I think the world is already looking better with your shader experiment. A bit of movement (like the the trees blowing in the wind and the NPC having an idle animation) and I think the world would be quite presentable! I really like how the water looks now, especially how the bottom of the diorama makes it clear the waves aren't just a texture.
I'm in a number of Patreon Discords, and the creator almost never needs to do any moderation work- usually one assigned moderator does the job, or a few more if the Discord is open to non-patrons (usually the paywall keeps out most of the trolls). Perhaps assigning one would help with future incidents, assuming there's someone you both trust and is willing to fill the role.
I've been listening to the piano pieces! I do agree that they're not your *best* work, but they're still enjoyable, and I've found myself coming back to re-listen to a few of them, so thank you for uploading them (and the Dreamons theme, I love the chaotic feel to it- almost circus-ey?)
Even if the waiting list is until December, you know you have *a* counseling opportunity in your future, so even if the other one falls through you have that going for you!
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Tobias 1104~9M
The grass is moving quite a bit, and the NPCs do have idle animations, so are those not perceptible in the example here? I suppose they'd be clearer if you were actually exploring the world yourself rather than just viewing an image/video.
I got thinking about how I really do need to choose a moderator, but I tried a while back and either people weren't interested (which is fair enough; I'm not either), or I worried they'd try and enforce rules motivated by political opinions I don't share. When I chose moderators for my communities in the past, I was more engaged and got more accustomed to how individual people thought and made decisions, but now I keep my distance and as such lack experience with anyone to assess their eligibility on. I'd need to engage more, which is what I'm avoiding in the first place.
I appreciate that you didn't hate the piano pieces! Also I always find it interesting how non-composers (I'm assuming you don't compose?) interpret music, by comparing it to familiar stuff. I'm guessing you're (maybe subconsciously) thinking of a piece called Entrance of the Gladiators, which is the stereotypical clown/circus music, which uses atonality/chromaticism in a way not dissimilar to the Dreamons piece I composed, and which I think is probably the most prominent well-known piece to do that?
[LINK] mentions almost exclusively classical pieces, apparently! (The whole-tone scale and atonality aren't the same, but are similar enough to be compared, I suppose.)
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GrayNine32~9M
Yeah, looking closer I can see the grass animated; it didn't show up very well on my phone at the time. And yeah, I don't compose; it's also possible that other media with circus music purposely draws on Entrance of the Gladiators, perpetuating the "circus" feel to chromaticism.
I'm in a number of Patreon Discords, and the creator almost never needs to do any moderation work- usually one assigned moderator does the job, or a few more if the Discord is open to non-patrons (usually the paywall keeps out most of the trolls). Perhaps assigning one would help with future incidents, assuming there's someone you both trust and is willing to fill the role.
I've been listening to the piano pieces! I do agree that they're not your *best* work, but they're still enjoyable, and I've found myself coming back to re-listen to a few of them, so thank you for uploading them (and the Dreamons theme, I love the chaotic feel to it- almost circus-ey?)
Even if the waiting list is until December, you know you have *a* counseling opportunity in your future, so even if the other one falls through you have that going for you!
I got thinking about how I really do need to choose a moderator, but I tried a while back and either people weren't interested (which is fair enough; I'm not either), or I worried they'd try and enforce rules motivated by political opinions I don't share. When I chose moderators for my communities in the past, I was more engaged and got more accustomed to how individual people thought and made decisions, but now I keep my distance and as such lack experience with anyone to assess their eligibility on. I'd need to engage more, which is what I'm avoiding in the first place.
I appreciate that you didn't hate the piano pieces! Also I always find it interesting how non-composers (I'm assuming you don't compose?) interpret music, by comparing it to familiar stuff. I'm guessing you're (maybe subconsciously) thinking of a piece called Entrance of the Gladiators, which is the stereotypical clown/circus music, which uses atonality/chromaticism in a way not dissimilar to the Dreamons piece I composed, and which I think is probably the most prominent well-known piece to do that?
[LINK] mentions almost exclusively classical pieces, apparently! (The whole-tone scale and atonality aren't the same, but are similar enough to be compared, I suppose.)