Nova Storm @NovaSquirrel@computerfairi.es

I like to create

@typhlosion I use it to group games together by genre, because sometimes I won't be sure what game I want to play but I'll know I want a platformer, for example

Ever find an instrument sample that is just so groovy that it compels you to start trying to write a song with it?

Pineapple still sticks out to me as the one food that's a much better experience canned than fresh. Because it always hurts aaaa

I like to imagine I'd be able to use the fishing rod the same way Isabelle does in Smash :p

Updated version of Nova's inventory, featuring a mix of Animal Crossing and Minecraft tools, as well as a phone and some magic wands.

I wonder if there are any roleplay communities somewhere out there for video game characters, or if multiverse settings are the best you're gonna get.

Either way, I'm glad multiverse settings exist.

It sucks when something you're really passionate about either has no community, or the community that exists is pretty toxic, so you just kinda have to enjoy it alone.

@XerTheSquirrel sometimes there are *squirrels* outside and I want to see them

I keep thinking I should take a walk and get out of the house, and then it turns out it's barely above freezing and I go back inside.

@maple Thankfully I've just been "Nova Storm" for at least the past 9 years and don't intend to change that, but at the same time that's a name that's way too "fantasy" to put anywhere but online.

@behold3r Probably, and realistically if it's a situation where having released an NES game is actually relevant, I'm going to primarily be known by a username anyway.

I kind of want to change the credits in Nova the Squirrel not to use my legal name anymore because I don't like it and I don't want it seen, but at the same time I feel like a potential portfolio thing maybe should use it.

@claude Unfriendly for C, sure. I'd say a simple BASIC should compile well, and that seems to be what a lot of Atari 2600 homebrewers are doing.

@claude It very well could be; I saw an early ad that bragged about it being easy to use.

I know another big goal was being cheap, and simple follows cheap, and ease of use tends to follow simple.

I'm really enjoying writing 6502 assembly again. There's just something really nice about it that makes it a lot more fun than any other assembly language, at least for me. The simplicity is great, my code's clearer, indexing is great, etc.

UI design is very hard when you don't have much of an example to draw from.

@TonicBH

@XerTheSquirrel Yeah I always buy games on cartridge when I can, though it looks like for lots of indie games that's not an option. At least for PC games if I ever lose a game I can just take it back by force :p