MirceaKitsune

Red Eclipse map: Eclipse Station

Updated this some more today and finally got it to a stable version. I spent quite some time on this one and am very happy with how it came out! Hopefully it can be added to the Git version soon and featured in the 2.1.0 version of Red Eclipse.

This started out as an attempt to create my own spaceship map inspired by UT's Hyperblast: The initial design was a failure with cramped corridors full of things you'd hit your head against. I decided to do a deeper redesign and turn it into a so...

Red Eclipse stuffs

I made a few things for the Red Eclipse FPS, which I'll probably post in the coming days as I finish up. I'm still in the process of tweaking a mod I think players will enjoy... also been working on an ambitious map which I hope to fix soon. Might get back to art next month depending on how I feel, for now I felt most comfortable doing some more game modding.

⚠️ Important announcement: My Patreon may be shutting down in the coming months

Wanted to post about this earlier but frankly I didn't have the energy or will to bother. This is an important announcement so if you're a Patreon supporter please read the first half.

Since the beginning of the year, Patreon has been harassing NSFW creators with a new policy requiring them to hand over sensitive documents to the platform. They've been doing this to target creators for age discrimination... sorry, I meant to say age verification. Hiding behind the excuse that Mastercard...

Feral tamagotchi zip download

Here's the download for the feral version. As usual just unpack and open index.html in whichever web browser you use. Still deciding whether the anthro or feral version is best to continue development on, I'm sure I'll come up with a good decision, then I should proceed with some working items and base mechanics.

Feral tamagotchi showcase

Coded up the feral version. Walks from one screen edge to the other, occasionally idles in between... idle state is when actions like eating would be processed. Not quite sure about this one, in any case I'll clean up the code and post the zip a little later. Which do you prefer?

Feral tamagotchi?

For some reason I felt like trying out a feral version: Seemed like having the character walk around on the screen and be seen from two angles would be more interesting? I'm not sure if this is a permanent decision and whether I'll go with this version or continue developing the anthro one, this adds extra complexity and limits the number of combinations I reasonably have available with layers. Will at least develop the base code for this design then decide which one to pick.

Tamagotchi WIP downloadable zip

Here's a zip of the tamagotchi test, as a bonus for my higher level supporters. It's super lightweight and requires no server to run, just unpack and click on index.html to open it in your web browser. The goal is to keep it simple and small so it can be easily hosted in random places like IPFS. Right now it doesn't do much but generate a random character that slowly ages, I plan on adding more over time maybe even redoing some core stuff.

Tamagotchi WIP game test

Well I got something running. Character is randomized in various ways, with random colors ears and hair. As are the base stats: They increase or decrease over time, character will start as a baby and slowly age over a few seconds as a test, belly decreases with time and happiness is affected by hunger. As a neat little detail the eyes follow the mouse pointer!

Tamagotchi WIP sprite sheet

Never knew I can in fact do sprite art! So far I have this sprite sheet with the various layers added: Includes background and character, no HUD or items just yet. Gave them a quick test and it fits together nicely: I should have something resembling a basic game up next.

Tamagotchi project WIP

A few years ago I started working on a project called Voragotchi which I never finished. I decided to try something simpler more manageable and more accurate to the original device. Very early stage so I haven't even given the project a name, I only have a function for drawing animated sprites changed based a few stats. We'll see where this goes.

Red Eclipse map WIP: Twins

I started working on this map a while ago, just never posted it as it's not quite finished: Technically everything but the terrain is mostly done, just need to terraform and texture the exterior to have a finished layout in place. It's a little something inspired by Facing Worlds from Unreal Tournament albeit my original design at that. I wanted to make it an official map like Atop which I posted last month, but was a little discouraged as some team members believe the design may not work wel...

KDE Plasma theme: Breeze Glass

https://pling.com/p/2056090

A little something for any other Linux / KDE Plasma users out there. I made a patch for the Breeze Plasma theme for extra transparency and other minor tweaks: It modifies the panels to use 50% transparency for extra blur, the clock follows more system colors and removes the 12 text while also receiving a transparent background, the task manager removes boxes around icons leaving just the over...

Give this lovely music a listen

Normally I don't post journals for music boosts. But since they were so generous as to make the whole album public on Youtube for anyone to listen to, why the heck not it's the least I can do!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpSW6gVRk77GuNqJWnSwjF2ZbL1m0VCgB

One of my two favorite bands of all time: Avenged Sevenfold and The Used are the only ones I still listen to on a ...

Red Eclipse - Atop

As this is most of what I had energy to finish this month, I offer my first finished map for Red Eclipse. I started working on it as a means of learning its editor once I returned to the project in Autumn last year: After implementing the advice of the admins in getting it ready, the latest version of the map is now in Git master and will hopefully be part of the upcoming 2.1.0 release of RE.

Atop is a map inspired by Unreal Tournament - Morpheus, though is its own unique design I made....

Red vixen changes shape to stop child abuse

https://furaffinity.net/journal/10552819

Following Furaffinity's ban on characters with anatomy not compatible  with progressive liberal values and / or Christian fundamentalism, I  have updated my 3D model to be FA friendly and in compliance with the  latest version of American Sharia Law. As can be seen in the image, the  proportions between the character's body parts were closely ex...

This film deserves the Iron Balls award

As an animator myself, one that knows how difficult it is to make and publish what you truly feel when it's not what others like or expect, I can't not give a shout out to one of the best animated short films on Youtube I've had the pleasure of watching. Not to be taken as an actual documentary in its entirety, the action seems to take place in a parallel timeline most of the Earth narrowly avoided thus far... still scary relatable and a strong one worth each of the 1.5M views it got in one m...

