

[talonflamee]

am i the only idiot here who vehemently does NOT want black/white remakes

#talking #they just. don’t Need remakes. they look amaaaazing and a lot of that charm comes from the pixel art #no pokemon game on the switch has been all that good imo and none of them LOOK good visually either #if they weren’t bluffing about giving their teams more time to make games i think we could get something really special #but idk if i trust them #if a black/white remake looks like bdsp like. i’m so serious i don’t even want to LOOK at it #but if it looks more like let’s go or arceus (and they actually are given the time to make it look nicer) #that’s the only way i’d be open to a black/white remake. otherwise Begone #also. 3DS + homebrew + free black/white emulation file. it’s very easy and doesn’t cost $300+ #complaining #and whatever their next game is i don’t want it for the next 2+ years. genuinely

[creaturefeaster]

colors got all weird on export but whatever for now.

#seldom do pixel art but it's kinda hard and awkward to make non pixel art work for- #-a VN/exploratory map type game with sprites yknow #she probably wont actually bounce either but i like making my pixel art bounce when i share it #because why nawt..... #tmmomr #still working on the talk sprites too

[longelk]

as someone who isn't a huge fan of the Luke Carder POV aspect of Inscryption, would you be willing to share what you dislike about it? personally I feel like it breaks my immersion but I'm curious to see if it's just me :0

maybe the immersion breaking isnt what bothers me since that's going to happen regardless in act 2, but the fact he's... really annoying and unlikable to me sadly... i feel nothing but seething hatred every time he mocks leshy's bosses if you're repeating act 1 after beating leshy. i dont want to be a fucking tuber guy, i want to be me! why cant i just be Me or an anonymous challenger? you're anonymous in pony island and even the hex and it feels a lot more personal and satisfying. i get its supposed to be jarring to go from the cabin to the footage but theres way to make a game erratic and meta without making it feel like im eating soap

this post pretty much sums up how i feel about the video segments and ending. inscryption really did not have to be like mullin's other games lol

and i know luke is a vessel to carry Plot B and while i wish there wasnt even a Plot B there could absolutely have been a way to have this meta-narrative happen while keeping the player anonymous! imagine you beat leshy and your game crashes revealing the player's desktop like on the Freaking inscryption website!!

and every time you go to your desktop there's new notepad files about the player's thoughts! you can go through their emails emailing gamefuna!!

maybe even further, imagine youre able to stand up from your desk and walk around your room, mirroring the moment leshy lets you stand up from the table! god just anything from having to watch a tuber guys fucking annoying videos and have him commentate over MY game and have him have MY steam friends augh augh augh augh

#baffling baffling decision to put this fucker in the game #love and light to luke enjoyers im happy he works for you #this man should not be here #so painful to be forced to be this guy especially when its not apparent til you beat act 1 #is it selfish to wish the player was anonymous just so i can project. absolutely. he still sucks #ask #i think the reason i can latch on to kaycee as hard as i do is because she isnt shoved in your face like he is #only know her through her logs... technically has an appearance but its ai and i mostly ignore it #if she got the luke treatment chances are id hate her. unless she was somehow exactly like my interpretation LOL #but in general i dont wanna see irl footage in a pixel game...... #lol talking about mods if theres a mod to play the entirety of inscryption while having him scrubbed from existence i think id look into it

[angry-moon-delusion]

Quill Presents: A List Of Game's I Own And Suggest You Should Get When You're Bored (or something)

I Wanted To Make This List Thing To Let People Know The Existence Of These Little Hidden Gems Of Games I Found (And I Think People Should Play More Of Tbh)

Some More Well Known Than Others And Shouldn't Really be Counted as "Obscure" (Well At least One Is A lot More Well Known) But I Like Them & I Want To Remind People Of Them So Whatever

Also I'm Not Good At Explaining Stuff So Just Click On The Embedded Link On The Name Of The Game To See The Store Page To See If You Like It Or Not (Also See The Picture Of The Game Under the Link)

ALSO Also Most Likely Make Another One With More Games In The Future (Also If You Have Any Game You Think Is Underrated Feel Free To Share In The Notes (also also also sorry if i type alot i dont write alot and im a bad speller)

Games Under Read More

Bleed + Bleed 2

Katana Zero

Buddy simulator 1984

They Bleed Pixels

My Friend Pedro

Hart&Slash

-Klaus-

Children Of Slilentown

Iconoclasts

What Lies In The Multiverse

And I'll End This List With A Hat In Time Bc Why Not

Alright I'm Getting Tired Of Writing So I'll Stop There

Like I Said I'll Probably Make A Sequel To This Post In The Future & You Can Put Your Personal Favorite Games You Think Need More Love In The Notes (If You Want To Of Corse)

