Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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longest it's taken to have an item shipped to you?

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Took months for my SC-3000 to get here... which made it all the more devastating that it was PAL

Posted by Danika

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Ever tried to turn yourself into a cat on KQ3?

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Nope! Because I've never played that one

Posted by Danika

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Scared of the protests and riots?

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Not really; I'm not close enough to downtown or the neighborhoods where the protests are happening, and even if I was, none of the Boston looting has happened in residences...

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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favorite pillow?

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I have a big soft fluffy pillow on my couch, it's nice to rest my back on while I lie across the couch

Dexter agrees and the two of us frequently compete over who gets the spot

Posted by Epele

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Big Long or Big Potat?

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why can't we have both

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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favorite pointless website?

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this one

Posted by Danika

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Is 37 statistically the worst age to be?

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I think 78 is the worst age to be in the US? Since that's when the average life expectancy ends...

Posted by AtomicAstro

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Couldn't you argue it's the best age to be, since it's when you finally experience release from this Earth?

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um the earth is great, it's got cats on it

once elon musk brings catgirls to mars i'm off this hell world though and will help the catgirls revolt against musk and bring about FULL COMMU-NYA-ISM

Posted by Danika

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Which brand of motherboard do you miss most?

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...commodore?

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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ever had an interest in sound hardware?

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I love sound hardware! Especially various forms of digital synthesizer-type chips... no offense to the Amiga and SNES, samplers are cool too especially early ones

Posted by Danika

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Isn't Chrono Trigger kinda depressing to play nowadays?

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Yeah, it's hard to go back to it knowing what happens to Zeal :.(

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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worst game breaking bug you've encountered?

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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening; I had the non-DX version and made heavy use of the SELECT button bug as a kid.

It turns out it's very easy to get stuck in a wall such that you save the game while stuck it can never be restored.

RIP Link.

Posted by AtomicAstro

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If given no restrictions on anything (budget, scope, etc.) what sort of game or other form of personal project would you like to see realized?

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Actually finish Aspect Star 4

So I'm usually a "make reasonable goals" kind of person. I recently sketched out an idea for a sequel to Space Ava that would be for the TurboGrafx-CD, with some reasonable limits that I think might be acheivable. If I start on it, though, it'll be the third attempt at a Space Ava sequel just to enter development, so no promises.

So since I have that idea on the mind, let's turn it up to 11. The idea was that the game would be a selection of puzzles (some in the style of Space Ava, some in a different style-- oh I guess that variant also entered code, make that fourth attempt to enter development) interconnected by a hub world where you would talk to various characters, since to me it was really the cutscenes that stood out on Space Ava.

But we have infinite scope. So cutscenes should be more animated rather than just a few facial expressions. This is something I've wanted to do, but my meager art skills haven't been up to the task. But now I'll go from "more than just facing the screen" to "full animation". I guess we'll need voice acting too.

Indeed, the combination of animation into gameplay is something that I've thought about but every FMV game has disappointed me in. It's something I'd like to try but I can't make animations! INFINITE SCOPE! This game isn't for the pathetic weak TurboGrafx-CD, it's for the Mega LD now, the ultimate retro FMV console. And we're going to show them!

Yep, the scope has now expanded to "create studio-quality cartoons, and print LaserDiscs". And even more impossibly, "make a good FMV game". Of course, the puzzles of Space Ava will still be present as well. Use the Sega CD ASIC for scaling and rotation! It's the logical successor to Space Ava's Sega Master System-styled isometric 3D. So toss "learn 68k assembly" onto the list, and "wrangle the Mega CD/LD's multiple processors".

The game will do a full release for both LaserActive and PC, boxed, with appropriate art. (Again, an expansion of what I was planning to do, get CDs pressed in nice jewel cases, ramped up to 11)

Having done this, I will have spent lifetimes worth of effort and wasted money on a scale that would make the US government blush, in order to create a super-niche game that no one will play. Which is why no one gives me infinite money, I suppose. (Maybe if I promise to incorporate a blockchain?)