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And that's Dragon Quest 8 completed. I thought for sure I was going to have to fight Rhapthorne multiple times but no, no full-party deaths today.

What a good game. Sweet, lighthearted, fun. A real Saturday morning cartoon. Loved the ending too. I enjoyed it a lot in general, it was just what I needed right now.

#streaming Dragon Quest 8 (Playstation 2) this afternoon at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. The party returns to the Black Citadel to challenge Rhapthorne, the lord of darkness.

I'm pretty near the end of Dragon Quest 8 I think. In the final dungeon, maybe a level or two behind where I should be.

Might finish the game pretty soon.

#streaming Dragon Quest 8 (Playstation 2) right now over at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. The party must now pursue and defeat Marcello who (after the defeat of Sir Leopold) is now in possession of the cursed staff.

#streaming Dragon Quest 8 (Playstation 2) this morning at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Today the party marches up the godbird's aerie to defeat Gemon who is holding Empyrea's egg hostage.

I've spent the last few days sourcing, editing, and re-mixing sounds for Quake. I wish the game hadn't shipped with 8bit 11025hz audio (but then I guess that's part of the charm).

Renoise has a really good sample editor.

Empyrea felt like the second truly tough fight in Dragon Quest 8. Took me several attempts to win (including an hour or so spent grinding one level for the whole party). Had to play the fight very safe. Glad I figured it out in the end.

#streaming Dragon Quest 8 (Playstation 2) this morning at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. The party heads off in search for Empyrea (for real this time).

#streaming Dragon Quest 8 (Playstation 2) tonight at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. The party goes exploring, then sets forth from Empycchu in search of the godbird Empyrea.

Good testing session. Some funny bugs, some annoying bugs. Made it through id1 and Than's map dmd8 without crashing.

Game is really tough when Ogres fire grenades that deal 100 damage.

I'm testing out my #quake1 mod tonight on #stream at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

Will do a run through the id1 maps (recompiled with support for brush-based collision) to test out some new movement changes.

Might be a short broadcast.

And now I've added crouchsliding to my Quake movement code.

I've never played any of the id games with crouchsliding so I had to refer to Rapha's Quake Champions movement tutorial to figure out how it works.

It's funky. Hard to use, will take some practice. I have no idea if I implemented it right.

#streaming Dragon Quest 8 (Playstation 2) tonight at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Having returned to Orkutsk from the Herb Grotto the party is now rushing to the aid of the old healer Marta.

I implemented crouching in my Quake mod tonight. Turns out it's pretty easy to do (the code side anyway).

I don't know how to model for Q1 so the change to crouching isn't reflected visually. I wonder if there's a preexisting Q1 ranger crouching model I could use.

#streaming Dragon Quest 8 (Playstation 2) again today over at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. The party is searching for the Kran Spinels, jewels which will help protect the magician Dominico from Jessica (who is under the influence of an evil staff).

I'm #streaming the Quake 1 Re:Mobilize Jam map pack right now over at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. I've been meaning to play this for months.

Will do a run through id1 afterwards to test a mod I'm working on (time permitting).