https://forums.mfgg.net/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:14:46 +0000 MyBB https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3564 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 01:37:53 +0000 The Shadow]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3564
Bait: Ballpark franks

I didn't get a photo of the actual feast, since they got eaten too fast, however I do have a couple recipes to share.

Boil recipe:
2 tbsp paprika
2 tbsp garlic powder
2 tbsp onion powder
2 cups salt
2 tbsp dried oregano
1 tbsp dried thyme
1 tsp cayenne pepper (omit entirely if you want zero heat)

boil live crayfish at a hard rolling boil for 10 minutes, then cut heat and let soak for 30 minutes to get the flavorings into the meat.
I cooked these in an old bayou classic turkey fryer.

butter sauce:
2 sticks butter
4 cloves garlic (minced)
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp salt (omit if using salted butter, or adjust to taste)
1 tbsp parsley (optional, for color)

Instructions: Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add the garlic and simmer gently until fragrant. Do not allow the garlic to brown. Stir in the lemon juice and salt right before serving.]]>
Bait: Ballpark franks

I didn't get a photo of the actual feast, since they got eaten too fast, however I do have a couple recipes to share.

Boil recipe:
2 tbsp paprika
2 tbsp garlic powder
2 tbsp onion powder
2 cups salt
2 tbsp dried oregano
1 tbsp dried thyme
1 tsp cayenne pepper (omit entirely if you want zero heat)

boil live crayfish at a hard rolling boil for 10 minutes, then cut heat and let soak for 30 minutes to get the flavorings into the meat.
I cooked these in an old bayou classic turkey fryer.

butter sauce:
2 sticks butter
4 cloves garlic (minced)
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp salt (omit if using salted butter, or adjust to taste)
1 tbsp parsley (optional, for color)

Instructions: Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add the garlic and simmer gently until fragrant. Do not allow the garlic to brown. Stir in the lemon juice and salt right before serving.]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3558 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:23:52 +0000 KrystalPhantasm]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3558

(Link to the art on my Bluesky here! : https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g5tp3o2...6gfxpyos22 )

Happy 25th to the site that's had a HUGE impact on me and why I do creative hobbies! And unlike Bluesky, I'm not constrained by the character limit to gush about it >
(And also all of my other forum posts at the time of writing this are mostly from when I went under an older username as a teenager with rather embarrassing behaviour so... figure it'd be good to post more and push those older posts out...)

I'm 20 now at the time of writing this post, and I started posting on the forums and engaging with the discord community at around 15-16ish years old? But I've been on the site ever since 2015 or so? I'd be 7 at the time, and that feels SO weird now that I'm actually thinking about it >_>;
Time feels like it passed by so quick once you're no longer living in it...

Regardless, as someone who lives in a country where Nintendo isn't exactly much of a thing (its all mobile games and AAA PlayStation fans you'd find most of the time) it was kinda my gateway to Mario games in general before I was able to find a way to play them. But, even then, I always just kinda kept coming back, it was always so fun to just see people making fangames regardless of the varying degrees of quality, and that always inspired me...
Games like Psycho Waluigi, SMB Dimensions, and the Charisma Series (yes i know this ones a bit of a weird one but hush, its just as important in my heart ok) and I've still retained that utter love for fanworks to this day (even if obviously I have more taste and sense of quality now lol, a lot of the rougher fangames were funner as a naive kid unfortunately)
It pretty much kickstarted my interest in game development as a whole and helped boost all of my creative skills because I wanted to make fangames of my own ^_^
(and in turn, responsible for me pursuing my current college degree [Software Engineering] because I knew I wouldn't be able to make a living off of art here, gonna be honest)

Anyways, I really do hope that more Mario fangames get made these days (and more games that are willing to get a bit more out there than just remaining in the overly Nintendo-like pile I've been seeing a lot of recent fangames fall into, and had a discussion in the discord server about) more people need to really put their heart into making stuff about the stuff and characters they like and just having fun with it; I've made a few fangames in the past (that either are unreleased, barely games because I made them as a kid, or games I made as a teen that im slightly embarrased about but still glad I made), and I'm still currently working on some right now (alongside fully original stuff) at the time of writing, a Touhou-Mario crossover (my current priority), and then later probably my dream game that's a Mario AU that's just full of the stuff I just love personally in other media too, AND I've contributed a fair amount to the current Community Fangame Project (Tusk Trouble)

(Also, brownie points for the people who can name the characters in my art, teehee...  )]]>

(Link to the art on my Bluesky here! : https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g5tp3o2...6gfxpyos22 )

Happy 25th to the site that's had a HUGE impact on me and why I do creative hobbies! And unlike Bluesky, I'm not constrained by the character limit to gush about it >
(And also all of my other forum posts at the time of writing this are mostly from when I went under an older username as a teenager with rather embarrassing behaviour so... figure it'd be good to post more and push those older posts out...)

