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I forgot I was supposed to be doing Bluesky stuff New video coming...probably tomorrow or this weekend. Not a huge fan of having to do continuous editing but it's either this or the finale releases after March CB Inktober week 2 maybe after that's finally done Also why is that thing a thing now

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

(1) I wanted to experiment with using the transparent checkerboard pattern so I thought why not use it as a "particle". (2) This is based on Galahad who in later works was the main character who finds the Holy Grail. (3) He lost his helmet a long time ago to fake his own death and claim the bounty

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Week 1 #cassettebeasts Inktober submission. Had this idea for an Archangel for a while now, so might as well actually bring it to life. Galath, Corrupt Knight, incarnation of corruption. Because conquest builds empires, but someone has to stay and keep the place running. @byttenstudio.bsky.social

Cassette Beasts Inktober submission.

Archangel Galath, Corrupt Knight.

The top and bottom texts are truncated lyrics from Same Old Story, a song from the Cassette Beasts OST.

Info/description for Galath, Corrupt Knight

Galath, #???

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Despite being an ancient Archangel, Galath has quickly adapted to a more bureaucratic approach to resolving conflict. He wields the Unholy Grail, which stores a cursed substance said to grant eternal death to those who questioned his methods.

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The incarnation of corruption, Galath joined Aleph’s “Round Table” early on, but he was more interested in meddling with human affairs, ensuring that the empires the Red King left behind would continue to exist in perpetuity.

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Aseprite @aseprite.org · 01/10/2026

Aseprite is 40% off during the Steam Autumn sale, until October 8th! Get it directly from our website: aseprite.org/buy/ or from Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/431730/A...

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

WIP for CB inktober, week 1 (create an archangel). Hands are very hard regardless of medium, so why I came up with an idea that required hands I do not know

Unfinished work-in-progress 3D model of a hand holding a chalice.

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CASSETTE BEASTS 2002 | Bytten Studio @byttenstudio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're challenging you to Inktober, Cassette Beasts style! A prompt for every week of October and a bonus one too. We can't wait to see & share what you create 🎨 #Inktober

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A little something for the next video. Not so fun now is it

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Listen here. If you're a member of the Cassette Beasts community, you all need to behave on the internet. I swear, this community has had a bad habit of not treating me with respect. Sometimes makes me wish I never got into making content in the first place if I just get thrown this BS as "thanks"

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

95% chance absolutely nothing happens, but I don't think I'm prepared for the 5% chance where something does actually happen But it's always that nonzero chance that stresses me out. I already left once before, and now I might have to do it again for good due to reasons outside of my control

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Imagine chilling at a park, when all of a sudden you've been told you might be banned effective tomorrow because some guy from your street broke the law and planned the crime in the park and somehow the "solution" to the problem is restrict access to the park This is commentary on recent events

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Starting a new video series in which I explain some of the reasoning behind the decisions made in formulating the new ruleset for #cassettebeasts PVP, by examining in certain moves/features and how they fit into the "essence" of the game's combat system. Part 1 of N: youtu.be/BHGuuvGI0lI

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The Best (and Worst) Move in Cassette Beasts

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Considering delaying my next video for a bit (which was supposed to go on the second channel). It was mainly a spite-fueled video essay rant but now it's been a couple of days and I'm like what the hell am I even trying to say here Nice clapback past me but what happened to the thesis statement

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Raw Fury | RIVAGE OUT NOW @rawfury.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

70% off Cassette Beasts? That's wild! That's the biggest discount we've ever had for this awesome beast-collector open-world RPG. Grab it now, you deserve a treat today! bit.ly/48gj71S

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hi there. Love the game, appreciate the offer, but uhh, how do I explain this I want to (eventually) talk about the genre's combat game design but I have a big project I promised I would finish first, so I can't guarantee that I can finish the former before the end of 2026

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snake @thatgamersnake.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

an update from Jay about AI and Symbiote

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If we keep using the same metaphorical yardstick to measure everything, at some point someone's just going to make a metric system to demonstrate just how old and dated the yardstick really is

