Ash
fishyash.bsky.social
Ash
@fishyash.bsky.social
Composer, keyboard player, retro game lover and Japanese learner. Sometimes streams on https://www.twitch.tv/respawnpoint

My page is pretty much a catalogue of games I've played and movies/tv/anime I've watched. Maybe bits about Japanese learning too.

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This was the first thing I made on famitracker, back in 2014. I still really like the composition, though what I actually ended up doing was making a 2a03 version of this and adding an extra section which I submitted to famicompo. might upload it but I don't think it was as good. #chipsky #chiptune
Any wizardry experts know why I still can't cast spells after leaving an anti-magic area? Look here, two encounters back to back, one inside the anti-magic area, one outside. The priests inside the area couldn't cast anything but the priests in the next room (which I know isn't antimagic) could!
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
So do these guys erase my memory or something?
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Didn't expect to see piracy discourse on my timeline lol

But I guess it's got me thinking about book piracy in particular:
I don't think there's really any reasonable moral justification to pirate fiction from independent authors. It's wrong and you know it's wrong let's be honest.

BUT...
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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dirtbag MAHJONG is out now!! s.team/a/3488460/

come play a single-party riichi mahjong game with party elements, a story mode featuring bespoke challenges of various difficulties, and cute pixel art. comes with a tutorial if you're new to mahjong!

#indiedev #pixelart
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Something's not matching up
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I do believe I have really good audiation skills but I am not immune to songs just coming out as underwhelming when I finally put them down on something.

I usually like the composition it's the timbre and production side of things I always fall flat on.
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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One, defying gravity
Two, defying gravity
Three, defying gravity
Four, defying gravity

One, something wicked comes
Two, something wicked comes
Three, something wicked comes
NOOOOOOOOOW
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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See the movie buy the crust
See the movie buy the crust
See the movie buy the...
CRUSSSSSSSSSST
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Here's where I got so far, got the idea on how the rest of the song should go in my head at least
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
why do I have work tomorrow I want to keep writing music... :(
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I love VGM so much it always gets me fired up
Well, better actually make use of this motivation lmao
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
One of my favourite pastimes regarding VGM is going on youtube and listening to 30 different artists doing a piano arrangement on a track you love, finding which ones you like and which ones you don't like and why.
There's so much variation in terms of accuracy and inventiveness
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Uni’s here with warmth
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The biggest lesson I learned while playing Wizardry is that enemy encounter design contributes more to the depth of a game than player character design does.

I've felt this way for several other genres but wizardry is one of the better applications of this concept when it comes to RPGs
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I wish there weren't so many cool settings that only have precisely one video game for them
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
There's one setting I really want to play an RPG on but for some reason never got round to, and it's Spelljammer
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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The US version of Super Street Figher II Turbo had a bug in it that set it to maximum difficulty, so it is impossible to play after like the second fight

Capcom has routinely, without fail, used this bugged version in every modern rerelease
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago

so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Can someone explain? Purple zone is antimagic but I swear I left the room but my spells still didn't work. Purple square at 13E 7N is the antimagic room (left it after doing the encounter at the door) but I was in 19E 10N when I fought the dragon puppies
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The demons have a name now.

Despite the cute name I was not in any less danger, stepped on an anti magic tile or something and it completely ruined my chances against them.

I have also now just realised I misspelled カササギ ...
November 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Decided to pin this until I share some other music, currently working on some stuff and will pick that once it's done
This was the first thing I made on famitracker, back in 2014. I still really like the composition, though what I actually ended up doing was making a 2a03 version of this and adding an extra section which I submitted to famicompo. might upload it but I don't think it was as good. #chipsky #chiptune
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I successfully rescued my evil part down in level 5!
I made a party of 4 and brought them down, it took 3 runs in and out to get there but oh my god they made the last run as annoying as humanly possible by putting these bastards in the room.
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM