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Pixelmon feels like Pokemon Red/Blue in ways I can't quite describe.

That cat has the look of one making sure his/her hidden blade is working properly before moving in.

Normally I'd jump right on board, take a picture of myself and walk away carefree, buuuuut... not certain I want to remind anyone of what I look like. Might spoil the image I'm cultivating.

Kinda wish the title got cut off 8 characters earlier.

EDIT:... Just realised how easily that could be misconstrued. Oh well.

I've done some tinkering, but none of my ideas have really taken off.

I knew I kept a record of the original events.

Well, the Earth is roughly flat. Just in a spherical fashion.

Thanks DarkieScotchJessie

Glad I could help

Uni and sickness have been severely impacting my desire to draw, and I know me; if I don't try to keep it alive, I will not get it back so easily. So smacked this one out just now. link Went for a sort of self-portrait, given that this is more or less the situation I've been finding myself in a lot lately. (Lying around doing nowght, that is.)
The proportions are wrong, but hey, it's SOMETHING, and right now that's what I need.

Uni happened. I've nowght to show.

I don't know which is more impressive. That picture, or that sentence.

Recommending Crypt Of The NecroDancer!

Been playing a lot of Crypt Of The NecroDancer after getting it, what, two days ago? Shit is damn fun! The only problem I have with it is that I don't listen to much beat-y music, so finding particularly good custom music for it is tricky. And technically that's a problem with me, not the game. Looking forward to the finished product!

And people were so doubtful even though this sort of thing happens every time.

I've not been drawing long, but so far I can suggest (apart from the above "Practice", which goes without saying):
Comfort - if you're uncomfortable, you won't enjoy it at all, just like anything else. Good lighting, so your eyes are comfortable. Not a problem with digital art, o' course. Physical comfort; be where you can get nice and relaxed. A comfy chair, perhaps a bed if you're able. And, y'know, temperature, and shit. You know what comfort is.
Music - to distract you a tad. I find silence can get you to be overly critical about what you're doing, not to mention more irritable whenever you fuck up (and if you're new like me, you'll fuck up a lot, just like any new skill). Find a good OST or something that gives plenty of background music. Having to stop every now and then to change music ruins flow. I've been sticking to this myself, and yes, I'll take any opportunity to push Castlevania.
Oh, and if you want to draw, don't give up. Simple as that. I've tried getting into drawing several times over the past 6 or so years, and am only now just starting to have some success, almost certainly just because I didn't stick with it enough the first times round.

How 'bout prehaps, to switch it up a bit, Bottom 5 Games?
The games that for whatever reason you really hate! Prehaps you were blatantly misinformed about its content by friends or publicity, or maybe you've seen a terrible community trashing what could have been good! Or maybe it's just plain shite! What puts a game at the bottom is really up to you. I think it should be limited to games you've actually played though, for fairness's sake.

Has anyone else noticed that thing I mentioned? I'd have thought if if were not just me people would run into it fairly quickly.

Nope, I'm definitely on the latest version, unless something blocked it so incredibly sneakily that it looked like it was downloading, says it's the latest version and has the latest version's features without actually updating.
Which doesn't seem likely

Does the jumping around happen if you are holding down ALT to disable snapping?

Yes.

Has anyone else tested it?

I don't know if it's been mentioned, or if it's just me or what, but I'm encountering an odd phenomenon that it seems like I should mention. I'll try to detail it as well as I can:

Create cube.
Select cube and enter VM tool.
Select one or more of the lowest points of the cube in a view other than the top view. (Vertices or edges, doesn't seem to matter, as long as they're the lowest ones.)
Clicking and dragging those points in the top view makes the selected points slide all over the place. It seems to be that they're moving relative to how far you've moved the mouse from where you clicked, rather than moving the points with the mouse.
This effect seems to also occur in the other views as well, as long as the points are on the far side of the shape in that view. For example, when selecting two vertices opposite each other in the cube (not just on one side), in any one view dragging one point will work as normal (for both points), the other will slide in the aforementioned manner (again, both points).
Only seems to occur when the points are behind other points in that view. (Oddly, does not occur with the edges in the middle though.)
Tested with fresh cubes, in fresh maps and after closing and reopening sledge. Seems to happen reliably. Also tested with cylinders, same rules seemed to apply. Didn't test with others, but I'm guessing they're the same.

