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JD Osorio - Minor Internet Contributor. Designer. Writer. Something witty. I am the Editor-in-Chief at digicouch.com

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Plot Doctoring: 9 Steps to Build a Strong Plot

Like the main event itself, NaNo Prep is always better with an incredible writing community around you. Luckily, our forums come with such a ready-made community. Inspired by the Plot Doctoring forum, we asked Derek Murphy, NaNoWriMo participant, to share his thoughts on plotting, and he outlined his 9-step plotting diagram:

Here’s a truth: you must write badly before you can write well. 

Everybody’s first draft is rubbish. It’s part of the process, so don’t worry about it. The writing can be polished and fixed and improved later, after NaNoWriMo, during the editing stages.

What most writers get out of NaNoWriMo is a collection of great scenes that don’t necessarily fit into a cohesive story—and that’s a problem if you want to produce something publishable.

Nearly all fiction follows some version of the classical hero’s journey: a character has an experience, learns something, and is consequently improved. There are turning points and scenes that need to be included in your story—if they are missing it won’t connect with readers in an emotionally powerful way. And it’s a thousand times easier to map them out before you write your book.

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This is my favourite baroque painting

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Sketch 89: Charmin’ Charmander

A Charmander snoring his head off to complete the Kanto- starter terrarium trilogy (p.s hello and welcome to my new followers! I’m very pleased to meet you!)

In case you missed it, here are BULBASAUR and SQUIRTLE!

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Watch: Can video games be a spiritual experience?

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My favorite video game story ever

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if i fall, don’t bring me back

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Do you love Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary? Do you shop on Amazon?

If you enjoy the heartwarming photos of happy, healthy elderly pups at Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary, there is a really special way for you to support this non-profit group’s continued care for elderly dogs. And it’s extremely simple.

All you have to do is shop on Amazon through this special link.

That’s it.

By using this link to access Amazon, whenever you make a purchase, eight percent (8%) of your purchase goes toward the Sanctuary at no additional cost to you. The process is completely transparent on the customer’s end–you’ll see no price hikes, additional taxes, or anything different about your experience other than a longer URL in your address bar. Amazon simply takes 8% of the funds they receive from your purchase and gives it to the Sanctuary as a donation.

This is a simple, easy, no-additional-cost way for you to shop Amazon as you normally do, but also give back to the Sanctuary and help keep the old pups healthy, happy, and safe. They are non-profit and run entirely through donations, so they could use our help.

I recommend that you replace any bookmark for Amazon with their special link instead, or make a bookmark with that link, so that you will shop through it by default.

This is easy. Beyond making sure you use the link, it requires no additional action on your end.

Lend a paw and help our Old Friends out!

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Amazon donates .5%, not 8%. (And for “eligible purchases” whatever that means.)

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Not true! Only the Amazon Smile program donates 0.5%, but this is not Amazon Smile. The Old Friends’s Facebook page notes this in their post  and the comments!

So just to clarify, they do indeed receive 8%! Thank you!

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BOOST

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big dog and puppy enjoying some veg

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wow!! CRUNCH

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salad babies

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lets make a videogame how hard can it be

[slimetony]

nevermind you have to know shit about computers

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hey!! sorry to hijack this post, but there are a bunch of ways you can make videogames without knowing shit about computers!! 

for starters, there’s Twine, which is fucking great for making all kinds of interactive experiences (it’s what Crystal Warrior Ke$ha was made in so you KNOW it’s good) at all skill levels (i picked it up and made a game in two minutes a few nights ago)

if you want a bit more involved experience there’s Inform 7 which is a simple language for text-based adventure games that reads like slightly-weird English and also relatively easy to learn

you can do some pretty fucking cool stuff with Unity (my personal engine of choice) but you may need to dig a bit farther to get at the good stuff. there’s lots of really good presets though (i made an entire game just mixing and matching pre-existing templates and adding in my own art, won an award at a game jam for that one) and if you want help the community’s pretty dang friendly from what i’ve seen!

this is just a taste of what’s out there from what i’ve seen, but there’s so many cool resources out there. if anyone wants help getting started, i’m around to give you a leg up on making something in the coolest, most unexplored art medium around!

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I’m addin’ to this post because lowering the barrier to entry for making games is super important to me!!!! If y’all have any questions about making games, you’re welcome to come and ask! I made this list a while back with some friends, so it has some of the programs John already mentioned.

2D Editors:

GameMaker : Potential for pure drag-and-drop “programming”. It is recommended to read-up on the program’s functions to make good use of it. Good for prototyping. Uses its own language called Game Maker Language (GML) that is similar to a C language (e.g. C++ or C#). For both Mac and PC; free version available.

Construct2 : Drag and drop level editor that uses an “If-Then” event sheet structure for programming. Good for prototyping and for beginners. For PC; free version available.

GameSalad : Drag and drop with no code requirement. Good for programming. For both Mac and PC; free version available.

Solpeo : HTML5 based game engine for 2D and isometric game development. Some programming knowledge needed. Platforms supported: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer 9+. Free version available.

