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Aceade

@aceade.eurosky.social
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Solo game dev and writer, based in Galway/Gallaimh. I make stealth-related games and tell stories that usually mix magic with tech. aceade.net mastodon.ie/@aceade

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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
Turret Baffler is $2.49 - 50% off! - until the 8th of October. If you're looking for a stealth shooter where you're not the one dodging cameras and guards, give this a try! store.steampowered.com/app/3462150/... #SteamAutumnSale #indieGames #stealthGames
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Save 50% on Turret Baffler on Steam
Flip the stealth script by remaining at a distance and clearing a path for your hacker partner to reach an exposed terminal!
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
New devlog for Fomorian Company, walking through the initial campaign for this #towerDefence game where enemy units can shoot back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfQt... #indieDev #gameDev #soloGameDev
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Fomorian Company Devlog: Demo Campaign
YouTube video by Aceade
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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 27/09/2026
i posted an epiphany i had about why i hate AI so much on fedi and i wanna post it here but it won't fit and i don't wanna cut it down to size so fuckit i'm just posting a screenshot
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@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

OH. right! i get it now!

i get why AI is so depressing to me. because covid already shrunk my world to almost nothing, where almost all of my life revolves around socializing and watching videos on the internet (which is being ruined by AI) and creating creative works through coding (which is being ruined by AI), often using open source tools and libraries (which are being ruined by AI)

i already had so little and now even that is being rotted away before my eyes
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Kelpana @kelpana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If a few people can give me €5-€10 to help cover bills next week I would really appreciate it. I have some work lined up for next month but September has been absolute hell. Not helped by the fact that I lost the first week due to bicycle accident. ko-fi.com/alannakelly
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Buy Alanna Kelly a Coffee
Become a supporter of Alanna Kelly today!
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RPS | Wishlist Fallosophy on Steam! @fallosophygame.com · 25/09/2026
🏛️Fallosophy is OUT NOW!🏛️ Climb the history of thought as a pinball using only two buttons! 🔵🟠 Available NOW on STEAM 🎮
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
What do you get if you mix Skyrim/Iceland with a loosely steampunk/Western setting and an unabashedly technical magic system, and make the main character a young witch who can't control magic very well? books2read.com/b/remittance... #indieWriter #fantasy #selfPublished
Cover art for Remittance Witch, showing a three-pronged wand lying on a blanket next to a map.
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
New version of Fomorian Company is up on itch with a basic campaign (endless/no victory condition yet), and changing how upgrades work. Also getting rid of the character pool I was tinkering with, because it was a pain in the arse... aceade90.itch.io/fomorian-com... #towerDefence #gameDev
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Fomorian Company by Aceade
Command Irish-speaking orcs, snake-people and dwarves in an alternative WW1
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Trezy @trezy.codes · 12/02/2025
If you're looking for a role in the #GameDev industry, check out the Game Jobs & Careers feed! It surfaces content for open roles and individuals looking for roles! Check out the feed description for info on getting your posts into the feed. 😉
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RPS | Wishlist Fallosophy on Steam! @fallosophygame.com · 21/09/2026
It's just FOUR DAYS until Fallosophy releases 😱 So I think it’s finally time to admit something: We made this game because we HATE GAMES. Or, more accurately, we hate what games have become. 1/7
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Tatyana Milewska @tatyanamilewska.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you're an EU citizen, here's an EU Citizen's Initiative to stop mandatory age verification for you to sign. I'm doing my part This isnt just a petition, if they reach the 1 million signature goal the EU commission is required to address it seriously citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026
Today's "Bugs I Can't Figure Out Yet" entry: upgrading units in a tower defence game stops them attacking. I have no idea how *that* happened.
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026
New early access chapter in my current piece, Salognia Sorcerers. The main characters burn off some excess magic ko-fi.com/post/Salogni... www.patreon.com/aceade/posts... #fantasy #urbanFantasy #writing
Cover art for Salognia Sorcerers, showing a bright and sunny canal in the Venice-like city of Salognia. Gondolas, a flying carpet and a broomstick travel in multiple directions in the background.

