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@aleksandraht.bsky.social
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hi, I'm aleksandra! | indie game dev | 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her) | sapphic girl | developer of Metal Garden | tinerasoft.net pfp from Kino no Tabi

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Kayin @kayin.moe · 12h
To hit another modern game dev topic (but in a different thread cause this isn't a 3d/2d thing).. I really feel like we've fucked up the perception of Bosses. It's not that modern bosses are bad, but we're stuck with the 'test of what you learned' gitgud style boss. And tbf we're good at making them
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GP @mousefountain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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shiryo9 @shiryo9.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"king of nothing" charcoal, digital art for a game i hold dear, metal garden by @aleksandraht.bsky.social .* #gamedev #art
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aleks @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
me: 😐 me after seeing two alt girls holding hands in the grocery store: 🙂
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Giannis Milonogiannis @milonogiannis.com · 22/09/2026
healing ridge racer vibes. for the duration of a race it feels like we’ve achieved world peace. i wanna be in the ridge city utopia
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very irgsome @ruhuyu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
theres a photo mode in Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter so after 20 years Estelle is finally allowed to kiss girls
Estelle kissing Kloe (real)
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rika @strawberryrika.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ok for real this time, goodnite sleep tite ♥
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돝솥 @zzekzzek2.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#Signalis 2년전 그림
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Source Macchiato @sourcemacchiato.com · 17/09/2026
The 1.1.1 update of Metal Garden for Nintendo Switch is out! This update aligns with update 2.9.1 of the PC version and also contains Nintendo Switch-specific improvement. The full patch note is available in the News application.
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Vivian Rosanthwyn @rosanthwyn.online · 09/09/2026
my wife wrote about the games I worked on that I'm pretty proud of!
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justval @justval.download · 06/09/2026
ibm pc 300pl
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bel @steelybel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
when u see claude on the github repo
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aleks @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Been listening a lot to this very sweet album that my friend recommended me a few weeks ago www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSWh...
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My Dear (Deer) Girl
YouTube video by Felicette in Orbit - Topic
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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
almost done with my rooftops jam map! got bored of pasting windows onto houses so I started pasting faces, maybe it's just my thing I do now
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maria @eurothug4000.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
finished hitman 2: silent assassin on stream today and i'm convinced this is the best video games have ever looked
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aleks @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Nintendo Switch version of Metal Garden is now out!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊
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BoringKate @boringkate.com · 31/08/2026
Metal Garden looks cool. Almost played it when it was new. I should probably get around to it some day. Eventually. Obviously no rush. *learns it was made by a girl* Well that's interesting. I wonder if they're a... *learns it was made by a trans girl* FINE! I'LL PLAY IT!
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Alex @alexdz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Devs today aren't brave enough to design enemy encounters like this anymore, they're too worried with stuff like "being fair" and "the player needs to know what the fuck is going on"
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aleks @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
someplace else
A photo of a nighttime scene taken from a bus stop. Across the street, a single lamp post is glowing against the ominous forest.
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teku-a-fool @teku-a-fool.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I love my computer(s). #os-tan
illustration of Me-tan laying on the floor sorrounded by multiple devices old and new. Based in ninajirachi's ILMC cover art
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Carol Cao @carolcao.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
wip
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 22/08/2026
It's weird how low-fi concrete structures in games can be oddly beautiful. Screenshot from Vholume, which launched yesterday afternoon. store.steampowered.com/app/4131730/...
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Vulkiri ✨ @vulkiri.art · 22/08/2026
transition
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Source Macchiato @sourcemacchiato.com · 22/08/2026
Metal Garden eShop page is live! You can now add it to your wishlist: sourcemacchiato.com/mg-switch Metal Garden will be available on Nintendo Switch on September 1st 2026! Note: for Asian countries, the game will be released on September 3rd, following the regular eShop release calendar.
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Metal Garden for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Shop Metal Garden for Nintendo Switch at Nintendo Store. See game details, editions, and availability.
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N a i t e l v e n i @naitelveni.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Wip screenshot from my upcoming Quake Rooftops jam map.
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aleks @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Don't know how much I need to mention this, but of course no gen AI or LLMs have been used or ever will be used in my work. I'm afraid you're gonna keep seeing my janky homemade graphics as long as I'm able to make them hihi :3
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Apocynum @pocynum.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If you're like me and grew up wandering around the semi-abstract worlds of early 2000s FPS games, wishing you could stay forever in those quiet, surreal spaces, this game is for you. Short, cheap, engaging, worth it. Made by @aleksandraht.bsky.social. store.steampowered.com/app/3539440/...
