RPG Maker XP Is Free On Steam Until The 19th! There’s Also Discounts On A Lot Of Their Other Products

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You get $75 of games and expansions for $25 and you help me out so it's a win-win!!!

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Steam key giveaway

While my cat is getting her dental done, let's do a giveaway to distract me.

The Rules:

All keys are steam keys unless otherwise stated

You must be a tumblr user 18 or above, no anon accounts

One key per account, please don't sockpuppet

Reblogs and likes do not count as entries

Keys cannot be refunded, so please make sure you can play the game before requesting

A couple of the games have been delisted, but the keys should still work

Send an ask to request what game you'd like: ASK LINK

Donations are optional but always appreciated: Kofi & Patreon

The Keys:

112 Operator (2)

7,62 Hard Life

7 Wonders 2

7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven

911 Operator (2)

99 Levels To Hell

A Little Golf Journey

A Virus Named Tom

AFTERGRINDER

Agent in Depth

AI War: Fleet Command

AI: Rampage

Alan Wake's Collector's Edition

Alchemist's Castle

The Amazing American Circus

Amnesia: Rebith

Amnesia: The Dark Descent & Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Bundle

Arcade Paradise

Arcade Spirits

Armello

Atonement 2: Ruptured by Despair

Backbone

Ballistick

Bendy and The Dark Revival

Beyond Eyes (this game has been delisted from steam)

Bit Blaster XL

Blackwake

Book of Demons

Breathedge

Broken Age

Broken Dreams

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Builder Simulator

Butcher

Calico

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018

Chains

Chainz 2: Relinked

Chivalry 2 (2)

Chivalry 2 Epic Edition

CLASH - Legacy Pack DLC (Requires free base game)

Codex of Victory

Colonial Conquest

Conan Chop Chop

Cosmic Express

Crash Time 2

Crawl

Crazy Pixel Streaker

Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro

Cris Tales

Crying Suns

Dark Days

Dark Matter

Data Hacker Bundle

Day of Infamy

Dead Effect

Dead6hot

Deadly 30

Dear Esther: Landmark Edition

Death Squared(2)

Death Stranding: Director's Cut

Deceive Inc.

Desolate Wastes: Vendor Chronicles

Detached: Non-VR Edition

Devil's Hunt

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut

Doughlings Invasion

Draw Slasher

Drawful 2

Duke Nukem Forever

Dusty Revenge: Co-Op Edition

DV: Rings of Saturn

EarthX

Ellipsis

Emily is Away <3

Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG

Eternity: The Last Unicorn

Euro Truck Simulator 2

Fable Anniversary

Fabric

Fall of Civilization

Fallout 76 + Fallout 1 Bundle

Farming Simulator 17

Field of Glory II

Figment

Five Dates

Flynn: Son of Crimson

Forged Battalion

The Forgotten City

Fortix 2

Freaking Meatbags

Frick, Inc.

From the Depths

From Space

Frontline Tactics Complete Pack

Galak-Z (2)

GameGuru

Genital Jousting (Adult Content)

Ghostrunner

Graze Counter

Grime

G-senjou no Maou - The Devil on G-String Voiced Edition (Adult Content)

Guardians of Ember - Fanatical Edition

Guardians of Victoria

Guilty Gear X2 #Reload

Gun Bombers

Gunnheim

Guns & Fishes

Guns of Icarus Online (2)

Hack 'n' Slash

Hell Let Loose

Hero Quest: Tower Conflict

HOUND

Hue

Hyper Gunsport

Hue

Indivisible

Inmost

The Inner World & Soundtrack

Insincere

Into the Pit

Invasion: Brain Craving

Izmir: An Independence Simulator

JumpJet Rex

Kerbal Space Program

Kill The Bad Guy

Kingdom Two Crowns (2)

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning & Fatesworn & Soundtrack

Konung 3: Ties of the Dynasty

Kraven Manor

Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle

Learn Japanese To Survive! Kanji Combat

Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War

Life is Strange 2: Complete Edition

Little Farm

Lords and Villeins

The Long Dark

Lust for Darkness (Adult Content)

Lust from Beyond - M Edition (Adult Content)

LUXOR: Mah Jong

Luxor 2 HD

Luxor 3

Luxor Evolved

Luxor HD

Luxor: 5th Passage

Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife

Machinarium

Marooners

Mayhem Triple

Meow Express

Midnight Mysteries 3: Devil on the Mississippi

Midnight Mysteries 4: Haunted Houdini

Monaco

Moon Hunters

Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021

Mount & Blade: Warband

Mr. Prepper

Murder by Numbers

NecroWorm

NEO AQUARIUM - The King of Crustaceans

Nex Machina

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals

Non-Stop Raiders

Obulis

OLLIOLLI WORLD RAD EDITION

Operation Tango

Orange Moon

Orbital Racer (2)

