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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Steam fucking at it again using mine and @cielothebehemoth.bsky.social likeness to advertise their Autumn Sale Where are our royalties damnit!! 😤

a screenshot of the steam store page of the "Steam Autumn Sale" featuring a purple dragon playing on a steamdeck and a white chicken sitting atop an open treasure chest, inside which a purple dragon egg sits on top of a pile of gold. The background is of a warm autumnal forest of trees.

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Minigolf 3.0 just dropped, now with double the number of levels! Seeing the levels I’ve crafted with love from start to finish finally being in the game (and decorated so awesomely by the art team) is an incredible feeling!! Let me know what you all think of the Squid Game Dorms 👀

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Good Place has been taken off Netflix now and the autism is NOT happy about it I shirt you not, my wife and I listened to this every single night to help us get to sleep cause it’s our calm and feel good series… I feel lost now

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Had a practice run at hand painting a resin gem for the #fursuit comm I’m working on. Aside from needing brighter reds, I think this came out well for someone who isn’t arty/doesn’t fully understand colours & shading! The gloss finish makes it pop too! Gonna add a few more coats tomorrow! 💎

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oops guess who’s accidentally worked for 14 hours today 💀 Time to go to bed methinks 😴

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Small win! My contract has been extended to the end of the year! Still no word from the new studio on whether we’re being kept on through 2027 or not, but this is a start!

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I did not consent to be served in this board game cafe! 😡 😂

Photo of a cold drinks and smoothies menu in a cafe. Options include “tropical delight”, “blue lagoon” “berrylicious” and “purple dragon” stacked on a stand made of jenga bricks

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

That moment when you get a text from your barber asking if you can pick them up en route to your appointment with them Kinde have to if I want my hair cut today 😂

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It’s that time of year where I’m getting the typical ‘person looks at “boo” Halloween decor and ends the video with a cut off scream’ jokes and I unapologetically love them every year 😂 Something about my sense of humour is broken

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I FINALLY BEAT ASCENT 8 ON PEAK!!! But not without the help of wifey and some friends 💜 Love you all! Ugh I can rest happy now I’ve achieved 100% 😭 Are you proud of us @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social @landfall.se

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So my contract’s been extended from Sept30 to Oct30 Bad news is the agency I got hired through wont be taking over the game This means the company that has been chosen may keep me on, or they may have their own designers Waiting for behind the scenes legal stuff before we get told anything else…

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Finished work 10 minutes ago cause a mechanic that has been broken for a real long time is finally fixed so I could tweak some levels that relied on it. Am v sleepy now 😴

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Am I getting better at making TikTok videos? Marginally… 😂 Anyways I’m still selling these premade handpaws if anyone’s interested! Discounted to £180 (+shipping) for what a pair with these features would normally cost 💜 Shipping to UK only - Sorry!

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I was so effin’ stressed about forking these pawpads up, as someone who can only draw wonky hearts… But good Gaia I’ve outdone myself this time 🥰

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Manually appliquéing toebeans with a regular sewing machine is so much work 😭 But the result is so nice! 🤩 Deconstructed toebeans for @sparkysummers.vtubers.social #fursuit #fursuitmaker #furry

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

ADHD executive dysfunction GFY… got stuff to do & comms to make & I’m getting DM’d by lovely folks who wanna know when my comms are opening again & half of my brain is like “oh shi I gotta finish what I have before a backlog forms” but then that pressure makes brain refuse to do anything… aaaaa-

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s been one of those days where I’ve been non stop & worked through my lunch & don’t OT but got nothing on my job list done cause today wa “everything’s-full-of-bugs-that-need-fixing-before-tomorrow” day… Bright side I was praised on slack for my work on some new levels I can’t talk about 👀 🥰

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It’s a sad day when I have to block the word Spyro from socials in anticipation of more Spyro ARB news on his birthday. I wanna see it but also I wanna avoid everything because I want to explore this new game with the childlike wonder and unknowing that I had as a kid in the 90’s It pains me!

