Mascot characters are a tool to sell games and have been since the 80s. The fact that prominent indie game companies with mascots are contributing them to crossover games like BrawlOut, Blade Strangers, and Crystal Crisis isn't, like, them biting the devil's fruit or anything. Good things are still possible even with the profit motive!
Related: please stop repeating that conspiracy theory that Nicalis stole the Cave Story IP; there's no real evidence of that and you can still download the freeware version from Daisuke Ayama's website.
Awoo.space is a Mastodon instance where members can rely on a team of moderators to help resolve conflict, and limits federation with other instances using a specific access list to minimize abuse.
While mature content is allowed here, we strongly believe in being able to choose to engage with content on your own terms, so please make sure to put mature and potentially sensitive content behind the CW feature with enough description that people know what it's about.
Before signing up, please read our community guidelines. While it's a very broad swath of topics it covers, please do your best! We believe that as long as you're putting forth genuine effort to limit harm you might cause – even if you haven't read the document – you'll be okay!