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phyrex

@phyrex.bsky.social
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i make wreksyft and other improvised systems aspiring to improve heuristics abt heuristics make stuff with other people and then keep doing it!

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Gale Na @poisonjr.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I can go on with nothing because I have gone on with nothing. I have been younger and hungrier and sicker and alone. I pushed myself older. With nothing to look forward to. Nothing.
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
spray painted longboxes to hold a wreksyft "monolith", the game's new evolving cube format
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Digital Poppy Poppy Zone @poppyzone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the world if trans women all got into Fanshen instead of Focault's Pendulum
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
and they're saying it's the game's FINAL FORM.....
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
a strange and wonderful new wreksyft format is on the horizon.....
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
the beast !
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
hell yessss i love to see flight and phantom island getting love
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
whats yr favorite gizz, rob?
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
been listening to a lot of gizzard again lately after seeing them live at forest hills during a thunderstorm. good band!
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vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
if "trans culture" primarily means obsessively insular conversations about gender among big social media accounts and not all the other stuff that trans people are out there doing in the world, then that feels like a social club - not anything remotely celebrating people's existences and experiences
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
pretty sure i got my degree finally
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
this is mordecai! he's my 12 year old cat i brought home from Idaho around a month ago. he's awesome.
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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ZIPIT! Games @zipit-games.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
we're on sale!!! have (maybe) the greatest friday night of your life (if you're a bonafide fish lover) for under $10 (a true fact!) #videogames #indiegames #cozygames store.steampowered.com/app/3172760/...
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Save 35% on The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish on Steam
A story-driven photography game... on the back of a giant, flying catfish! Transform clouds into sea creatures and bring abundance back to an empty sky!
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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Would you like to contribute an OBJECT to live in a WAREHOUSE GAME? I'm working on a parser fiction game where you play as a worker in the warehouse of the gods- sorting, storing, rearranging objects, meandering. I need so many objects! Maybe even: one of yours? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Objects contribution for god's warehouse game
What is this? I'm (Everest) making a short parser fiction game where you are a worker in the warehouse of the gods, sorting and storing objects to the whims of holy creatures. Would you like to subm...
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
the idea here is to take advantage of all the nurtures ive crafted, which give me a burst of fuel between rounds, to allow me to exile as many cards as seem necessary to build an overwhelming amount of card advantage in the first few turns. nothing left to do but see if the hypothesis is true!
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I've got an idea that i think will shake things up a bit that I'll be testing tonight: stitched fungal daze/drowned rot cards. fungal is a returning effect from the very first wreksyft league, and offers costly but high-tempo recursion.
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
the test decks so far have leaned into playing for the clock, using effects like *foil dials* to catch people on greedy scraps and "steal" rounds using very little material. we've all had to change how we play substantially to respond! the dominant heurisitic right now is: minimize vulnerability.
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
more cards for the wreksyft Eternal league! trying to do some tricky stuff here with a high investment, high tempo control strategy, stacking the deck between rounds with mulched nurtures.
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d @hotlocalwizards.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
When I don't understand the VIDEOGAME: Amazing, beautiful, an encounter with the informational sublime, a chance to look both deep within and far beyond When I don't understand the BOARD GAME: It is bourgeois, perhaps
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eva khoury @evakhoury.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
survivability onion but it's don't be advertised to
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
woah a typo
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
working on wreksyft's Eternal format, and trying out some formatting stuff for what my "ideal" card looks like. really liking having all the relevant info on the lefthand side and leaving the rest of the card open as a canvass.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Something instead of nothing
Comic strip, page 1: a chimpanzee is using sign language to communicate to a zookeeper, “Why is there something instead of nothing?” The zookeeper laughs to his colleagues, “He wants another banana!” The other zoo workers are cracking up hysterically behind him.Page 2: Later, the main zookeeper is in a dark room filled with TVs displaying security footage of the zoo animals. He is soaking wet in a raincoat, staring solemnly at the screen which shows the chimpanzee. The zookeeper reaches down to press a large red button on the desk beneath the screen display.Page 3: from inside the chimpanzee exhibit, we see the security gate open. The chimpanzee wander through and exits the building to a dark, rainy street corner. He extends his arms and lets the rain fall onto him.Page 4: the chimpanzee is in the backseat of a cab, driving somewhere else in the city at night. The final panel is the chimpanzee at checkout in a grocery store with a huge pile of bananas. The clerk looks mildly shocked.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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Tie yourself up in wriggling loveknots in this graceful and silly merpeople sex game
coalescent || tidal rapture is a game of heartbreak, undersea evolution and sex positivity that looks like a lucid dream about mating eels.
