REMEDIUM, The Doctorās Very Last Horrible Thing.Ā
Welcome to REMEDIUM, The Doctorās Very Last Horrible Thing. You may call me the Fae, though the story I will be telling is not about my kind, but Vampires: indeed, what I will be making is a Vampires SMP indie video game based around Legundoās POV.Ā
In this masterpost, you may find a lot of things, such as information on the project and who is making it.Ā
All of this can be found under the cut. But before then, I must ask for us to get acquainted, and such, may I have your name?
[REMEDIUM is not affiliated with Legundo or any of the Vampires SMP cast.]
REMEDIUMās Tags:Ā
#REMdevlogs - For all the posts in which I yap about the progress on this projectĀ
#REMartdump - When I feel silly, I may drop art for you guys to seeĀ
#REMwritings - When I feel especially evil, I may drop story angst on your headsĀ
#REMPOVposts - Series of little prompts accompanied by a look into the overworld of the gameĀ
#REMrandom - For all the stupid posts I make that arenāt particularly relevant to REMEDIUMās development, but are still somewhat on topic.
#REMgeneral - All Remedium posts!Ā
WHAT IS REMEDIUM?
As I said, this project is an indie video game based on Legundoās POV of Vampires SMP! It will be a story-driven game with combat and choices leading you to multiple paths and endings. Will the Doctor be able to help everyone? Or will you just lead him to his demise once more?Ā
It will be a ship free game (though, in Legundoās words, while v!Legs and v!Owen werenāt necessarily dating, theyāre sure as heck divorced by the end of it all) and content-creator friendly. There may be gore, but it all depends on my ability to draw blood.Ā
WHEN CAN I PLAY?Ā
Thatās sure an ambitious question. Hereās the honest answer: I donāt know! Iām a very busy Fae and am doing this mostly on my own, so it will certainly not be out tomorrow. However, I do have a demo that I am actively working on, mostly showcasing the gameās mechanics, which should be out soon, roundabouts a few months, considering I have vowed to only post this after Iāve made considerable progress on it, which can be considered a prologue to Oakhurst. Estimated play time would be maybe around 5 minutes.Ā
The game as a final productĀ has an undetermined amount of play time. Likely over an hour, though.
HOW CAN I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT?Ā
Thatās easy. Comment! Leave asks! Talk about it! I will not accept a single penny for this project, and money would never enrich my passion more than you guys interacting with this project! Please leave asks, comments and reblogs, I will eat them all up. They will directly influence my progress on this.Ā
HOW CAN I HELP IN ITS DEVELOPMENT?Ā
Sadly, REMEDIUM will not be opening up applications. The reason for that is the fact that I wouldnāt be able to find a way to communicate with people if I were to, that management takes a darn whole lot of time, and that I have a very specific vision for this project. However, please leave ideas for the game in whatever way you see fit, whether that be asks, comments or reblogs! They may be implemented, who knows? :D
(The decision not to open applications may be subject to change, but do not get your hopes too high up.)Ā
WHO IS THE ONE PULLING THE STRINGS?Ā
The Fae is handling this projectāthough you may call me (ThisWild)Marm, or Teri. I am the main person pulling the strings, though I am helped by a few people: My very dear Foam [@seafoamwaffle] (she/her), helping me handle this very Tumblr, my beloved Cat [@cattreats4humans] (they/them) and very talented Skye [@autumnwhistles] (she/her), who will be making all the music/soundtracks for REMEDIUM, along with the wonderful Glacier[@justglacier12] (neopronouns) who is gonna be making some of the character art! Thereās also Pie [@thedoomedpie] (they/them), who I suppose is not an official member of the team, but has been the guiding hand I needed to start learning code.Ā
I go by he/fae/neos/they (faes have also gone woke, it turns out) my tumblr is @thiswildmarm, and I also work on @project-lumen ! I was originally hired as a writer in the first round of application, then found myself trying out pixel art when we turned out to be short-staffed on that front. This allowed me to envision a world where I can make projects like these myself! :D (except for the music partāI do not have a single musical bone in my body.)Ā
I must thank Legundo, for his subathon, his acknowledgement of my chat messages mentioning this mysterious āv!legs fanprojectā, and for chat, who unknowingly supported me through this process =DĀ
The fact that this masterpost has been posted is a direct promise of completion of this project. It will not be abandoned, because I didn't just post this on a whim one day, I have already worked to prove myself that it is possible for me to make this.Ā
OBVIOUSLY, every single member working on this project is gay as can be. And we are loud and proud about our identities!
