Pico Day sneak peak, FNF doubt + personal stuff

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Pico Day sneak peak, FNF doubt + personal stuff

Posted by ShangXian - 1 day ago

Hello everyone, I hope you are having serene times especially now that Easter is gradually approaching. And speaking of something that is approaching I would like to share a little sneak peek of what I am doing for Pico Day since last year I couldn't participate due to the many exams I had:

This is the lineart of something that won't be a single work as I plan to draw the trio. I hope to finish it in time but since I am done with collabs I joined these months and I am relatively more free in terms of free time, I think I can manage it.

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Another curious thing I discovered in these days while browsing the image folder of the assets folder from FNF game I've installed in my PC was this:

I personally don't know if this is just a test from the creators of the game when it comes to character select placement or a possible foreshadowing of the future playable characters. If someone knows more feel free to correct my assumptions.

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Totally unrelated to these two topics, I plan to continue studying Russian language by myself despite the course is over and I passed the university exam. I will miss both the course, teachers, students and even the exam itself but this won't prevent me from continuing studying it and keep writing those Russian Diaries which helped me a lot in shaping my perception and study skills of this language.

Well, that's all for now. See you next time and drink plenty of water!

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ChronoNG 2025-03-23 00:55:58

There have been more unused files found in the game related to the Tankman as a playable character, but the Daddy Dearest icon could probably just be a placeholder for BF's icon before it was finished. I'm unsure if the devs have any plans for GF's parents to be playable really and I sort of doubt they will be.

ShangXian 2025-03-23 00:55:58

Yeah, maybe you are right when it comes to Daddy Dearest since I took a look at the finished character select where BF is in the same place DD's. But I wonder why they put him instead of BF. It would be cool though a campaign as DD and part of me would like to believe it. Maybe an alternative gameplay where he beats BF, who knows.

Yatsufusa 2025-03-23 03:44:10

Thanks for the 'water reminder'.
I used to include them myself but at some point I was worried I might come off as 'too naggy'. It was only much later that I learned that a certain subset of people 'already' view 'anyone' as 'too naggy' who offers even the slightest hint of critique or advice... ;)

ShangXian 2025-03-23 03:44:10

You are welcome.
Sadly those type of people will always be present no matter the type of site you are in. Even in sites like this one where constructive criticism is encouraged there will be people unwilling to listen, but I tend to ignore them and move on. I find more sever those who apparently take your advice and then never apply it.

ChronoNG 2025-03-23 07:16:03

@ShangXian Game dev is kinda weird, a lot of random files get used for random things from what I've seen. Sometimes wrong graphics are used as placeholders when there aren't any finished graphics they can use at that point in time. It's why a lot of games have simple "dummy" files to be used for testing purposes. I'm no expert on game dev btw, but that is what I think is going on here with the DD icon being used for BF. I'd recommend checking out the website The Cutting Room Floor, it details all kinds of unused files and prerelease builds in many games, it even has an article on FNF if you're interested.

Unfortunately I really don't think DD would be playable even if it could be cool, it seems most of the planned characters will be exclusively NG crossover characters that appear in the game during weeks, but since DD is original to FNF, it's unlikely he will be playable. Once again take what I'm saying with a grain of salt though as I am not a game dev and not part of the Funkin' dev team.

EDIT: @ShangXian Also if you do decide to check The Cutting Room Floor out I'd love for you to PM me about anything interesting you find! :D

StitchMiss 2025-03-23 15:23:08

Looking forward to seeing what you are cooking up for Pico Day :D A neat concept, doing a trio to celebrate the day.

Also didn't know you were learning Russian, that's really cool! ^-^ As weird as their social media has now become XD Duolingo is still a good app to at least practice languages you're learning. And from there, perhaps watching news or YouTubers who speak the language is good to hear how it is spoken and helps with keeping familiar with the lingo ^-^

ShangXian 2025-03-23 15:23:08

Hehehe, let's just say that a sentence said by Tom Fulp gave me the idea to re-think the tribute to the trio.

As for Duolingo I am not a fan of those language apps, I prefer a much more academic approach with a solid schedule combined with a more easy-going, laid approach. Languages are best learnt when you forget you are learning them. If you want to discover a bit more about my "Russian Diaries" here the links:

https://shangxian.newgrounds.com/news/post/1484693

https://shangxian.newgrounds.com/news/post/1487272

https://shangxian.newgrounds.com/news/post/1489600

https://shangxian.newgrounds.com/news/post/1503579

Take your time because some can be a bit long in terms of info^^