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Captain Zenscuel is Taking a Break

@captainzenscuel.bsky.social
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Making a far future sci-fi TTRPG named Starlight Journals. Also general life updates. My game development has no "AI" elements to it. Everything is either my work or commissioned. 35 Male-Cis Autism Spectrum Asexual. 18+

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anikeru.bsky.social @anikeru.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Rie Sonomura, NeoY2K Hacker Vtuber @riesonomura.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
same with the AI flag in the video itself, ESPECIALLY for music
I wish all AI generated thumbnails a very "Don't recommend channel"
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Rayne Grimm Vulpes Zer-Duh @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 11h
Was talking with a coworker, they mentioned their fave starter line was totodile & through the conversation I mentioned how I loved that crockanaw looked like a little cave person. He had this moment of realization🤣 He never noticed it's a pelt toga design. Wish it carried all the way through
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Art by Heim @artbyheim.bsky.social · 14h
Nuggets of wisdom.
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🔥Nepook🔥 NYC TATTOO GUEST SPOT @nepook.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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∀ Moth @bisexualmothman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
wait do people actually think papyrus is the egg man in deltarune??
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ceej @ceej.online · 03/10/2024
Zombie fiction is, at its core, about the fear of seeing your own body age and decay. Ghost stories are about the impossibility of grappling with the past. Vampires are about what if you got so horny you died
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Lodaim @lodaim.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How much more October can you get in such a small picture? Zagreus, in all of his 7 month old magnificence, a black witch house, and a black ghost. #catsofbluesky #cat #blackcat #october
A handsome black cat, named Zagreus, sitting on a window sill between a black witch house, and a black ghost
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brickonator @brickonator.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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silly kitty @remyraccoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Steam games with genAI are getting outta hand. Now they claim they have ME using AI
AI generated content disclosure
The developers describe how their game uses AI generated content like this:

You used ChatGPT-generated images for the logo, menu backgrounds and atore capsules.
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Captain Zenscuel is Taking a Break @captainzenscuel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Imma try that Starcraft Wargame.
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Captain Zenscuel is Taking a Break @captainzenscuel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's playtest night once again after a long and awful development cycle.
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Slungus @slungusposting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Captain Zenscuel is Taking a Break @captainzenscuel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I love how my work computer has Windows 11 which sometimes has its sound drivers crash so badly it also crashes my USB drivers.
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Rayne Grimm Vulpes Zer-Duh @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
#TTRPGQuestion #ttrpgprompt This one was a tad long so had to screenshot it
#TTRPGPrompt #ttrpg

Campaign is a high fantasy game, but as you play begin to reveal inconsistencies (that are plausible with magic at first) Wall that didn't fall all the way, Visual glitches that shouldn't quite be there, Npcs that dissappear for no reason

