Are they still going to kiss? I would very much like for them to kiss. Anyways your art makes me very happy keep being awesome

you know what, since you asked so nicely

Hi I want to become an indie game maker, any tips/advice/etc.?

Thanks for the ask! ^_^ This is a broad question and I wound up actually going way overboard. If you or anyone else has a more specific question feel free to hit me up! I’m not like a mega-successful gamedev. The game I’m most known for is one that’s been funded and is currently in development, and the only full game I released was a physical arcade machine that no longer exists. With my grain of salt granted, I do have a lot of strong feelings on how we can better take care of ourselves as gamedevs and as artists. Hopefully this doesn't come off as haughty lol.

Think Small

A lot of the best advice I can offer anybody looking to make a game is to be kind to yourself. Unlike many other mediums of art video games have been corporate from their inception, so the natural instinct is to compare your art to the work of these expansive teams. If you go into making games trying to hold yourself to the standard of AAA or even “Indie Darling” games you’re going to rob yourself of a lot of necessary patience and satisfaction.

Something I recommend is spending some time browsing (and then playing!) generally unknown games on Itch.io. It’s a great way to set some reasonable expectations for how your work will be received, and has the added bonus of re-calibrating your idea about what games can look like!

When I sought similar advice a few years ago I had several people tell me to “think small” and “make things I can finish”, they would always chip away at the parts of my ideas that were asking too much or unrealistic. It was impossible for me at the time to take this criticism as anything but a challenge. I wanted to prove to them that I was the gamedev savant that everyone dreams of being.

But I wasn’t. Nobody is!

Culturally, at least here in America, there is this push to frame indie games as these products of visionary brilliance. We want badly to believe that there are special people of extraordinary talent and vision who effortlessly produce these monumental games out of thin air, and there is an internal pressure to deny having any sort of difficulty or limits – because that would mean that you’re not that auteur gamedev.

But none of these games are truly made alone, (and I don’t mean this to devalue the work of brilliant gamedevs, their presence as designers and writers is felt in their work and it would not exist if not for them.) art is responsive, and games especially lean on the established languages of interaction that games have been establishing since the 80s. All of our work is on the shoulders of giants, and there’s no amount of creativity or skill that would completely subvert that, because even access to the medium requires some interaction with and response to those systems.

All this to say, the reason people tell you to make small games is because it is as important to learn how to finish something as much as it is to know how to make it.

Don’t Be Afraid to Make Things That Feel Weird

With so many games on the market and games easier to make than ever, it is very tempting to aim to make games that are frictionless. It is easy to think that making an experience that never gets too challenging, never runs the risk of rubbing someone the wrong way, is the way to have the biggest staying power in the attention span of your players.

But all kinds of friction can be flavor!

Narratively, mechanically, things that make your art crunchy or awkward can sometimes be a key “handle” for people to latch onto. It’s true that you will be criticized for making a story with dissonant theme-ing, or a platformer with janky jumps, but to people who like what you like that will become a defining element of your game, something they can use as a wedge to crack open to your decisions and develop a deeper relationship with your work.

Take Breaks, and Make Solid Goalposts

I think for most people there is never going to be a moment where things will organically “click” and you’ll know you’ve “made it”. I’ve met quite a few people with more success than me who still feel like they haven’t found their big break, yet. It’s hard! There are cultural mechanisms for pushing us forward, pushing us back into work – but not many for actually basking in what we’ve accomplished. Respect yourself by writing down key goals. A finished level. A game you can share. Your first mention on a gaming website. Slow down and celebrate these things as they happen! You deserve it.

When and how did you two meet?

"I can't necessarily tell you when we met exactly.. but we met back during The Battle of Angel Island."

“it was during a meeting with the resistance to take down metal sonic. we both met during said battle.”

Did- did the previous anon just imply that the medic is a trans man? Because I'm here for that

Are you new here

Why are there so many mean lesbians but so few femme sunshine lesbians in media? It makes me sad that all the characters I relate to are bisexual, like obviously it's super cool that there's so much good sunshine bi representation (Asami Sato, Gwenpool, etc.) But it's to the point where it feels like bi=nice femme and lesbian=mean butch and it just makes me want to rip my hair out because WHY CAN'T WE JUST HAVE FEMME SUNSHINE LESBIANS PLEASE I BEG

I feel like the mean lesbian stereotype was probably created because people think not being attracted to men = hating men, so hating men also means we’re mean.

