Pipprojects 2̶0̶2̶4 2025

[Realticule]

It would be actual advice for her. Remember, this is the projects thread, we're trying to think of something we can collectively throw the forum's effort behind for her like we did last year with the cookbook. Thomas Talus brought up this idea earlier. There's no guarantee this is what this year's project will actually end up being, but I'm trying to at least gauge interest in this to see if it's feasible or desired, because I don't want this sneaking up on us again like the cookbook did last year for the debut anniversary in June.

Ok, then she should look into Form 8880 an IRS filing that provides government funding matching to an IRA account.

You have to meet a certain threshold of AGI that's low but she can funnel money into expenses via Phase to lower her AGI and probably has deductions she can make as self employed and as an entertainer that would reduce her AGI. The IRS will literally throw one to two thousand in IRA contribution matching, and your contribution is deductible when calculating AGI.

Also, dump your IRA in low expense ETFs like the SPYD, SPY, or others and ignore their movements until you retire. It's not ideal, but it's very normie friendly.

 

[Migoed Helmet]

It's not feasible IMO. We wouldn't be able to give her any advice that she won't be able to find in a 5 dollar Amazon paperback, and we don't know what her specific finances and needs look like. Also, even the smartest investments have a chance to go sour; on the off chance she lost her money to TVA's advice that'd be terrible for her and us.

 

[DTrp]

Building off an older idea when we thought her laptop took it's first/last bath:

A tech troubleshooting / reference guide customized to the hardware and software she personally uses. A step further would be to plug the data into an LLM to make her a personal techfagbot.

 

[thhrang]

Building off an older idea when we thought her laptop took it's first/last bath:

A tech troubleshooting / reference guide customized to the hardware and software she personally uses. A step further would be to plug the data into an LLM to make her a personal techfagbot.

This sounds particularly infeasible to me, since A.) would invariably be a colossal amount of work, and B.) we aren't omnipotent and we don't really know the actual day-to-day ins-and-outs of her hardware/software beyond surface level. This would basically become advanced armchair tech backseating, unless someone were willing to actually buy the exact same shit she has to have firsthand experience with everything she does to satisfy her tism.

 

[RestlessRain]

Pippa was talking about how she liked those anime song edits during stream. So here's my idea: Pippa the Rippa, but people pick out or edit anime clips to set the song to, and make it an extended compilation of Pippa the Rippa set to different anime clips.

 

[famous artist pipkun]

Pippa was talking about how she liked those anime song edits during stream. So here's my idea: Pippa the Rippa, but people pick out or edit anime clips to set the song to, and make it an extended compilation of Pippa the Rippa set to different anime clips.

nice reminds me of the oriemo cut

 

[thhrang]

Pippa was talking about how she liked those anime song edits during stream. So here's my idea: Pippa the Rippa, but people pick out or edit anime clips to set the song to, and make it an extended compilation of Pippa the Rippa set to different anime clips.

This sounds funny, but seems more like a shitpost gag idea than something on the same caliber and value as the website and cookbook, which is what we should still be aiming for.

 

[thhrang]

Okay, I've still been thinking about this because I really want to try getting a ball rolling on something relatively soon so that time doesn't creep up on us like it did last year. Earlier I had an idea, inspired by the fact someone earlier in the thread was trying to make a Phase RPG, but cancelled it - what if instead of a ground-up game, we repurpose some concepts and make a mod (or map) for a game this year? Those are character/enemy designs and sheet art, sitting here within this very thread, waiting to be potentially riffed on for other purposes (assuming of course @ChilChakSack wouldn't mind that idea since it is his art, and also the RPG maker guy hasn't been online in a year).

I don't really have any true experience with modding anything myself, but I think we may have enough talent to make something work? I do like the idea of perhaps a DOOM WAD? I'm throwing everything at the wall here including the kitchen sink - we have folks like @Security who knows a lot about Doom, and I'm also pretty sure @RedRage has talked about modding before. Would this be reasonable to achieve homegrown?