Also, when I opened a new file from the map I was working on, I could not change tools from the Select tool (Except to the Clip tool) in the new map until I closed the other map. I couldn't seem to repeat this problem just now, but I thought I should mention it.

A lot of people seem to be doing fairly standard maps, just with plain colours.
I'm going to go for a more abstract environment. The lack of definition between sides of objects could make for some interesting designs.
... I'm hardly the best person to make use of this opportunity, but hey!

Quit yer bitchin' and just map or not map. Preferably map. Don't get scared off by the big players. I might hang around this mapping site 24/7, but I sure as hell ain't anywhere near the level these guys be settin'. But I'm still gonna have a crack, see?

It's fun!

Just got myself a tablet, which'll make things a lot easier. (Actually a friends, who was selling it at a respectable price.) Created quick doodle to test it out: link Given how much of a pain such "quick doodles" were with a mouse, I'm somewhat taken aback by how much better the tablet is at this.

Time to get back into it! (After I have a crack at some of the ideas I've been getting for the Colours Minicomp, that is )

I was under the impression that there were some TWHLers who drew a lot; the lack of activity ITT suggests otherwise?

I had a... strange idea. I've no idea how good it'll look (or even how I'll make it)...

We shall see.

I doubt it.

I don't think you could possibly not be honest about it. T'would be the definition of blatant lie I can see some stupid map where you've got rotating fan blades of Comic Sans, boxes in Impact of the word "box"... y'know, that sort of thing.

I thought the whole point was flexing your imagination to find ways to use the colours available without mechanically augmenting your options

But hey, not my compo. I'll still try and make something. I'll just look down at you rule-benders.

The Hunter: I'm definitely going to make a 'TWHL OST favourites' playlist on Youtube with everyone's suggestions.

Finished yet?

Urbanebula: I don't know about five but I can certainly give up my all time top three.

You only gave two, you lying cow!

Curious as to how different a Source entry could possibly be.

I think what our bright young friend here is trying to say is that someone should really pick a new topic

I would, but I left it in my other pants.

I think if you're experiencing a problem that no-one else is having, you'd need to be more specific than that.

(Not using fancy letters, are you? TWHL didn't like my umlauted-"o"s a while back, probably others too.)

Oh man, Rimrook's minicompo II idea is so... typically Rimrook. I think no one would even guess what it is.

I bet it's something like Colours. Rimrook'd be predictable like that

(NO, I WASN'T JUST LOOKING AT THE NEW THREAD, SHUT UP)

5th Top 5: Top 5 Top 5s.

No, don't.

Just realised I linked to some relatively weak Lands of Lore 2 tracks... Oh well. Here's some better ones.
Lands Of Lore 2 - Huline Jungle Battle
Lands Of Lore 2 - Dracoid Cemetery Battle
And holy shit, did I forgot Battletoads? The hell is wrong with me?!
Battletoads - Turbo Tunnel (Part 2)
Battletoads - Arctic Cavern
Battletoads - Volkmire's Inferno
Battletoads - Surf City / Terra Tubes
Battletoads - Rat Race (My favourite, music and level)
Battletoads - Surf City / Terra Tubes

I'll not had much dealings with hosts. A friend got one with Multiplay, I believe. Didn't claim any trouble, but then wasn't the most public server anyway.

Oh, is materials only used in compilation? (I've never used it.)

We appreciate it, Muzz

... Well, some people do, anyway. I've not played on the server in, ooh, months! Haha, ha... haaaaa... >.>

jk ily

... But wouldn't altering the materials.txt be making it not-vanilla?

Notepad, protect me!

Rather than even attempt the Top 5 like I did last time (curse you backspace), I'm just going to lay you down a wall of links to amazing pieces of music I've encountered throughout my gaming life. I know odds are a vast minority of you will actually click through these and listen through 'em, but I still strongly recommend it. Music does not get a place in my heart lightly. In no particular order (though generally older to newer, just because that's how I'm running through the list of games in my head):

NES (grouped for your convenience):
Kid Icarus - Underworld (non-PAL) (Apologies for the non-PAL link (and any that follow); I don't like the speed, but unforunately it seems much more common)
Kid Icarus - Overworld (non-PAL)
Kid Icarus - Skyworld (non-PAL)
Faxanadu - Ground
Faxanadu - Mist
Faxanadu - Branches
Faxanadu - [whatever that area is called]
TMNT - Bronx (Inside) (non-PAL)
Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link - Palace
Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link - Great Palace

