Nova
@novasquirrel.com
Hoping to find people who like old Nintendo consoles and sfw furry roleplay. 30, she/her
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It's been a while since I've drawn a mimiga
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
It's been a while since I've drawn a mimiga
I've been really enjoying Kirby Air Riders and I finished the story mode yesterday. The demos were mostly focused on City Trial, but the racing modes are a lot more fun than in the original game. They feel less punishing about not playing 100% perfectly, and I think it's easier to catch up.
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I've been really enjoying Kirby Air Riders and I finished the story mode yesterday. The demos were mostly focused on City Trial, but the racing modes are a lot more fun than in the original game. They feel less punishing about not playing 100% perfectly, and I think it's easier to catch up.
I love going so fast that I have a hard time not constantly ramming into walls. I guess that's the case in F-Zero too but in this situation there's no penalty for it so it's a lot more fun haha.
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I love going so fast that I have a hard time not constantly ramming into walls. I guess that's the case in F-Zero too but in this situation there's no penalty for it so it's a lot more fun haha.
Did some big Tilemap Town updates recently; the main tileset was replaced with an expanded one that is actually properly set up for the way Tilemap Town does animation and autotiling, with extra variations/colors (@justthepulp.bsky.social set up the new image and I migrated the database over.)
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Did some big Tilemap Town updates recently; the main tileset was replaced with an expanded one that is actually properly set up for the way Tilemap Town does animation and autotiling, with extra variations/colors (@justthepulp.bsky.social set up the new image and I migrated the database over.)
Kirby Air Riders makes everything feel so impactful and I'm really looking forward to playing again next weekend since there will be another demo period. And then the weekend after that... the game will be out!
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Kirby Air Riders makes everything feel so impactful and I'm really looking forward to playing again next weekend since there will be another demo period. And then the weekend after that... the game will be out!
Implementing link cable communication in actual gameplay now, and I'm realizing that because I don't do any synchronization for the actual message transmission, I will probably want to figure out some sort of scheme to synchronize when messages *take effect* so the battle bar resets at the same time
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Implementing link cable communication in actual gameplay now, and I'm realizing that because I don't do any synchronization for the actual message transmission, I will probably want to figure out some sort of scheme to synchronize when messages *take effect* so the battle bar resets at the same time
I don't think github.com/NovaSquirrel... has any leaks, but the memory usage goes up and down in an unintuitive way and it's hard to tell if I'm using the Luau API in a safe way. Kinda wish I had some examples to look at, but Second Life is probably the only other program trying to do what I am.
GitHub - NovaSquirrel/TilemapTownScriptingService: Scripting service for Tilemap Town using Luau
Scripting service for Tilemap Town using Luau. Contribute to NovaSquirrel/TilemapTownScriptingService development by creating an account on GitHub.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I don't think github.com/NovaSquirrel... has any leaks, but the memory usage goes up and down in an unintuitive way and it's hard to tell if I'm using the Luau API in a safe way. Kinda wish I had some examples to look at, but Second Life is probably the only other program trying to do what I am.
Petal Crash sure has a lot of menus and screens. I've been working on setting up all the screens you'd use to configure link cable multiplayer, and getting everything properly synchronized. Board walls from Petal Crash Online are returning, and perhaps I can add brand new cursed wall options.
November 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Petal Crash sure has a lot of menus and screens. I've been working on setting up all the screens you'd use to configure link cable multiplayer, and getting everything properly synchronized. Board walls from Petal Crash Online are returning, and perhaps I can add brand new cursed wall options.
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I tried Kirby Air Ride with friends, and I learned that City Trial is not fun when there's too big of a skill gap, and that racing games without strong comeback mechanics are pretty brutal against mistakes. But I'm not going to rule out enjoying the sequel until I have an opportunity to try it.
November 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I tried Kirby Air Ride with friends, and I learned that City Trial is not fun when there's too big of a skill gap, and that racing games without strong comeback mechanics are pretty brutal against mistakes. But I'm not going to rule out enjoying the sequel until I have an opportunity to try it.
I got my Pi 4 originally with the idea that I could host stuff on it that benefited from having more RAM available than the 1 GB on my VPS, and where heavy load won't impact my site. Minecraft didn't work well when I tried it (but that was years ago, and it might not have been configured optimally)
October 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I got my Pi 4 originally with the idea that I could host stuff on it that benefited from having more RAM available than the 1 GB on my VPS, and where heavy load won't impact my site. Minecraft didn't work well when I tried it (but that was years ago, and it might not have been configured optimally)
I found a shower demo while exploring Second Life's 2025 Halloween Shop and Hop, and the idea of going and taking a shower in a public mall after being given the opportunity to do so was way too funny not to do. And then I realized that using this avatar of Sir Kibble from Kirby makes it funnier.
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I found a shower demo while exploring Second Life's 2025 Halloween Shop and Hop, and the idea of going and taking a shower in a public mall after being given the opportunity to do so was way too funny not to do. And then I realized that using this avatar of Sir Kibble from Kirby makes it funnier.
I hadn't been using my Pi 4 with a fan because the fan I had eventually started making concerning noise, but it seems to get absurdly hot without it, especially when compiling something. I think I fried it with static while moving it to a new case, and a new Pi 4 didn't work with my old OS install.
