When Evil Licorice approached me to try out their new game Retro Gadgets, how could I refuse something that literally has my name in it!?!
It’s much like the fantasy console PICO-8 where you draw in a built-in sprite editor and write Lua code to make your own old-school-looking games. Except now you also get to design the hardware itself and choose your own specs! Want an egg-shaped tamagotchi? No problem. Remake your favorite calculator? You betcha. Use an LED matrix for playing a game of snake? In fact, I did all these when they commissioned me to create a few gadgets to show in their announcement trailer.
I love the skeuomorphic UI experience of it, tinkering at your workbench rendered in lovely pixel art. It’s just so cozy and if you put some vaporwave music to make retro gadgets to in the background, well, then you’d be living my life over the last few weekends and evenings, drawing dog sprites and trying to figure out the best way to calculate mathematical expressions in my WIP graphic calculator.
Unfortunately, you can’t get your hands on it just yet. The game’s demo will come out as part of Steam Next Fest on October 3rd so make sure to add it to your wishlist till then.
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Films I like in 2022 (some weren’t released in 2022 and I haven’t seen most of the newer films in other Best of 2022 lists)
So in no particular order:
1. Decision to Leave (dir. Park Chan-wook)
2. Petite Maman (dir. Céline Sciamma)
3. Flee (dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen)
4. The Worst Person in the World (dir. Joachim Trier)
5. Great Freedom (dir. Sebastian Meise)
6. Speak No Evil (dir. Christian Tafdrup)
7. Everything Everywhere All At Once (dir. Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert)
8. Red Rocket (dir. Sean Baker)
9. Nope (dir. Jordan Peele)
10. Thirteen Lives (dir. Ron Howard)
Other films I also like in 2022:
Benediction (dir. Terence Davies)
Black Phone (dir. Scott Derrickson)
All Quiet on the Western Front (dir. Edward Berger)
Licorice Pizza (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
Hustle (dir. Jeremiah Zagar)
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clover but…… Evil? uh yea idk
idk why but…. thinking abt an au where clover is just. Evil
idk if it’ll be an alternate timeline from the licocule au but either way I still wanna incorporate cloverice/liclover in it somehow lol
basically the key factors are that:
-he has the same demeanor as our usual clover but more unhinged
-headcanon territory but maybe his relations with white lily being his ancestor and her becoming dark enchantress (and her motivations) might have to do with why he might be evil in this au, also I just realized this kinda makes red velvet and clover distant siblings, I feel like they’d bond over similar motivations
-unsure about this but I think it’d be cool if clover just worked as an assassin kinda? for lico? idk yet
-his eyes would turn scarlet like his ancestor’s whenever his evil senses arise
-his powers would be twisted upside down, so instead of using his music magic to heal, he would use it to poison others or perhaps rot his victims even, making them decay like plants would (I think he could still use the healing aspect for himself and/or licorice or others he’d side with, speaking of which)
-I’m kinda having trouble with deciding if he should work for dark enchantress enough despite having bonds with red velvet and licorice lol
-his songs and stories that he would tell would be “omens of [his victims’] demise” (@5ome-7ype-0f-5hapeshifter)
-he could also use the forest animals do his evil biddings I suppose? maybe make them go Crazy go Stupid, like haha you thought they were peaceful Nope! 😁
-other ideas suggested by @5ome-7ype-0f-5hapeshifter:
-petrifying someone into wood
-vines used to drag ppl into the earth & stuff
-bad luck spells (lol imagine if he says “bad luck!” instead of “good luck!” whenever he uses his skill in battle)
sooo yea let me know what you guys think and/or if you’re interested, I’m curious to see what people could add to this or suggest if I ever wanna do more with it in the future lol
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NOT ALL ENDINGS ALWAYS HAVE A “HAPPY END” (CRK ver.) (GOOD ENDING)
Plot: Y/N's been missing for couple of days and Hiroka started to get worried. Hiroka decided to look at their stuff just for to cheer them up. What they didn't expect is to get suck on the phone...
TW+CW: Yandere, Swear words, forced marriage, mentions of blood, self-aware au
NOTE: I haven’t caught up the latest story so there’s a possible chance that I messed it up
IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE READING THIS. YOU MAY SKIP THIS POST
As Hiroka left the prison room. They thought of going back to the room where they got isekai'd. Like last time they explored, they sneakily tried to go back to the room. As they successfully found the room they open the door slightly and look around for any person in the room before entering once the coast is clear.
