iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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maud @peloriemate.net · 10/10/2026

i got so many people calling this tweet fakeposting back when i made it but since this is bluesky and things have less reach on here im just going to post the photo

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Why is there no poetry tag on itch.io??

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Why is there no poetry tag on Steam?

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io (shop is open!) @waxwings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

reading buddies

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Wait why *does* it do that? I don't get what the smart thing they're trying to do is.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The amazing rufous hornero bird building its iconic, oven-shaped clay nest on a tree branch. It’s waterproof and cozy

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You say this like it's a bad thing..?

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Ever since I started driving, roadkill have always haunted me. Such a stupid waste of life; no purpose behind the death other than inattention in most cases. And then comes every subsequent car until it eventually disintegrates. Does anybody deserve this? There's certainly roadkill in Heaven.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Makes you think about how pre-alarm-clock humans slept and woke up. The sun rising leads to both light and an increase in temperature, so I would not be surprised if humans are naturally adjusted to wake up in response to an increase in heat.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Metroid Prime's an interesting game because every few years, another control scheme comes out for the game and makes it even radder.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Oh, the Bo tree was the tree the Buddha sat under when he attained enlightenment. It was a joke about how your statement of all perception being flawed sounds almost like Buddhist belief. Clearly not a very good joke since I had to explain it!

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

You've been sitting under the Bo tree, haven't you?

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It's like thinking the value was in the name "Beatles" and not in JRPG.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I'm so glad this seems to be a universal experience watching those movies as a kid.

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Jorkin B Peanitson @bonerman-inc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

the opposite of "fromsoft" is "to hard". which interesting because that's what their games are

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Oh also since I'm actually posting for the first time in months, I'll also say that I'm playing this right now and it's real neat. Shout out.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Most of the work so far has been in the underlying architecture of the game, so not much to show for Bluesky. But look I made a sick pause menu.

Pause menu for Levels for Minimalist Platforming.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Against all odds, I am somehow still chipping away at this.

Cover art for Levels for Minimalist Platforming.

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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I don’t “network,” I make friends. Other artists are not my competition, they’re my beloved peers and sources of inspiration. We all have the same goal; to share our art. I’m not gonna corporatize my human relationships with them. I am in my sandbox playing and I hope they join me.

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droqen and 24 others @droqen.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

i strongly believe this digital drug is not inherent to the form i love.

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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 31/03/2026

Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility! We're everywhere and we're cool. Here's the trans pride flag 🏳️‍⚧️ on a mid-90s Pentium running DOS.

A CRT on top of a 90s PC (with floppy disk) showing the Trans Pride Flag

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

But the creativity of others will always be embedded within a video game, as a video game has an inherently constrained set of choices, simply limited by the programming. What gets coded as possible and what doesn't is a realm of creative expression.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Should be a popular opinion. Imagine hearing this for any other artform. "We did 400 test screenings for movies. Here are their mistakes!" Imagine how constraining that would be. What we'd lose from those taking risks.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Fascinating! Do you remember any specific examples? Any especially tragic?

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Stuffed Wombat @stuffedwomb.at · 07/03/2026

A big draw of the game-design-by-A/B-testing type thinking is that it absolves you from having to form your own opinions & taste. It allows you to outsource the most difficult part of any creative endeavour: actually believing in your vision.

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Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

One of the under-stated signs that this is all a bubble and even the players know it is that they’re rushing to build data centres in places that make zero sense if you actually plan on operating a data centre. The Paluxy watershed just does not have the water supply, this is all smash-and-grab.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

It's interesting to think about the myriad other minor differences in ability people have that end up being mostly irrelevant. But in a slightly different society, not being able to rotate a cow in your mind could become a source of daily struggle.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Soon we may very well know the answer to the question nobody is yet asking — "What if Steve Reich made games?"

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Fell off the game dev wagon for a bit, but finally back on it with substantial progress made towards a refined version of my GMTK 2025 submission.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I await the day I make the next great Chu♥lip-like.

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Winnie the Pooh (Official) @indianawalsh.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I've been reading David Lynch's biography "Room to Dream" and while it's full of little gems, this stands out as my absolute favorite story so far. For context, this is about the original pilot for Twin Peaks.

A photo from a book that reads as follows:

"Then they called us in for a notes meeting," Frost recalled. "I remember an executive taking a list of notes out of his pocket and saying, 'I've got some notes if you're interested,' and David said, 'No, not really," and the guy quietely put the list back in his pocket with a sheepish look on his face. That set the tone of, You wanted something different so don't screw it up! And they did very little meddling."

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Okay genuinely curious. Has Metal Garden been what you would consider "commercially viable?"

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Sam @mardiroos.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

There was an "influencer" who "went live" after being entombed for three days. But you kids probably haven't heard of him

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The fiction informs the states, helps us decide which ones we pursue. It's what separates the "game over" screen from the "you win" screen. It creates the emotional response that keeps us playing. And I think it often goes unspoken for or merely assumed.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The fiction may simply be a goal/value system (i.e. you want to maximize points, that is good/virtuous). It might be a way of dressing up game actions (i.e. you are not merely moving your mouse and clicking on things, but aiming a gun to kill enemies). It might be an entire world and story.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

If I had to expand the original "games are a set of non-linear states" definition, I would say that games are these non-linear states, with a "fiction" attached.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Perhaps I'm misinterpreting what you mean by it, but I don't think players conceive of games as a series of states. They suspend disbelief and buy into games as a contained reality. The reality is facilitated by mechanics, by the states, but also incorporates other aspects to create something new.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I think obviously the mechanics, states, goals are obviously important, but I think they almost crowd the room when it comes to discussion. Games are reduced to merely just their "states," which I think is both dry and can leave out the emotional aspects that actually engages players.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I think a lot of games discussion center so much on mechanics, states, goals, progression, completion, engagement, chasing victory. Yet what captures me about games is immersion, imagination, and the sensation of how a game feels, looks, sounds, in dimensions more broad than mere "satisfaction."

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

My relationship with (video) games have changed so much as I have gotten older, more tired, and interested in different things. Lots of games no longer appeal to me. New games appeal to me in ways they never have before. And in some old favorites, I have been taken in by totally different elements.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

That's how it is to develop and refine any theory. Painful, but I don't know any alternatives so far!

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I know that for myself I love video games, and have little interest in games more broadly. I don't tend to get hung up on these sorts of questions when I think about and develop video games, so it is worth asking if you need to as well.

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I think video games (or computer games) are a class of "thing" distinct from merely games. They share a name and lots of attributes, but some things are unique to each class. So are you asking this question as somebody interested in critiquing and making games, video games, or both?

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bgalex.bsky.social @bgalex.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Same energy as "great acting appreciation" is used more often for loud scenes, like character meltdowns and other sorts of screaming, and less often for subtle and silent facial and body acting that communicates volumes.

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