Fa'haen

I guess I'll continue with FE: Sacred Stones then! Which I am also having a lot of fun with! I have a GBA cartridge but the Switch-version is a little more convenient right now. I decided to play the game with German text to practice it a little, and I feel like I'm actually getting a little better!

I've been so excited for the FFT re-release that I just kinda-sorta bought it on a whim the day it came out. What I forgot to check was the delivery dat. I thought it would be the typical 1-2 business days I normally get, but nope. I won't get it until friday next week TTwTT

But like. I gotta be careful. I say "just one more song (:" and then 6 hours has gone by and I've not eaten or gone piss girl or gone to sleep yet. But like. I'll do all that after just one more song, it'll be fine. I promise.

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I've started playing osu! again (only osu!mania really) and it's one of those comfort games for me that just feels like coming home. I've even dappled a little in making beatmaps of my own! I don't think I'm very good, but it's fun to practice!

screenshot of the pokemon Flareon with the nickname "Cheeto"

Screenshot of the pokemon Jolteon with the nickname "Redbull"

Screenshot of the pokemon Vaporeon with the nickname "Gatorade"

And of course we have the Holy Trinity

screenshot of the pokemon Hypno with the nickname "Samantha".

Though I love all my pkmn equally, Samantha is definitely in the top tier for me. I love her.

Oh, and lemme tell y'all. I'm having a fucken BLAST coming up with names - again, it's fascinating how this has got me interested in pkmn much more than any official game ever really has. I think Sapphire is the only game I've really stuck with, tho I never finished it in any way.

It's just so SO much more fun for me to grind levels to see what the next evo will be! And the designs are AMAZING - it's so awesome to see further interpretations of the pkmn I grew up with! And while they are clearly not made by the OG pkmn artists, they still look like they belong in the game!

So I'm currently pretty obsessed with the "Pokemon Evolved" game by AtSign8877 and their team. Like, I'm actually not that into playing the pkmn games, but this has me HOOKED. I think I'm much more invested, knowing that my pkmn won't just stagnate their evos at like. lvl 30 or something.

IN SHORT: I wanted to have a little fun expanding upon some fantasy currencies, blinked one (1) time and suddenly 5 hours had gone by and I sat with spreadsheets full of math that MIGHT be mathing (who knows). Now, would I do it again? Yeah, I probably will – I DID have a lot of fun!

Eg. one currency is more stable/dominant than others, and so some of the currencies' exchange rates would be calculated based on the first. However, the stable/dominant currency depends on the type and region, so some rates are calculated rather differently than others.

Not only do I have a sheet listing all currencies and their (relative) exchange rates, I also have a sheet that can take an input amount of one currency and calculate what it amounts to in the other currencies. ALSO I spent a lot of time thinking how the rates relates to each other.

Naturally it follows that, since different regions have different currencies, it should be possible to exchange one for the other, right? Of course it does. Which is how I ended up with my chaotic spreadsheets.

Like, figuring out different types of currency that fit thematically with a region, while also reflecting how that region would engage in trade-relations. It also opens up thoughts about what kind of materials are available for a region in the making of their currency.

I've been doing some world-building lately – mostly trying to figure out the relations between different regions – and so, rather unsurprising, I ended up in a haze of fantasy currencies. And, while I do love chaotic spreadsheets, it turned out to be a pretty interesting writing exercise!

I've been playing a bit of Infinity Nikke this past week, and as a certified, self-proclaimed lore-whore, nothing makes me more happy than seeing my dress-up game have an incredibly complex history! Absolutely banger choice from the developers 👌🏻🌟

I'll be holding off on OT2 for a while BUT. I did play the demo and I am REALLY excited to play it! It's so cool seeing what a complete glow up it's gotten!! And I feel like it really evolves a lot of the systems from the first game!

I FINALLY beat the superboss and finished Octopath Traveler the other day - I could not understand the fight at ALL, but after watching a few guides I do feel like I learned a lot about how to really utilize the divine skills!

I'm replaying Octopath Traveler, and I'm just reminded how good it is! Like, every chapter for every character makes me tear up! For different reasons, but they're all just so uplifting, if in a bittersweet way 🥹 I never finished the superboss tho, so I'm excited for that ✌🏻🌟

Very unsurprising to see me labeled as Roleplayer. Also unsurprising to see my top 1 game played this year - I'm kinda-sorta working on essay on its themes and deeper story! And about the hours played count, don't worry about it :^)