#Traversal
Text
you know the phrase "kill your darlings?"
well, if you don't, it's a phrase that refers to removing unnecessary elements from your story (characters, storylines, even just sentences) even if you put a lot of work into them. it's a fantastic notion and i apply it to other creative things i do, such as game development. so, on that note, i was thinking to myself "i should remove that level element from my game even though i put a lot of effort into spriting it and coding it." and, see, i had forgotten the phrase "kill your darlings." so, dear readers, what i said instead was that i was gonna have to "kill the baby." no, not my darlings, but a baby instead. hell, not even my baby. i'm just kinda evil like that. yeah, i'm so wicked and fucked up. sick and twisted: that's me. all because my game works better if i remove an elevator from an area.
17 notes
·
View notes
Text
Tactical Positioning and Movement | It's over! I have the high ground! | dArtagnanDnD Patreon
PDFs of this and more can be found over on at my Patreon here!
A common complaint about the Heavy weapon property is that the only thing it does is make Small creatures attack with disadvantage. Personally, I think it's more due to the size of the weapon than the weight, so Strength won't help.
A sort of sequel to the previous post on relative size based combat. Now including attacking creatures of sizes based on your relative height and position. And jumping at them, I suppose.
Now returning the 3.x e flanking rule, except without that flatfooted nonsense, and as a condition. Because I don't care who you are, but if you can't keep track of two people, you're not going to suddenly keep track of the third person better. And not doing the 5e advantage flanking, because that's waaaaay too easy.
But the main crux of this was to make height in the battlefield matter, and then I came up with new ways to punish flying creatures. Inspired mostly by my players tackling flying creatures, including the one who basically ran off a balcony to do so!
And now to plug my stuff. I release homebrews weekly over on my Patreon.
Anyone who pledges $1 or more per post don't have to wait a month to see them, and also help fund my being alive habit.
At the moment, they have exclusive access to the following:
Ascending Spells
Kobold Airforce
Life, the Greatest Treasure
Old Fashioned Magic Item Crafting
I also have three classes, and a splatbook over on DriveThrueRPG to check out:
The Rift Binder. A class specialising in summoning monsters and controlling the battlefield.
The Witch Knight. A class that combines swords and sorcery in the most literal way.
The Werebeast. A class that turns you into a half beast to destroy your foes.
d'Artagnan's Adventurer Almanac. A compendium of races, subclasses, feats, spells, monsters and more!
30 notes
·
View notes
Text
Development is going well.
15 notes
·
View notes
Text
Appreciating Brevity In Media Via The Local Superhero, Spider-Man
I've mentioned before how tired I am of bloated movies and sci-fi or fantasy stories with twice as many pages as they needed, but I don't think that this sort of endless extension is why I've never gotten into Marvel comics despite my love for Spider-Man.
I spent almost all of my free time last weekend playing Spider-Man: Remastered (originally for the PS4) and then Spider-Man: Miles Morales. I actually 100-percented SM:R (though there’s technically 3 trophies I’ve yet to collect since they were added as part of an update that added a New Game + mode that I’m going to do eventually, once I’ve had a break from the game), which makes it the first…
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
traversal
Run or climb along any surface for a limited time even on vertical or liquid mediums, including up walls or across water, given enough run-up.
Dice: Dexterity + Athletics ( + 1 Rouse Check)
0 notes
Text
sonic frontiers might be one of the worst games i’ve ever played. it was seriously easier to force myself through we happy few
#there's so many things i hate#basic world design#traversal#the jank#and there's plenty of it#characterization#The Pinball (ominous)
1 note
·
View note
Text
Teen sensation Roxy Lips gives her ass to lovers big cock
Step Mom Gets Fucked Hard in Pussy By Her Son
Nasty bbw fuck party
Sexy dancing seducing you
Mature mom streap red hot dress
Stunning hottie gets forced to give a deepthroat blowjob
Videos of boys having gay sex and eating cum Jesse Bryce the
(WARNING!!!! WILL MAKE YOU CUM FAST)THICK BLACK GIRL LOVES RIDING MADE HIM CUM TWICE DEEP IN MY PUSS
Creampied gloryhole babe
Ryan Moore Fingering and Pussy Licking Lilu Moon Closeup
#carretta#Cornwallville#enterprises#solidifies#eschewance#fleeting#mutuary#Thompson#megaloglossia#overinterest#mesmerist#restfuller#ergology#mellower#hexaplarian#traversal#dullardness#plastics#nondependancies#unagitatedness
0 notes
Text
#JakeReviewsItch
A Short Hike
by adamgryu
Genre: Adventure, Platformer
Pitch: The real hike up the mountain is the friends you made along the way. A cozy, relaxed adventure of traversal challenges and running errands.
