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Cake day: May 21st, 2025

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  • I helped a friend who was losing his place, and sometimes I wonder if he lost his place because he didn’t have the forward momentum to live by himself. He didn’t do dishes, he did play a lot of LoL. He worked, so it’s not like he didn’t work. He just wasn’t terribly cleanly. He wasn’t the most disheveled individual I have ever met (or lived with). I did however bring a friend who was visiting home to catch him boning down. When we made tea, he continued to bone down in the bathroom. We decided to leave shortly after, but that made me sad in a way. It was silly in another, because you know it’s fun to say you walked into a house with “four balls and two dicks hanging out.” Things got better when he moved out though.



  • I’m from DC, and I flipped once because a ball of lightning about 14" around “flew” through our place. Went through a bookshelf, hit a corner, followed the other wall and disappeared through it. Various people saw it, I watched as they all watched it. I think the brain is funny though, cause I seem to be the only one who remembers it. I just figured DC is weird as fuck, and it’s one of the DC has some spoopy shit going on type of things. When I was younger, I used to crawl through The Capital at night going through it’s underbelly and such. Was always so “electric” feeling. Rooms never felt truly empty, even if you went into one lined with ten pounds of fabric and doors that could smash you dead. Sometimes, DC feels like the Bermuda Triangle in my head. It’s different nowadays, but it still holds that image.


  • I have a friend who teaches children art. If it wasn’t so late, I would ask him for some pointers. I think though, he just plays with them pretty much. As in, he’s okay doing goofy things with kids like making a noise and having them match it or things like that. When you get people (kids, etc.) open to playing with you, I think it allows people to open up more which can be good for creativity. I would suggest looking into Lynda Barry books, especially Syllabus. There’s also a comic book artist she recommends in the book but I can’t find his name. He has a very creative exercise in which you take a series of note cards and draw a comic a panel a card and shift them around until they assemble the story you’d like. I suppose just looking into drawing games as a whole will probably assist. I myself like to put a series of shapes on whatever I am working on and turn them into whatever I see from them. Either way, sounds like you’re doing some good. So good on you =)



  • Legend of Mana is an amazing game. It’s a game that showed me that nostalgia isn’t just about the game but the people with whom you spent playing the game with. I tried playing it again when I got my V10. I thought, this is a wonderful game. It’s got a great soundtrack, great spritework. I love these characters. I love making the map. Only catch is it’s just me putzing around here. and I really miss playing this with someone else. I saw they remastered it, but there’s really no point on account of what I said. It’s truly a lovely game though.




  • You are 20 years old. You can be anything from this point on. We can’t fix a damn thing about what we did in the past. We can just you know, help forge a better future. If people fuck you up, you can take a break from deep relationships. You can just have superficial ones, which are easier to manage. Idk where you’re at, but try to find something productive you can put a lot of energy into and take it from there. If you do something very technical, you don’t really need to bring anything but a simple respect for others to the table. You don’t have to talk feelings, or really at all outside of expressing logical thoughts. Idk what to say about the emotionally unstable part. I’m not a doctor, but I was once young. I am not sure if this still holds true, but I remember hearing your brain isn’t even fully formed until you’re 25. 20 is a good age to be anything, so like I said - just find something you can tolerate (or in theory enjoy) and do that and you’ll see the blocks start falling into place. Also if you can’t talk to someone, write. I mean you can write here, but I think you should just grab some paper and shit all over it. Just shit, and shit, and shit. Just take all your word goo and plop it on the pages. Make sure it’s somewhere you feel is safe and destroy it when you’re done. It helps a lot, I’d like to think. Also feel free to shout into pillows. I don’t do it, but I hear it’s the shit.


  • Oh hey, I didn’t realize. I like Olija, and thought that they were worked on by the same developer. They’re lumped together with The Messenger in a bundle and just assumed it was the same dev working their way through whatever vibe they were feeling. I don’t know too much about Devolver, but that’s for the 411. I was interested in this game because I like One Slash and Samurai Jazz and figured it could potentially have a similar vibe to it. I’m going to grab it, and give it a go. Thank you!