Hiroka notices a ritual. How come they've never noticed it? Anyways, this could be a way to go back home but how? They look around the ritual place to figure out how to somewhat reverse it. They later then saw a corkboard of ritual markings. It could test how to drag Y/N into this place.
Anyways, they examine the board just to see if there's a way. After they examine the board and calculate the new ritual they come up. They started to create the ritual and tested the theory. Hiroka hoped that the ritual will work and return home safely. Hiroka sat down before the ritual started to begin. Hiroka closed their eyes and took a very deep breath.
Hiroka didn't felt any pain during the ritual. They thought nothing happen and the ritual didn't work. They open their eyes just to see a familar dark wooden floor. Hiroka widen their eyes before looking at their own human body and its surroundings. They felt happy that the ritual actually work. They cried of tears of joy for nearly the first time.
BUT, it is not time to celebrate right now. They have a human to rescue! They went to their room before taking self-defense items like a Baseball Bat, a pepper spray, a tazer, and so on. They put everything in the bag before they went back to their room and open Y/N's phone to enter the game.
They forcefully open their eyes before again, sneakily went back to the prison room. Like before they peak the doors before entering the room when the coast is clear. They rush to Y/N, who is patiently waiting and hoping their friend comes back. "Psst! Y/N!" They whisper-shouted. "Hiro!" Y/N whisper-shouted as well.
"I have finally found a way home!" Hiroka quietly exclaimed "Really?!" Y/N said happily. Hiroka nodded before they explain the plan. After they explain the plan Y/N nodded and smiled "alright, I really hope this plan of yours will work!" They said in determination "I'm sure it will work I just know it" Hiroka said before getting up. "Well, I'm going to explore this place further just in case," They said before running off "Oh, and… I'll come back if there's any change of plans," They said.
They sneakily look around the place and take route notes. They might bump onto cake monsters one or two times but atleast they didn't get suspicious. They saw really big twin doors before they peek at a small door opening. What they saw is some sort of Wedding reception. Instead of white as their main color theme but it was red instead.
Hiroka would've like the wedding setup… If it wasn't forced… They stopped peaking before continuing to explore the place once again.
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Timeskip to the wedding day. Hiroka was hiding a really big plant in front of the wedding doors. Y/N walked through the halls with a beautiful red wedding dress before they stand through the big twin doors. Hiroka whistles which got heard by Y/N themselves.
Hiroka went out of the pot of plants before knocking out the monsters with a bat. Y/N was happy to see Hiroka again before Hiroka smiled. The plan is working.
Both of them walk through the walls. Both of them were lucky that weren't any more guards. In the middle of it, they heard church bells ringing signaling that the wedding is starting. "May I carry you?" Hiroka asked "Uhh... Sure why?" Y/N questioned in confusion. Hiroka picked up Y/N over through their shoulders and started running as fastest as they can.
They finally reach the ritual room before Hiroka gently put down Y/N and started to lock the door. Hiroka started to begin the ritual before hearing loud bangs. How did they figure it out that they're here?
I mean it makes much more sense that Y/N wants to escape this place. Both Y/N and Hiroka sat down together at the ritual. The door kicked down before Hiroka looked at them smiling evilly telling them that they were nothing but pathetic failures while Y/N look at them with an angry and disbelieving face.
One of the cookies that were probably gonna get married by Y/N tried to reach out to them before they disappeared.
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Hiroka and Y/N finally made it back to their homeplace before Hiroka stood up and smash Y/N's phone completely. "Wait... WHAT THE HELL YOU DOING?!" Y/N exclaimed "Destroying your phone obviously so that these HORRIBLE people won't get through here," They said continuously stomping the phone.
"Before you start to complain. I could buy you another phone don't worry!" As they stop stomping the phone. Hiroka looked at Y/N "Not gonna lie, the wedding outfit actually suits you!" they complimented. Y/N blushed a little and hopes that they didn't saw it.
"Anyways, I'm going back to my room already. If you need help removing the outfit. Call me!" Hiroka said before leaving Y/N's room. Y/N placed their hand into their heart. They have feelings for their roommate because their such a great friend! The problem is that Hiroka doesn't have plans or interests in having a relationship. Y/N sighed as they have to suck it up.
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Damn, that fast??? Yeah, I just finish this before the prologue lol
Sorry if this felt rushed...
Anyways, what do you guys think???
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