My expectations: I played this game almost three years ago. I finished it, I liked it, I never understood the passionate adoration for it.
Review:
A Short Walk defaults (left) to "chunky pixels," with options for higher resolutions (right).
You know what games people like? Animal Crossing and Zelda’s Wild Breath.
A Short Hike takes place on a cute, little island populated by cute, little animals with cute, little errands they can’t be bothered to do themselves. Fishing, digging up clearly marked spots, watering plants, buying hats, knocking money out of rocks with a shovel… Animal Crossing was more than an influence or inspiration. The look is copied. The music is copied. The only things that aren’t stolen from Animal Crossing come from Zelda.
All the aforementioned activities lead, after a fashion, to collecting gold feathers, which function as stamina. Increased stamina is vital for climbing taller cliffs. The primary goal is to reach a mountain peak, which means a whole lotta climbing and gliding and falling. And in case you’re thinking, “Lots of games have climbing and stamina,” there are a few unmarked digging spots with a striking resemblance to Korok seed puzzles.
It’s a fusion that works, though. This is a breezy, harmless romp (an hour to reach credits; several more for 100% completion) that’s packed with charm. Charm copied from other, better games, but as fan art goes, A Short Hike reaches impressive heights.
+ Animal Crossing and Wild Breath, innit? Two great tastes that taste great together.
+ Loads of side quests and hidden treasures for those who care; the freedom to ignore most of that for those who don't.
+ Nails just about everything it set out to do. Indie games often reach beyond their means, and that's not the case here. Nothing's sloppy or unfinished.
+ As someone who plays PC games with a third-party Switch controller that games natively mistake for an Xbox controller, I can't tell you how nice it is when a game lets me redefine a button and chose how that's button prompts will look in game. No need for Steam Big Picture workarounds! It says "A" and I press the A Button!
– The whole time I was playing, I was thinking about how much more fun I would have with the real Zelda and Animal Crossing. Of course, those games are a significantly bigger time investment, and they carry hefty price tags, so maybe A Short Walk is a better choice for you.
– I love simple controls! We don't need all those buttons! But maybe a game where the primary actions are talking, jumping, and climbing shouldn't use the same button for all three.
– One active item at a time, with no shortcuts. The item menu places every item in a straight line, not a circle or a grid, adding needless steps when switching items. Picking up a new item automatically makes it active. Minor but irritating.
– SPOILER/CONTENT WARNING: There's some sick mom stuff that comes out of nowhere. I'm going to assume the writer is injecting something real and personal with this story beat. That emotional challenge could be the reason he made this game. Whatever the case, it is tonally disorienting. There are hints of darkness here and there—grumbling about college debt, bones popping out of the graves for us sickos who can't resist using a shovel everywhere—but this is the only moment that I thought truly broke the cheery, escapist tone. Maybe that contrast is supposed to make it hit harder, but it didn't work for me at all, and it seems like a potentially nasty surprise for those who really need a few hours of cheery escapism.
🧡🧡🧡🧡🤍
Bottom Line: Couldn't be more derivative, but that won't stop the dopamine from flowing as you scale rocks and compulsively gather shells. Not a full meal, but a very tasty snack. Just watch out for that story twist if you have any sensitivities.
#JakeReviewsTwitch is a series of daily game reviews. You can learn more here. You can also browse past reviews...