  • Hey, I am super late to the party but I figured better late than never? This place is super small, so nobody really comments. To be honest, brain fog is just kind of a constant. Things I’ve learned to help me feel better about it as a whole is a) taking things slower. I was a firecracker before getting ill. I still am, just kinda…in a different way. I have been just attempting to be kinder to myself, and giving myself the space and time I need to do whatever I need to do. That helps, over constantly looking at what I could do, and what I currently can do. I am sure you know that changes from day to day. It just helps to be nicer. b) Simplifying as much as possible. That’s from things to commitments. As in, I keep things as simple and regulated as plausible. Which helps me in the long run. Minimizing your workspaces, collections, and activities so that you can have a clear a -> b transition helps a lot. c) Finding simple pleasures. For me, small hikes when I feel well. Daycations, where you pick a place on the map you can drive to and from and enjoy something at. Talking or being with someone or something you really love. Making things when you can. That kind of stuff.

    You can also always learn something new if you’d like. Cause it’s fun to putz around with that. Either way, you’re gunna be okay sister. Life is short, and suffering makes it feel long. In reality our time is pretty limited, and it sucks that our body is fighting itself. I’ve been trying to work on something about that. Cause I always have seen it as something like - an invader taking control of me and the pain not being the REAL me. But I don’t think it’s realistic or healthy. So instead I have just been trying to see the pain as part of my body, and it’s just something that is an element of me. So it feels less like an alien taking hold, and more so my body dealing with a complicated series of circumstances. It kinda helps, although yet again - I just kinda fell into it so idk if it’ll stick or anything. Either way, I will say as someone who loves and has worked with addicts - addiction isn’t another disease you more than likely will want to throw on the pile. I wish the world was kinder to individuals who are disabled, but it’s not. That’s just kinda…like…something you have to get used to. Even if it sucks.

    Also you might just be terribly depressed. Cause I am not saying that your symptoms are not real. It’s just depression hangs like a hood on your brain and it can mess up all sorts of things up there, as well as in other places in your body. I hope you find things that you love, and lean into them. The only other thing I’d suggest trying to avoid if plausible is snacking to feel better. It’s fucking easy to put on weight, and it takes twice that to lose it. If you’re a non-eater due to digestive issues (or stress, etc) I would also suggest you DO eat. Just trying to figure out what the simplest yet healthiest combination of food you can eat is. I am a mean cook, but I have had to change quite a bit as my illness progressed. I am doing pretty okay right now. It’s not like…I’m in heaven, but I am doing okay. I have to cut my food into little ittle bittle bitty bits though, or else my insides riot. Pretty food, it does not make. I am happy though, eating well and drinking water. It keeps me level, although it’s not like - you can cure cancer with celery or anything. Just saying eating decently in a way your body can accept I do believe helps.

    Ho-kay! That’s it. Idk if any of this helps or if you’re even around anymore but sending love and hope you are having the most chillaxinist of times.


  • Can you tell me more about Katana Zero? I have one of this developers other games and looked at this the other day but opted out. I don’t listen to audio when I look at trailers, so I didn’t hear the music or anything.

    Also, YIIK has a great soundtrack even though everyone bombed the hell out of that game. I still listen to tracks from it. Inscryption, The Path, 2064: Read Only Memories, The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa, Going Under, games developed by Blaze Epic, Dicey Dungeons, Party Hard, Stray Cat Crossing, New Ice York, Beyond Galaxyland, JARS, Ladykiller in a Bind, Oxenfree, Dust Force, & Plants vs. Zombies (Laura Shigihara still has me bopping). Not including classic video game bangers - this is just stuff I pulled from a quick Steam-y glance.

    *Love has a banger of a soundtrack too. Kentucky Route Zero as well.