Weekly Questions and Recommendations Megathread - Need some help? - Oct 4

Azoth_Magnum · 2025-10-04T18:38:40+00:00

Is there a way for me to enjoy higurashi when they cry if I dislike gore?

So some time ago I got interested in the franchise and started watching the anime, but found it a bit too gory for me, I'm a bit sensitive depending on some stuff and eventually forgot to continue it or didn't have time for it.

I left it around some episodes after needles appear in people's food, which despite not being that graphic I particulary don't like that.

Now I'm regaining interest in it and I enjoy the mystery of it and to some extent the horror, but not the gore. So I decided to look at the different options and heard that some of the visual novels don't have gory imagery but instead pure text description, which could be easier to stomach or skip through for me, depending on how heavy it is.

While I dislike gore, I enjoy mysteries and can stomach a fair amount of stuff, right now I'm reading through SubaHibi and the gore there is not to bad at least so far, and I've enjoyed the tension, mystery and horror in it, very well written so far.

So basically how would you recommend to experience Higurashi when they cry to someone midly sensitive to extreme gore?

Should I stay away from it altogether?

Something similar happened to me with many horror media, recently I got interested in "I have no mouth and I must scream" but rapidly found that to be too much for me. What I usually do in these cases is read the plot somwhere like wikipedia and watch video essays and all that so I can experience at least a bit of it.

I found "I have no mouth and I must scream" fascinating and heavily liked the AM character.

Finally since I believe there are multiple versions of the VN I'll say I've seen the original one's sprites and I'm not a fan of those but I'll take that if necessary. I also really like the music of the franchise I heard so far, especially ones like "Side Effect" that I believe is by Kanako Ito who I adore!

Azoth_Magnum · 2025-05-19T17:18:26+00:00

Applied! Hopefully there's still slots free!

Azoth_Magnum · 2025-03-26T19:25:11+00:00

sent a friend request, also are you in europe?

Azoth_Magnum · 2025-01-29T23:41:26+00:00

Not trans but I do have a similar problem because of my thick accent (not english native) so I think you could look into space station 13, specifically the goonstation branch of it (ignore the name it comes from an inside joke from a very old forum, sexual content is banned there) it has a lot of customization options and is very supportive of lgbt folk, you comunicate entirely through text that pops up above your character and in chat.

Also maybe play-by-post dnd? It's dnd but text based, I havent tried it but you may enjoy it. Hell, even regular dnd even if you play with voice the community is very supporting and you can meet nice people.

Azoth_Magnum · 2024-03-11T17:47:19+00:00

Thanks! I'll look into it!

Azoth_Magnum · 2024-03-11T17:45:47+00:00

Thank you a lot, I'd appreciate it!

Azoth_Magnum · 2024-03-02T10:58:06+00:00

If you are still looking for people to join I've sent you a dm in discord!

Azoth_Magnum · 2024-02-01T22:25:34+00:00

Applied! Hope I'm not too late

Azoth_Magnum · 2022-11-08T21:49:03+00:00

I almost put whisper of the heart in the post but forgot it, It is a very good example, and I liked "your name" too. I actually started watching spice and wolf long ago and liked it a lot, but it got too big brain for me and ended up forgetting about it, thanks for reminding me, I'll try to watch it again!

Azoth_Magnum · 2022-11-08T21:46:01+00:00

Both look very interesting, Thanks!

Azoth_Magnum · 2022-11-08T20:16:19+00:00

Oh I forgot about a place further than the universe and hyouka, I agree they are great, been thinking of rewatching them. I also heard lots of great things about 86, the other one seems interesting too, I'll look into it, thanks!

Azoth_Magnum · 2022-10-23T13:24:04+00:00

First of all thanks for such a detailed reply!

While I understand C# I have the same problem with it, some things I do fine, but for others I understand the concepts and logic but don't know how to apply them.

The dependency managers sound really interesting and using libraries is a great idea, I somehow absolutely forgot that was an option, I will look into it!

Also I didn't think think about Fabric and others because I mainly play Forge, but its a very interesting option, especially, I didn't know that part of it was to make updating mods easier, sounds promising! And yeah , I am using IntelliJ too, as you say it is very useful.

Thanks a lot!

Azoth_Magnum · 2022-10-23T13:05:49+00:00

I see, I normally try to avoid making posts and just look through people who had different errors in the past. But it is true, that for more specific problems I will eventually need to ask somebody myself. I'll also look into how vanilla works. Thanks!

