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A couple people pointed out that in my bat anatomy art reference post it would have also been helpful to explain how the patagium (wing membrane) attaches to the body, so, here is more info on that…

Bats are weird and confusing animals. I am not an artist but I have worked with many species of bats. Let me try to explain the weird flap mammals for you.

WINGS: THEY’RE JUST WEIRD HANDS

Hopefully you already know that bat wings are just big ol’ hands. They have five fingers (though the pointer finger is shortened). I’ve put my hand at the bottom there- just make the palm much smaller and the fingers much longer, and you have a bat hand.

Click the cut for more bat business…

Fish

Eyes

Version 1.2 launches with new levels and more level variety: New levels with non-rectangular areas, hollow areas and asymmetrical designs. A new respawn animation, improved controls and many other improvements.

Version notes:

More level variety: New levels with non-rectangular areas, hollow areas and asymmetrical designs.

New snake respawn animation.

Greatly reduced the chances of the player snake moving into perpendicular walls or snakes (including itself) when accepting player input.

The frame rate target can now be set from the main menu.

New previous level button.

New hotkeys for previous and next level buttons ('minus' and 'plus' keys).

Added fullscreen toggle button to both games (The 'tab' key can also be used).

Rendering level name for each level on the level screen.

Food now scales up and down.

Multiplying score by 100 for each apple eaten.

Agate Dragon Snake is a collection of arcade inspired pixel art snake games. Each game has it's own unique mechanics.

I've never been more devastated that I'm going to miss an event in my life. What a fucking icon.

She expected maybe 5-10 people to show up. There were about 100.

I gave out scotch eggs to commemorate the occasion.

She gave a beautiful speech, was blindfolded, then kicked REAL good. Crumpled. Gave us a thumbs up.

Applause. Then the flute. Then a moment's silence.

Simple question, right?

Except… he suddenly got defensive. His tone changed. I could feel tension building, and I had no idea why. So I took a breath and asked, “Wait, what did you hear me say?”

He paused, thought about it, and said, “I thought you meant ‘Why aren’t you doing anything?’ Like you were mad I was being lazy.”

But that wasn’t what I meant at all. I’d genuinely just been curious.

And that moment reminded me how easily things can go sideways when we assume intent. Our brains, especially when we’ve had messy pasts, trauma, or relationship anxiety, tend to fill in the blanks with the worst possible meaning.

But that one question, “What did you hear me say?”, turned what could’ve been an argument into understanding.

It gave both of us a chance to clarify before our brains made up a story that wasn’t true. I was able to explain, and he was able to listen. Understanding what I meant changed his tension entirely.

Sometimes the fight isn’t about what was said. It’s about what was heard.

February is right around the corner, which means it’s soon time for Funguary 2025! The drawing event where we draw a bunch of mushroom based characters during the month of February.