between ggntw and skymods, it's not too bad, just cumbersome. Every now and then you will get a big mod whose creators are such boneheads that they get their shit taken down off of mirrors because they "don't support piracy" as they breathe life into an abandoned corpse of a game for free.
Moonworm
joined 2 years ago
Apologies for the length, I was just really enjoying the opportunity to write some slopping wet prose. I'll organize the journal entries by month and link them here.
State of the fortress in brief
Everything’s going pretty much fine in the fortress. I reorganized the military and have the squads patrolling between the two cavern entrances in shifts. At any point the bridges could be raised, but I left them open to encourage fun.
One thing that I didn’t mention in the journal is that there are some warm walls in the lower caverns, which should indicate there’s a source of magma for future efficient industry and mischief.
There were only two dwarf deaths that I can recall, as well as a birth or two. There was one moderate wave of migrants. I mostly let the upper fortress run itself, save for a little shuffling and building of guildhalls. The Countess either has all her needs met or only needs a little more in her bedroom. I had thought about reorganizing some of the offices, but I didn’t really get around to that.
A number of rose gold coins have been minted. A small amount of bismuth bronze was made, I used some to decorate The Rose Chamber, which I intend to serve as a reliquary and landmark. It would also serve as a very fine temple complex for the local Stigilite sect, but it didn’t seem quite right for the roleplay and I didn’t want dwarves to be pulled up and down the fortress to visit it too much.
So far the military has been able to tackle pretty much everything the caves have thrown up and probably won’t struggle against anything that isn’t made of very hard materials or producing toxic gas. The elves might get pissed if tree-cutting picks back up, probably not a huge concern unless someone wants to maintain peace for whatever reason.
Suggestions for future players are to keep digging down, gain access to magma, and set up new industries like glass (if sand can be procured) or dyeworks.
Diary of ~~Likut~~ Regolith Togalkulet, Militia Commander
Yeah it rocks pretty good to be honest. As an added layer of fun, you can try to mod a pirated copy of a game where most of its scene is on steam workshop.
I tried to look up what actual Indigenous terms are for the island, but didn't manage to find anything.
It's not exactly groundbreaking, but I really appreciate how Dread Delusion's several regions and main quests all present different slices and manifestations of its central themes and question, giving the player a lot of opportunity to consider how they feel about it and even experiment with different answers before what I assume will be the final decision.
It also makes all those choices really hard. I've developed a great deal of respect for this game's writing.
Watched Lindsey Ellis's first essay on YouTube in years. It was pretty good actually. As someone who really enjoyed a Yoko Ono exhibit at the MoMA and has a copy of Grapefruit I can see as I type, it's nice to be validated again that she's demonized as a cultural activity more than anything else. Also that sucks a lot. The video goes over several examples of this, but that's only one track of it. There's a lot more about the will to fame and what actually "broke up" the Beatles.
Something else that sucks is that censorship vis-a-vis "unalive" and shit is getting pretty crazy these days. Like there are things you just can't talk about without doing a little censor dance and have your shit be visible. It makes it really difficult to have serious discussions about challenging subjects on what are the pre-eminent media platforms now.
You're sooooo smart
I find this site generally misanthropic and would prefer that that be confined to public figures at least.
It's not about being praxis; it's about the quality of content.
And it's also about not spending all your time finding every last person who said something that sucks. It's not healthy to do that shit.
I'm not a professional generally, but I try to make it a point to help people I know move their stuff.
The hardest thing I ever moved was also a piano, out of a basement with a tight stairwell. Luckily I had my gym rat brother come help us. But it still took four of us trying very hard to get that shit up the stairs. It was an old buddy I had kind of grown apart from, so I really wanted to do him a favor just to let him know that I was still a friend.
Honestly it contributed to me now doing strength training. And now that shit has done so much for my mental and physical health.
Again, never been a professional lifter/mover, but I've been on job sites about as long as I can remember and have had home improvement happening consistently with my folks.
Drywall isn't that heavy but it is super sucky to navigate around stairs, especially when it's moisture-proof board.
I didn't watch the whole vid vis-a-vis Fieldering, but I've always treated this stuff as good exercise and also given it the respect it deserves for body safety. I don't know if it was just reading the manual and safety labels from my slight autistic nature, but I internalized very early on to lift safely and preserve my back.
I also saw a bunch of cool bugs and snakes. Also got to see some kids discover a freshly laid egg. Plus smoke a joint with some old hippies.
Today I participated in a communal activity to help our friends get their place more set up. I painted their house with my buddy while others framed a new shed for their bee equipment and others tilled and planted their garden with potatoes. I got to watch and attempt milking a goat and then sample the fresh milk (so good actually). And then got to explaining the inherent contradictions of capital to an older woman in a pretty great conversation that lasted a couple hours. It was a profoundly life-affirming experience.
Buzżźžẓ̌zz
Saw this big white vespid cruising the berry bushes. Frightening, but also so very cool.
A little two-point practice. Didn't do any perspective construction. just vibin', imagining a shady street.
This sort of thing would be good for lighting practice probably. I didn't bother.
Crabapple tree is just orgiastic in its blossoms this year. Never seen it so thoroughly covered that I can recall. Last year the apple tree was like this, but this year it's got basically nothing yet. I guess they tend to alternate years of more and fewer flowers. If you didn't know, the two can actually cross-pollinate, which is neat!
Decided to practice painting in a more traditional style after getting inspired by a recent Drawfee and the guards in No Rest for the Wicked. I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out. Painting rather than doing like, inks and color, is intimidating and challenging, but it's also pretty freeing and lets you use a lot of different tools. Didn't know I had this in me. Lot of fun.
Bonus WIP images
Toni, a genetically-modified artisan and former wasteganger, evaluates her latest sculpture for the monastery's new garden.
Hanna, having sacrificed much of her body in defense of the New Hermetic Astralite monastery already, stands yet unbroken.
Pent, a former space pirate, practices his medic skills in a more peaceful context now.
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Finished Dread Delusion. Good game. I have some thoughts about its resolution(s) as they relate to the rest of the game's thematic content, but I would be hard pressed to say it was unsatisfying. It seems like there's a pretty robust set of outcomes based on all of the choices you made along the way. I felt surprisingly strongly about the characters by the end of it; when I was early in the game I wasn't all that invested in them or even the setting, though there were bright spots throughout.
There are a variety of criticisms I could make of the game, but one I'll give now is that the first couple few hours of it felt a little bit like pedaling a bicycle on its lowest gear - it's not challenging, but it feels like you aren't getting anywhere. By the end of the game, there are a lot more challenging puzzles and enemies (though I think the combat in this game is mostly uninspired); I think they could have hit the ramp on that a little earlier, and maybe tightened up the very beginning a bit - although there were certainly things that piqued my curiosity enough to keep going until I was really hooked in. Regardless, the rest of the game had some really interesting writing and worldbuilding that really let me stew on things, even if not all areas of the game were pulled off with quite the same level of mastery.