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He/They, 30s. Romhacker/game designer, pixel artist, and fanfic writer, particularly interested in Pokemon SV, but you may have seen me around SMW Central too. I hope to see you all build and share the worlds and selves of your dreams! Much more active on Bluesky, unless you wanna yell at me to change that

[hamofjustice]

The Broken Mirror

I've been working on a Pokemon fangame called The Broken Mirror for the past little while. If you enjoyed the emphasis Ham's League Club had on exploring Nemona, Arven, and Penny's characters, continuing their arcs, and just hanging out with them every day after Scarlet/Violet's DLCs didn't really deliver on that, this is kinda like that as a real standalone game -- a sequel in a new region that I'm so excited to share someday. (More info under the cut)

[back of the box blurb voice] Gather up the Zero Crew, hop on Miraidon, and train up new teams together in the misty valleys of Orgul, where one of the toughest Pokemon Leagues yet has taken form. Unexpected encounters hide around every corner, but you'll have plenty of time around the fire to reflect and plan your next move on a journey where your only home is each other.

Can't say much yet because I do love surprises, but the features I've planned out include:

A full-length adventure with 8 Gyms and whatnot

A return to dangerous dungeons with top-down puzzle design

A healthy balance of freedom to explore and structured progression

250+ Pokemon dex carefully chosen and individually rebalanced

Heavy emphasis on character stories; button-mashers will be shot

Adventure, chat, battle, and relax with the crew just about anywhere

Dozens of emotive dialogue portraits so you know how they feel

Custom GSC-era art and tilesets, as you probably noticed

The best 8-bit music I can borrow (maybe I'll make some too)

Modern mechanics, including Terastallization and improved Raids

A level cap per badge; learning will get you further than grinding

Gyms that ask you to counter their playstyles, not just their types

Tons of new or redesigned moves and items, available through...

A crafting system that actually exists for a reason (gasp)

A tastefully small handful of familiar faces from other regions

Trauma

Cuddling

Hope

A creator who knows what scope creep is

There still has to be an endless lv100 postgame though, for me

Basically any mindless task has a more engaging alternative

I'm not gonna give a concrete release date -- it'll be done when it's done. Right now i'm just flitting around doing what I can with art, maps, design, story, etc. while I wait for some of the uncertainty about the next Essentials GSC engine update to settle down. Worst case scenario, I'd have to make it look and sound retro by myself more than I planned to.

From now on, though, you can follow progress on this by checking #SVTheBrokenMirror on my socials, or read my other stuff to get an idea of what you're in for. Thanks!

[sacred-portal]

[flipchild]

puppy cut flan 🍮🔪

[flipchild]

incredible puppy cut the flan technique

[flipchild]

badass flan slice performed by small type dogy

[pseudomantis]

ENDING GODNESS TO FUEL OUR GREATNESS

Who fruits & oroanic veggies

Added sugar no many blends

Artificial colors flavors or preservatives

RUE THE DAY

[elcorhamletlive]

Not to be a bitch but sometimes people engage with fiction in the most boring way possible, and nowhere is this clearer than in videogames. Like what you mean you hate a character just because they were kind of abrasive when speaking to the player character? "They were mean to me" and it didn't occur to you to wonder why? Like, what might their attitude toward you reveal about the world? About the social dynamics within it? About their own perspectives and backgrounds and personalities? Does it even occur you to ask? Would you only have liked them if they bowed to your presence and talked about how great you are? Like I'm sorry but you're so boring. How boring fiction would be if it cathered to you

[primaius]

[mabelsguidetolife]

apparently shaq was using his sponsorship with sora to make pictures and videos of his imagined romantic life with marilyn monroe and the children they would have together……. and then posting it where the entire world, including his real actual children, can see it 🫠🫠🫠

[mabelsguidetolife]

no bc how else are you supposed to react when your dad is proudly presenting a clip of himself and a dead celebrity, frozen in time, creating an ostensibly perfect nuclear family on valentine’s day…… and tagging papa john’s in it……..

[imjunebitch]

calling ppl "larpers" to insinuate theyre fake fans of smth/poorly pretending to be smth is so fucking stupid cuz. tell me u have never met a real LARPer without saying u have never met a real LARPer. those guys care. they are fucking locked in dude. like LARP is a lifestyle its a commitment they care so much. they're not fake nerds either like fake nerds just repost LOTR gifsets and talk about how nerdy they are for being into like, fucking batman and stuff. LARPers know their shit. they read the whole Silmarillion. they know who Ambush Bug is. like get LARP's name out of your fucking mouth

[nicky999doors]

[cinturongazo]

im not using wojaks. get on my level

[acreaturecalledgreed]

incredibly bizarre and confusing seeing ppl call themselves "chuds" all the sudden b/c like

thats what we call neo nazis and shitty conservative bros? or at least its what we used to call them? why are ppl calling themselves "chuds" affectionately now

what is happening

yall know chud means fascist right like please tell me yall know that

[acreaturecalledgreed]

im hoping this is a case of "younger folks on the internet adopting Silly Word b/c its Silly and not realizing it actually means something"

so here's me educating! you're calling yourselves fascists! thats what you're doing! maybe don't do that and use your head before you start using every goofy word you see!

[catamaris]

what if you wanted to draw serious or sad art of the ghost trick guy but then remembered he looks like that

[flightyalrighty]

For an actual link to the shop, click here!

[flightyalrighty]

Just wanted to clarify: The shirts ARE real and you can buy one (or both)! The ad comic is NOT just some goofy thing I made! 🙏

[napoleononthebellerophon]

omg you people can do everything

[parasitoidism]

Line read that keeps me up at night

[pinejay]

i want lists and solutions by the time i finish this jiyuiceh box. warning ⚠️ I. AM. TIRSTY! and it is ᶠʳᵘᶦᵗ punch! and it is delicious

[ask-pacman]

Is willy wanka still alive IRL cuz if no that timothy shallemet shit is direspectful as fuck

[yanguang]

[yanguang]

the position of the mischevious pig marks the hours

[baeddel-voruna]

gooseworx is back but none of the blogs that get termed fucking daily are, this fight is far from over

[dogpuppy]