iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It is @cleverghoulstudio.com 1 year birthday!! I've been with this studio for 6 months, and it has already been a positive impact for me. I went with the word community, because they were the first ones, in a cold industry, to welcome me with open arms. I can't thank them enough. #ChaosCommunity

Birthday celebration card with the text saying "My favorite word to describe clever ghoul studio: Community"

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Got some of these delicious treats in the mail today for my audio equipment. They were starting to get very hungry for these.

A plastic bag filled with silica gel packets

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Enjoying a beautiful day recording nature ambience! Big thanks to RVA Game Jams for hosting this outing!

Zoom H4N recorder pointing at a swamp like area.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I was at the store today and noticed this bag of cat food says "now more flavor." Well ... How do you know?

A bag of meow mix that says "now more flavor"

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

For reference, this is said game

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

OMG OMG OMG, I'm on the articulated bus again!!

Meme from MilesInTransit. Shows a meter that says "foamer meter". The meter is broken because it's maxed out.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

OMG OMG OMG, The day has finally come! I'm finally riding the GRTC articulated pulse bus!

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Getting ready to download my new personality this afternoon.

Movie poster for Project Hail Mary starring Ryan Gosling

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Got my new game downloaded! I'll be back in a few weeks.

screenshot of the steam library banner page for the game "Death Stranding 2 on the Beach". This screenshot features a big green play button.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Nothing like spending literal hours trying to dial in color and scanline settings, instead of actually playing the games I want to play.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I'm sorry for not posting as much as I should... This weekend I was at EMIXX in Ashland and was able to perform some of my songs! I even got to perform my Demo comp song with Molly! Thank you everyone who made this performance unforgettable!

Myself and Molly performing on stage, I am holding a Keytar

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I am still working on my post for my website regarding the local game jam I participated in, but in the meantime, enjoy this song I made for the RVA Game Jams local game jam kickoff event!

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I'm not sure if anyone following me knows this, but I've been an avid singer for a really long time. I did choir for many years, and now I enjoy doing karaoke (especially in VR!). Not gonna lie, I was bored and decided to map out my vocal range because it'd been a while. I'm not making this up...

A piano chart with yellow highlighted keys to indicate my vocal range. It goes from F2 to A5

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

North Shore This is a game where you play as an ice skater and you navigate and explore a world. This game is so beautiful! The animation of the skating, as well as the shaders on the ice is top tier! This game also has fantastic and fluid ice skating controls. Looks great, and plays great!

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Esophaguys A bit of a puzzle platformer as well, but mostly a fun physics based platformer. You need to use your long necks as swings to be able to complete levels in this game. I played a bit of this game as a co-op, and it was extremely fun! made me laugh and giggle a few times.

Game station showcasing the demo for the game "Esophaguys"

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

King Scribble This game is also a puzzle platformer, but in this game, you have a pen and eraser that can manipulate the game environment. I highly recommend this game if you're a fan of older flash games such as Fancy Pants Adventure or Magic Pen.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Phantom Feline A really creative puzzle-platformer! This game uses dark and light to enable you to use a "climbing" mechanic in order to solve levels. I talked to the developer and they said that they were looking at making it playable on actual Game Boy hardware! Keep an eye out for that!

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Snap the Sentinel I'm a big fan of fast paced, arena shooters, and this game did not disappoint. The game was incredibly fun! I really enjoyed flying across the map and finishing levels. The artwork also was very reminiscent of older Mega Man games. Great game!

Banner for the game Snap the Sentinel. There are a couple of game station set up for demo.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Gloxinia: This game was super cool! It's an FMV rhythm game similar to parappa the Rapper or Space Channel 5. The style in this game is unmatched, it really shows that FMV technology is not dead. I really hope to see more indies embrace FMV in their games!

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

MAGFest is over now, and I already miss it. What an incredible experience. I met so many game devs and game audio folks (like Brian Schmidt!!). I will tell everyone more about it when I'm home, but for now, heres myself with RVA Game Jams celebrating my birthday 😊

Myself, in an mtv shirt, holding a MAGFest Badge

Friends winning Killer Queen as the blue team

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Setting up my Steam Deck to show off my games tomorrow. See you all at MAGfest!!!

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Working on my project currently, and this might seem like tedious work, but I genuinely love doing manual pitch correction. It always feels like black magic!

Screenshot of NewTone from FL studio. It shows a waveform plotted as midi notes on a piano roll.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Sorry I haven't posted in a bit, I've been very busy this month cooking up a sort of passion project. Here's a sneak peak!

