#leospartoi

[prokopetz]

Do you know any web comics that give off the same general vibe as Ava's Demon? To elaborate, I mean the same themes of dumb teens messing with power they don't understand, with dangerous but absolutely AWESOME consequences. If not that, then just a story set in space with decent worldbuilding would do.

Monster Pulse might be up your alley. Maybe Sleepless Domain, too, if you’re into the whole Magical Girl Deconstruction thing -- it’s definitely one of the less insufferable examples of the type. Gunnerkrigg Court starts out as a bit of an edge case, as the protagonists are the equivalent of middle schoolers when the comic kicks off, but the timeline eventually advances them into the high school age range.

(I’m also going to throw in Paranatural as an off-list rec; it’s off list because a. it’s also about middle schoolers, and there’s no age-up, and b. the pacing is extremely weird, given to months-long decompressed action sequences punctuated by rambling digressions about nothing in particular; fair warning!)

[ask-isabelleandmayor]

She’s beauty, she’s grace, she can break your f@&$ing face

isabelle: “nothin’ personal, mr. mayor”

[tf2humbug]

Yo you still alive?

Something like that.

[stairwayblues]

(In an accusatory tone) where are those five solution bar drinks you were working on blues?

In my defense, I keep getting distracted 

[caretaker-au]

speculation compilation #105

A few more theorize how Chara is so young and the current year. Remember to check the #what day is it tag for more.

Actually, monsters are never described as immortal to a natural death. Instead, it’s likely the “fallen down” state is the precursor to a natural death.

ENTRY NUMBER 6 ASGORE asked everyone outside the city for monsters that had "fallen down." Their bodies came in today. They're still comatose... And soon, they'll all turn into dust.

A very timely pun. And of course. =)

[lightsintheskye]

I think we might need more fierce deity/majora's mask link

speaking of that beautiful man i want that fuckin bomb ass statue of him T-T

[prokopetz]

Do you have recommendations for games with interesting color schemes? Genre and gameplay is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned, I just wanna go full monkey brain "heehoo pretty"

Games that feature notable use of colour, eh? Sure, I’ve got a few – well, more than a few! – in mind. I don’t know where your tastes lie, so I’m going to try and hit a fair spectrum: some pastels and some neons, some garish and some subdued. Maybe I’ll hit the exact thing you’re looking for by dumb luck!

Ascendance - Casual first-person parkour – basically a more colourful version of Refunct.

Beyond Eyes - A short walking sim about a blind girl and her cat. Plays super slow.

Celeste - A hard-has-balls precision puzzle platformer (seriously, I died like 16 000 times on my first 100% clear) with beautiful pixel art.

cityglitch - Basically the vapourwave version of a chess puzzler. Maybe play with the filters a bit – the default settings are hard on the eyes!

GRIS - A casual puzzle platformer of the perennial “it’s indie so it’s about depression” genre. Very nice hand-drawn visuals.

Elsinore - A time-looping mystery game where you play as Ophelia from Hamlet, trying to find the ending where nobody dies

Even the Ocean - A momentum-based puzzle platformer with visual novel interludes.

Hexologic - A math-based logic puzzler that starts out easy and becomes very much not so.

The Gardens Between - Anther time manipulation game, though this one focuses on abstract puzzles rather than narrative shenanigans.

Neo Cab - A low-key cyberpunk VN self-described as an emotional survival sim. Very purple.

Okami - A port of a PS2 game where the graphics are designed to look like a living ink-brush painting.

OneShot - A meta mindfuck RPG that does some amazing things with lighting effects considering its low resolution.

Pyre - Dante’s Divine Comedy meets Space Jam. Yes, I’m being 100% literal there.

Panoramical - A short abstract walking sim whose main claim to fame is that it was designed by a DJ.

TIMEframe - A walking sim that does some interesting things with a very limited colour palette. Good for play in short bursts.

Sayonara Wild Hearts - A rhymhm game that lifts its colour scheme from the bisexual pride flag, for reasons that will quickly be apparent!

Super Crush KO - A very 90s side-scrolling brawler whose protagonist is definitely not Sailor Jupiter.

Transistor - Tactical hack-and-slash with one of the few implementations of pausable real-time I can stand. Nice film noir atmosphere.

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles - A walking sim with light farming RPG elements. Just generally very pretty.

The Window Box - A bottle-episode visual novel about relationship drama. Make sure to check the content warnings!

[prokopetz]

What DnD class build would be best to play the more monstery depictions of Baba Yaga?

(With reference to this post here.)

Serious answer: it’s tough to say, because Baba Yaga doesn’t actually do much in her various folkloric appearances apart from being vaguely menacing; while we know a great deal about her living arrangements, her hands-on capabilities are nearly a complete cipher.

Fun answer: monk.