My own journey with coming to terms with my queerness is so intertwined with MCYT as a whole that I will forever be grateful for what it did to me. Bringing to me creators who are proudly announcing who they are to the world, and to a little kid version of me who only needed to hear that they weren't alone in this world and that we are here, we are queer, we love and we exist, and that that is beautiful.
Now that THAT's out of the way and that we can move past it towards the silliness..
[Insert that meme about its pride month, you know what that means, but for Remedium]
Huh. Remedium sure does look different for pride month...
(Should I stop talking about the flight smp on a vampires smp fan video game blog...? Maybe. But I will not. catch me if u can!)
[REMEDIUM is an india fan video game based on Legundo's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]
Now, you may be asking, "Teri, where the FUCK have you been?" and to that I say... pollen is a bitch
but everything is okay, because I am, as you know, the maker of this very awesome indie fan video game based on the best doctor there ever was, Legundo. And while I have been absolutely dying, i have also been arting!... too much. Way too much.
Yes. That is 9 hours of arting if you count all the concepts outside of this. I have. I have arted too much. But it was all worth it, because it means I now have assets I can actually feel comfortable adding to Remedium!
What? these are actually named and organized... huh... does this give you a clue... huh... of what... huh.... i have made.... huh.... oh well too bad i guess.
(I am currently ignoring the fact I do, very much, still need about 8-10 more pieces of art to make for this. It is too much work. Legundo isn't streaming nearly enough for me to lurk and art as he does. and even when he streams! I keep! getting attacked! by IRON BRICKS! Legundo when i get you...)
[REMEDIUM is an india fan video game based on Legundo's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]
Now, you may be asking, "Dear scary, evil, moustreous fae, why are you posting about l'Eid? This isn't block man video game!"
...and, you're right! You're right, it's not. But let's be honest here, how many projects will post something for Christmas, Halloween, heck, even Easter as it's coming up? If they get to show off and celebrate their cultures, then so do I. Because yeah! I'm not white! Surprise!
And I do want to specify that I am not muslim, simply arabic. But I grew up as and around muslims for my whole life, and I want to celebrate that!
Holidays like these are often forgotten about and pushed aside for the ones that are more celebrated by priviliged people. We, arabics and muslims, usually get forgotten about! But I don't want that. I want to celebrate this holiday.
This post has taken so long in my day to come out because I've just been having a great time. My brother came back for the first time in months to celebrate this occasion, and brought gifts. He brought our family a TTRPG game, and I will finally be able to test that out! I'm even the DM! Our neighbors and family friends stopped by and are excited to get to play with us. We're having a wildly different age demographic, the youngest player being 6 years old. Will it be difficult for her? Probably. But we were reunited by family and tradition and we'll accomodate for her!
I woke up at 7 AM this morning with my family to walk to the Mosque and saw how happy they were at the amount of muslims there was present. I was happy that they could walk around and feel proud about their religion, especially when I leave in a country that is very racist to arabs.
I wanted to make this post because it's important to me that I show my culture. And, sure, will I be posting on Easter and Christmas? maybe. I don't know!
When I first started identifying as an atheist, i thought I'd want to celebrate christmas for once. But that's not the case, because christmas doesn't mean anything to me. Sure, I like seeing my friends get excited about it and have a moment of community and family in december, but that's not that moment for me. For me, that's l'eid. That's the entirety of ramadan.
And, hey, if you really want me to stick to block man, v!Legundo is a doctor. He'll tell you how good fasting is for your body.
But for now, rest up. Have a nice day. Call your family and spend time with them! Whether you celebrate l'eid or not, I wish you the best.
This isn't about block man. This is about me celebrating my culture in a space I feel safe in. Thank you for listening.
[REMEDIUM is an india fan video game based on Legundo's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]
We've talked about Glacier. We've talked about Pie. Now it's Foam's turn.