Text on paper that says

Verse 2:

Jumping to my leap of faith
Hoping to survive my fate
Will I ever find my place
Maybe someday

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in a bit, but I'm currently in Osnabrück! It's been so rewarding not only to see the place where I was born, but to meet my family who still live here. It's very long overdue, and I'm grateful. 😊 Bonus pic of me recording new sounds.

From street level, inside the passenger seat of the car. The picture shows one of the old walls in Osnabrück

Picture of St. Peters Cathedral during overcast weather

Picture of a very colorful mural on the side of a building. I would say it's very abstract and hard to describe. There's some text in the lower corner that says, in English, "Because a blank wall is nothing but a pile of bricks"

Picture of the table balcony, with my zoom H4N recorder sitting on top of it. It's pointing towards the trees/cities. This is to capture the soundscape

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Shoutout to my friend Tyler for taking these amazing pictures of me! This happened during the RVA Game Jams opening reception for INNER//ACTION.

Digital photo of myself. It some crazy pink and blue colors on them due to the camera being broken on purpose to produce these glitched effects.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Thank you to everyone at #RVA for coming out to the RVA game Jams opening reception. I had a blast seeing everyone's games, talking to people, and seeing the smiles when folks played our team's game! Sorry I didn't post this yesterday, I stayed late for the after party! #gameaudio #gamedev

A Dell computer tower with two sticky notes. One is a picture of a cat face, the other says "what is it called when your employee falls asleep at work? a 'cat'astrophe!"

A wood grain desk with three buttons for "pet" "scold" and "feed". Multi-colored post it notes with messages and pens are strewn about the desk. You also see some PC speakers on either side of a computer monitor with the game running. Some post it notes are hanging on the Monitor as well.

Wider shot of the previous photo. The previous alt-text still apllies, but now you see the wall with motivational cat posters, as well as multi-colored post it notes.

Wide view of a crowd of people seeing the art gallery exhibits.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

If anyone is in the Richmond area, come say hello for opening reception this Friday! I'll be at the exhibit that most looks like and office desk. This exhibit is up until October 18th.

Poster that says "Artworks" "RVA Game Jams" "Inner//Action A Video Game Gallery Show" "320 Hull Street Rd, Richmond" "opening reception - September 26 @ 6Pm Free Exhibit Ends October 18"

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Found my seat at the creatives guide to businesses in the Richmond area event. Very lively event! Looking forward to the "networking" If you happen to be there and are reading this, come say hello! I'm wearing an Oregon shirt.

Empty stage with 4 chairs and a projector screen in the background. The walls are purple

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I feel like I should post more in general. This time, I am posting something non music related. Today I took a trip to Appomattox, to celebrate Lee's surrender of course, and I was able to take these pictures. It was the perfect day to just be outside! I enjoyed not cooking in the sun 😎

Green Grassy field with trees in the background. Bright blue sky with a couple of clouds. One tree in the distance has a fence around it and a headstone.

Brick house in the center of the photo. This is the McLean house, the building where Lee surrendered. There is a fence in the foreground and a big tree to the right of the brick house. A smaller building is visible in front of the house to the left of it as well.

Grassy area with fences in the foreground. Closer to the background are trees, and prominent in the background is Isbell house. Mostly seeing the white walls and the brick chimney.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I just made a small #gameaudio demo reel of work I have done within the past year. Making this reel was a rewarding experience. It made me reflect on how far I've have come since I started this journey. Feel free to reach out to me here or my website alexnstudios.com ! #gamedev #indiedev

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

It has taken me a a little bit of time to get back into this, but I am getting back into this! looking forward to learning everything I can! #gameaudio

Image showing a screenshot of the Audiokinetic Launcher. WE are under the learn tab with 4 lessons. These lessons are Wwise fundamentals, Interactive Music, Performance optimization & Mobile considerations, and Wwise Unity Integration.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Here's a little teaser I just whipped up. I only got permission to post it on my website, so I hope this is fine...

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Decided that today is the day I'm continuing to back up my movie collection to my plex/jellyfin server. I decided to start with this cinematic masterpiece.

Holding a Blu-ray copy of the film "Mom and Dad", starring Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair. In the background of this picture is woodgrain provided by the wooden floor in the room.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Here's the results from our #LD57 game jam. Out of over 1000 entries, I'm very happy with how it turned. Thanks to anyone who have played Cinderseed!

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Spending some time outside today doing some field recording! #gameaudio

Picture of a microphone, on a mic stand, plugged into a field recorder, while the microphone is pointing at the dirt. There is a can of sparkling water next to the field recorder. Towards the bottom of the photo is the open case for the field recorder.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Here's some of my pics I captured last night. Great set!

