iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Bevy @bevy.org · 19/06/2026

Bevy 0.19 is out now! It features Next Generation Scenes, Render Bigger Scenes Faster, Contact Shadows, More Feathers Widgets, Text Input, Richer Text, App Settings, Post Processing Effects, Improved Skinned Mesh Culling, and more! bevy.org/news/bevy-0-19

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Bevy 0.19

Thanks to 261 contributors, 1185 pull requests, community reviewers, and our generous donors, we're happy to announce the Bevy 0.19 release on crates.…

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tsal is out of coffee ☕️ @tsal.outof.coffee · 17/06/2026

I am disabled, have used LLMs for my work (not creative work), and am 100% against cloud-based LLM corps and the data centers they're pushing. there are good uses - none of them require a giant data center. the tech is not at the level to be worth it. this is how they take away our right to think.

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A friendly reminder that Double Fine's Psychodyssey is one of the finest pieces of media ever created, and a must-watch for anyone who cares about video games, yet somehow it's also completely free www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Double Fine PsychOdyssey - YouTube

2 Player Productions and Double Fine Productions present Double Fine PsychOdyssey, an unprecedented documentary experience seven years in the making. Ten yea...

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Spry Fox @spryfox.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The news is true - you can hop in and start playing Spirit Crossing on Steam TODAY! Grab your friends - or come make some new ones - and come meet us in the Crosslands. 🧡 store.steampowered.com/app/2321960/...

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Spirit Crossing on Steam

Rebuild the connection between worlds in Spirit Crossing, a collaborative life-sim MMO from the makers of "Cozy Grove." Explore distant mountaintop ruins, save lost spirits, befriend tiny be...

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Shayna Moon (she/they) @themoonis.gay · 16/06/2026

Yeah I worked with a CA employment lawyer to make a 2 year rider, TL;DR the rider says that the studio is obligated to pay out 2 years of your salary if they don’t employ you for at least a year. And cover COBRA. qorquiq.itch.io/2-year-rider

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The 2-Year Rider by Shayna M

A reference document for adding additional protections to your employment contracts

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Gabriel | mystal @mystal.cafe · 15/06/2026

We desperately need more studios like this not less

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Ju Li Khaw @juleshortstuff.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I just do want to say, please look at situations like this and realize your lay off has no reflection on how good you are at your job whatsoever. There is nothing you can do or could have done to ensure this doesn't happen to you except for work to change the industry.

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aidan ~ UI/UX for hire @aerialshading.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

nearly ten years ago i participated in the first manifesto jam and i'm so glad @haraiva.bsky.social kept the ball rolling for #manifestojam2026 presenting: YOU HAVE TO BE A PERVERT a prayer for myself and anyone else who needs to hear it aerialshading.itch.io/you-have-to-...

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YOU HAVE TO BE A PERVERT by aerialshading

kill the catholic in your head

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Amy-Leigh Shaw @diveamydive.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

There is a direct connection between Musk becoming a trillionaire and your current financial precarity. Every dollar he makes that he can’t possibly spend is effectively a dollar that ceases to exist: a dollar out of the economy, out of your pocket. He gets richer at all the world’s expense.

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 14/06/2026

"I'm okay with using LLMs for the sake of the team's work-life balance" is a really insidious thing to say because no tool (however effective) can give you work-life balance. Work-life balance comes from good boundaries, appropriate headcount, clear responsibilities, and realistic scheduling.

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Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Cosmic horror is great because it just kinda invents itself. Spend a bit too long thinking about the sun and you realize it’s a radioactive death ball larger than your mind has capacity to comprehend, so inherently dangerous that looking directly at it will harm you, and it’s just sitting there.

