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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 21h

They tried once and no one would touch it, because they are terrified of Kojima. Maybe they’ll offer it again, but even the internal team is scared.

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

play this demo, it is so good store.steampowered.com/app/5242870/...

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

ultima vii really had the most deranged camera perspective

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I also think the fact my parents got me Doom 2, then took it away a few days after, is the reason for most of my personality and taste

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

if we are talking games that shaped me, then it’s different

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

must be nice to sleep like this and never have to think of “realistic facial capture for metahumans”

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Echoes by Pink Floyd is close to being the best song of all time BUT ONLY the Pompeii version and only the original mix every other version kind of sucks

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Marina Ryan @marinahascoffee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

haven't started Control Resonant yet but I'm happy to see a lot of people praising the exploration and appeal of the world itself. I interviewed @merlinogames.bsky.social about that topic earlier this year and it's still one of my fav @questmarkers.bsky.social episodes youtu.be/1NId9pvBvHI?...

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Appealing Video Game Worlds with Merlino Games Founder Antonio Freyre (Ep. 39)

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

oh yes definitely, I mean it at a structural level, not at the individual level at the individual leve, all kinds of art have been made at all times in history. even during the inquisition or in concentration camps, people were still making transgressive art in secret

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ultimately, power wants us to stay in our lane. "Make your weird outsider art and put it on itch, for weird people like you. Don't you dare show it to everyone though!"

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Well yes, it does. I mean it at a scale where art affects real life. For example, how payment processors are shutting down anything remotely sexual. The pendulum of society has to swing back soon. Staying in a niche making strange art is still comfort. We have to go out there and change the world.

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

this beautiful muddy water is by @parametricavocado.bsky.social, who has many tricks up their sleeve (e.g. also the takedown + the locomotion anims)

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

haha maybe my calling is just images of cool skies

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When I say I made it, I mean I literally did every job except acting. I did writing, directing, camera, sound, etc (hence the technical issues) I had no money at the time, so my equipment was horrendous

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I made a movie about 15 years ago. It was pretty decent, but I had some bad technical issues with the sound, which put me off from making another one Lately I’ve been thinking I should give filmmaking another try. Maybe it will be my next medium

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Mitchell Hammond 𓆙 @bipedalbastard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

hades 2 doodlin'

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Marina Ryan @marinahascoffee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

art is important because it helps us get to places within ourselves that we can't get to any other way.

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𝙑𝙀𝙀𝙏𝙍𝙄 : Blast Processed 🥑 @parametricavocado.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As usual, it's all just artisanal, carefully sorted multiple passes of alpha/additive layers, their opacities smoothly modulated per vertex.

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

work hard so the dog can sit inside the coffee table

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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Here's V2 from 2024 when we were polishing the visuals for the pitch demo. Redesign by Evan Palmer and Jack Covell. I like the more powerful attack...

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SeverLink - Wishlist NOW! @severlink.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

SeverLink crowdfunding campaign is LIVE We have a playable prototype - just grab it at: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c... If you long for early 2000s stealth revival and you like what you see in our build - GO FUND US and make it happen! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #lowpoly #y2k

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SeverLink - Wishlist NOW! @severlink.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Check out our new crowdfunding trailer! The campaign is already 60% funded, be sure to grab a custom pledge before they're sold out: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c... #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #lowpoly #y2k

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zøë wolfe @glitchwolfe.studio · 17/09/2026

This seg contains scenes of explicit violence and doors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5URI...

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