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Happy Birthday Spyro!!! Your games kept my childhood bursting with fun and adventure beyond my wildest imagination! They, and you, continue to inspire me to be the best level designer I can be! 💜 I cant wait to see where @tfbgames.bsky.social take us next in the Realm Beyond! 🔥💎

An in game screenshot of the original PS1 version of Spyro the Dragon. Spyro stands in the Artisans homeworld, in front of the very first green crystal dragon he is to rescue.

An in game screenshot of Spyro the Dragon standing in the Artisans homeworld, now reignited in HD!

A screenshot from the Spyro the Dragon: A Realm Beyond trailer, showcasing a lush green field, bright yet cloudy blue skies, and tiny birdlike creatures roaming through the grass. Some brick houses can also be seen on the horizon.

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Me on a VC work and lurking with @cielothebehemoth.bsky.social, minding my own business level designing Cielo suddenly: “Hrmmmm… okayyy~ I seeee where you’re cooking your cheeeese~” Me: What?! 😂

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Travis the Dragon #DragonFamilyStudios @travisthedragon00.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Made a drawing of Crash Bandicoot and Aku Aku in celebration of the franchise’s 30th anniversary. Happy birthday, Crash. Also, it’s Spyro’s birthday too, so give him some love as well.

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

CW: Illness/Health Getting a call from your youngest sibling to say she’s been diagnosed with MS is certainly a way to start the week… And here I thought we were gonna get through 2026 without debilitating illness ripping through what’s left of my family 💜

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

There’s something INCREDIBLY satisfying about thinking to myself “I’m so bad at making my seam allowance even, I wish there was a tool to make it easier…” to printing said tool(s) for free on the 3D printer in literally 10 minutes 🤯

A photo of a sheet of paper, a blue felt tip pen, and some round black coloured seam allowance guide tools organised neatly atop a wooden desk

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Look at hiiiimb! Ugh I can't wait for a Realm Beyond to be out! 💜

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Toys for Bob @tfbgames.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy #SpyroCommunityDay, friends! Thank you for keeping the flame alive for our purple boi each and every year - cheers to you, the real treasure of realms 💎💎💎

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy #SpyroCommunityDay!! I got Spyro as my 1st tattoo 3yrs ago to honour him as the 1st video game I ever played. He’s the reason I became a level designer! @tfbgames.bsky.social can’t wait for the new game next year!! If you need more folks for Team Spyro I’d be SO down! Fresh vs healed below!

A photograph of a fresh and vibrantly coloured Spyro the dragon tattoo. He’s posing while mid flight next to sparx, both of them are looking towards the camera

An almost identical photograph of the same Spyro the dragon tattoo, now healed 3 years later.

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Tom 🌙 @happymooninc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy #SpyroCommunityDay !! 🔥 Started working on this #Spyro model just after RB got announced, very happy to finally have him ready for today! Not quite ready for 3D printing just yet but hopefully in the future...... (sculpted + rendered in Blender) #B3D

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Saw this on TikTok and I love it! My non-gender is officially no berry 💜

Screenshot of a social media post which reads:

Older lady peeped the rainbow flag on my bike, asked in a thick Russian accent “it’s your pride?” She told me her youngest grandchild is “not she berry or he berry, but no berry.” I said “Nonbinary?” She got so excited. “Yes! Yes!” and “is a secret, but they are my” *looks around, whispers* “favourite.”

