iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

winning every race through the sheer power of my maxed out Chao slotted into the Dreamcar

arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

eerie how i can't access my profile directly after vagueposting this hard (likely unrelated realistically) almost like even the subtle nod to it is cursed

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

which is made even worse by the fact my favorite personal passion projects ARE LITERALLY INSPIRED BY THAT VERY THING (and said aforementioned controversy) hence why "Clonetastrophe" is the upbeat go-go action game and "Their Diner" is a darker, more narrative-driven RPG with the 'horror' elements

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

also sucks because instead of finding new spaces & people to hang out with, i'm stuck returning to where i have constant internal turmoil about discussing the controversial topics people would rather me. Not. do that. hence why i refuse to refer to it directly here, in my safe space, for MY work.

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

still contributing to a wiki for the fangame fandom i wish i'd move on from got me like i enjoy the work i put in but the amount of burnout, disinterest in being a part of the community, and desire to make my original projects juxtaposes the passion i still have engaging with it... tough :(

A gray fox in a green hoodie, blue pants, gray shoes, and donning white gloves lays on the ground traced over the infamous "Yamcha Death Pose".

A disembodied white glove is drawn over the disembodied claw of the Saibaman that exploded.

Certain design traits of the gray fox imply the association of the imagery is related to niche Sonic the Hedgehog fan culture.

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

it's like 11:30 PM here but. BUT. we're GAME ING. where makeing this HAPPEN. next on the list? probably "coyote time" because i keep slipping off platforms. after that? enemies & hazards. after *those*? dunno really, probably research on arcade games to improve the gameplay loop #gamedev

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

trying to remind myself to draw more because i do that don't have my typical digital art equipment set up after the move yet so it's back to silly little MS Paint doodles for now Raz would like you to remember: you are great.

A horned figure stands in the center of an empty frame pointing at the viewer and sticks their tongue out playfully. A speech bubble sprouting from the figure reads "rember: your are grate".

A second, shadowy horned figure is in the left-most portion of the background with a puzzled look.

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

sometimes i wonder how my other characters feel when their projects become so detailed that i get overwhelmed and put them off.. for smaller, less complex projects for Their Diner specifically i'm looking to make it 3D with heavy inspiration from the Persona series (but i've never played one..)

An anthropomorphic fox with green fur named Green is standing at the front of an empty frame with an expression of exhaustion on their face, directing their left arm towards a figure in the background.
A speech bubble reads 'wdym "on hiatus"??' above Green's head.

In the background is a small robot carrying a battery across the frame. Motion lines behind the robot indicate that it is hastily running.

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

huhuhuhu,,, progress,, huhuhuhu,,, with player movement out of the way i can finally work on, like, the actual "game" part (throwing items) still split on a name for this, "Bittsketball" still seems applicable but I haven't truly decided. There's "Basket-Bitt", "Sorting Bitt", etc.. #gamedev

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

dirk strider homestuck end quote post

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

i keep trying to work in the whole multiverse thing that was a part of my intrigue with Old Raz into Razzomania somehow by saying Old Raz was a “Razzo” the whole time he became a space-faring captain named “R” and then sacrificed himself to become a universe to defeat his son, long story

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

for my own peace i must specify that pre-Razzomania Raz is completely different than “Mania” Raz, their only real similarity is their design where Old Raz is some guy with Shadow Limbs and Demon Forme (Razirim) Mania Raz has pewpew beams and IS some sort of weird demon thing (a Razzo) by default

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

his *design* has such aura nowadays silly brain forgetting to check for missing words before hitting “post” >:p

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

i like holding on to old sketchbooks and then redraw what interests me mosts in all the blank space i left as a kid— i miss my old sona’s demon form his has such aura nowadays,, but i think Razzomania is a good place for both Phraze AND Raz

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i think this is why i struggle with adding “running” mechanics, because if i have a clamped “max speed” then if that changes i have to add code to account for that like if the run speed is 3 and normal speed is 1 then i have to change the clamp value which doesnt respect the current accel/decel

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

the funniest part about this is how the collision code is like in a fragile relationship with the acceleration/friction code i have i dont clamp vertical speed, but i HAVE to clamp horizontal speed or it constantly overshoots where it should stop (haven’t the algorithm to avoid clamping yet)

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i dont have prototype footage yet but safe to say i’m back on my “gotta make a small platformer and publish it” grindset the hardest part is convincing myself the game idea i have is actually FUN interestingly enough. i love the designs and all but i want other people to enjoy the gameplay, too

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i dont usually make posts about matters like these but the condition of my household has gotten unbearable. please pray for my family as i move out from them to start a new chapter in my life without any sort of mind-altering vices involved. if alcohol is the last straw, so be it. thank you.

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

folks if you ever have someone tell you that “regardless of what anyone thinks they’ll consume alcohol because its their own personal choice” and repeatedly refuse accountability, sometimes an addiction is just an addiction, and you’re not crazy for seeing through it or having concerns.

