Let’s get weird
Hello! Welcome to MonsterBrainSoup. I’m Lukas, and this is my corner of the internet to talk about things that matter to me and share my art and creations.
I want to use this space to talk about alternative identities, self-expression, and ways to live in this world happily and healthily while still finding ways to be who you really want to be, even while that changes and evolves with you.…
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Favorite Gen 7 Pokémon
Published: February 6th, 2021
Last modified: February 24th, 2021
This was an INCREDIBLY innovative generation of Pokémon. The introduction of the Ultra Beasts as extra-dimensional ‘Mon that were often frightening and bizarre was huge.…
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Favorite Gen 6 Pokémon
Published: January 30th, 2021
Last modified: February 24th, 2021
Continuing from my Generation 5 review, here’s my five favorite Pokémon from Generation 6, X and Y.Not the most amazingly creative generation, but not a bad one, either! Honestly, a lot of the concepts introduced were cooler than the actual execution of the final designs.…
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Favorite “Spooky’s Jumpscare Mansion” Specimens
Published: January 17th, 2021
Last modified: February 24th, 2021
Spooky’s Jumpscare Mansion, AKA Spooky’s House of Jumpscares, is a clever indie horror game with simple, adorable graphics that betray the genuinely horrific monsters that await you.…
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Favorite Gen 5 Pokémon
Published: January 16th, 2021
Last modified: February 24th, 2021
Continuing where we left off with generation 4 Pokémon, here are my five favorite designs from generation 5, Black and White.
Krokorok
Hard choice between Sandile and this second-stage evolution, and I can’t entirely explain why.…
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Spotlight on Manyland
Given the popularity of Minecraft, I am shocked to find that very few people have ever heard of, let alone played, Manyland.
Manyland is a free-to-play, simple but surprisingly robust, browser-based side-scrolling game that allows players to create limited-palette pixel art objects and build custom worlds.…
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Favorite Pets in Prodigy Math
So I only recently learned about Prodigy, but it appears to be a math-based educational game that actually features interesting story and artwork. It has a Pokemon-style pet raising, battling, and evolution system, and all of the pets have an elemental alignment.…
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RELEASE: Dragon Builder Dollmaker
I’m thrilled to finally announce the alpha release of my custom dollmaker game, Dragon Builder!
This tool lets you customize a dragon with different wings, colors, horns, markings, and tons of other parts. There are limited parts in many categories right now at release, but more components are being added regularly!…
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Spotlight on Furcadia
For the better part of my entire 2000’s, I was absolutely, utterly, and completely obsessed with a furry graphical social game called Furcadia.
Furcadia isn’t really a “game” – there’s no stats, no goals, no HP or leveling, no win or loss conditions.…
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Radiant Scales: A Dragon Tarot Deck
I am excited to be working on a collaborative project to create a dragon-themed tarot card deck! Different artists will be assigned to work on each of the 78 individual cards in the deck, and then the final deck will be available to purchase via KickStarter.…
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Favorite Neopets Petpets
I took a look at my favorite pet site designs, including Neopets, a while back. However, the pets themselves are often only a small fraction of the delicious graphical content to absorb in any one of these games. Neopets started the tradition of letting your pets… have pets.…
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