Men apparently planned to pose as transgender women in order to disrupt the event from the inside.
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Men apparently planned to pose as transgender women in order to disrupt the event from the inside.

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this was the model i did for my last assignment. im p proud of it considering this time i didnt follow any guide, made everything from scratch, and modelled stuff we didnât even see in class
i think it looks pretty cool! i didnât have time but i want to actually finish the flipflops and add a cable to the neon lettering and maybe fix the reflections on the glass table.Â
(please fullview, especially to see the glass cups and the bottle im really proud of them ;u;)
Some of the scenes done for the last 3D modelling assignment ouoÂ
First two were to practice textures
Next 3 were to practice natural daylight/moonlight/artificial lightÂ
Next one was to practice volumetric lightningÂ
Last 2 are my custom images for this assignment. Aka me playing with the lights in the scenes without a concrete guide. Tried to turn the sunset room into a night scene and the morning daylight room into a sunset scene
this assingment was much more fun than the modelling one ;u;Â
(full view is much much better)
Hi Gamers please crowdfund my new game itâs designed to be as difficult as possible because I know you love that shit so to beat the first boss you have to:
genuinely empathise with a marginalised person
not be mean on the internet for a whole 24 hours
say a nice thing to a real human being
Interactive Narrative Assingment: A Transmedia Project
Iâve been wanting to share the second assignment I did for my Interactive Narrative class (got an A omg!). The idea was create a proposal for a transmedia project, that is, a project that spans several types of media (books, film, games, social media.etc.). The requirements were:
The first extension should be a 15 minutes short film
There should be other 3 extension, and one of them should require audience participation.
No budget limitations.
All extensions should be independent from each other. The user should be able to experience and enjoy one of them without having to know of the others.Â
All the extension should expand the main story. Therefore a trailer or an advertisement isnât an appropiate extension
I decided to go for a dystopic cyberpunk story about a world where the sun has gone out and people trade in concentrated sunlight.Â
[read the pdf in english]
(you might recognize some f the names from Welcome to The City. I did borrow some characters from myself but they have nothing to do with the WTTC ones!)

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How's class salo? Well I've just made my first 3D models and didn't die trying so fairly well (We do not talk about the shoe....)
Update!
(like, a year later)
Iâm bringing this blog back.Â
Things that have happened: Iâm studying Game Design now! I have a small game in the making! I moved to my own place! Got a job too!
Also rebranded! Star-shard Tree sounds prettier. Also look! A logo!
Will be working towards continuing Welcome to the City. Iâve had some issues regarding it but I will work towards solving them :â) Hopefully before summer.Â
So expect new posts!Â
(... once I finish this Programming assingment)
Tonight, I talk about a storyline in Fallen London called Seeking Mr Eatenâs Name and explain why Iâm eager to play it, even though itâs going to be torturous, ruinous, and above all else Not Fun⌠and through that I question why it is that âfunâ has become the sole way many gamers judge the quality of a game. No prior knowledge of Fallen London necessary; some spoilers of the backstory for SMEN and for one minor additional storyline.
*points* This is a Good.
Our paid, London-based internships are now open!
I just came back from a conference by UMass professor Stephen Sireci about computer based testing. And the concept is really cool and accessible and the whole âtest which adapts to the studentâ thing is⌠I really think it can help many students. He also mentioned researching videogames to adapt the testsâ interface and system to be enjoyable, reduce stress and be interesting. Duolinguo for example does this. Iâm also interested in the other way round. CAT system applied to videogames. Imagine a platformer which adapts itâs difficulty to the playerâs abilities. Imagine how accessible it would be to players with bad hand-eye coordination. Imagine a game which tailors battle difficulty to the playerâs abilities. Or the opposite, games like horror games tailored to cause anxiety and/or frustration on the player. Which detect what the player avoids or has trouble with and throws it back doubled. Probably some of them exist but aahh Iâm excited.

