#bird alert

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Bird Alert: The Flame in the Flood

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Hey kids! Today we're going to learn how to make a bird using power tools!

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yesterday's gamin' tried a couple digi-board games from the recent humbund w/spouse wingspan & root (incoming Bird Alerts for both games, of course)

i'm already familiar with the physical versions of both (Root less so;;; currently i only know how to play eyrie [surprising no one]) 10/10 for the visual effort on both of these really made it feel worthwhile if you already have the tabletops

wingspan has bird calls & animations for each bird??? and i love how they visualize the habitat transitions

root has adorable 3D models in place of the meeples & very nice audio design on all fronts as for how they play, i'm liking root's transition to digital a bit better (for me personally, the inherent railroading of the video game format helps me stay a little less confused lol) wingspan often throws me as to where i'm supposed to be clicking, but maybe i'll get used to it. not being able to see all elements of the game at all times is a surprisingly big adjustment ----------------------------------------------------------

but yesterday's Main Event was remembering that No Man's Sky has a creative mode that i have somehow Not been using this entire time

i play NMS to see the sights and come up w/silly names for my discoveries all the hazards & combat & resource management 'n whatnot are super neat to have & i respect them, but the exploration element is so alluring in this game that i kinda wish i didn't have to deal with those so imagine my delight to discover "hey u can just turn the less fun* parts off" *=less fun for me personally, don't @ me :'v

but anyway, i have yet to make good use of photo mode, but here are some vanilla caps:

(i will also need to experiment w/how much my computer can handle with the newfangled optimizations they introduced--these are currently pretty low settings)

i thought this boat had a cool shape & name, so i bought it (i like to call them boats leave me alone)

gettin' my sit on (tbh i hope this clipping is never fixed)

spooky planet where i met my new orbular son 🥺🥺

and a Bird Alert for good measure

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Figment

looks like this is the same devs as Back to Bed, which i remember enjoying my brief time with (i should go back to it sometime)

voice-acting is a mixed bag some of it is fine but then u have dad saying "o crap" extremely casually before hurtling into a traumatizing car crash

graphics/art direction are gorgeous though (bird alert)

pmuch my fave combo: static painted backgrounds w/texture-painted character models (the floating islands w/pathways rising & falling also feels a bit bastion-inspired)

OH the bad guy is singing now idk how i feel about that it seriously looks so nice though 🥺 these still caps aren't doing it justice--the texture-painting on the models is so good that the characters seamlessly blend in with their 2D environments when screencapped lol definitely want to return to this one, if only for the visuals

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bird alert spotted in the trailer for Abathor

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light no fire bird alert;;;

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Speaking of Quill!! HOUSTON, WE HAVE BIRD!!!

(I have to confess that as much as I usually love making all parts of a cosplay myself, I acknowledged casting the head base to the quality I wanted was probably somewhat beyond me since I’ve never done something like this before. But I found an artist to commission, KinnickinnickCreation, who makes great realistic animal masks, and now I get to start on the next part of this very weird cosplay journey......)

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Self-Isolation Day 31: Could a depressed person make this??