iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

WE'RE MAKING A SHELVING SIM WHERE YOU USE THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM IN A LIBRARY THAT'S HAUNTED AS FUCK BECAUSE A BILLIONAIRE WAS STUFFING CORPSES IN THE WALLS TO GENTRIFY HIS CITY WISHLIST "SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE LIBRARY" TODAY store.steampowered.com/app/3971340/...

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SEVEN | Comms Open (VGEN) @seveninks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Misato Katsuragi✨ Commissions are open on VGen — 3 slots available! Commission info in bio #VGen #VgenCommㅤ

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

after hundreds of hours of grinding, here's what playing the anime horse girl gacha game taught me about b2b sales

A screenshot of the anime girl horse racing gacha game "Umamusume: Pretty Derby" that shows a screenshot from the Ms. Victoria concert animation featuring Christmas Oguri Cap (as played by Arkem) as the winner of the Scorpio Cup pvp event.

Honestly, this is just me a bragging that I did well at a video game. I was even playing the "overpowered" character so it feels like stolen valor. Thus the linkedin joke in the main post.

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Mech on a hexgrid! The hexes now have colour, texture, and outline. I even threw in some water! Now to move on to some proper map editing tools.

A screenshot of a godot project showing a 3D robot model standing on a Battletech style hex grid.

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Bryan Young @swankmotron.com · 12/09/2026

I picked up some Japanese BattleTech books and I love how they reinterpreted the reinterpretations of the classic ‘Mechs. This is Mercenary’s Star, by William Keith.

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The geeks have inherited the Earth (derogatory)

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Good mail day today, Ader (from The Hayseed Knight) and enough Japanese textbooks to last me a year or more!

A plushie of Ader from "The Hayseed Knight" (Visual Novel) sitting on a stack of Japanese language textbooks (Quartet 1+2 and workbooks, Sou Matome N4 collection, Shin Kanzen Master N4 collection)

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hexus the robot is frolicking in their native habitat, the hexgrid. This is meant to be a tactics game but I couldn't miss the opportunity to drive the little guy around a bit.

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A mech for the hexgrid from earlier! Asset Forge is pretty fun, easy to snap a bunch blocks together. While I'm not up to trying to rig and animate it I'm planning on splitting it in half so it can torso twist at least

A mech named "Hexus" made in Asset Forge, destined to march across the vast hexgrid from my last post.

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

As always, if you're thinking about hexagons and hex grids you should read the definitive work on the topic from Red Blob Games: www.redblobgames.com/grids/hexago...

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Red Blob Games: Hexagonal Grids

Amit's guide to math, algorithms, and code for hexagonal grids

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm getting back into Godot and decided to draw some hexagons (because I've been in a BattleTech kind of mood). I may have grown too powerful! (2048x2048 hexagons drawn in 512x512 instanced mesh chunks)

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm having surprisingly strong feelings about the Suica IC card new character vote. If seeing this image makes you feel a certain way, then you too can vote: www.jreast.co.jp/suica-new-ch... No, you can't vote for the current penguin, I checked.

The three candidate characters for the Suica JREast IC card design. I think they're meant to be a cat-squirrel, a bunny-alien, and a koala-man as depicted by an 18th century cryptozoologist.

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A Mech A Day @dailymecha.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Model: HBK-4G Debut: Technical Readout: 3025 (BattleTech) Year: 1986 Designers: David R. Deitrick, Dana Knutson, and/or Duane Loose

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Went and saw the quokkas for the first time in decades, they're still doing their thing over there. Good for them!

A quokka from Rottnest Island, Western Australia standing up looking a little wide eyed.

A quokka from Rottnest Island, Western Australia slightly upright and smiling a little.

A quokka from Rottnest Island, Western Australia fully upright and smiling in a kind of "blep" pose.

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Went and saw the quokkas for the first time in decades, they're still doing their thing over there. Good for them!

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Lapopmangg |COMMS CLOSED| @lopapmang.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I did enjoy doing this art a lot!🤭 Thanks @arkem.bsky.social for comm me!! #Bravern

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seki. @haniyasushin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

i'm releasing my recreation of the umamusume textboxes for free. comes in three colors (red, green, blue) + the PSD file. enjoy! drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fo...

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Sebastian Barth @sebastianbarth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Visual evidence that I am VERY fun to commission. Had an absolute blast working on this stout unit; if you're in the market for something similar come make my day! 💀💚 #mecha #mech #robot #gundam #gunpla #manga #retroanime

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You had no idea Tendou had feelings for you, and you barely knew you had feelings for Tendou... but you're looking forward to finding out where the trail leads. ✨Wishlist Nature Hike, a short and sweet fully voice-acted visual novel, on Steam!✨ store.steampowered.com/app/5095310/...

