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ShadowXeldron
@shadowxeldron.bsky.social
Crazy stupid person.
I like mainly Sonic the Hedgehog, Ys and Shin Megami Tensei.
I'm also a daily driver Linux user, rookie Rust programmer and Sonic 3 AIR modder.

Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/ShadowXeldron
If it matters to you, I use He/Him pronouns.
It took forever, but I figured out how to build NetHack's Qt interface!

I really can't get into the TTY version since it's too archaic even for me, but Fedora doesn't package nethack-qt and the AUR package is out of date. Needed to patch the game for modern GCC but it'll do for now.
November 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Figured out how to make working dialogue boxes in Godot! It uses rsplit to separate the strings into arrays based on newlines and then iterates over it every time you press a button.

I'll port this over to my Sonic RPG later.
October 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Been experimenting with super low-res Godot games lately. In this case I'm trying 320x180 since it integer scales up to all the modern resolutions. Who needs 4K when you've got 180p?

Ignore Sonic, he's just a placeholder. This isn't actually related to any Sonic fan projects I have in the works.
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I am invincible!
October 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I know what I must do
October 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Figured out how to display each character's specific 3D model for my Sonic RPG during battle sequences when they're in the party.

So far I'm using the Generations models (without animations) but I'd like to change them to custom models at some point.
October 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's been a while since I last worked on it, but the overworld part of the Sonic RPG now has a rudimentary implementation of variable jump height.

Hold the button longer to jump higher!
October 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So I got into Persona Q yesterday. It's good. I like Etrian Odyssey.

Also, Zen might just be the edgiest character in the entire Persona series. I mean, just look at him.
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I found my boy
September 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Pascal the Dog is here.
September 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
What are 3 franchises/fandoms that activate your neurons when anyone mentions it?

These three are basically my entire identity at this point.
September 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
My Sonic RPG now flips between overworld and battle gameplay! Right now there's no overworld enemies, so for the time being a basic battle is started whenever I press Escape.

Yes, the battles really are that rough and early in development. "make it good later" and all that jazz.
September 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Put together the first draft for the overworld gameplay for my Sonic RPG. There's mo momentum physics or anything, but you do have a sprint button and an air dash.

I'd like to add a spindash next so that you can ambush enemies, but I should probably make overworld enemies first.
September 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Today I picked up a PS2 and everyone's favourite wrestling game: Klonoa 2, apparently.
August 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Lyric the stupid Boom snake has been stuck in my head ever since Frontiers came out and he refuses to leave even though I've never played Rise of Lyric.
Honourable mention goes to Nyarlathotep from Persona 2. That game seems really cool but only the first half of the P2ology is on the EU Vita store.
August 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Games that released the year I was born.

Originally thought 2004 was a rather average year for gaming but, after looking into it, it was actually pretty stacked all things considered.

However, I now feel even older now than I did when someone told me that it's Windows 10's 10th birthday today.
July 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I made a Flipnote yesterday because I felt like it. This is something of a sequel/spiritual successor to one I made when I was 9.

Here's the converter I used to get it off of my DS and onto my computer: flipnote.rakujira.jp
July 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Came across a Shiny Pokemon while level grinding!

...in a Skitty solo run.
July 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If you see this, quote with the last four games you played.

I'm on holiday in a different part of the country, so outside of Raidou which doesn't really like my non-gaming laptop I've mainly been playing my Vita games in the passenger seat of a relative's car.
June 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I have added the best Sonic game to my collection.
June 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Modded the game to make Skitty the starter. Named the protagonist and the hero of the run after MegaTen's second most famous cat person.

It's got an Adamant nature, which is good since Skitty's a physical attacker.
June 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
19. This is tough...
- Pokemon has demons in the grass
- Mega Man has killer robots everywhere
- Ys doesn't strike me as having flushing toilets
- Sonic has no stable terrain
- MegaTen is getting invaded by Hell all the time
- Ditto for Doom
- Etcetera

I give up. Identify my inventory.
May 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
15. I play far too many games at once, but I played Ys: Memories of Celceta last night. Therefore...
May 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I have chosen violence this morning.

That's right, I'm doing the one like equals one game answer thing, without the like requirement 'cause I'm not here for engagement. I'm here to drop lukewarm takes!
May 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
So I just beat Persona 4 Golden. Far from the best RPG I've ever played (Nocturne's still my GOAT) and its length is exhausting, but it's way better than I expected it would be.

I give it 7.5 TV tuners out of 10. Maybe 8 if I'm feeling generous.

Has the best main menu music, too.
May 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM