Tag: Response

@somewhere-in-the-dungeon replied to your post “This week in RPGs has been my characters, the social diplomats,…”

Please and thank you re: exalted and not getting into it.

I feel like without the proper contextualization and conversation that “getting into it” on this hellsite would make you look like some sort of bad guy in the way that you are not. Contrariwise, it would make me look like some sort of bad guy in the way that I am not. 

The last thing I want to do is misframe either of us in this nonsense.

Have you seen the 90s Japanese anime with English subs? Much better than the dub 🙈

I have!

When I was in Middle School I accidentally bought the entire first season of Sailor Moon on DVD with english subs. It added something new and exciting for me to enjoy about a show that had touched my heart as a young child.

Though I think “better” is somewhat subjective.

The 90s Sailor Moon dub is a delightful time capsule of the culture of the American 90s. Educational requirements for children’s media brought forward the Sailor Moon Says segments, for example. That and the language choice in the dub have forever locked it into an interesting time and place. There’s also the nostalgia factor; I was a little kid when I first got to watch the English dub. I didn’t know it was an anime. I didn’t know it was made in Japan. I just knew that it was about girls being cool.

In short: the 90s dub is silly, but it’s still wonderful. I still love it. I just…also like to make fun of the things I love!

I might re-watch the Japanese version at some point, but I probably won’t live blog it if I do!

@somewhere-in-the-dungeon replied to your photo “My eclipse experience!”

That looks way fancier than my cardboard box. Is that red sphere built for this sort of thing?

That Red Sphere is a reflective telescope! It takes in light, bounces it around on some mirrors, and reflects it out on a surface!

One of my co-workers is interested in Astronomy, so he brought his in for all of us to see the eclipse! We had a few other co-workers who brought special glasses as well!

@thequeenseal
You’re right, I think “easy mode” was a poor choice of wording; and I’m not saying having a mode that disables gendered preference is a bad idea, just that I was afraid I would lose a level of complexity.

I am considering this mode for your stated reasons. I just want to make sure that when I do, the characters don’t feel “ooc” (for lack of a better term) in their conversations.

@fierce-n-fearless replied to your post

is ‘soft no polyam’ the same as ‘monogamish’?

Soft no covers a lot of bases, with monogamish being one of them, I think.

Soft no means, “I feel like I might be more comfortable being your only romantic connection, but I trust you enough to see if this can work out.”

Soft no means, “I’ve never been in a situation like this, but I would be willing to give it a shot if it makes you happy.”

Soft no means, “I’m not interested in dating more than one person, but it doesn’t bother me that I can’t be the only person in your life.”

Soft no means, “I don’t know how I feel about this, but I’m curious enough to see where it goes.”

I also consider soft no to mean, that Lauren and Carol are dating and Carol and Maria are dating and while Lauren and Maria aren’t interested in dating they are best friends who like to see Carol happy and who don’t mind getting platonic lunch every once and a while.

In the end, each character who is a soft no will approach it differently. Everyone has different boundaries. We have different personal rules and needs and priorities to achieve personal happiness. Depending on the experience their thoughts and views on the subject will change. Sometimes that “I’m curious” becomes “I like the way Poly fits and I feel better for it.” Sometimes “I’m not interested but I’m okay that you are” becomes “Oh no how did I not realize this was for me all along?” Sometimes things turn out bad. People try a poly ship for the wrong reasons or end up with people they don’t mesh with. Sometimes you try and the negative feelings are too much and you need to put yourself first and strike it back to Mono life.

Taking the chance of going through the Poly experience and coming out on the other end being sure that you’re Mono doesn’t have to be a bad thing; I want to stress that too.

In this game about relationships, I want it to be a learning experience. If the player doesn’t learn something about themselves, I want them to witness a character learning something about themselves.

Additionally, I want to include mechanics and dialogue options that allow the player to really express their needs and desires in a relationship. I want to stress good communication skills. I want you to be able to talk to those Soft No characters and work things out.

If working things out isn’t possible, the character will always be labeled as a Hard No. Even if they would be willing to try, their own needs are important too. I won’t try to mislead anyone by making people think a character can be pulled into a polyship if they really can’t.

@monomythical replied to your post

Also if you want or need someone to do any kind graphic design or art for this project let me know I would be happy to do whatever!!! Your own style would really flatter this idea imho but doing all the art alone for a game on top of writing and coding would be a lot of work!

I had never planned on doing any art myself. I was going to ask for volunteers or find a way to pay someone (somehow) as far as that goes. I’m not confident enough in my own art to provide the assets for a published game (also anatomy is awful and makes me want to cry)

Anyway, if you want to volunteer your art skills here and there I’m more than happy to let you in on things! I still have a lot of design I’m trying to work out with the characters and story, so I don’t know how ready I am yet; but I do have a few characters I’m trying to work out visual designs for if you would like to help with concept art stuff!