Kate Barrett

Kate Barrett

@thewaether.bsky.social

"Her Generation's Greatest Wordsmith" / I'm the b!tch!! I'm bisexual and I WILL bring it up!! I make games at https://thewaether.itch.io/ https://www.patreon.com/amyrot https://ko-fi.com/thewaether main blog at: https://katebnormal.tumblr.com/

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there's an old myth people would sell thier soul to the devil in exchange for being able to make good music. centuries later, Suno came along to prove that a lot of people would sell thier soul to the devil to make bad music

I played through the first few segments of To A T. wasn't expecting something so story-based actually. I really like how despite of having a plot it still feels like it has that vignettey feel of katamari

I'm glad I got to watch "it's bunlith" before all the trolls got to it. this was my honest review

Kate Barrett@thewaether.bsky.social

I watched "It's Bunlith! The Witch Upstairs" I wrote a little review of it that's too long for a thread. I put it on pastebin pastebin.com/qkAPJtUW

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I've been dwelling on the show, and the backlash, ever since. and I think once again that hating someone for a cartoon they made is obsessive and stupid behaviour. it does not matter if someone's "chungus". we are all walking a tightrope where we may become chungus someday.

lastly I'm sad that I didn't like it because I have liked the author's previous work. this is it really: you can make a dud and you should be allowed to continue living an undisturbed life, instead of being libeled with made up allegations and for that reason I'm vehemently defending this show

I'm glad I got to watch "it's bunlith" before all the trolls got to it. this was my honest review

Kate Barrett@thewaether.bsky.social

I watched "It's Bunlith! The Witch Upstairs" I wrote a little review of it that's too long for a thread. I put it on pastebin pastebin.com/qkAPJtUW

I've caught wind of the backlash against this show and it's weird that one of the common complaints is one I also mentioned. but it's weird that what I referred to as "'tude" other people referred to as "chungus". we have different dictionaries.

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yeah the "testosterone makes you angry and violent" idea hurts trans men but another big reason to push back on it is we are taught that so that we excuse cis mens actions (even subconsciously) bc we think it's just a result of their hormones and they can't control it

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Actions speak louder than words, personally I was in talks with Epic to get all my game assets on their Fab.com marketplace (for free) but cancelled the deal immediately. If they want slop, let them have slop.

Between Tim Sweeney being an absolute AI chud and the harassment of our beloved @kenney.nl, we've decided to cancel our previously announced Epic Games Store release for Shape Sender Deluxe 🚮

I've been told having the fretboard closer to the strings makes the sound richer. well. it sounded the same even when I moved it all the way in. have I been TRICKED by the guitar pros?

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Eric Bauza wasn't just an incredible actor. He fought for all of us, for the preservation of art, to see that real art got to shine, even in the face of corporate greed. The importance of him using his platform and his voice for the betterment of art cannot be understated. Goodnight, sir.

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it's very important that I can shake the muppet's head around like that one kermit gif (left stick controls the elbow now, right stick the wrist, like last time)

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synching is a little bad but here's a muppet I just made. included my hands to show you the control scheme. pressure sensitive right trigger operates the mouth. when released the mouth is open. this means that my hand movements on the controller match where their position would be in a hand puppet

I remember watching a spot about Eric Bauza and he seemed like he really loved his job and those characters. really proud that we had him even for such a short time

Ken Plume@kenplume.bsky.social

Unbelievable loss. An amazing talent, and just a really, really good person. www.instagram.com/p/De8RFy4pyov/

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It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

it's very important that I can shake the muppet's head around like that one kermit gif (left stick controls the elbow now, right stick the wrist, like last time)

in addition there are two extra controls. left trigger allows me to pressure sensitive move the mouth in the other direction (open even wider than the resting position), and LB turns off the smooth head movement and makes it more snappy.

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these are from "101 things to do with your computer" by gillian doherty which I found a copy of on the internet archive. its a book full of projects for kids to do with computers and I'm a big fan of how it has these unconventional approaches to doing things such as using powerpoint for animation

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my favourite however? this ridiculously unconventional approach to game design. a lost art here, I want to capture both pages and show you the entire thing

synching is a little bad but here's a muppet I just made. included my hands to show you the control scheme. pressure sensitive right trigger operates the mouth. when released the mouth is open. this means that my hand movements on the controller match where their position would be in a hand puppet

I style myself in an edgy manner but I feel like it doesn't impress trolls ultimately. if you're trans they will mold you into some kind of stereotypically "wholesome"-type whether that's what you're like or not.

trying to think if my art has ever truly pissed anyone off and I remember that there was one guy who got really mad at me for my old logo which depicted a "chick-fil-a" restaurant being crushed by my logo

I recently updated the logo so that chick-fil-a is crushed faster and this is mostly because their logo was on screen too long. I do not know where the idea came from to begin with. I think I wanted to be more provocative and satirical and I guess it worked

years later, some trolls took offense to my game "punch elon musk in his disgusting fucking face". I remember one of them said "is this even legal?", which is a very funny thing to say inbetween posting doxx/death threats