Tales from a spirit that could not be broken

For the most part I've stopped making journals like this. Something happened a few days ago that has been stuck in my mind and kept pushing me to write those thoughts down. Even when I know it addresses an audience alien to myself and beings that are fundamentally different... 99% of people reading this will likely not get close to getting it. And I try not to belittle anyone in saying so, it's just a rational realization in knowing how things stand: It's not to consider myself better, better...

Visiting the Ea(s)ter bunny

Since I've used up most themes and ideas involving a certain female rabbit officer, I figured I'd be spending time in a new bunny this Easter: Finally the new model is getting put to good use doing what it's destined to! Not an overly special render... I tried making it more colorful but the background kept glitching on me if I turned the saturation up too high so I left it more on the realistic side; Orthodox Easter came earlier this year thus I didn't have as much time to kept toying around...

2023 Easter render in progress

As usual I post my Easter render on the date of the Orthodox Easter rather than the Catholic one. Therefore expect this year's submission in a few days when it happens! This year I plan on using a different bunny for a change.

PSA: Help needed to save a dog from being killed

https://furaffinity.net/journal/10516779
https://gofund.me/0589ed66

I wish to clarify I don't personally know this person or saw them until now. Their journal was shared by a common friend, she trusts him and donated so I decided to do so as well. Normally I don't share donation campaigns as there are so many folks in trouble who need hel...

The Birdshift PR0T0C0L

root@w071d: Aborted, error 0: Compromised beyond repair. Backtrace:

sgdx.fnc/05N: 00110101 00110011 00110110 00111001 00110010 00110000 00110110 00110111 00110110 01100101 00110110 00111001 00110110 00110100 00110110 01100101 00110110 00110101 00110010 00110000 00110110 00110101 00110110 00111000 00110111 00110100 00110010 00110000 00110110 00110101 00110111 00110011 00110110 01100110 00110110 01100011 00110110 00110011 00110010 00110000 00110111 00110111 00110110 01100110 00110110 0011...

Best American offer: 20 years in prison for using a VPN

https://vice.com/en/article/4a3ddb/restrict-act-insanely-broad-ban-tiktok-vpns

https://reason.com/2023/03/29/could-the-restrict-act-criminalize-the-use-of-vpns

2023-03-30 15:46:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Wet pavement scene test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxYVMw94FXE

I saw this tutorial a day ago and was immediately inspired to try replicating it myself using all procedural textures. At the moment my one issue is with a bunch of sharp edges causing little squares appearing as black diagonal boxes, planning on investigating that further. I used a fitting HDRI and am happy with the scene I got overall! For those interested I ...

TheDarkMod: Functional keypad

While I get ready to return to actual projects, I'm keeping myself sane by working on my own story in TDM. I decided to separately share a feature that hasn't been done yet and will probably be a significant enhancement: There is now a keypad which can be used to lock certain areas and doors behind codes the player will need to find in readables or around the world. For more information see the thread here:

2023-03-15 16:07:08 +0000 UTC View Post

FM I've been working on for TheDarkMod

Since this month is paused and I'm not doing any Patreon / Subscribestar projects, may as well post a freebie. Been keeping myself sane by mapping in TheDarkMod: This is a fun new FM I started working on last year, made quite some progress in a couple of weeks albeit it's still far from finished... planning to test a few things including the relatively new Werebeast (werewolf) for an interesting story. I'm also working on a campaign inspired by the first DeusEx game, it I'm aware I won't have...

Billing pause for February

Billing will be paused for February 2023 on my Patreon. Patrons will not be charged on the upcoming 1st of March, any pledges made during the month of February should also be skipped. If I'm able to make and prepare anything new it may resume next month. I might post a few things this month too but nothing significant.

This was the correct approach toward my supporters, given I simply couldn't deliver enough last month nor could this one. Currently I'm back on depression medication hopi...

⚠️ EU is going after Linux & FOSS, wants ID checks to install software

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/2/1/eu-chat-control-law-will-ban-open-source-operating-systems

Remember a few years ago when I was a crazy raving lunatic for saying "governments will eventually attack Linux and Firefox and all open-source software under the pretense of stopping terrorism or protecting children"? Congrats: We're already here! Didn't tak...

Potential pause next month

I'm considering pausing my pledges for the coming month. Will likely make the final decision within the first days of February and announce it then. Patreon offers this option as Pause Billing button, I'm not aware for Subscribestar though that's so underused I'm not even sure if anyone is actively supporting me there. Considering I haven't been creating enough recently, it feels like the right thing to do until I have something by March.

I wanted to at least make more renders for the y...

No fun allowed: Capitol bunnies = COVID misinformation

Wanted to start by saying this is NOT a call to attack FA: Unlike the Twitter mob that came after several of us last week, I don't do mobs to harass people. But it does intend to show the extent of the abuse happening on the platform, to the point where logic is pushed to the very limit just to go against artists the site considers undesirable. Needless to say this isn't getting posted on Furaffinity, both because it contains the image I was banned for and joking which is officially forbidden...

Banned from Furaffinity for drawing jokes / caricature / satire 7 years ago

Furaffinity always had serious issues and strange behavior toward its community. What happened over the past two days however is beyond what I think any of us would have ever imagined seeing someday. I'm not really sure how I can even translate the situation without people thinking I'm biased and exaggerating because it happened to me, it's one of those things you have to experience for yourself to fully grasp it.

They have now banned me and another artist I followed for 15 years and ad...