iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

imagine each idolshell has a personal mind codex that generates schemas and updates them whenever they come across a thing or concept... schemas be shared across shells so long as it's in general knowledge format (inspired by corru obviously, minimalist UI rocks for this kind of stuff)

SCHEMA :: SAPWORM [sourced from 34 observed instances]

cultivated wetlife - substitute for dry lingual receptor
permits sampling materials beyond ingested simulacraic fluids
carried as auxiliary probe or directly installed
common complaints of wetness, lifespan, sensitivity, [...]

[private]
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[private, forcerecall]
WORM MAKES THE BERRYCOLA TASTE BAD AND IT TRIES TO RIP ITSELF OUT MY MOUTH WHEN I DRINK IT. DO NOT REPEAT THAT EVER WHAT THE FUCK

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

the effect is more obvious if i lock the view angle to only one direction

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

the mesh for this is just a segmented plane fit to a bone-controlled curve where the mesh dynamically recalculates based on camera angle so it always faces the camera similar to a billboard effect

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

wip. behold my sproingy wet tentacle 6 days since the previous wip whew. i blame getting sick and having to perform Technology (learning tricks, workflow improvement ideas + still feeling 2D -> 3D skeleton pains) won't be surprised if next robot takes half as much time like this one soon will

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

this gif reminds me so much of eleven. she would do this exact linear turn towards someone with exactly this expression

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

here's what i mean by the fake 3D part. literally just 6 Polygon2Ds stitched together with math to make something resembling a 3D orthographic projection. i don't feel like opening blender or wrestling with 3D viewports/depth buffers in godot to make this work and this way feels more fun and illegal

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

another robot comm wip. this is a horse i made her legs slightly too long in this one but it looks silly so please enjoy horse form (still need to add various limbs) also this is entirely fake 3D it's just me committing crimes with godot's polygon2Ds

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

it done. gonna move on from this right into another thingy and see how fast it goes in comparison

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

workflow improvements. figured out how to get godot to read aseprite files and bring em into the project + do atlas-generation with layer metadata (to reference layers by name and find their atlas location) the entire rig no longer completely breaks when new layers or frames are added... so joyous

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

9 games that probably shaped me in some way 1st column: exploration games with bizarre forlorn worlds 2nd column: wacky shooters with hidden lore (and the number 2) 3rd column: JRPGs with high-tech anime women (and the number 3) my9games.net

the triad of exploration games with bizarre forlorn worlds
1. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2. Rain World
3. corru.observer

the triad of wacky shooters with hidden lore (and the number 2)
4. Team Fortress 2
5. Portal 2
6. Splatoon 2

the triad of JRPGs with high-tech anime women (and the number 3)
7. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation
8. Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace
9. Persona 3 FES

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

parella has something like this by default

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

i've been refactoring my godot driver system and every time i add something new i keep thinking "this would make it so easy to animate NSFW" or "this would make it so easy to animate robot gore" because these are apparently the two things i have in my mental vocabulary to describe "well-animated"

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

a simple rule: the more i can animate cute robot girls with code and math instead of keyframes, the happier i am (this was also animated only with drivers)

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

due to my hatred of keyframes i didn't use a single keyframe to animate this and just used 50 of a custom driver class i made that's basically just blender's drivers and it lets me animate properties with scripted expressions instead because keyframes are lame and i hate them so much

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

in this case, cleanEdge makes it look quite good, but it's a subtle difference

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

she looks pretty neat with torcado's cleanEdge shader applied it's meant to give better pixel rotations + scaling but it also looks vector artish in the editor. sometimes i like the more jank rotation/scaling algorithms though so i don't always use it

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

need to touch it up a little bit more but i'm happy with it

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

wip. working on girl on da right. i'll clean it up more. she's not going easy on me lol. the beginning of spriting's always the hardest part weapon idea: telekinetically manipulated crystal whip with bladed end. works like a tail. when she splits into two it also splits into two separate tails.

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

working on robotgirl commission!!! yayayay!!! needed to figure out design b4 making proper sprite to animate, so this is da preliminary sketch :>

-# she is like a geode. she has brittle red crystals growing in her that can move like flesh.
-# one of her abilities involves bisecting herself. the crystal grows out to replace the missing halves of both sides of the body, creating two separate humanoid bodies she can manipulate.
-# she can fuse the bodies back together when she's done. yay!

-# various fastener clips line the center of her body so she's less likely to spontaneously rip in two from impact forces.
-# the red line going through the middle of her is crystal that's jagged and sticks out a bit in some parts... her neck is entirely composed of the crystal but has braces for supporting it
-# the things on the sides with da white are mechanical bits with hair wrapped around them. might be her antennas lol

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

i blame this bunny girl. she started it. after i posted her, she shoved me into the panopticon's eye. it burned me hollow. this is Croquet before she was Croquet. she pranked me. I pranked her back. I turned her into a robot who doesn't know what bunnies are. Thinking about them drives her crazy.

