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Retro-style pixel artist • Aspiring indie developer

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OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · Apr 9

Inspired by years of making levels in Mario Maker, I set out to create Hollow Moon, an SMB1 inspired GBC styled 2D platformer using Peach's movement as a mechanical foundation, and I gave myself 2 weeks to do it.

It's been a year.

#indiedev #pixelart

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This image has done irreparable damage to my brain

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I think it also says something about how these types are just entirely interchangeable in my mind

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I'm gonna be real I saw Tucker Carlson's name in a YT video and for a split second thought "Oh yeah, he got shot a few weeks ago" and then remembered it was actually Charlie Kirk

Like it's been a month after people were singing about how "influential" he was and I straight up forgot his name

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At least with the Pikmin bundle, I'm getting 2 games that aren't available physically for the SAME CONSOLE GENERATION

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Genuinely can't believe that Nintendo is charging like $100 here for what's essentially just Super Mario Galaxy 2 if you already have 3DAS, like that's straight up highway robbery

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OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 1d

YouTube had to go and update their UI again the moment I said something nice about them, huh

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I don't like to give YouTube credit for anything, but honestly the ability to have channel collabs might be the first good decision they've made in a long time

OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 1d

If someone put an ad on my gravestone, I'd haunt their bloodline forever

OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 1d

Nintendo when the Mariners lose to the Pirates

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This is hands down the funniest Pokemon I've ever caught

OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 2d

I've realized a really funny side effect of her size

Because she's so goddamn big, some of her moves can actually whiff pretty easily

OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 2d

Me and my 12 foot tall alpha Scolipede

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OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 2d

"Respect your elders"

OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 2d

Holy shit we're actually in the world series

OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 2d

It's so funny how I was thinking earlier in the game "what's stopping someone from just not showing up?"

And the answer is apparently nothing

OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 2d

Iono and Ryme also stand out

There are also a few scenes in ZA that feel like they were designed with voice acting in mind but just never happened

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OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 2d

It's actually comical how big she is

OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 2d

Me and my 12 foot tall alpha Scolipede

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OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 2d

Also, at a certain point boycotting just doesn't really work. Like there's a fundamental baseline amount of copies a new Pokemon game is gonna sell because Timmy (9), as it turns out, likes Pokemon

Which is a conversation in itself, but like they are making steps in the right direction, if slowly

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OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah like at a certain point it's just impossible to take seriously, and I say this as someone who was EXTREMEMLY critical of SV on release

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OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 2d

I've seen people earnestly claim that the only reason anyone is buying this game is for Emma

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This shot was way harder to get than it looks btw

OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 3d

Setting her sights

My shiny Floette staring down AZ's Eternal Flower Floette from below the hotel desk

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OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 3d

Not 2 minutes later, I found an alpha Litleo

OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 3d

Was hunting for a Mawile, and decided to walk around in one of the wild areas to try to catch the last Pokemon I needed to complete it

I...uh...found something better than a Mawile

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OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 3d

Managed to catch a Hawlucha that was like 7 or 8 levels above the rest of my team and had the restraint to not immediately use it to decimate everyone

OnlySmiles @onlysmiles.bsky.social · 3d

Surprisingly, not too much at the start

Now when I get access to the boutiques...