PokeWilds is a fangame (not a romhack) that features procedurally generated maps using the Gen2 sprites/tiles and places the player on a beach of a random region that is devoid of people but populated by wild pokemon.
It’s basically a pokemon survival game with
friendly and unfriendly pokemon
day and night cycles
multiple biomes, which are being added to even now
non-move-tied HMs which allow you to cut trees down, surf, fly, teleport, and even ride on your pokemon
legendaries, shinies, and the freedom to explore WHEREVER because the wild pokemon levels grow with you (*some restrictions apply)
also the freedom to steal eggs from poke-parents and then narrowly escape with your life as you fucking BOOK IT I’M SO SORRY VENASAUR I JUST WANTED A BULBASAUR BABYI’M SORRY I PROMISE I’LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT I SWEAR OH GODOHGODOHGOD
(picture not related, I got this one and got away scott free, unlike the first time)
I’ve been having lots of fun with it on my off time, and it’s honestly REALLY impressive how well put together this is. I only got a game-breaking bug ONCE and I was able to go into de-bug mode and get myself out of it, so.
I want to make a post to keep track of all the Goncharov score that’s been uploaded to tumblr, so I will link to all the one’s I’ve found so far and update with any new ones that come up (if you know any I’m missing please share the link!)
Stolen Time uploaded by @avatar-of-the-vast (I lost track of who pointed this one out to me I’m sorry but my notifications at the moment are A Lot, so thank you to whoever it was and I’m sorry I don’t know who you were)
As a purveyor of weird/quirky internet things, there are few things I love more than coming across a new little tool to make fun things with. Here’s a running list of some of my favorites that I’ve found!
Games
Bitsy is a “little editor for little games or worlds” and one of my personal favorite tools on this list. A good first start if you want to make a game and have never made one before. It’s got a pretty extensive wiki if you want to add audio, animations, etc.
Flickgame is just about as simple as it gets. You get 16 colors and 16 slides, and clicking colors is how you get to different slides. Super easy and fun!
Flicksy is both of the above combined! Make more complicated sprites that lead between branching rooms. Full disclosure, I’ve never actually made something with this, but it’s been on my radar for a while.
Twine is almost too mainstream to put on this list, but it’s a great one to know about. It’s a tool for making those interactive fiction games where you click on the words to progress. So fun and hugely customizable.
Music
Beepbox is my current favorite way to create music. You get 16 measures and a pretty expansive set of preset instruments, with the option of making your own adjustments. The song is stored in the web address, so sharing is as simple as copy pasting the link! You can also export your music (so that you can add it to your games) UPDATE: Turns out you can have more than 16 measures! I just can’t read. That makes it more cool!
Art
Piskel is an easy way to make pixel art sprites and animations. It’s easy to use and you can resize sprites too!
Websites
Neocities!!! I cannot recommend this one enough. Build your own websites from scratch! Revel in the vibes of the internet in the late 1990s - early 2000s! This does require some coding knowledge, but there are plenty of resources out there to help. Speaking as someone who had 0 coding skills before making my site, it’s very easy to pick up.
Domino is another tool that I’ve never actually used but have always wanted to. It’s “a tool for collaging fragmentary thoughts and ideas without the friction of assembling them into linear writing”, and is essentially a bunch of boxes that connect to one another, sort of like a mind map.
ProBoards is a free(!) forum creation website. You can even customize the layout with your Neocities coding knowledge!
Carrd is in no way underground, but as far as easy website tools come, it’s one of the best, so it deserves to be here. Plus you can definitely make interesting and quirky things with it - this little game is one of my favorite carrds I’ve ever seen!
Please add any tools you love in the notes! I just adore finding things like this, and I’m sure there are some I’ve missed. It’s important for creativity to sometimes spend an afternoon making a weird song or website that you never would have normally. I hope this inspires you to create!
I’m a little bit obsessed with these magical girl -esque weapons I saw on Mandarake. They’re sold, and I can’t seem to find the brand “Rameb” they’re listed as being from.. but I needed to save and share!
tumblr SHIELD. for 3 bucks a month, whenever a blaze post would appear on your dash, a pre-loaded post of yours instead appears on the dashboard of the person who tried to blaze you
tumblr BLAST. for 5 bucks a month, whenever a blaze post of yours would be blocked by tumblr shield, it instead appears in all caps at the top of the shielded person’s dashboard for an hour and flashes violently whenever they try to block it
tumblr POSSESS. for 200$ a day you can post using another person’s blog, though you cannot change their blog in any other way nor delete their previous posts. at the end of the day they receive half of the 200 dollars
tumblr TRUE SIGHT. for 6$ monthly you can see when a blog is possessed. tumblr SCRY. for 30$ a day you can read other blogs’ private messages
tumblr POWER WORD KILL. for a one time payment of 6,666 bucks, you can delete another blog entirely. tumblr notifies all of that blog’s mutuals that you killed them. each user can only use this feature once, and thereafter loses the ability to use any of the other tumblr spells. you must have been a user for at least 10 years to use this feature
tumblr UNDENIABLE SUMMONS. for 35$ you enchant a blog such that they cannot post again until they answer your ask. alternatively, you can simply set a price point of your choosing which they will receive if they choose to answer the ask (though they are not obligated to)
tumblr ENTHRALL. for 4$ a month you can use gifs as your icon again
tumblr FAMILIAR. for 5$ a month, you summon a small, cute familiar—such as a crab, snail, owl or frog—which can carry small messages onto your mutuals’ dashboards for you. owning a familiar also protects you from being tumblr POSSESSed by anyone but your own mutuals
tumblr REFLECT. for a one time payment of 100 dollars, the next time someone attempts to use POWER WORD KILL on you, they are deleted instead. there is no way of knowing whether someone has this feature active
