[morceauoleander]

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[technovillain]

the tempest knows no mother / the deluge, no son

[medicalunprofessional]

[medicalunprofessional]

shameful

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🚶whatever

[medicalunprofessional]

meat? in our circus?

[kreachvera]

sasha (floor edition)

[technovillain]

wir suchen dich

[arodata]

Guy wearing a harness at pride except it says "NERVOUS" on it

[nnebuchadnezzar]

[ichosepoorly]

About halfway through PsychOdyssey docuseries and had to drag out my art supplies for yet another Psychonauts art dump

[technovillain]

good god oleander must be good at producing mental constructs... thinking about how his entire level is a mental construct and it isn't until the very end that raz accidentally sees a little bit of his actual mind. saw someone point out how there are no censors or real enemies in his basic braining course, and sure it's a tutorial level, but sasha also said they're a part of any sane person's mind. yeah.

and his whole deal with boyd, like how complex those mental structures were? the whole idea of turning the milkman into some sort of security failsafe? planted that deep into boyd's psyche? super complex and cool.

the chad mental construct champion oleander vs. amateur hour "immediately crumbling" mental construct sasha

[technovillain]

Looking back at this it makes sense why they had Sasha make the mental construct for Loboto instead of letting Oleander do it. Even though Sasha has a lot of self control over his own mind, he isn't the best at mental constructs. All of the formulated stuff he made for Raz when he was letting him train shooting censors in his mind was extremely minimal and easily messed with and ruined.

I can see the Psychonauts struggling with who would do the mental construct for Loboto. Because I genuinely believe that Oleander would be their typical go-to Construct Guy. But then considering the circumstances and whose mind it is, obviously a serious conflict of interest there.

I believe that if he would have been permitted to create it, he wouldn't be able to get past their past work together and that Loboto would remember too quickly. So probably another reason why Oleander was so disappointed looking when he realized the censors were after him inside Loboto's mind... one of those "All our evil schemes? The atrocities? Did they mean nothing to you?" Moments.

[dullard]

hi sorry to add on but i really like this post - he’s genuinely EXTREMELY talented at putting up mental constructs (down to fake vaults of memories that are entirely fabricated). He’s never experienced anything remotely like the things he’s built his mind to resemble.

It’s clear he’s very good at putting up a Mask - and I doubt the dev’s intended it at the time, but I personally read it as a very good analogy (is this the word? extension?) of how he approaches the feminine things his father trained him to hate so much.

In fact, one of the only hints we see of his past popping out (possibly) is that there are a lot of bunnies in a specific area of the level - right after the punchy game and the fake vault, in front of the big gun, right in the line of fire. Reads to me like how he reacts to these things in himself - don’t evaluate it, don’t think about it, kill it before someone catches on that you might have any interest in it. Very common for male-assigned people when faced with showing femininity or vulnerability to feel immediate hostility towards it or themselves.

[morceauoleander]

i finished the doc a few days ago- and definitely want to replay the game after watching all of it. really revived all the love i had for that game and its long journey. wild to realize i was a teen when it started and it released when i was 22.

theres sooooo much to say about the documentary... i cant even begin to express it. i think its fantastic to see the development- hard parts and all. cuz despite things that go wrong it doesnt make me lose respect of anyone- people gotta understand creative jobs arent just.. easy laid back utopias. ive been in and around the tv/animation industry, and as much as i absolutely love the creative careers because of my own passions, its not easy- if anything its very hard for unique reasons that are hard to show outside of the studios.

additionally the doc really gave me a good idea of the progression of game development. now sure, DF has its own ways of doing things compared to others (this is common in the creative industry), and the work of a huge team is different than that of a lone indie dev. but still, it was a huge eye opener and gave me some thoughts for my own looks into game dev.

stuff like this is very valuable to me. the game industry is way more "mysterious" than other industries imo. i do wish we had a little mor einsight on tim's writing process/more details in the choices made for character back stories (esp the direction changes for Ford and Raz's which im sure we can assume it was due to the stereotypes/dated terms but still). regardless it is a great watch and i look forward to replaying with that knowledge.

[morceauoleander]

I'm only on episode 10 of the documentary and man I am just. So so intrigued to figure out how helmut's level turned into what it is. The theme is there and the loose idea is vaguely there. I'm so glad this series exists its such a great look into game production.

[morceauoleander]

starting to watch the documentary and ugh its already so good and im emotional. its so funny watching the first episode and going over pn1 and getting the tense 'oh god what if it doesnt work out...' lmao

[morceauoleander]

The whole thing is just making me so like... happy all over again. I'm sure a lot of long time fans feel the same way but the journey of pn2, even the parts we obviously haven't seen until this doc series, was such a ride and to actually see it get made way so inspiring. Now seeing the emotional and personal detail of that journey makes it hit even more tbh.

[morceauoleander]

starting to watch the documentary and ugh its already so good and im emotional. its so funny watching the first episode and going over pn1 and getting the tense 'oh god what if it doesnt work out...' lmao

[cerebral-device]

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(Original ask from @crowravenrook) So! It turns out I’ve drawn so many panels they don’t fit in a single post anymore, changing my plans for waiting to instead show 10 at once and then post the rest of it in another post. I’ll make sure to edit this one with the link when it’s ready.

ALSO: This is set post-game when they’ve already built up enough trust for this whole interaction.

[Short ID: A 10 panel comic responding to an ask from crowravenrook about what powers Harry and Kim have in a Psychonauts au. The comic shows them discussing if Kim is psychic. /End ID]

Long ID under the cut:

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