443 - C64 pack 01.
HELLO and welcome to another Monday Post! You know the drill: it's Monday, which means it's time for another blog post from your favorite spiritual advisor, Akabur, the Princess Trainer Guy.
PIXEL GOODNESS. A few days ago, MrLazare sent me a whole pack of all kinds of pixelated AI creations based on my work. Some of them are pretty great. Others are simply amazing. It's hard to choose just one or two to share (and I know AI creations trigger some people), so I decided to do the following: I separated all the pictures MrLazare sent me into three volumes and will be sharing them with Monday's posts in the form of RAR archives. Those of you who are interested can simply download the archives and check out these pictures for yourselves. (The first volume can be found in the attachment's section to this post.)
SHOP. This week's new item added to the shop is an illustration I created 13 years ago. It's a nice, clean drawing that tells a wholesome little story. You know I'm a big fan of heartwarming stories like that. This one comes with a high-resolution ink scan and the original PSD file, which I've never shared before. Anyway, go check it out in the shop (if you're on the SupporterPLUS tier or higher). ^_^
BRINESHARK! Remember those cool QT promo posters Bob created for me completely free of charge? Well, now Bob has decided to try his hand at making his own educational games. He goes by the name Brineshark now and has just launched his own Patreon page, which I'm more than happy to promote because of how much he's helped me over the years. It wasn't just the posters, either. He also created the cover illustration for that "Princess Quest" Star Channel 34 episode, along with a couple of other things. Anyway, go check out his game! I played it a bit, and I thought it looked great. https://www.patreon.com/cw/Brineshark
IRL NEWS. This is what the back-side door of my car looks like right now. I know you don't have a frame of reference, but believe me—it looked completely different just a couple of days ago. Some nice construction worker put this nice dent in it with his truck. (While my car was parked!) I was close by, so we exchanged insurance details and all that, but I was already stressing over some ongoing IRL stuff, so you can imagine my reaction to this little non-optional side quest that I have to embark on now. -_-
WT APK 2. Right, before I forget, here's a slightly updated APK for Witch Trainer. The previous version didn't have proper access to the Preferences menu, so saving the game was a bit tricky (from what I understand). Just like last time, I didn't test the game myself. Also, I can't share it in the public post since it contains wholesome scenes, so I'll be sharing it as a separate patrons-only post instead. Once it's been tested, I'll upload it to my itch.io page.
GAMES (1). After beating Luminous Arc 3, it was time to choose my next main game, and that's harder than it sounds when you have too many games to choose from. At the moment, I'm kind of playing two games at once, and that just doesn't feel healthy. One of those games is Trio of Towns. I like it a lot so far, and the prospect of romance in Harvest Moon games has always been one of the main things that draws me to them. But these games are such time sinks that, although I'm having fun, I know that with how little gaming time I have each day, it'll take me forever to beat it. :(
GAMES (2). My second main game at the moment is Fire Emblem Awakening. I know this game was butchered pretty badly during localization, so I decided to play the Japanese version instead. The bad thing is that the game isn't voiced, and my Japanese reading level isn't good enough to play it effortlessly. So, quite often, I really have to focus hard to understand what's on the screen, and I don't always have enough energy for that. -_- The good thing about this one is that I get the extra satisfaction of knowing I'm also improving my Japanese reading ability while I play. (About 20 years ago, I used to get that same feeling from playing games in English.) I also like how straightforward it is. I always feel like I'm making progress, and the prospect of S-rank endings is pretty enticing as well.
THE WORK. I decided to take a break from writing to work on Thompson's mistress character sprite—Linda. She was already in the game, but only as a placeholder sprite. Linda is supposed to be this dumb blonde with fake tits and lips. I tried not to make her too attractive since I don't have any bonding events planned for her, but she's still an important part of the story, and seeing her placeholder sprite for so long was starting to get on my nerves. So anyway, that's what I'm currently working on.