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Returning back to work on the next video while I have some free time available. I wanted to make a general game design observation about monster tamers with "classic" turn-based combat, and I managed to find several good examples, so why, again, are we still using that one franchise as a reference

A screenshot of nine different monster-taming games with "classic" turn-based combat: Anode Heart (top left), Monster Alchemy (top center), Sculplings (top right), Dokimon Quest (middle left), Cassette Beasts (middle center), LumenTale: Memories of Trey (right center), Aethermancer (bottom left), Coromon (bottom center), Monster Crown: Sin Eater (bottom right)

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New video out, in which I talk about the "new" #cassettebeasts2002 stuff in which everything is totally normal and goes according to plan youtu.be/HgFWw7Ey4ZM

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Let's Overanalyze Three Cassette Beasts 2002 Videos

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🍉💫♤AʀᴛᴄᴇᴘS⬡ • 🔜CB2002 @artceps.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

yea ill post this doodle why not

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What brings you here? DELUSION, DELUSION, or DELUSION

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ah yes, let's make a short video analyzing the new CB2k2 stuff. Shouldn't take too long, right? 4 pages became 6 pages became 8. The more I work on this the more I'm starting to lose my mind. Ego death, William Blake, the shadow archetype, alchemy, Mordread? WHAT. DO. ANGELS. FEAR.

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

There was always this risk ever since Discord took over as the replacement for online forums. Anyway, if you haven't yet, now's the time for boycotting because nothing scares companies more than reactionay financial losses. Sacrifice some convenience to make a statement.

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If you want another reason to hate large language models, this warning made me want to just not read the whole wiki page, And it's not like I can just check other sites since search engines were borked by AI and anything written since 2025 has a good chance of being AI slop anyway

A Wikipedia removal notice containing a robot icon and the following text:

This article may incorporate text from a large language model, which is prohibited in Wikipedia articles. It may include hallucinated information, copyright violations, claims not verified in cited sources, original research, or fictitious references. Any such material should be removed. (November 2025)

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🍉💫♤AʀᴛᴄᴇᴘS⬡ • 🔜CB2002 @artceps.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

friday 11AM EST. im surprised i actually managed to finish this lol

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I think my next video will be discussing a bunch of new stuff revealed for CB2k2, even if it's somewhat stale news by the time the vid releases. The originally planned video essay will be delayed for a bit, about 15% done. Kaizo is also being worked on during office hours (don't tell my colleagues)

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

my body is a machine that converts ATP into overthink

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Idea 3: you romance one of the new partners, then the one you romanced from CB1 (assuming you did that) show up and they're like it's good to see you again I miss you so much and all of a sudden there's a telenovela in this RPG

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Idea 2: they remember you but when they retell life in NW there's one little detail wrong, and another, and another, and soon you realize you each are facsimiles of what the other met, very similar to but not quite the same, and you both have to live with that as you spend more time together

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If, and this is a big if, the CB1 partners show up in CB2k2, how can we be sure they're the same person we met from New Wirral? Imagine finally meeting them again being like I miss you so much and they're like oh, I think you got the wrong person? There's some good storytelling potential right there

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We got quite a lot of on CB2k2, and I'll eventually make a video on this some time in the future Anyway, for me there is this line in which any info beyond this is something I'd rather not know when I play it for the first time and it's getting harder and harder to decide where the line should be

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📼 Mixtape ✰ COMMISSIONS OPEN @mixtapecemetery.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

like always my ko-fi is always available here if you don't care for the commission part but want to donate anyways? i may do a little thing where i'll do like cheap sketch requests sometime but we'll see when bc things are kind of a mess rn ko-fi.com/mixtape_ceme...

