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@betalars.bsky.social
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#GameDev and #3DArtist. Using #Godot and #blender to create frame of mind, an open source game about thoughts, mental health and growing up. Autistic, queer, disabled. Always failing forward, open to be educated. Making @polynormalgames.bsky.social‬

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Polynormal Games | Wishlist Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts! @polynormalgames.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
For this pride month, we didn't need to make our logo rainbow, because #diversity has always been at the core our company. Happy #Pride. It's now more important than it has been for a long time.
poly normal games. Geometric vector logo with white text on a purple background. The O s in poly and normal are connected via a rainbow-colored ribbon that forms a tilted infinity sign.

The logo is using an isometric perspective. The white text seems to be facing left while the rainbow ribbon is facing right. It has a slightly esher-esque vibe because of that.
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Polynormal Games | Wishlist Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts! @polynormalgames.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
DLSS 5 ON / DLSS 5 OFF *I spent way to much time on recreating our in-game screenshot
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Heute am #15MRZ ist internationaler Tag gegen #Polizeigewalt. Ich gedenke heute an Alexander LaMorie. Am 1. März wurde er von der Polizei erschossen, nachdem er wegen einer akuten suizidalen Episode um Hilfe bat. Aufgrund seines Autismus konnte er den verbalen Anweisungen der Beamten nicht folgen.
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Julijana M @julijana-m.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
An illustration from a few years ago, when I was in my ‘put moons on everything’ phase- which I'm completely over with and not fighting myself about every time I paint 👍 #Illustration #MoonArt #ArtistOnBluesky #ArtInspiration #SketchDaily
Illustration of a veiled woman with a crown, standing beneath a glowing moon, surrounded by stars. Her veil flows like mist, blending into the night sky. She is light herself, lit from within.
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
The crouch #animation was controversial on #gamescom. Many liked the playfulness, but there was some confusion and motion sickness. So if you choose to use the crouch-button, you will get an alternate fast animation. Also: do you know any #games that offer reduced motion? #gamedev #accessibility
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🌙Evil Sonny Ross🌞 @sonnyross.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic
A decorative illustration of flowers with the caption “I don’t use ai I’m not a fucking loser” with a severed hand with too many fingers
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Du hast #ADHS und #Autismus und nimmst dafür Medikamente? Du berichtest online von deinen Erlebnissen? ‼️Damit verbreitest du gegebenenfalls medizinische Misinformationen, die Menschenleben gefährdet‼️ Wie, das ist Quatsch? Ja, ich übertreibe auch gerade. Trotzdem: ich muss gerade mal meckern. 🧵1/17
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Was unterscheidet diesen Aussagen? "Ich habe eine #Autismus Spektrums-Störung" "Ich bin #autistisch" Das eine ist eine Diagnose, eine Klassifikation und letztendlich etwas, das per Definition mit "Leidensdruck" verbunden ist. Das andere ist eine subjektive Aussage über Identität. 🧵 1/12
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Du bist #Autist *in. Du liest online, dass ein anderer autistischer Mensch/Mensch mit #Autismus etwas postet, was dich so richtig aufregt. Wie können wir darauf reagieren? Ein Thread vielen Beispielen, die mich ärgern und hoffentlich ein paar tauglichen Lösungen mit genügend Selbstkritik. 1/11
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Just added a "waiting for #godot" project label. For issues that require the next version of Godot to resolve. 😅 #gamedev #prm #indiedev
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Die haben raus gefunden, dass es Leuten besser geht, wenn sie keine Selbstmedikamentation machen müssen, weil sie #Medis kriegen. 😱 Vielleicht finden sie als demnächst heraus, dass der Himmel blau ist. (ich weiß so Studien sind wichtig, auch wenn ich's manchmal albern finde) #ADHS #ADHD #Forschung
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Polynormal Games | Wishlist Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts! @polynormalgames.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Its gotten bit quite here the last few weeks because we were busy preparting for gamescom! @betalars.bsky.social and I are super excited for the convention and working hard on our to-do list. Are you going to? What are you most excited about? #roadtogamescom #gamescom #gamedev #indiedev
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AbleToPlay | Find Accessible Games! @abletoplay.com · 08/08/2025
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Faramir from Lord of the Rings saying "One does not simply play a game without subtitles"
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
You're being childish and not even ashamed of it? Heck yeah, that's so mature! #autism #mentalHealth #autisticPride
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
Post from "The Rundown"

