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ok so! there is an order to the games. there are two avenues you could pursue:

chronological order of release: Curious Village, Diabolical Box, Lost Future, Lost Specter, Miracle Mask, Azran Legacy,

This is the route I did.

pros: you get to see how the series developed in real time, you won't be led astray by plot threads that have yet to actually payoff as they weren't conceived yet, and you won't be thrust from modern Layton Azran Legacy writing into the less polished Curious Village writing, and you start with the beautiful 2d animation and sprites instead of the ugly ass 3d later on. (the 3d gets better but YIKES miracle mask models are not the best)

cons: You won't be getting the story in chronological order, and the characters introduced in the first three games will not appear in the second three (minus the main ones, of course), you'll have to wait until after the fourth game to see the movie unless you want spoilers.

chronological order of games: Lost Specter, Miracle Mask, Azran Legacy, Curious Village, Diabolical Box, and Lost Future.

pros: you end exactly where the series is supposed to end and on one of the best games- so you can easily transition into World of Stream whenever it comes out, you can watch the characters grow throughout the games (especially lil luke <3), you'll be able to watch the movie directly after the first game you play.

cons: you'll get a sweet tastes of 2d animation and sprites before going into ugly-town with miracle mask. the animations are still 2d but those sprites are not great, you'll go directly from the latest game to the earliest and the writing choices will differ dramatically-- and the characters won't exactly tackle what happened as it hadn't been planned yet.

Overall, I'd say Curious Village is the easiest to get into. Simple premise, no odd plot threads, and good puzzles.

Oh, and if you're an Ace Attorney fan then you can play the crossover game, too! I'd recommend it after playing some Layton games, as it'll make seeing Layton in Fucked Up Situations MUCH funnier.

Play it after Diabolical Box or Miracle Mask. I can't really decide which haha...

yes ! ! ! meet Hera <3

hershel and flora have an interesting relationship. flora wants to be close to hershel, but he's too scared to let her in. she feels like a burden, but asserts herself anyway as she doesn't have anyone else. it's a very... tense relationship they have. mostly out of obligation on hershel's part i think, and held back from being true from his fear. so... their fusion is VERY unstable.

TO EXPERIENCE TIME

AS YOU DO.

TO EXPERIMENT

ENDLESSLY.

TO SATISFY

WITHOUT

CONSEQUENCE.

THE ABILITY

TO REPEAT

OVER

AND

OVER

AGAIN.

…

THE ABILITY

TO EXPERIENCE

YOU

OVER

AND

OVER

AGAIN.

I WONDER

IS SUCH A THING

POSSIBLE?

grown man kicking his feet

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A Game of Trade

Can't Exist Without You

I Wish <- You Are Here

of course he's green

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Can't Exist Without You <- You Are Here

somewhat low-effort video of ekurei getting a burger... they really need to work out the order beforehand lmfao

(audio source)

transcript under cut:

same thing that happens when anyone eats something poisonous

the researcher and the researched. or, maybe, the researched and the researcher.

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some funny shaped freaks

fuck uessss +follower....

DIRECTOR'S CHAIR

Wirman's having trouble with writing his sequel, and Dirk offers to help by acting it out and letting Wirman direct. It gets a bit more involved than either of them expect.

thinkin about how wirman's the only one with five fingers and dirk's the only one with dot eyes :)

sure!!

I try and sketch super light or use a lightly coloured pencil for the rough sketch, then I line it with the pencil.

I press kinda hard into the page (i shouldnt haha) so I put a solid flat surface (the covers of my sketchbook fell off so I use those) under the page I'm drawing on so the pencil marks don't bleed onto the next page.

I wear a digital artist glove to prevent smudging, and use a gum eraser which works really well.

I think some of the "cleanness" comes from when I edit the photos and make the contrast super high, up the black point, etc, so the lighter lines go away.