In the foreground, two pictures lie at an angle as though somebody is holding them up. One shows a soldier in a gas mask holding up a fireball. The one behind shows three kids in striped prison uniforms; these three kids are some allegedly unstable mages exiled to the city of Salognia for treatment.
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If over 22000 white kids in the west were killed, you bet your ass something would be done about it and celebrities would speak out. Yes I’m angry, no I don’t care if yelling about a genocide loses me followers! We all have a DUTY to not be weak ass cowards and to speak out about genocide!!
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Kenney @kenney.nl · 14/09/2026
I feel it's important to share this again. The internet is so hostile toward creators nowadays. I've seen people have their work stolen, and no longer feel comfortable sharing their creations. We can do better. Let's be supportive to the people that make this a better place! 💞
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IrishJohnGames - Rise of Piracy available NOW!!! @irishjohngames.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Mayors & Captains update will be the biggest update to Rise of Piracy since its Early Access release in February. Read all about it here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/140... #RiseOfPiracy #indiedev #devlog #pirates
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026
Looking for something new to read in the #fantasy / #steampunk / #Westerns genre? Something with a female protagonist, and an unabashedly technical magic system? Remittance Witch might be up your street. aceade.net/remittance-w...
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Remittance Witch - Aceade's Tales
Remittance Witch is the tale of Tara Heywood, a young witch with problems controlling magic in a steampunk/Wild West version of Skyrim.
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026
New early access chapter in my current piece, Salognia Sorcerers. The main characters burn off some excess magic ko-fi.com/post/Salogni... www.patreon.com/aceade/posts... #fantasy #urbanFantasy #writing
Cover art for Salognia Sorcerers, showing a bright and sunny canal in the Venice-like city of Salognia. Gondolas, a flying carpet and a broomstick travel in multiple directions in the background.

In the foreground, two pictures lie at an angle as though somebody is holding them up. One shows a soldier in a gas mask holding up a fireball. The one behind shows three kids in striped prison uniforms; these three kids are some allegedly unstable mages exiled to the city of Salognia for treatment.
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
You can tell that our President is HATING this
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Blogging, podcasts, and wikipedia were never considered the equivalent of slop in the pre-AI. They were often low prestige forms of writing with less quality control than big publications, but nobody thought they were thoughtlessly mass produced. They were/are the labors of individual creators.
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Pulling your balaclava on, setting fire to your neighbour's house, there comes a moment when you have to ask yourself, "if someone did this in a film, would they be the goodie?"
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
Corporate needs you to find the differences between these images. They're the same image. #alien #gmod #sillyScenes #fantasy
A staged scene in Garry's Mod. A Xenomorph from Alien leaps into the air, clutching its rear end as a fireball erupts from that area.

This took about ten minutes in Gmod, mostly dragging the ragdoll into place.A troll leaps into the air and clutches its rear end, which has mysteriously burst into flames. The troll has a protruding lower jaw and four square eyes. An armoured train rolls though a snowy landscape in the background, with a beam of light or energy coming from a device on the roof towards the troll's flaming bum. Coincidence???

