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desiree

@desiree@chitter.xyz

Please see my pinned posts for a more complete bio.
I sometimes post CWed kink/adult content, so age 18+ followers only, please.

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Avatar alt text: Grey female anthro dormouse with cream colored fur on neck and bridge of snout. She wears rectangular glasses, a purple scarf, and a khaki coat.

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eniko, (edited ) to random
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Kitsune Tails is coming August 1st, 2024 to Steam and itch!

If you wanna be notified when Kitsune Tails (think gay furry weeb mario with fox girls) comes out, boost this post! I'll edit it when the game releases, and you should receive a notification!

More info/Steam wishlist and demo: https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails

desiree,
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@eniko oh hey! i've had this wishlisted for a while now, and I'm looking forward yo it!

AzulCrescent, to random

I want to be a cute anime girl - Page 322 : Fun

Decided to post cute anime girl here if I'm going to be more active here.

Oddly enough, when i tried to post this page the first few times, it was completely blacked out until i tried to edit it and then clicked the preview thing. Weird.

desiree,
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@AzulCrescent Chiming in to confirm that it's working now. And it is adorable. :mouse_blob_heart:

NovaSquirrel, to random
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Had an early birthday celebration with family and it went surprisingly well, probably because there were actually things to do this time. We played Mario Party (but didn't finish), Mario Kart, took a walk, and played Connect 4 Spin. I had never tried Connect 4 Spin before but it seems like my sort of thing, with being easy to explain and quick to play but quirky in a neat way.

desiree,
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@NovaSquirrel Happy (early) Birthday!

pixel, to random
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@desiree could I enlist you to do some tf/hypnosis smut detective work for me? There are two stories (well, one two-part story and one comic) I've been looking for again for the longest time and I canNOT find them D:

desiree,
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@pixel Spent a good chunk of my evening trawling the internet and my own records, but I'm afraid I couldn't find the comic you're after. Only other thought I have is to check Arania's gallery ( arania.kamiki.net ), since lineart with colored emphasis is something she sometimes does, but it's midnight and I am exhausted. I'm really sorry.

I'll take a stab at locating the story on another evening.

desiree,
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@pixel Fire away! Can't promise anything, but I have a good memory for this sort of thing, if I've crossed paths with it before.

desiree,
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@pixel Both good details; I'll see what I can turn up when I have time.

(Tried the Wayback Machine for your story, by the by? They typically do a good job archiving Doc's Lab snapshots, so the story could be recoverable that way.)

desiree,
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@pixel First one potentially sounds like "Chemistry Class" by Marmalade Mum... I'll look into this more when I have the time. Tonight was busy.

gray17, to random
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today in porn, I'm procrastinating on writing three interrelated cruel sex endings by thinking more about "already seen".

the limited form of seen-marking is working pretty well, I think it improves playability quite a bit, but it doesn't help the problem of "it's hard to know if I've playtested every meaningful path".

so I'm thinking of adding a milestone system. initial version will be only for playtesting, because it's going to be hard to make it work well for players.

desiree,
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@gray17 Checkpoint? Waypoint?

It also isn't necessarily a purely playtesting thing; a lot of VNs track how many routes the player has seen, and after the first playthrough, provides a way to visualize and more easily re-explore other variants. A checkpoint system like this could be tweaked to store which checkpoints were hit on a given playthrough and track player progression through various permutations.

eniko, to random
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So it looks like Kickstarter has officially backtracked on crypto, so that's cool. I've also heard rumors they've cleared house on some executive staff and their replacements aren't crypto shills, so that's nice too.

Shame that they dropped their crypto BS announcement right ahead of the Kitsune Tails KS our publisher planned to put on and made our lives so much fucking harder

https://www.polygon.com/23778387/kickstarter-blockchain-controversy-community-advisory-council

desiree,
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@eniko God, I love little discrete animations like this! It really emphasizes the care being put into the art, spending time on animating small moments that probably can't be reused elsewhere.

If Kitsube Tales wasn't already on my wishlist, it would be now.

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A New Beginning (2012) is a point-and-click adventure from Daedalic that tries to tell a complicated story about time-travel and climate change, and misses more than it hits.

Protag 1 is a retired scientist named Bent who overworked on an alternative-energy algae, to the detriment of his marriage and son. In an early scene, he answers a call from his therapist, who pushes him into repeating the statement, "I'm not responsible for the whole world". 1/

desiree,
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@gray17 Thanks for the write-up! It's fun to hear about games that at least attempt something interesting.

NovaSquirrel, to random
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Second proxy shopping order is in!! Maybe once my other Tamagotchi arrives later today (hopefully) I'll take a photo of all of my virtual pets. The Doritos shakers were a lot smaller than I expected and they do sort of sound like a bag of chips when I shake them.

Game Boy Color for scale. Also my cat is here? Cat for scale too.

desiree,
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@NovaSquirrel Aaaa! the Elfilin plush is adorable!

desiree, to random
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I'm not having a good day... :blobfoxsad:

desiree,
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I'm on the "I cannot get to my home" side of this, by the by.

desiree,
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Update: A kind stranger named Cody showed up randomly with a chainsaw and saved the day. I am now home and will collapse into a heap.

