#caberoismalls

A Demise most Imminent.

Few things in life are more loud and chaotic (and short-lived!) than a balloon making first contact with a group of small Cabers.

The excitement is palpable!

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Here is a snippet of the Cabergame in motion! (a.k.a. “Happy Funtime Pop Balloon.” :D)

One of the highlights for me, from 2020, was being able to bring the Cabers to life in not only animated form and illustrated storytelling, but also in an interactive style as well!

One of the last weekly challenges of the year had the theme of “Collaboration.”
I teamed up with caLLowCreation, (a delightful coder/programmer - and poet! - who streams on Twitch), who generously pitched in his Unity coding skills which we combined with my artwork/audio contributions, to make a little clicking game.

(The original inspiration for this, comes from the illustration “A Demise Most Imminent.” :) )

It is now available to play at https://callowcreation.itch.io/cabergame

Note - not quite phone-friendly just yet (although doable!), but fine on most computers and iPads. :)

Also, thank you all for the support you have given me through this past year! I hope this little sandbox game provides a happy moment of distraction and balloon-popping joy. :)
May you have a year of happiness from unexpected places!
_ K.j. Wright, aka TheCaberworld. :)

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Accidentally Cake.

- The Caber Smalls strike again!
Never leave a plate overhanging a bench…

Education.

Communication for the Caberoi consists primarily of “emotive scratch/vocalisation” and hand-gesture (sign), with occasional pictograms to provide clarity or context.

Cabers do understand human speech (if they are exposed to it sufficiently) but lack the vocal dexterity to mimic it. Likewise, humans of the Caberworld have become accustomed to the gestural signing, and the emotive intonation of Caberspeak to get a good enough understanding of simple conversations.

Teaching a young Caber is a bit of a mission but usually something gets through in the end! Most of them pick up their learning via communal experience, with supplemental ‘lessons’ to help along the way.

Discipline and concentration of effort usually comes with age, when their boundless curiousity obtains more focus.

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An Egregious Waste of Toast.

The Smalls are doing what young Caberoi do best - making a mess in pursuit of some esoteric goal or other.
In this case, the goal is not to jump, when the toaster goes “pop.”
I am also now out of bread, and the resultant plethora of cold toast all over the floor is not exactly edible either. Thank you, Smalls…

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