Van Phelan

Game Designer, Programmer, Teacher (she/they) 🏳️‍⚧️

[Van Phelan @VanPhelan]

I've given a lecture on this before. The goal is to get the player to accept blame for their mistakes. You want to minimize the player saying, "What? That hit me??" and get them to recognize how they can improve instead. Touhou is my favorite example of this.

[Meowmaritus @meowmaritus]

in bloodborne, the enemy bullets have realistically sized hitboxes but the player bullets have giant bullshit hitboxes, which is the opposite of what i expected ngl

[Van Phelan @VanPhelan]

hot off an interview and I was in a photo mood

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@SpikeControl @HardDriveMag DERANGED streamer plays GORN live ON STREAM
He MUST be STOPPED

[Danimal/Armcannon @armcannon]

inside you are two wolves

if you’re cold they’re cold, let them out

[Van Phelan @VanPhelan]

@KindaSortaMaebe literally the only time i drink coffee is on dates for this very reason

what, am i gonna just sit there without a coffee like i only cared about the date?

[STYLIZED STATION @StylizedStation]

Ever wondered how water works in video games?

As it turns out, there's a ton of smoke and mirrors in the background, without anyone ever realizing it.

---> another huge 🧵

[Van Phelan @VanPhelan]

@KindaSortaMaebe i kinda just scroll and rarely post

bullshit algorithms severely punish those of us who are infrequent posters, which discourages me from even bothering most of the time

i update my fb profile pic every few months cause zucc loves to show that to people for some reason

[Van Phelan @VanPhelan]

@KindaSortaMaebe Chinstraps are for contouring your jawline which is relevant to both

I would know

[Van Phelan @VanPhelan]

New Profile Pic, Same Great Taste

[Van Phelan @VanPhelan]

@KindaSortaMaebe If I had known what non-binary was as a child I would have immediately identified as it. I was constantly searching for a word for what I was. Once I learned more I started my journey towards girldom (also after 30) and never looked back.

[Tony Hawk @tonyhawk]

And it's back; identity crisis averted?
"The Fix-It-Up Chappie kept fixing up Sneetches. Off again! On again! In again! Out again! Through the machines they raced round and about again, Changing their stars every minute or two. They kept paying money. They kept running through...

[Van Phelan @VanPhelan]

@punsandbunsgg @KindaSortaMaebe I've seen enough shrines to Trump and Musk to know it's definitely projection

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@ComicSamanthas oh

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@KindaSortaMaebe @b0tster It matches your hair so well!

[Van Phelan @VanPhelan]

@KindaSortaMaebe I... might need to know where you got that hat...

I have a few witch hats, but none look quite so comfy 💖

[Van Phelan @VanPhelan]

Describe your gender without new downloads

[Haydn @keyframequeen]

No dl new pics. Describe ur gender

[Van Phelan @VanPhelan]

@KindaSortaMaebe i told myself i wasn't going to actually post it but AAAAAAAAA

[Van Phelan @VanPhelan]

@KindaSortaMaebe i guarantee they had to check your bio to figure it out

also, are transphobes ever going to learn what hrt is? ever???

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@KindaSortaMaebe

[Van Phelan @VanPhelan]

As I teach my students, the same is true of video games. Atari 2600 was marketed as a family computer device. Advertisements usually showed boys and girls playing together, rarely with any of the tropes we see today.

When Nintendo marketed the NES as a "toy" things changed...