Catonator
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I have the C++03 and ModPlug brainrot. One half of @distantillusions.com
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Finnish/English
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Finnish/English
excellent progress on modeling the main character for our next distant illusions game
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
excellent progress on modeling the main character for our next distant illusions game
Also shoutouts to this joke in the SMBDX page that's remained untouched since I started reading the site in 2011. That didn't used to be a long time ago.
Here's some pages that are nuts with their level of work:
- A Hat in Time
- Prerelease:Mother 3
- Prerelease:Ocarina of Time
Here's some pages that are nuts with their level of work:
- A Hat in Time
- Prerelease:Mother 3
- Prerelease:Ocarina of Time
October 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Also shoutouts to this joke in the SMBDX page that's remained untouched since I started reading the site in 2011. That didn't used to be a long time ago.
Here's some pages that are nuts with their level of work:
- A Hat in Time
- Prerelease:Mother 3
- Prerelease:Ocarina of Time
Here's some pages that are nuts with their level of work:
- A Hat in Time
- Prerelease:Mother 3
- Prerelease:Ocarina of Time
This long in, it's hard to single out a page for great work. I've seen several of them grow out from a scant paragraph to a massive sprawling research project by one or more reverse-engineers with nothing better to do.
That being said, I love this image (which happens to be featured today)
That being said, I love this image (which happens to be featured today)
October 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This long in, it's hard to single out a page for great work. I've seen several of them grow out from a scant paragraph to a massive sprawling research project by one or more reverse-engineers with nothing better to do.
That being said, I love this image (which happens to be featured today)
That being said, I love this image (which happens to be featured today)
Finished Season 3 of the X-Files, here's some screencaps of the many, many sick as hell shots it had
October 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Finished Season 3 of the X-Files, here's some screencaps of the many, many sick as hell shots it had
Here's my review of Bubsy 4D's demo:
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Here's my review of Bubsy 4D's demo:
father, it is my turn to ascend. my time has come
October 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
father, it is my turn to ascend. my time has come
there's nothing quite like starting your sunday morning by putting a great album on
October 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
there's nothing quite like starting your sunday morning by putting a great album on
Dead Cities by Future Sound of London
Listened to this earlier today and forgot to post about it. Dunno if I have that much to say about it, other than it's great. Excellent album to zone out to while standing on a hill outside, looking at the clouds.
Listened to this earlier today and forgot to post about it. Dunno if I have that much to say about it, other than it's great. Excellent album to zone out to while standing on a hill outside, looking at the clouds.
October 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Dead Cities by Future Sound of London
Listened to this earlier today and forgot to post about it. Dunno if I have that much to say about it, other than it's great. Excellent album to zone out to while standing on a hill outside, looking at the clouds.
Listened to this earlier today and forgot to post about it. Dunno if I have that much to say about it, other than it's great. Excellent album to zone out to while standing on a hill outside, looking at the clouds.
Jealous Gods by Poets of the Fall
POTF's albums are kind of hard to recommend because they all have the Invisible Touch issue of having some absolutely incredible tracks separated by pretty mediocre ones. I think this one suffers from it a lot because there's a lot of boring ballads. Shame, really
POTF's albums are kind of hard to recommend because they all have the Invisible Touch issue of having some absolutely incredible tracks separated by pretty mediocre ones. I think this one suffers from it a lot because there's a lot of boring ballads. Shame, really
October 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Jealous Gods by Poets of the Fall
POTF's albums are kind of hard to recommend because they all have the Invisible Touch issue of having some absolutely incredible tracks separated by pretty mediocre ones. I think this one suffers from it a lot because there's a lot of boring ballads. Shame, really
POTF's albums are kind of hard to recommend because they all have the Invisible Touch issue of having some absolutely incredible tracks separated by pretty mediocre ones. I think this one suffers from it a lot because there's a lot of boring ballads. Shame, really
Fuck it, I'll start a thread talking about albums I've listened to thoughout the day. Starting with Supergrass's Road to Rouen.
Tales of Endurance is one of the best songs ever committed to CD. The ending of the album is a little weak compared to the start but it's still a good listen overall.
Tales of Endurance is one of the best songs ever committed to CD. The ending of the album is a little weak compared to the start but it's still a good listen overall.
October 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Fuck it, I'll start a thread talking about albums I've listened to thoughout the day. Starting with Supergrass's Road to Rouen.
Tales of Endurance is one of the best songs ever committed to CD. The ending of the album is a little weak compared to the start but it's still a good listen overall.
Tales of Endurance is one of the best songs ever committed to CD. The ending of the album is a little weak compared to the start but it's still a good listen overall.
we're getting our game all over that scom. it's good, there's a part where you can learn to kill aura.
let's hope next year more distant illusions makes it to the floor than just a game
let's hope next year more distant illusions makes it to the floor than just a game
August 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
we're getting our game all over that scom. it's good, there's a part where you can learn to kill aura.
let's hope next year more distant illusions makes it to the floor than just a game
let's hope next year more distant illusions makes it to the floor than just a game
They used much brighter floral shirts for a long time during development (this screencap's from around 1998) but they darkened it for the final game. I assume it's an old ref they're using for it
August 19, 2025 at 6:31 AM
They used much brighter floral shirts for a long time during development (this screencap's from around 1998) but they darkened it for the final game. I assume it's an old ref they're using for it
I love chain letters!!!!
Anyway, my very first paid steam game was Serious Sam 3, after playing it pirated for years. With that damn immortal Arachnoid. I didn't have a means to pay online at the time, so I'd go out and buy gift cards for myself with my pocket money to buy games on steam...
Anyway, my very first paid steam game was Serious Sam 3, after playing it pirated for years. With that damn immortal Arachnoid. I didn't have a means to pay online at the time, so I'd go out and buy gift cards for myself with my pocket money to buy games on steam...
August 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I love chain letters!!!!
Anyway, my very first paid steam game was Serious Sam 3, after playing it pirated for years. With that damn immortal Arachnoid. I didn't have a means to pay online at the time, so I'd go out and buy gift cards for myself with my pocket money to buy games on steam...
Anyway, my very first paid steam game was Serious Sam 3, after playing it pirated for years. With that damn immortal Arachnoid. I didn't have a means to pay online at the time, so I'd go out and buy gift cards for myself with my pocket money to buy games on steam...
also obligatory. see if you can find them
August 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
also obligatory. see if you can find them
jotted down these two last night
August 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
jotted down these two last night
background music related
July 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
background music related
I got fed up with JSON's shit, so I ended up writing my own markup format for Radium. Even though the code is really scuffed, the entire language only took around 2 days to write, so I'm pretty proud of it
July 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I got fed up with JSON's shit, so I ended up writing my own markup format for Radium. Even though the code is really scuffed, the entire language only took around 2 days to write, so I'm pretty proud of it
complicated discussion about input api design at distant illusions today
May 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
complicated discussion about input api design at distant illusions today
see you next platform, maybe it'll be a forum this time
April 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
see you next platform, maybe it'll be a forum this time
I like Colours' approach in that sense too that it still feels like a place, albeit not as bustling as what Unleashed's small alleys are. Compare it to, say '06, where even locations are just really bizarrely empty and devoid of humanity, even when they're supposed to be towns or whatever.
March 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I like Colours' approach in that sense too that it still feels like a place, albeit not as bustling as what Unleashed's small alleys are. Compare it to, say '06, where even locations are just really bizarrely empty and devoid of humanity, even when they're supposed to be towns or whatever.
"Häyhänen, Able and The Case of The Empty Nickel" sounds like a real banger of a Nick Knatterton episode
February 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Häyhänen, Able and The Case of The Empty Nickel" sounds like a real banger of a Nick Knatterton episode
hey guys, I came up with a cool rng algorithm but it crashes sometimes for some reason, can someone help me with it?
February 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
hey guys, I came up with a cool rng algorithm but it crashes sometimes for some reason, can someone help me with it?