And I don’t know if the mean stereotype is directly related with being a butch, but I do feel like there’s also the stereotype that lesbians are usually butch because cishets think they’re just like trying to be men to get with women.

I’d die for more femme sunshine lesbians rep 😭

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH ASHYLNN💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

Hi skellie is adorable please draw more of her 👉👈

I WILL TRY!!! SOON AND I'LL TAG YOU WHEN I DO have a little doodle from a while back to tide u over

Hi I'm a huge vee fan may I see your full profile picture and where did it come from

I am also a huge fan of vee!

it's cropped from this screen cap from the end credits of thanks to them!

Yang Xiao Long 🏳️‍🌈

memory of the show is fuzzy but i THINK people died. oh yang was a lesbian too.

[id: a drawing of yang xiao long against a grey background, yellow stars around her. she appears as she does in canon, except for her bandana being in the lesbian flag colors and a blue pin that reads “he/she” on her lapel. she smiles brightly. end id.]

This is going to be long but please read it. I met my wife about 2 years ago online and she was one of the only people who consistently said hi to me every day. I'd say hi back, we'd kinda go our separate ways but I'm not going to lie, in all the chaos that was going on, it was really nice having something consistent. One day I was depressed and my life had kinda started to fall apart. I needed someone as soon as possible. I turned to the one person I knew would respond: her. I vented and ranted and cried and freaked out as she listened and I just felt so incredibly heard and it really helped. A little after that we started talking more, and eventually got to the part of our relationship where we were comfortable talking about sexy stuff and as it turned out, we're into a lot of the same stuff. We started a flirty, friends with benefits type relationship, and had a lot of fun roleplaying. A little while later it turned out we had been developing feelings for each other and stumbled over each other admitting our crushes. Later I mentioned that my life sucks and I wish I could escape it. She asked how she could help, and I replied "please come save me." (We had done zoom calls so we knew that the other person was real) I had given up hope that it would ever actually happen, but she said yes. It's been two long hard years but by the end of today, I'm going to be in her arms.

oh gosh, I'm so glad you've found an incredibly special person in your life!!! Enjoy the warmth and comfort, you deserve it

Hi! You seem really cool ^^/gen

Have kitty

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Thank you for drawing Tumblr as a hot trans woman, I didn't know I needed that but it actually helped quite a lot. I'd love to see more of her and her little bluebird in the future

lmaooooo thank you <3 i may well draw her again in like, 5-10 business years

Hi! So I came up with an idea! It's a game about running a bar to make money to fix up a town. So far it's pretty simple. Is that a good place to start? I can give a small synopsis of it too if that would be helpful!

Sorry it took me a minute to reply to this. That's a good game idea! Since Stardew Valley there have been a lot of tutorials for making games about business/farming/building, so you won't have to re-invent the wheel to learn it. That being said! Maybe you should see just how small you can make that idea. Like for your first version ever maybe just make a game where you take money from customers and make them the drink they order. Or one where you have to maintain a conversation with a customer while also preparing a drink. Look at games similar to the one you look to make and try to find how many little miniature games and systems are part of it, and then isolate one to try and replicate! You can add on more as you learn. Thank-you for asking me for gamedev advice and sharing your idea with me! I don't think I can keep reviewing game concepts, but I think you're on the right track and I look forward to seeing what you make! Best of luck!

Does Pink Laser have a crush on Star-Lae? They seem like they'd be a cute couple

No, there’s too much of an age gap, Star-Lae’s like hundreds of years old. She also only thinks he’s hot, and after what happens in the end of that comic there’s no way in hell they’ll get along.

I am new here and I definitely approve, (I'm a trans woman myself) it's just a nice surprise

:)! Welcome 2 the club lol they r all transgender here. That's what the t in tf2 stands for

Thank you so much for sending this! 💚