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Names Jake. he/they, but my gender is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned. I’m very into lotsa games, more on that in my pinned. I like following game development, I’m a pretty big nerd about design… stuff like cut content, the process, weird niche facts and mechanics in games. I’m also big on lore in games, I like theorizing… or headcanoning in the case of something like minecraft. DMs are welcome, I’m very talkative!

[kozykricket]

Pinned Post (Updated: 09/02/2025)

Hiya! I'm Jake!! im a weird depressed-yet-silly nerd who loves video games (even if i dont play them as much as id like to...) pronouns? he/him (but with they/them vibes) (my gender? who knows!!) I generally use this blog to ramble about my fav viddygames, ramble about my life / vent (sorry not sorry), and reblog whatever. I don’t tend to reblog anything suggestive but ill tag it if i do

I like posting game ideas or concepts here, because I'm a big nerd for games, and ... well, is it fitting to say I'm an aspiring game designer? Game design fascinates me (and simultaneously confuses me sometimes-)

I'm also a big nerd about writing and stories in general, particularly in games. I'm that one person who'll exhaust all NPC dialogue.. I enjoy theories... lore... all that stuff. very fun :3

My fav games include minecraft, terraria, undertale/deltarune, pokemon, stardew valley, risk of rain, celeste, oneshot, and much more! i also love music and animals. ive had many cats over the course of my life, and i love them all!! currently have 2 dogs and 2 cats…

While I also sometimes vent quite a lot here, I try to tag my different types of posts, so you can filter them out or just browse specific tags on my page. tags are ahead, though as of updating this I am soon going to attempt to mass change many of my posts tags and my tagging conventions:

#jake post - a new tag, just a generic post tag for non-reblog posts (will include self reblogs) #reblog - reblogs.

I try to tag games that I talk about, (ie pokemon, deltarune, minecraft)

Things you may wish to filter out:

#[game name] spoilers - for if a post contains spoilers or leaks for a game, although any spoilers will also be behind a "keep reading" line.

#vent post- a vent post, which I will always include a "keep reading" line in. Don't feel the need to read these, I just like getting them out there sometimes.

#mild vent - similar to the above, but more casual frustrations or woes than serious topics. Same rules apply

retired tags:

#jake ramblings - general ramblings of mine, if you care to hear about them. May mostly be me appreciating my friends and cats. i use jake post now tho for most of my posts n rambles

#[game] rambling(s) - ramblings about specific games. i just tag the game now tho thats all

#toxicity mention - if theres anyone being rude or annoying that im responding to or. yknow. im feeding the trolls. i probably tagged it with this. i.e someone calling game devs stupid and dumb with no good reason (cough minecraft)

[kozykricket]

anyways yknow. i recognize that not being able to sprint in old minecraft was kinda like. well, when you cant sprint... you do kinda take in the world more... and it makes your builds a bit more meaningful, maybe even.. infrastructure anyways. obviously the mobs are harder, but i think the biggest thing really is just.. the faster you can move, the faster you might play the game in general? or maybe.. its the other way around, and its telling that i sprint as much as i can, lmao. that i am not someone who takes minecraft slowly

but.. maybe id be forced to if i couldnt sprint

yet at the SAME TIME oh my god no no i couldnt do it. i need sprinting. being able to control my speed is nice, i love moving around in games. just runnin around.. is really fun. and i remember i used to half joke 'the faster i can move in your game, the more fun ill have'

but like lowkey i do think theres some truth to that? obviously more than just 'let me be super sonic speed' but.. yea im not a fan of being forced to be sluggish. mario galaxy is the weakest 3d mario controls wise for this reason. even though it has amazing levels lol

[kozykricket]

alright, yknow. i just had a little idea. for how i wouldve done the beginning of chapter 5 a little differently, pre-darkworld stuff basically. this might be long, but...

the opening with kris coming back in the window? fine n dandy. toriel a bit hung over askin' for toast, early in the day wandering around town, thats all nice. but! instead of going to castle town immediately, i'd have noelle.. after you walk around town a bit, show up and say like "hey, kris? do you uh, know... where Susie is? I know the festival hasn't even started yet, haha... but, I just wanted to... know, that she still wanted to hang out. If you could ask her, that'd be nice (wherever it is you two even hang out??)" so, oh no! noelles feeling a little doubtful, maybe uncharacteristic of her but shes just like 'oh my god that wasnt a dream right, she DID ask me to go to the festival with her, right?? holy cheezus'

so, you go to castle town. and you find susie... NOT prepping for her date. sort of ... frazzled. says hey to kris, "thanks for checking on me last night... its weird how mumbly you were" but jokes that "climbing out your window isnt a smart idea, dumbass. how'd you even get back into bed after that?" or smth (she doesnt know.. neither do we.. kris obviously did MORE than just check on susie, or hell yknow what. maybe kris DIDNT see susie. i dont need this part)

but okay, point is: i think susie should be... well, THIS is where the plotpoint of "Oh. susie Definitely considers this place HOME. like. REALLY home for her" should be driven in. have her talk about how nice it is to have castle town to come home to after something like... last night. then kris says something about noelle, reluctantly im sure but. still says it. "Huh? Noelle... huh? oh, man, I totally forgot the festival was today... last night I was just so... yknow.. uh, tired. Anyways, obviously I, heh, won't turn down hanging out with Noelle. Maybe we can... get another shot at that code in the guitar, right? let's go, Kris!"