Everything else (ungrouped for your inconvenience):
Super Mario RPG - Forest Maze (Ahhhh...)
The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - Lost Woods (Gets old real quick, but still fantastic while it lasts.)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl - [whatever the Taboo fight music is really called]
Star Control 2 - Hyperspace (A great piece for lying back and relaxing to)
Command & Conquer - Act On Instinct
Stronghold - Under An Old Tree (Same as hyperspace, but an entirely different theme)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - Theme (Who can forget this?)
Octodad - Nobodoy Suspects A Thing (OCTODAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD)
Serious Sam - Credits (Who'd have thunk that one of the best pieces of music in Serious Sam would be during the credits? Where, if you always skipped past it, you might never hear.)
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter - The Grand Cathedral (The best level has the best music, of course. This is also the only thing I can play on a keyboard.)
Monster Hunter Tri - The Voracious Devil (If you've played it, you know that this music, when heard for the first time, is generally accompanied by a wholehearted "Ohhhhh, shIT!")
Monster Hunter Tri - Jhen Mohran (Part 3) (And to counterbalance, music that is great to hear when dealing such a vicious blow to Jhen Mohran.)
Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate - Dire Miralis
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - It Has To Be This Way (I've not played any Metal Gears at all, but VGCW got me onto this one. Nanomachines, son.)
X-COM: UFO Defence - Intercept (I uploaded this, because the version I liked was nowhere to be found. It's great though!)
Jazz Jackrabbit - Diamondus (It might not have won any awards for gameplay, but Jazz Jackrabbit sure had some great music.)
Jazz Jackrabbit - Tubelectric (And this one is the best of it.)
Jazz Jackrabbit - Medivo
Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos - Southland Forest
Lands of Lore 2: Guardians of Destiny - Savage Jungle
Lands of Lore 2: Guardians of Destiny - Huline Temple Battle (Lands of Lore 2 had a lot of great music, but I'll leave it at that sampling.)
Bio Menace - Sewer (I don't know why I like this so much. It's just catchy, is all. It's fun to try and tap out on your cheeks, too.)

If you know me, you know I've left out a huge section of music. The best section. One section to rule them all. This series has my favourite music, and that will probably never change. The hard part is, with all the great songs and better recompositions over the years, what the hell do I actually link to?!
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Bloody Tears (Best rendition of Bloody Tears, a Castlevania classic)
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Monster Dance (non-PAL)
Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon - Clockwork
Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon - Sinking Old Sanctuary
Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon - Awake
Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon - Clockwork Mansion
Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon - Aquarius (<3 <3 <3)
Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon - Vampire Killer (Tied for the best rendition of Vampire Killer, THE Castlevania classic)
Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance - Vampire Killer (The other one. What gets stuck in my head is some strange amalgam of the two >.<)
Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance - Successor Of Fate
Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance - Marble Corridor
Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance - Clock Tower Casualty
Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance - Demonic Castle
Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow - Castle Corridor
Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow - Heart Of Fire

Ugh, that'll do, methinks. And that's leaving out a whole bunch that only just don't quite make the grade for inclusion! If I think of anything I missed that definitely belongs here, I'll be back.

It didn't seem that wrong to me, but even Mom's first reaction was negative towards the legs.

Looks like I'll have to put a little more work into the lower thirds from now on. I won't argue with the observations, I'm not great with legs or feet yet

It was intentional to make the legs a bit manly, as this ain't just some random woman I'm sticking to. Just a bit though, and judging by reactions, I think I overshot that slightly >.<

I consciously thought "This is tempting fate way too much, I should really copy this over to notepad before I do something stupid" a minute or so before I did just that. I don't know why I didn't. Really didn't help the feels afterwards.

link

There we are. I don't like the style as much, almost exclusively because of the less clean look the way I did the lineart gives. So I won't be doing it that way again, and go back to the way I did it in the first one. A bestie said this looks somewhat Disney. I've never been that into Disney myself, so it didn't help its case

@Rim: That's quite the repository you have there.

Just finished my second drawing, will put it up tomorrow or whenever. I prefer the first in style, but this one in content. I'm learning!

Mine was going to be mainly honourable mentions. BUT NO. INSTEAD I'VE GOT NOTHING.

Good thing is you always re-write it much better..

