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Pickin' her up.


Screenshot of a video game wherein a character sits on the beach next to a fire. A dialogue box reads "In this moment, there is peace." 

I like to sneak in some quiet little moments for the player. It took a little while to make some ocean sounds and a crackling bonfire, but I think it's worth it. Here's Las Estrellas at night. Totally optional, and nothing much to do. It just... exists.

Playing video games as a kid in the '90s, there were not really any open worlds like there are now. Instead, I would go to one of those areas in Super Mario World where the setting was a starry night, and Bullet Bills be damned, Mario and Yoshi would stand majestically upon an outcropping. I'd put on the "Under The Stars" track from The Lion King and just let it play out.

Yes, I am melodramatic as fuck.

But I also know how to piece together a nice scene. At least, I'd like to think so!

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