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boshi's place @boshis.place · 14/04/2026
did you know that we do classes? this summer find out whether GAMES CAN CHANGE THE WORLD in this 8-week seminar & speculative game design workshop class taught by @hatimb00.itch.io more info & apply here: hatim.tips/can-games-ch...
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
yeah that's really how it is sometimes
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Trash the Planet (2021)
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
wee-sans
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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
a single paragraph guide to taking pleasure in both the games you play and the material you put into the world. via @meredithgran.com meredithgran.com/perfect-tide...
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felicity of images @carc.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Guy about to shoot a baby: any first words
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ivy sly @ivysly.com · 20/02/2026
this doesn't make any sense at all
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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com · 25/01/2026
A rotting empire can wreak so much havoc; it can destroy so many lives with its rabid thrashing, its desperate attempts to retain control. For any who've suckled from its riches, there is little work more just than protecting the rest of the world from the self-destructive throes of empire's power.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 25/01/2026
laying candles at a vigil for alex pettri in loring park after he was shot by ICE today in minneapolis under the noisy state patrol helicopter that has been a constant presence
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
ohhh ive been mishearing that for a decade as "I'm such a loaded gun"
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downchasm @downchasm.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
THEY'VE PUT ME ON THE POCKETSTATION COOP. I'M BEING RENDERED IN A 32 BY 32 GRID OF MONOCHROME PIXELS. THE BOYS BACK AT QUANTICO SAID THEY'RE GOING TO RELOCATE ME TO A "DOKO DEMO ISSYO" UNTIL THEY CAN GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT.
sony pocketstation
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
ive had a habit for a while of collecting art i know I'll like and then not actually engaging with it because i don't feel "ready" to experience it correctly. breaking that bit by bit by trying to accept that each attempt at a beautiful experience is practice, and as always writing a lot of notes.
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boshi's place @boshis.place · 05/11/2025
do you want to play games in the grass with a big group of people? great! then come meet us in fort greene for: - a chill intro & warmup activities on blankets - warm, decaf tea - field games in the "new games" tradition - games with two parachutes - & more (please read on for more details!)
green outlines of blob-like people covered in grass and grass stains, and on a grassy-green field. it says "outdoor games" in big pink letters, and "fort greene, nov 18 11am" in slightly smaller pink letters. it also says "game design days are sponsored by nyu game center and empire state development" in a swirl of text center-right.
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hatim @hatimb00.itch.io · 02/11/2025
more videogames takes will follow
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
increasingly also feeling this about real life arguments! get the emotions out and move on instead of this infinite subjectivity validating song and dance lol
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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 31/10/2025
"you have your perspective and I have my truth" bro just call each other motherfuckers
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
ivy sly made NUCLEAR THRONE 2 it's ONE OF THE BEST GAMES I'VE PLAYED THIS YEAR and it's FREE AS IN FREE AS IN PLAY IT
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vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
times are real tough in the trans community but there's nothing good to be gained by seeing yourself as the perpetual victim in all situations and making that the principal component of your identity. it just means more trans people shanking each other.
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
me : )
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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
huge baby + suckerfish is devious
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jenny @qdork.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
actually i changed my mind store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/... #gaming #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #videogames
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phyrex @phyrex.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
wreksyft chapter three starts tomorrow!!!! see you there >:)
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Gale Na @poisonjr.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
You are here, on a social media website. This is a real place to you and you've decided to live here part-time. It's changing you. It's even changing people who don't participate. There is a gigantic migration. The classical, physical world is sparsely populated, running out of people, and starving.
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