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🇨🇦 25 | He/they | Bisexual autistic furry mess | I like puzzle games and sometimes platformers | pfp: picrew.me/en/image_maker/321535 DM for my Discord server

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Alan Hazelden @alanhazelden.bsky.social · 7h
I've been looking forward to this for a while - a new tool for making grid-based puzzle games! I haven't used it yet but the design goal seems like it might be "what if PuzzleScript was both more powerful and more approachable", which is very exciting to me.
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 16h
Super Mario Sunshine is surprisingly more realistic than later Mario games in one specific aspect: here, Mario will start drowning if he hangs on to a ledge in such a way that water is flowing into his nose and mouth, as one would in real life.
Observe Mario holding on to a ledge that water is flowing over in Super Mario Galaxy (left) and Super Mario Odyssey (right). If realistic physics applied, he should start drowning since his nostrils and mouth are covered by water flowing into them.
However, in these games the air depletion/drowning state is tied to the swimming animation. As long as Mario is not visibly swimming, he cannot be drowning even if he is covered by water.
In Super Mario Sunshine, however, air depletion is decoupled from swimming as an action, allowing Mario to realistically start drowning in this situation (note him flashing red and his air meter depleting).
However, he is saved by Sunshine's (also unique among 3D Mario platformers) ledge tiredness mechanic. After hanging on for 20 seconds, Mario will let go. This is also realistic, since why would he let himself drown?
Source: discovery by YouTube user @miguelgcgamer, screenshots by Supper Mario Broth
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FLEB @flebpuzzles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Did you know “20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes” is 100% off in the Steam sale?
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G.A @gatheone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
IH fans and Jontron fans are pointing fingers at each other over who's the real problematic youtuber i wish i was making this up
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Kale Chip 🐟 @seafoodchip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
happy october
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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 01/10/2026
Home Depot unveiled a single-use key that can open anything before disappearing into a puff of smoke. paletteswap.site/dif...
HEADLINE: Home Depot Announces New Key That Can Open Any Door But Only Once.
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blob @gwmthing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
playing big walk solo
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Many games for the GameCube use only a fraction of the storage capacity of the disc. I have analyzed the data to determine what the maximum number of retail Mario games that can fit on a single disc would be, creating the Luigi & Wario + Puzzle + Rhythm Maximum Value Pack.
A GameCube disc has a storage capacity of 1.46 gigabytes. Many Mario games use only a fraction of that storage. Below is the optimal distribution of the smallest Mario-related games on the system to fit 6 entire retail games on a single disc.
Unused space 54 MB
Luigi's Mansion 186 MB
DDR Mario Mix 264 MB
Wario World 257 MB
Donkey Konga 2 312 MB
Donkey Konga 250 MB
Please note that this pie chart is for data visualization only. If the games were in fact put on one disc, the data would be arranged in rings, not in slices.
Concept for post based on an idea from a comment by @vinchvolt.bsky.social
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Jagriff @jagriff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Does anyone have any advice for a solodev looking to port a game to Nintendo Switch? The game has done well on Steam for its genre (puzzle) on Steam, having won some awards and having over 200 reviews at 99% positive. It also has a bright, cartoony artstyle that is common on the platform.
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increpare @increpare.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
progress! #GodotEngine
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
the future tech bros are dreaming of
4 panel comic

Panel 1:
Purple Guy panicking in a room full of flames. He screams “Oh God! I’m going to die!”

Panel 2:
Purple Guy is now on the phone (still surrounded by flames). He yells “Fire Service!! My house is burning down”

Panel 3:
Purple Guy (still burning to death) is now hollering “My address? Shit I don’t know! Lemme check my phone”

