Super Excited Kid riding on Carousel Horse! (Art done in late October) [timelapse]

I’m super happy that people like Carousel Horse!!

I gave them closed eyes as an option (or at least for the animation) and the team stuck with it as the default. I didn’t know about it until it was in-game as I was a remote, out of the loop artist haha :’)

Super Excited Kid works better with scrunchies! And of course she would do everything the Theme Park could offer and ride/do everything ;D

No don’t ask me for Crossy lore names for I am not the Crossy lore master haha

Much thanks to Alice Walsh’s art direction for the in-game characters! Again, there was a huge amount of characters that got cut that I made (I had things I liked but didn’t work out too) but we have limited dev time/resources and the team/project/art leads/bosses had to make the hard decision for fun/good picks for the Theme Park update.

As for this fanart, I did my own fun thing as usual!

Will have a timelapse for this eventually for a compilation as this Theme Park update is still going for about a month :0

Leonie rambles about…

• History of Journey to the West Adaptations Part 1 (Accented Cinema)
  • ahhhh some of these are my childhood (TVB and Chinese Odyssey) and others not so
• Human Nature, Hope & Ice Cream (Pop Culture Detective)
• dark chocolate have lead in them where Lindt is in a lawsuit and ground cinnamon is not fully tested for safety
  • whelp never eating dark chocolate related foods again!!
• Van Gogh’s finding art in the Borinage / Idle Bird analogy
  • very enlightening insight on part of his life and his relationship with his brother and with his selflessness
• She Fell First But He Fell Harder (amolbiskit)
  • this is so cute, flirty, sweet and silly!!
  • she is so great at mandarin (I know little mandarin) and learned from youtube???
  • I don’t know if they’d actually get together (or stay as friends) but they have wonderful chemistry I would never have haha
• The Problem With Mindfulness | Therapist Explains How It Can Backfire (Mickey Atkins)
  • I agree…I ruminate for too long in anxiety and it doesn’t help beyond processing things
  • mindfulness doesn’t help when you’re spiraling
• becoming less addicted to YouTube is easy, actually (easy, actually)
  • well…I am less interested in videos because time is finite
  • I still check my recommended at least once a day due to curiosity
• Loneliness Kills Art (and how YouTube saved mine)
  • by a gamedev/animator talking about projects
• Main Character Syndrome & The Authenticity Trap (Princess Weekes)
• The Crunchy to Alt Right Pipeline Scares Me (Bryony Claire)
• [ENG] 내 남자친구는 곰돌이!(My boyfriend is a teddy bear!)｜Animation Short Film 2024｜청강애니
• Reading “Ganbare! Nakamura-kun” and “Neko Oji: Salaryman reincarnated as a kitten!” and fell back into some romance manga again :’)
  • I am not happy with how the mangaka ended Nakamura-kun…
  • it’s not finished and it’s old but they ditched it, left Nakamura with a bad/predatory impression for the comedy and at his expense
  • plus the dubious, icky relationship between his crush and his teacher 🙁
  • otherwise it’s good…so conflicted feelings with this manga :S
  • I hope the anime doesn’t end it like it did in the manga and keeps it going and stop stringing it along!!
  • Nakamura should at least confess his feelings!!!
  • I’m not even sure if I like his crush either as he’s ambigious with his feelings as well

Didn’t get far with Infinity Nikki

It’s such a comfy/cosy game that my exhausted, drained, brain foggy, sleepy self (after an in-office day where I’m barely functioning) couldn’t stay awake during the start.

I uninstalled it on both PC and mobile as it was too slow in pacing as much as it’s very pretty. I think I was still at the tutorial collecting materials and I just couldn’t force it…open world is not for me.

It’s my first Nikki game and not sure if the games are for me.

I didn’t know former Zelda director Kentaro Tominaga led development on Infinity Nikki with similarities to Breath of the Wild (in which I am still burnt out from as well as Tears of the Kingdom). I think the grindy/busywork open world aspect turns me off, the story hasn’t grabbed me yet (it’s an isekai and with the goal of saving the world) and I can’t fast forward cutscenes :’)

I wished it was just a dressup collecting and crafting game…now it’s super bloated and I don’t have the capacity to play a grindy, time consuming, open world, gatcha game that’s similar to Genshin Impact (is there paywalled story in this game too? I don’t know). The platforming is super floaty and not that fun to control personally.

I guess cosy games aren’t my cup of tea nowadays as they work too well in making me comfy/sleepy and then I struggle with staying awake. I don’t have time for cosy games as odd as it sounds. Especially when there’s grinding, busy work and I feel like my time isn’t valued with open world quests, materials and crafting. I don’t have the patience nor the luxury of time. I have other games and things I am behind on already haha

I do play a few mobile games that are gacha since I can just pop in and leave after the daily but Nikki is a full on game I lost interest in :0

I do feel bad that the game didn’t click with me. I am happy people enjoy it!

I think BOTW/TOTK (which could have fleshed out the story/lore better plus many, many other issues) really traumatised and burned me with open world games :'(

Personal update: cleaning dread & more

Cut myself with a blade trying to put UV window film on…well at least I learned how to do it.

There’s some gaps with the film but will have to live with it. It’s hard when the window isn’t easily accessible. Or I cut it unevenly :’)

Not sure how to UV protect an old skylight – I don’t have any DIY solutions. Just double tape up film up at the ceiling???

And there’s more windows I want to cover up too since it’s so hot…lots of window cleaning to do eventually.

Also the bigger thing I dread – lots of house work/cleaning/sanitisation to do with 3 central places in the coming months ahead and with the end of year break. I asked for a few days off to buy myself more time to face this scary challenge. I dread this and will probably vent about this in posts to come :’)

Will I actually have a break during my holidays?? There’s always more chores to do!!

Aaahh!! I hope I do get some recovery time…

Work update

In terms of my work situation/intervention/lifestyle changes period, still managing my low energy! And trying to take it slow if I’m really not functioning well and drained. I don’t have it figured out yet as it’s simply trial and error.

And doing my best with my flow and when I’m on a roll – I will continue juggling my working hours without doing overtime. And figuring out different team dynamics now :0

Again I do keep to myself though as I’m not a social group person and default to being a listener and observer (energy conserving, minimising sensory overload mode). Everyone has established boundaries and friendships – I don’t expect friendship but it would be nice to have a buddy / 1 to 1 chats :’) Ah well I’m an asocial, neurodivergent alien so baby steps!

I should probably be more involved in conversations but to start I should face people and listen? I am not an eye contact person because when I do it’s too intense, distracting and I space out while glaring/staring into others’ souls :S Anyhoo I’m pushing my small, sensitive comfort zone and managing my limited social energy haha

I don’t know specifics on what Crossy things I’m going to be focusing on next year (given I manage to do well with my team/hybrid work situation) and changes/things are being worked out :0

I’m getting existential on what I’m supposed to learn and my part at the moment with the art team – eventually I will ask about it :<

Slowly playing Echoes of Wisdom (am enjoying it!!) but have not progressed with personal art and learning due to lifestyle changes, life admin/work/chores and not having the energy to do much :’D

Anyhoo generally I’m tired and trying to manage it...I rambled about it in my previous post too.

Grateful and appreciating what I have though!!

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