"I did say there's a lot."
phiDOT (pronounced "FEE-dot") is one of two vent projects I made during 2023.
The goal was getting out my emotions because of what I was dealing with, I don't have
a story to tell with it. I kept it vague and told myself "draw the first things you think of".
However, this changed once Season 2 started. The first half was the same as Season 1,
but at the midpoint I realized something. Nothing was stopping me from bringing back
Kade and his friends "officially"; I was forcing KNiF & both reboots on myself with those
personal reasons, but I could bring Kade into phiDOT as Season 2's protagonist.
So that's what I did.
All the "episodes" are 30-second animations, some looping the whole time, others not.
A couple episodes (namely S1's ending) are about 2 minutes long for other reasons.
A handful have flashing lights or loud sounds, so forgive me if I catch you off-guard.
[Season 1 playlist]
[Season 2 playlist]
[Poster art]
[Season 2 Tease]
[Midpoint Post]
[Season 2 Prologue]
CONFINED ATONEMENT is one of two vent projects I made during 2023.
The goal was getting out my emotions because of what I was dealing with, my new sona
fighting my thoughts in one big allegory. I'm still fond of the world I made, things
came out in a way I liked. I even used The NegaDrive's staff as supporting roles.
I got a fair amount of progress but slowed down from burnout and scope creep. In other
words, I thought ahead too much because of how frustrated I was. At first it seemed
fine but I realized I needed more practice; I didn't know how I wanted the presentation
to look, I went back and forth on "the text will be shown like-" and "I'll show characters
walking around like-" and eventually fell apart. However, I didn't give up; I came back
a year later like with phiDOT, finished Episode 1, and will make the 2nd whenever.
[CONFINED ATONEMENT playlist]
CRUSTBUNK is a small project I did for April Fool's Day 2023. It takes after the brand of
Repainted mods for games, moreso acting like an UNDERTALE AU (UTRepainted lol).
I don't have further plans for it but maybe I'll make more tracks if I'm motivated enough.
You can get a small idea of the story/plot from context clues; Ticko is the Flowey stand-in,
Wadden and Nosten take Sans and Papyrus' places, other changes like Flissa being a bully,
Ackey following them around -- Klacc of course being Frisk/the main character. I like it.
[CRUSTBUNK playlist]
[CRUSTBUNK intro video]
Kade Evolution and Rock Bottom are two separate projects from 2020 and 2018 respectively.
On one side, Rock Bottom was a small experiment with a... let's say "weird" motive. I wanted a
UT-like story of going underground in caves bending space-time, explaining why so many IP-
based characters were showing up... but in reality I was denying my own hyperfix on SiIvaGunner.
On the other, Kade Evolution was... different. Said personal issues dug into my lore and thus
made me change direction. Mid-to-late 2020 was when I, frustrated, wanted to kill off Kade
to start over. I took a page from Super Mario Bros. Z and made "Mecha Kade" as the villain.
The goal was having Kade be corrupt and other heroes stopping him... even though he'd die.
Also, I chose UT's human SOULs instead of the Chaos Emeralds..? I don't remember why.
In 2023 I had an idea to revamp a couple tracks from both, re-doing their thumbnails too.
As well, I uploaded their older (unfinished) OSTs in 2024 during Scrapheap Sendoff.
[Kade Evolution playlist]
[Rock Bottom playlist]
[Kade's Evolved Form]
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KirBirthday 2023 was self-made for my own birthday, marking a personal turning point.
Early February started with a hiatus, reflecting on myself and leading into the vent projects,
and KirBirthday is what I'd consider the end to tell myself "This is who I am, I'm better now".
The whole day had HQRs and a few lore drops, majority of rips using my songs in them.
As of writing this, it's almost been a full year since then.
Not much to respond with except... damn. I did that. For myself.
[KirBirthday '23 playlist]
[KirBirthday '23 invitation]
If there's anything else you're interested in, feel free to scroll around my YT or Twitter.
Have a great day. ~Kirb
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