Throw some coin, get a drawin' - Honie Commissions are now open! You can now go to the commissions page and treat yourself to a personally crafted illustration of your very own.

To get started, pick out the rendering style (from Lineart, Base color or Cel-shaded) and the framing (from Bust, Half-body or Full-body). Pick up some add-ons (if necessary) and seal the deal! Or rather, contact me through Newgrounds, Twitter/X or Discord at @honiemun so we can sort your drawing out.

I made a bite-sized game in 48 hours

about hurling dice towards enemies

and kicking some board piece butt.

And you can play it here!

A Newgrounds build with more polish, bugfixes and cut features

will be released after the voting period ends.

This is more a proof of concept - after all, it was rushed out in two days.

Read the page's description for more info!

Note: This isn't related to my Newgrounds output, it's just a longer post for my Twitter audience. If you only know me from here, this may not be too interesting for you.

On the fifteenth of October, I'm finally taking the plunge and leaving the niche I've grown to love - the Twitter roleplaying community - for good. It's a tough call to make, going into the far unknown and hoping for the best, but I'm confident it's a plunge I need to take. With that said, I'd like to write a couple words on why I'm taking this decision, what's next for Honie, and just reflect on my time in the community over these past two years... as safe for work as I can possibly make this, at least.

My roleplaying journey

Many who are reading this know me exclusively as "that one Twitter roleplayer" - whether it may be for my odd muse choices, the storylines and intricate events that come with them, or just the fancy little edits that may have caught your eye, I suppose I've built myself a bit of a rep. When I started out some lazy evening in December of 2019, I had none of that going for me, just a sub-par aspiring writer in the crevices of Discord roleplaying circles, looking for quick writing sessions with fantasy characters wearing skimpy clothing - and under the name of Lewdares, holding a reasonably sizeable subreddit in which I reposted plenty of questionable imagery. Just as a dumping ground of sorts I could come back into.

It wasn't until much later that I took my first baby steps - while scrolling through the bird-app in a regular account of mine, I found my first pinned thread. Some Star Wars character, most likely Rey Skywalker, lured me into this niche I had no idea existed. And since Discord was a very casual, once every couple days thing, and I already had an NSFW twitter I was using to showcase snapshots of some game that never came to fruition, I gave it a shot.

The one that started it all. (by keving0d)

I'll spare you most the details, but my very first account was based on the Wii Fit Trainer - a name so unwieldy I renamed as "Treya" - you know, because it kind of sounds like Trainer. My naming originality would only trend downwards from there. I was very lucky to gain more than a thousand followers on my first account, something that most don't have the privilege of getting in their entire "careers", and get to write with that very same Rey that inspired me to make the account in the first place. Though we don't really talk, I still follow them to this very day.

From then on, things would only skyrocket. A new hobby found, I'd continue to make accounts, my ambitions growing with each - the Lewdares account transitioning into a hub called The Lewdest Family (not a literal one), each account prefixed by that very same adjective. I can't quite recall right now, but if my memory serves me right I had little to no duds. At worst, accounts I really didn't feel like continuing forwards with.

The second era, so to speak, would come with Amber (also known as Ambrose, a pseudonym I took from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's composer Ambrose Kenny-Smith - literally the coolest name I could've come up with. The account's mascot was the eponymous Amber from Scalie Schoolie, a comic I've yet to read but couldn't help but love the salamander of.

Admittedly, I can sympatize with this character a bit too much.

Under this pseudonym not only would I write what I'd consider my greatest successes, at least in terms of account reach - a moonlighting Marina Ida from Splatoon who sneaks out to date so-called "normal people" under the Coral paper thin guise, a family of Super Mario Bros. baddies with a rotating cast of humanised, flirtatious women, a mayor from Animal Crossing who manages an "anything goes" island. My most creative ideas came from this era, and I attempted to play more with the medium. Multi-muse accounts where each had its time on the spotlight, episodic live tweeted formats where the accounts were almost always in character, public accounts where everything that transpired would become canon. I look fondly on the Amber days.