Panel 4:
Close up on Purple Guy’s phone screen. It reads: Emergency call detected. Pay £45.50 to view address.
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Wubbles @wubbwarg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AI comic
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Jesse Boo-rascia 👻 @jesseguarascia.com · 25/09/2026
WE AIN'T ON TWITTER NO MORE PUT THE LINK IN THE POST 🗣️🗣️🗣️
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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 24/09/2026
Tweet by merman_melville: Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
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nightmargin @nightmargin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AI generated science/educational content feels like a special kind of evil
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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 23/09/2026
“I’ve never played Hades, but can assure you our game is nothing like it,” claims Pluto's lead developer. paletteswap.site/dif...
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Tatyana Milewska @tatyanamilewska.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you're an EU citizen, here's an EU Citizen's Initiative to stop mandatory age verification for you to sign. I'm doing my part This isnt just a petition, if they reach the 1 million signature goal the EU commission is required to address it seriously citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...
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Day of the Devs @dayofthedevs.org · 21/09/2026
It's that time of year again! Submissions for the Game Awards edition of Day of the Devs are now open! Good luck! www.dayofthedevs.org/submit
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Alan Hazelden @alanhazelden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As Order of the Sinking Star is coming out next month, in advance of review coverage coming in I wanted to add one thing to my last statement about the game: bsky.app/profile/drak... (note: at that time I didn’t have a separate personal account)
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Alan Hazelden @alanhazelden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Earlier versions of the game did acknowledge the creators of the original games at the start of each section, and I consider it unacceptable that this was removed at Jon’s direction. Stephen Totilo noticed this change and wrote a nuanced article here: www.gamefile.news/p/a-complica...
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A complicated game
Who gets credit for Order of the Sinking Star? Where should the names appear for the creators of its source material? And would you notice if a great game designer sat next to you?
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Amicable Animal - New CRT7 demo OUT NOW! 🦝🏳️‍🌈 @amicableanimal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Removing credits like this is childish behaviour. Worse still, it's punching down rather than lifting up other creators and designers. I have huge respect for Alan's response, and the New Voices grant is such a cool thing! Still, maybe consider picking up a different puzzle game instead?
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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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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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🐊 @theoreticalfire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
She has such a way with words. #UNBEATABLE
Clef unbeatable slamming one hand on a table and saying: Doing three choruses is like shooting a guy you just gave live-saving surgery to so you can give him surgery again.
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Motherboard Slumd0g from the WetWork NetWork @beachepisode.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
the smiling farmer
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Game Changer @gamechanger.dropout.tv · 19/09/2026
🚨BE AWARE 🚨 The Game Changer season 8 finale premieres on Monday... ...and it's a doozy 😈
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 18/09/2026
We had a blast solving puzzles in Big Walk (and maybe trying to cheese one of them)!
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Can Team Thinky solve puzzles together? (Big Walk #1)
For this special stream, we got the whole Thinky Games team together - me, Cay, Corey, Devin, Oriane, and Luis - to try out Big Walk, a new open world co-operative puzzle game from the creators of Untitled Goose Game. In this first part, we get ourselves familiar with the game, explore a little, sol
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FLEB @flebpuzzles.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Okay, it's out! store.steampowered.com/app/4428890/...
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20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes on Steam
A puzzle game with twenty small mazes.
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New Video Game Advisor @newvgadvisor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Game Manual) (N64, 1998)
A page from the manual shows Link as a child standing next to himself as an adult. The page reads, "Make sure to visit the people you met as a child. You never know what has happened to them in seven years."
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AMLOgamer🇲🇽 @amlogamer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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psychbomb @psychbomb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
link in the hyrule castle courtyard when zelda starts telling him about the usurper ganondorf
incredibly shiny man with caption go ahead i'm glistening
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sebmal @mrdo.pro · 08/09/2026
i've analyzed your egg level and it's pathetic.
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verti @verti.blue · 24/12/2025
If you switch to bsky it will be vitally important to not use the Discover feed and instead pin this one
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!
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emby 🦑 🍉 @mcsquiddies.serball.net · 10/08/2026
pinkdust speedway #deltarune
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Sonic the Hedgehog @sonic-official.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Can you feel the sunshine?
The Blue Dude With A 'Tude
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Yacht Club Games @yachtclubgames.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Mina the Hollower has officially gone GOLD! The game is complete and has begun the submissions process with our first-party partners. We’ll know the final release date soon and as soon as we can share it, you’ll know it. Thank you for sticking with us. We can’t wait for you to play!
Mina whipping nightstar.
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Evil Con Fettie @spacebeer.net · 21/04/2026
hell yeah
i cant draw anime characters

