I’m finally Shinespark on FA, woo! I’ve already been tagging my posts with both usernames so that won’t be changing.

This doesn’t change your URL, so be aware of that if you’re ever manually typing links.

I've immediately gone and swapped every post on FA to the ABDL Theme, where applicable. A couple posted got updated to Mature for "bodily fluids."

I'll be honest. Wow. FA's on a positive streak. I might actually start posting here again, I'm hopeful.

As I said in my previous journal: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10673471/ , I’ve been avoiding using FA in the wake of their recent policies. The moderation team recently continued to double down on their anti-ABDL policies and continued to show a lack of understanding for what their platform is used for, so I felt the need to make another journal.

This account’s days are numbered and I know it. I will refuse to comply. The mods will think or say they’re cracking down on cub porn, but all they’re doing is alienating a significant portion of the fandom. Actual cub porn artists are not being touched, but popular active diaperfurs are being targeted. It’s a farce and an act of bullying, and I’m not going to enable them. They just want to see less diaper content on their horny searches that “cramp their vibe,” and bully multi-faceted furs into sharing less diapers.

I already have everything on this site backed up. Nothing will be lost in the event of the mods getting uppity.

If you want to see the stuff I talk about and commission, you’re far better off with my Discord server (explore my content to find that, hint: Crinkle Castle), my Twitter, or my BlueSky.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/shinesprkluxray
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/shinesprkl.....ay.bsky.social

I also just anticipate this site going belly-up without Dragoneer. It might be a slow death, but it will die just the same. The mods will kill this platform by shoving out all their support, and without the money…

So apparently the BlueSky AI-feeding I heard about was misinformation about what services they engage with. I’ve wound up on BlueSky as a result: https://bsky.app/profile/shinesprkl.....ay.bsky.social . I may as well keep a back door open! Would be imprudent to cut myself off of options.

Hey all,

You may recall in the previous journal (link) I warned that I would not be posting to FA, and that I would be moving to another platform. The platform part is still not committed, IRL keeps me slow, but I am thinking of going to Vulta (link). It's run by a diaperfur and someone I know, and I have far more faith in that platform not to nuke my account on a whim than FA. It's a newer site with standard features being rolled out over time, so if it looks a little sparse it won't be forever.

On the not-posting front, I may be sporadically updating my FA to stay with the times until I fully move to another platform. For instance, I've been asked so often about how to join or be involved with the Padded Pride that I finally made an onboarding document. I will be avoiding posting art as much as possible, anything I post going forward will be stuff like this. I'll still be updating the art Nexuses for Padded Pride and Tyke Transcendency, and when Joey Junction gets fan art I'll make a Nexus for that too. However, I won't be notifying when these are updated. No point, no motivation to.

I highly recommend my Twitter at current to keep up with me, just as it's always been. I've not moved off Twitter yet. I don't value BlueSky, its AI-feeding, and its scummy exclusive access codes. Mastodon strikes me as excessively segregated, but it may be my best option at this point. There's also my Discord server, but I'm not linking it here and it will never replace Twitter. You must find it if you want it. 😉 Its content is possibly not for you anyway, but that's up to you not me.

Hey all,

Given the moderation team’s erm… let’s call themshortsighted blunders, I will not be uploading to FA until if/when the team reneges on their recent decisions. As they have moved up the policy enforcement update rather than delaying it, and guessing from their blind adamancy towards their decision, I doubt it.

I will likely be changing platforms, most likely Weasyl given current knowledge. You will know closer to FA’s disaster deadline.

Nexus: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/51138871/

Hey all, I’m experimenting with a “Transcendency-Alikes” tab for TT’s Nexus. I’ve also added a new Tyke, you may know him as Myst or daxter131 ! He’s a cute kittenmage. <3

Here's the current state of the art I have yet to post:


I have 36(ish?) more pictures from before 6/4/2022 (I think) to upload, 10 of which are "projects" I want to do some writing, research, or other advance prep for. The project arts do not timelock the art groups below.

I have 39 pictures from after 6/4/2022 but before 3/14/2023 which will only be uploaded when the above is finished. 7 of these are stickers for Telegram.

I have 8 pictures from after 3/14/2023 to today which are also timelocked for posting until the after-6/4/2022 pile is uploaded.

