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HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 7h

Hotel where each floor has a memorable painting and wall color. "Red Dragon" One eye two horns and burning, black sun black moon red sky full of stars.

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HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 11h

Control Resonant director Mikael Kasurinen says waaaaay more! The player has to also participate and not be 'an outsider just looking at stuff' Level designers are 'fucking' so important to bring the myriad clues for 'the player to feel like they figured it out' www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4jD...

Kasurinen (Remedy): So this is what I believe to be true and and and then you can obviously have a debate about it. I'm not going to argue that I'm right, but this is what I believe to be true. So you have basically three different things you care about when you think about the game.
There's the competence factor, right? Like the skill curve, like how good will I be at playing the game? Do I trigger the right action at the right time and so on? And and then there's a second thing which is called autonomy, which is basically a sense of volition. Me having a sense of choice in the game. It's not like the game is telling me what to do and I just do it. I feel like I'm the one making decisions in the game.
And and the third one maybe less relevant for this but still important is uh a sense of relatedness, right? Like so your not alone in the world. I mean you can have a game where you are alone in the world but then that's the whole game, it's all about that. But if the player feels like there's a sense of a relationship to other characters or in a multiplayer game it can be to other people as well and there's a co-op thing and so on.
And if you find the right balance between competence, autonomy, and and relatedness, you're going to have a good game, right? And and when you think of autonomy that's the key here right when you think about like the the what what was it called the fart trail. Sorry, I mean I love Wolverine and so on-
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Kasurinen (Remedy): So I-I'm trying to navigate this carefully because I don't want to start a feud or anything like that. It's I, it's so important that the players feel like they're the ones figuring it out. It's the job of us, as as creators to have, I mean it is a crafted experience at the end of the day, right? You have to find the right balance between... Here's the world and and here are the different themes and elements you have to pay attention to. But it has to feel like it's on you to make a decision on what to do with those elements that you see within the world. If it feels like it's like go here, it's not anymore decision for the player, somebody already decided for you. So, so that's the key difference that I think is is so crucial that people need to feel because there's nothing fucking better than it feels like “I found my way to do it”, and and our job as designers, as as creatives, is to just create this world and leave it to the players to just pay attention.
And I'm not like, you know and it's a different thing like it's a it's a difficult thing with Control because I know what we're doing but like bu but from in my defense but because I think we're putting a hard thing in front of the players, some of the players at least, because It can feel impenetrable, it can feel like “I don't know what to do”. And <<sharp exhale lean forward>> to me that comes with... I'm biased of course, but but it's it's a genuine like... um like desire for the players to participate in the in the experience. Meaning that they have they they can't be outsiders just kind of uh look at stuff, they have to be there making like participating in the work of figuring out what to do. We're not going to tell them necessarily directly, and and that's a difficult thing because it can alienate a lot of people really quickly with that.
So yes it is a bit of a risky thing, but I ultimately believe that that's the that's the right way to go about this and that's the that's the righ…

Kasurinen (Remedy): You have to have a visual design for the whole game, right? Every single choice that you have like where do I put a light? Where do I put the certain color? It these things matter. This thing matters so much. Lighting, like by the way fucking like lightning team Control Resonant like so good. Like the lightning of that whole game I'm sure you haven't played it yet all of you, But, so good.
And when I say good lighting, I don't just mean that it's pretty to look at. It's functional. It tells you a story, it tells you what are the right things for you to pay attention to and what are the things you don't have to worry about. It's so good. So a lot of these little things they actually kind of come together in a game that is like thought through in a kind of foundational sense.
Like, and what I say that, I mean like, you know, finding the right way, it's not the mechanic... it's it's all these like little bits and pieces like, you know, the textures of the world or the story of the lore or like yes like the lighting and the color of the lighting and yes the classic is the top that goes over the ledge and so on. Yes we use that as well. Like just a little clue, pay attention to this. And and if you do it right, and it's also a lot of the time about what not to do because then you don't want to have those you know tops and and so on like all over the place. You want them to be where they matter.
So a lot of it is a conscious choice, really, at the end of the day. And if you did a good job people will feel like “Yeah I found the place where I wanted to be”. And and Resonant is a bit complicated game because and again we never done anything like this to this degree, but there's a lot of different things to do.
So how do you we don't want to necessarily say “go and do this now this is important”, it's more like “here's the world, here are the options, pay attention to it, do what you want”
And again you have to participate, a bit of this is you as well…

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HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ex-Capcom Street Fighter artist myth Akira Yasuda on how Elden Ring still looks better than higher fidelity fantasy games because FromSoftware is good at art the way Edo period Ukiyo-e artists like Hiroshige and Hokusai composed evocative landscapes: automaton-media.com/en/news/this...