• By name
• By rating
• By genre
#JakeReviewsItch#Computer Games#Video Games#Reviews#Itch.io#A Short Hike#adamgryu#Animal Crossing#The Legend of Zelda#Breath of the Wild#Nonviolent#Collectathon#Indie#Traversal#Exploration#Cozy Games
0 notes
Text
This isn't cool, guys. This is the second post on the Traversal subreddit and it's a leak. Ugh.
I'm just holding out hope that it's fake.
3 notes
·
View notes
Link
Star Wars Jedi Survivor adds traversal features
0 notes
Text
Happy Holidays!
7 notes
·
View notes
Text
Worlds of Kingdom Hearts
#kingdom hearts#kh1#traverse town#wonderland#olympus coliseum#deep jungle#agrabah#100 acre wood#monstro#halloween town#atlantica#neverland#hollow bastion#end of the world#my gif#and of course the islands but that's not a place you can travel to so i didn't add it#it's cool how the sky gets darker and more ominous as you progress#this was a lot of work plz enjoy
2K notes
·
View notes
Text
Spider-Man Is A Very Moving Game
I really enjoy just moving around in Spider-Man: Remastered. It's fun and quick and just a great way to experience the game. My only wish is that the whole game incorporated this movement-based ethos, rather than just the traveling bits.
I’ve spent the last week or so, ever since I finished Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, playing Spider-Man: Remastered on the PS5. I’ve already written about it a bit this week, as I rambled and ranted on about how I am finding less joy than ever in what used to be my favorite video game occupation: collectibles and collectible-based challenges. I even wrote about it back in 2018, during my initial run…
View On WordPress
0 notes
Text
Stranded Danny AU
Danny gets pulled into a faraway Dimension by a Villain one day, just after the events of Phantom Planet. He is barely 15.
He has no way to get back, but he does manage to unlock the power to make Portals. Unfortunately, none of the dimensions he ends up in are his own, and none have enough Ectoplasm to open portals for very long. It takes up to a week to scrounge up enough Ecto to open a single Portal into the next dimension over.
And none of these worlds have Technology strong enough to take him home either. The few times he did find some tech that could potentially get him home, it never worked or it was destroyed before he could finish it.
He spends well over 30 years of his own Personal Timeline trying to get back to his home dimension, constantly gathering scraps of Ectoplasm and Tech until the day he eventually collected enough to build a safe way home.
But time does not pass the same across dimensions.
What to him was a 30 year long Journey, was actually just 10 for his home Dimension.
And they had to move on without him.
Sam became a Business Woman who used her money to fund Nature Preservation Organizations. She hired Pamela Isley and helped her through her powers when she became Poison Ivy (still a Villain, but secretly working for Sam)
Tucker got a high ranking job at Star Labs, and helped Cyborg come to terms with his new life when he became a cyborg. He even helped upgrade his tech a few times.
Jazz became a successful Psychiatrist, and now works under Daina Lance as one of the Justice League's top Therapists, specifically their Child Psychologist for young Heroes
Ellie took his place as a Hero and became the new protector of Amity after he dissappear. After the Justice League was formed, she joined them and became one of their best members, always working and nor really taking many breaks.
They always wondered what happened to Danny, and spent many years trying to figure out what happened to him, but never succeeded. They finally began to assume that he was fully dead after a few years of searching. They had enough time to come to terms with it.
...
So one night, while a 22 yr old Ellie is resting on one of her rare days off, she gets called in by the League about a possible Dimensional Breach near her Home Town. JLD was deployed to investigate, and she was asked to tag along since she was the Resident Hero of the area.
But she refuses, thinking it's just some random ghost trying to enter the Living Realm illegally after she began regulating the Portal. JLD would be able to handle it on their own, let her sleep on her day off!
Meanwhile, JLD has located the spot where the Dimensional Breach is about to appear. They surround the Area, and prepare to interrogate whoever is about to appear, or deal with them if need be.
Space begins to tear apart as the fabric of Reality breaks apart at the seams. And from that wound in existence, an Adult Danny steps out. He is 44 years old, and looks like a less buff version of Dan without the mustache (basically imagine Danny as Ford Pines from Gravity Falls)
The JLD can sense that he is strong, but not too much so. It feels like he is powerful, but like that power has been starved for a while.
