: Players defeat "monster girls" to unlock unique artworks and advance the storyline. Key Characters and World Elements
To understand Futakin Valley, you must first understand its name. The term "Futakin" is derived from an ancient local dialect, combining Futa (meaning "two" or "pair") and Kin (often interpreted as "golden" or "spirit"). Legend has it that centuries ago, travelers reported seeing two radiant, fox-like spirits—messengers of the harvest deity—guarding the entrance to the valley at dusk.
Communal institutions—water councils, marketplace assemblies, and craft guilds—shape daily life and mediate conflict. Social norms emphasize reciprocity: labor exchanged for meals during intense agricultural periods, shared responsibility for maintaining terraces, and a strong ethic of stewardship regarding sacred groves and irrigation works.
: Navigating the terrain of the valley requires precise movement typical of traditional action-platformers. Development and Versions
Conservation efforts have ramped up since 2015, when Futakin Valley was designated a national heritage site. Visitors are asked to use designated paths, refrain from using drones, and carry out all waste.
Almost 20 years ago, I had the pleasure of creating a beautifully themed WordPress website for a client. However, as time went by, the website's appearance took a hit because the images uploaded by the client became distorted. It turned out that the person responsible for uploading photos didn't have the right tools to crop them properly.
Buying Photoshop just to resize images in bulk didn't seem like the smartest option. Even if you have Photoshop, recording a batch action to resize images isn't too difficult. But if you need different dimensions, you'll have to create separate batch actions, eventually cluttering your Photoshop with many presets. The same goes for using Automator on a Mac.
Finding user-friendly software to batch crop and resize images was a challenge. Most options either resulted in pixelated images or distorted them to fit dimensions without cropping. To this day, it's a mystery why anyone would want a squashed image just to meet a specific size! futakin valley
Another hurdle was the need to install these software solutions, which could be problematic due to strict security policies requiring multiple layers of approval for installations.
Determined to tackle this issue, I initially attempted to develop an app that wouldn't require installation. However, I quickly encountered a major obstacle in supporting multiple operating systems. Each version of Windows and Mac required different executable files, and I lacked the resources to test on all systems. : Players defeat "monster girls" to unlock unique
Then one day, inspiration struck: why not create a website to solve this problem? While a website might not be as powerful as software, it could certainly get the job done effectively.
The first version of BIRME came to life in 2012, built with HTML, JavaScript, and a little help from Flash (remember Flash?). By 2015, we phased out the Flash component that was used for generating zip files and prompting downloads. Legend has it that centuries ago, travelers reported
The design of BIRME 2.0 was completed in 2016, and since then, we've been gradually refreshing the code. Today, it's almost exactly what we envisioned from the start!
: Players defeat "monster girls" to unlock unique artworks and advance the storyline. Key Characters and World Elements
To understand Futakin Valley, you must first understand its name. The term "Futakin" is derived from an ancient local dialect, combining Futa (meaning "two" or "pair") and Kin (often interpreted as "golden" or "spirit"). Legend has it that centuries ago, travelers reported seeing two radiant, fox-like spirits—messengers of the harvest deity—guarding the entrance to the valley at dusk.
Communal institutions—water councils, marketplace assemblies, and craft guilds—shape daily life and mediate conflict. Social norms emphasize reciprocity: labor exchanged for meals during intense agricultural periods, shared responsibility for maintaining terraces, and a strong ethic of stewardship regarding sacred groves and irrigation works.
: Navigating the terrain of the valley requires precise movement typical of traditional action-platformers. Development and Versions
Conservation efforts have ramped up since 2015, when Futakin Valley was designated a national heritage site. Visitors are asked to use designated paths, refrain from using drones, and carry out all waste.
