CanusAntonius

CanusAntonius, otherwise known as Canus, is a fangame moderator, creator, and resource producer in many different aspects of IWBTG fangame culture. Known primarily for being a moderator of the I Wanna Community and Delicious-Fruit.com, he has also contributed towards the creation of several other projects in various fangame spaces. Some more notable ones include the creation of the I Wanna Hub, Fangame Bounty, and moderation positions of several Fangame Skill Ratings.
== Background ==
Canus first joined the IWC on April 11th, 2020, having first seen fangames through the twitch streamer Paragusrants. He found interest in the community aspect of fangames, and as such got involved with several already established projects to increase the outreach he would have as an individual. On September 1st, 2021, Canus would become a moderator of Delfruit in addition to several other members of the community in order to provide fresh faces to the team who would be able to help manage the website more effectively than the previous members alone. On May 6th, 2022, he would also become a moderator of the I Wanna Community discord due to his direct involvement with so many different aspects of IWBTG fangames.
== Impact ==
Due to the prolific contributions he has given to fangames, some consider Canus to be a major contributor to the current era of fangames. His efforts have lowered the entry ceiling required for newer players to partake in IWBTG fangames as well as created spaces and platforms for those who wish to push the limits of fangame creativity to new areas. Furthermore, due to his large association with so much of western fangames, he has become an unofficial ambassador for western fangaming. This culminated in a custom community award having been given to him during the Fangame Awards for 2022, named "The Canus Award".
== Personal Life ==
Canus is currently a college student at Louisiana State University. He currently does not have internet access outside of the time he has at college, and as such tends to go inactive during the summer and has plans to take an indefinite hiatus once graduated. Canus also is open about having severe carpal tunnel syndrome, causing his time actually playing fangames directly to be self-limited. Because of this, he spends a greater than average time working on community projects.
== List of published Fangames ==
* Kid Tales - The Legend of Brom (2022)
* I Wanna be the Kid Escape (2023)
== Trivia ==
* The first message from Canus in the IWC is from May 1st, 2020. It reads as follows: out of curiosity, what does the Taisa tag on Delfruit mean? Havent heard anyone call something it before
* Canus's delfruit bio, as of March 25th, 2020, reads as follows: Howdy! I'm an avid fangame enjoyer who tries to review everything I play. I hope they will provide helpful information to some or at least an insight into my experiences throughout fangames. All my ratings and reviews are based entirely on the enjoyment I had with the game, I do not walk in with any expectations besides having fun and that's it. I also stir away from comparing games during rating so you might see my scale as "unusual" at times, that's because there isn't one. For difficulty, I try to base it on the rating descriptors on Delfruit, such as 57 being a "Novice Challenge". Also, I happen to have CTS in both of my hands, so do expect mashing bosses to result in me giving lower ratings, I consider it objectively bad design as it is physically painful to play.
* Canus is a reoccurring member of the Friday Roulette group.
* Canus came up with the idea for The Fangame News during a race between Flavia and wonderful playing Justice when Flavia switched to the easy mode version of the game in order to have save points during the final boss. Canus thought it would be funny to make a mock newspaper article about the "scandal", and has since used the platform to document various accomplishments, releases, and information to a general audience.
== Gallery ==
File:Canus.jpg|The default image used by Canus in several places.
File:Canus2.jpg|An alternate image also often used by Canus.
File:Canus3.png|The current profile picture for Canus on discord.
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