I see myself as being more likely to redo it half-assed

Imagination: Hot TWHL mascot chick
Reality: Dimbark

Looks good though

i was nearly done typing a wall of text and finding shit tonnes of links for easily over three quarters of an hour and i pressed backspace somehow and the browser went back i cant handle this

im almost actually crying out of frustration

Ah, this is true! I knew something wasn't right there, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Dankeschon!

Am I right in thinking it doesn't look very much like she's clicked her fingers? I was looking at my own hand and working from that, but it still doesn't look right. Suggestions? (At the moment I'm thinking raise her pinky a tad, curve her index inward a little and maybe move the thumb outwards.)

Heh, I guess I can see the similarities. Frankly, good! If it's comparable to actual people, I feel like I did I really good job
Though if her name is Jessie (or Jessica), that's starting to get a bit freaky

Feedback, please? It got a bunch of views but no-one offered anything up. Just some general "her ___ looks too big" or "her ___ doesn't look quite right" -style responses would be very helpful before I try and move further with it.

I was about to make some comment about how pointless it is and how many more useful things he could be doing in the time it takes to build that. Then I remembered I'm in no position to judge.
Then I remembered that I totally am, as I might help a fellow human avoid wasting as much time as I do.
DON'T DO IT

Perhaps, but sexy plastic surgery. They don't call it "Overhaul" for nothing.
I think it smoothens out some small things gameplay-wise too, bugs and such... Been a while since I dealt with it, so can't be specific off the top of my head.

Dankeschon!

I'm working on the next one in the set, and need some heads up on anything that looks particularly wrong about it. http://sta.sh/01dwg3l0ihm8

(Her left hand isn't behind her, I just haven't drawn it yet. Same goes for hair, clothes and any other details. She'll be wearing heels, hence the tip-toe look.)

EDIT: Why does this post keep becoming empty when I edit it?! That's really annoying! EDIT 2: Seems trying to put in the o with an umlaut that dankeschon should have was causing it. Swear that never used to be a problem.

I never posted mine even though I proposed the topic, because I will have massive trouble here. I've enjoyed games from all over the place, and now I'm expected to rank them?! They're like my children, I love them all! I'll just sort of group them, I guess.

5. Team Fortress 2
I suppose this should be on the list, given the horrifyingly exorbitant amount of hours I have in it. No other reason, really. It's fun, sure, but not OMG U MUST PLAY THIS.
I don't know.

4. Terraria (/ Starbound / Minecraft)
I'm a platformer fan, as lower entries will confirm. Terraria and Starbound are both damn good at what they do. I'm certain the only reason Terraria receives top billing over Starbound is that Starbound ain't finished yet. I don't think I'll play it again until it is, personally; I don't like being strung along an update period. Once it's done though, I'm sure it'll be fantastic.
Minecraft gets included despite its rather wildly different mechanics because I don't have anywhere else to put it, really. I'll admit the charm has worn off over time, but I still recognise it as a damn good game. Mods certainly help its longevity as well.

3. Serious Sam: The First Encounter (/ The Second Encounter)
I'm sure you heard enough already in my recent debates with the fellow Sam fans. TFE, good FPS fun. Also, levels are surprisingly hard to make fun, if you've ever tried making them. (TWHL should totes support SS maps )

2. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (/ Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate)
I could never get into Oblivion, and while Skyrim is good and all, it just ain't no Morrowind. I don't know why I enjoy Morrowind so much more, but it just wins me in every regard. The funny thing? I've never finished it.
Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate is in no way similar to Morrowind. But it needed to go near the top somewhere. So much fun.

1. Castlevania (Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance, Aria of Sorrow, Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin, Symphony of the Night (in no particular order))
What can I say? These games are incredible, and all different enough from each other to make each one a fantastic game. I was raised on this shit and I don't think I'll ever stop loving them. The art is always great, the gameplay fun... and the music. Oh, the music. There is no equal.
As an aside, I'mma count Rogue Legacy in this one as well, as it is in a number of ways a homage to Castlevania.

Honourable mentions: Too many to name (except Battletoads, which is my alternate number 1).

Myself, I've been spending the wee hours of the past handful of days drawing this.

link

This is pretty much the first thing I've ever drawn to a standard I was willing to put up anywhere. That's also why it's such a stock pose, I was just testing the drawing waters.
I realised while drawing this that despite me not being into the genre of anime/mango, I really don't mind the style; it strikes a fantastic balance between cartoon and realism. At least, for me, anyway.