You're out there in the woods, alone
And now your path is lost, unknown;
Don't worry what the signs had shown
It might be time to make your own

And Tove-Jansson-styled Sniff-creature.

I love this and I want to do a followup later.

Come gather round
You'll hear the flow
A subtle sound
From down below
We can't be found
Unless you know
Deep underground
Is where we go

Yeah, their hold on me was pretty well broken when someone asked me what my favorite part of one was and I realize I didn't have one; the whole thing was just a spectacle that went past and made no impression on me at all.

2nd most girls: Sonic the Hedgehog, and both Sonic 2 and Spinball (and, fine, Mean Bean Machine) are over on that side of the chart too.

I've always loved to go explore
The islands farther from the shore
Whoever lived here, years before,
I wish these stones could tell us more

Thinking about him some more, the nickname “Lexl” came to mind, based on his initials (LXL). It’s a little less straightforward than “Leo” and I think that’s a good reason he likes it better.

The cat sees nothing here amiss
Walks calmly on, no meow or hiss
The bunny is less fine with this
Is that the floor, or an abyss?

We found the map, X marked the spot
The treasure weighed an awful lot
A verse of warning there was not
(We should have read it; we forgot)

found pics of my PSUsnake

Aha. It should work now; I didn't realize I had to explicitly publish the page, so it was still sitting in draft mode.

This, by the way, is what I used to make the cross-platform builds. Extremely useful:

github.com/ellraiser/lo...

This is still obviously a prototype; a finished version would have better graphics, sound effects, and a "you win" screen. The engine is solid, though, so if anyone wants to give this a try, feel free.