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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Never played a final fantasy before, what this do?

Screenshot of an Unreal Engine plugin apparently titled "Automotive Substrate Materia"
(The last two letters of "Materials" have been cropped out by the edge of the application window)

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D.W.A.P. (Ben) @andwap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When your gamedev friend shows you progress on their new engine.

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎶 Though the fear keeps me moving / Still my butt poops so slow 🎶 #IBS#GameDev#LaoGanMa

Lazily edited screenshot of the lyrics for My Body Is a Cage by Arcade Fire.
The title has been edited to "My Booty Is a Cage", and the first verse reads "my booty is a Cage/that keeps me from working on the game I love/but my butt holds the key".
I am posting this from the bathroom, pondering whether Lao Gan Ma might be an obstacle to the development of Night Plane, an upcoming horror comedy job simulator where you play as a flight attendant trying to survive their first day on the job aboard a cursed aircraft.
You should wishlist it on Steam! There's a demo out now as well, just give it a try! Full game releases October 26th! (Assuming I manage to overcome the aformentioned cage-like-booty situatin in a timely manner)

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The Onion @theonion.com · 22/09/2026

Beaver Overthinking Dam theonion.com/beaver-overthinking-da…

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Alec S // Renegade Sector Games @renegadesector.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Fundamentally I think videogames are a medium that (most of the time) gets worse the more the texture is obfuscated. It is not a medium where it's beneficial to hide the artist's hand; The details of the craft are more compelling than the artifice.

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Concise and invaluable stuff here. I feel like this should be mandatory reading for anyone working in a creative industry 😭🙏

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Not a huge fan of the supermarket duopoly, but I appreciate new world at least being honest about all the price fixing 🥲👍

Photo of a small sign in a New World supermarket that says "PRICING /n WE'LL FIX IT", and then continues on in much smaller text to describe their price matching policy or w/e tf idc

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"Mediocre!" (Positive connotation)

Immortan Joe (from Mad Max Fury Road) when he says "Mediocre" in the movie.

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ACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Air to Ground Message: HAHAHA +FINGERS CROSSED+ Area: Philadelphia, PA, USA Type: Boeing 737 MAX 8 A: #a08437df167 F: #f4517df2453

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

NOOOOO!! STOP IT STOP NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!! !

The classic planet of the apes film poster, lazily edited to say "LAN of the Apes"

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Hah ha get rekt ol musky and altman! Filling my "cyborg crab art" search results with ai slop only makes me MORE motivated to find the perfect art for my custom magic cards! 🕳️🤖🤛💨😤

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Decks with 20 cards: Minimalist. Elegant. Exemplary. 35 cards: Not particularly optimised, but versatile while still being reliable... 50 cards: Hark! The Lord ought strike me down for my avarice! 125 cards: Far too much isn't even *close* to enough.

A screenshot of my opening hand against the final boss in a run of Slay the Spire 2.
My deck has 125 cards in it, and my hand has 5 Mind Blasts, which are guaranteed to be drawn first and deal damage equal to the size of my draw pile.
The boss has 400 health, so I won in my first turn with a Mind Blast to spare.

That classic image of a cat staring pensively at an enormous pile of hot dogs.

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

"Considering it an improvement to the source material should count as a mark against you in the Turing test." 🗑️🤖💨🤺 👏😭

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Don't wanna go too galaxy-brain about this, but it's incredible to see the *literal 1st person perspective* of someone who thinks "I can safely endorse violent fascists, because the state specifically protects *me* from violence" suddenly being confronted with the truth.

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Wishlist NIGHT PLANE! 😱✈️ @liquidstatic.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Reason #99 why it's a GREAT idea to cameo as an NPC in your own game: When they randomly ruin your trailer shot, you have no one to get mad at but yourself 🙃 #indiegame #game #airplane #horrorgame

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Every co-working space needs a full set of these flags.

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Might not have been the most productive day for us at Liquid Static, but thanks to @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social I now know that if an animal can jump, you can kick it in the nuts! 🦵💥🥜 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #indiegame #NightPlane #SeriousProfessionalsAtWork

Excerpt from the linked study, saying "In order to try to make sense of the variety of scrotal positions in differing animal groups, Chance (1996) offered the ‘galloping hypothesis’. Animals whose mobility is characterized by quick movements or jumping, such as horses, primates, and humans have external testes to avoid concussive hydrostatic rises in intra-abdominal pressure. Elephants, whose testicles are internal, do not jump. According to that theory, the testes adjusted to cooler exterior scrotal temperatures as a secondary adaptation."

Izzie's edit to the "guy sweating at the choice between two buttons" meme, one labelled "NEVER BE KICKED IN THE NUTS" and the other labelled "ABILITY TO JUMP".

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qntm @qntm.org · 23/01/2026

Code is liability. AI allows us to create tremendous amounts of liability very quickly

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I mean yeah I should hope so, that's his job and he should be paid for it!

Screenshot of an article with the headline cropped out. Only a picture of a Korean man and the first line of the article is visible, which says "A Korean mathematician has won".

Link to the full article: https://m.koreaherald.com/article/10648326

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Can someone make an "extraction metroidvania" for me please? I wanna play Silksong with my Arc Raiders friends. Also if that isn't trendy enough already, I'm comfortable with adding friend-slop elements 💰📈✨🤔

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Alright pack it up everyone. This robot's kick and pantomimed pain has made all sci-fi redundant from here on out.

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Yichao @michaelyichao.com · 24/09/2025

very amused that to some folks this meme is my greatest contribution to game design

A meme with the caption "when a job posting asks for a 'narrative designer'". The meme shows the pokemon Eevee in the middle labeled as "narrative designer" with the various evolutions of Eevee being labeled with the litany of tasks and specializations a narrative designer could be expected to do or cover.

