Omni Jacala

Over the course of that Star Fox direct, I legit went through the 5 stages of grief over the character designs in rapid succession. I have now arrived at acceptance.

I think I’m discovering that in another timeline, I might’ve become a screenwriter.

Calling it now: the first time Mario goes into space, he's gonna freak out because he assumes that he can't breath in space because he's from our world where you can't breath in space.

So is it safe to say at this point that the choice to go with Mario Galaxy as a second movie was motivated primarily by the intention to expand the universe? It's a convenient framing to facilitate drawing from as many different sources as possible, including other Mario games and other IPs.

Is there a list out there of songs/melodies/tunes that can be played on OoT's ocarina? Preferably one that specifies if the tune requires the analog stick.

Question for my #gamedev people out there: Have you found that working on games has generally made you more forgiving or less forgiving of flaws in the games you play?

I doodled this back in June of last year but never finished it. Now I wish I had. =P the file is called "missing babies." Now there's only one left!

Question for game devs out there: what software do you like to use to diagram your UX flows? I've just been manually making diagrams in Illustrator, but I'd be interested to learn some more efficient workflows. #gamedev #gamedesign

I don't know that I remember a time in my life where I wasn't making art in some form. I've been drawing since I was a small child. But Sonic the Hedgehog got me into making *digital* art, specifically. Started by editing Sonic Advance sprites in MSPaint.

Mario Galaxy Movie prediction: Bowser Jr. will use the shooting stars of the star festival as cover to break his dad out of prison. Bowser doesn't know he exists. Initially, Bowser will be very aloof/neglect his responsibility as a father, but the two will grow close over the course of the film.

Dear Australians: does "Melbourne" rhyme with "gel burn?" I see some Americans go out of their way to pronounce it as "mel-bin" in an effort to avoid saying it as "mel-born," but it comes across as just trying to do an Australian accent for one word in a sentence.

Some old advice about starting big projects (game translation projects in my case, but a lot of it is probably universal) #gametranslation

It's such a weird interaction when you say a thing online, somebody says "um actually," and then you calmly point out how they're mistaken and they block you. 🙃

Splatoon 3 weapon power in a nutshell: Hardest fought victory of your life? Here's a measly 2 pts. Enemy team steamrolled you? That'll be -30 pts. You're welcome.

I curse the devs of Splatoon for adding series weapon power to the game and giving me a metric by which to measure my self worth as a player.

I know it's early to be thinking about Splatoon 4, but here's one hope I have: It'd be cool if every band had their own version of Now or Never. So when a battle features music by a particular band, their version of Now or Never is used for the final minute of Turf War.

NEW VIDEO! I played the recently-released Nintendo Switch 2 game, Drag x Drive, alongside @cmm1215.bsky.social @artsyomni.com @alecandstuff.bsky.social @platinumrhythm.bsky.social & @realchickendog.bsky.social , and we actually had a lot of fun! Enjoy! Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK60...

I'm flabbergasted that I was just blocked by somebody who got mad at me for voicing a concern that a game I'm interested in playing might not be able to sustain a player base. The internet is something else. 🙃

Drag x Drive really does a number on my shoulders, but I don't care what people say: the game is fun, and I'm apparently squarely in the niche of people it appeals to.