Beastieball

ive talked about this with @shock-micro a good bit before, but ... well, for context, theres one music track with the phrase "more than a game!" repeated, and its like. cute! fun. but narratively speaking, i find it really interesting. because... like, okay, the first Ranked Coach you fight is... basically a parody of Red from Pokemon, but hes Washed Up. you might think ah, funny joke. sad, he doesnt find it fun anymore. but as you do more ranked coaches, you'll find... well, they all LOVE playing beastieball, but theres... growing sentiment among a good few of them that... its not *fun* anymore because its become so much more than ... a game! the narrative around the commercialization of beastieball, the League making it a Big Thing... it definitely reflects the idea of how a hobby can become way more stressful and... burn you out, if it becomes more of a *job* than something you just do for fun. Yet at the same time, its a good reminder that... these things ARE still things we enjoy, they're not inherently ruined by taking them more seriously, its more just... when theres a lot more pressure put on you. Like, the ranked coaches are basically pressured into making sure they keep their rank high or at least keep doing battles, and... well, thats what makes it not fun. its not that they just dont like it anymore

its that its become More Than A Game

yet at the same time, theres a double meaning going on, because... later in the story, for reasons i won't say, you do realize that in a far less corporate definition, beastieball IS more than a game. and its beautiful. something to LOVE beastieball for.

i think a not-perfect-but-definitely-apt-comparison to be made would be... i dunno, videogames themselves, lol. they're more than just games, they're... art! they can make people feel things! they're... on a fundamental level, people MAKING THINGS.. and thats beautiful

but at the same time, treating a game as ... something to monetize, the corporatization of it, well... im sure thats one way to make it a lot less enjoyable. cant imagine working for something like fortnite and having to just pump out more and more content for the sake of popularity and money.. in a way, it being more than just a game... makes it lesser.

i dunno, its a fun double entendre (is that the phrase?? you know what i mean)

a redo of the 2025 version

translation from french : This , is Springs, a Goofsder some kind of Clown spider from the game Beastieball

who has been one of my partners during my whole playthrough and even after, and i love them a LOT

I wanted to give them a lot of love in multiple ways and in 2025, without any real pattern and a bunch of fabric scraps , I made a plush of them.

but i wanted to make a better one ... So i tester my 3D knowledge to help at making a real pattern and after a couple of weeks.

THERE they are ! They're HUGE ! not sure we can call that "life sized" but close enough.

of course its not perfect. but i dont care. I love collecting things related to my passion but i love creating even more. and when it doesnt exist yet , I will make it !

with that project, I had the opportunity to learn sewing, 3D , patterning, recyclying scraps for stuffing . all that to say .... if it doesnt exist yet , do it !

how scandalous!