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“This is what it means to be good at art.” Capcom veteran Akiman on why Elden Ring’s environments stand out even among higher fidelity AAAs - AUTOMATON WEST

Former Capcom art director and character designer Akiman (Akira Yasuda) talks about the strengths of FromSoftware's "controlled" environment design.

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HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

US 'department of war' really does use eye stinging yellow paint to show which way of the wall goes up for The Defenders of Freedom These marine-proof mechanics got adapted as USA AAA best practice among others like 🫡Achievements🏆, Semper Fidelus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayon-eating_Marine_trope

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HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 15h

Jack Kirby comics after actually fighting World War II: "There's a big traitor white woman who is BETRAYING AMERICA to give AMERICA'S PANAMA to the AXIS. Sgt. Storm and the GI's will go punch her for our freedom. I am a real war vet, her name is Panama Fatty ...wow cool Nazi wonder weapons!!"

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HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 18h

Dungeons & Dragons Drow are awesome, they're the best "original idea" to come from that IP.

A Dark Elf man showing disgusting surface dwellers how to respect women.

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HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 19h

Tony Hough often shares his art past and present www.facebook.com/TonyHoughArt...

Tony Hough, Fantasy Illustrator and designer
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Ben Sheppard They are portfolio pieces derived from the hundreds of little spaceship doodles I've done in various sketchbooks over the fast few decades which I decided to work up into finished pieces in between commissions - they are now available under license as "clip art"!

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Important Business 💜 @importantbusiness.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

BTS thv V www.instagram.com/stories/thv/...

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 16/03/2026

my trip to Costco failed to deliver the usual mental health dividends, so I stopped by the Asian market on the way home for a Treat

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HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 20h

In Shamanist Japan, no part of the Corndog goes to waste.

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Artifacter @artifacterneo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

After applying a coat of filler primer, the parts look much better now that they’re all the same color.

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pushfreight/tyeagg @pushfreight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

figuring out the design style for the spaceships of saturn

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HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 21h

ATLUS sale on Steam right now Raidou most interesting of this lineup as an action game. Not sure what Royal ads to P5, but they all look cool. Metaphor's great *Cool world building note, demons always talk respectfully to Raidou compared to other protagonists store.steampowered.com/sale/ATLUSSa...

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ATLUS Developer Sale

On Promotion! Pre-order Now! Wishlist Now!

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Crungo @crungokong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Evan Palmer (nibuto) @evanpalmercomics.com · 11/02/2026

No one can stop me from just making stickers of my favorite guys.

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psudonym @psudonym.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Time for some team work

Shu and Mai from Dragon Ball crew serving a light machine gun

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Creative Uncut @creativeuncut.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

We've added a new gallery of 32 artworks from classic 1994 beat 'em up Armored Warriors, featuring character designs by artist Kinu Nishimura and mech designs by Haruki Suetsugu! www.creativeuncut.com/art_armored-...

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

An Abyssinian roller that is also a little book. It begins: “Why is a roller like a writing desk? The need for fire and acacia, both. One for blood - the other, ink.” Written in India ink. - #SciArtSeptember Day 30: Carbon

A painted, cut-out paper bird in the shape of an Abyssinian roller. The bird has one wing folded back, which reveals a small booklet of pages under the wing. The underwing is brown and has uneven letters painted on it in another shade of brown reading, “Some small words about the medium of carbon.” The booklet pages are bright blue, like the bird, and the words inside are unclear. The bird rests on a wooden table top.

A painted, cut-out paper bird in the shape of an Abyssinian roller. The bird appears to be in flight, with the wings positioned in a downward flap. The bird is bright blue, with a brown back and long, black tail. The bird rests on a wooden table top.

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HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mike Mignola's Hellboy definitely a reference for Culdcept Begins 2026 www.famitsu.com/article/imag...