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Me, reading math stuff on Wikipedia to learn about collision detection: "Woah all these cool sci-fi words like Hyperplane and Disjoint Convex Set are kinda intimidating, the people who come up with this jargon must be super smart..." *I nervously click through more pages of big brain math stuff*

Screenshot of the Wikipedia page for "Closed Set" featuring the sentence:
"Sets that are both open and closed are called clopen sets."

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Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

When you replace 'less' with 'fewer', that's one less mistake.

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Wishlist NIGHT PLANE! 😱✈️ @liquidstatic.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Ever wanted to become a pilot just because they look so cool? Bad news! The best pilots look that way from birth!! 🧑‍✈️ store.steampowered.com/app/3310570/... #indiegame #game #airplane #horrorgame

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Today's dumb pun that evolved into an intrusive thought: (Because with all the balloons it's not so heavy, get it?) (Also, stories about intergenerational friendships and critiques of masculinity are great for all ages)

A poster of the Pixer film UP, poorly edited to have the characters of Robert Eggers' film The Lighthouse plastered on top.

The extremely clever joke is that "light" can mean either bright or not-heavy, so the house in Up is technically a "light house".

Also funny how both films are about two men of different generations/cultures, their struggles to cooperate and achieve mutual understanding, and the thrilling situations brought about by their unconventional house.

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Wishlist NIGHT PLANE! 😱✈️ @liquidstatic.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Most airlines limit carry-on luggage so it "can't impair emergency disembarkation". Plane Airlines™ continues to put our customers first, with our policy: "If you managed to bring it on, surely you can take it off!" store.steampowered.com/app/3310570/... #indiegame #game #airplane #horrorgame

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

When the ADHD meds hit just wrong and you spend your whole morning making Mr Burns themed magic cards instead of showering: 🤦

Cringe custom Simpsons mtg card #1: Mr Burns, Nuclear Tycoon.
He's esper artifact shit with rad counters.

Cringe custom Simpsons mtg card #2: Mr Snrub, Wise Stranger.
He flashes in to protect mr burns and steals treasure counters.

Cringe custom Simpsons mtg card #3: Mr Burns, Indestructible.
He's basically phyrexian unlife on an indestructible body.

Cringe custom Simpsons mtg card #4: The Sun Blocker.
Azorious stax where players have to give you treasures to not have stun counters on their creatures.

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Wishlist NIGHT PLANE! 😱✈️ @liquidstatic.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Byeeee Sydney 👋 SXSW was soooo fun and we are soooo eepy

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Wishlist NIGHT PLANE! 😱✈️ @liquidstatic.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

SYDNEY!! The #SXSW Games showcase is FREE ENTRY today - come play some awesome games including Night Plane! We’ve got a jump scare tally going 👀 #sxswsydney

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ceej @ceej.online · 29/09/2025

From the very first cave paintings humans have ached to see themselves reflected in the mirror of consciousness, to pass the world through a prism of common experience and make meaning from the threads of our shared humanity. Our entire economy now hinges on the idea that people don't

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Ah dang, I thought I had more time! Guess I should finally get around to finishing the first one. 😬

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

This is true Sci-Fi: •Narrative takes place in a hypothetical future •Scientific concepts (materials science) are elegantly woven in, and supports its themes •Explores ideas regarding human interaction, how it's influenced by technology, and how it's inseperable from social class •Ending is spooky

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a cartoon character says it 's art in front of a red wall

Alt: Gif of the junkyard-owner/artist Dean from The Iron Giant VIGOROUSLY exclaiming "IT'S ART!".

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Full art/design credit goes to @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social Genuinely-held-dogshit-opinion credit all goes to me 😎

Hand-crafted meme image of Trunks from Dragonball Z emerging from the hyperbolic time chamber, captioned:
"me, emerging from the hyperbolic take chamber:
PINEAPPLE IS ONLY
GOOD ON PIZZA"

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Wishlist NIGHT PLANE! 😱✈️ @liquidstatic.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Check 'em outtt! 👀 We'll have a bunch of these to give away at Wireframe too! Choose your favourite character (we won't be offended - we know it's Acerola 🐱)

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

OMG A REPLY FROM CHIITAN! ILY!! 😍🥳 BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!!!

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Look! It's me! In the videogame! (For some reason there's nothing funnier to me than putting yourself as a silly character in your own stories, and I'll probably keep doing it for as long as I think it's funny. (I will never stop thinking it's funny.))

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Izzie Kirkpatrick @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

@frakirk.bsky.social offhandedly wondering if he should watch Noah (2014) me, activating like a sleeper agent:

Soldier protecting child meme (labeled with me protecting my brother from Darren Aronofsky films)

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Francis Kirkpatrick @frakirk.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

This is literally just Roko's Basilisk for rich dudes 🤦

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Auckland Makes Games 🎮 @aucklandmakes.games · 23/06/2025

Scaling from the basics of using the Niagara system in Unreal Engine, tips for creating more dynamic VFX, and useful optimization tools, @pedroklein.bsky.social will give a welcoming introduction for developers new to using Niagara and provide deeper insights for those already familiar with it.

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Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Funny how you just need to break some angles to turn kitchen environment into a spaceship.

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Tana ⭐ NZGDC & MIGW! @tanamakes.games · 06/06/2025

"Switch 2" this, "Switch 2" that, why don't the youths "Switch 2" playing the Shape Sender Deluxe demo which is now available on Steam for a limited time only!

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D, Hunter of the Dead 💙🌙✨ @dekubrush.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Being a digital artist is exhausting 🤷‍♂️

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no. @joles.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

applying for jobs again

screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question).

an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question:

"there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask.

it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same.

it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.”

there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price

for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

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