Updates from 2023, Quarter 3

2023 September 30

This past week I played through a hack called beth ™, or "Zebeth Minus Ze" as I like to call it. It's a small, modestly scoped kaizo-lite hack of Metroid 1, with a bunch of clever moments. It was fun. You can watch my trainwreck of a playthrough here.

Naturally, since I liked the hack, I decided to make a map of it and put it on the map page. I think the result is very cute, if I do say so myself.

2023 September 22

You know what time of year it is? Why, it's time for another map!

This time the map is of The Hallway, which is one of the Metroid 1 hacks of all time. I felt that this hack was of such difficulty to complete that it was deserving of a full guide as well. Take a gander on the maps page if you need help (or are just browsing).

2023 September 12

We got another map!!! This time it's for the hack Ice Break, which is convenient because I plan on taking a nice break from work this next week . :)

As always, the map is on the maps page.

2023 September 10

The thing I was alluding to in my previous post is finally finished: maps for the Metroid 1 hacks Ridley X Hack and Ridley X Hack 2. You can find them, as always, on the maps page.

Now I'm sure you have some questions about these hacks, so I'll do my best to answer them:

So do you play as Ridley X in these hacks?

No.

Wait. So is Ridley X the final boss or something?

No. Ridley X is a romhacker.

Ah. So he's one of those MetConsters.

No. He's actually a "Very enthusiastic Mega Man ROM hacker!" according to RHDN. Of the 39 hacks he's made, 27 are Mega Man, 2 are Metroid, and the rest are mareos.

Well, uh... does he at least have any relation to Karid-X?

No. Don't be silly! Of course not!

Thank you very much for your questions, Mr. Hypothetical Strawman Written for Rhetorical Purposes. That's it for this week's update and questionnaire. And as always, thank you dear reader darling for reading!

2023 September 4

Apologies for the lack of updates in August. I had a lot of things that I wanted to add to the site, but I never got around to it. Hopefully those things will end up bearing fruit soon.

Anyhow, I had a chance celebrity encounter the other day! I ran into Junko, protagonist of the world-famous Junkoid and Super Junkoid electronic games, and took a photo with her. You can look at it by visiting the art page!

2023 July 27

The reference sheet for the Y-Formal dress is now complete. The main difference, besides a few minor touch-ups, is that I added the designer's ad copy to the image, for people unfamiliar with what makes the dress special.

2023 July 25

Just with like my casualwear reference sheet, I have uploaded a work-in-progress reference sheet for my formal dress, but mostly out of excitement this time. I think it looks really good, and I just really want to show it off. :)

2023 July 22

Not much to report back on today, but I finished the reference sheet for my casual outfit. It's not that different, except all the ancillary information is filled out, all the text has proper drop shadows, and there is now a reference for the inward side of the shoes.

Also, I made some progress on the new design for my Kero Suit, so I put a picture of the helmet on the reference page as well. Please enjoy! :)

2023 July 11

I put up a WIP version of my character design sheet under a subpage in the about section. I would, like, wait until it was done, but I wanted something online right now just in case some folks "IRL" want to see it. Please understand.

2023 July 5

Another quarter ends, and the new archive grows in size. (One wonders if it will ever become full...)

Anyhow, metacommentary on the site aside, I have successfully published the site's first mailbag! These will be found in the About section, mostly to justify that section's existence as such a prominent part of the site.

I was going to wait until I had a few more things to answer before publishing this one, but since Cohost just rolled out their fancy Ask feature, I wanted to put up and example for folks to have an idea of what to expect.

Send you Cohost-sanctioned asks to this page.