I'm 20 now at the time of writing this post, and I started posting on the forums and engaging with the discord community at around 15-16ish years old? But I've been on the site ever since 2015 or so? I'd be 7 at the time, and that feels SO weird now that I'm actually thinking about it >_>;
Time feels like it passed by so quick once you're no longer living in it...

Regardless, as someone who lives in a country where Nintendo isn't exactly much of a thing (its all mobile games and AAA PlayStation fans you'd find most of the time) it was kinda my gateway to Mario games in general before I was able to find a way to play them. But, even then, I always just kinda kept coming back, it was always so fun to just see people making fangames regardless of the varying degrees of quality, and that always inspired me...
Games like Psycho Waluigi, SMB Dimensions, and the Charisma Series (yes i know this ones a bit of a weird one but hush, its just as important in my heart ok) and I've still retained that utter love for fanworks to this day (even if obviously I have more taste and sense of quality now lol, a lot of the rougher fangames were funner as a naive kid unfortunately)
It pretty much kickstarted my interest in game development as a whole and helped boost all of my creative skills because I wanted to make fangames of my own ^_^
(and in turn, responsible for me pursuing my current college degree [Software Engineering] because I knew I wouldn't be able to make a living off of art here, gonna be honest)

Anyways, I really do hope that more Mario fangames get made these days (and more games that are willing to get a bit more out there than just remaining in the overly Nintendo-like pile I've been seeing a lot of recent fangames fall into, and had a discussion in the discord server about) more people need to really put their heart into making stuff about the stuff and characters they like and just having fun with it; I've made a few fangames in the past (that either are unreleased, barely games because I made them as a kid, or games I made as a teen that im slightly embarrased about but still glad I made), and I'm still currently working on some right now (alongside fully original stuff) at the time of writing, a Touhou-Mario crossover (my current priority), and then later probably my dream game that's a Mario AU that's just full of the stuff I just love personally in other media too, AND I've contributed a fair amount to the current Community Fangame Project (Tusk Trouble)

(Also, brownie points for the people who can name the characters in my art, teehee...  )]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3556 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:43:43 +0000 RemarkableDisk]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3556 I am also new to using forums, so I hope my image actually posted.]]> I am also new to using forums, so I hope my image actually posted.]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3510 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:24:56 +0000 Thebrainhellscape13]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3510
Anyways what better way to start this then with a Mario sketch 

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Homer sketch that comes from the same paper
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Anyways what better way to start this then with a Mario sketch 

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Homer sketch that comes from the same paper
]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3415 Sat, 01 Nov 2025 20:09:27 +0000 The Shadow]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3415
I had some ideas for this, but ultimately I had to drop the wand and spell book. This has been entered into a local competition.
The mask actually articulates, with the jaw moving along with my own. the fingerbones for the necklace came from a wind chime print, while the talisman came from one of the castlevania games apparently.
This took me quite awhile to make, and I'm quite happy with the results!]]>
I had some ideas for this, but ultimately I had to drop the wand and spell book. This has been entered into a local competition.
The mask actually articulates, with the jaw moving along with my own. the fingerbones for the necklace came from a wind chime print, while the talisman came from one of the castlevania games apparently.
This took me quite awhile to make, and I'm quite happy with the results!]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3398 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 21:32:20 +0000 The Shadow]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3398
It all started with this. a dagger we got for my brother made from Selenite. nothing too special, but it's not hard to see that it has fiberoptic properties. All it needs is a stand, and a light source.

This took longer than it really should have, nearly a year went by before we got the stand prepared for the dagger, and a light mounted in the underside.
it's crude, and I was still learning, just as I am now. but the effect you get, just makes it all worth it.

Cut the lights, stick the dagger in the slot, and plug the USB cord into a phone charger. We have, a night light. the diode is all the way at the bottom of this stand, and just shining upwards. this definitely did the trick, and my brother was happy with it. it cycles through the entire spectrum. red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow, and white.
I'm quite proud of this, crude as it is.


So, fast forward to about a week ago. I've learned quite a bit about 3d printing, and, had opted out of joining my family on a camping trip to make sure the house is taken care of.
My family gets back, and I'm handed a balled up newspaper, containing an egg made from selenite, and a wand, also made from selenite... still thinking of what to do with the wand, but...Well I bet you have all already figured out what I planned to do with the egg, if not, you'll see in just a moment.