@seafoampuddings / @seafoamwaffle
Everyone... the. every other week remedium update post except i had no idea what to do so i just complained about it and make a shitpost out of what i do have.
why am i doing this you ask? i dont know. i dont have a life.
Welp. The main main mechanics of the overworld of remedium have basically been complete. There's only very basic UI left for me to do and a lot of Legundo watching while arting to do. Hey, maybe we'll finally get some more Rem art dumps in the future!
But yeah. I've got. I've got no witty thing to show off. It's just. its foam. emotional support foam. yeah. whatever. hate that gal
[REMEDIUM is an india fan video game based on Legundo's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]
i have notttt seen enough posts for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander heritage month as i should have so far this month!!!!
some of my favorite authors from this demographic include: Shay Kauwe, Lamya H., Alice Wong, Trang Tranh Tran, and Ken Liu.
Wildmender is one of my favorite video games and it's team has many AANHPI artists and coders.
(my actually favorite video game is Remedium by @doctors-remedium deserves a shoutout too, though not Asian. it was Arab American heritage month in April though. not an American project tho. idk. im doing a Remedium shoutout and u cant stop me)
Plz reblog with ur favorite AANHPI artists and creators!!! I want music reccs especially for selfish reasons XD. I would love more traditional and digital artist reccs too, and of course fandom people count!!
Aaaaaand there it is. The long awaited update. Or whatever it is that they call it.
In my very first post on this account about Remedium, I said that I would have a demo ready within two months of posting that post. And you may be wondering, is that still true? We are two months into this, now! Andddddd....
Well. Truth is, I think I was okay at identifying a timeline for what I was planning at the time. But ever since I started Remedium, this project has only grown, and I've managed to get feedback from people. Which explains why the demo will be delayed.
Why is that? Well. I actually just got bigger and better plans for the demo! While I originally only wanted the Player to explore overworld mechanics, I decided to add a little more.
A demo is supposed to be some sort of trailer for the game. And I want to make the best trailer for you all.
In the meanwhile, I want to remind you that my asks are open! Ideas are always welcome, yapping is even more. Support is what motivates me every day.
I wish I could show you all that I've been doing. But alas, I must keep some secrets...
For now, have this.
wh... what do you mean "This isn't enough?" I've given you a screenshot of one!!! (1)!!! One whole map, now! Out of the like, 14 total in the game! (i did not actually count them. before posting this.) Don't be so greedy! I'm sorry if the cursor hides most of it, and i guess im sorry its a bit pixelated, but what more do you want from pixel art? Truly, do you not know how to appreciate art?
Sillies and low quality screenshots aside... Remedium will come in time. And I hope you will all love it as much as I do. (Actually, maybe more, because i do hate it at times. Coding sucks.)
[REMEDIUM is an indie fan video game based on Legundo's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]
(also, who was gonna tell me I've been mispelling "indie" as "india" this whole time???? WHO???)
What a surprise! Remedium, being a video game, actually does need a decent amount of coding that I have not only been procrastinating to do and learn, but also to⦠organize?Ā
Since when was there a need for multiple scripts of coding? And what the heck are scenes? Frankly, all Iāve learnt from coding with Remedium is absolute gibberish. Why wonāt things manifest as I think them into existence? Itās a scam is what it is.Ā
But oh well. You do what you got to do. Iām currently coding in how to save the game in itself (because you have to code that too! All by yourself!), all the while procrastinating organizing all the files of the game.Ā
To facilitate complaining to the void about this issue, I have drawn a more visual aspect of my problem, that should speak more to you.Ā
Listen! You import assets all by themselves, which is why they're neat and tidy, bar except for a few names ā and when I create scenes, I automatically put them in the scene folder all by itself. And I used to go through the trouble of organizing scripts when I started them⦠but when you start one attached to a scene, and youre just too lazy to move it right as you create it because you want to play silly block man gameā¦Ā
Well. You end up with⦠a quite odd type of chest monster. In fact, itās not a chest monster at all. Itās a file monster! My worse nightmare.