What also happened here was a shift to a more "personal" writers' account - what had been a way for me to link all accounts under a personal brand and not have to deal with the chore that is writer tags (hashtags that link every character a writer... writes, a practice I've always found counter-intuitive with how Twitter hides so-called accounts with "sensitive content") slowly turned into a place I could dump my ideas, my unhinged thoughts, and kind of... be myself on. In fact, this was the first time I ever shared art on it - as Amber was phased out for Amberbot, an original character I came up with so as to not steal art on an account that's supposed to represent me.

I still love this little bean dearly.

 Where we are now is kind of late-game. Honie's name would come, if memory doesn't fail me, in early 2021, after realising two very important things: the first, that having people call me "Amber" and "Ambrose" interchangeably wasn't the best for branding reasons, and that I thought it'd be really funny if my new username - Honie as the pseudonym, and Mun as an identifier for "a character's writer", when put together, would spell out honeymoon. I'm sorry I had to spell the joke out for ya.

If you couldn't tell from my writing there, this third era was that of grandure. I wasn't just looking to write some Internet words for the fun of it, I focused on becoming a social media manager for ficticious characters that do not exist. This is very easily reflected in the kinds of accounts I made - none of the gimmicks from previous eras existed, leaving only the raw writing to appeal to whomever may follow. Profile pictures were unified on what I'd like to call the "neon signage template" - series icon with a colorful gradient, gaussian blur on the background, a character's sillhouette popping out of it. It made any of my accounts recognisable at a glance.

I introduced an OC into the mix later on, much like Amberbot before it. Honie (or Honiebee) acted as the enby mascot of the place, just a bit of a face for people to recognise me for - and I was more than surprised when others not only liked it, but found it viable for writing stories with. Though I indulged some, I'm still not completely sure how to feel about it.

Honie's design is a rip-off of the character that was face of the account before them, but I can't find the original for the life of me.

That Animal Crossing account was the biggest example of my ambition. It swapped the New Leaf inspired town setting with a tourist town based on New Horizons (a game I've very conflicting thoughts about, but a setting that works great for what I wanted to do). A Discord server was created for people to imagine themselves living in Sunbreeze Island - the name of the town, inspired by being the most generic town name imaginable. The account went into a hiatus in early January of this year, and to justify it bringing it back two months later I held an election event, very much like Splatfests, where people could pick from Isabelle or Ankha. The latter won by a hair's breadth, and brought an age of terror into the formerly prosperous island. This is wild shit for a simple roleplaying account to do, and to actively engage its followers on - and while I don't have the raw numbers, I've heard a ton of people got invested in this silly little story.

Some people are still convinced I worked for King for Another Day. Siiva team, hit me up.

None were as prosperous as that one, in terms of ambition alone. Hell, I worked on a short comic with one of its characters, and I'm making a videogame with its storyline. Not to say I didn't have others - one was straight up a dumping ground for any and all ideas I couldn't fit into an account, try as I might.

But this all - well, it left me tired and weary. Somedays I woke up and didn't feel like myself. I felt like Honie - like this whole, real life stuff was a guise under which the real meat - the roleplaying - could be accessed. This was escapism, and the unhealthy kind at that.

Out on a walk in some sunny July afternoon, I talked myself out of doing anything about it. My accounts were thriving, what little art I was uploading (trifled by the amount of time I sunk into roleplaying) was being acknowledged. If I pulled the plug, I would lose everything, and be left alone with my thoughts. And yet, on the other hand, I had not worked in a game in over two years. My studies were faltering. I spent more time writing than I did actively working. Something had to change - and I had two options I came up with: the first, heighten artificial walls so I would not spend time I didn't enjoy killing it with walls of text. The second, take a break - a month long break - and re-assess.

I took the second option. That might be the best decision I've made all year.

 I still echo all of these sentiments to this day.

