I don’t know how I never played any of the Nancy Drew games as a kid, I love point and click and I love Nancy drew and I would have been all over them!! My sister and I are playing through them together now and it is just an absolute joy. (She is however much better at puzzles than me so idk maybe they would have frustrated me as a kid)
Also it’s giving me some inspo to ~actually~ practice drawing and backgrounds etc. so anyway here’s treasure in the royal tower WIPS. I really want to do some actual illustrations from these games.
Also Evelyn/gabsmolders streams are just prime content for background comfort noise when pain flares or fatigue keep me in bed.
dude I’ve been walking around this place for hours and there are like fifty unoccupied guest rooms. if you don’t want to fix my radiator how about I just move to one of those instead of doing all of your chores for you
Treasure in the Royal Tower Tapestries
(some sourced more reliably than others)
17th c Aubusson Mythological Tapestry (possibly Venus and Adonis)
l'Histoire du Roi: the defeat of the Count of Marsin, ca. 1711-1715
Young cavalier executing the levade before Mercury and a gentleman, ca. 1666
The Great Yarmouth Cloth of Estate with Tudor Arms, ca. 1547-1594
Tapestry with the De Nagera family coat of arms, ca. 1550
left: 17th c. Louis XIV Armorial Tapestry with Marquis de Louvois' coat of arms (but make it dark, I guess)
right: Les Grandes Armes de l'Empire Français, ca. 1808-1811 (but make it dark, I guess)
left: tapestry recreation websites my unreliable and beloathed, but they seem to be my only option. pattern is described as a 'Napolen III style, 19th c. entre fenêtre' but I have not been able to find the original design
right: tapestry recreation websites my unreliable my beloathed my only option once again: I don't even have my original source link for this one because in addition to being unreliable, sites that sell handmade tapestry recreations also tend to be short lived. but hey, you can buy one on AliExpress for $3k. seriously though, I have no reliable information for this design.
Israel has attacked Rafah, situated in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Rafah is home to approximately 1.9 million Palestinians, representing around 85% of Gaza’s population. It has been recognised by the United Nations as a refuge city. It lies adjacent to the Egypt border and was declared a ‘safe zone’ by Israel in the previous December.
Native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, titan arum is one of the most foul-smelling plants in the world and has the largest branchless inflorescence.
The species is widely known for its characteristic, extremely unpleasant odor, which is why it is also referred to as “corpse flower” or “carrion flower”. 🌺
📸: Adi Prima, AA
يعد نبات تيتان أروم، موطنه الأصلي جزيرة سومطرة الإندونيسية، واحدًا من أكثر النباتات ذات الرائحة الكريهة في العالم وله أكبر إزهار بدون فروع.
هذه الأنواع معروفة على نطاق واسع برائحتها المميزة والكريهة للغاية، ولهذا السبب يشار إليها أيضًا باسم "زهرة الجثة" أو "زهرة الجيف". 🌺
📸: عدي بريما، أأ
Endonezya’nın Sumatra Adası’na özgü olan “titan arum”, dünyadaki en kötü kokulu bitkilerden biridir ve en büyük dalsız çiçek salkımıdır.
Sahip olduğu karakteristik, son derece nahoş kokusuyla da yaygın olarak bilinen tür, bu nedenle “ceset çiçeği” veya “leş çiçeği” olarak da anılır. 🌺
Okay so where are my fellow transmascs/trans men who didn't fully realise their identity until adulthood? Because I feel like every transmasc I see online realised young enough to start T as a teen and then got top surgery at like 18. Which I fucking love for you, but as a 32 year old who, while I figured out I'm not cis in my 20s, only figured out I'm a guy a few months ago and am currently pre everything, I can't really relate to that experience. Is there anyone else in the same or a similar boat?
Y'ALL, we got so much teased in this trailer! We got castle-y vibes, monsters, technical puzzles, stolen gems, and also alchemy! This all looks so good! The characters look cool {and from the looks of things, we'll be interacting with quite a few of them!}, the rooms and places all look very interesting/visually appealing, and it looks very well animated; there was even one spot that I swear Elka's necklace gleamed as Nancy moved around.
Plus a room that looks kinda like a blacksmith room? A suspect list like in Alibi in Ashes? Plus it's part of the notebook; yay, notebook! AND the achievements tab, like the trophies tab in the pause menus before?
OOOOHH, confrontations?! Looks like the cozy coffee shop might have some exciting scenes?
Some of these images give me a Treasure in the Royal Tower/The Captive Curse vibes, :o.
Also, I have only heard/seen, like, ten seconds worth of Elka, but I already love her; she seems really cool, and if she somehow ends up being the end culprit {though she didn't seem to be in the suspect tab}, I'll be really sad, lol!
I'm excited! And the release date is so close; May 7th! I'll be buying this game right as soon as I can, although has anyone ever heard if there's a pre-order option for KEY?
I hate how at the end of TRT Nancy says “and to think I almost became friends with a diamond thief!” I’m sorry Nancy, you wanted to be friends with Lisa?