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Gabriel | mystal @mystal.cafe · 13/06/2026

Thanks so much for putting it out into the world. I found FSV during a very hard part of my life and it's helped me get through the last year ❤️

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Gabriel | mystal @mystal.cafe · 12/06/2026

I love how the estimate for an upcoming doctor appointment looked wrong and when I called to ask about it I was told _all_ this medical group's estimates are wrong and to call my insurance. Doesn't feel like a Good Faith Estimate if you know they're all wrong 🤦

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em @darkoblivion.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

saw this cap on tumblr and god it really is like that

picture of a cow on some grassland imagining itself grazing on that same grass. it is captioned "executive dysfunction straight up just feels like this"

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I wrote a manifesto for making games, and (not) selling them, for #manifestojam illomens.itch.io/no-one-is-go...

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NO-ONE IS GOING TO BUY YOUR GAME by ill omens

A Manifesto For Making Games

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John @farawaytimes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

"It is easier and more fulfilling to show me who you are than it is to try and triangulate who you think I want you to be." perfect, exquisite, no notes

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Brian Shea @brianpshea.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I consider myself a consummate professional, but if you tell me you’re laying off employees under embargo, I would feel morally obligated to break that embargo as soon as possible so that employees could make arrangements. I’ve been in the mad-rush mode following a surprise layoff. It’s awful.

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inkle @inkle.co · 10/06/2026

Okay, so this is massive and we're terrified. Partnering with @play.breakthrought1d.org in the fight against diabetes, the ENTIRE inkle catalogue is on Humble Bundle right now for $20 -- including TR-49, all four novels, both Overboard! games, 80 Days, all four parts of Sorcery! ... everything.

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The Complete Inkle Library

Adventure awaits in these beloved classics and new favorite games from Inkle! Get them at the price of your choice and support Breakthrough T1D!

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Kurbs @kkurbs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Please Use AI

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 07/08/2025

"A.i." doesn't empower anyone. It strips them of belief in themselves and the power of their own minds and hands and abilities and stories. EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS. Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 10/06/2026

1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.

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Game industry hardship fund

A game jam from 2026-06-10 to 2026-06-24 hosted by Necrosoft Games. PREMISE: The game industry has a problem. Too many people are out of work (reports say 33% of the industry lost their jobs in the la...

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Show me your megastructures

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Léo Chérel @cherelleo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Oops, I forgot to post this one here.

Fanart of Anju, Kafei and Link from Majora's Mask. we see the first two embracing each other passionately in Anju's bedroom.
Link stands aside at the doorway with Taya the fairy following him. He holds in his right hand the couple's mask.

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Léo Chérel @cherelleo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Don't mind me, I just found a good excuse to repost my Majora's Mask saga with the new 10 photos feature.

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Gabriel | mystal @mystal.cafe · 10/06/2026

Lots of good replies in the quote reposts you all should check out! I'll be over here quietly thinking about what mine would be

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Bertine van Hövell 🛝 Gamescom @baroness.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The thing that gets me about using genAI for concepting is that all my collabs with concept artists made my designs way better. They ask the right questions and thus allow us to start with a much more solid foundation. It shows once again most people don't understand what concept art is for

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cécile @haraiva.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

MANIFESTO JAM 2026 An invitation/provocation for YOU to write a manifesto. Running for a full week from June 8th to June 15th (AEST). Participate and submit at: itch.io/jam/manifest...

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Manifesto Jam 2026

A game jam from 2026-06-07 to 2026-06-14 hosted by haraiva. MANIFESTO JAM 2026 A Manifesto for Manifesto Jam, 2026: SEND ME YOUR ADDRESS SO I CAN VISIT YOU AND EXPLAIN MY PASSIONS I'm sick of talks. I...

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 07/06/2026

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Since PTSD is being invoked to excuse any and all abuse and misconduct, let us acknowledge where it is most common. .... From my book Recollections of My Nonexistence.

The former Marine David J. Morris, author of a book on post-
traumatic stress disorder, notes that the disorder is far more com-
mon and far more rarely addressed among rape survivors than
combat veterans. He wrote me, “The science on the subject is pretty
clear: according to the New England Journal of Medicine, rape is about
four times more likely to result in diagnosable PTSD than combat.
Think about that for a moment— being raped is four times more psy-
chologically disturbing than going off to a war and being shot at and
blown up. And because there are currently no enduring cultural nar-
ratives that allow women to look upon their survival as somehow he-
roic or honorable, the potential for enduring damage is even greater.”