Till Then Love Ya'self & See Ya'self

#Bleed Game #Bleed 2 #Katana Zero #buddy simulator 1984 #buddy sim 1984 #buddy simulator #indie game #they bleed pixels #my friend pedro #hart&slash #ahit #a hat in time #Klaus game #Children of silentown #What Lies in the multiverse #iconoclasts #am i doing this tag thing right? #i dont know #like two of these games aren't obscure but i dont see alot of people talking bout them #So there here

[d444lso]

aoi walks into your style savvy boutique, do you give them the newest mad jack ensemble at half price??

#sims #sims 4 #ts4 #maxis match #maxis mix #ts4mm #sims 4 edit #ts4 edit #sims edit #sims 4 render #ts4 render #i've been meaning to do an edit like this for so long omfg #fun fact the pic behind aoi when she's talking to u is taken from my own style savvy game #i couldn't find a pic of that specific store anywhere #so i used my phone and tried to blur out the pixels as best as i could #style savvy #mycowplantz

[askchuuyanakahara]

*slams door open* YOU'RE WORKING ON A GAME?? AND ITS FANTASY RPG????? OMG THAT'S SO AMAZING NOT YOU CASUALLY DROPPING THIS IN THE TAGS

Can we know more? If you can ofc

(Of course! The game is called Snapdragon and it's a Mystery RPG where you play as a young detective girl who moves into a new village!

We have devlogs on multiple platforms, depends on what you use:

Instagram

Tiktok (Tiktok is a bit slower in terms of updates since it's only video-based and we only have screenshots and images atm)

Twitter

I'm the sprite artist and programmer!)

#mod ask #sweaters and rain #(Don't talk to me about programming I don't know anything) #(I am learning just what I need to make this game functional haha please) #(I'm using wolf rpg editor and it's enough to make something at least) #(Pixel art is really fun though I didn't think I'd enjoy it as much as I am!)

[spoopers-bloopers]

more pixel art of basil

#pixel art #omori game #basil omori #omori fanart #aseprite #looks like a large talk portrait #imagine that

[sysig]

Rosawatts, from memory (Patreon)

#Doodles #To The Moon #Neil Watts #Eva Rosaline #They ✨ #I ended up making the To The Moon series of games my over-breakfast show for a while haha #I got through them all surprisingly fast! It's amazing what a bit of breakfast does for the focus haha #I had ideas for them but then I got distracted! Damn! Another time #Still gonna talk about 'em tho lol <3 #Mostly Neil-related honestly haha - a big long silly joke that takes so much context pfft #So that one trope of self-aware anime protagonists - either the type to try to hide the specific thing that makes them The Chosen One #Or changing themselves into The Chosen One by adopting a feature that points to it - think dying hair #Born with weird hair? Protagonist - cover that up and become a normie; and it's inverse! #And then y'know the trope of the white-haired anime boy? The Redshirt of anime? Lol #I just love the idea of Neil being ''born with white hair'' and dying it his normal brown and confessing to Eva #And her countering back with ''Thank goodness you don't have white hair I never would've accepted your confession if The Tragedy'' #While Neil is just Sweating lol #It's funnier in images gah I'll get to it someday! #For now I'm just happy to have added them to my list <3 I do love them hehe #I enjoyed Imposter Factory so much! The montage at the end had such beautiful pixel animation #And even seeing a simulacrum of them happy makes me happy <3 Bittersweet like the rest of the series :) #Good lads <3

[dimiclaudeblaigan]

I find the whole premise of the war in Houses very sad.

Rhea is being targeted because "everything is the fault of Crests" according to Edelgard. Rhea has no power over Crests themselves, and the blood that enables Crest bearers to use Relics is dragon blood. The Relics are the bones of her brethren.

According to Edelgard, whose every ounce of information is fed to her by the Agarthans (why does she even believe anything her captors say again?), Rhea is an enemy... but why would Rhea condone anything related to Crests and Relics? Also, Edelgard didn't stop the Agarthans from kidnapping Flayn for her blood, allowing them to create demonic beasts. On top of that, she later uses demonic beasts for her war, so she uses Agarthan technology, etc, to turn regular humans into demonic beasts while saying that Rhea is the one at fault.

