Mike and Ray running through Mike's Escape Space after having to get there abruptly due to someone inducing a full scale Panic Attack within Mike. The name of the area is "Kill Your Artificial Mind", after a boss track from Travis Strikes Again.

Mike and Ray are within Mike's safe zone, aka Escape Space after being stricken with panic. This was his way to contain his power and not rip space open around him. There's a reason it's so easy for him to panic, as you'll learn.

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Mike, Ray, GiGi, and his brother Andre are seen sitting around watching someone they went to high school with on TV as a now famous wrestler. She's known as Triple M! to the masses. Her real name being Mary Mars McQueen. Mike is asking Ray about Mary, asking if she's got an "idea"... Ideas are voids who have formed symbiotic relationships with everyday humans. They're called ideas in this state because whatever idea the human has as for an ability as they join, becomes their active power (for example, Mike's ability is to learn anything he's seen/heard/or read at least once).

Mike, Ray, GiGi, and his brother Andre are seen sitting around watching someone they went to high school with on TV as a now famous wrestler. She's known as Triple M! to the masses. Her real name being Mary Mars McQueen. Ray responds to Mike stating that no one has seen her "Idea", but some speculate it's the TV she wears on her head. Ideas are voids who have formed symbiotic relationships with everyday humans. They're called ideas in this state because whatever idea the human has as for an ability as they join, becomes their active power (for example, Mike's ability is to learn anything he's seen/heard/or read at least once).

Mike, Ray, GiGi, and his brother Andre are seen sitting around watching someone they went to high school with on TV as a now famous wrestler. She's known as Triple M! to the masses. Her real name being Mary Mars McQueen. Andre speaks up reminding Mike and Ray they have a rap battle to attend in another part of the apartment complex they live in. The price is say to be money... and a mysterious VHS tape about a weapon...

Mike sitting around with friends watching wrestling. Someone they went to high school with is now a famous wrestler, aka, Triple M!... Mike and Ray discuss whether or not Triple M! has what's called an "idea"... what might those be?

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yeah, you DEFINITELY get it then... tho I wish for your sake you didn't lol. I've been doing so much to try to get the ball actually rolling, but it's not been easy at all. my game is also in a ton of partly finished pieces... or well was before I sorta started over late last year.

lol... I just need help. even if it's just me learning how to help my damn self finally. I want you all to experience my game. I have so many cool ideas and I just want that to be out there. I'll finish this.... even if it's just for myself to say I did it.

getting super overwhelmed at the process in it's entirety. I had NO idea how much work this really was gonna be. I need to focus on one thing at a time, but having mild ADHD and being autistic... ehhhhhhh lol. my brain is really my biggest enemy here. I promise I'll stop doing these kind of updates

while she doesn't entirely get what I'm trying to do, she's been pretty supportive. I want make this game. I do not however, know how to make this game. I think the only way it's gonna ever happen is I need to SLOW down and take it all in actual baby steps. part of the problem is I realize how I'm

... at least when I feel I'm actually making progress. but I don't feel like I am very much anymore. I just sit at my desk and get distracted. I have GIGS of art, music, project builds, etc... but nothing is actually put together. I told my partner I feel really fucking defeated right now. and

quitting again yesterday. I have the focus of a gnat and every time I think my game is something I can actually make and finish, I start thinking no... I don't think I got this. I talk about this kind of stuff a lot actually. where I feel like I'm having a terrible time working on this. I'm not lol

🧵yesterday marked 7 years since I started on my game... I don't know how I feel about that considering a lot of what I had planned at the start. I'm having the HARDEST time working on this. for as much as I've shown over the years, I don't have actually anything playable done. I thought about

Sorry I've been silent recently. I've been pretty busy IRL and working on the game quietly. really trying to hammer down something for a demo before I turn 45 lol...

Which is to say that in 2 days time, it'll be 7 years since I started working on Panic Attack! back in 2019.

Mike is talking to Wade the Wizard before their rap battle starts. Wade says "Hmph... Even a lyrical miracle nerd like you ain't beating me today "Manic Mike"..." to Mike.

Mike runs into a guy named Ray. Ray says to Mike, "... Hmm? Don't mind me, I'm just here to see who wins.", in reference to the rap battle.

Mike is at the rap battle and speaking to a weird follower girl... she says "What's up Barnes? Did you hear about one of the prizes being a weird VHS tape?". anything could be on this so-called "weird tape". Though it's suggested that the tape is suggestive... take that as you will.

Mike's at the rap battle taking place in his apartment complex. the prize seems to be a decent amount of cash and oddly enough a very mysterious VHS tape. This leads to the 1st Event Battle in the game... a rap battle with 3 rounds.