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

PC had an almost-near-death experience today. Fortunately everything is fine again, but memory slots were misbehaving during troubleshooting. Sure the RAM sticks have been in use for about 8 years now but in this economy they're basically gold bars

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I've mentioned this before on the Discord, but: in the event that I record a first playthrough of CB2k2, is it better to import history or to start with a clean slate and smurf all over Nodnol? There's a nonzero chance the video will be watched by those who haven't played CB1 yet for some reason

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

meanwhile, grad school students be like: give me the sequel already

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The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast @backpagepod.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

New episode! Once you've made a successful game, what are the pressures and opportunities of making a sequel? Pod pal @jaybaylis.bsky.social returns to talk us through his studio's approach to this with Cassette Beasts 2002. Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/6FNK...

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Episode 288: How to Make a Sequel to a Successful Video Game (with Jay Baylis)

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Cassette Beasts Archipelago video out now, go play Archipelago youtu.be/HMKbL_OsW7o Guide I wrote if you want to try it out. Tried my best to write it for those who have no experience with this: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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The Cassette Beasts Archipelago Solo Experience

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

There are a couple oddities worth noting regarding how logic is implemented, so knowing some speedrunning and movement tech helps, but otherwise I just turn autosave on and hope for the best. I guess the best way to explain my experience is to watch my run of it which is up now on youtube

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

New video in a couple hours from now. It's about doing a Cassette Beasts Archipelago run, but it's also an introduction video to expose this to a "wider" audience. Since there's very little documentation I'm also working on a written guide to set up the whole thing from start to finish.

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snake @thatgamersnake.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

KAYLEIGH AND SIRENADE CASSETTE BEASTS PLUSHIES BEING MADE THIS IS NOT A DRILL #cassettebeasts

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

What about the card game from the Living World mod by NCrafters? It's neither physical nor official but at least it's something. It even has fancy holographic cards

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Just completed my first run of CB Archipelago solo and it goes about as poorly as you'd expect. Will be making a commentary style video on this soon and maybe get more folks to try it out. I don't stream (yet) but I think it would make for a good stream game to just chill and do one of these

Screenshot of the credits screen for Cassette Beasts. The other elements show information regarding Cassette Beasts Archipelago, such as the title (top left), a log of obtained items (bottom right), and a list of obtained "key items" (bottom right). A controller layout is also shown.

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Been messing around with CB Archipelago, which as a solo experience is basically an interesting item randomizer. This + having some vanilla randomizer settings enabled sounds like the sort of thing that would be right up my alley. Could also be fun to rope a bunch of other folks to do multi-world

Tracker for Cassette Beasts. The top section is a map of the game with boxes indicating checks. The bottom section is a tracker that indicates if a certain key item / component has been unlocked.

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🍉💫♤AʀᴛᴄᴇᴘS⬡ • 🔜CB2002 @artceps.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

AMAZING DAY TO BE A CASSETTE BEASTS PVP PLAYER RN 2002 IS GONNA BE ABSOLUTELY GREAT

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CASSETTE BEASTS 2002 | Bytten Studio @byttenstudio.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Hey everyone! An update is now live for the Nintendo Switch version of Cassette Beasts that fixes the shader caching issues when playing on Nintendo Switch 2 hardware. Thanks for your patience - we hope this will improve the experience for Switch 2 owners! ~ Bytten Studio 🎃

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Day 4 update: touched so much grass today that I've hit the quota for the rest of the year And that wraps the whole thing up; "regular schedule" will resume soon-ish

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Day 3 update: probably the most impactful quote from today's talk "When a technology becomes strategic, access becomes political" Recent tech news has set a dangerous precedent: what if actually useful tech (think medical research) gets gated too? Are we gonna have to smuggle the science too?

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

It's the square root of 57,000 since same-monster fusions are allowed. The player can be any of the x species and the partner can be any of x species.

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Day 2 update: the ultimate payoff to attending elective courses is attending a talk outside your field of specialization and being like I understand those words, I know enough about what you're talking about to comprehend the thing

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Lerycide @lerycide.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Day 1 update: never trust university students claiming that something is within walking distance. 30 minutes brisk walking to get there is "within walking distance". I would know, as I was also like this when I was still an undegrad student

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