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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 19/09/2026

From now on "full sized pizzas" is the only unit of volume I recognize

The "slaps roof of car" meme, featuring a car salesman trying to sell a mid-sized sedan to an unusually engaged buyer. The caption reads:

Car Salesman: *slaps roof of car*
this bad boy can fit so much FULL SIZED PIZZAS in it

Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 08/08/2026

On a related note, according to a French language blog pot, BK's baby burgers debuted in July of last year! The same blog just published an article about BK's new Boomer King meal, so apparently other countries get better Burger King than we do. www.club-sandwich.net/breves/le-me...

The Boomer King, a Burger King meal that comes in a box with 80s/90s styling. The meal shown includes a burger, fries, soft serve, and a Canada Dry.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 23/06/2026

Hey there! I only feel like I have value if I'm creating things and refuse to engage on a personal level on this platform so check out this pixel art I made.

My pixel art reproduction of the cover image for the "Electrostatics" Wikipedia page. It features a cat completely covered in packing peanuts staring incredulously at the viewer.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 29/05/2026

Sure, I could use some ChatGPT [C]heese [h]am [a]vocado [t]oast [G]ravy [P]eppermint [T]oast (a second slice, on top)

Pixel art of the "ChatGPT" sandwich. It's a hunk of ham topped with a slathering of cheese, a layer of avocado, and a generous dousing of gravy topped with a generous helping of peppermint leaves all on toasted bread. There's a toothpick stabbed through the top to hold this monstrosity together.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 08/05/2026

Abi Thorn's Amnesty win came up in a Discord yesterday, leading someone to watch her conversion practices video for the first time and then comment "thats weird, I seem to have broken my mouse in a rage." Anyway I edited a comic about it; enjoy

An edit of Stupid Twink's "weed that makes you gay" comic.
Panel 1: (green person) "my mouse is broken"
Panel 2: (blue person) "is it because of that video?
Panel 3: (green) "oh yeah, lemme check if I accidentally watched the fucking video that breaks your mouse"
Panel 4: (green, looking at the thumbnail for Abi's video) "oh fuck"

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 05/04/2026

If you see this, I implore you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using with no explanation

A photo of two cards. On the bottom, an outline of an egg with the caption "Some day you will fly." On the top, a picture of a mantis decapitating another mantis with the caption "Girls will be Girls"

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 16/03/2026

HyperQbe's final skill (Surprise Ending) is aptly named! As soon as I saw it, I was pretty sure it would get me to Novice more-or-less on its own... And sure enough, my next winning flip was worth over 5 trillion Q. #q-up

A screenshot of the match results of the match that got me to Novice on HyperQbe. Despite being a 1 win 3 loss match, that one winning flip netted me over 5 trillion Q, more than enough to reach Novice (and win the match handily).

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 26/02/2026

I'm finished with everything in my "juice file," which means my jam game is close to release! All that's left is to finalize a couple of audio tracks and then it's ready to test. Sadly, "Arm?" didn't make it into the final product, but here's some game art as a consolation prize #PixelArt #IndieDev

A pixel art rendition of a doctor's office. Cabinets and a sink are on one side, some trees are visible through a window, and a chair and doctor's stool are resting on the floor. A poster reading "HRT & YOU" is up on the wall.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 24/02/2026

I was blocking out a poster for the last screen of my jam game, but I might just go with this WIP... It's kind of a vibe #IndieDev #PixelArt

A wall poster featuring a circle, square, and several "words" consisting entirely of the letter B

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 17/02/2026

I finished the menus for this jam game and now it looks like Dragon Quest #IndieDev

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 15/02/2026

At least my game jam development has been going well! It feels like most of my time has been going to art, though perhaps that's because the mechanics are already pretty solid. Speaking of art, behold: The saddest protagonist #GameDev #IndieDev #PixelArt

Pixel art of a masc presenting person looking at the camera with a somewhat sad, blank expression. They're have messy brown hair and are wearing a baggy gray hoodie.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 07/02/2026

"Background Player." More experimentation.

A portrait of a woman staring blankly into the middle distance, using the same muted color palette.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 07/02/2026

Me: I feel like I'm getting over my cold! Maybe I'll feel up to adding more sounds into my game! Also Me: *developing color palettes* #FinalStagePrototype #IndieDev

A color palette test consisting of a small scene using three washed-out grays and three washed-out reds. These are intended as background colors so fully saturated game sprites will stand out on top of them.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 31/01/2026

I've gotten the rest of the danmaku in for #FinalStagePrototype, I've got the options menu squared away, I've filed off a few rough edges, what's left? A public alpha! You can play Final Stage Prototype right now on its Itch page: daphnestar.itch.io/final-stage-... Enjoy! #GameDev #IndieDev

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 29/01/2026

face reveal, wrong answers only

Star Sapphire from Great Fairy Wars (Touhou 12.8)

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 29/01/2026

And voilà! I've finally finished the feature that I undertook the Options Menu refactor for in the first place: Remapping inputs! You can now customize your inputs to your heart's content, including joypad inputs. #FinalStagePrototype #GameDev #IndieDev

The options menu of Final Stage Prototype, showing to the remap controls page.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 27/01/2026

