#corru.askserver

if we're talking base elements, I'm a freak for the "newer" semantic elements like <main> <aside> <section> and stuff. i like how simple you can make the CSS for something small without getting into classes too much.

but really, custom elements are my favorite and it's not even close. FRAME is driven by custom elements, where the UI are all custom elements, like <critta-map>, <critta-menu>, <critta-node>, and they each contain all of their data in themselves!! being able to tie things to happen the second they appear on the page, automatically, being able to listen to attribute changes really easily and do stuff based on them, so on. it's SO nice.

every new mechanical thing I introduce to Corru is gonna end up using them in some way, probably. there's even a new custom critta-element coming in the next update, which will replace the store system! I shan't show it all yet, but... look at this little wheel go...

not at all! it was totally dedicated to getting the first third of the embassy rework done, and I had a great time setting up all the mechanical changes and additons. it was kinda awesome...

got a question if you're ok with answering it: how do you make the music sound... corru-ey? like cool and semi-distorted as it is, and like in terms of synths and samples. reason i'm asking is: i'm thinking of making a corrumod (that i am not going to promise i'll ever finish. but iokodobaba, right?)

also another smaller thing that i'll probably work out in time, how does the stage-decorating work on the css end? how would one implement their own props with special custom graphics and rotations and all. i intended to go off ziyamod for this one but it kinda uses an outdated model and i figured i'd be best-off copying up-to-date ingame code... but i can't find the related code! lol!

anyway once again huugely love your game and looking forward to experiencing more of it

hello newmoon!! thank you for the kind words, and good questions! adding a break because I'm gonna ramble a lot here

thank you anonymous! quite da flattering question!!

prior to losing my job in Dec 2023, I worked as a web developer in a very strange company that made websites and webstores for a large number of clients! I was the only web developer they had for the first 2 or so years I was with them, and then I ended up leading a very small team for the 3 that came after that. we made so so so many sites and stores.

hundreds, probably nearly 1000 if not over, and I'm not even exaggerating! broadly we used in-house templates that I wrote (especially for the 'small-fry' clients), but they always had some personal touch that ranged from small code tweaks to full custom reworks. there's a very good chance you've seen my 'corporate' work if you've bought youtuber merch before 2024.

it was great for a while at first, but naturally, it became kind of a nightmare. it eventually became something I was clawing at the walls to escape right up until the moment it went out of business from mismanagement.

hello anonymous!! I've touched on critical inspiration points in a few cohost asks, which I can link to and expand on a little:

I've had this world in my head for a very long time (not this specific iteration of it, but the obesk in general), and I was really depressed for a very long time because I wasn't sure how I'd ever share it with people (relevant post). eventually I got really pissed off that I was passing my mid-20s without manifesting it in any way, and just said 'use whatever skills you have, now, stop waiting or you will be in even more pain'. so that's how I got inspired to start it!

I have major story points planned, but leave the in-betweens open. this leads to fun things like Jokzi Ozo, which was not at all planned verbatim aside from 'there are lucid thoughtforms who want xyz' (relevant post)

BUT!!!!!!!!!!

the initial concept question is interesting, because yes, it has changed very much!! the story hasn't, the in-betweens have been unexpectedly fun to figure out while still being generally in-line, but the actual structure and mechanical integration of the story has been vastly changed from my original plans.

initially, I was really going to lean into a more Terminal 00 or Yume Nikki-type inspired experience of just adding a lot of pages, sometimes not always having very much on them, but all linked together in a big maze of memories to imply a world. It was mostly going to be flats with some 3D stages mixed in for important things. something I would update frequently, adding in a page here and there like once a week or more.

but then I kept hesitating to actually do it that way. I'd say "ok, let's add a new flat page" and then pause and think, "but what would it actually say that isn't already done on xyz page?" then I'd think, "this would be kind of disappointing to add on its own, no?"

so, I figured out I wasn't really into that sort of piecemeal building of the world. I love those inspirations, but ultimately I wanted to have something that was released in a condensed way and was very respectful of the visitor's time. (not to say that either of them aren't, but they both must be approached from very different mindsets compared to playing C.O. like you aren't re-entering a room 100 times to get a rare event to happen, and you aren't carefully mapping out a huge number of directories to try and puzzle out the story)

so I totally shifted focus into less breadth, more depth, as you probably could sense with the fucked up rabbit hole that the Embassy became. I still really dig the idea of having a vast exploration aspect to it, and in fact I still plan on doing something like it, but it won't be a part of the 'main episode' experience.