I don't know when, but sometime within the next week, I'll finally start sharing all the Padded Pride artwork I've been keeping. I figured it would be poor form to share art of the Padded Pride when nobody gets to know what they are. So, get excited for that!

In the wake of this, I created a Padded Pride folder to keep it organized.

Hello! I updated another thing after the others, so it's only fair I warned you. I deleted the original old journal since it's redundant.

-Tyke Transcendency has been updated to link to the rune FA page, and now includes the Poofify rune as an example image in the document.

-Poofmancy R&D now includes a link to the rune FA page.


And in case you missed it, here are the other updates:

-I've added a note about Joroo's concept of cartoon "episodes." An episode is a period of time where Jordan is afflicted with some kinky happenstance or hanging out with a specific fur until he is restored to his normal default state or the team-up ends. Often, it's thematic and played up as an actual episode happening in the RAD cartoon.

-I added a small remark about being the "guest star" in Joey Junction. You're always the star, but sometimes you're the featured guest for the episode!

-I added a link in the Tyke Transcendency description to connect the thumbnail to the full art it's from (to the FA version for easy access and future proofing if Twitter goes belly up)

It came to my attention that FA will force a PDF download to be able to view the blurbs I've been posting, so I've added them to the descriptions of all of them for easier, "more secure" viewing. Happy reading!~

I said it, I did it! Woo! I'll pace myself with posting these going forward. Some need explanations, others have small stories I have to write for them in order for them to make any sense, and most- if not all- have a loose link to the original I need to dig up so I feel comfortable posting it. So that's rather work-intensive.

For those who know about Joroo, I really want to post him now- but woof, he's got a lot of stuff about Joey Junction I want to write up first. I want that story ready to go, and the map figured out so he's... presentable! He has a lot of cool stuff associated with him I want to get right.

For the Padded Pride, I have to finish their explanation, and that's quite a can of worms. I want to make sure folks know just what the Padded Pride IS before I get post-happy with them. Until then, the Padded Pride will be 'private' (feel free to share anyway if you have the images, lol).

And for everything else? Well, we'll find out when we get there! I'm gonna try to post an image every few days or so, whenever I can get around to it. And feel like it.

Embrace thyselves, I have finally cleaned out my phone and am ready to upload these bad boys to FA! I’ll trickle them along, I won’t be posting all of them at once. According to my computer, I have 157 things to upload… it’s probably less in practice.

Hey all! Some of you already know, I do commission some art from time to time! But, this 5 year backlog is rather intimidating… I have nearly 3000 photos I need to comb through, and some art I need to post is there too. Eventually, I plan on “flooding” my FA with the art I’ve gotten, and it’s a bit of everything. Not sure when, but sometime!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet.....IQXnH-CGE/edit

See title! This one’s so big, I just don’t know where to begin or what to say. Uh... I should never ever do an update this big ever again? 2020 sucks? College is getting fiercer and fiercer demanding more and more time from me and thus making development more difficult? Yeah let’s go with those.

I hope you enjoy. <3 And as always, we do have an active Discord server linked on the Reference Sheet if you wanna find players or hang out or spy on what’s coming up next!

Hey everyone, I finally clambered together Version 3: Player Power update! Some may recall I said modules were next. Unfortunately, the current systems were not in that good of a state, so I didn’t feel comfortable increasing the scale. Instead, I focused on polishing the game into something more well-rounded and fun, especially the calculator. I want this to be accessible despite the numbers, hence the name Player Power. Alas, this sorta... spiraled, and I wound up remaking a large portion of the game’s content- less so the rules though, not that they weren’t touched. I hope you enjoy it! <3

That said, here’s the Master Page as always: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33197878/

And here is the Reference Sheet with all its related materials: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet.....J2FAB2plsrm5-I

While I’m at it, here’s another plug to the Discord Server (18+ only!): https://discord.gg/2PKvADE

Hey everyone! Crinkle Castle has officially been updated to 2.0e! “Resounding Resonances” includes many tweaks and additions, themed around player choice and pools. I added a new system called “ReAct” which should allow you to noncombatively deal with Caretakers.

You will find the Master Page is updated to include the links to the new Reference Sheet and Rulebook. Have fun!

Master Page: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/33197878/

Woohoo! Just a quick announcement that Project Rock Polish is complete. This game’s still fundamentally a beta, but it’s nice to see things work more... properly. Just a reminder again to visit the Master Page, we have a Discord server now! And we could sure use more DMs...

