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New-post announcements (and general South African arts/culture/game dev/comics reposting) from brainwavez.org, an award-winning tech-culture blog anchored in Cape Town, South Africa. Profile maintained by @mandyjwatson.bsky.social

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brainwavez.org @brainwavez.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Cappuccino Quest: You Can Order A Cappuccino In The Woods If You Can Find The Secret Forest Café In Tokai Forest, Cape Town, South Africa #CappuccinoQuest www.brainwavez.org/culture/revi...
A top-down view of a cappuccino in a takeaway cup on top of a wooden table. The foam (deceptively) looks reasonably well made and features latte art of a heart.
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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 12/10/2026
If you would like to read my British Fantasy Award winning story Shadow Jack, it is still up on @giganotosaurus.bsky.social for your enjoyment Note the content warnings! giganotosaurus.org/2025/05/01/s...
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Shadow Jack - GigaNotoSaurus
Content Note: aftermath of sacrifices, blood, body horror, offscreen abuse, suicide There is a hole in the wall by Shadow Jack’s bed. It is no bigger than a pin prick, and the wind that blows from it ...
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Marcus B. Smit - Fifth Ace Comics @fifthacecomics.org · 12/10/2026
Tit-Tober 2026, Day #12: Vampire Another fanart piece, this time featuring @kinkymation.bsky.social's gorgeous vampire MILF Amalthea! Challenge by: @yungkhan.bsky.social Pose reference: @theposearchives.bsky.social #TitTober2026 #TitTober #artchallenge #digitalart #fanart
Tit-Tober 2026, Day #12: Vampire, @kinkymation.bsky.social's OC Amalthea
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Mandy J Watson @mandyjwatson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Alt text: On the left, the art for The Mix event featuring two characters with controllers for heads in fighting stances; on the right the Feather's Edge key art, featuring Upu, the Hoopoe warrior bird, in a forest.
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Danielle Albertyn ⭑★ 𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖎𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖈𝖑𝖔𝖘𝖊𝖉 ★⭑ @milo-wildcat.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Reposting because I have not had the time to rework my portfolio. Eeep. Hopefully next #portfolioday will have updates.
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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 13/10/2026
I don't know how it's #PortfolioDay again already but here goes. Hi, I'm Ben. I'm an illustrator and animator working at Free Lives on games like Stick It to the Stickman, Fallbearers and Dressmaker and also I draw TTRPG ocs and make comics in my spare time.
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ComicScout @thecomicscout.com · 14/10/2026
Fresh update from this series: 👇 www.thecomicscout.com/episode/ch13-… #webcomics By @timmehjimmeh.bsky.social
Comic episode image
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Can Richards! @cancan-jpg.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
rocky world's most normal roommate, statement. Rigged and animated in moho pro! #projectHailMary #mohoanimation
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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 14/10/2026
It's always fun to come across our game being talked about out in the wild ☺️ Thanks!
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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 14/10/2026
Uploading some old drawings of Jo'Tun for #Orctober. He was a fighter I briefly played in a campaign that fizzled out, who got his arm chewed off by a hill giant. His half-elf brother-in-law Percy helped tie one of his axes to the stump (and rolled a crit). #orctober2026 #digitalart
An illustration of a male orc in scale mail armour scowling at the bloody stump of his severed lower left arm with text that reads: "It is but a scratch."A two panel comic strip of a male orc holding an axe in place while a male half-elf is tying a rope around it to the stump of the orc's severed lower left arm. The second panel showing an exquisite knot on the now axe fixed to the arm stump that surprises the orc and while the half-elf looks impressed at his handiwork.