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

parella when she is locked out v.s. locked in when inhabiting her physical instance

parella: "eleven"
"i still don't understand why you're insisting this is important?"

(arrow pointed at parella saying "actively failing at physical embodiment")
(there's several BIC pens stuck in parella's hair)
(eleven is holding a very mysterious cup full of 27 BIC pens)

eleven: "wellll,,,, parella"
"viewers told me u look cuter when u have no idea what the frickin heck is goin on..."
"(i think it's working, yknow?)"

(later, parella is holding eleven and looking lovingly, hugging her while her hair wraps around her and eleven is incredibly flustered)
(arrow pointed at parella saying "actively succeeding at physical embodiment")

eleven: "p-parella,,, oh,,,"
"umm, uhh...,,,"
"ii-'m sorry,,, what's this,,,?"
"it's nice... but,, aaah,,,"

parella: "let's just say, eleven"
"the viewers told me you look cuter when you have no idea what's going on."

eleven: "awaahwawawawawa,,,,,,,,"

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

quote text reminded me of a doodle so i touched it a little bit

cerise: "So, what the hell happened for **you** to be the one to hurry over to **me*, all matted and teary-eyed?"
"That's so unlike you, Vespid... You're like, way more stoic than this."
("Though, I'm liking whatever this is.")

(vespid is very upset but she's default-faced while crying.
actively failing at physical embodiment.)

(cerise is brushing vespid's hair)

vespid: "Ah... well..."
"I fell down the stairs in the District."
"That startled me more than I thought it would."
"I wasn't sure what to do over there, Cerise."
"I didn't bring anything back for you."

cerise: "Oh, um, wow? Yeah. You're fine..."
"Those stairs can be goddamn scary."
"I wish I could have gone there with you."
"I was busy with duties this time, sorry."
"Let's go there together next time."

vespid: "Of course, Cerise..."
"I think that would be very wonderful..."

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

sensory receptors for idolshells are most densely packed in the hair. which means:

idolshell sex toys. the scissors are for extra freaks. that's straight up just mutilating it

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

tbh, with all the recreational devices/simulacra the idolshells use, eleven getting her first Profoundly Good Somatic Experience from utterly stupid garbage she found like the [HDMI To Chicken Soup Converter] isn't unlikely she gets neurologically rewired by it like: "wait. the body can do that???"

eleven is on the floor convulsing with tears streaming down her face because she is plugged into the HDMI To Chicken Soup Converter. it is plugged into her crotch. the other end is plugged into is a bowl in front of her. it is producing turquoise chicken soup. the bowl is overflowing. eleven is producing corrupted vocalizations. part of her is emitting a beeping sound.

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

silly doodle. the thought wouldn't exit my mind

doodle of a frame (around 1:02) from the "heavy is dead" youtube video but with eleven, parella, and croquet in place of heavy, medic, and spy.

eleven is dead with her face down and ass up. there's a splatter of dust near her face. parella and croquet are investigating the scene of the crime.

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

idolshells aren't culturally fond of hiveminds and think they're annoying so they casually bully and gossip about other shells on the moon who turned themselves into collectives. the gamma collective is a popular victim.

captioned photo shared by an unknown idolshell of two gamma instances inside of a district shop. one instance is active and conscious but locked up and missing her limbs. she reacts to the viewer with nervous surprise. the other instance is inactive and reduced to a limbless torso facing away from the camera.
there is an "on sale" sign between the two instances.

the captioned text says:
"peeked one of the shops... guess which collective is getting her instances captured and sold on discount again (if you're reading this gamma quit cloning yourself)"

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i like occasionally going back and writing worldbuilding notes alongside my doodles. seems like a good habit

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

recently drew robot girl i made in 2015 roblox she's like a vague mix between fairy and racecar. her weapon was a laser minigun. i still think her wings are cool if i bring her back as an idolshell i wanna lean more into da racecar theme. she needs more distinct red. i have another Very Red Girl

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

old vespid animation back when she had redundant jet boosters!!! gonna make more animated robot girls like these and set up commissions on ko-fi for them. i like doing these and they're decent turnaround!

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

all Money that has been provided to this has Officially been used to Pay Bills!!! thank you thank you Thank youSOMUCH everyone!!! currently deliberating requests/commissions. open to ideas. if you may comment so I can Know what small things You may like and want from dustbots it will be helpful!!

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

i remembered when i got curious about a youtube video i uploaded and auto-captioning playing over final fantasy mystic quest soundtrack accidentally gave vespid the best characterization she'd 100% make a reference that doesn't make any sense then admit afterwards she doesn't know what she's saying

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𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚜 @dustbots.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

the catmother has escaped most of these videos until now

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