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thank fuck for PayPal pay in 3 saving my butt on the collectors edition of FF7Rev. It had a figure and Sephiroth was part of it ok I can’t help myself 🥲

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I’ve finished my blocklist for anything FF7 Revelations related (which also means I won’t see responses to this post!) because I want to avoid any/all info from the latest/future trailers Please consider tagging your posts/reshares if you’re gonna talk about it so I can go in as blind as possible 💜

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Can execs stop holding their tits and make decisions already. Not like my fucking livelihood depends on it or anything…

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Have had an amazing bank holiday weekend with some incredible people and I’m sad it’s already over and am back to work tomorrow. Don’t get me wrong I love my job but damn I wish I could have more days like this where I have no worries and just fun chill times with friends 💜

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Most folks’d be alarmed if they were bit by their snake Then there’s me, the autistic fascinated w/ reptiles measuring the distance between the marks from the top & bottom jaw Twas an accident, she missed her food. She’s not actually blind but you’d think she was w/ how often she misses 😂

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Tato @tatodrudis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I love Petra Parker

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Shubbabang @shubbabang.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Be weird. Be kind. Be yourself. Do it for Dolly and Tim.

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

First Dolly now Curry? Fuck what a week Rest in peace you legend 💜

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Lyra 💕 @lyra-scotland.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly patron was an early aids advocate. She had a trans man chauffeur in the 80s She helped fight for drag artists rights and she helped kids read including books that make queer kids feel accepted. This spits in the face of her legacy of activism. Fuck the BBC.

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My brain is soup today so I’m gonna let this wonderful bean say it better than I ever could about why Dolly Parton will be missed but adored forever in our hearts She was truly an angel. Rest well Dolly 💜 vm.tiktok.com/ZN8N4DDrD/

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Pearlmania500 on TikTok

On the day she died, Dolly Parton sent us a reminder that she wasn’t a billionaire.

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Next fursuit commission is a go, and I am in love with the quality of this fur! Really proud of the shave of this taper I’m managing to get 💜

A piece of bright yellow faux fur atop a purple craft board. A line of fur down the very centre of the piece has been brushed to stand on end, showing a tapering length from right to left, long to short

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Tiktok just ruined my day by telling me that I’m older than the first text message that was ever sent, so now everyone else born before 1992/1993 can also feel ancient with me, you’re welcome! 💀💀💀

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Why Nicholas Kole is my favourite artist, reason #3059382; Only the most deranged mind could draw something as beautiful as this 💜 Crash Giraffecoot

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Hope everyone enjoyed their nationwide, heart attack inducing reminder to not start wildfires… two weeks after the country has been suffering from wildfires 🤦🏻

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Omg they responded 😂 Full message in alt text but the tl:dr is essentially: “Thanks for sticking to your morals. We don't really agree with your morals. Are you sure you don't want to sell out? Do you know anyone else who would sell out? Best of luck!”

A screenshot of an email that reads: “Thank you for your candid response. As a fellow gamer, I completely respect your dedication to a human-first approach and appreciate you standing by your principles.

From our perspective, we see AI as a tool that actually empowers designers and developers to better bring their vision to life. By automating repetitive tasks, it allows the team to focus their energy on the creative, high-value aspects of development where human ingenuity matters most.

That said, we would still love the opportunity to cooperate and see if we can find a middle ground that works for both of us, should you be open to it.

If not, we completely understand. In that case, we would appreciate it if you could connect us with any colleagues from your network—specifically level designers or 3D artists who have worked on golf projects—who might be interested in this role.

Thank you again for your time and consideration, and I wish you the best of luck with your current project.

Best regards”

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PennyCentsless 🐮🐱| Cowlico VTuber @pennycentsless.com · 12/08/2026

For those who are up on the GenAI issues on Twitch-- they are not planning to have any feature present to let us know what channels have opted out of GenAI Data Collection. I am using the tag "OptOutGenAI", and if you are a creator who also is opting out please consider using the tag too!

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Someone on LinkedIn DM'd me looking for a Lead Level Designer for their Golf game project after seeing my experience 👀 I asked for more info... They're a bunch of AI/Data 'enthusiasts' that haven't shipped a game yet & are 'operating stealthily' 🤮 Is it professionally acceptable to reply "Eew"?

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Iolus | AmethystDerg | ThatPurpleDerg @amethystderg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Have never and will never support genai slop in any form! Will be getting this added to my panels asap!

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