As a result of a lot of folks asking, I’ve decided to open the LFG Discord server now! Woo! This server is NSFW 18+, so minors please understand. Any discovered minors will be banned with unrelenting force. Feel free to come on over and form a group, or even roleplay there in group rooms if you wish. I’ll be adding this link to the master page.

Link is here: https://discord.gg/2PKvADE

So first off, the textual updates to Crinkle Castle (Rulebook and Reference Sheet tweaks) have been completed, woo! Even better, I’ve added links to an example game so players may learn about the game that way. However, there has yet to be much calculator progress due to the, well, hassle of programming and my attention being divided between other activities. Additionally, I also need to add a forfeit calculation for all Encounters, which will take a WHILE.

Now, what do I need your help with? The Flavor Text document to give more personality to Encounters has been... troublesome to work on. Some Caretakers are easy to write for, others are a stone wall. And that is where you come in! I’ve created a Google form where you can submit your own flavor text blurbs! You’ll get credit too, if you don’t keep yourself anonymous. All Encounters are up for grabs and the blurbs are picked by the one I think works best, so it isn’t first come first served. You can also redo at any time as well!

Link is here: https://forms.gle/cDJSv29ThCqhRRgP8

I appreciate the help with making Crinkle Castle a better game!

After I release Project Rock Polish, would anyone be interested in joining a group for Crinkle Castle stuff? You could ask peers for advice or form groups to play, be notified faster and give feedback easier on updates, etcetera.

So first off, aaaaaaa gosh. 45 furs have favorited the Master Page, and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Feedback has been exceptionally positive and constructive, and I’m flabbergasted by how many improvements have been suggested that I didn’t even think of. However, with that said...

I’d like to announce my first future update of Crinkle Castle: Project Rock Polish. Project Rock Polish is almost entirely a presentation update for the rulebook, with the forfeit mechanic added to the Calculator as well. It’s quite simple what PRP is about: making the game as easily accessible as possible. This will include renamed terminology for clarity, an appendix to the rulebook, information relocated from the reference sheet to the rulebook, and a flavor text page to give every encounter some added depth for players looking for a “vanilla” experience with having to give everything its own meaning. I can’t give a release date because my classwork makes progress inconsistent, but I’m hoping to get it finished within three weeks.

Once I can ensure the game is as easily playable as possible, I’ll start releasing content updates to Crinkle Castle. I’d rather foster player interaction than pad playable content. If the “early game” is too hard to dissect, folks will just stop playing. If that’s the case, then I have failed in some capacity on my game. I want this to be fun and accessible for everyone, not just the ones who can cobble together what I’m trying to say. With that being said, the update after Project Rock Polish will include a new layering mechanic for diapers, along with a couple equipment-based Encounters to facilitate its addition! Look forward to that in the future~

Whilst Crinkle Castle will be updated to version 1.01 following the update, it will REPLACE the original, as this is purely a matter of presentation and ‘cleaning up’ what is already present. Major updates (new mechanics, Encounters, etcetera) will be the discerning feature of .# updates, and shall have old versions permanently saved as separate Google Docs that are accessible at any time.

‪Hey all! 30 minutes from now, around 5pm MST, I’m going to be playing Halo 2 Cartographer and throwing bodies at the Legendary difficulty on stream! This is mostly meant to experiment and have a good time with folks who come by. Second ever time playing Halo 2 Legendary, too...‬

‪Here’s the link!‬ https://twitch.tv/shinesparkluxray

Hey all! I’m trying out streaming, and I want to have a test run. Tomorrow- or today depending on your time zone- I’m going to be playing Halo 2 for PC on stream. I don’t know when I’ll be playing, but I will leave a notification 30 minutes beforehand. Keep an eye out here or on Twitter for it!

With the fiasco of finals over with, things have slowed down a lot and I’ve finally been able to focus on other things besides video games and homework. So hooray!

For those curious about my Crinkle Castle game in development, it’s been slowed down quite a bit but I shall be continuing work. The program is over 7000 lines of code, and I’m all done with the Room Encounters. Traps are halfway done. I reworked a lot of thises and thats, I plan for final public release in maybe a month tops for the helper program and likewise, the whole game.

Uploads are going to trickle into my FA page. I plan on working on actually writing again, but I got a lot of rust to shake off. For the mean time, I’ll continue posting art with blurbs over stories, and work on stories later.