This is a sideblog dedicated to the visual novel Arcade Spirits and its sequel Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers. Iโm not really a content creator so this will mainly be a place to reblog other creatorsโ content! Iโd like to pose questions and challenges and open up discussions in the future. Come along for the ride!
forget living in the world of pokemon, or final fantasy. put me in the lite-cyberpunk alternate-present where the video game crash never occurred causing arcades to become long-standing bastions of entertainment which fundamentally changed gaming as a concept from ours in this world, and where the police got defunded and reorganized and will actually investigate cyber-crimes, and where a sentient AI life coach helps you become your best self while advertising pizza bagels and where there are a ton of gay and trans people and they're mostly widely accepted especially in comparison to us
all of this to say that you should play arcade spirits
Another reason visual novels and dating sims kick ass is because the NPCs will always use the correct pronouns for you (whatever you picked at the beginning) and even the biggest douche canoes in the entire game will gender you properly. Like, yeah, this dudeโs an evil billionaire who bought your dead bossโs business and fired you and all your friends, but heโs not transphobic (unlike evil billionaires in real life).
Set 1 of my Arcade Spirits tarot cards!! this took around 40 days but itโs been SUCH fun to complete, even just planning it. itโs by far the most ambitious thing iโve ever done
i wish iโd been able to work on them more but my tablet pens were failing like two cards into working on this. in fact, one of them gave out entirely midway through finishing the world and i had to switch to my old half-busted tablet pen. i still managed to finish though!
fun fact: many characters do not have footwear shown in any art, official or even art done by the designers, so i had to design footwear for a few of them. in most cases i could just do trainers to keep that Gamer vibe, though divineโs trainers required a little more thought. i kept them trainers to keep in line with an e-girl kinda edge
also, these images mark the first times iโve drawn art with 5 or more characters. it was a lot of work, and is the first time iโve ever had to prioritise speed over quality, given my paintings could often take literal WEEKS - not smth i could do here
Tell me which romance is your favorite and why WITHOUT mentioning any other romance(so donโt just say itโs better than the others). You can do this for the first or second game or even both!
Zapper: If I'm extra sarcastic with you it probably means I'm flirting with you or you really annoy me and I can't handle your crap... have fun figuring out which one.
Grace, about Jynx: I would never say that my girlfriend is a bitch and I donโt donโt like her. Thatโs not trueโฆ My girlfriend is a bitch and I like her so much!
Domino: Valentineโs day is just a consumerist holiday that holds no real value other than drive people insane buying heart-shaped chocolates for their significant others and pos-
Domino: Iโm proud to identify as a morosexual. Iโm attracted to dumbasses and dumbasses exclusively. Seeker asked me what the Spanish word for "tortilla" was once, and now I dream of kissing them under the moonlight.
Seeker: What kind of animal is the Pink Panther?
Domino, already taking off his jacket: God, Seeker, youโre so fucking stupid.
Oh oh oh and they all have custom personalized buckets with their names on them and they all put some of their candy in Jynxโs bucket when they get home so she can have some too.