Thank you, Cody, wherever you are.

desiree,
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@mic I mean, for all I know, he could be! Showed up in a blue pickup out of nowhere, chainsawed a tree, then disappeared into the sunset.

desiree, to random
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I'm a big proponent of emojis/emoticons. Language evolves with need, after all, and I don't think anyone doubts the need to shorthand communicate tone when something is ambiguous, or simply the convenience of swiftly communicating emotion ( :blobheart: for example).

And yet, I would be weirded out if I saw the liberal use of emojis in a book. Why is that? My best guess is a certain degree of elitism in the realm of capital-A-Art. After all, would "A Modest Proposal" still be widely regarded satire if it ended with a " :P " at the end, just to make sure people got the joke? Even so, that is elitism and pretension... but is it warranted in some circumstances? Intentional inaccessibility is often a feature of media that stands the test of time (this applies as much to the works of James Joyce as it does to Dark Souls).

I... cannot think of a good counterpoint, and that leaves a bad taste in my mouth. :blobfoxthink:

desiree,
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@gray17 I could absolutely see adapting it to a more visual medium by stylizing the emojis as the characters speaking. In that vein, it could very easily come across as charming, depending on execution. But... speculation. 🤷‍♀️

NovaSquirrel, to random
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@scout drew a really cute picture of what I think Maffi would look like as a familiar.

She's like a tiny, flying version of Care Bear Cousin Maffi, and she'd do similar magic to the bigger version, making art that becomes real like Paint Roller from Kirby, but from a cute magical girl companion kind of angle.

desiree,
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@NovaSquirrel @scout Oh no, she's adorable! :mouse_blob_surprise:

desiree, to writing
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Q: "Why is spelling/grammar important if the reader can understand what I'm anyway?"

A: There are two pretty good reasons. The first is simple appeal to authority: readers associate sloppy spelling with sloppy thinking. This is kind of shitty of us as people, but it tends to hold true, especially in areas that want the reader to trust the author (newspapers, long fiction that asks the reader to commit a lot of time up front, etc.).

More importantly, poor spelling and grammar detracts from the reader's attention and ability to focus. Consider: "Th ttl cms t svn dllrs." Most readers can parse this sentence as "The total comes to seven dollars." No real meaning is ultimately lost, but it takes much more attention (or "cognitive load," to use the parlance) to get to the same point of understanding. The brain is subconsciously working out the puzzle of understanding more than focusing on the meaning; multiply that effect out to ten or 200 or 4000 pages, and understanding breaks.

desiree,
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@TerryHancock I hadn't really considered the angle of including slang/jargon/etc. in my post, but that's a very good point, though it would also depend on the intended audience, I'd think? For essays or other forms of information-first writing, accessibility should be paramount, including linguistic accessibility. When you get into things like fiction, though, I feel like that gets more wobbly? If a narrative wants to be set in a particular time and place, omitting those touchstones would be an active detriment to the whole thing.

There's nuance here that's fun to pick at the edges of.

desiree,
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@gray17 Very true! I considered bringing that up as well, but I hit the character limit and was close to done with my break anyway. :mouse_blob_mlem:

pixel, to guildwars2
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oh my god its the dark souls of mmos

desiree,
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@pixel We already have stamina-based dodge rolls... :blobfoxthink:

desiree, to random
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Think I need to do a more thorough since my original post was a bit memey.

So I'm Desiree, local nerdy-type dormouse. My hobbies include board games, video games, tabletop roleplaying games, and roleplaying in general. (I'm also a bookworm, but that didn't fit the last sentence's theme.) Obviously a furry, and a particular enjoyer of content, though I'm going to refrain from overposting in that vein (maybe 2-3 times a week, reserved for ).

I'm a pretty shy person trying to use this space to come out of my shell and be more authentic. I obsess a lot over what other people think, so I'm trying to move past that and just talk and be myself. I'm pretty shy, but I enjoy meeting chill folks, so please say hi! :mouse_blob_peek:

desiree,
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@mic No worries, and hello to you, too. :mouse_blob:

mic, (edited ) to random
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Should I...

desiree,
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@mic To thine own self be true, whatever that may be for you.

gray17, to random
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baffling YouTube Music behavior: when I ask it to shuffle-play my Likes, occasionally it will play a track that isn't in my Likes, and it's often a track I don't remember ever hearing before. how does that even happen?

desiree,
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@gray17 It's okay, the Algorithm knows what's best for you; just close your eyes and let the Algorithm decide your favorites for you. :psyduck:

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A comedic closer to

desiree, (edited ) to neverwinternights
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What size would you like your today?

Artist is siggy: https://twitter.com/siggymcc
(Huge thank you to @yingxera for finding the source! :mouse_blob_heart: )

desiree, to random
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I believe all people should strive to become railway-based locomotives.

I'm a trains-humanist.

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