"Who are you?" Asks Wonderwoman, ready to jump into battle if needed. "What are your intentions in this World?"
Danny ignores them. He is staring into the Night Sky, eyes wide. The Constellations he hadn't seen in 30 years were there. The stars were in the right locations. He takes a deep breath, tasting the amount of Ectoplasm in thr Air. This is it. He's home. He's finally home.
"Finally" He says breathlessly. A slightly manic Grin on his face.
"What the hell does that mean?" Demands Constantine. The grin had unsettled him, and he began preparing a few spells just to be sure.
Danny ignored him again, this time deciding to close his eyes and finally eat his fill of Ectoplasm for the first time in 30 years. He was ravenous, this was the first decent Meal of Ectoplasm he had been able to have in 30 years. He was giddy, he was so happy to finally be home.
However the Heroes didn't know what was happening. All they knew was that some guy had ripped a hole in reality, said "finally" with a crazy grin on his face, and started emitting a dangerous amount of Death Energy for no apparent reason.
Constantine reacts on impulse, trying to cast a Banishing Spell on this guy.
Danny, feeling the spell begin to pull him away from his home after he had just found it again after Thirty. Fucking. Years. Does something that he would consider reasonable.
He quickly dashes over to Constantine and slams him through a tree.
This sparks a fight between Danny and the JLD. And at first he is having some serious trouble, but as he continues to feed on Ectoplasm and recover his strength, he becomes progressively more Powerful. It comes to the point where the JLD can't keep up anymore, and call in Backup.
Ellie was enjoying her night off, but the desperate Call from JLD about a powerful Entity at the edge of Amity finally got her going.
She rushes over and slams into Danny just as he is about to attack Constantine again. Neither of them recognize eachother, since they have changed since they were kids (Danny moreso) and continue to Duke it out.
Ellie is trying to banter with him, but Danny is really angry at this point. So he resorts to his final attack, his Ghostly Wail.
He levels a good chuck of the Forest, and in the end he is standing over Ellie as his anger fades. He says "Sorry" and he starts taking a look around him to see if there is anybody else.
Ellie is on the ground, shaken because she recognized that power.
She gets up, and asks "Danny?"
Danny finally gets a good look at her and says, and says "Ellie?"
Meanwhile JLD still has ringing in their ears and thinks that Ellie just called Danny "Daddy"
(Which makes sense because of the new age difference)
#Dp x dc#Dpxdc#Danny phantom#Dc#Dcu#ellie phantom#Danielle Phantom#Planes walker Danny#Danny is stranded on the other side of the Multiverse#He can't open a Portal to the Infinite Realms#Danny has not had a decent amount of Ectoplasm in 20 years#Aged up Characters#Angst#Justice League Dark#The Justice League#Dimension Travel#Danny traverses the multitude like Ford Pines
3K notes
·
View notes
Text
there's rats in the vents again
comms open
#milk skribs#supposedly daily barnes doodle#they aren't even traversing#hl#gordon freeman#barney calhoun#eli vance#the vent trials
1K notes
·
View notes
Text
Former demon lord and unfortunate transmigrator Bingge falls on hard times because he doesn’t have demon powers or a legal identity in the new world he’s been brought to, ends up forced to work for a shady maid hiring service… but when he goes to his first job it seems his new employer, Shen Yuan has very different ideas about what the job entails than he does
or:
Bingge: yeah I can have sex for money that’s fine
Also Bingge: *forced to sit through SY ranting about whatever shitty web novel he’s been reading* just kill me now
#svsss#svsss au#luo binghe#luo bingge#bingyuan#binggeyuan#original luo binghe#traverse transmigrator lbh#maid bingge au
414 notes
·
View notes
Last Seen Blogs
s0mberstella
somber
therecklessbum
The Reckless Bum
gumzball
ICONS AND SOME OTHERS THINGS
mixedracevibes
Mixed Race Vibes