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BOGLUDDITE @brucemackay.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Hi #PortfolioDay Im Bruce, an illustrator, creative director, printmaker & sculptor. Big fan of riso, old SFF covers, forced perspective & experimentation. Knight of the Luddite Temple. WEB: www.badmanifesto.co.za IG: www.instagram.com/bad_manifesto PRINTS: www.inprnt.com/profile/brucemackay
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Team Lazerbeam @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Bundle Buddies 02: Shroom and Gloom and Slots and Daggers! So stoked to have our game bundled with this excellent spin on the roguelike genre! Huge high fives to @friedemanna.bsky.social for making Slots and Daggers, and for being a Shroomy bundle buddy! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
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ɯᴉpɹɐɾ ɯᴉʇ 🇿🇦 @timmehjimmeh.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
REVENANTS has just updated! Read the latest page at: revenantscomic.com #furry #art #furryart #revenants #webcomic
A teaser frame from the latest page of REVENANTS
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Kay Claire @kayworx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Hi #PortfolioDay, I'm a queer artist who would love to work with more authors to bring your character art and cover illustrations to life! I just finished my last commission so my queue is empty and I can start new work immediately. Pricing, more examples, interest form: www.kayworx.com/portfolio
book cover Waiting You Out by Des DeVivo, featuring two men sitting on the floor against a record player. Illustration by Kay Claire, text design by Des DeVivoBook cover of the Multiverse of Benji and Jay by Pip Dolyn. Two men stand in a library behind the desk, with a blue portal around the outer image.illustration of couple standing in front of a halloween themed fountaindigital art of sapphic couple lying on floral bed sheets
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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 15/10/2026
Uploading some more old drawings of Jo'Tun for #Orctober He loves his partner Delia (half-orc ranger, played by my wife @dwuff.com) so much that he took her last name :D Wife guy power couple! #orctober2026 #digitalart
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Feather’s Edge by Clockwork Acorn @clockworkacorn.com · 06/10/2026
Thank you to everyone who has played the Feather’s Edge demo so far 🐦⚔️ If you haven’t dashed and slashed through our kinetic metroidvania yet, play the demo on Steam right now! Find it here: store.steampowered.com/app/5094710/... Please share and enjoy our demo!
Screenshot of a boss battle in the Feather’s Edge demo. Featuring our hoopoe protagonist dashing mid air after slicing through a piece of a giant centipede-looking enemy. Screenshot of our hoopoe protagonist amidst firey spikes that line the walls of a lava laden environment.Screenshot of Upu, our hoopoe protagonist, in the middle of an icy battle. It features multiple enemies.Our hoopoe protagonist going for the final slice, ending a battle with one of our bosses.
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BOGLUDDITE @brucemackay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
💀 DOL GULDUR 💀 For Tolktober days 1, 2 & 3. #Tolktober #Tolktober26 Moon | Forest | Necromancer
Illustration of Dol Guldur from the Hobbit by JRR Tolkie. An evil hill-top fortress vignetted by twisted, leafless trees. The fortress overlooks a forest canopy with black butterflies above it. In the distance is a lonely mountain, an even further mountain range and behind a gap a volcano.

A stone staircase leads up to the fortress door which is glowing from the inside. Cruel windows resemble spider eyes and fangs. Two turrets with crenelations that look like raised hands. One of the crenelations is broken off. On top is a henge of 5 stones with 4 shadowy figures between them. An altar in the centre of the 9 shapes. A crescent, ringlike moon is eclipsing the central stone.
There are 9 stars in the red sky.

Hidden in the top branches are the words Dol Guldur.

Colour combination of red and teal overlapping risograph style.

Did you know that the name Dol Guldur is not used in the Hobbit but is mentioned in the Lord of the Rings as a dwelling place of Shelob's brood.
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Mandy J Watson @mandyjwatson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here's my entry for the SA Game Jam 2026! It's a comedy-horror adventure made in 72 hours in Bitsy. mandyjwatson.itch.io/stake-out I made music! I made #PixelArt! I also made some bugs but the helpful "Known Bugs" section will explain how to avoid them.
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Stake Out by Mandy J Watson
Surveillance and stakes. A Bitsy comedy-horror adventure game for SA Game Jam 2026.
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Mandy J Watson @mandyjwatson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pro tip: If you don't want to participate for whatever reason you can just go and hang out for free with some cool people.
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brainwavez.org @brainwavez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#SAComicsCalendar event this Sunday, 4 October: Comic Jam Cape Town Obz Books, 76 Lower Main Road, Observatory 10:00 to 12:00 (and later) R50 at the door (materials provided) E: warrenraysdorf/at/yahoo/dot/com P: 079/653/6928 All welcome. No experience needed. #SAComics
The poster for the event, featuring the Comic Jam logo: a jam jar wielding a pencil. All the details are in the post.
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BOGLUDDITE @brucemackay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A happy #Tolktober to all who celebrate. Ive added a 15% OFF promo code for the whole month of October on everything in my INPRNT shop. CODE: O3C5AY www.inprnt.com/gallery/brucemackay
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Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Join us in celebrating the release of books 3 and 4 of Winter Mage on October 6 and 7 at Exclusive Books V&A (CT) and Hyde Park (JHB) respectively. RSVP at the EB Events Page.