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Those agendas and biases can be anything! Case in point: you think the fruit in the garden of eden was an apple because a guy translating the story into Latin wanted to make a pun.

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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

“Perhaps the most damaging experience of all though is not simply the illness itself. It is not being believed.” MSP Morven-May MacCallum speaking about her experience of Lyme disease and other chronic illnesses, including #MECFS, in the Scottish Parliament.

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videajames COMMS OPEN @videajames.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

do u see the vision

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 05/06/2026

What I need is FFXV-2. all my boys in short shorts rolling around in their beach cruiser doing side quests, just vibes, no world saving. There are 1000 new recipes and 500 more fish to catch. You can take cute selfies with every boss monster. There's a bros-only swimsuit contest

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Gabriel | mystal @mystal.cafe · 05/06/2026

Okay I'm legit excited for gen ATLAS. It's hitting me in a similar spot that Eva and Pacific Rim and Big O do that no other mech game has so far

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Shayna Moon (she/they) @themoonis.gay · 04/06/2026

Every company could do this, they could accept the union and come to the table. It would be easy.

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SPiNDLE @spindlesong.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

brain short circuited

Asimov telling Ottilie "Can I ask you out", to which Otti replies "I'm already your gf.." ("Sweetie you okay?"). Asi replies in the final panel "Right.."

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Emilia @lazerwalker.com · 03/06/2026

There are many reasons @roguelike.club hasn’t even really had serious discussions about “should we return in-person?” but this is an important one. Travel is expensive; event venues are frequently inaccessible; per the WHO, we are still in a pandemic. (As you may know, I myself am housebound)

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This article is SO fucking funny. "The real problem is there aren't enough 50+ game designers!" Yeah, agreed. Any thoughts on why that might be? Like maybe the fact that this industry fires treats anyone over 35 as "not hungry enough", and relies on burning out a steady stream of younger devs? no?

Yet when it comes to accommodating the needs of older players, Emmert thinks the biggest thing that's holding the industry back is that there are so few game designers in the 50-plus age bracket. "There are no elder statesmen. And I think this has hurt the industry tremendously. We lose tons of experience constantly, because gaming is always focused into a younger demographic... And I don't know whether they consciously do it, or it's subconscious, but it's just a fact."

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Leftist Gamer Memes @leftistgamermemes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🤝🫂💕🙅‍♀️

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Gabriel | mystal @mystal.cafe · 03/06/2026

Omg that's huge!!! The biggest congrats to you and the team 💜

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Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

A reminder that our 'role-puzzling' game Arranger is 60% off on Steam/Switch, and also out/cheap on PS5, EGS, Itch, iOS, Android. It's everywhere, dammit! We're also not worlds away from an Overwhelmingly Positive rating, which would make me deeply happy. What if YOU left a review? arranger.quest

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Arranger: A Role Puzzling Adventure

Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles, along a charming journey of self-discovery. The debut game from all-star indie team Furniture & Mattress.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 02/06/2026

Someone actually did a study a while back that showed the most effective way to get women out of TERF groups wasn’t people trying to change their minds, it was them getting literally any benign hobby, like learning other languages or taking up needlework

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Erica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la · 01/06/2026

california is gonna have so many mail in ballots that don’t get counted because people don’t know the new USPS rules that are impacting mail in voting. tl;dr don’t put your ballot in the mail today, find a ballot drop box. www.kqed.org/news/1208537...

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Still Need to Mail Your Primary Ballot? Don’t Rely on USPS, Officials Say | KQED

State officials are warning that some ballots mailed too close to Election Day might not be counted. Here are other recommended ways to submit your ballot instead.

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Maria W. Norris @mariawnorris.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

At the start of my terrorism studies course, I ask students what most terrorists have in common. They always say: 1- Mental illness 2- Religion. They are, of course, wrong. The two most common traits of violent extremists are: 1- Gender 2- History of domestic violence and online mysogyny.

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