#life update #games

long time no blog and happy new year

i started writing this blog post around the middle of december because i wanted to update my website, but ran out of energy and got caught up with holiday stuff.

i got my grades back for the semester and I PASSED (around 80% in all 4 subjects, for reference 85% is the highest grade in australia [this is Weird to me])! i Will be graduating next year (im not ready)

ive got a convention coming up so ive mostly been drawing fanart, which i have now learned is Not as fun as drawing ocs. its definitely enjoyable reading ppl's tumblr tags but at this point i dont really. feel strongly about any fanart i do nowadays. on the other hand i've finally made myself start going through design ideas for the main characters of my gf and i's game

art

i drew a LOT this year and i think i got better

games

i would make a games of 2024 list but i already have some stuff written for "games ive played since the last blog post" so i'm just gonna make it a mix of these two i guess. ill just write until i dont feel like it lol

  • until then by polychroma games cw: grief, death
    a gorgeous coming-of-age game set in the philippines. it hits really hard & close to home (in a literal sense), i love recognizing the familiar filipino parts, they really look like places i've been to before. i also read a little of the filipino localization but i'm unfortunately. not fluent enough to understand completely
  • unicorn overlord by vanillaware
    no link because its only on console unfortunately, afaik vanillaware isnt planning to port it to pc anytime soon. shame! unicorn overlord is fun as hell. the story is pretty basic, but i love the gameplay a lot, it's probably going to be one of those strategy games i go back to once a year to play through (i do this with xcom 2).
  • wizardry variants daphne - this is the ONLY gacha game that i'm willing to put on the list just because of how it barely feels like one. it's my first experienve with the wizardry series, though the Right Hand of Reversal and cursed wheel are pretty interesting mechanics that i wasn't really expecting from a gacha. it also made me doomscroll less often
  • witness link by mel !!! cw: graphic descriptions of blood, gore, and violence, suicidal ideation, self harm and self mutilation, delusions, drowning, sexual content, vomit and piss, fantasy animal death
    Ok a little biased because mel is my friend but if you like yuri & eroguro check her game out!! i am not very familiar with eroguro but i liked this a lot. the music & writing are awesome, i rlly like the descriptiveness, you can really FEEL everything. very excited for the next chapter
  • the dark queen of mortholome by Mosu - boss fight from the pov of a boss. i understand how it feels to play as a boss. dont have the words for it right now but something something how the player can grow and improve at the game while the boss remains the same & the relationship between the hero and queen. i think its neat
  • fantastic annihilation by FantasticHumans - 10 minute clicker game (i like clicker games but i dont play a lot of them)
  • build the sun by PUNKCAKE Délicieux - turn your campfire into the sun with little round sprites. wasnt able to finish the game i played for like 4 hours straight. very cute i love how they carry stuff on their heads
  • neurokino retrograde by gibarian & zarubin cw: swearing, dying, flickering lights
    45 minute scifi vn. the ui/graphics for this are sooooo good.
  • under a star called sun by cecile richard cw: allusions to grief & death
    a beautiful game about grief. i cried a lot
  • webfishing by lamedeveloper - played a little with my girlfriend. i'm too shy to join a public server so i just fish on my own or with her. she bullies me a lot
  • atlyss by kissoft - i tried the demo out after i saw a few mutuals playing, and i thought the character customization looked neat. i bought it the next day and got to level 20 on a fighter that looks a lot like akeno (the oc). i cant draw furries or anything yet so this is the closest i'll get to making anthro versions of ocs and being able to play as them. very neat game that i feel would be fun with friends, but i haven't been able to convince anyone to join me yet!
  • honorable mentions: the games i made for school
    making games is fun! though i've only made games when it's a requirement for graduating university. i Cannot show them unfortunately so you'll just have to wait for an astr_hal game when my girlfriend and i start working on ours.