Too Many Games near Philly was my 1st con, 1st real NG meetup, and 3rd time meeting at least one longtime NG friend. I was a bit worried that I drove 3 hours to hang out with a bunch of stinky 12 year olds, but no one stank (from NG) and the 12 yos had summer camp and couldn't come.
Some standout moments for me:
- I saw a buttcrack in the first 30 seconds (non-NG) and thought it would be frequent, but that was the only one
- Everyone sketching in each other's sketchbooks was so precious, especially at the beginning
- Talking with @IvanAlmighty about hydration and carbonating water
- @emizip's Ena cosplay and waving hi to me while I was zoned out wandering the expo
- @moawling's handheld microcontroller portfolio and adorable business cards
- @NinjaMuffin99 being like 10" taller than I had in mind (@austineast you were discussed!)
- Also when he said he learned from me when he was 16 and is 23 now made my bone density decrease
- @Squidly gathering the Flixel-ers to gang up on me for not using it anymore
- @Hibachi and @PKettles with the cleanest art you ever seen
- @RavioliBox's sketchbook with the black pages
- I've been amazed by @TomFulp's AS2 workflow for over a decade, so same thing but in person this time
- A random NG user recognizing my larger collabs is normal. NG Snowboarding, sure @NeatoNG. But Date A Monkey???? @MrShoeShine7
- @MindChamber has a MindChamber jacket
- An interesting proposal from @NattoSumi...
- @vividlance gave me a NEMGROUNDS bracelet jkjkjk
- @Bill go to New Orleans except not during the summer
- @Imprez and also Ivan talking about finding programmers/learning programming for big art collabs
- Talking mobile with @Luis and wanting a shorter turnaround project next
- @Chourios pronouncing "Chourios" ("it's like Cheerios with a U")
- @Tamag0 saying "but with a 0 at the end!"
- @D-slick N O L A
- @MysteriousMantis and I gently trying to make everyone leave the expo to get food
- @Kastozx's "K" looked like "CL" so it took me like 5 tries to find their account
- @BrandyBuizel having exactly the markers needed to draw Lucky
- @SrPelo buying "Hannah Montana: Rock Out the Show" for PSP
So,
- We need to do nametags sooner in the event, and I need to take more pics of them
- I need to make a new Ren'py so y'all can finally have medals in your VNs
- We should make some kind of art collab code template or something, idk
- @Sabtastic you might be the last "old" person I haven't met yet 👵
- I have to make a sequel to Date A Monkey
BrandyBuizel
I nearly signed @srpelo's copy of Hannah Montana when he couldnt find his sketchbook xD