[REMEDIUM is an india fan video game based on Legundo's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]
(again, on my train of showing of every single art piece beside the main character. This one is not even canon) i mean what. he's totally in vampires. his hair is blue cuz he tried the vampire cure and failed. my boyfailure
[REMEDIUM is an india fan video game based on Legundo's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]
for our newest weekly update, i, the character sprite artist, present to you the fruits of my labor. you see, i used to go by many names to avoid the fae... ice cube, iceberg, puddle, melting block of ice... however, one specific fae you only know as teri took five seconds to look at these names and guessed my actual one in under three tries.
so tis i, glacier! since the fae now own my soul and the only way i can get it back is by doing every single sprite, i thought why not start with our girl apo?
note. these expressions are subject to change. (unfortunately.)
have a lovely day, stay scary/whimsical, and for the love of all the stars, dont give your name to the fae, or else you may wind up the remedium sprite artist.
[REMEDIUM is an india fan video game based on Legundo's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]
Hello Friend! I actually really love the Scott design, and as a Scott Boy, I am amused he was shown before the MC (Just kidding, obviously Scott is the MC!!)
I all actuality, this game seems so fun and I am excited to see how it goes in creations!!
-Jester M.
Welcome, welcome friend! Glad to have you here!
Thank you so much, I loved making his design. I actually do have every Cast member's stage 1 skins ready, and they have been ready for a while, so I'm glad I got to finally show off at least one! Stay tuned for the next ones, i suppose...
And of course Scott is the main character. Who else? Mr do no harm? who is he kidding?
This game IS cool!! I received this ask as i was making the code for some dialogue (that thing never ends, i swear). I'm very excited to show more of it very soon!!!
We're soon approaching the one month anniversary of this blog, and i did say i'd have the demo ready somewhere between two months after the launch.... and well i don't know how true that still is, but i'm crossing my fingers!
look at his face. hes so cutesies
[REMEDIUM is an india fan video game based on Legundo Scott's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]
What do you mean? this is not suspicious at all! Everybody clap for the grand rebranding of Remedium, welcome.... GOLDSMITH!
Indeed, after very careful consideration (panic thinking after realizing what day it is), we have decided that it fits more of the aesthetic of the game to replace Legundo with Scott Goldsmith.
After all, the man has poisoned an entire town, and as has said our lord and savior Owen, he is a monster. Now, Scott, on the other hand...
I'm sure we can all say that Scott was probably the only saint there ever was in that town. Truly a man of faith, he was. Not a drop of human blood on his tongue, and it has never but spoken the truth, just like a fae.
Here he is. Truly a bug when you lift up a rock, he is.
(I cannot believe I am showing off Scott's design before Legundo.) i mean what. who said that. of course we show scott's design before legundo. This is Goldsmith, after all, not remedium or something else dumb like that
[REMEDIUM is an india fan video game based on Legundo Scott's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]
Today was going to be a RemWritings post, but i felt as though that was disingenious, as that hasn't been the thing I've been working on the most. So instead, have some art!
While my character artist is Glacier, there will be a lot of art needed whilst making Remedium. As I've said before, a game is simply a baby constantly begging for more and more art. That is all it does.
So I've been practicing digital art, to hopefully help out! [these will not be official sprites]
and a WIP of Pearl!
i think that while I'm not at tge level of art I wish to achieve for Remedium, that i'm learning little by little every time i pick up a pen.
Now, I should really get back to coding...
[REMEDIUM is an india fan video game based on Legundo's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]
Alright, now. We all know my wonderful team consisting of myself, Wonderful Glacier, Musical-Genuis Cat and Emotional Support Foam, all mentioned in the grand Masterpost that explains everything, and their roles are appropriately described.
But when it comes to Pie, you may be left wondering as to how, exactly, they are considered an assistant without ever having touched the game... and, well, i feel like these images summarize their role perfectly.
All these do not even include the enormous amount of DMs we've shared complaining and helping each other when it comes to coding, and our extensive list of shared tutorials, due to the fact that they are the one coding @project-lumen .
Well... Thank you, Pie, for making this possible! andlettingmebotheryouateveryothererror---
[REMEDIUM is an india fan video game based on Legundo's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]
Now, you may be asking, "Dear scary, evil, moustreous fae, why are you posting about l'Eid? This isn't block man video game!"