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I hadn't been using my Pi 4 with a fan because the fan I had eventually started making concerning noise, but it seems to get absurdly hot without it, especially when compiling something. I think I fried it with static while moving it to a new case, and a new Pi 4 didn't work with my old OS install.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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In addition to the usual "wait, is that Comic Sans?" I've ended up with "wait, is this the Chicago font?" because I like old games and computers. I just recognized Chicago in a Pokémon comic page I was linked.
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In addition to the usual "wait, is that Comic Sans?" I've ended up with "wait, is this the Chicago font?" because I like old games and computers. I just recognized Chicago in a Pokémon comic page I was linked.
As always I've been doing little Tilemap Town updates in the background; recently I tidied up the site a bit, made it so that you need permissions to read someone else's text item, made it so that you can restrict private messages to specific people, improved the login screen, and more stuff.
October 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
As always I've been doing little Tilemap Town updates in the background; recently I tidied up the site a bit, made it so that you need permissions to read someone else's text item, made it so that you can restrict private messages to specific people, improved the login screen, and more stuff.
I was curious if writing to VRAM during horizontal blank was more associated with later Game Boy games like I thought it might be, but Tetris from 1989 does it so that technique has been used right from the very start. Though that's separate from whether or not it's common, or when it was common.
October 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I was curious if writing to VRAM during horizontal blank was more associated with later Game Boy games like I thought it might be, but Tetris from 1989 does it so that technique has been used right from the very start. Though that's separate from whether or not it's common, or when it was common.
Finally got my link cable setup in Petal Crash for Game Boy Color set up to the point where a connection is actually established, but I'm not happy with the amount of latency in sending over a message. I know a few things I can try, but going much faster might require tricky synchronization stuff.
October 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Finally got my link cable setup in Petal Crash for Game Boy Color set up to the point where a connection is actually established, but I'm not happy with the amount of latency in sending over a message. I know a few things I can try, but going much faster might require tricky synchronization stuff.
I wanna get a group together for the Splatoon 3 Splatfest next weekend. I'm planning on being on the ghost team. Is anyone interested in joining on that?
October 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I wanna get a group together for the Splatoon 3 Splatfest next weekend. I'm planning on being on the ghost team. Is anyone interested in joining on that?
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Mimigas are absolute underrated CUTIES and I had such a wonderful time drawing this lil guy <3
✏️ Commission for lagombi!
Thank you so much! 💖
✏️ Commission for lagombi!
Thank you so much! 💖
October 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Mimigas are absolute underrated CUTIES and I had such a wonderful time drawing this lil guy <3
✏️ Commission for lagombi!
Thank you so much! 💖
✏️ Commission for lagombi!
Thank you so much! 💖
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keychain comms!!! please message me if youre interested or have any questions. these will be open until around the 15th or if i get a Lot of interest (so more than like, 5 slots)
October 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
keychain comms!!! please message me if youre interested or have any questions. these will be open until around the 15th or if i get a Lot of interest (so more than like, 5 slots)
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New post: “Look, just fucking use Mastodon already” https://giants-club.net/articles/just-use-mastodon/
A short, unnecessarily profane rant about modern social media, not really serious but not really a joke, either. With apologies to McSweeney’s.
A short, unnecessarily profane rant about modern social media, not really serious but not really a joke, either. With apologies to McSweeney’s.
October 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
New post: “Look, just fucking use Mastodon already” https://giants-club.net/articles/just-use-mastodon/
A short, unnecessarily profane rant about modern social media, not really serious but not really a joke, either. With apologies to McSweeney’s.
A short, unnecessarily profane rant about modern social media, not really serious but not really a joke, either. With apologies to McSweeney’s.
Trying to think if there's a better use for my MediaWiki installation than documenting an RP group that doesn't do stuff anymore. I already set up novasquirrel.com/world/ as a standalone thing that just focuses on my own worldbuilding, and that's probably better when collaboration isn't needed.
Nova's site: Worldbuilding
novasquirrel.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Trying to think if there's a better use for my MediaWiki installation than documenting an RP group that doesn't do stuff anymore. I already set up novasquirrel.com/world/ as a standalone thing that just focuses on my own worldbuilding, and that's probably better when collaboration isn't needed.
Thinking that maybe my feelings about the viability of working without a game engine are actually influenced a lot by the strong debugging tools that you get for free by making a game that can run in Mesen, and just how simple the systems my games are built on actually are.
September 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thinking that maybe my feelings about the viability of working without a game engine are actually influenced a lot by the strong debugging tools that you get for free by making a game that can run in Mesen, and just how simple the systems my games are built on actually are.
I got to play Sliding Blaster 2 over Mesen netplay and was surprised to see that it does support two mice that way, though mouse control isn't friendly to lag. We spent a lot of time just goofing around and pretending the bouncing characters were like the DVD logo, or moving in silly ways.
September 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I got to play Sliding Blaster 2 over Mesen netplay and was surprised to see that it does support two mice that way, though mouse control isn't friendly to lag. We spent a lot of time just goofing around and pretending the bouncing characters were like the DVD logo, or moving in silly ways.