Rhea, who actively tries to stop Relics from falling into the hands of people who will turn into a demonic beast if they use them. She gets mad if Byleth says they won't turn over the Lance of Ruin to her, and it's one of the few times she openly gets mad at Byleth - because she knows the dangers of it falling into the wrong hands. Her only relief came from Sylvain - not Byleth - who said he would take the Lance of Ruin and assured her he wouldn't let it fall into anyone else's hands. He was also pretty convincingly honest about it, because she wanted him to remember the dangers of it and he says he "won't soon forget". Coming from him it was likely the most honest response she could've gotten out of anyone else in the monastery, so she let it go.

And also, here we are, with Rhea, one of the very last of her kind, being told she can't exist because she's not human, thus proving all her fears and worries about her identity correct. In CF, the last straw for her was that same person "taking" Byleth, Sitri's child, from her (i.e. even if Byleth "chose" that path, there was someone that was the cause of that decision. Without the war starting, Byleth wouldn't have decided that, so in Rhea's eyes it's Edelgard's fault, but she also isn't letting Byleth get away with it either).

It's also sad that Rhea's only chance to tell the truth (i.e. to Claude) was when she was already dying. There was no chance for her to tell the truth, be free of it and still feel safe. In this case she also wouldn't have died if the war had never started, because her five years of captivity by Edelgard left her weak and it kept her from being at her full strength when it came time to fight the Agarthans.

It's very frustrating for me too that we have Claude who does what he can to find out the truth, but Edelgard never does any such thing and just immediately believes what the Agarthans believe. Instead of her thinking her captors might be lying, she allies with them to kill Nabateans, which is exactly what they want. Why not try to find out the truth, or talk to Rhea to figure out what her side of the story is? Why just take the side of your tormentors both by information and in a war of your creation? Edelgard was a puppet on Thales' strings and willingly went along with it for years.

But somehow everything ever is Rhea's fault. See, even if Sothis was uwu BaD and stuff, I'm still not sure how any of that lands on Rhea, besides for her being Sothis' child and thus the children of the parent must die simply for who their parent is. Either way, it comes down to Rhea not being human, and thus Edelgard blaming her for every problem in Fodlan ever. It's sad to me because it really is that simple in terms of Rhea getting blamed for everything.

Rhea lied about the Crests and Relics, calling the people she hated heroes (something Edelgard could never do about the people she hated) to avoid more tragedy. It's almost like her lying for the benefit of humanity worked against her, which in an ironic way is like saying the humans were the enemies all along. She does good things for them and they just turn on her. It's kind of like, maybe she should've seen them as enemies all along, but she didn't. She accepted the ones who didn't hurt her or her kin. She accepted the people who had nothing to do with any of that.

Idk I just wanted to mention Rhea's place in the war because I've never really brought it up. It's just sad to me that she did everything she could to stay safe while not viewing humans as an enemy, but her kindness was part of her downfall. It makes me wonder if she'd told the truth eventually that people would've understood better. When she tells Claude, he realizes all the lies Rhea's been telling weren't hurting anyone, but instead allowing the power of the dragons to continue to exist in humans. If it had been her decision, she never would've allowed that because it was her family that was killed for that.

But like... apparently it's all her fault. Apparently everything is all her fault.

I know the Fodlan games have a huge glaring issue with victim blaming, but it's very sad to see that the victims are at fault right until their death (mainly on CF, but if you factor in Hopes, SB and GW too). They're blamed for their coping for how they suffered, and they're blamed for every little thing they do or don't do from then on. There's no winning. If you're a victim, you're a villain. Edelgard used to be a victim, but she stopped being a victim when she started making victims and siding with the people who tormented her in the first place.

Imo the story should've had Edelgard side with Rhea against the Agarthans and still have done four routes. Like... sometimes I think of what Edelgard could've been, how she could've turned on the Agarthans after pretending to work with them, and end up telling Rhea everything. She could've been a kinder person who had the same "ideals" (quotations because they're empty promises in canon) and could've been equally as resolute and strong.

She could've told Dimitri the truth that she hid from him despite having an entire year to tell him. She could've told Claude what she knew about Rhea after talking to Rhea, since he was looking for answers. She could've been a really awesome lead where CF/SS were similar routes with different perspectives (not necessarily identical), but those routes were her and Rhea working together. At the end, she could've taken responsibility for any time she worked with the Agarthans and moved on.

