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And like the biggest one only had like 200 people
I have some significant responsibilities but, I don't like what this event has become in the past 2-3 years.
It's very nepotistic in nature. Quite a few members of staff this year are using the event as a career launch pad. I really dislike people who try to pretend they're a big deal. And there's quite a few things that don't work all that well.
I think it was last year I needed to scold a lead member on staff, because some attendees had issues with the scheduling, so they complained to admin, I think their complaints were reasonable. The staff member went in the back and started calling them a bunch of homophobic slurs. I have no problem with being edgy but come on
Collaberative projects terrify me.
Yea, well, not a big fan of collaborative projects either, but mostly because it's very difficult to read people's aptitudes.
Anybody here play Vainglory?
I used to, still have it installed on my tablet
It’s really fun!
So much Red in the userlist 👀

im surprised you saw reds and not deluges first 
-58%
usually the 7/11 by me has like 2 monster for 4 or like 2 rockstar for 3.50 so i split the cost with a friend
or i buy two and keep one in the fridge for later
Where I used to live all of the energy drinks had about the same cost but I assume it varies by location
redbulls are just really expensive for no reason though
I guess that's because you're also supporting everything they sponsor like their F1 team and various sports, but the price difference is so big
Ooh I’ve never really noticed. I’ll have to check that out next time I go to the store 🤔
they're basically the esteemed brand of energy drinks, if that's even a thing
yeah pretty much
a 12oz redbull is almost a dollar more expensive than a 16oz monster where i live
I figured Monster was the biggest name in energy drinks. I should pay more attention
Monster might be rather big, but Red Bull is way older
Omg
This whole time I thought we were talking about Rockstars not Redbull. Akdhsjas nvm I definitely see the price change with redbull
I'm just amused that two channels were talking about caffeinated beverages at once.
@feral nebula I agree that comments are to be expected, but in the case we were discussing, it was a pretty clean break from Transistor discussion to anime. Which is fine, you just gotta catch it and @ whoever you're talking to and bring them to the proper channels.
Well, it went like this "Transistor makes me cry" "Oh yeah? I only ever cry at these anime", and then that was it
So, I get where you are coming from
But I also feel like it wasn't a very serious breach of the rules
It's definitely not! It just turned into more of a discussion.
Also, while we're here, I did not know OnePiece was a make-you-cry type of anime?
It really isn't
I feel like of all the Big Name Manga, it's the one I most need to give a try.
It just one scene where it's implied that every main character is killed in a matter of seconds
one after the other
oh god
And the actual MC start crying
Like, bawling with desperation
And I'm just sitting there
Like 13 yo
So, yeah, it's a bit of a different moment
Turned out the guy "killing" them was on their side, and had a teleport-on-touch ability that he used to send them to different places where they could train become much stronger, special-tailored for the character's ability
That still.... feels really jerky. 🤔
Yeah, it was a bit odd, but they decided to train for two years, and everyone got waay stronger
and they explained themselves afterwards
It was at a pretty big milestone in the journey, so they probably wouldn't have made it much further without doing that
It feels very much like one of the crazy DM moments where you're like 'wait can't I do anything about this?????' and they're like 'nah it's Time'
Lol
Yeah, I can definitely see that
Unless you cut to meeting up right away though, it would be a nightmare to run
I guess you could end a session on that kind of situation, then tell the players next day what happened and that they should level up x amount of levels, as well as come up with a story for what happened 🤔
'You all disappear, seemingly dead. ....and that's where we're gonna end the session'
I might actually do this for my campaign...
Oh no I've created a monster.
Hahaha.
👺
You're all dead. Go home, everyone.
See you next week.
You'll all have new characters rolled, right?
huh
;9
I can actually kill all of my players and have that be a fantastic way to progress the story forward without the tedium of the grind
Oh no.
I've spent too long levelling my players up without starting the story proper
Suddenly I feel much less diabolical for v having one of players be my villain...
And now that they have been hired by the Emperor, I need them to earn his trust
And that is inevitably boring, but this could be an interesting way to make that work better
if we're talking about wild DM mind games I have a somewhat relevant story
Yes please.
Hit us
Aight
so, I was the DM in this campaign (I'm the group's foreverDM), so you'll get the whole story from my end
less dramatic, but so it goes
basically, the party had made their way to not!Asia and had become imperial youkai hunters for the Empress
"(I'm the group's foreverDM)"
Story of my life
I had a loose idea of an illusion-based session against an ancient kitsune
and then one of my players makes an offhand joke about starting a new campaign based on high school anime schlock
which gives me an idea
as the DM, my group expects me to hold onto all the gaming materials, including everyone's player sheets
so the next session, I handed everyone's sheets out to them
and they were not what they had been accustomed to seeing
Oh dear
The lizardfolk herbologist is now "green-haired biology student"
etc.
their abilities are incredibly diminished - what were once battle-shifting spells are now essentially cantrips
and their familiars, equipment, etc. is all gone
I started the session with "so, to recap, last week the student council stated they were going to try to shut down the paranormal activities club. This session starts the following morning, as you're all running to school. Roll to see if you have toast in your mouth."