Stencyl : Drag and Drop “programming,” templates you can edit the variables/values for.

Scratch : Lego-block-style coding platform by MIT; totally free and a great intro to thinking in code. Very kid-friendly and comes with a community site. Browser version available.

3D Editors:

Unity : 3D editor that creates 3D games. Can build games for browser, as an app, or for mobile devices (iOS and Android). For both Mac and PC; free version available.

UDK (Unreal Development Kit) : Full-fledged, highly advanced editor. Features a complete set of tools that go from level design to visual scripting to cut-scene creation. Uses it’s own programming language called Unreal Script that can be arranged with Kismet, a visual code editor. For Mac and PC; free.

2D Art/Animation Software:

GIMP : Free photo editing and digital painting software.

Easy Paint Tool SAI : Free digital painting software with a UI similar to Photoshop.

Mischief : Free digital painting software with an endless canvas.

3D Art/Animation Software:

Sculptris : From the company that created Zbrush, this free software is ideal for beginning 3D sculptors.

Maya : Animation, VFX, lighting, and rendering software.

Magical Voxel : Voxel Art (3D Pixel Art). Very intuitive and quick to pick up.

SketchUp :  Architectural modeling software, great for creating 3D environments and buildings. Free version available.

Text-Based Games:

Twine : Create interactive text stories using Twine’s visual map system that links your game together. Easy to learn and use. End result is browser-based. For Mac and PC; free.

Quest : Interactive text stories that you can build in-browser.

Ren’Py : Create visual novels using a modified version of Python that reads like a combination of stage directions and a CYOA novel. For PC, Mac, and Linux; free.

Audio Resources/Editors:

Indie Game Music : This site offers free indie music with no need to worry about royalties or licenses.

Audacity : A free, open-source, cross-platform sound editor that allows you to record and arrange sound.

Super Flash Bros. : This site allows you to record theremin-like (8bit) sounds and export them as .wav files for your games.

FL Studio : Free music composition software.

Miscellaneous Tools:

Donjon RPG Tools : Randomly generates maps, items, XP, etc.

W3Schools : Web-code tutorial database: HTML, CSS, Javascript+.

Debut Video Capture : Video screen capture to record Let’s Play videos, showcase your game on Youtube, etc.

Korsakow : Free tool for creating interactive and database films.

Processing : Flexible programming language used for visual and interactive artworks and simulations.

From Student to Designer, Part 2 : Tips for making a well-rounded, solid portfolio

Places to Publish/Share:

Itch.io : Platform for self-publishing games

Philome.la : Place to share Twine Games

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@slimetony how does it feel to have your shitpost be turned into a helpful resource

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It feels like a betrayal of every tenant of humor I subscribe to. Helping people is an alien concept to me. It makes me upset.

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For 3D art/animation, I’d also like to add Blender. While it might not be as Professional as something like Maya, it is a pretty good free 3D modeling program.

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yeah let me just tell you something right now

you just referred to Maya, the most cancerous software to ever hit the face of this planet, as a piece of professional software, and then had the temerity to compare it to blender.

that’s the kind of dark occultist belief you keep bottled up inside yourself and never talk to anyone else about. you can’t be spreading trash like that around.

good job recommending blender to people tho :^)

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a girl talk to me

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This is the best post I ever seen on tumblr.

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This is incredible.

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excellent

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Summer (Or What It Sounds Like) Vol. 7

This is a big summer for me because it’s the first I’ll spend in my new Austin home and the increased temperatures, abundance of swimming options and outdoor festival scene here begs for a mixtape full of exuberant, sun-kissed summer jams. Wherever you spend your summer days (and summer nights!!) we hope its soundtracked by our 7th volume of Summer (Or What It Sounds Like). Click here to download this mix in its entirety or listen via Spotify.

01. Hundred Waters - Show Me Love (Skrillex Remix ft. Chance The Rapper) 02. CRUISR - Take That 03. The Knocks - Classic (RAC Remix) 04. Chairlift - Moth to a Flame 05. Mura Masa - What If I Go? 06. The Sun Days - Don’t Need To Be Them 07. Anderson .Paak - Am I Wrong (ft. Schoolboy Q) 08. Great Good Fine OK & Panama Wedding - Easy Lover 09. Few Bits - Summer Sun 10. Tegan and Sara - Stop Desire 11. Miike Snow - Genghis Khan 12. Alessia Cara - Wild Things (Young Bombs Remix) 13. Car Seat Headrest - Fill In The Blank 14. Jessey Lanza - VV Violence 15. Yeasayer - Silly Me 16. Scavenger Hunt - Lost 17. Modern Pleasure - Messina 18. AlunaGeorge - I Remember 19. Maria Usbeck - Moai Y Yo 20. Aela Kae - Pretty Pictures 21. Fickle Friends - Swim 22. Sofi Tukker - Matadora 23. Mating Ritual - I Wear Glasses 24. Sunday - Waiting For You 25. Justin Timberlake - Can’t Stop The Feelin’

Listen to this playlist on Spotify or Apple Music

Download zip file

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