Out of Reach: Treasure Royale

Outrage

Override: Mech City Brawl

Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim

Paper Fire Rookie

Pathologic 2

Pawnbarian

PAYDAY 2

Perfect

PGA Tour 2K21

Pikuniku

Pixross

Planet TD

PolyRace

Post Void

Project Chemistry

Project Starship & Soundtrack

PulseCharge

Purgatory

Quadrata

Quantum Replica

Quest of Dungeons

Rabiez: Epidemic

Radical Spectrum: Volume 1

Radio Commander

Realpolitiks

Regular Human Basketball

Re-Legion (2)

Reset 1-1

Retro Game Crunch

Ring of Pain

Riptide GP: Renegade

Rise of the Slime

Road 96

Roarr! Jurassic Edition

Robinson Crusoe and the Cursed Pirates

Roboquest

Rocket Birds: Hardboiled Chicken

ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS

RPG Maker VX

Running with Rifles

Rustler

Rym 9000

Satellite Reign

Satisfactory

Scorn

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

shutshimi

Skullgirls 2nd Encore

Slay the Spire

Slinger VR

simian.interface++

Snowtopia: Ski Resort Builder

So Many Cubes

Soul Saber 2

Soul Searching

Soulblight

Soulless: Ray Of Hope

Space Hack

Space Trader: Merchant Marine

Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition

Spiritual Warfare & Wisdom Tree Collection

Stacking

Starion Tactics

State of Anarchy

Steel Rats™

Stick Fight

Strange Brigade

Street Legal Racing: Redline v2.3.1

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

Sunlight

Super Galaxy Squadron EX

Super Magbot

SUPERHOT

System Shock 2

SYSTEM SHOCK: ENHANCED EDITION

Tank Universal

Telefrag VR

That's Mahjong!

The Dreamlord

The eXceed Collection: Aural Brutality Edition (This trilogy has been delisted from steam)

Think of the Children

This War of Mine

Ticket to Ride

Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove

Tokyo Xanadu eX+

Tower of Guns (2)

Treasure Hunter Simulator

Trek to Yomi

Tropico 5 - Complete Collection

Turbo Golf Racing

Vive le Roi

Wanderlust: Travel Stories (GOG)

Wandersong

Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Game of the Year Edition

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War

Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

WARSAW

Wasteland Angel

We Are Alright

Where The Water Tastes Like Wine

White Day: A Labyrinth Named School (2)

Windjammers 2

World of Diving

Worms Rumble

XCOM 2

X-Morph: Defense Complete Pack

Yakuza 4 Remastered

Zombie Bowl-o-Rama

Zombie Driver HD

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April 27th is World Tapir Day! Celebrate a vey special day for some very special animals with artwork I've put on some stuff! Available now at redbubble.com/people/c-rowles -- click "Explore Designs" on my page to see them, along with even more art!

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PIGLET'S BIG GAME - INTERVIEW WITH PASCAL CAMMISOTTO

Earlier this week I interviewed Pascal (game designer on Piglet's Big Game 2003) about the making of the title that has received a whirlwind of attention online recently. You can find more information in my video that's going up today on my channel: https://www.youtube.com/@eurothug4000/videos

How did the project come into existence?

At that time, Doki Denki studio was already working with Disney. 

We had released three PlayStation 1 games with them. Disney was working on the film Piglet's Big Movie and was looking for a studio to develop the video game alongside it. 

I don’t want to say anything inaccurate, but I believe it was, officially, our first PlayStation 2 game released on the market.

If the information I found online is correct, Piglet's Big Movie was released after Piglet's Big Game came out! Were you given any direction by Disney on what the game should be like and if it should be similar to the movie in any way? Or did you have complete freedom in designing the game (story, gameplay etc.) as you wish?

I’m not too sure anymore how everything came together, but I believe Disney didn’t give us access to the film's content. 

They were very secretive (and I think that was quite common at the time). They just wanted a ‘product’ to accompany the movie release. 

All we knew was that it revolved around Piglet. So the game’s story was developed by us (the game design team), as narrative designers didn’t exist back then. 

We had a lot of freedom, both in writing and game design, and I think that was partly thanks to Disney's producer, Risa Cohen. She really supported our decisions in the interest of quality.