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I passed the JLPT N5 exam, I now officially know (the smallest measurable amount of) Japanese! My score was awful, I'm kind of mad at myself for not doing better but I passed so I guess it's ok

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mr. hamster nervous @cynonic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

one order of yukino bijin #art #umamusume #yukinobijin

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jeremy mitchell @floatvoid.com · 02/08/2026

You've heard of snakes on a plane How about mechs in a thread

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#DOITFORSHIIKO | Lillie Ver.Ka 🏳️‍⚧️ @heat--end.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

oh this is fucking cool - cygames did a presentation on uma's localization. there's english slides as well speakerdeck.com/cygames/http...

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【CEDEC2026】Creative Approaches to Localizing the Dialects and Unique Speech of Umamusume: Pretty Derby Characters in English

2026/07/24 CEDEC2026

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Mcdoogleh - ROGUE ECLIPSE OFFICIALLY OUT NOW!!! @mcdoogleh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

ROGUE ECLIPSE OFFICIALLY OUT NOW!! 🕹 Tight Flight Controls 💥 Merciless Armadas to Blast Through 👾 Epic Boss Fights to Overcome 🚀 A Roguelike Campaign ☪ An Arabesque Futurism inspired Cosmos Hope ya'll enjoy our launch trailer! bit.ly/4bRLumD 🥳😎🚀💥💥💥 #gaming #indiegames #gamedev

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sketbordcat @sketbordcat.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Horse Magnifier: The Full Horse, the full game about magnifying horses, is out now for $2.99 on steam and itch there will be a discount of 10% for the first week after release hope you enjoy these horsies! store.steampowered.com/app/4585340/... sketbordcat.itch.io/horse-magnif...

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Horse Magnifier: The Full Horse - game out now - Steam News

hello everyhorse, Horse Magnifier: The Full Hourse is out now. there will be a launch discount of 10% for the first week after release if you encounter any issues, please message me on bsky or shoot ...

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Manda Farough @ GCAP, MIGW, PAX Aus | Causeway Studios @amandafarough.ca · 11/08/2026

oh hey, I’m a keynote speaker 🥰💜

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A Mech A Day @dailymecha.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Model: HEAD BRINGER (Iguazu's AC) Debut: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Year: 2023 Designers: the artists at FromSoftware

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

About 4 years ago I was talking to @writnelson.bsky.social asking him to review our studio's pitch deck that we were trying to use to get funding. At one point I was talking about our prototype and he asked me what our prototype budget was.

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I went to the Perth Comic Arts Festival today, lots of cool stuff. Here's a quick thread with some of the things I grabbed!

A crowd shot of the Perth Comic Arts Festival market day held at the Western Australia State Library

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 24/07/2026

NEW VIDEO, NOW ON YOUTUBE: To celebrate Pride Month and my birthday, I decided to finally take a look at Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury and make a video on it in the hopes of getting others obsessed with it as well. Check it out! youtu.be/q7NJArg9sjc

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The Yuri Anime That Got Me Into Mecha

YouTube video by Lady Emily

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Jules Glegg 🏳️‍⚧️ @julesfern.gay · 22/07/2026

why isn't it "taters tot" like attorneys general

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 22/07/2026

Happy 52nd day of Pride Month. To celebrate, I made a video essay about Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury in the hopes that I can get other people to share my hyperfixation. It'll be up on Youtube later this week but you can watch it on Nebula right now. nebula.tv/videos/ladye...

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Lady Emily — The Yuri Anime That Got Me Into Mecha

In which we talk about Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury and why it gave me permanent brainrot that I now must inflict on others.

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Giant Robot FM @giantrobotfm.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Just 7 days left to secure a copy of our Gunbuster zine!!! Sign up to our Patreon at the $10 level by midnight on 7/28 to get a physical copy mailed to your house in September! We're going all out on this one! Take a look! www.patreon.com/c/giantrobotfm

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Now that I do freelance work again and have to deal with sending invoices I want to repost my favorite invoice so far. My client managed to put a typo in the milestone description which their vendor management software pulled to generate the invoice.

An excerpt from an invoice for my freelance work. The description field has an entry for "helping shit a video game", it was presumably a typo for "ship" but I got paid either way so didn't mind.

