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Hey folks. Haven't been around in a while, but I hope you're all doing well, or as well as you can be. 

Truth be told, I've been thinking about MH a lot, though not specifically the game itself, its genre, nor its plot. Rather, I've been thinking about its concept and what it's meant to me. And I recognize on the outside it's silly for a rando to express something more heartfelt about funny-vn-game-with-sexy-furry-mans-and-memes. Heck, I made some of the shittier shitposts.

In any case, MH has always been a standout to me for its humanity, and a resolute expression of humanitarianism that is strangely rare within the medium. It's certainly rare in games in general. It's rare to find any imagined universe where indiscriminate sanctuary and the collective healing of trauma can be its core championed tenets.

And that's really why I can't stop thinking about MH. Without going into details, my life took a very dramatic foul turn a couple years ago. I'm still struggling to recover, all the while the state of the world seems absurdly dire and oppressive. And then there's this funny visual novel (for free) that celebrates compassion, charity and acceptance all the while sprinkling in deep-fried meme shitposts. It isn't saccharine. It shows horrifying abuse and a truly ugly side of humanity, but they don't punctuate the story. MH is about seeing the ugliness of injustice and reacting with humanitarian pursuit. It's about healing rather than hurting. I'm not a religious person, but Asterion mentioning his favourite Christian verses are the Beatitudes is just the perfect summary of what is at the heart of this story.

Again, it feels rare to find humanitarian messages of this calibre in a visual novel. It's rare to find it in life right now. And that's why it's so important to me, and, I hope, others. 

This long ramble is really just a prelude to this message to MinoAnon, Nanoff, and any others who contributed to the game's development: Thank you for making Minotaur Hotel. Thank you for being who you are. It (still) means a whole lot to me.

And thank you for Robert, who is precious and whom I would do anything for.

Sincerely,
A fan.

Q: How explicit does this game get?

A: Yes

They posted patch notes

https://jerichowo.itch.io/remember-the-flowers/devlog/833501/minor-update-1781

The devs have said they currently have no intention of implementing NSFW scenes into the game, but it does discuss and even allude to NSFW situations. I take that to mean there will be no explicit scenes in the game, though themes of sexuality will be present.

They are also open to NSFW fanart and the like.

Man, it's so cool too see this kind of support. You guys rock. Looking forward to exploring the entries!

A version of Doom was released for the Super Nintendo. This project emulates pretty much precisely the limits of what the SNES was capable of rendering as pseudo-3d graphics.

I don't know what PSX games you've seen, but even the worst of its first generation of games looked substantially more advanced than this.

<3

I was at a bar with a friend hanging over my shoulder when my phone got an email notification with the subject line "Khenbish horny art" and I fucking lost it trying to not explain

Having no way of knowing it was sanctioned also means having no way of knowing it wasn't. Which also isn't true, because, you know, you could've used this amazing secret technique known as "asking." It's a far better approach than being a cop.

I know you're trying to apologize, but it doesn't seem like you understand that jumping to accusations was the problem, not you simply being factually wrong.

And that's forgetting the fact that it's very obviously a fan game.

Can't believe I got Shrek'd like that

I've come to expect some degree of trauma from your writing, but I wasn't prepared at all for the mention of the SBF from a character who looks like Pat

Seriously though, great to see a new project in the works! Excited to see where this goes

Just a friendly bit of advice: Don't speak authoritatively on historical matters you lack the intellectual courage to actually learn about.

Trans people are not some modern invention or whatever transphobic garbage you're suggesting here. Hiro's story seems to take place in pre-nazi Germany, which was in fact at the cutting edge of sexual research and queer rights advocacy from foundations such as the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin (the very institute whose books were the first the Nazis gathered for book burnings, fyi)

Hiro's identity isn't forced, it fits well with the story's period AND he is precious and I would kill anyone who would try to harm him.

Don't wanna pick favourites because there isn't a single bad song in the soundtrack, but Personal Elegy with the Hinterlands as a backdrop works so well. There's something about its mix of electric guitars and steel pedals that makes a road trip through the south feel right.

...I also still like The Last Ones even though Joe Exotic fucked it

I only made enough front-facing details for the sake of the pic, but heck, I might try to model the whole thing a little more accurately later.

So I've been teaching myself Blender over the weekend, and one thing led to another

Edit: Hopefully compression didn't totally annihilate it this time. I'm done editing. I swear.

ffs Hermes stop ruining our floor

His indignant face is a hundred times more powerful

He's perfect

He symbolizes a simple life of stagnation which is ultimately one we both desire and fear... and also gay butts. Mostly he represents gay butts. Ozu's still life is about gay butts, change my mind.

It is :) It's a scene from Late Spring

This is precious

Hello I made the most tangential, stupid-ass obscure reference that I really only expect one person in the entire world is going to get and I'm sorry I've wasted my life like this. I don't even know why I found the idea so funny.

Anyway, to that one person: This is for you. I'm sorry.

No regretas

Does this mean Greta being an arthropod is canon

And then everybody clapped

Sorry no boar men this time

CC Search is a legit treasure

The valley BG is 100% Monument Valley in Utah. It's a pretty recognizable landmark :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley

What a good boy

I swear Darkest Dungeon is an infinite well for quality memes

Oh geez thanks! <3 

And sure!

The boar cannot hope to withstand such an assault

The tapir god is genuinely my favourite character to voice. There's such a worn, manic insanity to him that really feels complete and realized... whereas Nini is just distressing and monstrous.

To get that first achievement, you have to do at least seven of the following things throughout the Hinterlands Ch 3:

• Go to the tailor, get Storm a fully-tailored set of clothes, and give him P's jacket
• Visit Storm's home
• Visit P's home
• Go to the library and browse the fiction section with Storm
• Go to the plaza and hang out with Storm
• Visit the second church
• Go to the pond and stay with Storm
• Visit the diner at the archaelogical site

As for the other two, it all really depends on how important completionism is to you :)

I'm definitely not going to be getting those.