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Team Lazerbeam @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
5 years of game dev evolution in 22 seconds. Here's how Shroom and Gloom looked across 5 different eras, going from game jam to Early Access. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #videogames
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Marcus B. Smit - Fifth Ace Comics @fifthacecomics.org · 01/10/2026
Sign up or purchase at Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/s/3818431c89 or sign up at any level to download from Patreon: www.patreon.com/FifthAceComi... #zine #indiecomics #comicart #comiczine #digitalzine
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Full Ring #0 - Steel Wheel Zine - FIFTH ACE COMICS's Ko-fi Shop
Coming in 2027, a new imprint from Fifth Ace Comics: Steel Wheel! The Steel Wheel imprint encompasses three new series - Coldforge: The Black Rune Ch...
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Marcus B. Smit - Fifth Ace Comics @fifthacecomics.org · 01/10/2026
Available now, the preview zine of a new imprint from Fifth Ace Comics: Steel Wheel, encompassing three new series - - Coldforge: The Black Rune Chronicles - Gloamwater - Across the Pharos Galaxy For sale and members NOW on Patreon and Ko-Fi (links below) #zine #indiecomics #comicart #comiczine
Full Ring #0, Adventures of Space, Steel, and Sorcery! A Steel Wheel Zine Series production.
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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 01/10/2026
Lazily taking part in #Orctober this year by starting with a drawing of Harry! Orc druid, vegetable farmer and seller of humorously-shaped gourds. Also husband of the dragonborn bounty hunter, Kermet! And I wanted to draw gourds because spoopy month 🎃 #Orctober2026 #digitalart #illustration #Orc
A black and white illustration of a chubby trans-masc orc wearing a wide brim straw hat, simple fantasy leather shoes, no shirt and dungaree shorts with the one suspender loose showing off his top surgery scars. He's holding a gourd in his right hand and is happily smiling while standing in his pumpkin patch.
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brainwavez.org @brainwavez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#SAComicsCalendar event this Sunday, 4 October: Comic Jam Cape Town Obz Books, 76 Lower Main Road, Observatory 10:00 to 12:00 (and later) R50 at the door (materials provided) E: warrenraysdorf/at/yahoo/dot/com P: 079/653/6928 All welcome. No experience needed. #SAComics
The poster for the event, featuring the Comic Jam logo: a jam jar wielding a pencil. All the details are in the post.
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Losyna Comics @losynacomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Green goon🟢 running with Valik prototype at the Biscuit Factory underground. Will he be able to escape? Or will Mwinda💫 finally retrieve what got away from her? #losynacomics #valikprototype #mwinda #afroorigins #Chapter2
Green goon running away from Mwinda
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ɯᴉpɹɐɾ ɯᴉʇ 🇿🇦 @timmehjimmeh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
REVENANTS has just updated! Read the latest page at: revenantscomic.com #furry #art #furryart #revenants #webcomic
A teaser frame from the latest page of REVENANTS
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David Augustyn Art @davidaug.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Work in progress sketch #art #sketch #wip
A traditional sketch in blue and grey pencil, featuring a man with the head of a hammerhead shark sitting on the sand.
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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 23/09/2026
Version 1.0 of our game is out!
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Mandy J Watson @mandyjwatson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On the weekend I made a tiny game poem in Bitsy for an 8-hour jam. Have a look! #indiegame #pixelart mandyjwatson.itch.io/dear-earth
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Dear Earth, by Mandy J Watson
A short Bitsy game poem for the September 2026 Maker's Massive 8-hour jam.
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Amy Ghoul-enough @goonwuff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
SOUTH AFRICAN COSY GAME store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/...
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Save 10% on Dressmaker on Steam
Become a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking.
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Loot Donkey @lootdonkey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's official, we are launching into early access on November 16th ! Demo out now. youtu.be/p6J9jvnvDmU
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Fool King launch date reveal trailer - PC Gaming Show 2026
YouTube video by PC Gamer
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Cozy Lives @cozylivesgames.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In Dressmaker, you can choose fabrics, cut patterns, sew garments, and add detailed trims with complete creative freedom. Fulfill custom orders for the townsfolk or make your own off-the-rack designs. Out now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/... #CozyGames #IndieGame #Gaming #Steam
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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sneak peek of my story with @seanizaakse.bsky.social that will appear in the Negative Burn anthology. It's ... magic.