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Metal Garden on Steam
Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
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Aura @aurahack.ca · 20/08/2026
people who say you have to be miserable to make great art should shut the fuck up and get a life bc for the past couple of weeks i have felt happier and fuller than i have in years. if you wanna make amazing art: be gay, get medicated, make cute girls laugh
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Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I wrote a post about how I love BSP/brush mapping: blendogames.com/news/post/20...
a screenshot of the DarkRadiant level editor, showing a level from the game Skin Deep
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Lyn’s art corner! ✨ @sleepysnoot.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Dysphoria busting makeover before work 💕 #petraparker #spiderman
Mary Jane straddles Petra parker, lovingly putting mascara on her while she looks up mesmerized. She says: Go get 'em, tiger <3
Original amazing idea for trans Parker by @0trebot on X
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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
more rooftops jam progress, testing player flow and different monster types #screenshotsaturday
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Data Sparrow @data-sparrow.itch.io · 15/08/2026
MAIOMBE TANK SAFARI is out NOW! A solitaire mech-hunting game in the style of Wretched & Alone, featuring (optional) rules to resolve target shooting checks by...shooting an actual target, with an actual gun (or any other shooting implement you may own). [ datasparrow.itch.io/maiombe-tank... ]
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Maiombe Tank Safari - Release Trailer
YouTube video by Data Sparrow
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Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I enjoyed Metal Garden a lot -- really lovely level design, reminded me of Source engine + Halo and now has a dev commentary mode too! Great stuff 👍👍
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^_^ @memai333.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A realm reborn #ffxiv
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Vivian Rosanthwyn @rosanthwyn.online · 14/08/2026
i contributed some writing for this! check it out!
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aleks @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Today's Metal Garden update adds two new features that I've been pretty excited for! >> Developer Commentary Mode - Read through various recollections from Metal Garden's development >> Save Points - manually save your game at several locations in each chapter
A developer commentary node floating above ground in Metal GardenA save point node in Metal Garden
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Salem 🏳️‍⚧️ @salem-bitch-trials.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
made it to the swamp for the first time in monhun 1 and wowowow its just vibes all around... really amazing atmosphere in each zone, very oppressive n spooky but still beautiful...
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aleks @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Just found out there's a jungle remix of a song from Metal Garden's soundtrack, so basically my life is complete now 😌 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FT_...
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Descend to Ceiling [Junglized] - Metal Garden OST
YouTube video by Excavator Pi
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Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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wolfie 🔜 MFF @wolfgirl420.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
field
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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 02/08/2026
Love has never needed permission from labels 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 My emptiness of gender lets me see that clearly. Anxiety tightens around transgender lives right now. Why must their chosen bonds still pass through someone else’s gate? Why is the soul they claim treated as a request instead of a right?
Love has never needed permission from labels 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
My emptiness of gender lets me see that clearly.
Anxiety tightens around transgender lives right now.
Why must their chosen bonds still pass through someone else’s gate?
Why is the soul they claim treated as a request instead of a right?
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nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
truly the thing that stands out with Doom (and Half Life, and Quake, and Marathon, and--) is that we used to let level designers be bastarding little tricksters in a way that even the Good Level Design shooters of the 2010s onwards forgot
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Vivian Rosanthwyn @rosanthwyn.online · 01/08/2026
my first switch port!!!! really excited about this. huge thanks to @sourcemacchiato.com for the incredible amount of help!!
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aleks @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Metal Garden is coming to Nintendo Switch!!! And it's out in a month!! Huge huge thanks to @sourcemacchiato.com and @rosanthwyn.online for all the work they've been doing on it!! I hope you'll have fun with it! 😊
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Source Macchiato @sourcemacchiato.com · 01/08/2026
Metal Garden, a game by @aleksandraht.bsky.social, is coming to Nintendo Switch™ on September 1st! Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it...Will you find your way through? Announcement Trailer: youtu.be/Zqw6odXj4hQ
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Metal Garden | Nintendo Switch Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Source Macchiato
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Salem 🏳️‍⚧️ @salem-bitch-trials.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
cookin up some juicy dino meat in this immaculate spot would fuckin cure me of anything and everything
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aleks @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
got reminded of an old project I did when I was learning environment art back in '22
A luxuriously built old white building on a small island of sharp white stone. It's in the middle of a lake, set against the background of a massive shadowed city on a hill. The moon is full.A luxuriously built old white building on a small island of sharp white stone. It's in the middle of a lake, set against the background of a massive shadowed city on a hill. The moon is full.Interior of the luxurious building. It's full of highly ornamented furniture, and a large library adorns the edges of the room.A view through the window of the building. It shows the moon and the large city over the lake. A book and coffee is placed on the window tray.
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fl_zj @moimongbongto.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
all that remains of a tea party
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aoma @aomamao.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Catamaran airship thing #lowpoly
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Ivorystate Society @ivorystate.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
#攻殻機動隊 #theghostintheshell
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