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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 18h

It is 100% the new digimon that caused the bit that spawned this monstrosity.

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World Champ 🔜 Gamehole @worldchamp.bsky.social · 19h

Do you wanna traverse an infinite afterlife universe & discover new planets in service of the god Death? Good news, STELLAR REMNANTS 2, the second compendium of Necronautilus expansion content, is up for download on itch now.

You can get the print book too at Worldchamp.io/store

Stellar Remnants 2 by World Champ Game Co.

More adventures and adversaries for NECRONAUTILUS

worldchampgameco.itch.io

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 19h

help I literally cannot stop this is overtaking my brain

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 19h

"Grandpa threw me something! It looks like a... new model phone? But it would be useless without a phone plan. Still, if I can break through these cables, I can reach it---"

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 19h

"The man you knew as your grandpa actually had another identity. In his youth, he was the scrappy and energetic CEO--- Samuel Sung."

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 19h

"Grandpa's being held aloft with invisible cables!"

"Not cables. We cut those years ago. Those are cords of pure cellular reception."

"Who's there?!"

"I am but a humble debt collector, closing an old bill."

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 19h

"My name is Timmy. I'm just a regular kid. Although I don't see what all this cell phone fuss is about, I like engineering. Just like my grandpa. Who I'm on my way to see--- whoah, what are all these Samsung guys doing outside his house?! I should probably look for him in his cell tower out back."

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 19h

"In a fight between cell phone users, the strongest data plan always wins. And the strongest data plans of all belong to the board of the Samsung corporation. A ten year old boy could never hope to defeat a Samsung CEO... right?"

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 19h

"In this world everyone has a cell phone! They use it for communication, for groceries...they even use it to fight!"

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 19h

Accidentally did a bit about how if there was a One Big Thing anime where the whole world revolves around a single technology or passtime, and it was about this world, it would be about cell phones. And now I can't stop worldbuilding off of the concept.

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Montro @montro.bsky.social · 22h

A TTRPG specialty bookstore "CCFOLIA BOOKS" opened in Tokyo.
You can find many kinds of Japanese TTRPGs there. You should go there when you come to Japan.

books.ccfolia.com

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d

But if you bounced off of Silksong and you want a big metroidvania that, again, resets you to the last valid ledge when you die, I strongly recommend Ori And The Will Of The Wisps.

store.steampowered.com/app/1057090/...

Ori and the Will of the Wisps on Steam

Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.

store.steampowered.com

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d

Now, if you're someone Silksong absolutely clicked with, please continue playing Silksong. It's a neat game if you can enjoy it.

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d

I do not find its art or music as charming as Silksong's, but a ton of work went into them and there's a really neat thing Will Of The Wisps' aesthetic is doing where it feels like it's almost blending claymation with hyper bloomed out digital art.

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d

Also when you find a secret there's something in there that's good and you can use it?

It's not three shells that break into a total of sixteen (16) shards.

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d

You're also doing Path Of Pain jumps within like the first fifteen minutes, so I don't know that I'd call it an immensely easier game. It just isn't making you do runbacks into four battle arenas in a row.

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d

Die anywhere? Reset to your last stable platform. All enemies? Drop plenty of resources, none of which you need for your specials. Toolkit? Wild and diverse, you get the double jump within the first five minutes. Gamefeel? Incredibly floaty but it gives you time to make decisions.

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d

More specifically, Ori 1 is a very different type of game. Will Of The Wisps does pick up from 1's plot, but the thing with Will Of The Wisps is that it is good.

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d

"Should I play Ori 1?"

No.

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d

If you're like me and you eventually bounced off of Silksong due to the everything but you still want to play a big Hollow-Knight-like with great traversal and exploration.

Listen.

Listen.

Ori And The Will Of The Wisps.

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d

I need to properly sit down and read Kawashima's work then, especially if there's a focus on resource management.

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d

OH! I have the Shinobigami PDF, a Meikyuu translation, and inSANe in a physical copy I can't read b/c my Japanese is real bad. I 100% should have caught this.

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d

If you don't mind my asking, I'm super curious who Kawashima is. I googled, but I couldn't find any hits for the name other than for a brain training game on the switch.

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, it plays like Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon. There aren't any chocobos in it that I've seen (so far.)

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, there was some discussion earlier today about how indie games don't get spotlighted enough, so if you know someone who might dig House Of Necrosis feel free to recc it to them.

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