It's also sad how the fandom does the exact same thing to Rhea. She does something, she's bad. She doesn't do something, she's still bad. All she has to do is exist and she's still bad. If she reacts in any way because of her trauma, she's bad.

The fandom's views on trauma are pretty disgusting though tbh, because the general vibe is that if you have trauma you can only uwu about it. If you have any other reactions, including violent ones, you're horrible and need to be "put down" because you didn't have a "proper, correct" reaction to your trauma. If you don't shut up and deal with it, you're a bad person.

I feel like CF was a mistake with its writing and justifying the actions of ableism and imperialism both in one route. A mistake as in, now people actually believe that stuff is all well an good (despite the other routes saying otherwise).

Anyway that's it for this. I'm sure someone out there will call me a Rhea apologist now even though I'm not and even though she's not even remotely my favorite character lol.

#DCB Comments #and no I'm not here for arguments if someone somehow sees this in a for you page #I'm just expressing I find the premise of it all very sad and not here to argue about the reasons for the war #you all know that shit is old ass arguing that's been done for four years now #I like the game and want to talk about it without people boohooing that it's not completely in favor of their pixel waifu #Three Houses

[witch-from-a-block-of-flats]

Today I've finished Astarion's personal quest and I'm not well. I shed tears both of sadness and joy. I will be thinking about this for the next week.

Exploring Cazador's palace itself was intense, especially with Astarion's comments. The aura of this place, lighting, music, everything tells you that horrifying things happened in this rooms. This is also the first time when I killed an npc after I got what I wanted from them. I convinced Godey to give us the ring but after everything Astarion told me about him, I incinerated that disgusting sceletone right after. He didn't stand a chance.

And then you go to the dungeon. And you meet Sebastian. Oh God meeting Sebastian destroyed me. Whole spectrum of emotions in that conversation, from sadness and spark of affection to despair and rage. "You took everything from me!" and Sebastian reaching for Astarion has been engraved in my memory forever. Learning about Cazador's past and his former master, centuries long cycle of abuse... I wanted to pity him, I wanted to feel at least a little sorry for him but I couldn't. At least I know that yet another monster was responsible for creating this one and that Cazador is not evil just because.

Fighting Cazador was an experience I will never forget. My heart dropped when that bastard just took Astarion from me. I swear I became a bit pale when I read the conditions and realised I had three turns. My Tav dropped everything I had planned for her to do in this combat, misty stepped to the other side of arena, survived like 10 attacks from ghuls and wolfs that where after her in turn order (which is not an easy task for a sorcerer), and finally was able to use help action to free Astarion. Big credits to Shadowheart - your mass healing word and spirit guardians saved the day (don't sleep on clerics people).

And the final cutscene? My tears after I convinced Astarion not to ascend? Does everyone has this kind of reaction or am I just too invested in lifes of fictional people? I know everybody is saying that but I can't stress enough how great Neil Newbon was in that scene. I would watch his amazing performance a milion times if my heart could handle it. Also I don't know if that's just my head but did they add a bit of camp music in slightly different tune into the background there? If yes then it reminds me of the Nightsong scene, with music telling you that you made a good choice if you free her. 'You may see Astarion breaking down right now, here is a familiar song to remind you that this is his katharsis and you did good'.

Honestly this post is longer then I thought it would be. The graveyard scene deserves it's own post where I'll be fangirling over that man.

#anyways have a cookie and a cup of tea if you are reading this ☕🍪 #I care too much about a bunch of pixels on the screen sorry not sorry #It just hit me that I could go for even longer and talk about this quest even more #Oh god what a good game bg3 is #astarion #baldur's gate 3 #cazador szarr #bg3

[yamanoskk]

Girls and spirits are seeking for ‘something’.

Either the ownerless place to live, the cause of this brand new incident, or simply want to unleash their provoked will.

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A fanart based on the demo of Touhou 19!

Gonna looking forward the full version too!!

#fanart #touhou #touhou project #touhou 19 #unfinished dream of all living ghost #a bit of talk in tag session! #gameplay wise i don't really have a strong opinion here #kinda better to wait for full version #still think it's pretty cool to see other characters form older game become playable tho! #on the other side - i'm always a title screen theme enjoyer but mannnnn I never expect to hear it want this hard. Really love it!!! #the other new songs are pretty nice too! #ask for the remixed one - personally prefer the older ones from their own respective game - still nice to listen tho. #new artworks are really cool! it seem like Zun's artwork keep improving and i'm really glad of him! #the outsourced pixeled sprites are reaally cute too!! #yamanoart