Nova Storm @NovaSquirrel@computerfairi.es

It was really bugging me that there was no way to tell what's in a level slot in Nova the Squirrel without opening it first, so I added the ability to choose a name when saving to a slot.

I've got a picture in my mind of what a perfect "home community" would look like and I definitely think it would be somewhere that emphasized cuteness; I did that myself when I attempted to make that sort of community on Telegram, though private. Fluffy, adorable, cheery nice things.

I feel like I should go out and search for art communities based around cute wholesome things and lightheartedness, because bonding over making stuff sounds like a good idea

I ordered a SNES flashcart so now I can experience the magical feeling of code I wrote running on the real thing. It's going to take awhile to arrive though because of international shipping.

Going to be cool playing Kirby Super Star too.

I really want to get a picture of Maffi now that I have my first paycheck and I'm going to have to figure out what artist to go with. If anyone has any recommendations for that I'd love to hear them.

One thing I need to figure out is what her hair style should look like. I messed around with a fursona maker to decide colors and such, and I think what I picked out looks alright but it'd be nice to have a second opinion. (Also included my own attempts at copying it)

https://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=18658 the initial release of the SNES sequel to what I consider to be the best NES emulator (especially for development) was released today! Not a prank, it's been in development for weeks.

"Serving suggestions" are wild and I can tell that usually they're not anything like how you'd reasonably serve the product. Serve pineapple slices stacked on top of each other with no plate and with whole pineapples nearby so your guests know what they're eating, if it was unclear.

The fact that Hamtaro suddenly loses all the words he's gathered in Ham-Hams Unite when his dictionary gets ruined implies he had been constantly referring to the dictionary to navigate any conversations and never actually learned the words.

I finished Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite! and I started on Ham-Ham Heartbreak. I actually never played this one but a lot of friends really like it.

I've gotta figure out if anyone will be able to hang out with me and room with me at IndyFurCon or if it'd just be another year where I'd just go to panels alone. If that's the case I might skip it in favor of another one I can guarantee hanging out at.

Turns out staying up late during the weekend as a reward to myself doesn't work super well because not giving myself enough sleep during the week catches up with me :p

Here's her with a completely static dress lol

After a lot of work, I think I have a decent enough walk cycle (at least as far as the legs go), but I'm gonna have to re-add the dress and figure out how the fabric should move during the walk. Also probably animate the arms and tail, maybe the head somehow?

Time to do some extensive planning for how I want to handle entity/block interaction in Nova the Squirrel 2 because I want to have slopes, and I want to handle them efficiently.

https://curiouscat.me/NovaSquirrel maybe ask Nova and/or Maffi stuff? I wanna try and develop them out more and I just want to explore how they respond to things in general. :p

Working on some potential protagonist graphics for Nova the Squirrel 2. I want to have really elaborate cartoony animations on top of the cutesy style.

I want to get Maffi a reference sheet or at least art by someone other than me, but that means figuring out for sure how she looks and what kind of hair she's got, and that's gonna be tricky.

One of the big factors here is I have a programming job so I feel absolutely no obligation to care about how career-relevant what I do in my free time is, and I really should try to just spend my free time on what will make me happiest.

I'm gonna have to learn to animate! Or at least do animations that aren't 2 frames long. Doesn't have to be elaborate... but something exaggeratedly cartoony and expressive sounds great! Hamtaro: Ham Hams Unite! is very inspirational in this regard.

I've been having a hard time figuring out what I want to do with the "Nova" series after the first game, including what platform a sequel should go on, and now SNES feels like the obvious choice. I can reuse most of my code and I'm very passionate about the console.

I guess another big thing is I'll be a truer 90s animal mascot platformer character. While they definitely did have 8-bit games I don't think they were ever the focus. :p

It's gonna take a lot of improvement in my pixel art skills.

I feel really futuristic holding a wireless keyboard+trackpad combo and using wireless Bluetooth headphones, sitting in front of a large screen