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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️

@snowyaria.bsky.social

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JP fan translations and LGBT fantasy writing. Eight Mansions TL, kusoge hobbyist. Some crocheting, composing, or speedrunning. クソゲー翻訳者。Tower Enthusiast, 冥界住人//Dweller of Hades. Fiction: https://www.scribblehub.com/series/1315769/the-light-in-front-of-me

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · Jun 20

"You may have lost your past, but you've got a future ahead of you yet." Ready your fists for a robot punching adventure!

Belzerion (3DO) English patch is here!

Translation/Hacking - @snowyaria.bsky.social
Image editing - @nichetopic.bsky.social

Download the patch here!
github.com/Eight-Mansio...

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 14h

It's all about the tower climb, you get it~

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tuglaw @tuglaw.leituga.com · 14h

Had to do a tiny tweak out of respect for @snowyaria.bsky.social

An edit of the "TOWN and TEMPLE/DUNGEON" diagram from the Diablo Game Concept document, where instead of the dungeon structure going deep underground, it goes up like a tower.

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 21h

Yup! That way, I can play all the JP-exclusive mahjong games~~

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 21h

Unfortunately, when you own an automatic table, *someone* has to become a computer~

SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 21h

Using a quiet Sunday morning for some light (mahjong) studying~

A riichi drill book asking about scoring complex hands. Notes on the right reflect the minipoints for each set, followed by point calculation. Hand is a dealer tsumo.
When in doubt, divide minipoints by 2 and add 1 han~

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 22h

Honestly I had a great time with the challenge earlier, motion controls and all~ More people need to experience it

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · Jul 6

They don't make games like they used to, nothing quite like the thrill of motion control dragons in a washing machine that's actually really fun

Less motion sick when you're the one driving the dragon car~

SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 1d

It's from Belzerion on the 3DO!

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 2d

Hell yeah

SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 2d

But the real question...

Is this Japan?

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 4d

I mean, there *is, a Fate mahjong manga...

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 5d

It really does get worse the more you look at it
; _;

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 5d

"What, no no, the auto translation software is great! It 100% understood what 'always warm' meant!"

*hits head on desk*

A heated handwarmer with "Persistent Fever" boasted as a selling point

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 5d

This definitely popped off more than I was thinking, uh oh, now I have to actually consider it haha

The other pitch idea would be a fake travel guide about the best towers to climb in video games, which incidentally would also be 50% why beating Spectral Tower makes you a better person

SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 5d

And in case anyone asks, yes I do legitimately listen to it when working ~

SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 5d

I'm not as strong on the history side of things as much as the feelings of the game itself, though would be really rewarding to have a whole research history of "the hell happened with Ancient Roman" people could read...

SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 5d

If it wasn't randomized, I'd 100% put out a 10,000 page book with a map for each floor
o _o;;

SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 5d

I hope you link them the 10 hour climb-a-long video

youtu.be/LySkcQptYCc

Spectral Beats for Climbing Towers - 10,000 Floor Climb-Along

YouTube video by SnowyAria

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 5d

Resisting the urge to pitch a "best of the worst book" where I talk about my favorite kusoge, but it's actually 50% why beating Spectral Tower makes you a better person

Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 5d

For anyone lamenting how some goon was able to get a publishing deal - put together your own book! Create a solid concept, do some planning, create a design, and pitch it! Most publishers don't have open pitch seasons. They want to see someone that can see a full project to completion.

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Precise Museum @precisemuseum.com · 9d

📢 We’re looking for a new main translator to join our team! One of our long-time translators is stepping away, so we’re hoping to bring someone on board who’s familiar with JLPT N3+ grammar (no test score needed—just the knowledge!).

#PuyoPuyo

Text that says: "Seeking Translators for Puyo Puyo Fever 2 English Patch!" is overlaid on top of a Fever 2 image showing Sig, Amitie, and Raffina

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 7d

It was requested by someone who beat Left Alive

SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 7d

I'm a bit behind on the Left Alive challenge games, but I'm glad I was able to make more progress and really enjoy the games I've found along the way!

Definitely gonna play more Catz 2 soon with the misadventures of Dingus Butthole the cat~ (seen here irl being a problem during yarn cleaning)

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 7d

Finished Outer Wilds from @telephoneghost.bsky.social ! Enjoyed this space archeology game more than I expected, as I really got into the orbital flying mechanics, puzzles, and brute-force solutions to the above~

Also was told landing on Sun Station was hard, so here's my improv first attempt:

SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 8d

It is! It's also really thin, so we're not sure what to use it for. But something!

SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 8d

Somehow today ended up being the day to buy a new shoe rack and use it to clean up the yarn cabinet

... I might have too much still, though I did throw away more than a grocery bag's worth of extra!

Bottom left and middle left: homespun lionbrand yarn
Upper left: thick yarns
Upper right: fuzzy yarn + bulk
Bottom right and middle right: standard mostly worsted weight yarn

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.bsky.social · 8d

Well, so at the 3rd set, I triggered one, then another woke from proximity, so I decided to see if they might despawn after a while

They don't~

They even followed me to the next one!