so not only would that align her more with chapter 4s ending, showing that she... didnt quite brush off the prophecy super easily, but is still Trying to, yknow. shes Trying to just have fun and keep the days the same as they were before, but it got to her enough that she kinda forgot she had told noelle she'd take her to the festival. not because she doesnt like her, but just! a LOT happened after they hung out yesterday!! and poor noelle is a little. anxious, perhaps. she would like to know where and when susie is going to be ready... maybe she could also mention that shes just a bit concerned about how susies doing after what happened at her house yesterday with her mom

but also i think its important to just have susie say 'ah yknow im just. tired. right? thats... all." like shes gonna pretend it wasnt the prophecy or anything. and then...

you can properly integrate her clear character flaw of 'needs to do hero stuff but is also easily distracted by nice comfortable things like castle town and noelle' early on with her obviously wanting to hang out with noelle Mainly Because Its Noelle, but saying to KRIS "yknow its uh, good for the shelter codes! obviously thats the main reason, right?" which i think also helps show her still being a little. teensy bit shy of admitting her crush on noelle to kris. like she doesnt want to say directly to kris that its a date or anything, so shes both trying to justify having fun when all the dark shit is on her mind AND trying to downplay her love for noelle to kris. by saying 'its for shelter code, yeah'

and then yeah, they have the festival section and date as usual, french fry singing, the walk in the lake together, i honestly dont mind the festival not being too much, though i wouldve liked if there was like. one more ride, lol. doesnt matter. anyways, scenes play out as normal... then kris makes the fountain obviously to distract susie

and id imagine susies like . well, she had a satisfying date, so shes not too bummed out about that ending. but shes still like "damnit! there goes... asking about the code... man, we need to get into the shelter, but... we need to seal that fountain, first. we cant let the knight get someone ELSE... "

just. i dunno man, it doesnt need to be written THAT directly, but give me some more SIGNS that thats what shes thinking. that susie at least Knows that this dark world is kind of ... distracting them from their Main Mission of "get the shelter codes asap because undyne is still missing and the knight literally made a titan"

but obviously, best place to check for the knight... is a dark world. thats something she couldve probably also said. that they might have a good shot at stopping the knight if they can get to them. like "if they JUST made the fountain, they have to still be in there, right? you didn't see anyone go in the store after I left, did you?"

...and then id be more happy with chapter 5. just feeling like it actually continues the stakes of chapter 4, but ultimately it still ends up being a fun and whimsical adventure ... because , well. its escapism. its having fun. i found myself lowkey forgetting the whole big plot of the knight n everything, and having that ludonarrative harmony (?) between the fun gang and the player both kinda just. having a nice fun adventure genuinely take their minds off the prophecy (minus raly, prophecy-anxiety-incarnate)

well, thats a nice part of chapter 5. it just felt almost more.. accidental or incidental that i ended up being so entranced by the whimsy of the flower king dark world, rather than it being an intentional comment on escapism.. having fun and forgetting about the dark stuff. which is yknow, what toby SAID ch5 was about. "we saw dark clouds on the horizon, but lets not look there for now" i just think the beginning of a chapter should maaybe not fully reiterate but still continue what the vibes were at the end of the previous chapter, in the case of ch4 especially. show the dark clouds on the horizon IN chapter 5 STILL existing, but then have the flower world be where we stop looking at those dark clouds, and have a fun adventure, for now.

instead of 'lets not look at the darkness we saw last night in chapter 4' applying to the earliest parts of chapter 5 even before susies date with noelle... because man, thats just kinda. weird. ch5 is such a great chapter it just.. lacks Glue. to chapter 4. it does a lot of good things, like bringing ralseis character arc forwards a lot, bringing up things that casual players might have missed and really doubling down on stuff like That Day and something happening with kris... and on kris working with the knight AGAIN... like yeah, its a good chapter. and i fucking love every single darkner there, flowery is actually like. tied with queen as my favorite Main Darkner id say. unless you're counting Raly too :p

but yeah, thats it. chapter 5 is Good Fun Filler, i loved having one more goofy adventure, its just also ...Disconnected Filler, tonally questionable filler, like 'how are we even managing to look away from the dark clouds on the horizon when chapter 4 set the stakes SO high we literally trashed the entire church and the battle theme was called From Now On'