July 18 at 5:30 PM
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DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. 
The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. 
While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material.
Source: TechCrunch
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la @hallalaween.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
the green witch 💀💚🌱
A figure sits in the middle of a fairy circle, their chest open and full of growth. Before them sits two crow skulls. Trees line the background, mushrooms halo them. There's a golden circle about their head.
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Being able to edit posts would be a huge #accessibility feature for me on @bsky.app. And I think without it being there this platform will only ever be a workplace for me and not a home-base. But I mean good thing there are alternatives.
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Using everything at my disposal to communicate with my #composer. #Music is such a difficult thing to communicate about and collaborate on. And I made the mistake of not telling my composer why I chose him. Because they went far more out of their comfort zone than I needed. #gamedev #collaboration
Venn diagram with three circles labelled your style, first room and last revision.

Last rev has sad, soft, wonder, cozy, floaty and sad. Your style also includes floaty, but also harsh, intense and real. Sad sits at the edge of your style. First room shares wonder and cozy with current revision and real with your style but has also warm and playful.A shape goes over the intersections of the three circles creating 3 new words in relation to the others. Between soft and warm on top of where cozy was sits gentle. Between real and intense next to not too harsh (written outside the shape) sits honest. Pretty mich in the middle of everything intercecting all circles described in the previous image sits melancholic.

the current revision also has not quite too slow written outside the intersecting shape and first room has not too childish written outside the intersections.
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Oh shoot, I forgot my mandatory touching of grass for today! 🌱🏃💨
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SquidRadio @squidradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
"The level editor will exist as part of a free, open source, flexible game engine that has a massive friendly community and a ton of talent behind it. This, of course, is a bad thing." - PC Gamer.
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passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
battlefield 6 map editor is... *checks notes*... godot
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Stein Makes Games @steinmakesgames.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Gimli and Legolas meme: Gimli as Battlefield 6 says "Never thought I'd use Godot in AAA side-by-side with a Sonic Game". Legolas as Sonic 06 asks: "What about side-by-side with a Godot Enthusiast?" Reply: "Aye, I could do that".