This was a bit of a challenge, utilizing whatever I had for filament on hand, after a marathon run of prints to get my inventory up for a christmas bazar in december.
I downloaded this model from https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-...land-86281, and gave it a quick inspection. I knew the dimensions on my egg were different, so I did a quick measure with some calipers, and applied the new dimensions to the egg supplied with this model. this gave me the offset percentages to apply to everything to make my egg work.
in this case, X101.83% Y101.83% Z129.72%  (Meaning it is actually quite stretched on the vertical axis.) I simply had to apply all this to every piece of the model.
One other adjustment was made...I decided I didn't like the flat bottom on that cloud, so after the scale was made permanent, I took the cloud, reduced it's vertical size by 50% then made a mirror copy. glue those together, and, no more flat bottom on the cloud.

I was charging up the glow in the dark parts with a UV curing light when I got this picture. I didn't expect the trees to light up like this. looks pretty dang cool I think.

And finally, in low light with the glow parts charged. save for the LED, this is completed.
I'll share the final result once I get that installed. (It's expected to be here in a couple of weeks)

This was actually a lot of fun to do, and I'm very much proud of the result here. I hope you all had as much fun looking at all this as I did putting it together.
Let me know what you think!]]>
It all started with this. a dagger we got for my brother made from Selenite. nothing too special, but it's not hard to see that it has fiberoptic properties. All it needs is a stand, and a light source.

This took longer than it really should have, nearly a year went by before we got the stand prepared for the dagger, and a light mounted in the underside.
it's crude, and I was still learning, just as I am now. but the effect you get, just makes it all worth it.

Cut the lights, stick the dagger in the slot, and plug the USB cord into a phone charger. We have, a night light. the diode is all the way at the bottom of this stand, and just shining upwards. this definitely did the trick, and my brother was happy with it. it cycles through the entire spectrum. red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow, and white.
I'm quite proud of this, crude as it is.


So, fast forward to about a week ago. I've learned quite a bit about 3d printing, and, had opted out of joining my family on a camping trip to make sure the house is taken care of.
My family gets back, and I'm handed a balled up newspaper, containing an egg made from selenite, and a wand, also made from selenite... still thinking of what to do with the wand, but...Well I bet you have all already figured out what I planned to do with the egg, if not, you'll see in just a moment.

This was a bit of a challenge, utilizing whatever I had for filament on hand, after a marathon run of prints to get my inventory up for a christmas bazar in december.
I downloaded this model from https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-...land-86281, and gave it a quick inspection. I knew the dimensions on my egg were different, so I did a quick measure with some calipers, and applied the new dimensions to the egg supplied with this model. this gave me the offset percentages to apply to everything to make my egg work.
in this case, X101.83% Y101.83% Z129.72%  (Meaning it is actually quite stretched on the vertical axis.) I simply had to apply all this to every piece of the model.
One other adjustment was made...I decided I didn't like the flat bottom on that cloud, so after the scale was made permanent, I took the cloud, reduced it's vertical size by 50% then made a mirror copy. glue those together, and, no more flat bottom on the cloud.

I was charging up the glow in the dark parts with a UV curing light when I got this picture. I didn't expect the trees to light up like this. looks pretty dang cool I think.

And finally, in low light with the glow parts charged. save for the LED, this is completed.
I'll share the final result once I get that installed. (It's expected to be here in a couple of weeks)

This was actually a lot of fun to do, and I'm very much proud of the result here. I hope you all had as much fun looking at all this as I did putting it together.
Let me know what you think!]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3385 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 02:09:53 +0000 Thebrainhellscape13]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3385

Lil sloppy tho, but just a simple doodle I made for fun :/]]>

Lil sloppy tho, but just a simple doodle I made for fun :/]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3367 Sun, 17 Aug 2025 21:46:24 +0000 NowhereMan]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3367 https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3346 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 23:59:46 +0000 meeseeks]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3346 Hello, I'm currently looking for a new sprite artist for my indie game project, N-TENDED that is a fast-paced, elimination arcade platformer. The game draws inspiration from popular titles such as Smash Bros., WarioWare, and Mario Bros., showcasing Nintendo-inspired characters, enemies, and items.
If you are interested in this project and can replicate the game's sprite style, feel free to message me here or on discord. Also provide a portfolio of your work, thank you!