$Stimulusfunctions twiddling knobs on their modular synth. The Synth is on top of a table with a tablecloth that looks sorta like those persian rugs. The lighting is purple. The background has abstract art projected on a screen. This one is an orangish, fractal looking design.$ $Stimulusfunctions twiddling knobs on their modular synth. The Synth is on top of a table with a tablecloth that looks sorta like those persian rugs. The lighting is purple. The background has abstract art projected on a screen. This one looks like a green fractal design.$

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Yesterday I was able to perform the song I made from my previous game jam in front of a live audience! It was so cool to be on stage again, it brought me back to playing avant-garde pieces when I was in college! Thank you so much Richmond Synth Collective for the opportunity! #gameaudio #indiegame

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

To celebrate the new video time and release of V2 of GuyEngine, I wanted to share my song made with the V1 demo. I made this track before my first game jam because I had doubts on if I still had it in me to make music. I completed this in a day. Looking forward to messing with V2. Incredible plugin.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Woah, how did this happen? Guess I'm moving up on bluesky!

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Had such a great time at EMIXX! here's some pics I took at the wonderful synths at the event

Photo of a big Eurorack synth. An attendant is messing around with various parameters. The color of the case, as well as the cables are a bright orange.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Hey, wanted to let my bsky followers know that tomorrow I'll be attending EMIXX! I hope I have some cool things to share on bsky tomorrow, but I'm looking forward to seeing all of my Richmond synth friends and meeting new people!

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Spent the day today upgrading the hardware of my 11 year old laptop. I did this because I wanted a cheap way to have a laptop for events, as well as prevent e-waste. This thing runs great now! Dual boot setup with WIN 11 and kubuntu. They both run like a dream 😎

Laptop showing the desktop background of Kubuntu. The desktop is a cartoon rendering of an oak tree with clouds in the background during nighttime. The trackpad, as well as the "Alienware" text glows red.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Sorry I went MIA on here, but I spent weeks making a new avatar for VRChat. Here is the finished product! It was such a pain, both Unity and Blender, but I learned a lot. Who knows, it might help in my future game Dev endeavors. If you come across me in game, say hi!

Screenshot of unity. the main focus is the center of the picture that shows a male figure wearing vans style shoes and a grey hoodie. The head is a big silver robot looking helmet.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I got some exciting personal #gameaudio news to share here! This past weekend I participated in my first game jam! I was in charge of the sound design for my team, as well as composing the song for the final level. Here is the song I made! I'll write up more about it soon. Stay tuned!

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Hey everyone, I'm back from a bit of a hiatus from the holidays and my birthday! I'm now back ready to kick things off to a high gear. My project now is to analyze the acoustics of my room. I got this decibel meter to help with that! (I know it's not the most accurate, but this is a home studio)

Picture of my hand holding a green decibel meter. the microphone on top of the meter had a big wind screen. the background is of my wood floors.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Here are my steam replay stats. I actually spent quite a bit of time networking with other folks within VR. You just never know who you will meet in what places. Everyone on VR has been wonderful and I wouldn't trade that for anything.

Page showing steam replay stats. 53 games played, 273 achievements, 935 sessions, 24 new games.

Most played games by percentage of playtime: VRChat at 26%, Deadlock at 15%, Balatro at 12%, UFO 50 at 7%, and Overwatch 2 at 5%

Stats for games played on the steam deck. 6 games, 105 sessions, and 6% of playtime.

Percentage by game played on deck: Balatro at 81%, UFO 50 at 11%, Apollo Justice Ace Attorney trilogy at 7%, Bombrush Cyberfunk at less than 1%, as well as Portal for the same percentage as the previous game

Spider graph of the game genres I've played the most. The most are hero shooters, MOBA, Roguelike Deckbuilder, and VR. Smaller percentage of categories include Battle Royal and Solitaire

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Hey bsky folks! Is there a hashtag to use to tell you what game I'm currently playing? Anyway, I've booted up my WIN 98 machine and am currently playing Shivers 2 : Harvest of Souls. Hopefully O can beat it tonight

In the game, looking out in the middle of the road. Theres a church in front, a stone wall to the left side, and a store on the right side. Health and inventory toolbar at the bottom of the game

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

Here is my current progress on my game audio project. I will probably be taking a break for a week or so because my family happens to have some time off at the same time, so I would like to spend time with them. Are VRChat worlds considered #gamedev , perhaps? More info coming soon on my blog.

Photo showing Unity 2022 editor. Main game screen showing roiling hills, with fenced in suburban houses in the background and trees. slightly off center form the camera, on the ground, is a green utility box.

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Alex N @alexnstudios.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

Oh yeah, it's coming together

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