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[kozykricket]

i love how broadly "Don't Forget" applies to like. everything in deltarune.

its about the fun adventures, maybe from ralseis perspective as a darkner who cant come to the light world... when they seem like fantasy, take comfort in remembering that ralseis in the dark

its about dess' disappearance, about the mysterious promise and guilt that still follows kris. haunting, yet sweet. that the darkness that follows kris everywhere is ... still with them, even when they indulge in fantasy. yet that dess is still there, in some way.

and like... all the darkners we get to meet, all the fun adventures we say goodbye to. we dont forget them, they're still with us... and all of those who... are there for each other. SUSIE... is with kris in the dark

companionship, light amidst the dark, memories, fantasy... all important themes to deltarune

and of course, that isnt even talking about The Forgotten Man. and such. dont forget!

[lesbiansforboromir]

You actually cannot skip to being good at a creative endeavour that you haven't put much practice into. You cannot trick your way out of the 'knows that your work is not what you want it to be but don't know how to improve it' stage by planning or reading or talking about it really really hard. At some point you just have to craft through it until your brain finds it's own unique way back to the 'everything I make slaps' stage and be prepared to start the cycle all over again. You just have to make that project you're excited about slightly less good than you want it to be. (Says this standing in a pool of blood and covered in blood and also coughing up a little blood)

[torstherapy]

[kozykricket]

yknow, some people talk about how. its maybe a weird play from Toby Fox to have undertale say "how dare you Play my videogame and want to see the content it has" but i do think its ultimately just. a part of how he makes games... that. well. he DOES obviously make said content with the intent that people can go see it and will probably want to. and i dont think he wants to say theyre bad for wanting to see it. but he also wants to yknow... make these worlds feel real. and thus comment on it. in universe, yes, you ARE kinda bad for wanting to see it. its not to belittle the player, as much as it is to say... hey, if this world IS real... you wouldnt treat it like a video game, would you? thats interesting. kinda fucked up from the characters perspectives, right?

i think its like. yeah. i get why some people think its cheap to just. call the player bad for simply experiencing more content... but the point of undertale is kinda. that its more real than a game. which, is interesting. the game wants you to engage with it in a unique way, suspending your disbelief even outside of the game. i mean heck DELTARUNE has a rule of No Lightner Merchandise. kris and susie arent characters you can own. they're people. and. maybe that type of thing is not for everyone, obviously. but i think its neat

i dunno. im not an UNDERTALE themes expert. but i think deltarunes weird route is interesting because its definitely also . content thats very much meant to be alluring... like a playground rumour.. secrets to entice you. to lure you in with curiosity, and to see how far you'll keep going. just like noelle loves glitches and secrets in games. and it gives you SO many opportunities to say 'no actually i dont wanna do this anymore' but you of course are going to keep moving forward. and its like, fucked up! but its. that morbid curiosity we all have. to see everything, even the things.. that arent so nice. its just in deltarune its a bit more reflected in the characters now, i think. and also i definitely 1000% think that the weird route is about like. hey, how do you face a seemingly unalterable fate/destiny in your future? brace yourself and face it head on... or brute force your way to break it. do you make your own freedom through choice or do you break free from the worlds confines?

at the end of it all i think Toby Fox just really wants you to take notice of how.. its YOUR curiosity getting you to the points you are. yeah, sure, you just wanna experience stuff like fighting sans and seeing what else there is. but thats. your curiosity. when you hold such a position OVER the world, in the more real world that we're in... obviously curiosity is a very. dangerous 'threat' to the world of undertale. but i cant see someone as obsessed with storytelling in games as toby fox... to actually be trying to say 'yeah you're fucked up for being curious about what else there is'

[kozykricket]

pokemon really made a game where the main legendaries are like. ancient heroes from a long forgotten fairytale

and did jack shit with them

[kozykricket]

i love engaging in the phenomenon of deltarune

[kozykricket]

does anyone know how you're supposed to like. learn things on your own. and actually have direction .

actually no, uh i dont . really, uh. want an answer.

[kozykricket]

so theres something i noticed in chapter 5. of course, the scene where ralsei is praying and flowery comes by for a chat.. has some implications that have much been discussed! and i certainly think theres something there... transfem ralsei is very plausible, or at least SOMETHIN with ralseis gender. but i want to pull your eyes towards this part of the scene:

when ralsei offers kris, asks which one they'd like

green and yellow? versus blue and pink? what does that mean?

well.

light world kris... vs dark world kris.

and if you think this is a stretch, it isnt the only time that the game has noted the contrast between kris' LW and DW designs. where else have we seen the difference noted? susie and ralseis reactions to Kris Tea

so... something to think about. ralsei... only really knows dark world kris, huh? or... likes them that way more...? ill leave What This Could Mean up to you. but i would certainly like to prime peoples brains on... the blue and pink not just being a nod to trans ralsei, but being ... well, a nod to KRIS.