Then it becomes clear they are trapped in a simulation, for reasons they can't quite remember
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I don't like saying this But if ya willing to help out OregontheDM on Pal and Ven GingerbreadGolem on Cash Phrasing to avoid bots lol
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Captain Zenscuel is Taking a Break @captainzenscuel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#ttrpg #DnD Recent redesigns involved what is called the "Laser Upgrade." Lasers have always intended to be the standard weapon but now they are able to deal damage against near anything outside of heavy armored targets. But also you get more damage the more hits you get with them.
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Miss Cryptid🔞 @misscryptidart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
To the stickered vehicle outside my LGS, I know what you are.
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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026
talent is a lie
a cartoon picture of a frog throwing a crooked looking clay vase with the words “talent is a lie, just do it anyway”
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Dicefunctional | TTRPG Nerds, Actual Plays, and Streamers | 🦀 @dicefunctional.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Worldbuilding question for the GMs and writers out there; What is something about your setting that you like? Not just like, but like so much you're willing to boast about it rightjrjgb now? #TTRPG
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Captain Zenscuel is Taking a Break @captainzenscuel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#ttrpg Should I use the DnD tag to get a wider reach or just stick to TTRPG?
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Nikki M @powderedsugarbear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You have been blessed by the friend onion :).
A clear container with fried onions in it the sign says "friend onion".
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tacking this on here, so people can see some very cool upcoming indie games, many with demos you can try out for yourselves right now. If you're here for my disdain for AI, show up for neat indies too!
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The cluelessness of this reminds me a lot of the NFT grift. The thing about NFTs was that it was mainly something finance bros were into, and when they were trying to worm their way into gaming, their pitches were an abyssal trench of bad ideas because they couldn't grasp why people played games.
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Captain Zenscuel is Taking a Break @captainzenscuel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good news, I'm having dreams again so I think I'm less burned out. Bad news, somehow being less burned out is making my sleeping worse????????????????????
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Guy complaining about women at the gym: I don't know where to look, their asses are everywhere brother Woman complaining about guys at the gym: in the middle of doing a squat rep a guy leaned on one end of my barbell, took my earbud out, and started trying to talk to me about Joe Rogan
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
excited to announce the dumbest nancy storyline ever introduced
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Captain Zenscuel is Taking a Break @captainzenscuel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oh hey, if you happen to play my game, please let me know what you think of it! We're actively polishing up for a more energetic release so more input is good!
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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 23/09/2026
if you’re a games company that wants to survive it has been proven over and over again you need to do whatever it takes to stay away from being publicly traded. you’ll be turned into wood chips the moment it’s convenient.
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Serving Gazpacho cold? Are you trying to prevent military promotions?
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муся @musork4t.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This Virginia Rail was spending most of his/her time hiding in patches of bright yellow flowers. He/she popped out for a brief moment before heading back into the foliage.
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Captain Zenscuel is Taking a Break @captainzenscuel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#ttrpg In more serious news, right now my team and I are working towards the "0th" edition of Starlight Journals. This will be in a more rough 'textbook' style, with purchases of it going towards refinements and graphic design. Probably looking at it releasing sometime early in 2027.
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Captain Zenscuel is Taking a Break @captainzenscuel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Advertising Advertising Advertizing
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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Running a KS with a toddler will certainly be super easy, barely an inconvenience. It means I won't be able to do as much promo myself, which means I'm relying on all of you to spread the word. We go NOVA next week! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
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Coming soon: NOVA 2
Pilot mechs in a sunless world in this exciting second edition of the NOVA TTRPG!
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Captain Zenscuel is Taking a Break @captainzenscuel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'll admit, it's a hard question. Aces over Europe was definitely an early defining thing, but I think Descent is my real origin point.
The Pyro-GX 3D model. A winged space fighter jet style.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 21/09/2026
congratulations to everyone on reinventing Worse Cable
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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Of course, much of D&D's how-to-play-this-game text is so far at odds with the experience of play its rules actually foster as to be functionally deceptive. However, this is not unique to D&D; see, e.g., the "ask 3 different PbtA games what 'fiction first' means, get 5 different answers" phenomenon.
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Captain Zenscuel is Taking a Break @captainzenscuel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My last post was me having a burn out illness right? Ugh. I never keep up here. I'm doin' better now, but also I'm unveiling I have a dev team now! Got 4 friends helping me now and they are forcing me to take a break as much as possible so I can reassemble myself.
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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The irony of the perennial "[insert indie darling here] is bad because it tries to dictate to you now it should be played" thing from the D&D crowd is that D&D also spills a tremendous amount of ink explaining how it ought to be played; they just don't know that because they never read the books.
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Radiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Metroid Ravenous logo edited to say WAFFLE HOUSE
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Dr. Z's Tomb of Terror @zigmenthotep.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This post isn't specifically about the Harry Potter fandom, but it very much does apply.
I genuinely wonder what modern pop culture looks like to children. Like, how does everything being based on existing IPs affect their understanding of creation? Do they understand that The Avengers hasn't always existed? Do they just assume that every piece of media belongs to the canon of an existing franchise?

And perhaps more importantly, how is being conditioned from such a young age to be so dependent on familiarity going to affect their ability to interact with new ideas later in life? Are they just going to shut down anytime they're presented with anything unfamiliar or challenging to their experience? How is that dependence on familiarity going to be exploited by corporations and politicians?

We're already seeing weaponization of nostalgia, and it's terrifying to thing how much stronger that's going to be on a generation raised from birth to form their identity around brands.
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Flork @florkofcows.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Micah @rincewind.run · 15/09/2026
gonna streisand effect all the way into canceling the entire tour huh
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 05/07/2024
R/relationships: my (73f) husband (76m) has a habit of pulling an enormous wooden mask out of his pocket and then scaring our dog by turning around wearing it and shouting "Oooga Booga." He often does this while I am practicing sitar, and it has become quite disruptive
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Blair Fujin - webcomic artist/visual novel dev|commissions open @blairfujin.art · 15/09/2026
got followed by some ai garbage game so I guess it's time to tap the sign again FUCK GENERATIVE AI FUCK ANYONE BEHIND THIS BULLSHIT
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Anything that is must see in Cincinnati ohio?
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Captain Zenscuel is Taking a Break @captainzenscuel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Try 2?
The eel alien Koshi at his work desk with various tools on it. His bright red scales on display with a broad grin and an evil look.
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Captain Zenscuel is Taking a Break @captainzenscuel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So you've entered Koshi's workshop...
Red scaled Orochi (Eel-Alien in this case) with his ragged wig and outfit, hands on a table of tools and plans.
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