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Thoughts on AnimeTwineowa
Jul. 1st, 2022 10:30 pmBrief intro: As of last Saturday, AI's execs had decided that "the best course of action is to reinstate the mask requirement in areas where social distancing is not possible". Which wasn't quite good enough for me (I did not actually ask, "You mean to say that the vendors are going to be able to go mask-free whenever attendees aren't around, and then there's no guarantee that any sort of air circulation or filtration will happen in the dealer's room before attendees enter?" but I did think it pretty hard), so I'm sticking by my resignation.
It's also leading me to think more on whether I want to completely rebrand AnimeTwineowa* or not. I still have a lot of positive feelings towards AnimeIowa and a good percentage of the staff there, even if I have lost all respect for a small number of high-ranking people on staff right now. On the other hand, disengaging it from AnimeIowa would make the game more ...overall generic? Less prone to being caught up in similar messes? IDK. So it's still probably a good thing to consider. I think I might take the route of leaving the current version available as-is, but make any updates on a separate, non-AI version.
Probably the toughest part of scraping off what few serial numbers even exist for the game is coming up with new names and details for stuff. Primarily, I need to rename the con itself where the game takes place, the game itself, and come up with new mascots for the imaginary con. For the name, I'm leaning towards Anime Twine Con or something similar, both because it's straightforward and because it's less likely to infringe on any existing convention names this way. (Coming up with a name for a fake convention can be a hell of a challenge when you're competing with a bunch of nerds who have a similar sense of humor!)
As for Buu-chan, Millie the hippo, and the Pit Master, I think I'm going to switch the villain out for an unscrupulous scientist who was experimenting to find ways to give real creatures anime powers/traits/etc, and the new mascots will be the lab rat and bunny who escaped their clutches. I'm not sure about much of their other characteristics, but some of the scientist's efforts definitely worked somehow, and now the scientist is desperate to recapture the rat and bunny and see if they can figure out how to repeat/recreate the results.
Anyway, once again, input is welcome 😉 What power(s) should the rat and the bunny have (aside from Devastating Cuteness)? What should their names be? How about the scientist? Between the rat and the bunny, which one should be the primary mascot and which one should be introduced at the con? Do I reference the recent mouse girl meme on Tumblr at all?
* For anyone unfamiliar: AnimeTwineowa is the Twine-based "virtual convention" I put together with help from my friends in 2020, since in-person cons were a no-go. I made some improvements in 2021, but didn't initially have any plans for this year. You can play the game here.
It's also leading me to think more on whether I want to completely rebrand AnimeTwineowa* or not. I still have a lot of positive feelings towards AnimeIowa and a good percentage of the staff there, even if I have lost all respect for a small number of high-ranking people on staff right now. On the other hand, disengaging it from AnimeIowa would make the game more ...overall generic? Less prone to being caught up in similar messes? IDK. So it's still probably a good thing to consider. I think I might take the route of leaving the current version available as-is, but make any updates on a separate, non-AI version.
Probably the toughest part of scraping off what few serial numbers even exist for the game is coming up with new names and details for stuff. Primarily, I need to rename the con itself where the game takes place, the game itself, and come up with new mascots for the imaginary con. For the name, I'm leaning towards Anime Twine Con or something similar, both because it's straightforward and because it's less likely to infringe on any existing convention names this way. (Coming up with a name for a fake convention can be a hell of a challenge when you're competing with a bunch of nerds who have a similar sense of humor!)
As for Buu-chan, Millie the hippo, and the Pit Master, I think I'm going to switch the villain out for an unscrupulous scientist who was experimenting to find ways to give real creatures anime powers/traits/etc, and the new mascots will be the lab rat and bunny who escaped their clutches. I'm not sure about much of their other characteristics, but some of the scientist's efforts definitely worked somehow, and now the scientist is desperate to recapture the rat and bunny and see if they can figure out how to repeat/recreate the results.
Anyway, once again, input is welcome 😉 What power(s) should the rat and the bunny have (aside from Devastating Cuteness)? What should their names be? How about the scientist? Between the rat and the bunny, which one should be the primary mascot and which one should be introduced at the con? Do I reference the recent mouse girl meme on Tumblr at all?
* For anyone unfamiliar: AnimeTwineowa is the Twine-based "virtual convention" I put together with help from my friends in 2020, since in-person cons were a no-go. I made some improvements in 2021, but didn't initially have any plans for this year. You can play the game here.