It was hard to say goodbye, but I had plenty to do on the meantime. I wanted to experiment with creating games again, visit F-List and finally find out if it's better for writing than the bird-app. Concentrate on work was a big one - and I got some extra time to go on afternoon walks and get out of the house. All with the idea at the end of the line I'd come back a better person, with a bunch of new projects on my shoulder and a better outlook on how to manage my social media presence healthily.

Two out of three ain't that bad, I suppose.

I fell back into my old habits pretty quickly. I'd spend the days working on edits and the nights writing with people, honestly, I didn't really care about. Not to offend anyone whom I talk personally with, I'm not referring to you - I mean drowning out the noise by starting new chats with accounts I didn't care much for, just to have something to do. Every new account I made felt like more of the same, I kept ignoring people I cared for, the cracks were beginning to show. When talking to other people about Twitter, I didn't see it the way I used to but three years before - "it ain't that bad if you know where to look" - I saw it as a hellhole I was hopelessly addicted to. The final blow was dealt when talking to some random person from The List - where I was describing how terrible the place was for writing, but that I couldn't leave it behind because it was "where my most creative ideas came from". I jokingly called it Stockholm's Syndrome, and they replied dead-pan, "That does sound like Stockholm".

Through all the good and bad times this community - this app - gave me, I think it's the right time to throw in the towel. I'm more than happy with the run I've had, and don't think I can muster any more interesting ideas. It's best I raise the white flag and move on to greener pastures.

What's next for Honie?

Though all my roleplaying accounts will be banished come the 15th, I won't go nowhere. Though I don't like to play the numbers' game, the amount of followers and friends I've gathered can't just be thrown under the bus like that. I plan on removing most, if not all of the conection to roleplaying out of my main account, and transition it to an art account first and foremost.

I know some people will be upset with this decision. The type of stuff I draw isn't for everyone, and I completely understand if this isn't what you signed up for and would rather unfollow it. I can just hope that those who choose to stick around will like whatever I come up with next.

I don't plan on never roleplaying again, but Twitter is a non-starter. I've been messing around on that other blue website while on my seasonal break, and I quite like how it's set up - chances are I'll take a casual approach to it like in the good ol' days and turn my account making efforts towards it. I will also be around on Discord, either to write with people who I already know or just for a chat. If we know each other from some written adventure, feel free to come knocking and say hi!

In September, I opened up editing commissions. These were received pretty well, even through my issues with getting to them in time, and I'm very grateful for that! Though I won't be promoting them as hard anymore (the overlap between an art account and people who'd pay for graphic design isn't huge, I'd reckon), these will still remain open until slots run out. A second run is unlikely, but I won't discard the possibility if there's still interest by then. If a commission of yours is still on-going, let's talk on DMs - they're always open.

Lastly, I don't want to go quiet in these final days. As many of you may know, I tend to wrap my accounts in active backstories, and there are some loose ends I'd want to tie up before taking my leave. Namely, the Animal Crossing account will connect to the fangame it's based on, and the Super Mario Bros. enemies, it currently being on a prequel, should naturally connect to its sequel. The Neco-Arc one will probably be some wild shit, I haven't quite figured that one out. It's a joke account either way.

Thank you

I know it may sound cynical to say this, after all the trials and tribulations I've written about. I know it may sound corny, seeing how this is essentially inconsequential writing on the internet, in the grand scheme of things. Trust me when I say I'm being completely honest.

This is not a decision I've taken as lightly as it may appear. It hurts to have to say a community that, with all its flaws I still love, goodbye for the last time. It stings to know that, no matter where I'll move on next, some people I've genuinely loved to talk with will move on without me, just because my face isn't on their feed.

Whether you've followed the one account and ended up here looking for answers, or you've went through account upon account of Wild Honie Ideas, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for making this a community worth being part of.

Though my accounts will die off, I won't be going anywhere. I hope you stick around for whatever comes next.

Honie

NEWGROUNDS | TWITTER | KO-FI

Hello! I'm a smut-writer from the depths of Twitter dot com. I sometimes draw for said R-18 purposes - all the original art I make for said projects (or just to put big ass tiddies on something) will be put here! Take it as an art-dump of sorts.