Kovukono

joined 2 years ago
[–] Kovukono@pawb.social 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

What game is that?

[–] Kovukono@pawb.social 43 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In the first picture, if you zoom in on the middle of the objects on the ground, you can see kind of a doll on top of the papers. Labubus are collectible dolls that come with a special guarantee of authenticity, and are popular enough they've already started making knockoffs. Imagine that someone remembered how Beanie Babies were supposed to be collectibles, but thought "they need to make everything more scarce, make sure that they can't be easily duplicated, and we'll charge $100 for each of them. But we'll make sure that people can't get the one they want, the one they get in the box will be random. And there's going to be a 'secret' one that you can only get through this $100 lottery."

Now imagine that example of needless, crass commercialism as an offering on top of Marx' grave.

[–] Kovukono@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Kovukono@pawb.social 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've learned so many things from these memes. You absolutely could consider writing a book, given how captivating your delivery is.

[–] Kovukono@pawb.social 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

KH3 is bad. If I wanted to rank the main games, it'd be KH2, KH1 Remastered, KH1 with the original terrible camera and platforming, and then KH3. It's not functionally broken, but it's such a disappointment.

The story is a hot mess because you need to play Birth By Sleep to know who Aqua is, and KH 0.2 to figure out how she got to KH3, Dream Drop Distance to know how Sora and Riku got there (which also builds off KH:coded) and to understand why you're fighting Organization XIII again after you defeated them entirely in 2 and why there's multiple versions of the big bad, and KH X (the Greek letter pronounced "key") to know what the hell a random thing that shows up toward the end of the game is. And I'm probably forgetting stuff. I hadn't played everything, and by the end, I was just sitting back and saying "Yeah, that's another thing that didn't make any sense" for about every story point.

The attractions have no place in combat. They make it insanely easy, and I decided to turn them off entirely after I beat a boss just by juggling it on a pendulum ride. The Disney worlds kind of feel bare bones despite their size. It's pretty, but it's also empty.

I wanted to love this game so, so much, but they had to cover over a decade of lore because the creator couldn't finish FFXV, and it's not brought together in any really coherent or satisfying way. The combat managed to be a step down from KH2. I finished the game, and I was just frustrated because it just was not good.

All that said, for buying it, this game is supposed to tie up all the endings started in the other games. I'd just grab 1.5+2.5, and you'll still have a good chunk of content if you've only played the main games. But if you also want to grab 2.8, buying the bundle is just cheaper.

[–] Kovukono@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

Oh yeah. Don't go into these expecting Citizen Cane. They're a vehicle for jokes.

[–] Kovukono@pawb.social 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I enjoyed both Bon Cop/Bad Cop and its sequel. First one is about a Quebec and Ontario cop working a murder over a state line, second one involves the US a bit. And Menteur (you can find it as Compulsive Liar if searching in English), where a guy who lies constantly wakes up one morning and everything he's lied about is true. It's got a sequel with one of the characters that comes out this week, I think.

[–] Kovukono@pawb.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

If you're okay with crying, Spiritfarer is great.

[–] Kovukono@pawb.social 4 points 4 weeks ago

It looks great!

[–] Kovukono@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bonne St. Jean!

[–] Kovukono@pawb.social 9 points 1 month ago

I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but this feels like they're actively trying to make all of these personal experiences of others feel like their own original thoughts. That community was allegedly made to be a mirror of the Reddit community, same with !furry_memes@pawb.social . There's zero reason to be hiding the original link if there's good intentions, and they should be putting it in themselves.

[–] Kovukono@pawb.social 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, but it's starting to feel like there's more downsides. They've put out so much DLC that they're literally offering a monthly subscription service to get access to all the DLC. The new DLC costs $25 (base game costs $40), and comes with a game-breaking patch that couldn't have been shipped without knowing there were glaring issues, and a disclosure that AI was used to make some of the assets. It's getting harder to feel that you're seen as a playerbase instead of a cash cow.

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Art by Hopfel. Source

 
 

Finished up the first piece for 2024, even though I definitely wanted to get this done last year. But done is done.

 

I started drawing in January of this year, and finally finished up my first piece in early February. Since then I've been trying to improve on it, and I decided to look back to see if there were any real metrics that could show I made decent progress.

The most obvious first step was to take a look at the upvotes I'd gotten:

Also, NSFW stats:

And, overall, it's a mixed bag. Lemmy definitely has a longer running time for keeping posts alive (it helps that there's fewer posts here), and Reddit has the issue that if your post isn't noticed inside 2 hours, it won't be picked up at all. There's no real sign of definite progress on Reddit, though Lemmy does seem to see at least some uptick in this metric, though that could be attributed to c/furry growing.

So, there's the next obvious metric, upvote percentage:

Reddit drops these metrics after 40 days, so I have no idea what it's like for the majority of my posts. Generally though, the response is more positive on Lemmy than Reddit, but it might be a bit too early to tell if the percentages are actually meaningful, or if the community doesn't downvote good content just because it's not their type, and upvotes are a more meaningful metric.

And, finally, FurAffinity:

There's not a lot of items there, either. If I post something good, I might get a fav. If I post something really good, I might get 2. Like Reddit, if it's not noticed inside a short window, it appears to get buried. The one exception appears to be this piece, which has gotten fav'd repeatedly over time. Watches, on the other hand, appear to be entirely random--or it could be my work's just not good enough to get people wanting me on their feed.

So, just some lessons from my time over the last year:

  • Memes are faster and lower-effort to draw, but get a lot bigger response (yes, I know, groundbreaking statement of the year).
  • Time and effort spent don't equate to response. I know, it's another obvious statement, but until you've spent weeks on something for nothing, it doesn't quite sink in.
  • Either a) I've not become a better artist, or b) these metrics aren't the full picture, and I also suck at promoting myself. I'm hoping it's the latter.

Regardless, it's been a big journey, and I hope it's only the start. I came to Lemmy from Reddit after the API changes, and overall, c/furry's been an open, welcoming, and most importantly positive place. I love it here, and I'm really looking forward to seeing it continue to grow.

 

Some vent art.

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