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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 2h

The Kiwibank Sheep Situation is gonna be a solid name for a furry coverband

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Public Domain Art is the lifeblood of small tabletop rpgs, but it can be a nightmare trying to find the right art and license. This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film. Link below 🔗👇

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

🎉 HUGE CAREER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 Today, I'm launching Vertical Slice, a new independent trade outlet committed to producing quality video game journalism that inspires, informs, and interrogates. That means daily news, incisive interviews, vital investigative work, and more. www.verticalslice.news

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Vuntra City @vuntracity.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Someone suggested that I make a forest out of the procedural trees that I made for GIC. So here it is. A forest walk, but the parameter range gets gradually wider. Don't mind the low view distance, the trees aren't optimized at all 😅 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF9I... #gamedev #procgen

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A Chill Forest Walk, But It Gets Increasingly Weird

YouTube video by Vuntra City

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

'Francis Self-love Spiral' by Gary J. Marecic

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 09/10/2026

if you don’t keep up with the youth i want you to know they’ve renamed “tramp stamps” to “cake toppers” which feels like the first advancement for feminism in a long time

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · 08/10/2026

What kind of proc gen practitioner are you? Do you dive deep into esoteric algorithms, or do you bargain with them until they do what you want? Do you build tools for others to use or do you embrace the weird corner cases? Taken from @apepers.bsky.social's 2019 talk: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I do support anyone who wants to claim that Tracery is a sentient baby god.

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you don't put "intelligence" in the name you have way fewer fights. Its harder to make a cool cult about it. I always root for "generative methods" because I don't even like the "content" in PCG

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i should clarify, I want a matchmaker to *find* appropriate therapists, not a therapist to find dates. though that is also a viable business plan.

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not the best idea to ask struggling adhd or neuroatypical folks to make endless phonecalls in order to interview a stranger, like 10 times I need a nice elderly yentl to look at me and say "wow you're a freak but youre mostly happy with it? ok, got it, I know a guy with an opening"

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I wish there were therapist matchmakers

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Especially with the Kakapo rebuilding their numbers

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Simkaye 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

anyone else feel like this

A digital illustration of a quetzalcoatlus perched on telephone wires among a flock of crows

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

tbh, if you have eggs, and oil, you are pretty close to inventing mayo. its like asking who invented fried dough

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Etch-a-sketch social network sounds good tho

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I know this applies to multiple of yall so standard Highlander rules apply, you can defeat any narrative designer in combat and take their tarot decks

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Would you rather hire 50 tarot-sized narrative designer or one narrative-designer sized tarot deck

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Common misconception, theres only one narrative designer but they have 50 tarot decks

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Mark J. Nelson @mm-jj-nn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We have an opening for a tenured Professor / Associate Professor of Interactive Media "with an emphasis on interactive storytelling, worldbuilding, and/or playful design in the public interest". I'm on the hiring committee and happy to answer questions.

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Associate or Full Professor of Interactive Media Film and Media Arts School of Communication

American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani...

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Alexei Pepers @apepers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The schedule for @roguelike.club is up! We’ve got yet another stunning lineup with multiple people who are such a good fit I had assumed they’d spoken already 🤣 Time is fake and it’s just over two weeks until the con so check it out, buy a ticket, come hang out! www.roguelike.club/event2026.html

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Roguelike Celebration - Event 2026

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A 2,300-year-old silver container in the shape of a scallop-shell decorated with an octopus 🐙 It may once have held cosmetics. From Paternò, Sicily. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a silver shell-shaped container with an eight-armed octopus in relief at the centre of the lid. The arms of the octopus curl outwards across the ridges of the shell’s surface. This ornate shell container has a hinged lid and may once have been a cosmetic container . It is displayed on a clear stand in a museum case. Dimensions: 13.3 × 13.2 × 3 cm. It is part of the Silver Treasure from Paternò, Sicily, a hoard discovered in 1909, consisting of tableware and toiletries. Dated 4th-3rd century BC.

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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reminder if you are not Phoenician do not say cheeky Nando's

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is especially bizarre for Denmark because here “burger” means anything between buns instead of bread (eg a fried chicken breast sando is a burger), rather than the US implication of “burger”= ground meat in any form

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AlbaBG 👽 @albabbgg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Welcome, to the CURSED RELICS 2026 OFFICIAL LIST 💀⚔️🧿🪲 LET’S GO ☝🏻🌝 so excited, this is the best time of the year!!! Cannot wait to see what we’ll create together once again 🙌🏻 🧿 Will you be able to collect all the cursed relics? ⚔️ 👽 Info on second slide #cursedrelics #cursedrelics2026

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

But maybe “be a bird” naturally implies “and do crime”

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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am now keeping this on speed-dial

Edited old IBM printout in black caps on off-white paper.
'A computer can never be held accountable
Therefore a computer must always do the hacking haha what are they gonna do, put a computer in jail? Haha "oops it's alive" lmao'

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Are there more bird criminals or bird detectives?

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The games are lovingly sorted into categories by yours truly, like "Be A Bird", "Birdwatching", and "Birds On The Case" (there are a weird amount of bird detective games!). Genuinely there is something for everyone... unless you hate birds, but like, nobody hates birds!!

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hey! Did you know we have an upcoming Steam event called BIRDS OF PLAY celebrating 140 bird games? October 10th to 16th on good old Steam! No link until it's live, but in the meantime you can find details and assets here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Promo image for Birds of Play event containing title, dates October 10th to 16th, and a range of cute birds!

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Belatedly realising that you cant execute the concept of causality😭

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I did have my gaucho pants period and I loved it

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I missed the JNCO jeans era in their first 90s go-around, so this is the first time I've owned This Much Pants

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

my legs are each meditating separately in a vast and sturdy tent of denim

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I got myself some GenZ giant jeans and yeah they are very comfy

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

History FACT: Henry VIII's sixth wife did not 'survive'. She's definitely dead

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Am I angry at Steam Frame for not having a built-in browser? Yes. Poor form. All things must browse.

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

tiny one-page html/JS games are the format most likely to run on any hardware in the next 10 years

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jazz mickle @queenjazz.gay · 18/09/2026

if you want your software to last forever making an exe wont work. making a linux executable definitely wont work. who the fuck knows if web shit will work. your best options are releasing source code (in a language like C), or a GBA rom

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philpax @philpax.me · 18/09/2026

im afraid that it is very funny to me to be precious about ai-tainted code in indie games, a field of endeavour famously known for shipping superfund codebases

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