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Another Neathy Fairytale: The Seamstressâ Echo
I was surprised to find out many people had liked the previous fairytale I had adapted to the world of Fallen London. And people asked in the tags to see more! So I decided to adapt another one. This oneâs also a traditional Spanish fairytale, originally called âEl Real del Sastreâ. Enjoy!
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Not so long ago, there lived a gentleman near Ladybones Road who was too opportunistic for his own good. He came from a wealthy family fallen from grace and, decided to never put his hands to filthy work, he made his way through life by lying and loans.
He didnât have a job, he didnât even steal. Not in the typical way, at least. But everyday he was at the store, picking up his daily meal.
âIâll pay you next week!â he said, over and over again.
If someone pointed out thatâs what he had said the previous week, he changed topic fast, and flashed a charming smile. And he kept going on like this: a charmed young butcher, a forgetful librarian, a load here, and there, and over thereâŚ
Turns out these kinds of tricks donât work forever. And the people in the neighbourhood were getting tired of his antics. They got together to visit the Opportunistic Gentleman and ask for their money back.
A commission for @starbranches - portraits for the first chapter of her Twine interactive fiction, Welcome to the City. More info about it is here. Itâs exciting to collaborate on a game doo-dad. In order - Dana, Carmen, and the Mayor.
Commissions are still open if anyone wants them arts!
These are the full-size illustrations for the game, and theyâre beautiful!
Go commission @schemilix!
Welcome to The Cityâs first chapter is out!
Phew! So this is my first interactive fiction work. Itâs a retrofuturistic choose-your-own-adventure game with decisions that have both immediate and high end consequences. Created with the open-source tool Twine and featuring art by the amazing @schemilix.
You are Dana. 26. Youâve always lived in The City. But donât let the name fool you! Weâve got mountains, pastures, forests, and beaches here. Your life has been idillyc for the most part, born to loving parents, surrounded by friends. Pursuing a promising career in politics. Everything would be perfect, if it werenât for the recurrent nightmaresâŚ
(thatâs her)
What I can say so far without spoiling it, is that WTTC is a story about revolution, trust, freedom, and identity. And difficult choices.
WTTC is supposed to be an episodic adventure, which each chapter being published periodically (Iâm going to strive for once a month, more often during not-many-classwork periods, more rarely during exams).Â
So what to expect from further chapters?
lots of lgbt+ representation
as many kinds of representation as I can, and I welcome input on how to get better at it from members of communities I donât belong to (POC, disabled, trans.etc.)
robots
(optional) romance
(optional) polyamory
a lack of homophobia, sexism, transphobia, racism.etc. hereâs a game you can play without worrying about it. (again, I appreciate input on these issues and how the lack of them is handled)
cute robots
So if that sounds up you alley:Â
[Play Welcome to The City for free here, no download needed!]
Just leaves this here because this was so simple and so smart Iâm amazed.
Basically, finish a scene and ask yourself: Does the character succeed?
And the possible answers: Yes / Yes, But / No / No, AndÂ
And this article goes over them and their pros and cons and when itâs good or bad to use or abuse them. Itâs so good!
Hey, for a class project which I donât know if will be greenlighted by my professor or not but:
Does anyone know of videogames with bad decisions that are clearly marked as such? Such as the SMEN branch in Fallen London where the game itself tells you that the consequences are going to be BAD so that youâre warned.Â
(If I remember correctly The Stanley Parable has some like this too)
(Iâm talking like clear bad decisions, not foreshadowing or similar)
Thank you for your help!
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Review: Life Is Strange (Spoilers ahead)
Good story, interesting choices, worrying representation.
I think I spent most of my time while studying for exams thinking âI canât wait for them to end so I can finally play Life Is Strangeâ.
Then I binged it in two days.Â
Donât get me wrong, thatâs a good thing. And for most people who donât just decide to gorge on games and their writing and who play responsibly... It will probably last you several days.Â
Okay, so first of all, Iâm not an American. And all I know about the American college experience comeâs from tv shows and 90s films... which I always thought were exaggerated, guess not!Â
I know it seems weird to focus on this but for me it was quite striking. I donât really know if itâs an accurate depiction. But I was really surprised, about the existence of this Vortex Club, this elite club. I think I left the âpopular vs. nerdâ (or, in this case, hipster) dichotomy in High School, so I was surprised to see it in college here. As far as my experience goes, people from different âsocial groupsâ tend to get along pretty well in college. But then again, my experience is reduced to degrees like Translation and Psychology which are fairly nerdy.Â
This game is being used for for anti-bullying campaigns, which I think is a wonderful idea.
A bunch under the cut!
Hereâs a writing tip: LGBT+ people are not symbols
(inspired by the recent discussion at @fandomsandfeminism)
Same goes with people of color, disabled people.etc.Â
If youâre writing a story and it only has cis heterosexual white (male) characters... then that doesnât necessarily mean youâre a bigot or a bad person! We are constantly shown these kind of stories since we were born. Honestly, it took me until I was 18 to stop saying âWomen protagonists are boring!â.Â
BUT it does mean you have to look at your story and wonder âwhyâ. And go back at your characters and wonder if they really all have to be cis, heterosexual and white. And wonder why your word has to be, as @fandomsandfeminism rightly put it, âa homophobeâs ideal worldâ.
âBut my story isnât about gay people, or being trans, or racial discrimination!â
Yeah, and my life doesnât focus in liking girls and fearing conversion therapy and hating myself, I like metal and wearing bloomers under skirts, among other things. Yet most books with characters I can identify with insist that my life has to be full of sadness and anguish. (This isnât to say portraying the reality of LGBT+ youth arenât important, the problem comes when those are the only ones allowed to be published)
Which brings me to the point: LGBT+ people, people of color, disabled people.etc. are NOT symbols. Or narrative tools.Â
No one asks a writer what are they trying to symbolize or explain when their main character is a cis, heterosexual, white man. Then why should it be true for other kinds of characters?Â
âYouâre forcing writers to write token characters instead of focusing on the point they want to make!â
The thing is, we are people. Stop thinking about us as tokens and symbols. Your mighty paladin can be gay, your elven princess can be trans, your space soldier can be disabled, your story can feature nothing but people of color. And itâs just as valid and cool, and entertaining as any other story. Donât give homophobes their ideal world.Â
âWhat if my story isnât about fantasy and Iâm trying to make a full realistic historical narrative?â
Thatâs so great!Â
Guess what: We have existed since the dawn of time.