[kozykricket]

oh my god i was looking back at the text for the scene and like

its. flowery cutting ralsei off from talking about what kris would want... which, indeed is flowery being like "hey, princess. dont worry about what they want. you do everything for them. just think about yourself"

but its like. it makes me wonder which one ralsei thought kris would prefer..

but obviously yeah theres. some allure that blue and pink has... something special about it, to ralsei. maybe that says something about how he feels about kris. maybe it says that theyre trans. maybe both. im just. so curious..

oh, and if you try to take the blue and pink voucher instead of ralsei having it..

so, i do think this says a lot that like. this is something Really important to ralsei. that says to me it IS something more personal to them. and not just a 'woah kris designs' thing. but they obviously still play a part in it all.

[kozykricket]

fuckin. how do you even deal with depression. i hate this shit. so bad. yes im medicated. no it clearly doesnt work. there are things i hate myself for. there are things i feel complete apathy about. and theyre pointless. and

man, i just want to ... i dont know, actually. i dont think i want to be any different than usual. but i also dont like my usual

[kozykricket]

okay so like

aqua is like. kid kris, probably

kris changes from LW to DW outfit when they speak to the man in ch3, at the same time gaining the title proclaiming they are "Enjoying the youthful days"

then if you talk to shuttah, they say that kris looks older now

that seems contradictory, does it not? they seem older despite enjoying the youthful days? but i wonder if perhaps... what this means. is that kris being aqua-colored ... represents their youth. and in the dark world, kris is, well. playing. like a kid. but yet they are bound by their solemn duty to be the hero, and by the duty of helping carol and the knight.

of course, they arent actually young anymore. but indulging in fantasy... shows off their youth, a bit, mayhaps? i think thats what shuttah means, anyways. kris is enjoying their youth, but they are Older now.

and the 7 flying aces talk about how kris grew up. why not photocopy a kris to play with them? well. there is a kris that is perfectly their size (hero sword) (thanks krissociation person i remember they pointed that out before they wiped their blog)

its.. a lot of food for thought. but i dont think it means nothing. kris in asgores vaguepost loredump is literally represented with a light blue color. sooo

thats interesting!

and again ill mention that... ralseis two options they give kris, are the Green and Yellow drink ticket/voucher and the Blue and Pink one. their main light world palette, and main their dark world palette

ralsei... looks at the blue and pink for a while. perhaps because trans. but also perhaps because... they know kris for their childhood? and not who they are nowadays? meanwhile susie only knows kris as they are now, reflected in her reaction to Kris Tea... its apple juice. not blueberry

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[kozykricket]

okay ive gotta glaze deltarune for some very specific thing (and undertale, tbh)

i love the way that toby fox (and co!) use dialogue / textboxes. like, im not gonna say hes the first or only person to really do it, but its more than just attributing blip-sounds to each character. its the way that the text is paced, when it takes pauses between words to like... add a more natural flow to how a characters talking. or to sell a joke.

heck, the way dialogue is spaced out between boxes feels. really intentional. 'when do we split to another dialogue box instead of continuing this one' can be used as another type of pause, if you dont want to just make the text take longer to be 'typed out'

but then theres like, characters panicking! the text comes out way faster! or even.. i really like how ch4 used pitch shifting and shaking text to depict crying, struggling to speak over tears.

and then on top of all that, theres the way ch4 and ch5 of deltarune have used text OUTSIDE of the typical rpg textboxes, during like. climbing sections and stuff... they feel really well framed and paced, too. i dont find theyre too hard to read or pay attention to, because the climbing isnt TOO demanding. and when it is, there isnt any text going on, usually. its not "bad rpg thing" that you have to stop moving for text boxes, that the world freezes. but its also really cinematic to have characters giving out a whole.. mini-speech while you're like. climbing up a big pillar. thats just cool, man. the composition / positioning of the text in ch5 is really nice, too.

but honestly i do think my favorite part is just the way text speed and sudden stops are used. you can REALLY tell how a character is saying something. the pattern of their speech

its just. really cool how much you can add to a characters speech... without having voice acting, without even using different fonts, lol.

oh my god and the like. not having clean punctuation esp when like, susie is speaking? or when someones kinda. nervous? and susie misspelling fancy words in her dialogue? its all so charming

[kozykricket]

i think i do genuinely enjoy just like. talking about games

more than actually playing them

i like a game i can play once and then talk about a lot, lol