Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I used to have a copy of quartz on a GBA cartridge that someone gave me and said they found it at a garage sale, like it was a real life creepypasta... I had no expectations for what it would be, and the fact it had a whole new pokedex was so amazing to me... 010
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The animation always made me imagine them exploding in a fireball, but the description and effect makes it seem like the actual concept was more "heat up their body a lot and do a tackle" 110
Reposted by Barrenfrank @trashheapmyths.bsky.social · 06/09/2026suuuper cute merren & gibt by my friend @barrenworld.bsky.social!!! this gibt looks so squarshable... 151
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 24/08/2026That was the exact point that came up in Lickilicki vs Steelix. Yes, it could dissolve it, but it could take a very long time. 020
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Recently me and friends were power-scaling pokemon based on pokedex entries and Victreebel's "acid that dissolves anything" was a key part of my arguments for it beating most things. The counterargument was that nowhere says it can spit the acid, so it would have to get them inside its mouth first. 120
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Yeah, even if it's bad I can just try again and make a new one that's good. First I will have to wait to let my feeling of investment dissipate. Can't work on something I'm too attached to. 010
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Ah, I knew this post would pay off someday... All according to plan. 020
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 24/08/2026- Movement + collision - Damage + attacking - Enemies (Behaviour, pathfinding, activation) - XP + levels - items (healing and stat items implemented) - Maps + map transitions - NPCs with dialogue - Basic cutscene triggers and scripting - Event flags - Saving + loading 230
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Speaking of things that aren't good, a recent comment on my game garden path (barrenplanet.itch.io/garden-path) had me thinking about it again. I wonder if anybody has ever completed it... Maybe one day someone with insane patience will see the ending. 010
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I need to get more comfortable with making things that aren't good. 130
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Figured out the problem with Lacuna rpg: Making it went so well and smoothly, and it turned into exactly what I had pictured in my mind, that I had become completely trapped. Any new addition could risk spoiling the pristine potential of what I had made, so it became impossible to continue. 120
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It's so hard... My way of coping is I visualise my mental "compost heap" where all unrealised ideas and potentials are dumped and compacted. It grows ever richer and more fertile with each new layer of sediment. 010
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The "proper advice" is always "Unfinished projects are a sign of scoping issues, so scale down until it stops happening." I find scoping down really hard though, I can't choose what ideas make me excited! So I'm wondering if repeatedly dropping projects is actually a perfectly fine way to work. 110
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I used to feel very bad about all my started and unfinished projects. I still feel sad at all the work I've done with nothing I can show off at the end of it. But I've noticed (however painfully slow its been) that each iteration is clearer in purpose and vision, so I don't think it's all a waste. 220
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 19/08/2026One can only imagine the productivity gains that await me... 010
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I have transformed into somebody who is excited by the possibilities offered by the Obsidian note taking app. 120
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 13/08/2026What to do with a "not-designed-for-human-consumption" universe that absorbs all my other ideas and inspirations. 020
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I have not written a visual novel yet. Instead, the elaborate sci-fi world that exists in my head keeps getting larger. I don't think I can or should try to turn it into an actual story so it just keeps growing without any outlet... 140
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Someone proudly brags "I never include any women in my fanfics!" (Where to them fanfic=porn) And then someone else (interprets fanfic as literature) goes "wtf, that's so sexist! Why do you hate women?" 010
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Some funny clashes seem to come from "Sexist porn mostly features women, so porn with less women is more progressive" "Sexist literature mostly focuses on men, so literature with less men is more progressive" So when things straddle the line between porn and literature... 110
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 10/08/2026It absolutely seems like there is no logical reason to use anything other than renpy. It does everything I want and makes everything simple. However, logic can not constrain the desires of the heart... 120
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 10/08/2026At least the things you are most comfortable doing lead to cool music and art. All I've ended up with is a VSCode extension and slightly improved knowledge of regex! I've been practicing making character sprites alongside it too though, so not a total waste. 020
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I'm a master at procrastinating something I'm not used to doing by giving myself a complicated yet familiar task to so first. 110
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"Now I can write my own form of VN script language, customised exactly to my needs and I can extend it in the future too!" "I wonder how you can make VSCode syntax highlight for new scripting languages" "I should make it predict character names and commands too..." 000
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"Renpy is pretty simple, I can basically start writing something straight away!" "..." "OK, that's a bit intimidating... let's start by learning to customise the font/ui" "You know... I'm already familiar with the Godot ui system..." "I could reuse Godot vn code in later projects, too..." 200
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Haha perhaps I can do proper fan art one day if I get more confident at drawing 010
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Good luck, hope you end up with something good! I still haven't even got around to doing the tutorial yet. One step at a time... 010
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 27/07/2026What's your idea for the anthology? Will the stories share a theme/setting or just any misc things you write? 110
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Starting small is definitely the plan. I think that actually might be key; thinking in terms of writing "scenes" instead of "stories". No need to try and think of "a tiny yet complete story" which has been my issue. 010
Barren @barrenworld.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The major roadblock to settling on an idea as I see it: If I am writing my first vn I want it scoped as small as possible so I will be able to actually complete it. Therefore, most ideas I come up with get rejected immediately. Too long. Too many characters that will need sprites. Too many bgs. 010