What do you specifically remember working on for the game? (Certain levels, overall gameplay loop etc.?)

I remember several things: the horror gameplay, which was completely new for this target audience; the hour of real-time cinematics that I directed with the animation team; the cameras in each room that I placed as best as I could to follow the action; and finally, the overly difficult combat (which I wanted to tone down, but wasn’t allowed to. ^^). 

The atmosphere in the studio was fantastic, and I genuinely recall a sense of pride in what we were doing. 

Yes, it was a kids’ game, and yes, sometimes it was cheesy, but we still had so much fun making it, as if we were making it for ourselves. It was truly a great project.

Do you remember what the reception was to the game at the time of its release?

Yes, the game was very well received. It was considered by reviewers to be a very good children’s game. At that time, many licensed games (especially those for kids) were rushed and uninspired. 

That wasn’t our philosophy at the studio. We wanted to make a good game, even if the target audience was very young. 

I think that’s why the game surprised people with its strong approach and quality.

Have you seen some of the posts about Piglet's Big Game recently? What was your reaction to seeing them if so?

Absolutely not. I just found out, and of course, I’m thrilled that it’s being talked about again!

People online are talking about the "horror" aspects of the game, were these intentional? Was the aim to have a game that had elements of the horror genre?

When Disney spoke with the studio about this game, Marc Albinet (the head of game design, my boss) immediately wanted to make ‘a Resident Evil for kids.’ 

I believe he even went to Disney to pitch the idea, and he must have been convincing because they said yes. 

Since we didn’t have access to the movie’s script, we created a story centered around Piglet. It focused on his lack of self-confidence and the courage he would need to help his friends, who were asleep and trapped in a nightmare. 

The horror element was tied to these nightmares that the player would need to resolve.

Are there any links or anything that you'd like me to mention so people can find you online, or any projects you're working on?

You can find me on X (@KaMiZoTo), but I rarely tweet. Since my time at Doki Denki, I've gained quite a bit of experience, and now I have my own studio: 

http://drawmeapixel.com

We released in 2020 "There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension", which I recommend everyone try without watching any let’s plays to avoid spoilers! (The experience relies on surprise.)

We’re also working on a new secret project with the same meta spirit!

A big thank you to Pascal for taking the time to talk about the game!

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Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

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Hey I Love You Thank God It’s Spring

3 colour riso prints :) available here !!

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So, you know all those bad laws I tell y'all to call your senators to kill? Well here's a good one for you to promote!

Basically, you know how payment processors freak the fuck out if even the slightest whiff of adult content shows up on a website, which has lead to the widespread sanitization of the internet?

Well, this bill, S.293; aims to prevent that crap!

And, it's currently in the Committee of Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, so if your Senator is one of the following, call them and tell them to vote yes on it:

Sherrod Brown, Ohio, Chairman

Jack Reed, Rhode Island

Bob Menendez, New Jersey

Jon Tester, Montana

Mark Warner, Virginia

Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts (Tell her it would be a start on apologizing for voting yes on FOSTA/SESTA)

Chris Van Hollen, Maryland

Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada

Tina Smith, Minnesota

Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona (ugh)

Raphael Warnock, Georgia

John Fetterman, Pennsylvania

Tim Scott, South Carolina, Ranking Member

Mike Crapo, Idaho

Mike Rounds, South Dakota

Thom Tillis, North Carolina (Probably not reaching this asshole)

John Kennedy, Louisiana

Bill Hagerty, Tennessee

Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming

J.D. Vance, Ohio (Ugh)

Katie Britt, Alabama

Kevin Cramer, North Dakota

Steve Daines, Montana

If they're one of those right-wing dipshits, tell them it would help them prevent "cancel culture" via socially-conscious payment processors. Because subterfugue towards conservatives is always cool and good! Always!

Also mention that, in a happy irony, this would actually make kids safer by allowing platforms to acknowlege that, yes, people make a living selling well-endowed monoecious horsegirl drawings on their platform, and actually put properly finetuned safeguards in place.

As opposed to now, where they have to dance around it and put it in a grey-area hell so that Peter "Dracula" Thiel doesn't get his seastead in a shoal and ban them, which nobody likes!

So, call 'em if you can, boost even if you can't!

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Because of the War in Ukraine my life turned out to be not exactly something I was ready for physically and mentally and now surviving on my own (with my lovely dog!) is getting really hard

I now have a BMAC if you'd like to help!

It would help me A LOT to afford at least some kind of stability these days

Buy Me a Coffe

Thank you!!

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