Solais

Solais

@solais.bsky.social

Stuck in VRChat. I post VRChat exploration photos, personal musings, random gaming videos and I guess kinda just everything. Game Modder and Gameplay/Level Designer. Independent Contractor. Liker of Computer Games. Nerd.

255 Followers 148 Following 966 Posts Joined Sep 2023
15 hours ago
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Commissioned by @kidno.bsky.social #art #commissionart #wholesome #cuddle

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1 day ago
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Unavoidable

#OC #MonsterGirl #paintnet

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1 day ago
a sketch design for a smartphone
Has: De-googled OS, 60hrzm 64gb storage, 5 inch display, 1080p, OLED screen, plastic body, bluetooth, widgets, rubber corners, two programmable buttons, single hinge camera that flips up for selfies, removable battery, headphone jack, USBC charging, loop in corner for charms, SD memory slot, and clear plastic back so you can put in your own design or something idk

Does not have: AI, face recognition, turn-on on lift, mandatory updates

followup to dream phone design, took some ideas from people I liked. It's not designed for everyone but it's designed for me specifically and I'm mad it doesn't (and will likely never) exist

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1 day ago
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Got her uploaded and tested, still going to iron out some details and adjust settings. Aiming to release her sometime later next week. #vrchat #gumroad #b3d #avatar

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1 day ago
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Unavoidable

#OC #MonsterGirl #paintnet

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2 days ago
a sketch of a smartphone with tactile buttons for home/window/back, headphone jack, no AI BS, sim card thingy you can open with your nail, camera that doesn't cover the damn screen, and a 5 inch/127mm screen which is a reasonable size

I wouldn't say I'm massively into phones or anything but I sketched this out of frustration bc why are there no modern phones with these features, it would be so perfect and I'm mad the only ones are old and slow

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3 days ago
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Sola's Void Merfae Transformation

"While in her Void Form she's powerless, it's not the case in her rare Void Draconic Form. With magic rivaling her more common Faerie Dragon Form, she can perform a Merfae Transformation as well, with striking difference in appearance."

#OC #MonsterGirl #paintnet

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3 days ago
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Still trying to perfect this trace-and-paint-over style, this one was based on the Merfae Sola model I made previously, so I only traced over half that model after posing. The lower part is based on those jellyfish like void monsters in WoW Midnight that inspired this (see below).

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3 days ago
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Sola's Void Merfae Transformation

"While in her Void Form she's powerless, it's not the case in her rare Void Draconic Form. With magic rivaling her more common Faerie Dragon Form, she can perform a Merfae Transformation as well, with striking difference in appearance."

#OC #MonsterGirl #paintnet

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4 days ago
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Screenshots probably don't do it justice, but the new WoW Midnight expansion is a beaut.

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5 days ago

To be honest from what I heard even the original Marathon trilogy can be possibly regarded as psychological abuse, so in that sense, the new one is spot on.

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5 days ago

I'm growing really tired of this prevalent online narrative that basically paints that people at this point just want all video game releases to fail, as the audience seemingly have turned on the very hands that feed them.

They will be surprised when in 2-3 years, there will be no food left.

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1 week ago

It's always like this, same was with the Old Gods and the Titans in Warcraft, was more engaging when they were a mystery.

That's why I respect Elder Scrolls, Todd said many times that they will NEVER explain the Dwemer mystery, because that will ruin the mystery.

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A comic that has solutions to Gamedevs that can't draw without having to use AI

For my fellow #Gamedevs


#indiegames #indiedev

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1 week ago

The "modern military shooter" is technically the result of the natural evolution of the genre, really.

But then somehow, we went back.

The Boomer Shooter is basically a genre formed of not exactly mechanics, but an artistic response movement against the norm. "ShooterPunk" would be more apt name.

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Shooters of eld tried to go for realism. A need to strive towards it.

The reason why the gun is in the middle in Wolf3D and Doom? To simulate aiming down sights. It was Duke3D that invented the "shoot from hip" placement.

The classic Marathon games had clip based weapons and reloading.

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Just like the new Doom games being the "mythologized form" of original Doom, Boomer Shooter as a subgenre of FPS is also a "mythologized form" of the Classic FPS.

As in, they are nothing like the slow, tank-control, maze-like classics, but they share the inherent mechanical simplicity of shooting.

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1 week ago

It's ok it was put back, that's the version I saw.

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1 week ago

There was a video about this on youtube I seen recently. Was called something like "The E-people evolution" or something. Talked about IMVU and SL too.

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1 week ago

Sometimes feels like everyone is kinda wrong about the video games I play and the reasons I, or others, should play them.

Especially WoW. The whole popular Classic vs Retail narrative is just wrong in so many levels.

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2 weeks ago
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I've been curious on why sales have been bit slow after i released the model. It's because you can barely find it in the category 😭 you gotta scroll down so far.
Please go give it a try it's super customizable.
#VRChat #vrc #booth_pm #gumroad
You can also get it on booth and gum.

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2 weeks ago
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This has me crying in real life πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

🦁

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2 weeks ago

Your game feels like a 3rd person Metroid Prime, that already makes it unique! Despite all the endless 2d indie metroidvanias, I've still yet to see a 3d Prime-like one.

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2 weeks ago

It's either that, or soulslike/metroidvania (they are the same genre), or a combination of all of them.

Man, metroidvania was once my favorite genre, I wanted to make one too, but after so many years I feel almost none of them got even close to either the Metroids or the Vanias.

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2 weeks ago

Commence random 2+ hour Blender session to fix boob.

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2 weeks ago

Played through it, I say, I'm a bit mixed about it? Everything is still the usual Abysm, I liked it on a basic "I like Abysm" level, but I couldn't help but be a bit disappointed by the lack of new weapons. The levels individually were great tho, the one with the tanks was super cool and inspiring!

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2 weeks ago
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By The Fall - Redraw

Trace-and-over-paint of a photo I made last year. Been thinking that practicing this over-paint style, I could develop a way to "codify" my characters in ways that it would have been difficult as VRC models, by drawing different clothes and accessories on them.

#OC #Paintnet

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2 weeks ago

Also one day I'll figure out the scales pattern so it's more distinct from the FF14 Au Ra scales (so more original), while still retaining their shapes and beauty.

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2 weeks ago
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The original, as reference. Find the differences!

Yes, it was actually flipped and I didn't realize it until now! (The ponytail is on the -right- side!)

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