DanJ86

Thanks!

Oh nice! I love the eyes!

Historically rioting, vandalism, looting, destruction has always been an effective tool for marginalized groups when protesting. Civil rights did it, stonewall did it, they’re doing it in Hong Kong right now. “Peaceful protesting” is not always the solution. After being a bit more educated on that, I’ve personally lessened my black and white view on this subject a bit more and can understand why it’s done. Especially when done against large corporations prioritizing wealth over lives(plus, far as I can tell, none of the targets or Walmart’s mass looted have closed down or doubled down work for employees), and especially when done against establishments playing a role in the oppression and fear permiating these communities. 
 

That being said, I think it’s best effectively done when you aren’t destroying local community members local businesses. That really sucks for the guy. 

Gofundme is often a depressing highlight of how many people are needlessly suffering from ridiculous medical bills and countless tragedies, but I think alongside being able to post the bail for arrested protesters, this is one of the brighter spots of the community as a whole coming together and standing directly behind the people affected and against circumstance and oppression. It isn't an endless band-aid solution that can fix all of society's problems by existing, but it's definitely a ray of hope in the dark as far as I'm concerned, and I'm just glad I have a way to actually help out in the first place tbh

I think the characters were designed so as to not put off people who are afraid of bugs, cause let's be honest, bug phobias are pretty common. I tend to prefer anthro bugs over anthro mammals, since I find it kind of fun to see how people turn something as ugly as insects into something more appealing. (Even though I don't really have problems with bugs to begin with.)

That said, I'm really enjoying the game and its world, though I did have some troubles defending myself here and there. I actually had to force myself to stop playing, as I don't want to finish the game too soon... I'm enjoying it that much.

The cute designs certainly help for me. I had recently reached the moment of Lief joining the party to fight. They left the boss close to it's original appearance (A big nasty spider.) but still like a cartoon. And yes, it still creeped me out and had me pause before purchase.

It feels like the developers had found a balance by making some enemies look more like the insects they are based on, it helps identify the bad guys and even add extra dread to a cowardly gamer like me. I'm glad I still bought the game, despite my reluctance.

It can be fun trying to work out what insect a character is based on. It never occurred to me that Lief was a moth while Vi is pretty obvious.

Oh, and because this isn't Paper Mario, we have moments of clashing personalities in the party. They are fun to have.

Speaking of clashing personalities, I was more than elated to see that overworld "Tattles" on npcs were brought into the game, just like in the previous two Paper Marios. I always enjoyed walking up to characters and having Goombario/Goombella/Tippi, explain who the npcs were, as it added a little bit of worldbuilding.

But not only was that incorporated, but now each character has their say on the NPC, making for some endearing and funny banter between the main three.

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Sometimes, it's better to remind everyone this is "Sonic" we're talking about. No matter what RPG system you adapt from, speed should be more at the forefront, so no walking Sonic. 

But regarding a Paper Sonic, a Shell Toss like spindash and Sky Diving like Homing Attack are must haves. I'm also intrested seeing partner characters based on Sonic enimies here, although it'd likely easier to just use the side characters that're there.

I think an action RPG would be a better fit for Sonic, but I like what I saw.

I bought it for Switch, looking forward to playing it.

The Steam reviews and Metacritic scores are very positive so far.

I pre-ordered it and will be able to play it soon. 

It sounds like it's right up my alley, a classic Paper Mario style game starring cute anthropomorphic bugs. How could I pass it up?

Gotta start somewhere! Great start!

korb

Well, the instructions were easy in themselves:

First you draw a circle,
then you dot the eyes.
Add a great big smile,
and presto! It's Kirbo.

I find even following the instructions to be much more difficult than it really is. I just can't seem to grasp what I'm overlooking...

I'm in the same boat. Been so focused on making pixel art and animation I overlooked this very dilemma.

Persistently have people invade your workspace and talk shit with you until they spread the word of your wonder process.