#picross

Leif: Ah. The cutest of the seedling family.

Vi: Come on, Leif, we talked about this. The cutest seedling is the Cactiling.

Leif: We all have some bad opinions.

Leif: They have such an adorable round body, with those little feet. Isn’t it so endearing how their leaves drape over their face like hair?

Vi: You know what has a rounder body? And littler feet? A CACTILING. Plus it has all those awesome spikes!

Leif: ‘Awesome’ is not the same as ‘cute.’ Besides, it’s not about having the most extreme features, it’s about having the right balance. Cactilings are trying too hard.

Kabbu: (I think Plumplings are cuter…)

Vi: Oh, eugh.

Kabbu: Not a tea fan, Vi?

Vi: Heck no, not this kind. It’s crazy syrupy, makes me feel like I’m drinking medicine.

Leif: …Isn’t it? Isau’s always recommending it whenever Kabbu’s in for another elytra fracture.

Kabbu: C-calling me out!?

Vi: No wonder this stuff’s garbage. Nothing tasty ever comes out of the doctor’s office.

Leif: Except for the lollipops?

There are 14 nonograms in the stitch-a-long, each 35 squares long and 10 squares tall. Once they are solved, the patterns can be stitched together in a 70x70 grid to make a single complete cross stitch design.

On 14-count fabric the design is 5 inches square-- plus leave some extra for framing-- and is stitched in a single color of your choosing. Since the design is monochrome, there's plenty of room to be adventurous with fabric and thread choice-- I chose a bright variegated floss on black fabric.

Also, as an aside, making nonograms is WAY harder than I thought. It turns out that nine times out of ten the design elements that make a good-looking cross-stitch make an unsolvable nonogram. but I think the final compromise turned out pretty neat!

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You probably already know this if you watched the @wholesomegames Direct, but Alblune's SQUEAKROSS: HOME SQUEAK HOME🐭🧀 is now available on Steam... and Switch! 🥳🥳🥳 (And yes, it works beautifully on Switch 2 as well 👀)

It's been lots of fun to adapt the many jokes and puns in this game to bring them to a Spanish audience. We don't want to spoil (m)any surprises, but... sorry in advance. That said, just for the record, Alex and Luka have approved every single one of the bad jokes we came up with. 😂

On top of that, this game is a massive milestone for us: it's been an extremely rocky road, but one of our translations has FINALLY made it to consoles!! But, with a tiny little bit of luck, it will only be the first of many... and you might not even have to wait much longer for the next one.

Thank you once again to Alblune for placing their trust on us. You can't even begin to imagine how excited we are about this... 😭😭❤️❤️

And many thanks to our wonderful friend @karasawr, professional vet, for helping us translate the rodent-related terminology that we weren't familiar with. 😅