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Undertale (and also MSPA): Notorious T.E.M.

ASimPersonASimPerson Cold...... and hard.Registered User regular
edited December 2015 in Social Entropy++
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkox8x1LxQ4

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Undertale is game by Toby Fox.
You should play it, if you want.
It's okay if you don't.

http://undertale.com/

Also, since Undertale started in Andrew Hussie's basement, you can also talk about MSPA here, though it's currently dormant.

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited December 2015
    I don't understand the popularity of Undertale.

    It's not a bad game.

    It just seems so... niche.

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  • ShenShen Registered User regular
    RT800 wrote: »
    I don't understand the popularity of Undertale.

    It's not a bad game.

    It just seems so... niche.

    It's tumblr as fuck.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    it feels niche because it speaks to people that the videogame industry largely ignores, but are more numerous that it realizes

  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    I don't know this... tumblr.

  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    it feels niche because it speaks to people that the videogame industry largely ignores, but are more numerous that it realizes

    It's weird how the video game industry has become kind of a lumbering dinosaur.

    But, that's why the Indie market is doing so well.

    As it turns out, when you make a good game that caters to demographics that don't get much attention, people open their wallets.

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    it feels niche because it speaks to people that the videogame industry largely ignores, but are more numerous that it realizes

    And while this isn't mutually exclusive, there's also a lot of stuff in the game that either references or subverts expectations you have from playing games, so if you are really conversant in gaming it also has that appeal.

  • ShenShen Registered User regular
    RT800 wrote: »
    I don't know this... tumblr.

    Undertale is a game that speaks to a certain demographic of the internet that Tumblr - a social media/content sharing/blog site - is popular with. This demographic tends to be some combination of young, artistic/creative, female, queer, or just anyone who enjoys consuming positive, heartfelt media.

    It's a group that is relatively poorly represented in traditional circles, but engage one another through sites like Tumblr and Twitter, and by creating fan content and headcanons (personal interpretations of the game's world and characters) build a community that generates regular word of mouth and longevity.

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  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRPkoCg_84w

    NCH, who does great Monster Hunter vids, is on this too now.

  • KlineshrikeKlineshrike Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular

    The person who did this is a sadistic genius and I LOVE IT.

  • NeoTomaNeoToma Registered User regular
    Awww yeah, Undertale finally getting it's own thread. We made it baby!

  • KlineshrikeKlineshrike Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    I wanted to recommend the old title be changed to Warning: Dog Residue but this works as well.

    Now we wait until Undertale starts to become old and Homestuck finally updates, and everything flip flops.

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    I wonder which will happen first--interest in Undertale dropping off or Homestuck updating.

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  • KlineshrikeKlineshrike Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    I think everyone in this thread knows the answer to that.

  • SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    they will both happen simultaneously but at different times

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    edited December 2015
    I guess if that Undertale sales trends graph from last thread remains accurate, Undertale interest will never die off. It will remain a subject of moderate discussion forever.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    I hope interest sticks. It's an interesting enough take on the genre and medium to be worthy of remembering.

  • BlueBlueBlueBlue Registered User regular
    When is Toby gonna get around to localizing Undertale 0 or as it is known in Japan, Goatmom

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  • KlineshrikeKlineshrike Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    Interest in undertale will remain static

    and we will forever be closer to the end of homestuck than we ever have been.

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited December 2015
    You could say that every day from the start of Homestuck, up until it ends.

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  • KlineshrikeKlineshrike Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    forever

  • YggiDeeYggiDee The World Ends With You Shill Registered User regular
    edited December 2015
    Unfortunately, in a tragic coincidence, the day that Homestuck ends and Andrew Hussie is finally free just happens to be the day that Frisk resets the timeline.

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    YggiDee wrote: »
    Unfortunately, in a tragic coincidence, the day that Homestuck ends and Andrew Hussie is finally free just happens to be the day that Frisk resets the timeline.

    I wanna see one of the later incarnations of the timeline where Hussie's gotten the whole thing worked out for maximum efficiency and can release the entirety of Homestuck in less time than it took for all of Problem Sleuth. And he's become a world-class piano player, despite only taking one lesson each go-around.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    You could say that every day from the start of Homestuck, up until it ends.

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  • darunia106darunia106 J-bob in games Death MountainRegistered User regular
  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    A N I M E I S R E A L

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  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    I'm looking to get a shirt screenprinted with a picture of Flowey (not for sale, for myself). The company has asked me if it is my own art work. It isn't, it's pixel art from the game, and I am sure that such a thing has been given permission. Toby has said that one off fan-art commissions are ok and I am assuming that getting a shirt screenprinted falls into the same exception. What's the best way to explain that, as I am feeling like my current attempts to give an answer sound fannish and the company probably would prefer a professional answer.

    I have emailed Toby since being able to show the company a clear 'yes' directly from the creator would be best but who knows if I will get an answer.

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Anime Israel?

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  • BlueBlueBlueBlue Registered User regular
    Gvzbgul wrote: »
    I'm looking to get a shirt screenprinted with a picture of Flowey (not for sale, for myself). The company has asked me if it is my own art work. It isn't, it's pixel art from the game, and I am sure that such a thing has been given permission. Toby has said that one off fan-art commissions are ok and I am assuming that getting a shirt screenprinted falls into the same exception. What's the best way to explain that, as I am feeling like my current attempts to give an answer sound fannish and the company probably would prefer a professional answer.

    I have emailed Toby since being able to show the company a clear 'yes' directly from the creator would be best but who knows if I will get an answer.

    Reload and say you do own it

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  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    I haven't said anything or made an order yet. I'm quite happy to wait a few days to see if Toby will reply.

  • KlineshrikeKlineshrike Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    Toby is internet famous now.

    Might be longer than a few days for a reply!

  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    I wonder which will happen first--interest in Undertale dropping off or Homestuck updating.
    Neither: Hiveswap will come out and supplant Undertale.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited December 2015
    Gvzbgul wrote: »
    I'm looking to get a shirt screenprinted with a picture of Flowey (not for sale, for myself). The company has asked me if it is my own art work. It isn't, it's pixel art from the game, and I am sure that such a thing has been given permission. Toby has said that one off fan-art commissions are ok and I am assuming that getting a shirt screenprinted falls into the same exception. What's the best way to explain that, as I am feeling like my current attempts to give an answer sound fannish and the company probably would prefer a professional answer.

    I have emailed Toby since being able to show the company a clear 'yes' directly from the creator would be best but who knows if I will get an answer.

    I'm surprised they care for a single shirt, they must be a very artist's rights-conscious sort of t shirt company or there's been more enforcement of bootleg t shirt designs recently. Or else they wanted to know if they could license the design from you. Or the question was just a formality and they'll just take you at your word. I wouldn't be too worried about sounding professional, a place that does single custom t-shirt orders can't be all that big and formal can it?

    E: or is this just an online form? If it is you can ignore it and say you own it, that's just their due dilligence so they aren't as liable if someone uses them to print and sell copyrighted material, so they have it on paper that the customer explicitly claimed to them it was not infringing. And if you are just printing one shirt and by some miracle you get sued for it you're only liable for the cost of one shirt so who cares.

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  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    I have no idea what their reason is for asking is as their email was literally just the question. I am assuming they are wanting to cover their butt/possibly sell extra copies.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    I'd start by just emailing back that you're not the artist but you have the artist's permission for a single shirt, and that you can provide more details if they want.

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  • SCREECH OF THE FARGSCREECH OF THE FARG #1 PARROTHEAD margaritavilleRegistered User regular
    Anime Israel?

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
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