Nova Storm @NovaSquirrel@computerfairi.es

So I'm drawing copy ability graphics for Nova the Squirrel 2

I'm feeling pretty bad about not having friends I can spend time with in real life, and never getting invited to social events. I can't seem to do anything about it either since it seems like every plan I make to try to improve things falls apart on me, no matter what.

It feels like other people don't struggle with this and I always feel really awful when I hear about other people getting to go to social events or actually have convention plans work. Why can't I have friends too?

Saw a (completely innocent) tweet that primarily consisted of the word "flop" so that caused me to draw a mini sprite of cs188's Nyan Man, but SFW. YouTube Poop has left me messed up all these years later, hahahaha.

I might actually use this somewhere.

Overworld map mockup, and some character design for some bunnies

Maffi avatar by https://twitter.com/TravelerBun !

Probably my favorite part of text conversations as opposed to voice ones is that you completely avoid the issue where people aren't giving you room to talk. You just talk.

Hey, some progress on making the inventory screen actually functional #gamedev #snesdev

I want to find friends who will get excited over cartoon mice with me

Animated Maffi pixel art by https://twitter.com/FlutterSprite !

I've noticed that some of the second island's story is written in a way that does not treat heterosexuality as the default at all and I'm pleased with that, regardless of if it was intended. The way it's written, there would have been some of that if I were to have played as a boy too.

I think the biggest problem I run into when commissioning furry art is that many artists have not drawn very many girls, and as a result I have a hard time judging whether I like their art style or not.

When someone has a bunch of cute girls in their portfolio it easily turns into "this is very pretty and I want to see Nova/Maffi/whoever drawn like this!"

I'm designing a mockup for an inventory screen! It'll actually have both inventories displayed simultaneously, item icons, item descriptions, and best of all, a sleeping Maffi riding along in your inventory in the corner.

I'm actually sort of panicking because the situations where I will desperately need the ADA accommodations I'm trying to get may come up as early as September, and I have to navigate this maze of stuff in order to finally get someone to fill out paperwork that honestly should not be required in the first place. If all I'm going to do when I finally find a suitable physician is tell them my experiences and have them believe me then why require their involvement at all?

I got an Isabelle mug (artoferin on Twitter) and a Team Rocket mug. I bring the Team Rocket one to work and it's a rather nice 20 oz one. One of the many little things that help make work fun.

I'm really frustrated by just how hard it's proving to be to get ADA accommodations for autism. I have to get a physician to fill out paperwork, but I don't have one because it's not a problem that I have to continually go to a doctor for, and will only become a problem in the first place because of a plan to move to a workplace design that is clearly only meant for neurotypical people in mind, who do not experience sensory overload, and who can filter out background information.

I really like interpreting Gadget Hackwrench as being autistic, even though she's never officially said to be such, because to me it's pretty plausible and she's relatable for me.

I think I better understand people who get really excited about their interpretation of a character as trans now.

It's tricky that both "you should have taken the lack of response as a hint" people and "sorry I'm so unresponsive, but I do appreciate hearing from you" people exist.

When someone's quiet it's always tricky figuring out who's who. Or it'll turn out they were just busy.

When I look at the clock on the oven and it says 4:25 or 4:50 I'll be worried for a moment that I had left the oven on because those are the temperatures I basically always end up needing

I implemented a spinning tail attack! Right now it can only shoot out stars that stun enemies but I'll add the rest of the abilities later. #gamedev #snesdev

I'm extremely excited that Disney is actually doing something with Gadget Hackwrench again in the form of crossing DuckTales over with Rescue Rangers (and other shows).

I hope that helps result in some renewed interest in her, like Smash did for Isabelle.