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ewwwww tiled backgrounds

Quote from: Sirus on December 11, 2016, 05:58:13 pm

ugh

It looks just like Rimworld and Prison Architect before that.

What is the appeal of this style of character sprite?

It makes various important features of the pawns easily communicable and it doesn't require a lot of animation work. That's kind of like asking why every 16-bit platformer looked the same in the 90's. It mostly came down to people finding a working solution for the situation.

I can understand the desire for simple sprites, but when several recent/in-progress building/management games have virtually identical artstyles...

Face it, the character art is pretty much identical between this, Rimworld, and Prison Architect. Everyone is a blob body with a blob head and two floating circles for hands. When dudes get knocked out or killed they turn into a facing-down sprite. I'm not just talking about the style here, I mean that unless one is familiar with the differences between the games it would be nearly impossible to tell unlabeled screenshots apart.

My landlady's car trunk sounds frighteningly like a screaming child every time it opens and closes. I'm 95% certain that there's no small child in her trunk, but damn if I didn't jump at my window a few times to make sure.

It's obviously possessed by the ghost of a screaming child. Call an exorcist.

Quote from: Sirus on December 16, 2016, 06:21:58 pm

Wait, you can catch things other than Magikarp with the rod? I finally decided "to hell with fishing" when casting my line in Poni Canyon somehow wrangled up a level 30-something Magikarp that knew flail.

Also I just wish to confirm:

Spoiler: continuing the previous spoiler discussion (click to show/hide)

If I were to simply knock Tapu Koko out, it would reappear if I returned to the shrine? And if I knock it out a second time, it will reappear after defeating the E4 again?

On a slightly different note, would anyone be interested in seeing my E4-beating team? You would be able to point out just how bad it is

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Yes I have done so myself to syncro one for a friend.  I can confirm personally that you can refight them.

The great thing about ORAS' Delta Episode was that it gave you a perfect training opportunity mixed in with the plot and legendary capturing. I stubbornly stuck with the exact same team I beat the E4 with the first time, and prevailed in the rematch challenge without any extra grind.

Wait, you can catch things other than Magikarp with the rod? I finally decided "to hell with fishing" when casting my line in Poni Canyon somehow wrangled up a level 30-something Magikarp that knew flail.

Also I just wish to confirm:

On a slightly different note, would anyone be interested in seeing my E4-beating team? You would be able to point out just how bad it is

Dick move, SuMo.