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Marcus B. Smit - Fifth Ace Comics @fifthacecomics.org · 19/09/2026
I made a zine! Written, drawn, and printed in 10 days! This #0 is the preview of a series I'm looking to launch in 2027; I'm finally ready. Find the physical zine through The Dragon Wagon at Comic Con Africa, and online through Patreon/Ko-Fi October 1st! #zine #indiecomics #comicart #comiczine
The Steel Wheel anthology zine, Full Ring #0 on display from my kitchen counter top
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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 21/09/2026
Artists, show how much you've improved in 34 years:
a child's pastel drawing of two zebras. There are only six legs, I keep getting this comment, it's because the zebra in the back has its front legs together and the one in front has its back legs together. I didn't give the one in front a random weird knee, it's the front legs of the one behind it. STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SIX LEGSA romantic picture of a black muscular kenku and a black lithe tabaxi tangled up in bed together. There is gentle morning light and they look very happy.
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Romy 🦕 Making Fossil Quest 🦴 @niminy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today is Dressmaker release day! yay! So excited for this 🥳 Congratulations @cozylivesgames.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/...
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Dressmaker on Steam
Become a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking.
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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 21/09/2026
Waiting at the dermatologist getting photodynamic therapy done, so I brought a sketchbook. Here's my orc Lazlo from our His Majesty The Worm campaign, being a thieving thief.
A rough pencil sketch of an orc thief in a dilapidated manor with a short sword drawn and looking around a corner at a zombie with a torch in a hallway.A bunch of rough pencil sketches of various items: a wooden torch, a poultice, 3 caltrops and a leather pouch with lockpicks.
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Nate "Naetoid" Hermanson @naetoid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We've been waiting for Shroom and Gloom for a while now and @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social didn't let us down. It's got a great flow, the power scaling is so incredible, and it has an incredible style. Don't miss it. Worth investing early in this Early Access release. bit.ly/VGG-EA-ShroomGloom
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Early Access Check-in: Shroom and Gloom’s double decks and dank caverns
Hard to stay gloomy in this pastel shroomy wonderland.
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Kay Claire @kayworx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So sick of companies buying up websites and then running them into the ground. Tapas was awesome pre2020. Reminder that you can sub to Until Sunset on Webtoons or follow me for free on Patreon for the weekly updates.
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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 17/09/2026
It's ONE WEEK to go before The Shape of Monsters is out in print! I am so amped for readers to meet Aleks, Vai and *evil grin* my sweet innocent precious Ilea. Come join @heatherpalmer.bsky.social and me at Blackwell's in Edinburgh at 7pm on Thursday the 24th September!
Cl Hellisen: The Shape of Monsters in conversation with Annabel Campbell (sadly she can't make this,but the wonderful Heather Palmer is taking her seat)
Thursday 24th September, 7pm

And a picture of me in a stripy top, with the red and dark purple cover of the Shape of Monsters with its creepy stag head
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Loot Donkey @lootdonkey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Snigel’s field notes; The Peasants & Boxlings both being bottom of the pecking order of their factions, instead of rising up & complaining about their status as the chaff unit. They instead prefer to spike one another through the brains, this being due to their disgust at each other’s ear shapes.
Peasant with a boxling on their fork
Boxlings attacking peasants
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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 10/09/2026
Ben did some work on this! It's shaped up to be such a gorgeous game, please give it a try, I am very sure you will love it 🥰 The entire team has been doing such an amazing job on it.
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Mandy J Watson @mandyjwatson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
South African game!
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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 11/09/2026
Sometimes you just have to doodle a hyrax destroying Joburg. Yup.
A stupid rough doodle of a giant buff rock hyrax with a crazed/angry expression stomping through the city of Johannesburg, engulfed in flames.
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Kay Claire @kayworx.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Itchio queer romance and erotica bundle has 26 projects for $25! From now until the end of the month! itch.io/b/3889/queer...
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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Every year Book Dash shares a dashboard with volunteer creatives where we can see how many kids our books have reached and every time it makes my heart EXPLODE and SHOOT INTO SPACE
A snippet of the aforementioned dashboard, with text reading "Total printed copies of your Book Dash book/s in the hands of children: 186,750". Below the text is a list of all the books with print quantities for each one. It is cropped, but we can see that the first book on the list "Is there anyone like me?", has been printed 76,468 times.
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Mandy J Watson @mandyjwatson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I guess this counts as a #ScreenshotSaturday: I recently updated my four one-page RPGs and notably made a major update to the #PixelArt of my second one, Pirate Treasure Transport Terror. Here's a blog post about it: mandyjwatson.itch.io/pirate-treas...
Pixel art of treasure chests. The one from the 2024 version of the game is black and white and very basic, mainly just indicating a recognisable shape of a chest. The 2026 updated version is black, white, and grey and far more detailed, including planks that make up the chest and a front padlock.
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