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Inconsequential Narrative

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:33:28 +0100

An oddity I noticed playing through Final Fantasy 8; this scene in which you are kidnapping President Deling (youtube link), this particular Galbadian Soldier is worried about losing his paychecks because of the the President’s bad mood.

I found it a fascinating little element, at first appearing completely unnecessary. There are a few reasons for inclusion I have thought about, some more likely than others, and some just hopeful:

They just put these tiny cut-scenes in to increase the length of the game. This means the dialogue is completely inconsequential, being just a random set piece that some writer added, allowing to write anything whimsically. This is an interesting thought and feels pretty neat.
They wanted to help describe the state of Galbadia/the Galbadian army/President Deling. Narrative painting, dunno the term for it (not a writer) but is definitely a reasonable explanation, just not so interesting.
They wanted to make you think about the consequences of your actions. Or even help evoke the amateur nature of the operation; specifically that the Timber Owls didn’t think about the possible consequences, especially the tiny things. This is a particularly interesting theory and gives a lot of credit to these cutscenes.

Tiny elements of people’s lives are something that has always fascinated me about RPGs, particularly the Pokémon games. NPCs scattered around town and even battlers you face will have rarely more than a sentence or two to say to you, but a huge amount of personality and character comes through. Animal Crossing gives me the same vibes in it’s writing, although it feels hugely more deliberate. This gives it the room to do really interesting things like this.

This has given me a lot of stuff to think about.

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Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:06:47 +0100

LZF

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:50:11 +0100

LZF:

a totally new EP thing I did with music on it for listening to

Coffee Mafia Development Cost Breakdown

Thu, 30 May 2013 16:47:21 +0100

Development costs: £0

Wed, 29 May 2013 23:54:13 +0100

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Wed, 22 May 2013 13:19:32 +0100

anfassen: I can’t rely on my memories.

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:12:45 +0100

anfassen:

I can’t rely on my memories.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 12:31:42 +0100

maybetumblindoesntsuck: quick...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:40:13 +0100

maybetumblindoesntsuck:

quick thing

https://soundcloud.com/jmickle/laura

tigsource: A Game By...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:15:01 +0100

tigsource:

A Game By JMickle
http://www.jmickle.com/coffeemafia/

Soundtrack Available Here:
http://jmickle.bandcamp.com/album/coffee-mafia

maybetumblindoesntsuck: original the character DO NOT...

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:25:26 +0100

maybetumblindoesntsuck:

original the character

DO NOT STEAL

this is cool as heck

COFFEE MAFIA SOUNDTRACK

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:46:00 +0100

COFFEE MAFIA SOUNDTRACK

rdein: joe just tell us the good news

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:12:39 +0100

rdein: joe just tell us the good news
Joseph Gribbin: whats the good news?
rdein: some good stuff must have happened
rdein: in your life
Joseph Gribbin: hmmm
rdein: dont tell me its all bad
rdein: i know you
rdein: i know you are a strong man
Joseph Gribbin: umm i had a pretty good egg sandwich just now
rdein: see? there's good in life

COFFEE MAFIA

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:55:05 +0100

COFFEE MAFIA:

I made a game for a long time and I really like it and now you can play it and I hope you enjoy it

SHOOT CAR, SHIT PANTS

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:16:30 +0100

SHOOT CAR, SHIT PANTS:

wolfpupy: i slowly walk into the office with my surfboard and announce that ‘surfs down’ everyone...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:21:16 +0100

wolfpupy:

i slowly walk into the office with my surfboard and announce that ‘surfs down’ everyone starts screaming and crying, a man is saying ‘no’ over and over and crumples to the floor, i knock over several computers and cubicle walls with my surfboard as i jump through the window shattering it, as i fall the wind reminds me of all the times surf was up. i hit the pavement and die instantly

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Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:57:17 +0100

SUPER PIETEPIET: The Iconoclasts

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:35:58 +0100

SUPER PIETEPIET: The Iconoclasts:

superpietepiet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZE7kGax7Ds

I normally don’t rant on this blog but I want to post about this. This game is the number 1 indie game I’m looking forward to right now. I owe a lot of my stylistic choices in pixel-art to this game, and to Konjak in general. Also he’s a good…

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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:09:03 +0100

SUPER PIETEPIET: Blue Skies, Green Hills

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SUPER PIETEPIET: Blue Skies, Green Hills:

superpietepiet:

Proud to finally release Blue Skies, Green Hills, the Sonic the Hedgehog remix project I organized and coordinated over a long, long period of time.
A lot of things during the making of this went wrong or not as planned, so it was a long time coming, but it’s finally out with 10 amazing…