Discord: meeseeks_97

Sprite sheet of my game sprites
]]> Hello, I'm currently looking for a new sprite artist for my indie game project, N-TENDED that is a fast-paced, elimination arcade platformer. The game draws inspiration from popular titles such as Smash Bros., WarioWare, and Mario Bros., showcasing Nintendo-inspired characters, enemies, and items.
If you are interested in this project and can replicate the game's sprite style, feel free to message me here or on discord. Also provide a portfolio of your work, thank you!

Discord: meeseeks_97

Sprite sheet of my game sprites
]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3322 Fri, 16 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000 Thebrainhellscape13]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3322


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This was taken a few years ago.]]>
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This was taken a few years ago.]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3255 Tue, 31 Dec 2024 03:59:10 +0000 ChazJoe]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3255
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it said no simple edits so i was like hm let me check]]>
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it said no simple edits so i was like hm let me check]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3245 Sun, 15 Dec 2024 15:19:44 +0000 Thebrainhellscape13]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3245 ]]> ]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3223 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 19:49:54 +0000 littlelum]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3223
So, I present to you, my WIP scanlation of the KC Mario series! So far, I have completed two three chapters one volume out of . . . a lot. Don't expect progress to happen too quickly, as I started sometime earlier this year. I do plan on finishing this in the long-term, though. I should probably give a general content warning to be safe, as Japan has different standards of what is ok for kids than the western world. (Consider this the official disclaimer or whatnot.)

Anyways, here's the link to what's done so far:
https://mangadex.org/title/961fc3c4-b273...mario-land

Progress:
Volume 1: Complete!]]>
So, I present to you, my WIP scanlation of the KC Mario series! So far, I have completed two three chapters one volume out of . . . a lot. Don't expect progress to happen too quickly, as I started sometime earlier this year. I do plan on finishing this in the long-term, though. I should probably give a general content warning to be safe, as Japan has different standards of what is ok for kids than the western world. (Consider this the official disclaimer or whatnot.)

Anyways, here's the link to what's done so far:
https://mangadex.org/title/961fc3c4-b273...mario-land

Progress:
Volume 1: Complete!]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3215 Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:28:56 +0000 AveCoo]]> https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=3215
I've been really enjoying putting some tracks together for a friend's games recently and was hoping to branch out a bit more! I've found I struggle with finishing any arts stuff if it doesn't really have an express purpose, so consider my friend lucky lol

They gave me the thumbs up to show off a couple of works-in-progress (in various states of being completed, of course) to you peeps. I'd love to both show off what I have and work on some original tracks for any of your games or other projects! I've got a couple of remixes for the games so they're not off limit, but I've also got a small album thingy on the mainsite (under Ave Coo) if that is more your speed


My mate's currently whipping up two games... One's a platformer about Poochy, and I've got two tracks in the bag thus far.

Radish Heights
Thunder Tower

And the other's a Smash clone with a pretty funny twist that I'm not gonna spoil. A smash clone is like my ideal project, so props to them!

Main Menu
Home Run Contest (They asked for this one to be 10 seconds to match the countdown)

I really like the smash clone theme so far, so it's been fun as to piece it together into other tracks - happy to show off more but just didn't want to spam them all at once!


Yeah, so lemme know what you think and don't be afraid to send me a dm or make a post if you're interested in having a few tracks made for your game. Purely doing this for fun, so it won't cost anything ofc (just gotta make sure y'all know that!)

Cheers!

Glenn (AKA Ave Coo)]]>
I've been really enjoying putting some tracks together for a friend's games recently and was hoping to branch out a bit more! I've found I struggle with finishing any arts stuff if it doesn't really have an express purpose, so consider my friend lucky lol

They gave me the thumbs up to show off a couple of works-in-progress (in various states of being completed, of course) to you peeps. I'd love to both show off what I have and work on some original tracks for any of your games or other projects! I've got a couple of remixes for the games so they're not off limit, but I've also got a small album thingy on the mainsite (under Ave Coo) if that is more your speed


My mate's currently whipping up two games... One's a platformer about Poochy, and I've got two tracks in the bag thus far.

Radish Heights
Thunder Tower

And the other's a Smash clone with a pretty funny twist that I'm not gonna spoil. A smash clone is like my ideal project, so props to them!

Main Menu
Home Run Contest (They asked for this one to be 10 seconds to match the countdown)

I really like the smash clone theme so far, so it's been fun as to piece it together into other tracks - happy to show off more but just didn't want to spam them all at once!


Yeah, so lemme know what you think and don't be afraid to send me a dm or make a post if you're interested in having a few tracks made for your game. Purely doing this for fun, so it won't cost anything ofc (just gotta make sure y'all know that!)

Cheers!

Glenn (AKA Ave Coo)]]>