welcome to BotB!!!!

welcome block3! 3block! block cubed!

I really wanted to be "□□□" but alphanumerics only 😓

I know how you feel.

Well, whether you're "□□□" or "blockblockblock", you seem really cool~

Glad you're here!

thanks! it feels real cozy here, knock on wood, but getting my feet wet with these contests has been breaking me out of a bit of an artistic slump I've been in for uh a long time now - and everybody is so nice 🥺

hello "aura twin"! that's like the cooler lesser known sibling of aphex twin. actually your aura looks blue for me but maybe that's browser caching.
anyway happy new year!! looking forward to more block related shenanigans in 2024

hi! re: your question on my profile, the weekly seasonal allgear is the only thing i consistently do a listening party for, though sometimes if i'm around for one of the formats that's more difficult to get playback set up for, like the mt32 or xg midis, i will stream those for ease of voting. (maybe i should do this for pc98 too..) i guess there's nothing really stopping me from doing it for more things though! i'll keep that in mind. i'm glad you had fun! i think it's a fun way to bring people together too

also, usually at some point during the voting period of majors, somebody (or somebodies) hosts a synclisten of the entries so people can listen along and vote. lately cabbage drop's been doing this. and, right after voting closes, the host of the major does an ~official results stream~ where the rankings are announced and the songs are played as we go. that's always the Big Party

So now I'm curious, what are your "strong genre opinions about METROIDVANIAS"?

(Responding to your comment on my profile) Yeah I think I agree with your opinions, especially the instakill spikes lol. Unfortunately the only game in your holy trinity of Metroidvanias that I've played is Hollow Knight. I'd love to play Castlevania: Symphony of the Night someday.

When is botb going to allow us to tag other users, that would make these conversations less awkwardly between two profiles lol

every tiem i see ur username , i think of those friggin tae kwon do classes that i always pass by. where the instructor is like "kick kick kick!" and the kids r like "block block block!"

codepossum, does typescript make you SCREAM?!?!

is there a way i can send you something and ask for further critiques? what's your discord

hey sorry to bother you but how do you download the bitpack? I keep being sent to this weird code screen and it says like a code word, and they all do that

Well, I appreciate that you found it, and I must say that it's quite more energetic than my vocals (due to the fact that there's always someone near or over the house, so I couldn't really do it).

Legit the most precious and kind person here, no doubts

Nice bio, and avatar! Also, howdy!

I count more than three blocks (I like those blocks)

i see some blocks that matter before it became mainstream

man pulled every block in existence to beat the 4 squares
dedication

If your avatar was an actual item randomizer, you bet I'd want the POW block every time!

keep on blockin, oh!!! never stop the block!!!!!

js fans when ts fans walk in:

(i haven't touched ts and nor have I touched js (besides bytebeat lmao))

welcome back back back block block block !

Do you have any thoughts on Cave Story?

Happy 1st burfday, □□□, my fellow XHBist (Chipist soon?).

Check out the bitpack of this battle for a surprise:

https://battleofthebits.com/arena/Battle/9308/MainScreen/composing+fills+you+with+determination+%F0%9F%8E%B8

Happy burfday!!!

heppy 1st of burf

squaresquaresquare

Happy burfday! You are very outgoing and fun to be around (as well as a good battleist)! :D

I agree with Surfcroc. Hope you have an awesome burfday!

(happy burf)³

is it seriously only your first burfday? feels like it's been way longer. happy day to you!

happy burfday

happy burfburfburf

Thank you, everyone, for rattling burfday wishes. Now I can reply...

While I concur with your Cave Story analysis, how do you determine whether progression options are nonlinear “enough”? Even Super Metroid's progression is basically linear. (Is the player even allowed to defeat bosses out of order, for example? It's been a while, but I seem to remember the answer being no.)

Or, does the linearity you reference pertain to environment exploration and not necessarily storyline progression?

By the way, you mentioned playing Cave Story not long after release, so now I have to ask: Did you happen to play Eternal Daughter as well?

I never tried Kero Blaster, though I did play Studio Pixel's seal-clubbing game.

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I'm really liking teletext as a severely limited pixel format, and that's what I used to draw up my new POW avatar - here's the editor link

if anybody is curious!

I have no idea why you "like" teletext but sick avatar anyway!

haha, tele... text... ba dum tss

teletext avatar, so cool! \o/

man I should've cut out the middle POW so my aura would shine through. hmmmmm....

Hey thanks so much for the compliment! I am indeed a fan of Ed Robertson / BNL and really appreciated that!! They were a high school mainstay of mine haha

Take care!