Chilly!
OH SNAP IT'S DECEMBER!
TEDD HAS THEIR OLD HAIRSTYLE!
SARAH PRESUMABLY DOESN'T HAVE A MARK!
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?!
Mostly that I wanted it to be chilly, which might be relevant to a storyline entitled "Blanket".
BUT WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN?!
2021-09-18 06:52:44 +0000 UTC View Post(And next Story comic Friday).
I had a dental appointment that lasted much longer than expected, but they were able to get the process started on replacing a damaged crown today (which I had NOT expected), and I felt I absolutely should just go for it.
2021-09-15 21:43:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Exciting new technology!
"I guess there's delivery."
(I considered having the delivery line in the comic, but I prefered it ending on "not".)
Authorial intent is this story should fit into canon, which will have certain visual side effects within the storyline that will be evident soon.
Also, the storyline is about Sarah, Grace, and Tedd. Sorry, Tensaided.
I've always sa...
2021-09-14 05:44:27 +0000 UTC View Post
The shocking conclusion!
I consider this storyline canon, but I also consider declaring it canon antithetical to the storyline itself?
As though putting the cannon-canon down here would cause it to implode or something?
Whatever. I'm saying it's canon, but I'm not the boss of you. Also, it's probably not important enough to be directly referenced in the main comic, so it technically doesn't m...
2021-09-11 06:30:57 +0000 UTC View Post
We're clueless, actually
There's one comic left in this storyline. Please do not set anything on fire until then.
Or after then, ideally, but at least not until then.
An unexpected side effect of this storyline is that I am noticing things that would explain George liking Justin. Justin's been a bit of a neutral good troll for a while now, but something about seeing that behavior in this cont...
2021-09-09 04:22:35 +0000 UTC View Post
DEDUCTION!
ANOTHER reason to not directly reference the Star Wars books is, having not read them all, panel one could be wrong for all I know.
I mean, I'd be surprised if one had been established in the Expanded Universe era. I suppose one could argue for a multiverse existing now simply due to divergent official canons.
References
My hope is Justin is amusing enough fo...
2021-09-07 03:15:38 +0000 UTC View Post
And the squirrel concludes...
I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.
Seriously, the inspiration for their "what is canon" scenario is Star Wars novels. Those have humans, but they're from a galaxy far, far away, so they're presumably NOT human?
They might not be aliens, but they're aliens.
2021-09-04 04:25:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Stalemate.
I don't consider it hugely in-character for either of them to go running to Grace in exactly that way, but rule of funny demanded it.
Besides, even if I presented them differently on the outside, anyone running to Grace to settle a debate on fictional canon is definitely making that face on the inside.
2021-09-02 03:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostSusan is unsure if Catalina has cat magic. This is in spite of the fact that...
2021-08-31 04:17:46 +0000 UTC View PostAlternate Rhoda response to being cut in front of in line.
Can vote for more than one
2021-08-31 04:15:58 +0000 UTC View Post
NERRRRRRRRDs
Carp. I didn't have either of them say their name. Okay, you probably know this, but no-glasses man is Justin, and glasses-man is Luke. Cool? Cool
Speaking of names, even if I actually do know the person's name, that's me in the last panel. I worry about getting names wrong and/or mixing people up, and it's not without merit, as I've done both more than I'd care to admit. The thing is ...
2021-08-31 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Game Over
Yaaaaaay we're done
I had a lot of fun during this storyline, and found a way to keep it fun for myself via the lightning round, but it definitely lasted for 47 comics because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do next.
Now I have the next storyline written in its entirety, and I'm ready to do that. It will be significantly shorter than 47 comics.
2021-08-28 03:13:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, fellow gamers!
I'm not sure what Jay's plan was here.
2021-08-26 06:16:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The daily grind
Look, If Justin wants to just wear his black button shirt with it unbuttoned, that's fine, and technically fits the criteria for his work uniform.
I looked up punch clock references for this comic, which was sort of helpful? They were varied, and the one I drew doesn't really match any of them, but that's why I wound up putting a clock on it, at least.
In the process of thi...
2021-08-24 03:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Grace is a very busy squirrel! Twenty words or less!
Plenty of games have stories with faulty logic in them, but those who've played it know I'm picking on Fallout 3 here.
Fallout 3 is one of my favorite games of all time, and there are side quests in it that showed me the moral dilemmas possible in video games, showing just how short Fable actually fell from the goal....
2021-08-21 05:54:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Squirrels For Goodness
"Dan, finish your Skyrim Civil War questline."
NO!
"You can't have your dessert until you choose a side and resolve that whole thing."
Nuh-Uh! I don't wanna!
"You get a horned crown!"
...Really?
"I mean, temporarily. You have to give it to someone as part of the quest, but..."
NO!
2021-08-19 05:55:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Choice!
Sam! (Applause)
Whether I care about choice, or the illusion of choice, will naturally depend on the circumances.
A little illusion of choice can be a good thing. It's not like every dialogue option can branch out on infinite paths, and it can help immersion to still have dialogue options anyway.
