Beautiful Castle Death Machine by BitMorsel

 

I was stoked when Noah (AKA Bitmorsel) reached out to me about making a game from My Famicase artwork for Beautiful Castle Death Machine. He shred some in progress worked over the last month or so, and has finally put up a downloadable version!

here is my original case design the game was inspired by

Beautiful Castle Death Machine: A quiet morning survival version by BAKAkid

Go check it out, like, follow, support indie game creators.

Thanks Bitmorsel !!!

This game is part of the “A Game By Its Cover Jam 2019”.  Development will continue beyond the event.  Your feedback can help influence the features of the game, so please leave a comment! (Gamepad Recommended)

Programming & Pixel Art by BitMorsel:  https://twitter.com/BitMorsel

The concept is based on a fictional Famicom game cartridge created by artist Bakakid:  https://www.instagram.com/bakakid.jpg/

Cartridge: https://famicase.com/19/softs/015_sample.jpg

Music created by Rolesmusic: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/

Licensed under create commons CC BY 4.0 International: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: Beautiful Castle Death Machine by BitMorsel

Supreme’s new feature phone is for hypebeasts only – The Verge

A 3G feature phone with a massive Supreme logo.

ive been trying to get a working feature(ish) phone, with google maps and Spotify. my latest attempt was a Japanese domestic Sharp Aquos Keitai 2 flip phone. it is awesome, long battery, but unfortunately I can’t do security updates on it without a y!mobile sim on a Japanese domestic network… and no app installs.

I might revisit and see if I can install custom firmware or something… but for now, its calls and Line only.

 

Source: Supreme’s new feature phone is for hypebeasts only – The Verge

hikaru dorodango

“[A]n artifact of such utter simplicity and perfection that it seems it must be either the first object or the last…”

— William Gibson

William Gibson is describing the haunting elegance of hikaru dorodango. His essay in TATE Magazine, “Shiny Balls of Mud: William Gibson Looks at Japanese Pursuits of Perfection” was my first exposure to this trend sweeping through Japan.

Hikaru dorodango are balls of mud, molded by hand into perfect spheres, dried, and polished to an unbelievable luster. The process is simple, but the result makes it seem like alchemy.

A traditional pastime among the children of Japan, the exact origin of hikaru dorodango is unknown. The tradition was dying out until taken up by Professor Fumio Kayo, of the Kyoto University of Education, as a means to study the psychology of children’s play. In the course of his research, Kayo developed a simple technique for creating dorodango. With the help of Japanese media, Kayo has revived and extended the popular reach of this tradition to the point where it is now an international phenomenon.

Source: hikaru dorodango