Thread by @LogoSimian

It is my sacred duty each morning to remind everyone that Everything is better with swords. And @RawleNyanziFTL just made a cartoon with at least one sword in it.

That makes this a felicitous opportunity to unpack my thoughts about it.

rawlenyanzi.com/most-important…

I like the brawler perspective. It gives you some of the advantages of both top-down and sidescroller perspectives. If I make my own, I'm likely to steal that.

I like that he's telling an original story and not trying to make gaming parody.

My favorite medium is animation, and I'm sad in the West it gets split between two buckets: kids and comedy, even though I myself don't mind making kids' stuff.

The Art Style is Not My Thing, but then, all my nostalgia points are invested in Late Gameboy Color, whereas he seems to be going for Early Sega Genesis. A legit choice.

All in all I am enthused and optimistic and want to see where this goes. But it begs the question for me: should I start developing *my* entry in the sprite machinima space?

I'd be making shows for young children, so I wouldn't be competing directly against @RawleNyanziFTL. I also have different challenges than him. Adults might dig a gameboy style because nostalgia. Little kids do not have nostalgia.

@RawleNyanziFTL People keep suggesting he add dialogue. He could easily do that with either voice or text. I can't rely on text to convey dialogue in a kids' show.

@RawleNyanziFTL Anyway, I'll probably make at least one more book before I jump onto that wagon. But it's certainly thought-provoking.