holly “shocking” pine

combine that with the average game developer/writer that only likes games and doesnt read or watch any books or movies or anything else and you have no one ever wanting anything better, and the average consumer not knowing why theyre disappointed because they dont know they could have it better

orbitals looks nice

excited to get our very first grok-like game

that speech about how games are for making you feel big and confident or make you feel safe - this is why AAA games suck rn

i dont think youve seen a lot of movies because they can be much better than that

its crazy how aaa games writers dont know how to write anything other than a game

angeline era and unbeatable are at the very very very very VERY top of my to play list now. crazy to see both of them out.

“Moominmamma cooks a real magic potion following Grandmother’s infallible recipe”, by Tove Jansson, as used on the cover of 1989’s exhibition catalogue of Jansson’s work as shown at Finland’s Tampere Art Museum.

i actually was just envisioning this. it's weirdly entertaining

i went back to confirm and all that triangle stuff was USELESSS ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY DID I THINK IT WAS RUNNING BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!

ok nvm anything i said turns out they arent even better and gml's built in lines are just as good/bad. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 but yeah the stems/lines are triangle lists.

toy simulator

btw the """gameplay loop""" of hivelets is actually starting to click for me. i turn it on while i'm scrolling or watching something unimportant and it's actually sucking me in. i keep pogging out when i see a random rare color seed appear and start desperately trying to lead my pet freak towards it

I know that me saying "yeah, I can draw, like, 1000 circles and 1000 lines before the fps starts to drop" is actually really embarrassing. I know.

This is all such basic stuff one would assume a developer just DOES, but I had no idea about any of this until today 😭😭😭 I don't normally have to optimize things on the graphics end of things when I'm working with pixel art. I really really hope that this is optimized enough for the average user.

my current delve into optimization. hivelets can fit about 1000 flowers before dipping beneath 60fps. i have no idea if that's good or not. this screenshot is over two monitors.

connections is hitting us with "whats in my pocket" levels of riddle

Connections
Puzzle #911
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I LOST SO HARD I ONLY GOT YELLOW. I STARTED TO CATCH ON TO THE GREEN ONE BUT DIDNT KNOW ALL OF THEM

OMGG HELL YES

TTBH 28 | shockpine (holly) Get more from shockpine (holly) on Patreon

I believe there are 3 exclusive pages up there right now. www.patreon.com/posts/145411...

TTBH page 28 is up on Patreon. Once the next couple pages are done, I will be posting them here, and will be switching up the format for a couple weeks after that.

so far i only know about a windows release. idk anything about porting to mac. but if i can do that i will

*as long as you donated as much as the minimum tier. not if you donated 50 cents or something. idk if that's possible

btw, anyone who's supported the patreon will get a copy of this when it's done.

i think whenever i cut my hair for the first day or two i feel like ive ruined my hair forever 😭😭 im sure youll feel a lot better about it super soon