anyway this is why I am the way I am

we were 7!!!! i can't get over how fucking unhinged this is. his parents were v relaxed on the whole age ratings on horror games/movies thing + he introduced me to a dark dark world. i am forever grateful.

not even silent hill 1 either bloody silent hill 2!!! thank god the symbolism was lost on us

you can alter individual materials on an object, and even cull vertices totally based on the assigned material. for example the water, which is a tiny model of a child's paddling pool with everything but the water material culled/then scaled up to the size of the scene :D

i've been using a bit of interior design/architecture software i was playing around with years ago, absolutely NOT designed for this kind of stuff, BUT it comes bundled with a very old renderer that gives everything 1993 myst vibes (particularly after lowering the res/bit depth) and I LOVE

I love this

B! much easier to parse, nice subtle variation on the tiles which makes them easier to pick out individually. A is good but I think B is more visually interesting without being as busy as C if that makes sense?

God it’s so so good I’ve been going on about this game to anyone who’ll listen for like 10 years

It’s an incredibly rewarding and frustrating thing to do!!!