The players were confused to say the least
🤣
I refused to answer any questions about what had happened, notifying them that we had always been playing high school life simulator and not any other game
they decided to go along with it fairly quickly
and passed through the school day in essentially normal fashion - mild slice of life hijinx aside
then the day looped
I used the exact same narration for everything, and (again) refused to acknowledge anything was out of the ordinary
as the players started pushing the boundaries of the mundane slice-of-life narrative, the narrative started pushing back
NPCs would disappear mid-conversation, hallways leading away from meaningless drama would get blocked off
and every so often, one of the player's familiars would briefly fly past a window, apparently trying to get their attention
eventually, the players realized that the entire game was directing them away from the school's boiler room - NPCs wouldn't answer questions about it, the Pcs would get roped into nonsense as soon as they tried to get to the basement, etc.
so at this point, the players started trying really hard to get to the boilers, knowing something was up
as they shoved past students and beat down doors, the school itself started trying the beat them back, shattering windows to injure them with broken glass and collapsing floors under them
then, eventually, the gunslinger player got fed up and used a legendary item they'd acquired about a month ago and been too scared to use - a bullet forged using devil magic
@feral nebula Not specifically - I'm on the operations side, and with SGG as small as it is, it means I do sort of a hodgepodge of work.
they found the room above the boiler room, chambered the round, and fired at the floor, creating a magic shockwave the blew all the windows out
and, more crucially, dispelling the illusion the players had been trapped inside all along
I love it!
I'm gonna have to get used to this whole channel-switching thing
I redistributed the players' normal sheets, and they reentered combat with the elder kitsune they'd been fighting "the whole time"
It definitely is an adjustment, I promise it's worth it in the long run. 😄
anyway, that's the long and short of it
hopefully i didn't run on too much
it's probably my favorite session of a campaign that i've run
all the players had a lot of fun with it
@opaque quail, does that mean you were a fan who now works for them? 😮
Correct! I would even go so far as to say that I am.... still a fan, who works here.
Caitlin = ascended fan, confirmed
👏 👏
you ship... me and supergiant??? 😄
You and a fantastic job!
Smooth
Oh snap! Me too!
Can you even ship a company?
I ship me and financial security.
now THATS a partner
lol
@astral siren that was amazing
Loved that
Thanks for taking the time to type it out
No problem! Glad you enjoyed the story.
I'm a real fan of taking elements the players take for granted (in this case, the DM) and making them strange and unreliable
To keep things relevant to this server, I think that this sort of idea was probably inspired by the spore level in Bastion, among other things
The realization that Rucks is no longer "on your side" makes that level really tense, or at least it did in my case
and I wanted to replicate that element in another medium
What do you mean by "on your side"?
It's been a long while since I played bastion, so I might mess up a couple of details
but I remember the "scrambling" of his voice clips makes it so that his advice is no longer as helpful, or a lot more angry than it was before
Ah, yeah, for sure
"Would you look at what he did to poor Randy down at the bar"
Is great
rather than having this benevolent narrator who kind of accompanies you through each level and makes all the threats seem manageable ("And then the kid fell to his death. Nah, I'm just fooling.") you now have a voice that's criticizing you and tearing you down
ah, yeah, the changed Randy clip is an excellent example
Is it ok to ping crew?
In general
If you are addressing someone specifically
Sometimes people forbid it, to prevent stuff getting too spammy
I think as long as you don't spam, and know that you might not get a response for whatever reason, you're good. I think the thank you was very nice. 😃

The more I interact with this company and it's products, the more I love it, to be honest
Jawson Bog is possibly my favorite level in any game
Especially since the death line is all spooky
"The dead... welcome him with open arms"
I love it
Love the whole thing, though, so you know
🤷
@opaque quail I can't find a better video than this, but it's the scene in One Piece that I was talking about, just minus the music and some editing
i love one piece and that is like next saddest moment in series after ace death
im making these too fast to be healthy
pug: youre doing the scribes' work here kelp
i made this like when pyre first came out for soup so im just gonna put it here
i sent them to darren on twitter a long while back and he liked them
what on earth did my ears just witness
why does dread design fit so well oh my god
this was the best one imo
did you make more??
oh my god i just realized you tagged it religion and spirituality
i am now listening to every single one of your tracks
paper sweatpants is STUPID and i LOVE it
there are too many to be healthy
dread design is the best one but reeses puffs grand ceremony is def up there
Grand Puffs is definitely my favorite
oh god and then it looped to AJ Gon Liberate Ya
really any of these grand ceremony ones are fantastic
Oh can I show off my mashups too
https://soundcloud.com/robo-gauntlet/sets/mashups
Is it intentional that we can't post images anywhere except in #fan-works?
yes!
You can upload images to stuff like imgur and post links though, still
I see
Hey @everyone I don’t know how much you know about the gaming charity SpecialEffect who support disabled people to be able to play games but I’m running the Great North Run half marathon for the charity in September so if anyone can spare a little cash to the worthy cause it would be much appreciated. All details are here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shaun-sannerude-gnr
Here I am, watching the lunar eclipse end and humming She Shines
thats good
Huh, lunar eclipse here right now
ohgod
I think I accidnetally turned my Steam into some kind of Nordic language
and have no idea what to do
pretty simple
In the top right where your icon is
It was Danish
though I suppose I know why your steam turned danish
?
I was just clicking
And computer lagged
So I clicked more
And then it clicked a bunch at once
What if your superpower was summoning animate stuffed animals?
Kind of difficult to be evil.
Oh, yeah. Forgot about Sid.
There's not a lot that can't be used for evil if you're trying.
Even Mr. Bubble 😟
It's on my mind. Making a Hollow Knight Plush Right now,. \
I feel like I’ve actually read something where someone who could control stuffed animals was evil
Hollow knight!!!!
It's one of the devil fruit powers in one peice.
Turning people into toys, and they lose their memory. Kind of creepy actually.
I would want the candymancy power though.
The completed project will be HK holding my bugsheet, where I always draw him. I think it'd be funnier thinking, wait what? Shouldn't you be out sealing away the plague?
Like a standing figure holding a pad of paper
I guess this is off topic, but has anyone else listened to Darren's new single on Spotify?
I'm about to be
thank you for telling me about this
ooh didn't know about that
Just did
I had never heard of the novel so it came as a surprise
it's from a novel?