The options refactor is done! Not only can it handle multiple pages of options now, but the entire menu is built dynamically from an external resource file, so changing it is a breeze. Now I just need to add the functionality that led me to take on this refactor... #FinalStagePrototype #IndieDev

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 24/01/2026

RIP your "friend"'s animation graph

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 23/01/2026

*Final Stage Prototype* is getting close to an alpha release! It feels like the feel of the game is starting to come together. #FinalStagePrototype #GameDev #IndieDev

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 22/01/2026

Did I spend three days futzing with the UI instead of tweaking the gameplay like I'd planned? Maybe #FinalStagePrototype #GameDev

A screenshot of Final Stage Prototype, a vertical rail shooter. The field has a functional UI now, showing various key stats in a futuristic, stylized HUD.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 19/01/2026

I'm thinking of moving the UI into the field of play instead of keeping it on the sides. I feel like the mockup looks pretty good #FinalStagePrototype

A screenshot from Final Stage Prototype, a vertical rail shooter. A stylized semi-transparent UI frames the bottom part of the play area.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 15/01/2026

The script for this options screen is 280 lines long. It works exactly as designed but just feels so janky #FinalStagePrototype #GameDev

The options menu for Final Stage Prototype. It looks similar to the options menu of many other games.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 12/01/2026

Yeah midboss time! Um... Okay so the danmaku might be bugged #FinalStagePrototype #GameDev

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 09/01/2026

Final Stage Prototype is coming along! It's nearly feature complete now; the next big task will be adding the rest of the enemy waves and refining them.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 09/01/2026

This was my reference image... How did I do?

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 09/01/2026

Entry 86 in "nimi pi musi leko": selo. I kind of like how this one turned out! I couldn't reproduce all of the detail in the reference image, but I'm happy with the details I kept. #TokiPona #PixelArt

A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "selo" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "skin" and a picture of a turtle shell.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 08/01/2026

This day in Final Stage Prototype development

Text in a file reading "Implement difficulty"

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 03/01/2026

Entry 85 in "nimi pi musi leko": palisa. Palisa can refer to any firm thin object, such as a pole, a staff, or this stick. #TokiPona #PixelArt

A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "palisa" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "rod" and a picture of a stick.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 02/01/2026

Entry 84 in "nimi pi musi leko": linja. Linja can refer to any long flexible object, such as string (as in the caption), hair, or this jump rope here. #TokiPona #PixelArt

A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "linja" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "string" and a picture of a jump rope.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 01/01/2026

In the absence of "foxy" this is acceptable.

According to Merriam-Webster, my word of 2026 is "wolfish."

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 31/12/2025

Final Stage Prototype is coming along. It still lacks "game" but the player's capabilities are mostly implemented. Here's a quick little player showcase~ #GameDev

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 30/12/2025

Hopefully it tastes like a wagon wheel! (photo courtesy of bushcooking.com/recipes/choc...)

A photo of a wagon wheel; a sweet consisting of two round cookies with jam and marshmallow fluff sandwiched between. The entire sandwich is then surrounded by a layer of chocolate.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 27/12/2025

Entry 83 in "nimi pi musi leko": luka. I'm still doing these! I'm on a sort of break during the holidays though, so I'm producing them a lot less often. #TokiPona #PixelArt

A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "luka" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "hand" and a picture of a hand.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 26/12/2025

Final Stage Prototype exists! I wouldn't call it *good* at this stage, but it is vaguely game-shaped

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 24/12/2025

Oh, and my little architecture experiment worked! Enemy behavior and weapons are modular now, which will make fleshing out enemy waves much faster.

A scene tree in Godot for a node named EnemyHoverAndDrift. Of note are the child nodes BehaviorQueue and WeaponLoadout, each with several child nodes of their own implementing various enemy behaviors and fire patterns.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 22/12/2025

Would AI have generated this adorable heartship I'm using as a placeholder? I think not~

A placeholder ship graphic. It has a little blue heart on the aft bit of the fuselage.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 21/12/2025

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you? ... Honestly I think this'll work out for me.

A photo of Leslie Knope from Parks and Recreation pointing off camera.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 19/12/2025

Entry 82 in "nimi pi musi leko": la. This took forever and I still don't like the image I came up with very much! It gets an asterisk because la is another untranslatable particle; it indicates that the previous sentence is context for the current one. #TokiPona #PixelArt

A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "la" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "context" and a picture of a document with a Politifact-style meter pointing at "FALSE" providing context on the document.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 15/12/2025

DEVELOPMENT BEGINS I would like one Game Awards please

A rail shooter, very early in development. A player ship fires upward at an approaching enemy ship.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 05/12/2025

And because I already have Aseprite open, here's pixel art commemorating #3YearsOfMIS: Chiaki, to scale (reposted to remove blur from the image)

A very small (8x8) pixel art image of Chiaki waving the "3 YEARS OF MIS" flag.

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Daphne Starcrash ✨ @daphnestar.com · 05/12/2025

Entry 81 in "nimi pi musi leko": pi. This one gets an asterisk because it's another particle without a clear translation. "pi" groups modifiers, like in the title of this series. Instead of being "artistic, square words", it's "words that are square art (pixel art)." #TokiPona #PixelArt

A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "pi" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "group" and a picture of an equation with the parenthesis highlighted.

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