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@aruotta
Furry, Game Programmer | osu, bouldering, Pokémon, Vocaloid… | any pronouns 🏳️🌈 • FR, EN (日本) • pp by @yamainuken.bsky.social, banner by @Zaaru.cat (I might repost NSFW⚠️)
Played Touhou 11 tonight, managed to no die a single time entering stage 5 (8 lifes + current one), then lost a shameful amount on life, ended up with one life at Utsuho's final spell, died one time then killed her and died because my movement was to restricted to avoid a bullet. Failed the 1cc.
New map I made for 6DCT3 grand finals, on one of my favorite Project Voltage song. A tribute to my love for Pokémon and Vocaloid ❤️ osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/...
My votes for osu! Community Voice 2025 ✨ (10 maps that I liked the most ranked in 2025
- Also did a lot of mapping for tourneys, did 10 customs, 5 of which were for 6dct (6 digit canadian tourney), and did 2 maps for 6wc and one for OFT (osu! french tournament). Did also some personal mapping but not that much. I’m still eager to do customs for 2026 tourneys!
- Played a lot of osu! tournaments with really cool teams (or solo), did some scrims matches and got better at many skillsets. Got in finals on a solo mechs tourney (CCMM) and did more high SR pools (5dct, La Provencale, also CCMM). Now waiting for 5wc tryouts to see if I’m better on 5 digit stuff!
- Did a lot of progress on bouldering, doing some pretty often, getting more consistent on V6, got new shoes in September and started climbing without socks, and did my very first V7 (I post a lot of these on my instagram: aruotta, same username as here)
- Watched a lot of desk setup videos, ended up buying a new keyboard (Ducky) and a monitor arm + support for laptop. Also did scouting for a new setup, found some cool pieces but was waiting to have enough savings, and basically now with the RAM prices I’ll wait even more
- I played Pokémon ZA + DLC and quite enjoyed it, got a bit boring at some points but still pretty good, made me even more hype for 10 gen (probably this year!) (also unelated photos because I got the yaoi comic SMELL)
- In october I has my birthday, went to 4 restaurants in 8 days, hanged out with friends and went to Anamanaguchi’s concert which was great. I got new glasses too (I love them) - I also went to a lot of OJV concert (video game orchestra) throughout the year, one of which was for Otakuthon
- One week later we went to Otakuthon (anime convention) and I bought a lot of stuff, did a meetup with osu players and wore a skirt with kneesocks. - Got covid but pretty mild (a one day fever then 3-4 day of feeling like shit), also watched the Undertale 10th Anniversary stream the same weekend
- I went to Toronto with my bf on a weekend to see Ado’s concert, I really enjoyed the city and the concert, definitely one of the best moment of the year
- My family came to visit in early June, the weather was really hot and I enjoyed a lot walking with them in Montreal
- I played Cave Story+ in April and it was really fun but so hard, got the 100% and gained motivation to do my own game one day… - Deltarune ch3 and 4’s released date was announced in April and I played it in June, now I’m super hype for ch5 and reading a lot of fan content and theories
- I got really hyped for the Switch 2, bought it in June and didn’t play it until Pokémon ZA came out (but I know many great games are to come) - The game I was working on was announced in March’s Nintendo Direct, and got released on December 1st! (the studio also announced Scott Pilgrim EX)
I wanted to do a redacted summary of the year, but as always it was too long, so I’ll do some bullet points: - Start of the year was meh, but in March I got motivated to workout (esp. bouldering) and gained more than 10kg (~22lb)
Been hyperfixating on some specific kinds of Cyberpunk Techwear outfits lately, really difficult to find who makes some like that but I swear I'll get a full outfit one day 🥹
I finally got my first V7 ever 🥹 Really tricky moves, I'll need to record it this weekend!