This is really good
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHsAeG0l5xvGVed6u5PVMoqhP9ctmWe
BUY / STREAM HERE: https://MKX.lnk.to/FLOxTHPOID Announcing the release of Floex & Tom Hodge’s collaborative album ‘A Portrait Of John Doe’. Due on 29 June, ...
Graphic novel apparently
@versed moon i agree
hate to be the wet blanket, but I think Bastion (and Transistor, to some extent) are very contained stories, and very careful in their worldbuilding at that, adding anything on top of that could make the world feel unnecessarily bloated
I wouldn't mind a Pyre comic, though
I mean I wouldn't mind if they deviated from the games =3 but yeah, things can be tricky to translate from one medium to the other effectively.
I deffinitely feel like a lot of things shouldn't be movies, but most concepts actually start in a sort of comic book concept form at first, so I don't think it's that far of a jump. Maybe it's just the inner fanboy talking, haha.
nah, I get it, I read a lot of comics, it's just that I feel that if we were to get licensed comics, it'd be great if they were companions to the games, not retellings of them
I agree
and I don't think Bastion has too much of a capacity for an expanded universe, in particular since the player's perception of the game world's past is one of the more important themes
and adding some info on how the world works beside the game feel kind of like skewing the odds
I'd love to see Transistor EU
it could work, but I'd still consider Pyre to be the most viable for some comic book expansion
there is a lot of downtime in between when the game is happening, I could imagine the Nightwings having some fun adventures while the Rites aren't going on
I'm a newcomer when it comes to comics. I only read indie stuff at the moment. As a learn more about the authors I enjoy, I think I'll pick out some other stuff to read by them.
that's a reasonable way to enjoy comics and not get instantly bogged down by all the continuity chaos in some genres
mm yeah i like smaller name comics myself. sure makes finding comic stores hard tho.
i gotta drive like half an hour to get my comics because none of the local stores would bother ordering the stuff i read :U
only big two and funkos
which sucks
I have to get most of the stuff I enjoy digitally, as not everything that releases gets a translated version in my country
oh dang
still, there are some good comics to read, superhero or not
I'm in love with Giant Days lately
it's such a fun thing to read
i really like zodiac starforce! the second series just finished recently
didn't know that, but looks pretty neat
it's real lovely!
when it comes to Dark Horse, one of the publishers in my country started releasing the Library Edition of Hellboy, both my wallet and my shelf space are weeping
DH have also recently announced Invisible Kingdom, for which I'm rather seriously hyped
im one book away from having the whole ultimate collection of invincible from image comics
nice, that's a big one
I'm rather selective when it comes to buying original physical copies, because I'd rather support my local publishers
but then again, I'm not holding my breath for them releasing stuff like Nextwave
which might be one of my favorite superhero books of all time
Ohhh might check that out
my favourite is invincible which is why i am collecting that one
Nextwave is just 12 issues, and it's a comedy book by Warren Ellis
so it's pretty insane at times
most of the time, that is 😛
i think my proudest comic though is the danish version of don rosa's "the life and time of scrooge mcduck"
yeah, that's a classic
the danish version is pretty rare
also, when it comes to picking up books by the creator, I'm unable to say no to a Ryan North comic
warren ellis is the transmetropolitan warren ellis
the same one, yes
cause if its that guy he has a beautifully wicked sense of humor
the slogan for Netwave was "It's like Shakespeare, but with lots more punching!", so you know it's there
seems good xD
i might pick it up if i see it
But yeah my favourite superhero comic is invincible
but my favourite superhero is daredevil
especially frank millers daredevil
Daredevil had some serious luck with the writers for quite some time
Miller, early2000s-Bendis, Brubaker
miller is my ❤
i have the og first 10 danish version of the comic
like the first 10 danish daredevils that was released
he was funnily enough called dæmonen which just translates into the demon
or the devil
yeah, there's no easy way of getting to translate superhero names
you either leave them as they are and lose the descriptive meaning, or translate them and risk them sounding off
i know
spiderman was just called edderkoppen in danish
which direct translate means the spider
and i think the most infamous one in denmark was the changing of mickey mouses name when he came to denmark
he was changed to mikkel mus
problem is that a nickname for foxes is mikkel and its normally not a name that is well associated
which is one of the major reasons why donald duck is more popular in denmark and in general the rest of scandinavia
my country, Poland, has a rather weird history of the first superhero comics, because they cooperated for the first year with the Swedish publisher, back in the 1990, and apparently translated from Swedish instead of English
this led to some... weird results with the names
like, you have Juggernaut
oh nooooo
and in his first Polish appearance he was called "Władca Murów", which translates into English directly as "The Lord of the Walls"
lol what was the swedish name?
don't know, don't have access to the Swedish version
but there are some giveaways
like the Green Goblin being called the Green Troll
also my danish version of the life and times of scrooge mcduck is worth around 320 dollars
i mean yeah
because, apparently, there is no such thing as Goblin in Swedish folklore
cause in scandinavian folklore we dont have goblins and gnomes really
we have what is called nisser
which we look at differently as helpful creatures when treating them right
and evil mischivous creatures if you treat them wrong
that's fair
and most images of nisser is basically garden gnomes
in danish a gardengnome is called en havenisse
Also we dont have the concept of elf's being santas helpers
nisser is santas helpers
as elf is different in our folklore and much more of the lord of the rings kind
there is a really good play called elverhøj which show of a lot of scandinavian folklore
oh, that's nice, I might check it out
I'm only reading Image at the moment. Monstress is my latest addiction, hehe
Image has some really cool comics in their line-up
I really like Snotgirl, but I'm kinda biased towards Brian Lee O'Malley after Scott Pilgrim 😛
i wish i could get more expansion on umbrella academy have both of the books but i just feel like i want more
its such a uniquely weird universe
might be a little biased because of mcr and gerard way being awesome
nah jeff smith "bone" is the legit stuff
that stuff is so great
that was like one of my first good comics i read
Bone is pretty good, yeah
along with a beautifully weird danish comic series that is probably the best danish comic called valhalla
i recommend it if you are able to get it
I'm a super big fan of The Invisibles and Locke & Key
there was also an animated movie made in the same stile
for now I've only been able to pick up Vei when it comes to Scandinavian comics
oh, Locke & Key, aren't they doing a TV series for it now?
this one
it takes place norse mythology
the style rings a bell, but I'm not sure if I've seen this book somewhere before
@everyone This is for a game I'm making, I want it to feel like indiana jones. I just watched The Last Crusasde and The Temple of Doom today, and I wanted to know what you liked best about the indiana jones series.