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ksen @ksenolog.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Artwork of Culdcept Begins is what got me into the series. It's very beautiful game. Play Culdcept. Culdcept is great. - 『カルドセプトビギンズ』のアートワークがきっかけで、このシリーズにハマりました。とても美しいゲームです。ぜひ『カルドセプト』をプレイしてみてください。『カルドセプト』は素晴らしいゲームですよ。

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Thierry Falcoz (Pixel Bento) @thierryfalcoz.fr · 23/09/2026

Jour 2 pour le « live » de Katsuya Terada à l’Institut français de Tokyo. Finalement il a entamé un second dessin… toujours aussi spectaculaire avec des thèmes similaires au dessin de la veille ❤️ Quasiment 7h de boulot !

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sarcophage(サルコファージ) @sarcophage11km.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

battler

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sarcophage(サルコファージ) @sarcophage11km.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

gundam

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sarcophage(サルコファージ) @sarcophage11km.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

dragon2

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sarcophage(サルコファージ) @sarcophage11km.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

zaku2

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sarcophage(サルコファージ) @sarcophage11km.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

gargoyle

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白井慶太【漫画家】「モモとツノ」連載中 @keityo99.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

フォルムが人型っぽいだけで関節的な箇所など無いこちらの機体はモビルスーツでしょうか？モビルアーマーでしょうか？

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Burhan @burhanplays.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hard to choose between these four.

Jin Saotome from Cyberbots Fullmetal Madness

Ultimate Venom from Marvel's Ultimate Universe.

Silhouetted Batman from Batman The Animated Series

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HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Warcraft's "zug zug" phrase of orcs qs acknowledgement of an order may come from 1981 practical effects movie Caveman, where it is a caveword for making baby.

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Ogre Run @ogre-run.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I bring September and the month of Wizardry to a close with a review of Elminage II which saw developer Starfish successfully continue striking out on their own beyond the Wizardry IP: ogrerun.com/2026/09/29/d...

A gorilla and strange hammer-wielding boar-man

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ミズノシンヤ/mzn @mznbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

rkgk!

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matara @mataramg.itch.io · 30/09/2026

it's important to give the heroes a home. it's also important to give that home a character sheet, so that the players can build it up, make it cute, make it their own. and so that you can attack it. make them fret over it. make them roll dice about it.

Screenshot of a sheet in-progress for a fantasy adventure game called Aryse, showing the Nexus, the home of the characters in the game. The Nexus is an indistinct silhouette of an otherworldly tower surrounded by smaller outbuildings; sections of the structure are labeled, as the Apex, the Tower, the Memorium, the Gatehall, the Satellites, and the Undercroft.

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もこ🌙 @ningyototuki.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

おはようございます🍓🍰

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Aromie Kim ~Commissions open~ @aromiekim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Noticed this piece of mine has been getting some attention. I'm proud of it now but I wanna show how NOT proud of it I was at first! The ugly part is important These are 2 drafts I scrapped. I was really disheartened by them until trying for the 3rd/final piece #art #creatureconcept #horror #wip

In a dark snow-laden forest with bare trees, a figure wearing a red hoodie stands beside a rock and staring at a deer, and behind that deer, a parade of monstrous beasts. The largest is a massive quadrupedal creature with an old human man face, red eyes, long straw-colored hair and two sets of horns. Other creatures peeking out from the trees include a wolf-like being and a scrawny humanoid figure. All creatures are staring at the human.

A stone bridge over a pool of dark greenish water in a nighttime setting. Crossing the bridge is a parade of ghostly entities

A snowy road lined with bare trees. Crossing the road is a line of strange demonic looking creatures (and a normal deer)

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Dragon's Dogma Pawn @dragonsdpawn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Do not go quietly! Keep struggling!

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台羽正 @tadashidaiba.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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台羽正 @tadashidaiba.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Citizen Sleeper is very cool. youtube.com/live/-xZjgfS...

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Vitor Vilela @hackervilela.sneslab.net · 29/09/2026

Tuesday, time for a new video! Super Castlevania IV, for the SNES, has a lot of slowdown. My FastROM patch takes almost all of it away. Full comparison video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4s6... Patch: github.com/VitorVilela7...

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