The Mezunian

Die Positivität ist das Opium des Volkes, aber der Spott ist das Opium der Verrückten

Someone Needs to Knock Ocarina of Time Down a Notch

( It’s a better title than what you’ll usually see on Google — like “Ocarina of Time is OVERRATED THERE I SAID IT pls dont kill me”, which might be the optimal way to make oneself look as stupid as possible. ) ¿Remember when everyone bitched ’bout that Earthbound ripoff ’bout how we should cuddle-puddle […]

Posted in Video Games

Let’s Code a Crappy 2D Platformer Like Millions o’ Other People on the Internet & Lose Interest & Give Up Only a Few Months In, Part XXI

The O’erworld As you can see, we already have: Character movement, camera adjustment, & tile collision Level tiles wherein if you’re colliding with them you can press A to enter the level & hold B to see the challenge scores. Not only are you taken back to the map after leaving a level, you are […]

Posted in Boskeopolis Land, Programming

Let’s Code a Crappy 2D Platformer Like Millions o’ Other People on the Internet & Lose Interest & Give Up Only a Few Months In, Part XX

Dry, Drought Desert & this time I show off 100% o’ the level. Not much to say ’bout this level that isn’t already shown in the video. I already showed off this “Adventure Island / Land o’ Capitalism” gimmick in a much earlier post. Actually, the hardest part ’bout this level, designwise, was balancing the […]

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¿Are there Writers who e’en Pretend to Be Artists Anymo’?

I’ve been becoming increasingly mo’ jaded with literature in the past few months years, & the philosophy that infests the apparent mainstream views o’ writers — as well as the slew o’ schlock that seems to be published — only worsens this. It seems that such concepts such as creativity & emotional connection have been […]

Posted in Literature Commentary

Let’s Code a Crappy 2D Platformer Like Millions o’ Other People on the Internet & Lose Interest & Give Up Only a Few Months In, Part XIX

Cotton Candy Clouds Based on the simple gimmick o’ appearing & disappearing cloud platforms, blatantly ripped off from Wario Land 3’s “Above the Clouds”. Oddly ’nough: I came up with this idea while working on ’nother level with a different gimmick, but decided to introduce it here. That other level should hopefully be done soon. […]

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