Thanks in advance
For me the foundation story wise is an already established myth or legend and then Indi kind of solving it by being clever or subverting the expectation.
Sorry that’s not very specific lol
Indie's character https://youtu.be/anEuw8F8cpE
Boy, it's been awhile since I actually uploaded something, huh? Well, here's a clip of a famous Indy scene. Harrison Ford was actually suffering from dysente...
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the movies but I like d the cults. I’m a simple man with simple likes
I always viewed math as a cult, and finding that pathygoras actually had a math cult was funny.
The adventures always start with some legend that in some ways, ends up holding some grain of truth.
Also, he's usually always in over his head- captured, escaping, brawling.
Thanks for the feedback, guys.
i only like mustard that makes you feel like you've been punched in the face
i'm having a super healthy lunch of......... bread and liquid bread
oh okay focus, i don't like you either
d....dough i guess.......
beer
thamk u ven
i thought they were strajght up eating bread and a lil bowl of raw dough hdnvmvnc
Same here
hi five
🖐
raw dough sounds good
cookie dough...
thats a one way trip to salmonella-ville
yum
Speaking of, I had raw chicken in Japan once

i think people were recently talking about this in a facebook group i'm in actually
@tardy anchor Hallo! How are you?? I got a brand-new PC and I've kinda been absent from here due to setting it up and stuff [and the Witcher III is more addicting than I'd thought....] Anyway, did you watch the Transistor stream they just did? Or the amazing Pyre stream?? 😄 It was /incredible/, and they answered a ton of questions by everyone! They were so responsive, it was great 😄
neither kam nor I were able to watch it but thankfully a few people have been uploading segments of the streams!
oh hi janeen!! i didnt get to watch them, yeah, but im glad you saw and loved them!!!
yeah, being responsive is a huge plus of sgg!! love n treasure that fan interaction so much!!!!
idk i like kam quickhands
@tropic garden @ionic viper can i be art gremlin
i will let go of pain imp/pain gremlin when i'm dead do not test me
gkfhgkdfg
kam quickhands (art gremlin)
sparrow (pain imp) (font gremlin) (pain gremlin)
PAIN IMP / GREMLIN (ALIVE) SPARROW
i feel like the fancy noble who walks in at a party and has someone read off all their titles
hem hem. "It is my pleasure now to present to you, the Preeminent Imp of Pain, the Gremlin of All Fonts, the Font of All Imps, and the deliverer of Righteous Emotional Agony, Sparrow the First"
screencap and pinne in soup omg
👀
🍲 📌
(pins soup to the wall) (it runs down)
(drops a pushpin in a bowl of soup)
:no:
Ouchie
what kinda conversation did I just walk into
soup talk
i'm so sorry, we're just like this
🍲 🗣
What in the seven hells
we call the fan server soup...
and we have emojis there that we can't use here, including :no:
we also don't have :orb: here, which I found out recently
damn shame, that
I wanted to use that as a reaction to Sandra art, but no dice

May I ask where the "soup" nickname of the fan server came from?
I think we just started calling it that for some reason
because Xel
Soupergiant?
yah
Valid
IM AT SOUP!!
So bean soup is just the Transistor channel in that server I guess
Where is that fan discord?
il dm u a link uou
could I have one too?
Time to rejoin the discord world!
oh worm?
idk if it's ok to start from the 2nd campaign tbh
I'd still start at the 1st, if only to get acquainted with the group of people playing
yeah, prolly better off that way, even if it might be a lil slow
part of the fun isn't what's happening in-game, but rather, the "oh no, you wouldn't" faces
^
and th inevitable "oh yes I will"
i just dont think ill ever get through it with how much there is if i start from the second campaign
ive seen a certain gifset of matt ... well, "flirting" as a powerful NPC with one of the party members, apparently during a late point in their campaign, and the absolute shock/realization on the other players' faces when they realized what the NPC was implying was great
some of my favorite parts are when the players troll Mercer
he's a worldbuilder and he WILL follow through on that if you make him
yeah i think ill start from the second campaign, i see a lot of the characters so im already a little invested
i cant remember specific examples of the players trolling matt, rip
its how i got into taz, i was curious about the characters after seeing them everywhere
also i met my friend a few days ago and she told me id like yasha so i suppose i HAVE to,
if i like it i might get into the first campaign eventually! theres still hope 
To be fair, it's not exactly "trolling" per se, but it does feel like one of those "go on..." type tricks
insert devious smile
That sort of thing
o
also i wouldnt know about cr but if youre familiar with taz
theres one Big Trolling Moment
that made me completely lose it
its just so funny
The Adventure Zone, yes?
yea!