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A Mech A Day @dailymecha.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Model: Petite Mobile Suit Debut: Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ Year: 1986 Designer: Mamoru Nagano

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

once the air quality index goes above 500 you start to see entire bricks floating suspended in the air. it’s pretty cool actually, you can climb on them and stuff

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A few mobile suit gundam bunnies

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Nessa ✨ @nessathewriter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hi bsky! I'm looking for game writing/narrative design work, freelance or full time! I have 6+ years of experience working with both AAA and indie studios, shipping over a dozen projects like Borderlands 4 and Endoparasitic and more! You can find my website and portfolio here: www.nessacannon.com

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NESSA CANNON

Experienced game writer and narrative designer available for commissions, assignments, and contract work.

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Possible Worlds Games @possibleworlds.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Possible Worlds Games is proud to announce Path Apparatus by @ckunzelman.bsky.social & @mmcwh.bsky.social—a study of & system for lifepaths in TTRPGs! Find it alongside our fall pre-orders, available on its own or with combined shipping for November delivery: realis.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

The cover reads "C. Kunzelman & M.G. McWhorter Present Path Apparatus, A Study of & System for Lifepath Generation in Tabletop Roleplaying Games" set over a pink and purple illustration of various fantasy archetype statues on pedestals with a path running between them.

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 03/06/2024

Watching Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and then this Adonis graced the screen.

A screenshot from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex featuring a man using a "Jameson" type synthetic body that's roughly a meter tall and looks like a small box with four legs. The screenshot is annotated with "This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like."

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 10/07/2026

Proud to announce you can now pre-order the Levelling The Playing Field 101 Video Courses. Practical, focused 101 video courses for indie game developers. Business, marketing, budgeting, production, pitching and more - €40 (excl. VAT) per course, with bulk & group discounts! courses.ramiismail.com

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Levelling the Playing Field - Courses by Rami Ismail

Practical, focused courses for indie game developers. Business, marketing, budgeting, production, pitching and more - by Rami Ismail.

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Paul Chamberlain (Arkem) @arkem.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Made a new friend on my way back from my Japanese exam, he's so long! More like RX-78-0000002 amirite!

The poster sitting in their office holding a Gundam RX-78-2 plush toy that's surprisingly long!

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Proud to announce the next game Vampirium: 1997 Dracula is king of the United British Empire. Kill his enemies and find your own path through a minimalist immersive sim sandbox. Wishlists and retweets massively appreciated (and, you know, massively helpful) store.steampowered.com/app/4035190/...

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Vampirium: 1997 on Steam

1997. Dracula is King of England. At his command, master your dark gifts to assassinate his enemies and secure his vampiric empire. Infiltrate locked-down locations, adapt and survive in living enviro...

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Damien Crawford @developerdamien.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

For anyone catching the I Am Your Beast speedrun on #SGDQ if you want to hear the full songs the soundtrack is a bop and available here spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-y...

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I AM YOUR BEATS, by rj lake

47 track album

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Janet @bruesselbach.com · 04/07/2026

I'm oil #painting a #color and #planet themed #alien in each solar #calendar segment of the #seasons, and running a $4k Kickstarter for these #Solaroids until 8/1. Please share if you like and back if you can for stories, poster, prints, originals. TY! kickstarter.com/projects/limnrix/solaroids

"Osterane", a blue and iridescent oil painting of a twisty wavy sea alien. Text over it:
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SOLAROIDS
Transformative Oil Painting Cycle of 8 Colorful Semi-Seasonal Aliens
Back on Kickstarter for calendar poster, prints, originals
July 1 - Aug 1
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Yumerbolc (Solaroid 1), Feb 2026, oil on canvas, 16x28
A magenta humanoid alien in a high contrast grid, composed of a cross of light and dark parks covered in spikey scales, with yellow insectoid eyes, gesturing around a flaming eight pointed star.

Belmartha, Solaroids 4, 2026, oil on canvas, 28x16in.
Painting of a green alien who reclines facing you on a red patterned abstract ground. It has 4 arms, white fur stripes and patches, is dotted with jewels, and its 3-eyed upper face bears pan flag colors. Its large single food also has pan flag ears on its knee.

Osterane, Solaroids 3, 2026, oil on canvas, 24x28in.
Painting of an iridescent blue alien with a scaled body, arms with round eyes on them, radial tendril mouth, and segmented tentacles.

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In conclusion, Sue Donym is a land of contrasts. @suedonym.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Do you know? Do you know? Have you heard the news? Oh! Shed no tears for me, dear friend, though my doctor has burdened me with a grim diagnosis! A shock!, my love, what could it be? Sniff sniff, I'm sorry to say, I've been afflicted with the most terminal case of ligma! L-ligma? B-but, what cou

the shadow girls from revolutionary girl utena

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catboots @catboots.co.uk · 17/06/2026

URBANMECH (drawn in 2022 when i was apparently last obsessed with battletech)

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