u/MechanicalFace

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Big Thanks to the Bowlbo Team at TooManyGames

To be semi-serious for a second in the Oneyplays subreddit, I just wanted to give the Bowlbo team (and Tomar) a huge thank you for coming out to TooManyGames this weekend, setting up the demo, and chatting with everyone. I got a chance to stop by and speak with some of the devs and planners (especially shoutout to Bryce!) working on the game about the process and what’s been going on the with game, and I just really appreciate everyone’s time and passion that everyone gave! Every time I passed by the booth over the last few days, there was usually a decent line of people waiting and playing the game as well as Chris, Tomar, and everyone else on the team going out there and chatting with everyone, taking photos, and answering questions. I know conventions like this can be exhausting and attendees can be cringey, so it really meant a lot to see the team consistently being available to fans and people trying the game out.

The game itself was pretty fun and definitely enjoyable to play. Controls and movement felt smooth and slippery (in a good, natural way) for this kind of platformer. The art and visuals are of course a standout, and it’s probably my favorite thing about the game just seeing how grotesque the clay-like models look sometimes (which I love). The music was, in my opinion, pretty impressive and I really loved the difference in themes between the few areas the demo played in. And there were a few moments and dialogue lines that I thought were pretty funny and enjoyable for sure.

Anyways, thanks Bowlbo team, game was fun, and back to slapping my bulbous, ringworm-infected belly.

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u/MechanicalFace — 7 days ago

Finally got my soundtrack records signed by all of the cast’s voice actors with some cool quotes

Over the last two years, I’ve been meeting the voice actors at TooManyGames to have them sign some of the soundtracks I have on vinyl. I met Steve Blum (Mugen) two years ago, Kari Wahlgren (Fuu) last year, and I just met Kirk Thornton (Jin) on Friday - they were all great, lovely people to speak with.

For the first record, I asked them to include their character’s quote from the beginning of the series when they’re talking about The Samurai Who Smells of Sunflowers. These lines are actually how I got into the series in the first place! I came across this lofi song (sunflower song - amphee) that sampled the lines; I had never heard them before and decided to look into the show that it came from.

For the second record, I just asked each of the VA’s to pick their favorite quote from their characters. Steve’s was “I’ll kill all you bitches,” Kari said she really liked “There’s always room for free food,” and Kirk had to really think about it and hit me with “Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar.” I just thought it was pretty funny and fitting that a lot of the quotes they picked pretty well matched their characters.

u/MechanicalFace — 7 days ago