AND THAT IS ALL I have to say for now. Thank you for your checking in on this week's Monda Post. Make sure to live a like if you haven't yet and I will see you all next Monday. Laterz.
-Aka-
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Comments (22)
Heya, back after losign 50% of a kidney! Hope you're doing well. Sorry to hear about the car door, but at least it was insurance swapping and not hit and run!
And here is Trevor. Here to make all my complaints sound petty with his actually serious problems. Have you no shame, Trevor? Stealing the spotlight from me like that. :) Seriously though, I hope you're doing OK, man. 0_0
Fuck man, I hope the insurance guys don't stare at balls too much. I'm glad you weren't in the car, looks like maybe you could get hurt. Take care.
Nah, from what I understand, the truck was moving very slowly. The driver just wasn't paying attention. I don't think I would've been in any danger even if I'd been inside. But still, you're right—I should be grateful that nobody got hurt. (Even though I did want to hurt the truck driver a little.)
U cute
No u
Holy fuck about the car accident, dude! 😨I guess the repair costs will be covered by the insurance and all that, but I can imagine it's still a huge headache... Stay strong, bud 🙏
Yeah... I had a little emotional breakdown for a moment there, but by now I've kind of accepted it. Life often hits you unexpectedly, and things can always get much worse. We should be grateful for what we have right now. -_-
These pixelated AI creations look really nice, and you were right about it being hard just to choose one to show, they're all simply amazing and it would be a shame to leave any of them behind. With each Monday passing I get a feeling in my gut that Reporter Trainer's release date is getting closer and closer, keep up the work, and take care.
Well, statistically speaking, no matter how long it takes me to finish Reporter Trainer, the release date is getting closer with every passing week, so you're not wrong there. :) Also, I'm glad you appreciated the pixel pics. I liked them as well.
dang, now I wanna see Linda
^_^
Thanks a lot for sharing the C64 pack! I’m really happy you enjoyed some of those pixelated AI abominations. I fully understand that the target audience is probably about twelve people worldwide: retro nerds with emotional damage and that can still look at AI stuff without immediately reaching for holy water. .. A rare but noble brotherhood ;-) Also, Linda already sounds like a fun addition to Reporter Trainer even if she doesn’t have bonding events planned. Good luck with the IRL stuff!
Your comment made me chuckle. Thank you for brightening my day. :)
A little rubbing compound and that will buff right out. AI has it's place, but in truth it's over saturating things and getting all repetitive. Adult games, mostly the same slop when AI. Corporate data centers are just different companies trying to collect as much data as possible to resale or use against you.
A little rubbing? Well, the insurance company is still quiet, but when they get back to me, I'm sure they'll say something similar and send me a $10 check for the damages. As for AI oversaturating everything, that's very much true. I see AI logos and signs everywhere I look these days. Quite dystopian. :(
Mr. Akabur, if I might make a suggestion for Linda, the mistress: Make her, facially speaking, loosely based on Mother Brain from the Captain N cartoon. Yes, she has the fake tits and the fake lips that some men find appealing, but she still resembles a middle-aged, hag-like Karen.
You made me Google "Mother Brain from Captain N". Thanks for the nightmares. I'm not sure what "facially speaking" means, but Linda has been in the game for quite a while now—she just had a placeholder character sprite, and her personality has already been established as that of a gold-digging bimbo.
A car rammed my van a few months ago and me and my gf were inside, front and right side was completely wasted, we were lucky as hell. Most painful thing was the admin! XD I feel you, man
Shit, that sounds awful. Ugh... Yeah, at the end of the day, the most important thing is that nobody gets hurt.
Heck, hope your car situation is fixed soon, is really infuriating having extra stress for things beyond our control, I really enjoyed awakening, maybe there is some patch somewhere, because the localization really makes a number on it
Thanks, Ace. As for the Awakening, as far as I know there is no re-translation fan patch or anything for it. Unfortunately.