also MOON CHILD (woah oh oh oh)
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Mobius Digital Games @mobiusdigitalgames.com · 15/04/2026
The Hidden Depths Steam bundle is live now! It includes Outer Wilds, Animal Well, Blue Prince, Fez, and Tunic. All indie games full of secrets, discoveries, and exploration. We're excited and honored to be a part of it! store.steampowered.com/bundle/70688...
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Sonic the Hedgehog @sonic-official.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Life starts with a sunny day. Get ready for a new venture with friends and set sail on the open seas! 🎨: @spiritsonic.bsky.social
Sonic the Hedgehog sets out on a new venture on the open seas. He drives the Wave Cyclone waterbike while Tails follows along closely behind in the air. Blaze the Cat drives alongside Sonic in the SS Super-Marine with Marine the Raccoon riding shotgun and proudly raising a Chaos Emerald in her hand. Southern Island can be seen far off in the distance as Sonic and Blaze race further away from the island.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 03/04/2026
This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
That's home. That's us.
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
In the spirit of April Fools' Day but without sacrificing the Supper Mario Broth veracity policy, here is a fact that seems so outlandish as to be a joke, but is actually true: in 1993, a Sega ad campaign briefly planned to use profanity to slander Mario.
Preliminal design for a 1993 Sega ad, recovered from the archives of the Brio toy company, which handled Sega's marketing in Sweden
[a picture of Sonic asking "WHO THE F*CK IS MARIO?"]
Final design of the ad, which replaced the attack on Mario with the slogan "Happiness can be bought for money"
[a picture of Sonic saying "LYCKA KAN KÖPAS FÖR PENGAR"]
Source: Martin Lindell, martinlindell.com/2019/11/24/sonic-springer-snabbt-in-i-sverige, via @FeoUltima, x.com/feoultima/status/1964670301712908579
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Minecraft Wiki EN @minecraft.wiki · 01/04/2026
After analysing the needs and desires of our ever-expanding userbase, we have decided to implement our first ever AI Chatbot on the Minecraft Wiki. We hope this friendly face can help make up for the immense shortcomings of information caused by our unnecessary human editors.
CLICK THIS BUTTON PLEASE
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Ginger @gingerpimpernel.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
A still from that meme video featuring DJ Crazy Times and Miss Biljana Electronica, but with a hastily photoshopped in speech bubble below them.

This is because the quoted post reads "WAR DON'T SEX, CRIMES HIDE CRIMES", which absolutely sounds like it could be a lyric from that thing.
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404 Media @404media.co · 26/03/2026
NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.
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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content
“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”
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Doodle | Making Starmadillo⭐ @doodle.arcticpolygon.com · 25/03/2026
This article gets why Sunshine is so great. I love Galaxy and Odyssey, but neither feel as dense and lived in as Sunshine. Density of level design matters so much more than size! It's another case of where restriction breeds creativity, and the loss of that restriction has a real effect on it.
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Marc Watson @marc-irl.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Thanks to all of the players who maintain the wikis. I reference them nearly every day for a wide variety of things. Vanilla, Dungeons, Earth, Legends, I often need to pull examples of art, mythology, stats, etc, and it's a massive time-savings to be able to quickly use them.
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Alota @alotaart.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
them too I guess
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Sonic City ⋆★ Sonic News, Media & Community ★⋆🦔💨 @sonic-city.net · 23/03/2026
BREAKING: The official Sonic accounts have shared new artwork by Yuji Uekawa celebrating the 2000s era of Sonic! 🎨 #SonicNews | #SonicRewind
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⚔️excalibur!⚔️ @ COMMISSIONS OPEN !!! @knighthearts.com · 24/03/2026
remember to stretch!! #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #sonicartist
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