m. tarah henry @Lobst@scalie.club

#introductions

Hi, everyone; I'm tarah, otherwise known as lobst. I've drawn a few comics that people have seemed to enjoy, and programmed a game demo that won 10th-place in a 140+ entry game jam despite having no sound. My ability to finish any individual project has been stymied by mental health problems for over a year, but I've been seeking treatment and making progress. I've also been streaming videogames on weekends. Watch this space!

https://lobstworks.com/
https://lobst.itch.io/

"This game uses an interface where the player manipulates the main character using buttons and thumbsticks, instead of the more natural method of having them physically perform the actions themselves. Is there a thematic reason you settled on this abstraction, Mr. Kojima?" 🔸

If I wrote for a gaming news site I'd be unceremoniously fired after numerous interviews where I insistently and pointedly ask about the game developer interviewee's rationale for the lack of full-body motion tracking as their AAA non-VR game's primary method of control🔸

I'd like to do a second weekly creative stream (featuring a different project altogether) timed for American audiences; Sunday evening seems like a safe bet, though it might not happen this week 🔸

Creative stream is over and was successful (I started the process of box-modeling a kobold in Blender), which means I'll probably be continuing this project at the same time next week! Thanks again to everyone who showed up!🔸

Live in ~15 minutes for a creative stream of some sort: https://picarto.tv/lobst 🔸

Before I put this icon into retirement, here it is in full -- if you want one in this style, don't hesitate to commission my longtime friend @demoweasel (who does these routinely)

No regrets, of course; that self-representation was a necessary personal step for me to get to the point where I CAN feel this comfortable with who I am. And I consider myself lucky to be able to say "this escape fantasy served its purpose, and now I'm done with it"🔸

I've been thinking of shelving the robosona for a while. My tortoise is a better representation of my IRL body shape, and in recent years I've gotten more comfortable with that aspect of myself than I was when I developed the android model. Medical transition works, folks 🔸

So I think I'll give it a shot and see how it fits! My Picarto account is at https://picarto.tv/Lobst/ -- next stream will be something creative, at 10AM Pacific this Friday 🔸

Learning that Picarto has a Game Mode has me thinking it might be preferable to using Mixer, since I'd ideally like to stream more creative than gaming -and- I want to reduce the likelihood of random people crashing my streams/asking invasive questions 🔸

Starting in ~15 minutes, a few hours more of NieR Automata: https://mixer.com/lobst 🔸

Even though the routine for "Balkan Blast Remix" (the Angry Birds tie-in) is done by four people in giant foam costumes mostly just waddling in place, I still didn't get more than two stars on it during my first (and only) try. Such a shame, the five-star-all-songs achievement will be forever beyond my grasp because of this

Players are now identified by photos taken when the song is started (with a button press on a controller), also, and nearly every multi-person routine I've played so far can be done solo with a minimum of logistical awkwardness. (I say "nearly" because "Boys" has an extended sequence where the center player is picked up by the other two. Is the game even capable of scoring this?)

Well, one session in and I already love this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm58uYbNNiI