110 – Town Folk
Fri, December 5 – 5:00 PM
Time for something different for today! Â With this comic, I wanted to explore what happens when you leave behind your towns in older Animal Crossing games. Â They pretty much turn into a mess–people move out, weeds grow, roaches are everywhere, and you don’t give a second thought to it! Â So, I had fun going for something more atmospheric this time around, although due to me not wanting it to be even longer, I had to cut some of Twiggy’s monologue (like his line, “Remember when you got my opulent rug back from Pudge?”). Â It’s about nostalgia, reliving the past, and all that good stuff. Â Also, I wanted to change a few lines during the eleventh hour but this STUPID program completely messed up on me and now I can’t save anything.
Sooner or later, I had to call it finished. Â And while I’m frustrated by all the compromises I had to make on the way there such as text restrictions (I’m thinking next time I do something with a lot of dialogue, I’m going for text so I can fit what I want in there) and size restrictions that block out a lot of the detail, I still enjoyed making this and I hope–if nothing else–it shows that BitF can be more than a doodle-style Kirby turnin’ into something.
The final frame here isn’t really as jokey as usual…I was going more for atmosphere and reflection (like in the Mother 3 strip or comic 060).
And I hope that all you villagers out there don’t forget your roots while you spend your time in the big city! Â Oh, and sorry for the lateness of this comic.
-By Matthew
Time for something different for today! Â With this comic, I wanted to explore what happens when you leave behind your towns in older Animal Crossing games. Â They pretty much turn into a mess–people move out, weeds grow, roaches are everywhere, and you don’t give a second thought to it! Â So, I had fun going for something more atmospheric this time around, although due to me not wanting it to be even longer, I had to cut some of Twiggy’s monologue (like his line, “Remember when you got my opulent rug back from Pudge?”). Â It’s about nostalgia, reliving the past, and all that good stuff. Â Also, I wanted to change a few lines during the eleventh hour but this STUPID program completely messed up on me and now I can’t save anything.
Sooner or later, I had to call it finished. Â And while I’m frustrated by all the compromises I had to make on the way there such as text restrictions (I’m thinking next time I do something with a lot of dialogue, I’m going for text so I can fit what I want in there) and size restrictions that block out a lot of the detail, I still enjoyed making this and I hope–if nothing else–it shows that BitF can be more than a doodle-style Kirby turnin’ into something.
The final frame here isn’t really as jokey as usual…I was going more for atmosphere and reflection (like in the Mother 3 strip or comic 060).
And I hope that all you villagers out there don’t forget your roots while you spend your time in the big city! Â Oh, and sorry for the lateness of this comic.
-By Matthew
