Tracker_TD

Tracker_TD

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28 :: SEGA/Retro Game Fan :: Graphic Designer :: Draws Stuff :: SEGADriven Writer :: 💍 @halseeyon.bsky.social :: Art at #TTDArt :: thisistracker(at)gmail(dot)com for art/business/any inquiries

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I would give it more of a pass if this was not the official “you can buy this for 25 dollars” english release that took over a year to come out, for a game that is not particularly long or heavy on text….

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correction: it shows after completing the first loop, into the second loop genuinely had to do a double-take thinking I had accidentally changed the language in the options lmao leaving the other graphics like “TENTION!” and “magic: bakuhatsu” etc was already a bit ….. but I feel like this is crazy

Hahaha, there’s stuff in Cotton High Tension EN they didn’t even translate! This shows after completing a second loop in arcade mode… to me it looks like graphics got ignored, presumably bc they couldn’t throw them into the MTL and get text output Seriously @clearrivergames.bsky.social, c’mon

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OK yeah, Cotton Reboot High Tension's loc is kind of fucked - the Wool thing is defo a mistake, but the script is also really wonky and reads very disjointed, and it's even to the point that one of the folks in the credits has half their name missing because the font used lacks Swedish characters!

OK yeah, Cotton Reboot High Tension's loc is kind of fucked - the Wool thing is defo a mistake, but the script is also really wonky and reads very disjointed, and it's even to the point that one of the folks in the credits has half their name missing because the font used lacks Swedish characters!

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Watching Hal play Cotton High Tension, and unless I’m missing something the TL is pretty scuffed… there’s some oddities (like Silk saying cotton’s ’eaten plenty of *us*’ during a convo about willows), and also unless I missed something I’m not sure why Wool is suddenly going by he/him pronouns

Cotton is a series where the story and cutscenes are a huge part of the appeal imo, half-assing them is a real shame. Given the gap between the JP and EN releases, this should've been a lot better (Lots of typos carried from the JP ver too, this game spells Tension wrong in about 3 separate ways)

Watching Hal play Cotton High Tension, and unless I’m missing something the TL is pretty scuffed… there’s some oddities (like Silk saying cotton’s ’eaten plenty of *us*’ during a convo about willows), and also unless I missed something I’m not sure why Wool is suddenly going by he/him pronouns

My site used to use manual colour tags for every individual link because I mistyped something in the css and thought it just didn’t work, so I took an insane workaround Astro Museum may not have remote code execution, but it sure does have Soul™️, and also dire need of a html course

Steam Deck having a ‘full view’ display option now is pretty nice… in a game like Crossworlds it doesn’t really cut off anything vital, so it works quite nicely given it doesn’t output at the Deck’s native screen resolution usually. À la using the ‘Over’ option on something like the RetroTink

apparently I never posted the Haruka vs Chiaki art here it's over two years old and both of them use outdated designs, but I still like that one #TTDArt

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FWIW I did endevour to implement the most impactful PCM loops in the 2011 version (including your video above). The ones that were skipped were either too ropey quality wise, or stuck out too much in terms of matching the audio mix.

It does make me sad that no official release of the Sonic CD soundtrack makes use of the unused loops... if only for Quartz Quadrant Good Future's loop making what is already one of the best Sonic songs ever *even better*

The change in audio quality is due to the loops being PCM (IIRC?) instead of CD audio - which is why they were cut, they couldn't get them to sync up on the Mega CD But here that quality change just... works so well, somehow. I don't know how to describe it, but it sounds amazing as a transition

ok I’ll stop RTing that Haruka now, but it was fun to draw Haruka in another different outfit Already trying to think what kind of Haruka to draw next…

I haven't screwed around in inDesign for a while, and actually updating the Sonic Perfect System guide would be too obvious, so I'm going to try cobbling together a fun lil artbook based on the ones I like to collect myself (...aka Yoshizaki Mine's)

Hypothetically it'd be wider ranging than Astro Museum's selection, but even if it isn't I think it'd be fun to have a different way of curating my art... and also inDesign is just fun to mess with

I was listening to the Hyper Duel OST while drawing last night, idly dreaming about the day they’d do a new OST release for it …wake up this morning and BAM, new Hyper Duel OST with both the arcade OST, Saturn OST, and a new arranged medley. Out next month!

the good news: I'm drawing haruka the better news: she's not just standing there for once the best news: she's in a maid outfit the bad news: I still can't draw frilly skirts from 99% of angles

Begrudgingly forced to admit that the Avatar track in Crossworlds is one of the coolest tracks in the game (I think it also helps that other than the hilariously unanimated beast thing that flies by at the start, it doesn't feel super out of place... nothing about it screams THIS IS A TIE-IN)

[STREAM: SONIC CROSSWORLDS YEAR TWO DISCUSSION] I don't often do streams where I just talk about stuff, but I thought it'd be fun to go through my personal thoughts on Year Two of a game I've already put over 200 hours into. twitch.tv/tracker_td

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hi i am starting now. also holly might have to not be here for 100oj she said she might have to have someone take her place but that wont be till a bit later anyway www.twitch.tv/riimake come here...

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this is my big stream announcement post. i dont know what time i'll start or what time 100oj will be. but i do know i will be going as long as i possibly can and that it will be at www.twitch.tv/riimake

tfw Hal’s making a ref sheet for my own OC before me literally bc every time she draws Mimi I can’t give an answer to what her shoes look like

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stream's over, tldr: M2STG Armed Police Batrider (no platforms/ETA) The Edward Ragtime Show (Edward Randy+The Great Ragtime 2-pacl; no platforms/ETA) Devil Blade Reboot console port (no platforms/ETA) M2STG Arcade Kyukyoku Tiger (APM3, Oct.15) Senxin Aleste (PS4/5/Switch, March 18 in Japan)

man all this sonic news and M2 might even announce ShotTriggers Batrider yet, I’m living today folks …I hope they actually announce that now I feel like the signs are pointing to it

Smushed into the latest news post about Crossworlds on Steam - in future, Festivals will run for *10 days*, so way more time to get the limited rewards Some previous festivals will also return, presumably the ones that don’t involve licensing hurdles

Speaking of licensing, some brand guidelines actually impeding on the game for once - you can’t customise the Sanrio vehicles, or play the course in Mirror Mode. I kind of get them not wanting people making The Green Kuromi Car With a Five Guys Decal, but who cares if the Sanrio logo’s backwards!?