Help Me Decide What To Stream For My Birthday!

Help me decide what to stream for my birthday!

This Saturday I'll be doing a big birthday bash stream, and while I have tons of ideas, I only have so many hours in the day to stream them – and only a week to prepare!

Help me out by picking an option from the poll at the bottom: What would you be most interested in seeing this weekend? Read on and I'll explain our options...

All of my ideas loosely fall into three categories – I could play something multiplayer with friends, I could reminisce on old levels and creations I made long ago, or I could stream something that's a completely new and unique experience. Out of those categories, I've got five standout ideas:

New: Fortune Cookie - If you've ever watched ProtonJon stream, you know what this is. I've collected my entire game library on Backloggery and we'll choose 3-5 random games, then chat votes on which one they want to see. I'll play each game for about half an hour before we pick another set of games for another chat vote. Rinse and repeat! 🥠

Reminisce: WarioWare DIY Showcase - "Showcase" is the WiiWare version of DIY... and I've never played it! This would be a hybrid of new and old, where I'd try out all of the microgames I've never played before, as well as importing and showcasing all of my old microgames from DIY on the DS. Did you know DIY is the game that got me into programming? 👩‍💻

Reminisce: Zeta - At this point I've streamed all of my old Mari0 level packs, except one: Zeta, which was supposed to be the magnum opus of my early Mari0 days. It sits about halfway between New Super Mario World and Retrush in terms of quality, scope, and ideas. Should be a LOT of fun to unpack after ten years~ 🌅

Multiplayer: Tabletop Simulator / Cardé - I made a board game when I was twelve years old that's essentially "extreme chutes and ladders," a race around the board trying to get chain reactions of movement. This would be a hybrid of reminiscing and multiplayer, since I would get to recreate it in Tabletop Simulator... and subject my friends to it! 🎲

Multiplayer: Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed - Transformed is genuinely one of my favorite kart racers of all time, right next to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. I've been dying to play it with friends for a while now – it would make for an excellent birthday party game! I'd have to check in on who owns it and wants to play, but otherwise, it'd be the easiest to set up. 🏎️

So with all of that out of the way...

good morning !! im birthday

after so many years of keeping my thoughts to myself, i have finally learned that

you can just talk to people, actually

nothing gets done without communication

and today, i shall pretend to be functional for an audience of none. this is one of my most secret and powerful magicks

alright y'all... this is a weird one. health related. details under the cut

late last night as i was trying to sleep, something went POP in my forehead. ever since… it's hard to explain, but i feel more Alive. like i can feel things more clearly, i have depth perception again, i can focus and think straight again when i haven't been able to for… months. what the fuck?

truthfully all of what i just described, and... some more distressing symptoms, have been plaguing me for the past ten years of my life. i've always written it off as anxiety or dissociation or autism or etc, but if it can all clear up with a single pop...?

a hazy memory tells me these pops used to happen more frequently, that i would dip in and out of symptoms. but my symptoms haven't gotten better for the last several years... until today?

i really hope these symptoms stay gone this time... though they probably won't.

until i can see a doctor for this stuff, i'll just enjoy this time that i have... time where i actually feel ALIVE!

In which I polish up my unfinished "magnum opus" from the early days of Mari0 and show it in its best light – with 40+ music tracks, unfinished level concepts, and a complete version of the final boss. This is the DEFINITIVE look at one of my earliest major projects!