it's honestly been so long since i watched CR
oh
this is a bit of a spoiler if you wanna go in completely blind
but its just absolutely hilarious
the McElroy's are fun
they really are
i couldnt get into mbmbam yet but i listened to one episode and it is funny
I'd love to build a comedy empire goofing off with my siblings
alas, no siblings
and I am not funny
i havent listened to season 2 since cryptids arent my thing but the characters seem neat
i got the comic for balance so im very excited about that
I'm really enjoying sawbones right now
Looking forward to listening to the other mcelroy shows soon
are we talking about taz 👀
@tardy anchor and i also accidentally found each other in the same mcelroy podcast discord recently too haha
yeah!!! ghfgjhfgjh ive barely checked in on that discord since then tbh
i pop in every so often but am always busy when they play jackbox :(
awww ;o;
hello yes i am talking about taz
i love it a lot... i still havent listened to any campaign after balance though
oh amnesty is so good
i love duck’s fifteen minute ted talk about French onion soup
ghfhjfhjfhj its hung in modchannel where i can point and go "yeah! thats right!"
f
it is some good stuff tho
i love me some amnesty
Hey, if there are any comic fans here, I highly recommend reading The Wicked and The Divine. It's a series that I think shares a lot with Supergiant's ethos, in terms of subtlety and specificity and craft
ooooohhhh i havent read it but ive seen pics, it looks SOOOO pretty
It's so good
Becoming a pianist is hard 😩
WicDiv is one series I have not checked out yet. I know it's pretty popular though. If it's anything like Supergiant's work I will have to check it out sooner rather than later.
Currently catching up on Descender and Low. I'm really liking Rick Remender's worlds and his tragic characters. Like the Cormac McCarthy of Sci Fi, in comics.
Yeah, the reason I say it's similar to Supergiant's work is that it's about an outlandish concept, but focused on character stories within that concept. It also tells a highly structured story that is supposed to prompt questions rather than lay out a clear A->B->C plot
It's also a lot about ritual and repetition, which is a big Supergiant theme
That is definitely intriguing. Sounds like it'll be right up my alley.
I don't read all that much comics but I read a decent amount of manga.
Few of my favs being Berserk, Vagabond, Vinland Saga, Hajime no Ippo
Really good reads
I always hear bad things about everything Berserk, except the manga. Hajime no Ippo I have seen
Berserk is very particular. It retains that very 80-90ies feel to it, it's also one of the more brutal mangas in how it approaches certain subject matters, it doesn't get as close as the junji ito collection, but it does get fairly close at times. Some also have a problem with the sexism aspect of Berserk, which, I mean, this is the same manga where you have 10 other loaded, and somewhat difficult subjects next to that.
The old one is better than the recent adaptation, but I'm not a fan of the story in that medium, tbh
Berserk, I mean
No worries
I would say another manga I would like to think about when thinking about Berserk that is probably as loaded in some respects would be oyasumi pun pun
If you decide to read that, don't think about it too much, you might have crippling depression for a few weeks
Two things I can definitely give Berserk is how interesting and somewhat grounded the relations and personalities of the characters are, they go through a lot of horrible things, and the way the author decides to develop some of them is interesting for sure. The other thing would be the art, the art is like none other. The art you have at the very beginning is really good, and then the more you go, the more amazing it gets. The amount of detail the author puts in some of the drawings is unreal.
I don't think any adaptation would ever pay proper tribute to the drawings.
Yeah
There's something so intensely alive about the work on the page that I don't think will ever get the budget to be properly translated to the screen
Another artist I can think of that's amazing is Sakamoto, who did Kokou no hito
It looks like a sports manga. But it's very depressing, it discusses a lot of issues, it has some disturbing art, but the art is top notch.
There's also Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue
I think I got the name right?
The one about Miyamoto Musashi?
yes
I'll have to add that to my list
Happy National Girlfriend’s Day y’all
I do feel like there is a certain honesty(?) you have to keep when writing a period piece like Berserk. What grabs my attention just from looking it over is the art for sure, but also the way it depicts violence. It's not romantic at all in that respect. I'll give the first volume a read I think.
why do they have a national girlfriend's day, aren't there only two people on the planet in a relationship
or has the internet bamboozled me once more
well, if there's only 2 people on the planet in a relationship, dont each of them deserve a day for their accomplishment?
I've heard legends of this.... girlfriend...
Lies
yea that girlfriend sounds like an urban legend
@upbeat scroll that's like holding a holiday for lotto winners
Who are you to tell lotto winners they can't have a holiday
Most modern holidays are for people to feel special and considering lottery winners beat the odds, they get that feeling by default
Least, by my reasoning
Really late to the conversation but the things that were drew into Berserk were the themes. You have people struggling with purpose after losing everything, the greyness of morality and what actions could be considered justified if it meant peace, characters going through a crisis of fate in a world where only the inhumane and evil seem to happen, and the subject of whether or not the actions in your life come from you or are the product of greater forces out of your control.
Berserk also has one of my favorite characters in all of fiction, Guts. The protagonist that you see grew from an infant to a man and you see him change throughout in a very organic way.
But yeah, I have a very deep love for Berserk and could go on talking about it for hours.
Berserk is quite epic, i love Griffith! I just wish the manga would release faster/be off hiatus! As long as they dont discontinue it completely though I'm ok lol
Miura has to satisfy his idolmaster addiction lol
this morning i learned that the most effective alarm clock... is a charley horse
ow
There were these bonded cats at pet smart and one of them had this big fat head. I didn’t know my mom was subtly hinting for me to get them 😅 so instead I got a boi named Toby
So, you guys reckon that Jen Zee is part of Gen Z?
im SO mad i didnt think of that hfhjfjhfhj
She's the mascot
she cant be........cause i think shes older than jen me
(god the amount of research this one joke took)
kam......
a+
google searches "what year is gen z" "what year is millenials" "jen zee wiki" (it doesnt say her age)
I guess she's 30-something
Heard u like kitters an doggers
Doing a game jam and failing so hard...
oh? which one?