The main issue I see right now is we need to get something started or at least in heavy brainstorming phases to gain momentum.


e: After thinking about it even more, I think I really do like the idea of a Doom WAD. As I said, we could utilize/repurpose/Doomify ChilChakSack's enemy ideas, and the setting could be a huge demonic Walmart or some shit to loop it in with a running joke. There are also users who are really good at pixel art, like @somethingfarworseinthehorizon, and again ChilChak himself too. The background music could be Doomified PTR. And we could even make a short 'behind the scenes' pamphlet thing too with the art of the enemies and some of its' development process in a similar vein to the aesthetic stylings of last year's cookbook (though obviously not as long)? There are a lot of opportunities with this idea, like having an actual secret room where the credits are hidden too (which is where some forum circlejerking would be more acceptable, I suppose). KF has had Doom WAD Community Projects before (and has a dedicated thread for modding too) - I don't see why we couldn't do something similar.

 

[Security]

I've often thought about a Phase Connect Doom MOD, and the ideas bounce around in my head. It'd be more extensive than just a single map, and involving all Phase members. However, the technical requirements are beyond me, and my experience with modding (mainly Half-Life) was not in coding or art but in design, map making, and sound - and all of this was over twenty years ago.

With the right team (artist or two, a coder, someone to assist in sound and map making), I could probably help in making a solid single map TC for the anniversary. Focus would be on making amusing and good feeling weapons, an interesting and challenging level, and creative and distinct enemies (these would be other Phase members, like an angry Tenma throwing beer bottles at you). I could see all this being done in a few months.

 

[thhrang]

I could see all this being done in a few months.

Honestly, if we can actually get this idea off the ground, I wouldn't mind if it ends up going over the anniversary deadline if it means we produce certified kino by the end of it. I'll try to shill the idea around more to see if we can assemble a proper team,

 

[Thomas Talus]

Focus would be on making amusing and good feeling weapons, an interesting and challenging level, and creative and distinct enemies (these would be other Phase members, like an angry Tenma throwing beer bottles at you). I could see all this being done in a few months.

Cacodemon is Sad Bee.

 

[Security]

Honestly, if we can actually get this idea off the ground, I wouldn't mind if it ends up going over the anniversary deadline if it means we produce certified kino by the end of it. I'll try to shill the idea around more to see if we can assemble a proper team,

If we do just a single map, and we have the people, then it should be absolutely doable by summer.

The full Phase Connect TC MOD would take a good deal longer, however. Hell, we can look at the single map as a prototype!

 

[AO Cody]

Okay, I've still been thinking about this because I really want to try getting a ball rolling on something relatively soon so that time doesn't creep up on us like it did last year. Earlier I had an idea, inspired by the fact someone earlier in the thread was trying to make a Phase RPG, but cancelled it - what if instead of a ground-up game, we repurpose some concepts and make a mod (or map) for a game this year? Those are character/enemy designs and sheet art, sitting here within this very thread, waiting to be potentially riffed on for other purposes (assuming of course @ChilChakSack wouldn't mind that idea since it is his art, and also the RPG maker guy hasn't been online in a year).

I don't really have any true experience with modding anything myself, but I think we may have enough talent to make something work? I do like the idea of perhaps a DOOM WAD? I'm throwing everything at the wall here including the kitchen sink - we have folks like @Security who knows a lot about Doom, and I'm also pretty sure @RedRage has talked about modding before. Would this be reasonable to achieve homegrown?

The main issue I see right now is we need to get something started or at least in heavy brainstorming phases to gain momentum.


e: After thinking about it even more, I think I really do like the idea of a Doom WAD. As I said, we could utilize/repurpose/Doomify ChilChakSack's enemy ideas, and the setting could be a huge demonic Walmart or some shit to loop it in with a running joke. There are also users who are really good at pixel art, like @somethingfarworseinthehorizon, and again ChilChak himself too. The background music could be Doomified PTR. And we could even make a short 'behind the scenes' pamphlet thing too with the art of the enemies and some of its' development process in a similar vein to the aesthetic stylings of last year's cookbook (though obviously not as long)? There are a lot of opportunities with this idea, like having an actual secret room where the credits are hidden too (which is where some forum circlejerking would be more acceptable, I suppose). KF has had Doom WAD Community Projects before (and has a dedicated thread for modding too) - I don't see why we couldn't do something similar.

If you need some art, you know who to call. If you go the DOOM route, I actually have some experience with that. I lead a team working on a project in the DOOM engine, so if you need some extra help (small help, mind you, they're busy with our project) I can hit up my team.

 

[RestlessRain]

 

[thhrang]

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[RestlessRain]