state of the brand atmosphere today

online ceramics has always been a brand that has greatly inspired me in my artistic journey for nearly a decade now. i feel as though they have gone to pot though. Unthoughtful design and typographic choices, too many full color graphics, too many collaborations (non-bootleg), AI graphics (what the fuck) and basically the entire loss of spirit. Not to mention a truly ugly website compared to their old ones.

I am not in the community at all, don't know much about alix and elijah besides a handful of interviews and have never owned any merchandise from them, I have always checked on their website semi frequently to see about their new graphics. What the hell happened? I heard the duo may have parted ways, that would explain a lot. Who owns OC now?

u/Placeheaded — 19 days ago

Do you think Pixel will ever make a game like Cave Story again?

Cave Story is my all time favorite game. I was introduced to CS+ from the demo on the Wii back in 2012 and was immediately hooked (I still feel like the + soundtrack is the most emotionally charged).

I eventually played all of CS with all of the endings, both the + version and freeware, beating the game upwards of 30 times by now I think. I played through a large amount of Jenkas nightmare, and completed The Lost Land. Played the classic Sue story, King S&S, Mimiga Army story, etc. Played through all of Kero Blaster many times as well as the Pink game demos. Played Ikachan aswell and have been so interested in all of the beta content coming out lately.

I haven't kept up with Pixel's blog so much as I used to, do you guys hold out hope that another strong, lengthy game like Cave Story (dialogue and a strong story) will ever come from Pixel again? Or is the work confined to character cameos in other Nicalis games? I feel like I have had hope since 2012, wondering what you guys think.

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u/Placeheaded — 1 month ago

alright yall how do I get to the new areas

played through the game before the update a couple times. Seeing places on the wiki like: Titanium Princess, Fiume Old Town, Fiume Commercial, Adriatic Drift and, Orgone Power Plant.

General starting place would be awesome. Just played the game so much already I don't know where I would backstep to look for a new area.

Also does anyone have any tips for getting the grapple hook on the ledge outside cerh?

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u/Placeheaded — 2 months ago