Food Game Jam
want some help?
Naah. Done today.
Rest of the team came together. I had bitten off more than I could chew.
Vote for July's best new game on Playstation! I'm partial to Chasm myself =)
https://blog.us.playstation.com/2018/07/31/players-choice-vote-for-july-2018s-best-new-game/
yo evo is really intense right now
Had a dream about Supergiant Games last night...they were in charge of making a musical film, of one of their games or something, I think....LOL. Any dream about Supergiant is a good dream.

oh didn't a bunch of people just walk out when the sm4sh final turned out to be a bayo ditto
That's an average smash finals
I suppose it could be called a musical in a way, lol!
Anyone here good at game dev? (besides the developers obviously, that's a given)
sure, why do you ask?
I'm trying to make an RPG and I'm a bit unsure on how to structure the ui for the menu... mind you that may depend on the engine I'm using too
what engine are you using
godot3
oh hey, ive used that
it's open source, and I like it's node hierarchy :)
have you been using margin containers and stuff
margin containers? no HBoxContainers and VBoxContainers, yes
but since it's like an rpg
classic final fantasy style, I want them to move a cursor rather than actually clicking on stuff
godot doesn't have much support for that out of the box from what I can tell
selection cursor?
i think godot has a builtin one, but you might not be able to make it look how you want it to look
otherwise, just make a 2d array based on the layout of your buttons in code
right
that's what I was doing
it gets complicated when you have multiple menus
like do you have one cursor that gets repositioned based on what has active focus or are they all self contained etc.
yeah, i see what you mean
are you literally just moving a texturerect around with a cursor image on it?
animatedSprite, then the code has an internal array position so it knows what it it over
but yeah
currently I'm using like the classic ff hand.
sounds like youve got this handled
pun intended?
heh, no
how i wouldve done it is change the button's texture to one that looks like it has a cursor over it, but i guess your way makes animation easier
what DO you need help with, then
No idea how to structure the actual menus within the node tree
and how the cursor interacts between them, how to switch between them etc.
you can do a lot of wacky things with the node tree
my gut tells me to try this
parent node
cursor
menu1
menu1children
menu2
menu2children
menu3
menu3children
yeah that makes sense
even if, to the user, submenus should seem to nest into each other, in practice that probably wouldn't work too well
then like make signals that run on_enter and on_exit functions to hide the menus etc.
yep, something like that
store the 2darrays in either cursor or parent node, i think
but you can implement that how you feel comfortable doing it
alright, thanks for the help :)
npnp
Looking for recommendations. Anyone have any underrated games they like? Or just unique games in general. 
@faint panther It depends on what sort of game you're looking for. Ever heard of the Submachine series?
I have not! I do enjoy a good point-n-click adventure though. What's the hook?
The setting and exploration. If you like theorizing about Transistor, you'll probably love this. And the artwork gets really good in the later parts of the series.
oooo its in my to play list!!
heard amazing things abt it...bought it a while ago but haven't opened it yet
Sam and Max are some fun ones
gone home is pretty good
if we’re talking about point n click tho, curse of monkey island is top tier
secret of monkey island** lol
ive heard toooons abt that its big on my list too!
Idk if it’s point and click bc I’m console but ABZÛ is a very pretty game
also, if i may, the first hiveswap game is like....VERY well done
depending how u feel about homestuck
kam u mentioned gone home so i would like to add tacoma is also very good
Burly Men at Sea is unique in its gameplay. Also all their music is done A cappella.
Not underrated but Nier: Automata is amazing
It’s my love. So good. I wish I had a ps3 to play the prequels and drakengard series
drakengard is certainly unique but also definitely better to watch than play
Haven't heard of godot before, if it conforms to traditional object orientation it shouldn't be too hard to make a menu system that just uses references to essentially make a sort of two tailed linked list of menus
@honest spoke
I don’t plan on buying it (unless SE decides to fund Yoko for a remake) so I probably will check out some videos on it
oooh whats tacoma?
You can also use a base class to have a generic menu and extend those, typings should then allow you to store any references to anything that extend that class
similar to how factory methods/classes work
I just discovered Tacoma as well. But here’s the description on ps store.
Six crewmembers lived and worked on space station Tacoma, forming relationships, experiencing love and loss, and facing crisis together. Discover not just what happened to these people, but what makes them who they are, through your role as an interactive investigator.
In each section of the station, you are surrounded by digital representations of crewmembers following their own parallel story threads that diverge, recombine, and split off again. Rewind, fast-forward, and move through these scenes’ chronologies as they swirl around you. Your interactive tools allow you to discover the tightly-knotted narrative from every angle, and in every detail.
A deeply-imagined speculative vision of the near future from the award-winning story team behind Gone Home and BioShock 2: Minerva’s Den. Now with over 2 hours of audio commentary from the developers!
ohhhh same people!! neat!!!
So many good games are being recommended omg
now to find the time
Akdhaskfn real truth
@chilly briar Yeah, I'm working on it.
One more game rec but Child of Light has a great soundtrack. I haven’t played all of it but it was pretty good
I just saw you were talking point and click before, I'd recommend pretty much anything Wadjet Eye Games was involved in for that particular itch
Is it okay to make requests in this server?? Like in regards to commissioning people in regards to art?
what do you mean?
you could prob dm someone to ask them abt commissions?
or do you mean, like, jen zee hfhkgkjj
i would give all my money to commission jen zee
Mood splat
Nah anyone in this server!!
I am looking to commission someone for drawings regarding ocean creatures.
you could probably just dm them then lol
unless its like a general request to everyone
Nah Jen wasn't the first person that came to mind tbh
Noah fence to her!! I'm just looking for people in this server firstly and foremostly!
well i would but i suck at creature stuff haha
sometimes they're BIG squiggly lines
I suck at most sea creatures, except jellyfish & octopi lmao
Angery wyrm
I was thinking of a shark??