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

its so simple that all they have to do is just THINK and CONSIDER how other people around them feel when they’re intoxicated, when they can’t seem to control themselves when intoxicated, when words and feelings are exchanged behind my back when all they have to do is tell me about them :|

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

living with someone with an alcohol problem is really fucking hard and if i had a nickel for everytime i’ve had to do it i’d have two nickels hard to live with someone who cant even admit their own faults and has to project on everyone else so im moving out for a clearer headspace

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

need to remind myself to eat more nutritionally complete meals stopped working on Razzomania mainly because i got tired of brute forcing creativity through hunger-induced migraines & i would get super critical of the artwork while working on it i’m glad i got 30-ish pages done before then though

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

you know social media isn’t really your thing when liking and tagging posts feels taboo i dont know how i got to this point but it sucks because everyone makes cool stuff and i forget to express that :(

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

part of my problem in trying to make a platformer game is trying to reinvent the wheel. in this case, the wheel is mario, where no matter what i do i can never get a running speed mechanic to work in a way that feels satisfactory when coupled with a camera system might just be skill issue though

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

iirc what would happen is the object would snap not to where it originally collided but to the “origin” of the individual tile which would usually be in the wall. so my colliding object just zips out of frame Sonic style

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

tilesets in GMS 2 are awesome except for the times i try using it for collision, in which case it gets relegated to JUST tiling duty while i use collider objects to make the actual bounds… but as far as visual tiles go it’s an amazing tool and keeps total object count down

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

the REAL question is: do i stream Gen 1 Pokemon through Stadium’s GB Tower or the Game Boy Player (GameCube) the Super Game Boy 2 i have has ate almost every saved game i’ve put into it so, that’s no longer a reasonable option i’m afraid (AV to HDMI conversion aside)

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

i wanna use my physical retro game hardware to stream longplays of video games but i have neither the audience, the drive, or a solid idea of how to make those streams fun and that’s mostly because i dont want to record the game and commentary separately, its funnier when its live in my opinion

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

there are some projects i stop working on mostly because i don’t want to get slammed by the copyright hammer and so i lose interest which sucks because those happen to have the most gameplay progress too anyways, eevee/pokemon megaman fangame go brr

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

two of those aren’t even really “public” or “social” or in my view “the appropriate place to solicit new friendships” because one of those is literally just a server i made to test discord shenanigans with nobody else around lol

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

i love the idea of games like Big Walk but i never have the free time to play them nevermind the fact i don’t even have the friend group assembled either i need to go be in more social spaces methinks you know things are odd when you’re in only FOUR discord servers, max—

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

if i ever made a pokemon romhack i’d probably do like. Gen 1 but your starter is Mew, maybe based on Yellow if feasible, and call it Pink Edition or something dont know how balancing would go though, and i dont think mew has a low-level learnset?? so there are hoops involved..

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

but at the same time the only RPGs ive actually played to completion are PKMN White, Moon, and Ultra Moon to me Final Fantasy is an alien world i am familiar with visually but have no idea how things go or why they’re structured the way they are, so RPG Maker is like the “ez fix” to that until i do

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

i dont know what exactly it is about Clickteam but i find it incredibly hard to use and read i own like three different versions of RPG Maker and yet i like VX Ace more because of ONE plugin that i can’t find an MV/MZ alternative to and i’d rather code it in GML for what i’d have to do instead atp

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

learning gamedev has been so fun it feels like only yesterday when i had no idea how to write GML and now i have this template for any prototype permanently engraved into my brain and its my duty to yap about it in full once i complete my website’s blogging features because character limits be da

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

i want to completely remake Gelcat Petting Sim but the things in the way of that are: a.) the integer limit & not having a workaround system to store values higher than 2 billion b.) wanting some sort of unique gimmick in how you play the game but the prototype looks cool at least,,,, #gamedev

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

oh yeah and it works better with mobile now, the background fully stretches to the current viewport and the navigation bar will collapse for convenience thanks to Bootstrap i need to fix/refine the current way i display text to not depend on poorly planned margins i am doing stuff indeed

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

status report on arcanephraze.com navigation added after some trial and error with Jekyll on how to use permalinks (setting the global template to “/:title/“ seemed to have worked?) now i dont need a carrd or a strawpage, because i built one i manage with my own two hands :) #webdesign #webdev

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

as a Guy Who Plays Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, i must say that Metroid Ravenous depicts Samus embracing more of her dark side, the same dark side that is “echoed” and represented by Dark Samus. it’s literally a Metroid (Prime) in the shape of a hungry Samus feeding on energy (in the form of Phazon,,,)

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

im serious though you gave Shadow his year now do what’s right and give my boy Silver his aura in-game damn you all they have to do is fix the weird paradox in the game’s time travel plot and make the game ACTUALLY FUN TO PLAY please? please. im tired of watching the cutscenes alone

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

sometimes i make cool character designs but not places to use them, or i take those places away because they have too much aura for where they were anyways here’s Split (i’m running out of ideas and material to post)

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

i don’t even have many VR games in my long, long, steam backlog of games i like but don’t have the time (or space in VR’s case) to play effectively i’d probably play a bit of Slime Rancher’s VR DLC, be satisfied, and like my Quest 2 never touch it again for a year—

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

the steam frame looks like a great way to upgrade from a simple Quest 2 too bad by the time i’m ready to buy one, like the steam controller, i’ll have to wait the rest of the year out until they’re back in stock lol PCVR is fun but it makes me nauseous quick anyhow lol

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

he doesnt even have any magicks aside from powering whatever he’s currently possessed (so you can’t unplug and be done with it) his only way of interacting with the world is through technology and whatever’s connected through it that being said he COULD *build* a robot body. that is possible.

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

when i was really into Sonic.EXE content i made my own computer demon who was a complete goober nowadays he’s a mini-boss in Clonetastrophe and the main villain’s #1 fanboy and is like his anti-virus kinda the design below is old, dunno where to go with him other than keeping the name “Xenoware”

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arcanePhraze @arcanephraze.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

oh i meant the literal species of creature, the “classic” Metroid enemy before Samus like blew up their home planet and became one or something i took forever to try and find a good render of one i liked but this dastardly space dragon flew out of nowhere and took it from me :(

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