Nova Storm @NovaSquirrel@computerfairi.es

I finally beat Cave Story legitimately, though only the normal ending. I did save Curly though so if I want to later I can continue on the same file and go for the good ending.

I think I'm getting very close to the end of Cave Story. I saved Curly Brace and got the Spur so I guess once I get back from grocery shopping I'll give it a go.

I've been playing Cave Story with a more cautious playstyle, trying to take out enemies before they're even in range. This means the Bubbline is actually very important since it seems to have really good range at level 3. Fireball's also great for this when enemies are below me.

@zoey@masto.zoeymae.tk The one time I saw gendered single-stall bathrooms, people just ignored the signs and used the free bathroom.

I suppose it can't hurt to ask if anyone knows of any casual, clean furry #roleplay places where you can just play out a character of any setting and practice?

@maxinered @ulvra I did a low-color pixel-art version of my own avatar for use on the NESDev and NintendoAge forums, to be more in-theme.

I'm replaying Cave Story and I want to beat it actually legit for the first time. I played all the way up to the fight against The Core but now I need a break. The game has more grinding and backtracking than I remember.

@ulvra @maxinered I looked into it out of curiosity and from what I can tell the maintainer of that blocklist is dishonest about what it actually contains (advertised as "99.9% abusive MRAs and Gators") and that seems to be the real problem here, not any bad intent on Wheaton's part.

@typhlosion When you get around to it, I found the Let's Encrypt Certbot program will offer to change your nginx config for you. The only thing I had to do outside of the wizard was add a cron job to renew the certificate.

I should replay Cave Story. That game is really important to me but it's been so long since I touched it.

https://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/User:Lidnariq/Unofficial_opcode_matrix this layout does a really good job at helping to explain what processes are actually going on when the 6502 decodes instructions. All the patterns are made really clear.

The real downside to 8x16 sprites is that for things that are 8 pixels tall you end up wasting tiles for the required blank space above/below them, but almost everything in this game is 16x16 so it's acceptable.

I switched my Game Boy Color game over to 8x16 sprites instead of 8x8, so I can now go a little crazier with the number of on-screen entities I can have at once. #gbdev #gamedev

@maple both are accurate

I suppose since I've introduced myself, I should introduce my #fursona too. Her name is Nova Storm, and the core of her design is that she's supposed to be a 90s animal mascot platformer character. Like a cartoon character does with cartoon logic, she carries video game logic and abilities wherever she goes, able to jump very high, land from any height safely, have an inventory and so on.

Info: https://wiki.novasquirrel.com/Nova%20Storm
Artist: tohru9906 on FA

Here's a proper scan of my new badge, again by Alien Mary Mae.

I got home safe from the convention but I'm basically about ready to nap. It's been exhausting having so much fun.

Closing ceremony's over and I had a really great weekend. I wanna keep doing this every year!

@RobinHase yeah I'm excited to wear it to meets and such and have everyone instantly know I'm a cute squirrel princess.

My new badge is every bit as adorable and pretty as I hoped. I'll scan it later and get a better picture. It's drawn by Alien Mary Mae.