Regarding the use of Godot Engine in Battlefield 6's new level editor.
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Polynormal Games | Wishlist Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts! @polynormalgames.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🎮✨ Stand Up for Creative Freedom in Games ✨🎮 Game creators are facing increasing censorship from payment processors and religious groups pushing personal agendas. Sign the petition to stand up for our freedom of artistic expression: chng.it/6LnZdRYY5Y #savegamesfromcensorship #gamedev
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Petition unterschreiben
Save games from censorship
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Stein Makes Games @steinmakesgames.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Oh I know exactly what photo the book is referencing, and it suits the metaphor:
Photo of Mark Zuckerberg (CEO of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Meta, Metaverse VR) prancing proudly in a room of people strapped to VR headsets. The book "Stolen Focus" refers to this picture as a good metaphor for tech companies manipulating the attention of the common masses while the elite at the top avoid the same tech manipulation themselves.
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Gorbash @gorbashsan.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I get that the payment processors are forcing this, but the fact you kept it quiet, then went beyond just NSFW to ban anything with LGBTQ tags shows you arent just being forced to comply with visa, you are using this as an excuse to purge the platform of queer content. Fuck the itch leadership.
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
About the @itch.io thing: I stand by #developers of NSFW and LGBTQIA+ Games. There's no justification for censorship. And I am all for a debate on content moderation. Let's start at glorification of violence and war crimes. But if fringe kinks are your first concern, your priorities are messed up.
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
"Teachers need to understand that #autisitc children can't read between lines and will not follow assumed instructions." Well I am #actuallyautistic and I want to stress that - while that is very good advice and I wish my teachers knew that - it misses one point: I can read between autistic lines.
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
The timing 🫠 I was just filming a bit about my #bike helping me deal with #adhd and how saying I am tied to my bike would be as ridiculous as saying people are tied to a #wheelchair. And of course I had to laugh when I ran into a wheelchair user right after filming ... not my finest moment. 🙈
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Ravencliff Games @ravencliffgames.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
things in our game that totally make sense: - posters with iconic 00’s cartoons - making a tower with all the cups you finally decide to clean from your desk - slavic babooshka - human-sized smoking black cat #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
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Ruffy and the Riverside @zockrateslabs.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Are you ready for an adventure that lets you change the world? Ruffy and the Riverside is OUT NOW for... ⭐ Nintendo Switches ⭐ Xboxes ⭐ PlayStation 5 ⭐ PC (Steam aned Epic) #NintendoSwitch2 #NintendoSwicth #PlayStation5 #XboxSeries #indiegames
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Polynormal Games | Wishlist Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts! @polynormalgames.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
When people ask us to describe our workplace culture: #indiedev #gamedev #meme #autism #adhd #indiegame
Gremlin on a leash meme.
Linh captioned with has done years of producing in the AAA community is holding betalars on a leash. They have done years of autism work in the chaos community.
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Fronkon Games @fronkongames.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Screen Space Ambient Occlusion In OpenGL #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev #OpenGL
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Once Upon a Pixel: How Crysis Changed Real-Time Lighting Forever
YouTube video by OGLDEV
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Simonschreibt @simonschreibt.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
We released our trailer + STEAM page! Now it's your turn: Click this Wishlist Button like it's a cute little piggy nose! 🐽 #gamedev
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Tim Hertel @timhertel.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I added Mr. Quack to my game A Story of Questions. He’s not in every playthrough… but if you make the right choices, he might appear. Just don’t stare at him too long. Seriously. 👀🦆 Wishlist on Steam & follow for more strange dev moments #indiegame #gamedev #wholesome
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Claymatic @claymatic.games · 23/06/2025
Game Dev Stu breaks down how we did water reflections in our upcoming game Platypus Reclayed 🌊🚀 #indiedev #Gamedev #claymation
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Polynormal Games | Wishlist Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts! @polynormalgames.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Whats a subway without nice grafitti right? This nice asset with the metalic reflection was created by @betalars.bsky.social for our next level that is teased at the end of the demo. #blender #godotengine #indiedev #gamedev #game #indiegame #gaming
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waclawi @waclawi.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I am done with tweaking explosions for now and I am pretty fond of the result! Adding a "blast" helped a ton! Thanks @betalars.bsky.social 🟥🤘 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #godot #explosion
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avery 🦇 @feyflorist.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Fairy dragon coverup I started yesterday ✨
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better @betterthantoday.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
sensational
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free thinker aekii @moff.aekur.xyz · 19/06/2025
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Apo @apo-gamedev.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
If you liked Portal or Outer Wilds, A short first-person adventure: 🧠 Unique mechanics 🎵 Deep atmosphere with an original soundtrack 💬 A light yet touching storytelling Only 2 days left to get it at -20%! 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/3209760 #indiegame #adventuregame #fps #puzzlegame #godot
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RJB / Mallacore 🇨🇦 @rjb-mallacore.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Just in case you didn't know. I love spaceships. 🚀
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Silver Candycorn 💛🧡🤍 @silveralicorn.online · 19/06/2025
Oh this is excellent news for me, I've been wanting these effects for a while
Screenshot of the Godot 4.5 beta release showing off the new stencil rendering. This allows for better outlines and x-ray effects!
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geneva 🖍️ nycc I-07 @gdbee.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Nature + Fiddle
Illustration of a demi goddess playing a fiddle. She has hair made of leaves that are flowering. She is wearing multiple layers of muse-like clothing with stripey patterns. There are sprouts of hyssop at her feet. Drawn by gdbeeart/prinnay, paint tool sai June 2025
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Why don't you make like a tree and slowly grow while helping others around you grow too.
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Tom Shea @thristhart.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I've been working real hard on this for a long time, and there's still more to come. If there's anything Steam can do to be more accessible for you, I want to hear about it! store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...
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Steam News - New accessibility settings in Beta - Steam News
Today's Steam Beta update includes new accessibility options in Big Picture Mode, and on devices running SteamOS
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betalars.bsky.social @betalars.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Huh I just had the weird urge to come online and block an account. Whomst might that account belong to? 🤔
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Alpha Beta Gamer @alphabetagamer.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Games to Get Excited About Fest is coming! 110 exciting indie games, No cinematic trailers. No Filler. No paid placements. The Showcase Premiere will on YouTube in 3 hours: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e06... Until then, enjoy this sausage! #gaming #indiegames #indiedev #gaming
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