So if anyone here can draw sharks, pls contact me, or respond to this message in some way!! Thank u 💖 💖
Hit up the digital confectioners server lol (they make depth, the shark vs divers game)
Friend works there, some of the shark art that's been shown is great, and some.... well very nsfw LOL
disturbed
Would you know where I can find a link??
I'm mostly looking for safe for work sharks lmao
tfw no shark gf
Whomst be shark gf from botw
/r/tsunderesharks
Lmao
Yo codex do u have a link to that server that u could send to me
Nah i'm not in it
it might be this one though https://steamcommunity.com/app/274940/discussions/8/405692124741268463/
hey if theres nsfw shark art pls dm the link instead! thanks haha
only bc youd mentioned it before hfjhjfj
we do... 😔
yeah nah, I don't think the link has it, the last thing I want to do is be associated with nsfw shark's LOL
put that shark art on your resume
I can draw but only on physical paper 😅
@serene kettle do u mind if I dm you?
Sure if you want! @dry stratus
the more I use java, the more I inch towards a cliff edge I swear
well, maven and java in this case
These convos are wild
Just finished this, more plush!
I'm pretty good at drawing, Art minor in college, though I haven't drawn anything in a while.
@serene kettle physical paper is the best kind of drawing!!
@trail gazelle I think they both definitely have their perks! But I’m definitely better on paper than on a tablet 😂
its such a different experience tbh....i like both but i draw so differently w different materials
After my message, I was at uni for another 3 hours or so til 1am-ish and got it working. You'd think a language as old as Java and with it's fairly consistent release cycle they'd have a better packager / deployment eco system lol
at least it's better than cmake/make
barely
3 months 'til I'm free...
wait, java or javascript?
Java
JavaScript ecosystem is a lot easier to deal with, however the typical node / npm ecosystem is a nightmare for different reasons if you ever have a package specific issue
i.e. a dependency that has a violation in NSP but is not maintained by yourself
had that at my work, since we have a major endpoint that gets millions of hits a day if we have something come up like a major security hole or something in a dependency then we kind have to fork it internally to patch it until fixed urgently or patch it via other means etc since the risk is simply too great to leave it and wait for maintainers to resolve.
(although usually if I fix something like that I'll make a PR for the maintainers to save time, although hasn't come up in a while)
Anyone played moonlighter? Hadn't played any games like the whole year so decided to give it a go and really enjoy it
reminds me a lot of recettear
Except with more polish
@trail gazelle hey there!! Could I dm you?
@dry stratus by all means... 🙂
I love the Anno games, but that wasn’t what I was expecting! It feels like every year some really good 8-bit game comes out!
I found this old Game Informer in my bookshelf today from June 2017. How many characters can you name?
https://imgur.com/gallery/FaUCN1N
Such a pretty cover though. 
Cloud, Chrono, Alloy, Geralt
Sora, Pikachu, uh, three main characters from Secret of Mana
Ness, Paula, Jeff, Poo, Mr. Saturn
Thrall, Mario, Bowser, Geno, Mallow
Yoshi, Link
Some of the amiibos/trophies I don't recognize. And who is the dragon and rider on the back page?
I got nothing on it
>Old Gameinformer
>2017
The cover is pretty sweet tho
I still have mine from 2011. It's where they listed their top 200 games of all time
That one was pretty rad as well
Hahah, true! Not that old. I had some older ones from 2015 I was planning on doing a collage with, but ended up throwing them away in a move.
Great Where's Waldo (or Where's Supergiant 😃 ) I'm sorry if it's been posted before.
http://www.retinadesgastada.com.br/images2/Universo-1313_CBC7/Universe-113.jpg
Wow that's an awesome picture hahah
I found the Transistor, Courage the Cowardly Dog and Johnny Bravo
Also, Krang has a portal gun, the turtles are screwed
And if 2011 is old, then what does that make this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4mwnhrjwlv830zp/Old.jpg?dl=0
well i found waldo
Wow that crossover pic is crazy huge! So many things! Although Transistor sitting on/"paired with" Game of Thrones....ick.😒 Still, cool pic 😝
Just saw some weebs things too
There's a think tank from ghost in a shell and Kaneda's bike from Akira
Ooh it has Spike's fighter form cowboy bebop
Vestle from Darkest Dungeon
yalls themed reacts in the welcome channel are so cute >:(
The blue feathery spear girl is Gwendolyn from odin sphere
Which is an excellent game that was remastered a little while ago and would probably be fun for people who like supergiant games GO BUY IT
ooooh ive seen pics n it looks SO great....is it playable on pc?
See this is the part where you borrow a console from a friend
It's also pretty story heavy so even watching it can be good fun
i dont know anyone with a playstation lol
Is picking up a second hand ps3 out of the question?
i mean...right now, yeah
but maybe one day!
i dont have a tv to hook it up to either...
I'd almost lend you my console but you're all a long plane flight from me
hahaaaa dont buy a ticket just for that 😂
please dont mail me a ps3 and tv just so i can play odin sphere
...It does sound funny when you put it like that
The shipping from here would probably be more expensive than doing it with luggage π_π
Where you at?
Australia, the land of spiders and dangernoodles
That sounds kind of like the surface of Mercury
It's been hitting high 90's for most of the summer and come winter, will probably drop below freezing on the average day
Harsh
That's not even counting the 'people' round these parts
But hey, at least shipping isn't too much unless it's from Thailand or something
Meanwhile I'll just be adding australia tax to my australian tax
Australia Tax sounds like you have to survive being bitten by something horrific and survive
"Pay the Australia tax!" gets bitten by spider "Ya good ta go!"
