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N O O C X
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[ i n t r o ___ I'm N O O C X , german guy, born in the 80s. The very first game I've played on a computer was QBASIC Gorillas on a green screen. Other famous titles from that era followed, usually it's been friends however who had the cool and often gory games my mother did not like and allow me to play. As you can imagine I've often been with these friends. When hardware got better I've discovered my love for point-and-click adventures, playing them became some kind of religion for me, and I spent hundreds if not more hours solving tons of them, my holy adventure grail is still Grim Fandango. Later also games from other genres followed, like Thief or Half Life 2. Especially Portal 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Fallout 3 had vast impact on my gaming preferences. And today l'm playing quite a variety of genres, lots of indie stuff, but generally everything is fine, as long as I like the game's setting, its style and the experience it provides. Some other favorites are for example FTL, Dungeon of the Endless, Firewatch or Ori and the Blind Forest. When not gaming I enjoy doing creative things like sketching, drawing, going outside taking photos and so on. Loving also music, mostly 80s inspired, synth, ebm, wave, shoegaze and pop as well as watching movies, sci-fi, mindfuck, splatter trash and anime classics. ]

[ t h e m e ___ This is the first time I'm writing about the Moongoat. Regarding the question why I did choose this theme in particular, well, guess it was the result of different things coming together. I've always been a sucker for post-apocalyptic and cyberpunk themes, also I've always been attracted by dark and gritty things. Some years ago I've discovered synth wave music and aesthetics for myself, fascinated by the movies of Nicolas Winding Refn or John Carpenter as well as games like Hotline Miami. Have to say my theme is also heavily influenced by the mood I had at that time, which obviously was not good. No worries however, I'm used to be an emotionally balanced person. Anyway rather unusual for me this spring I listened to metal music and felt attracted by occult symbolism. Earlier I dived into Steam's artwork community, which was something new for me, and decided to take a step into that direction. Wanted to do something sci-fi based, not sure what exactly. Something with retro aesthetics and minimalistic style. Eventually seeing Anbu Playboy †'s Steam goat badge triggered something inside me and I knew what I had to do: Initiating a satanic ritual and summoning up a badass goat from the moon! An evil and disgusting monster, a lucent and fascinating beauty, a dark and elegant lord. In my fantasy this ethereal creature is a mind controller, reigning its cold, triangular shaped kingdom, where the sun never shines. For aeons the Moongoat weaves its mind-bending web, luring passing space travelers into its clutches, penetrating and sucking out their mind, making their bodies dancing to the flickering light of electrical flashes surrounding this deadly world and their souls moaning and screaming silently in an eternal web of infinite neon. ]

[ t e c h ___ If you know other works from me you know I like doing things with ballpoint pen and watercolor. For some reason I never really started with digital paintings, maybe it's because I just like the feeling and flow of materials and true colors. Nevertheless I'm used to work with graphic software and appreciate especially the mixture of the mediums. Naturally pretty self-critical with my works the sketches for this project proved to be comparable satisfying for me. I did some researches for goat and human skeletons. Not sure if anybody noticed that the goat has no upper head, because I wanted this to become the interface to the omnipresent web and the web to become the eyes of the creature. The post editing I did with Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer - quite viable alternatives to Adobe software btw, especially if you want to stay legal for a cheap price - where I've added dirt, scanlines and designed vector graphics and the font. Unfortunately many watercolor nuances disappeared during scanning and color adjustments. As for the triangles, I really love them and how they complement my design, adding an avantgardistic and mysterious touch. Choosing teal as the only color, providing that clinical neon look, was some sort of an experiment, bit radical, overall however I think staying that consequent with shape and color usage is the biggest strength of the concept. Also relevant for me, this was my first animation project, that's why it was a bit of a challenge. Did it with Apple Motion and I'm still wondering that I got an ok result after three days. Because I've never created a complete Steam profile before, cropping backgrounds and uploading animated showcases needed some training period as well, I'm glad there are so many helpful guides out there however. ]

[ t h a n k s ___ I'm planning to create a new profile for quite a while now, for some reason there is no big progress with my plans yet. Surprisingly enough however, at least for me, I still like this goat somehow and it seems others are feeling the same. I want to thank the people supporting me and giving feedback. Special thanks go to Anbu Playboy † for inspiring me with goat badge and fascinating style, to eXon^ and gawrone for their encouragement which means a lot for me and to ♫ Electra ♫ for her feedback and invitation to this group. ]

[ s o n g s ___ Music I listened to while creating my profile. ]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEoxu0_8uZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHhNu8Jg_IM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv0C-gVFN28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-UfiIOXP8A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xed1Yj930gs

[ o u t r o ___ Just some final words. First, enjoy gaming. Second, please don't do this r4r shit, give true feedback. And most important third, stay away from dat fuckn' moon! ]
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