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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

fighting a Nukleope (nuclear antelope)

A green radioactive antelope figure on a board with players surrounding him

rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

iPhone 5 and 6 were the last time the iphone had genuine rizz, the backs are so plain now and the camera bumps are awkward

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

they're doing this to me at work tomorrow:

a raccoon lying on a table with an oxygen mask edited to have chains on its wrists and a giant syringe sucking pee out from its stomach

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

16 days left to decorate my entire apartment and make my costume before my halloween party ffs

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I was interviewed for @outinjerseymag.bsky.social about being lgbt in the games industry and representation in games :) thanks for the opportunity @majesticgaming.bsky.social ! You can get it for free in NJ, or here’s a pdf link: outinjersey.net/wp-content/u...

Out in Jersey magazine cover. A lady in a suit is on a red background. Jeanne Hengemuhle - State police boss on what makes a leader

Rawb Herb, 32, of Pittsburgh, who uses he/him pronouns, is a gay solo developer and freelance concept artist and character designer with experience as an art director in the independent game industry. He is working on a solo project called The Tennis Academy. It is described on the Steam online game store page as a story in which the fate of the world is decided via tennis battles. This game allows the player to
engage in LGBTQ+ dating as well. Speaking about the experiences LGBTQ+ game developers such as himself have had in their field, Herb said workplaces have more workers who are LGBTQ+ and have become more accepting of those with that identity. Despite the accepting environ- ment, he continued, he's needed to advocate for that same representation in the games made. "If you believe enough in doing the right thing, it's possible to convince others as well. Sometimes it takes a lot of patience, but having queer coworkers to back you up definitely helps, so definitely look to build those
relationships when possible," he said.

For those interested in getting into LGBTQ+ gaming, the developers
recommended games to get new players started. Herb recommended Tell Me Why, which he described as "a great story featuring a trans protagonist that takes place in Alaska." He warned that the game "has some heavy themes, but it's beautiful and not physically demanding to play." Two others on Herb's list for gamers to check out are Undertale and Deltarune. He describes them as "challenging retro- style action games with charming stories and an assortment of queer
characters." Both Herb and Blundell recommended Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, with Herb describing it as "a silly life [simulator] game with
inclusive gender and sexuality options for the characters you create."

Looking ahead, Hero is hopeful about the state of LGBTQ+ video games:
"The future is definitely pretty gay."

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

one of our party members is Debra But Angrier and she went insane and killed one of our other party members and then developed an eating disorder

Debra But Angrier
Homicidalism 1, Murderer, Strength Training 1, Dark Impulse I, Binge Eating, Delerium,

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

i am kicking him in the ass with my Frog Kick

Knowledge

Frog Kick I

You prime your legs for combat.
Spend to attack with Fist & Tooth with +1 accuracy.
You cannot use this if you have a dismembered leg
When you attack with Fist & Tooth, gain 1 progress.

Strength Training I
Theory
When you wound the monster, gain +1 progress.
Limit once per attack.

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

bout to beat the ant out of this lope

a bunch of figures on a table, surrounding an antelope creature

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

TIL Itoi intentionally added a gay character to earthbound 🏳️‍🌈

In Itoi's interview about Tony's sexuality, he discusses how he made the character gay because it felt logical - an attitude many game developers, especially in the 90s, wouldn't necessarily take. In the translation of his 2003 interview, he says that, "in a normal, real-life society, there are gay children, and I have many gay friends as well. So I thought it would be nice to add one in the game, too." It's obvious through the themes

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

when u go to school but u also lowkey go to tennis guitar practice

Illustration of a black man with a beard and shaved side of head with a lightning bolt in it, big dreadlocks in a ponytail. He's got a yellow sweater and a school uniform blazer over it that's black and white color blocks with gold accents.

Illustration of the man again but with a light yellow hoodie with the sleeves ripped off, shorts exposing a bionic leg, and he's playing a tennis racquet shaped guitar

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I switched to all-physical games btw! hey wait…

The box for Elden Ring for Switch 2 on a wooden table

Zoom in on the box, it says Game Key Card

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Started Elden Ring! first time playing a souls game

screenshot of Elden Ring, looking at a big glowing tree in the distance

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

it ain’t much but it’s honest squid work

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

me: pulls an infinite number of bells out of my ass

my kitchen table, a newspaper covering it. There are like 12 bells made out of paper and cardboard, painted in grey gold and copper. Caption says “WE ARE GOING TO WE ARE GOING TO BELL YOU TO DEATH”

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i never have enough time to finish i was going for the red power ranger lmao

me and some friends in Dress to Impress and we are wearing red outfits

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you're right Roblox, i am into all of that

Recommended for you in Roblox: a chicken suit, Hairy Fat Body, Pigeon Suit, gold 67 chain necklace

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

… mid-fight one of his Milk Sacs ruptured all over us

Front view of the Frog creature. He has a big open mouth like donkey kong. has 2 boobs

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fighting the FROGDOG who has a Deadly Fart Deck. Gain +1 Understanding if you are the Stinkiest Survivor.

A figure of a weird ugly frog creature being attacked by a figurine girl on a game board

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Friday art streams are back baybee, let's make some game assets www.twitch.tv/rawbherb

A screenshot of me streaming while drawing a black man with dreads and yellow sleeveless hoodie

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Experimenting with putting effort into my ipad home screen… ever since I found out you can make all the icons dark mode it looks way cooler. I’ve also never been a widgets user but i like how they break up the space

An ipad home screen with a dark rainbow background, widgets at the top for weather, twitter topics, and live twitch streams, then a single row of apps on the bottom and a bunch of small apps in the toolbar

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fun little concept animation for a giant worm boss I made a while ago that I still like #gamedev

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

FINALLY solved the bugs that were plaguing me for like a year with the cpu players 😭 they are supposed to know where the ball is going and if their partner will be closer they should do nothing and let their partner get it (represented by yellow square). Before, both partners would always go for it!

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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026