Being American in these times, I can agree and leave it at that
Either that or a 6 pack of Australian beer, which would probably kill me
Nah it'll be the vegemite
What is that?
I've heard about it, spoken in hushed tones reserved for The End of All
Vegemite is salty, slightly bitter, malty - From Wikipedia
And butter
That sounds ghoulish
As in, a ghoul's fetid flesh would taste salty, slightly bitter and malty
Reading it's history and it sounds like it should have been a mistake created by alchemists in ther pursuit of eternal life gone wrong
I say this as a person who has eaten styrofoam
That would explain why aussie kids are raised on it
Is it sad I'd still be willing to try it?
Not at all
Become one of us
Get some buttered or cheesed toast and put like half a teaspoon of vegemite on it
And i guarantee you won't be an americans don't know how to vegemite meme
As long as the food doesn't bite back at me, I'll try it
If it's worse that jaeger, I'll be impressed
Bit of fun guys, help me decide which game I should play next! https://twitter.com/rudecold/status/1027138422790676480?s=21
Just completed #Titanfall2 & can’t decide what next to play before #Spiderman is released next month so please help me out by voting! #PlayStation #gaming #poll
What are you in the mood for?
Anything, just need to start clearing my back log
25mins left & there is a stalemate between 2 games so please through me a vote if you haven’t already, thanks! https://twitter.com/rudecold/status/1027138422790676480?s=21
Just completed #Titanfall2 & can’t decide what next to play before #Spiderman is released next month so please help me out by voting! #PlayStation #gaming #poll
hewwo everyone, start yr morning off right with some korbcore https://youtu.be/GCb5RQ0jRKM
Provided to YouTube by TuneCore I · Density & Time Compendium ℗ 2015 The Resonant Frequencies Released on: 2012-10-02 Auto-generated by YouTube.
I get "This video is not available." 😕
it's a youtube topic song so its probably blocked in some countries
boo, youtube
Region blocked for me too. 
Oh gosh this place exists.
Yes.
Hi 🙋♂️
hey!!!
Hello! 👋
hewwo..
@solemn sierra We out here my dude
Ahoy hoy
hello everyone from the fanserver and everyone else too!
hey!
good morning!
Hi guys! Hope I'm posting in the right channel (since the other is supergiant stuff)
rip
so other one is going to be away?
yeh
"join super giant?" what a dream 😄
I always thought the server named supergiant fans was official
But here I am I guess
lov 2 look at old art
oooooooh yes
Fun fact: Pokemon has made the most money of any IP in total. More than Star Wars and more than Mickey Mouse. Crazy.
Pokemon Go's made like 2 billion since launch
Next step, Pyre Go. Just follow the stars...
And have death battles with people
This the most active discord server I’ve ever been on.
And it’s cool cuz it’s supergiant
Well there's a lot of new peeps joining
So it'll prob be more active today
Supergiant is love supergiant is life
I love how much love and effort they put into their games
It's a way of living
tbh yeah
And we're grateful for it
they don't take much, you're just forced to play those games with your friends
Pretty much
it's like you want to eat something good but everyone wants to go to macdonald's
It happens. You can always try to fit in a replay when people go on a vacation, or get crazy busy
I wish my friends played Warframe with me
I just grindout things by myself to a podcast
Noice
Double noice
Last time I played I got to MR 10
Wanna grab Limbo Prime
Thanka to Amazon prime I got like 3 prime frames for free so I have a lot of MR fodder
hellooo!
welcome!!!
😊 thanks, glad to join
Off topic
Luigi dead
luigi was banished and returned as his hope score dictates uou
for every newcomer to smash a veteran character perishes
Still waiting for my boi waluigi to get his Justice
so sad yet happy that shovel knight got added as an assist trophy
I would liked more to see Zero as an actual playable character
Guess I'm sticking with Wii fit trainer this game
Is that because you want to get swole
It’s confirmed that luigi, dedede, mario, and mega man are dead 😩
I play Wii fit cuz I like giving people the Wii...
Remote to play with me
And to share the gainz
Ness is my boy. I love him and his powerful back throw
It's Wednesday Friday my dudes
You can post links, but no images.
Oh
at the mods discretion of course
It’s not inappropriate
Long as it’s family friendly
It is
is it though
it better be
mods reaction when the people don't stop coming and they dont stop coming: https://media.giphy.com/media/4bWWKmUnn5E4/giphy.gif
hfkgkgkfmgj
the first one was the worst bc we went from like 30 to like A THOUSAND ppl in. an hour
also the welcomes were in the main channel which is SUPER funny in hindsight
Nice to know I was apart of that wave of people who joined after the link here went up
oh u joined from twitter? very nice 👏
the Original Exiles (ppl who joined from fanserver link).....the First Blasters (ppl who joined from first email).......The Deluge (ppl who joined from second email).......the Twitter Travelers
Well one time all the mods had a Deluge icon so
I'm... honored
deluge?
yeah, deluge from pyre! because of the deluge of newcomers 
Ok
@sullen comet I haven't bought a tablet in years so I can't really help there either
the one I have is a Wacom Intuos (CTL-480) and I've had it for... gosh it must be 3 or more years now
ahhh muzeek i have the same tablet!!
no problem, I can try asking some friends about cheaper tablets as well if you need
!!
FRIEND
FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAS THIS
yeah it lasts surprisingly well
yeah!!
They still sell tablets
out of curiosity, how's your pen nib lasting? I was an idiot recently and only accidentally found out where the spare nibs were stored so I thought I was doomed
of this model wafflez?
Idk lemme check
wacom's one of the most known brands for selling drawing tablets and such so I doubt they'll stop any time soon
oh......they dont last that long imo, maybe a few months? ive had to buy many replacements