This took me around 2 hours in Krita after scanning in a pencil sketch.
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lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 04/09/2026
My first piece for @kotaku.com sees me document the rather surreal experience of demoing a game funded by a government that would have me executed for being trans. kotaku.com/the-1001-thr...
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The 1001 Threads Of Mizan Director Avoids Answering A Simple Question At Gamescom - Kotaku
'This is a really decentralized company. We completely decentralized'
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Organic Matters - We Make Games @organicmatters.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ORGANIC MATTERS is a new indie Irish game studio by @unaminh.bsky.social and @sirbeans.bsky.social Its current flagship project is PROJECT TOGRA, a narrative-led deckbuilder based on a future vision of Ireland, shaped by community dynamics and wild food foraging. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1bX...
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Announcing "Organic Matters": Our Irish Indie Game Studio
YouTube video by Organic Matters
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026
I originally posted this chapter to my Ko-Fi and Patreon in April. Now it's free on my own site. aceade.net/2026/09/05/s... #urbanFantasy #fantasy #workInProgress
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Salognia Sorcerers, Chapter 2 - Aceade's Tales
Chapter 2 of an urban fantasy story, where three "unstable" young mages arrive at a hospital in the city of Salognia.
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026
New version of my #towerDefence game Fomorian Company is up on itch: aceade90.itch.io/fomorian-com... Some UI improvements, the ability to heal your units...and name them after friends or family. And you can save units for later. Dev log: aceade.net/2026/09/04/f... #indieDev #gameDev
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Félix the Rover @therovercomics.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
European artists! The EU commission is opening a feedback on the use of AI in the cultural and creative fields. Their vision is clearly pro-use of AI, but we clearly have an opportunity to push back: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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Brett Codes @brettcodes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I wrote an essay about why I'm done using AI for coding, even if it costs me my job and career: brettcodes.com/im-done-usin... The basic gist is: AI made me a worse, apathetic programmer. I think it's bad for humanity, the planet, and the craft of software engineering. And I'm done using it.
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I'm done using AI
Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.
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Nameless Voice @namelessvoice.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My NV Save / Load plugin for #UnrealEngine was written entirely by me. No AI was used to write any of the ~20,000 lines of its code, nor to create its logo or capsule art. #NoAI www.fab.com/listings/75b...
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NV Save / Load
NVSaveLoad is a plugin for saving and loading the state of the game.It is designed to “just work”, being very easy to integrate with almost no setup. Unlike other save/load systems, you don't need to ...
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 31/08/2026
What a miserable gobshite. Exhibit 376822883756 in why I don't want to become a billionaire.
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026
Less than 12 hours on this free/pay-what-you-want sale of my Godot #stealthGames, so grab 'em quick! Steal from a cult of spammers in Turscar Isle, or investigate corporate shenanigans in an abandoned industrial district in Turret Baffler. itch.io/s/198569/fre...
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Free Stealth Game Weekend by Aceade
A sale by Aceade, 100% off Turret Baffler, Turscar Isle
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 29/08/2026
Do I *really* need to listen to yet another cover of Santiana? Yes. Yes I do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfDR...
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Santiana || Epic Sea Shanty
YouTube video by Jonathan Young
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
As it is Skynet Day, it seems as good a time as any to share that data center based LLM Ai is caught in a death spiral which is going largely unreported in the media. In short, major insurers are creating carve outs for Ai, refusing to insure it, causing corporations to abandon its front facing use.
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PAUL CONWAY @doomcube.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We can finally announce that The Séance of Blake Manor is coming to a console near you on October 27th. Exactly one year since we released on PC!
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Spooky Doorway @spookydoorway.com · 27/08/2026
The Séance of Blake Manor is coming to consoles on October 27th!
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 28/08/2026
Both of my #firstPersonStealthGames Turret Baffler and Turscar Isle are free/pay-what-you-want on itch.io this weekend: itch.io/s/198569/fre... #stealthGames #freeGames #Godot
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Free Stealth Game Weekend by Aceade
A sale by Aceade, 100% off Turret Baffler, Turscar Isle
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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Will subscribe to any games website right now that pledges for the next 6 months to write 2 articles about indie games for every GTAVI article they publish.
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Ian Fay @ianfay.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"SPACE" one for me
Tim Curry smiling in space
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Seanfhear míshásta 🇵🇸 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦📎 @seaghano.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you are in Ireland, please consider signing this petition.
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Stop AI being forced on patients in medical settings
Patients are being told that they must consent to an AI tool recording their appointment in order to access medical support. If you agree this is wrong, add your name to the petition here
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 26/08/2026
Some of my stories are free to read on my own site. Like this one, where the Kingdom of Scandinavia decide to troll the British navy by smuggling guns into Ireland: aceade.net/connacht-dis... #spyFiction #shortStories #alternativeHistory
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Scandinavia Submarine Trolls - Aceade's Tales
Short piece of dieselpunk spy fiction. The Kingdom of Scandinavia troll the British Navy by smuggling guns into Ireland by submarine.
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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
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An Oral History of Tim Curry’s Escape to the One Place Uncorrupted by Capitalism
How an unforgettable performance in Red Alert 3 became legend.
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oh no, not Tim Curry as well. :( I don't have the words
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Rún Stiúideo @runstiuideo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We have been working on improving our Steam capsule art for quite awhile now, and we are delighted to finally share it with you all! #indiedev #retro #cozygames #synthwave
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 23/08/2026
Three quick sketches from yesterday. The good, the bad and the ugly, and I'll leave you to decide which is which. #pencilArt #characterArt
A humanoid snake props itself up on something and looks offscreen, mouth slightly open. The snake has a pair of eye ridges that make it look like it's glaring or frowning at something; probably another idiotic human who has insisted that snakepeople must have breasts. Have I mentioned that I think that trope is ridiculous?