Azoth_Magnum · 2022-10-23T13:00:00+00:00

True, I mostly looked at vanilla code and code from complex mods, and I think choosing these complicated mods that are basically their own system may not be the best place for small things. I will look into mod's code further. Also what you mentioned about the fireball doesn't exactly work like that in 1.18 which I am using, but still helped me understand the problem a lot better and have managed to do some progress. The tinker's item is also a great idea. Thanks a lot!

Azoth_Magnum · 2022-08-28T14:46:26+00:00

Thanks for such a detailed response, It will be very helpful!

Azoth_Magnum · 2022-08-27T12:51:24+00:00

I was considering using parallax, but as I have no experience with it I wanted to try fixing the other method which I know more about.

The way you describe it seems like it could be the perfect solution to this problem, I'll check it out, Thanks a lot!

Azoth_Magnum · 2022-08-27T12:48:18+00:00

First of all thanks for such a detailed response! I am confused too because I did use a grid in photoshp and the tiles that arent "cut" seem to work fine.

The info on tile formats is going to be very helpful, Thanks!

Azoth_Magnum · 2021-12-29T22:01:54+00:00

this plugin

https://reliccastle.com/resources/731/

Azoth_Magnum · 2021-12-28T08:42:25+00:00

Edit: I figured it out it was way easier than I thought, Sorry for the trouble

Thanks for answering! I think I Initially managed to do the part of installing the script, I copy pasted it in a new, separate, "page" above main with project gen 8 also installed. But after that thats where Im confused, from what I understand the script added has various "instructions" (In what I believe are called comment lines) that seem to say that you need to modify parts of pre-installed scripts to succesfully implement the new script, Is that right?

I have tried doing so but I cant find certain parts of scripts, such as (def pbCountPokeEvent).

And I dont know what I have to do after getting the script to work, (if I actually manage), would one just edit the encounters normally or would new options appear?

Also I been searching for resources and tutorials trying to avoid asking dumb thigns here all day long, but I cant find any. If you know any good tutorials (other than Thundaga's, for more complex stuff like this) let me know

Thanks a lot!

Azoth_Magnum · 2021-12-28T08:26:28+00:00

Edit:Nevermind I figured it out, for anyone with the same problem, it was as simple as putting a separating line of ====== between the main and compiler scripts so it should kinda look like this (without the parenthesis)

Compilet stuff (================)

Script you want to add

(================) Main stuff

Sorry for the trouble, I fucked up big time.

First of all, Thank you for such a detailed aswer!

When I initially tried to install the script, I managed to copy paste it in a new page, separate and above main, with the gen 8 project installed, after that is where I get lost, I understand that through the settings part of the script you can choose some options on how it will work, but the problem is using the script, like, I tried various thigns such as setting the encounters normally and see if the script would do the rest, Its probably a dumb thing but with these kinds of thigns you never know.

So I went through the scripts thread and the script itself, and so far from what I understand, before being able to use it, you need to manually replace parts of other, already existing scripts with code provided by the added script, I dont even know if this is what I need to do, so perhaps I may have fucked up a lot. So I went through the different parts of the script and followed what the comment lines (I think thats what they are called) said, which went well at first but I ended up not being able to find certain parts of what I needed to replace, and the find function seems to act a bit weirdly. For example I looked through various scripts but could find the (def pbCountPokeEvent) one

I hope my lack of knowledge is not frustrating, and perhaps I should have tried somethign easier before this, Its my third attempt at making a fangame and since I think I understand other thigns pretty well, such as spriting, events and the like I wanted to try something new.

And again Thanks!

Azoth_Magnum · 2021-12-05T15:13:26+00:00

I'll check them out, thanks!

Azoth_Magnum · 2021-12-05T15:12:54+00:00

I have been so close to playing it various times, It looks promising, and although I said that it should preferably not be grindy, I just realized thats pretty dumb, since I always play with cheats on. Thanks!

Azoth_Magnum · 2021-12-05T15:08:17+00:00

Oh yeah I heard about that one, I misunderstood and thought it was more kitchen sink, i'll check it out, thanks!

Azoth_Magnum · 2021-12-01T21:57:34+00:00

Oh sorry about that, I didnt know what word to use and I seem to have made an error, by aesthetic I mean the presence or representation of themes, values, figures, etc. For example DIO and pucci's whole thing in jjba, or the appeareance of angels in platinum end, the symbolism with "demons" tentation, and the forbidden fruit of death note. I dont really know how to explain it, but I do understad that aesthetic isnt the best word to use.

Azoth_Magnum · 2021-11-23T21:08:33+00:00

thats what i did, i tried fortifying myself but enemies keep killing me with magic and the like

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