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Mike and Ray face off against Wonder Riot in battle.

Mike and Ray face off against Wonder Riot in battle.

this is what normal and boss battles will look like as opposed to event battles. in this one, face off against a dangerous void known as Wonder Riot.

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I'm feeling really deflated by fighting games recently. I think Tokon is gonna be my last attempt here. it looks goof off fun at least. I think the genre isn't for me anymore. I already don't play online with them anymore, and I feel the ones I play for story just don't hit now.

finally got the camera working when you're not taking action. there's a LOT to do here, but I almost got the event battles down lookwise. hopefully I can start working on the front view stuff for normal battles/bosses soon.

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normal battles are more like Phantasy Star or something visually, and with no movement/grid stuff (it's all combat, so no need for the more puzzle like stuff from event battles). I don't have what I need to show either yet until I code some stuff and fix the battle UI... but it's coming.

only get EXP. you get a bonus for lining them up too in a chain if you can do it right. But even the boss of each chapter works like this in the first fight against them. in every 1st encounter, it's a puzzle to survive and figure out their weakness for the main encounter. on the other hand...

shown in a normal side view fashion. the idea is something like this... in the tutorial you have a battle to protect something trapped in a locker. it's surrounded by robots. you can use Mike's electric attacks to magnetize and subdue them for items/passive ability drops... or Ray torch them and

🧵so in an attempt to figure out a LOT of things as far as what to do on maps, battle visuals, and so on... I have a new system in place going forward. there's 2 types of battles now in the game. Event Battles and normal ones. Event ones are more so puzzles that so happen to be battles. they'll be

A look at the main menu for my game... The party in this one is just Mike and Diana. The map is named after the song for the first level of Streets of Rage 2. Mike and Diana here are just vibing.

A look at the main menu for my game... The party in this one is all 3 of the main cast, with Diana first. The map is named after the song from the Nine Inch Nails album, The Fragile. You can see Diana is about to smack Ray in the back of the head to get him to pay attention.

A look at the main menu for my game... The party in this one is all 3 of the main cast with Ray second in order. The map is named after a song from Lisa: The Painful. Ray is standing behind Mike giving him bunny ears.

A look at the main menu for my game... The party in this one is just Mike and Ray. The map is named after a song from Mother 3. Ray is standing behind Mike giving him bunny ears.

with some patience, I finally got the menu looking close to what I have in rpg maker MV. Depending on the party and order, the background will change. Oh and each area is named after a song... do you recognize any of these titles?

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I should actually have something for screenshot Saturday today. I finally starting redoing UI stuff, starting with the main menu. it's ALMOST done.

so one of my biggest complaints with rpg maker mz is the UI. it's not great in MV, but I have a LOT of ways around it ultimately. I felt like I didn't in MZ. but... I found out that the core for Visustella let's you edit and move windows with code... not just parameters.

point. but, I feel once I sort out this last thing, I'll finally be able to work on battles again.

want my stuff actually animated. which is fair... but as I told them, and I stress to anyone reading this. I'm so burntout on drawing anything related to characters in battle that just the thought of more of it makes me wanna quit the whole thing. I've got GIGS upon GIGS of character sprites at this

A lot of this is to save time on all the stuff I haven't even drawn yet (mostly need to do this for bosses). and it lets me draw focusing only on one dynamic frame as opposed to whole animations. I like all this... in theory. one person tho stated folks wouldn't really be "fooled" by this and would

But I'm not sure how well this really looks to others in action. like there'd be NO animations, just key frames looped with filters laid over them to look like they're doing a bit more. Again, the idea is to make a still comic image, look "alive" in a way without it being an actual animation.

I FINALLY have an idea of how to approach battles visually, except for one thing and it relates to this gif... I've had the idea of battles looking like a "living" comic panel/still for a long time back and forth. all the character actions would be one framed loops with filters.

I miss working on battle lol. but I've basically started everything over a few months ago moving the project to MZ. I will say, I finally feel MZ is usable enough. and the performance definitely trumps MV. but yeah, MZ definitely has stuff MV doesn't or better versions of what MV has... finally.

Mega Man Legends is probably the most unique Mega Man series within the main MM continuity, and it has a character so dope, she not only got her own spinoff game, but got into two crossover fighting games! Here's an in-depth look at Tron Bonne's MvC appearances! 👇(Link below) 👇

youtu.be/wm_JWPlXmVk

structure (that you can break to degrees so it's not super linear) if that makes any sense. the only things left to figure out are UI stuff and the visual style for battles (which all depends on how much more I wanna draw)... all in all, I think the idea I have tho... could help.