On the other hand, some games ask you "yes or no" a lot, but you can't proceed u...
2021-08-17 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A fighting chance.
Do I need to say this is Ellen?
I'm going to say this Ellen.
I didn't write backwards from the third panel on this one to intentionally make a Nintendo joke. I just though that Ellen would like games in which she'd have an increased fighting chance against Grace, and once I started listing ways to make that happen, well...
Super Smash Bros.
Super...
2021-08-14 03:06:41 +0000 UTC View PostAs much as I want them to regularly be on Sunday, I'm not ready to do that this week and stick to my sleep schedule.
For now, I think it's best I just share them when they're done, and activate a scheduled day of the week when I'm certain it's actually feasible to stick with it.
At some point when I'm ready, I intend take a week off from posting EGSNP and Story so that I can work ahead a bit. I've tried that with just story before, but I think it needs to be both, and it needs to be a week in which I'm not recovering from somethi...
2021-08-13 22:10:15 +0000 UTC View Post
An expert.
Sometimes, when I make visual choices, I do try to consider what others are likely to prefer.
For this comic, I kicked that thought out the window and drew Elliot how I wanted to draw Elliot.
Not that I imagine an onslaught of people opposing how I drew Elliot, mind you. It's just there were choices (such as eyelashes and lipstick) that I briefly considered not doing because I i...
2021-08-12 04:47:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Morality Abilities
A few people have said they tell Sarah and Diane apart based on attitude and NOT pointiness, so for the record, this is Sarah. She is just sassy Sarah today.
And she's likely going to wear hairbands a lot in the future. That, or Diane's going to start wearing them as I give in to the desire to cause chaos.
Has this ever been a controversial point among players? I know th...
2021-08-10 03:34:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Being cute in some tall grass. Yay!
This is the part where I was going make a joke about attacking and lowering her health in order to catch her in a sort of jest that would be funny because of how horrible-yet-accurate to the games being referenced it would be, but I decided no.
I'm not going to make that joke.
If you want Diane to join your party, it's going to take treats, like maybe an apple, or cake, or expensive jewelry. She'll just zap you if you try anything else.
2021-08-07 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostNOTE: This will NOT affect the return of Sunday Milestone images.
First off, I'm okay. Mostly.
The issue is I haven't been okay, and I haven't been taking care of myself. My sleep schedule is a disaster, I'm regularly going to bed really late, waking up late, and being drowsy throughout the day. My focus is really bad, and I worry I'm going to get myself sick again at this rate.
I was actually planning to not postpone anything and intentionally not get enough sleep on Friday in attempt to fix this, and... Really? T...
2021-08-04 06:00:53 +0000 UTC View Post
A more predictable Susan opinion
Really, you wouldn't want to use the "everything being dirty is historically accurate to medieval times" excuse as an argument anyway, because then people can whip out the historical tidbit about how ridiculously colorful fashion could be back then.
You want all dark clothes? I'm sorry, I thought historical accuracy was important to you!
All joking aside, I...
2021-08-03 07:38:27 +0000 UTC View PostElliot is in a short, extra-curvy female form with the added twist of doggo ears, tail, and collar. Elliot is…
Can vote for more than one
2021-07-31 16:55:56 +0000 UTC View PostCatgirl Susan. Do we even need a poll? Okay, fine.
Can pick more than one.
2021-07-31 16:53:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes.
My own eyes sort of glaze over trying to read that last panel, so my apologies if that's annoying. I kept it that way anyway, because it's supposed to be an overwhelming onslaught of ideas, but still.
But yeah, camera modes are good, and for all I know, what Sarah suggests in panel two is already a thing, because it's becoming more and more common of a thing.
I imagine a lot of what S...
2021-07-31 05:33:54 +0000 UTC View Post(As anyone who saw the e-mail subject will know, this originally said July instead of August. That is how poorly my brain is working right now)
I've decided to hold off on the next Milestone image until the 8th (7th early access) because I'm still out of sorts from a combination of sickness, a mysteriously injured foot, and my sleep schedule being messed up.
(I still have no idea what the heck I did to my foot, but I basically couldn't walk without severe pain for several days. It was like I severely tore a muscle and I'...
2021-07-31 05:28:46 +0000 UTC View Post
SUSAN OPINIONS! Wait, does she even play games???
There's plenty of things adjacent to skimpy armor in such games that Susan could take issue with, don't you worry. She's just not going to complain about the armor itself unless it clashes with the tone or something.
In terms of actual armor, I originally just imagined Nanase wearing armored gloves that didn't go past her elbows. From a purely ae...
2021-07-29 06:09:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Talk to the hands!
Patreon-specific note: The next milestone image should either be during the day Tuesday or Wednesday. I'm playing it by ear while trying to fix my sleep / posting schedule.
Sorry, I'm not trying to be mean. I just imagined Diane acting this out with her hands, and it amused me.
I've played games in spite of the combat. I've played games in spite of the s...
2021-07-27 03:29:54 +0000 UTC View Post