Some lines around the snake guy suggest that vegetation has surrounded it.A pair of dwarven infantrymen fighting from their foxholes in WW1, with a human manning a light machine gun for them in the foreground. They all wear full-face helmets with four eyeholes and air filters. The dwarves wield compact submachine guns, because that seems like a sensible weapon for a dwarf in this setting, but it means they haven't much range. Oh well, that's why they have humans on their heavy/long-range weapons.

I don't know what that LMG is supposed to be. Maybe something like the French Chauchat of the period, but with better magazines that won't freeze up at the merest hint of mud?Three kids with their arms around each others shoulders, smiling at the camera or each other. From left to right: a girl in a headscarf, a girl with glasses and loose pigtails, and a boy.
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Richard Naughton @richtotheardyo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Nervous. I remember truly discovering games when I was ~6 & my mind was blown with Ratchet & Clank. "A cartoon you control? 🤯" It's been a dream to go to the big events like the game makers I admired, & it doesn't get bigger than Gamescom! Looking to fund abovequarrycrater.com Wish me luck 😊
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.
A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottomA nearly identical mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It shows a search for the same Amnesty International UK resources URL, resulting in the same message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."A mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A URL for an Amnesty International UK resources page is entered in the search bar, but the page displays the message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."
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Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.com · 19/08/2026
cooking up some moody, lonesome twilight drive type vibes for a thing 🌙🚘 wibbly detuned synths make brain go brrrrr
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026
New version of #FomorianCompany is up on itch. It's not a prototype any more, with more maps and some actual music. I still have text-to-speech lines, but hey, early development and all that. aceade90.itch.io/fomorian-com... #towerDefence #godot #gameDev #indieGameDev
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Fomorian Company Demo by Aceade
Command Irish-speaking orcs, snake-people and dwarves in an alternative WW1 where the enemies can shoot back
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Aceade @aceade.eurosky.social · 17/08/2026
This warlock operator started as a 15-20 minute sketch in a pub under not great lighting. After a few on-off hours in Krita, it's...not terrible? *Giant python peers over his shoulder and starts waving around a sign asking why she looks like a corn snake here*
A man in a trenchcoat and gas mask charges through a glowing portal with a giant snake at his side. The man's right eyepiece glows a sinister yellow or gold. A patch on his right shoulder shows a broomstick crossed with a gun.

This guy is part of an urban fantasy story I'm working on. He's part of an XCOM-esque unit comprised of mages who specialise in hunting down liches or similar threats. The snake, his familiar, is supposed to be an African rock python, but looks more like a VERY large corn snake. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.eurosky.social · 13/08/2026
D&D kids: how stupid is that troll? Me: oh, he's VERY stupid. Kids: I cast Illision and distract him with ai slop
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