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well now it definitely does

are you guys going trick or treating?

also shima reminded me that the koopalings without outlines are the ones in front of a pure black background with the platforms that rotate using mode 7!!

perhaps pillowshading was considered across the board early on as a way to save memory and simplify the work for the artists and was kept for particular cases that were most fitting

with the boo, i always felt the pillowshading helped to fake translucency. The biggest mismatch here is probably the small dino whose name i forget, but it’s important to note that Mario has colored outlines too, just with more contrast

in the urchin’s case, the shine on the ends of the spikes emphasizes them as more dangerous and the contrast catches ur attention; then i can see the thought process to balancing the shading, not to mention the fact it’s possibly mirrored to save memory anyway lol

i think this is partly true but also potentially skips over some of the intent in some of these. enemies like the blaarg and podoboo benefit from matching and blending with the outline-less lava, which itself looks more viscous and “real” without an outline

I wish the contrast was a bit lower overall, as that’s part of why I like it better at 480p, but i’m enjoying it a lot and it does feel like re-experiencing the game in a sense

the frame drops are pretty excessive, more so than I expected, but frame drops don’t bother me so much anymore. though I am about to enter blighttown so we’ll see! some visual tricks function a bit better with the old lighting system too like in the sewer areas.

I’ve been playing dark souls 1 on my xbox 360 and if online features were still available, I think it would be my preferred way to play it. 30fps makes enemies scarier (particularly the black knights) and the game looks better at lower resolution which is why I’m using an AV cable to play at 480.

[Pikmin 4]

Version 1.1.0 has been released.

This update adds a difficulty setting, photo mode, Decor Pikmin, the ability to disable auto target lock on the cursor, the option to “Roll Over” some data from a save file that has cleared the story into a new save file, and more.

Snippet from Official Dreamcast Magazine listing stats about Super Sonic. Includes "Species," "Abilities," "Goals," and "Simpsons counterpart"

all the usual categories. just the most basic and vital information

we're up

thoughts on air riders

Pikmin 2 sound reel!

Here is a selection of SFX I designed for the new enemies found in Pikmin 2: Regrown

(SPOILER WARNING!!!... for those looking to try it)

what helps me sometimes is deep breaths and just like, staring at my hands, moving them and other body parts around, and like feeling the presence of my body if that makes sense…

A fake screenshot of a Metroid game. Samus can be seen running past a door, shooting at a Geemer on the wall. A Skree can be seen on the ceiling, about to strike. An Energy Tank is also seen in the top right corner, presumably accessed from a secret path of some kind.

Been hyperfixated on Metroid again, so wanted to try spriting a mockup of a Metroid game as if it were on the Sega Genesis. 4 palettes with 16 colors each (including transparency)

#pixelart

i think my plants are making every possible mistake

oh neat, thank you!

also i’ve been playing on my ps2 and the colors look gorgeous at 240p and with the filtering. I really could not imagine playing at higher resolution, let alone 4k, because it’d make the world feel way more flat and… tangible i guess

its kind of crazy how stressed and helpless i felt when i was knocked to the ground by the shadow monsters that beforehand didn’t pose any threat to me. looking for the little puzzle solutions that are simple in hindsight feels trial-and-error enough to make the world much bigger than you find it is

started ico finally and i like how much weight wrestling with the controls gives depth to the experience even though everything is super simple. makes you feel like youre stumbling around with no sense of security or place - when youre a kid coming of age its kinda what navigating the world is like

Cranky Kong and his 1 year old son

i just want to say your art stunlocks me and i must play twewy

“And yet… you still posted about her,” I say as I trace the brim of my cowboy hat and buck my pearl white stallion whose rearing sends me toward a small rock that manages to fracture my spine anyway

Freeplay!

Now
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oh my God thatscool

as someone who likes fromsoft this is standard to me

the only game that gets it perfect is actually dark souls 2