...and, you're right! You're right, it's not. But let's be honest here, how many projects will post something for Christmas, Halloween, heck, even Easter as it's coming up? If they get to show off and celebrate their cultures, then so do I. Because yeah! I'm not white! Surprise!
And I do want to specify that I am not muslim, simply arabic. But I grew up as and around muslims for my whole life, and I want to celebrate that!
Holidays like these are often forgotten about and pushed aside for the ones that are more celebrated by priviliged people. We, arabics and muslims, usually get forgotten about! But I don't want that. I want to celebrate this holiday.
This post has taken so long in my day to come out because I've just been having a great time. My brother came back for the first time in months to celebrate this occasion, and brought gifts. He brought our family a TTRPG game, and I will finally be able to test that out! I'm even the DM! Our neighbors and family friends stopped by and are excited to get to play with us. We're having a wildly different age demographic, the youngest player being 6 years old. Will it be difficult for her? Probably. But we were reunited by family and tradition and we'll accomodate for her!
I woke up at 7 AM this morning with my family to walk to the Mosque and saw how happy they were at the amount of muslims there was present. I was happy that they could walk around and feel proud about their religion, especially when I leave in a country that is very racist to arabs.
I wanted to make this post because it's important to me that I show my culture. And, sure, will I be posting on Easter and Christmas? maybe. I don't know!
When I first started identifying as an atheist, i thought I'd want to celebrate christmas for once. But that's not the case, because christmas doesn't mean anything to me. Sure, I like seeing my friends get excited about it and have a moment of community and family in december, but that's not that moment for me. For me, that's l'eid. That's the entirety of ramadan.
And, hey, if you really want me to stick to block man, v!Legundo is a doctor. He'll tell you how good fasting is for your body.
But for now, rest up. Have a nice day. Call your family and spend time with them! Whether you celebrate l'eid or not, I wish you the best.
This isn't about block man. This is about me celebrating my culture in a space I feel safe in. Thank you for listening.
[REMEDIUM is an india fan video game based on Legundo's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]
I juat came across this, and this is really awesome!!! I'm actually in the very early stages of creating a Reincarnated Pyro visual novel; I've not publicized this anywhere yet, I'm hoping to make much more progress on it first, but yeah from one hopeful to another!!! (Your game looks much more developed than mine already tehe)
Thank you for the compliments! And my gosh, does that sound awesome! Pyro was one of my favorite POVs. His episode five did make me cry.
I've been working on Remedium since the start of Legundo's subathon, so it's bound to have grown since then! I actually am in the process of coding in the dialogue system for Remedium as well, which is coming along pretty well!
[REMEDIUM is an india fan video game based on Legundo's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]
Hi!!! You cannot have my name, but you may call me Thing5! Iām really excited by this project- are you interested in sharing some story crumbs? Will there be other vsmp characters (esp Owen and Cleo and Abolish, I really think those three in particular shaped a lot of his interactions)? Will there be shipping or are things left to interpretation? Answer as much or as little as youād like- Iām just excited to follow along. This is so cool
(*mumbles lowly* how the heck am i meant to get names this way...)
I suppose it is okay, since you seem to be a thing and not human.
I do have a tag for any snippets of the script that I would be willing to share (#REMwritings) but it is empty for now. I'm trying to space out showing features of the game over time, and not post everything all at once. But it will come in due time.
Yes! There will be other members, seeing as this is inspired by Legundo's VSMP series, it takes place during Oakhurst and is basically a retelling of the series but with multiple timelines and choices and outcomes.
There will be no shipping, as mentioned in the Masterpost. However, things may be implied within the script, as I am a fandom gremlin like the remainder of you, and, in Legundo's words, while v!Owen and v!Legs weren't married, they are certainly divorced by the end of it all.
I appreciate the support immensly, these asks mean a lot to me. I was actually doing some more research on the dialogue system I am using at the moment in order to code in the script for the demo.
I'm going to stop yapping now, otherwise it will never end. Feel free to send any questions my way!
[REMEDIUM is an indie fan video game based on Legundo's VSMP series. Check the Masterpost for more information.]