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    I've been thinking about doing a jokey submission for the Christmas jam in which, like a cartoon special where all the characters "play" a counterpart in A Christmas Carol, my MagiCats would each play a role from the C.A. Smith story The Coming of the White Worm, with Cyprian as Evagh, Rousalie as Dooni and so forth. But in the end, I figure all my development efforts should go toward the game proper.
    HOLYMOTHER
    My power distribution box did the trick, no blackouts for two days. It isn't that bad here, really. No one gets up until 2:00PM, and then they all take a hit and nod out around evening time, so it's usually quite peaceful most of the day. And if you drop some food on the floor, just wait until tomorrow and it will have vanished all by itself.
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    alice_gristle
    alice_gristle
    Yo place really sounds like you oughta sleep wid a shotgun next to yo bed! :kaoswt2: Take care sweetie ok?
    SpyroFan67
    SpyroFan67
    No one even gets up until 2 PM? Sounds like the residents of your neighborhood (or whereever you live) are super lazy LOL. In my neighborhood everyone gets up at 6 AM or before to leave for work or school. My Dad gets up for work at 4 AM.
    HOLYMOTHER
    No progress on the game since the power goes out seven times a day (this is not an exaggeration) in the industrial ruins in which I quasilegally live. The electrical systems were done by an amateur in the first place, and everyone else on my circuit has started plugging in space heaters because there's no insulation and cold is unbearable when you already get the chills from doing heroin all day.
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    HOLYMOTHER
    HOLYMOTHER
    I'm setting up my own power distributor box to fix it, but then it'll just be something else. I've spent most the past month-and-a-half fixing things like this, and working on other projects to drum up some cash so I can get the hell out of here.
    HOLYMOTHER
    HOLYMOTHER
    MagiCats! will come out eventually. And at least I'll have practice should it ever come to pass that I grow to be an old man, living in the year of the diamond dogs after the world has fallen apart.

    Have a song:
    rpgLord69
    rpgLord69
    That's rough. Hope you get things sorted in such a way that the only thing you have to curse is how hard balancing a game can be.
    HOLYMOTHER
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    Ramping up for a super-secret special second demo (in addition to updating the first one), so I've taken the opportunity to make some QoL improvements like upgrading the menus, making WASD the default control scheme etc.

    Here's the new title screen. I'll probably fix it up even more before the game comes out.
    HOLYMOTHER
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    Old vs. New DestroRobo art. I don't consider it a complete improvement, as the old had its own charms and esthetic, but the new one is better. Notice I didn't put any glint on the new model, as I'm still mulling the place of shiny metal vis-à-vis the art direction. That's just a small change, though; no big overhauls are slowing development down.
    HOLYMOTHER
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    The models I use for busts are quite intricate, but the map and sprite work is supposed to be very plain. Like Leonard Cohen had to cut down symphonies for his powerful, simple melodies, sometimes I make the maps too ornate and have to work backwards to make them bare.
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    HOLYMOTHER
    This was about halfway into conceptualizing the interior ostentation of a Caliph's palace. The left was the original, the right de-ornamented, both just rough ideas. In the end, I scrapped this in favor of something even simpler, because this part of the game has some important sprite animations and doesn't last long enough for the player's eyes to acclimatize to this as a background, I suspect.
    HOLYMOTHER
    Mods really worked a hard one today! I say we TRIPLE their salaries
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    hiddenone
    hiddenone
    I agree, it should be in the budget! $0 x 3 is still $0 after all. :p
    gstv87
    gstv87
    "Double the salaries! TRIPLE the salaries! Bloat those overworked moderators into an early retirement!"

    (name the original character being yelled at in the true quote, if you know what I'm talking about. If you do, I salute you)
    HOLYMOTHER
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    Bravo Zulu to all the fathers out there! To celebrate, here's Lord Tarquin -- Cyprian's father -- as a young commissioned officer many years before Infinite Sadness, Captain of Assault Detachment Aostrolf, an elite unit of stellar shock troopers trained in infiltration tactics under control of the Grand Army, but as a formation of the Sidery.
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    It was in this office that Tarq fought in the Lacertan Crusade under Merzherian, an operation undertaken to reclaim the Isle of Lizard, a far realm, from a cult of recusants. He was later chosen by the Curial Ministry of Peace to command the 99th Magical Operations Group, but you'll have to play the games to learn more.
    HOLYMOTHER
    HOLYMOTHER
    I'm still tooling around with the model, but I wanted this out for Father's Day. Note the reversal of a black glove on the right hand, a white glove on the left; the horns of the so-called peuples de la mer.

    Anyway, here's Loïc's sprites from the demo that you might not have gotten a good look at, with Tarq for reference. You'll also learn more about him!

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    HOLYMOTHER
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    After two months of secondary homelessness, I finally have a permanent residence I'll be moving into tomorrow! I've still been working on the game as best I can, and it's been a nice little excursion all things considered, but the home stretch has been a little turbulent -- so it might be an extra month before the trailer for MC:RIS comes out.
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    HOLYMOTHER
    HOLYMOTHER
    If moving in goes smoothly I might be able to make up the lost time, though.

    I would tell you why I was temporarily without a home, but it involves the transnational oligarchy and megacorporations, and this borders on the political, I'm afraid, and that runs counter to the forum rules.
    ZombieKidzRule
    ZombieKidzRule
    Without getting political, I hope everything works out for you.
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