At the end of the day, the sad reality is that masking is a necessity for Autistics*.
When you don’t understand social interaction, social hierarchy, language, and have limited frontal lobe development, going to school is a nightmare.
Yes, it would be great if everyone let us be who we are. But the plain fact is we can’t. We’re not allowed. It’s dangerous. And as it is, that mask still doesn’t keep most of the bullies away. Many of us will be traumatized before high school and definitely after high school.
And then we spend our adult years trying to unmask.
It’s the autistic version of “what do you want to be when you grow up?”
“I want to be an archaeologist and eat ice cream whenever I want and to stop destroying myself with a fake personality to keep neurotypicals comfortable so that I don’t risk violence!”
*this is in reference to moderate to high masking Autistics only.
“High masking autism is hard because people don’t take your struggles seriously and often refuse to accommodate you,”
and
“Low masking autistics do not automatically get support and are often denied basic autonomy,”
are two thoughts that can coexist btw. You can be upset about the lack of support in allistic society as a high masking autistic without assuming that low masking autistics are somehow always taken seriously and given all of the support they need.
And gauges and dials should be gauges and dials, not screens
Door releases should have a direct mechanical link to a latch, not send an electronic signal to a servo
You should not have to have your phone alive to unlock your car
Most touchscreens have a temperature resistance of less than 40°C (104°F). They do not belong on cars, toasters, ovens and stoves, any kind of safety equipment, or any equipment that requires precision of operation to maintain safety. They do not belong anywhere near a working engine.
Just putting this out there to let people know to watch what they post because you can be found and if you think that the government can’t do this …
Well, you better think again!!
Reminder that in 2017 4chan played capture the flag with Shia LaBeouf. Without any kind of a retail store to use for landmarks they got a rough estimate of the flags location from a livestream. They used the position of the sun to narrow it down to a specific time zone, they tracked the flight paths of planes seen flying overhead to further narrow it down. Then someone in the area drove around honking his horn while viewers on the livestream told him if he was getting closer until he found and stole the flag.
While trying to organise my thoughts relating to various creative projects, what I have ended up doing was create a website so that I could have an interactive moodboard that holds all of media that I am inspired by as well as having links to the source material and it looks and feels so very good!
I have always struggled with visual-only moodboarding and concepting because I always want a way to find the source material again or I want to mix and match with different mediums such as playlists, animations, video games, and illustrations all in one specific and easy-to-access location. The tools that I have used previously don’t always provide the extensive support for each format I want to reference, and even when they do, the formatting of the tool doesn’t work well with me as I find myself fighting the tool’s capabilities over enjoying creating and compiling ideas. But website development has allowed that creativity and flexibility I have craved while also allowing me to make it pretty in the process!
I won’t be sharing the website for a few reasons:
It isn’t hosted online and is only saved to my computer.
It contains other people’s work that I do not want to host and reshare without their expressed permission.
It contains project details that I do not want to share until I have made more progress on it.
But if you are like me and struggle with visual-only moodboards or want more customisation when it comes to project planning and presentation, I cannot reccomend enough looking into learning html and creating websites, even if you don’t share them!
i was gushing about the 32-part documentary about the making of psychonauts 2 on twitter as i watched it, but i’m still thinking about it. it’s a miracle that any game gets finished, but i think this deep dive really drives home how uniquely hard it is to make a psychonauts game compared to other platformers
every level in psychonauts needs to:
tell the story of the character whose brain you’re in with some kind of arc, not just through cutscenes but also through the subtext of the level’s aesthetics, structure, gameplay, etc.
while also advancing the overarching story in some way
have a unique art style compared to every other level in the game (meaning tons of bespoke assets)
have a unique art style compared to OTHER games, in general
have the aesthetics shift in some way across different segments of the level
be filled with bespoke collectibles (figments, memory vaults) tied to the character’s story and the theme of the level
in many cases, introduce another of raz’s powers and teach the player how to use it
introduce new, thematically resonant gameplay mechanics that don’t appear elsewhere in the game
in the sequel especially, most levels also need to sprinkle in sections with abnormal gravity and complex dream logic scene transitions
and this all needs to come together in the form of a fun and cohesive 3d platformer level
really just makes me appreciate how special both these games are even more
the other best part of the doc was, of course, this:
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