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Pill0wLava

@recinber.bsky.social
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Any pronouns Hiya! I'm Pill0wLava, a genderfluid artist of many media, scientist in training, and looking to understand the world's problems so I can begin working on their solutions.

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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
History happens in the context of history... But history also usually happens partially or fully outside the context of history too. As in, a lot of people who make history aren't necessarily familiar with the history that came before them, or which enabled their current position.
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good morning!
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm a fairy :3 I even have my own Court I visit sometimes... Though since my gender is constantly shifting, I think the vibe of my Court shifts with it... Still working that part out #otherkin
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I feel like I use strike through a lot more often than underline. It's a shame so many document editors make the former so much harder to access than the latter.
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Consumers are not omniscient. Consumers do not adequately consider the consequences of the purchases they make. Therefore, profitability is not a useful measure of a company's contributions to society.
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Good morning! Will post stuff from my new Minecraft project soon if I can log in on my PC
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Hiya! Idk if y'all are still alive, but since I'm logged in again I figured I'd announce here that my mod Rocks Done Right has been getting occasional updates! I'll send a link to a trailer once I make one, but there is a devlog on my YT. modrinth.com/mod/rocks-do...
modrinth.com
Rocks Done Right - Minecraft Mod
A physically plausible geology overhaul!
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Good morning! I've been addicted to YouTube and also beginning the school semester so I haven't posted in a while. Good news: someone reached out to me about Rocks Done Right, a Minecraft Mod I was working on and published last year, and we may start working on a new update to it!
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Is this something? Am I doing something here? I am going for a similar vibe to games like Formless Star or other comedic/cartoony video games that don't take themselves too seriously.
A page of text that reads:

[Heading] Aurella System
331 planets
Geometry: Choroidal
Life: Plentiful
Favorite Color Combination: Purple + Orange

[Bold] Maxie
Howdy! I'm Maxie, and I live on Nailu. I have four arms, four eyes, four ears, two hearts, and two legs. I tend to wear overalls over a t-shirt and a purple stawl hat. My job is to care for the Styre Valks. They stand about six times my height when on all fours, but they aren't too much of a hassle; they hunt their own food, raise their own young, and shed more stars than they trample.

[Bold] Oregano
Hiya, I'm Oregano from Agates. I've got yellow skin, silver wings, color-changing hair, and a must-do attitude. I'm a star catcher; I fly around and between the planets, sampling stars for analysis. Sometimes I sample space itself, but usually stars. Then someone else usually returns them afterwards. If they're unfit to be returned, we put them up for adoption. Simple stuff really.
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Is this something? Am I doing something here? I am going for a similar vibe to games like Formless Star or other comedic/cartoony video games that don't take themselves too seriously.
A page of text that reads:

[Heading] Aurella System
331 planets
Geometry: Choroidal
Life: Plentiful
Favorite Color Combination: Purple + Orange

[Bold] Maxie
Howdy! I'm Maxie, and I live on Nailu. I have four arms, four eyes, four ears, two hearts, and two legs. I tend to wear overalls over a t-shirt and a purple stawl hat. My job is to care for the Styre Valks. They stand about six times my height when on all fours, but they aren't too much of a hassle; they hunt their own food, raise their own young, and shed more stars than they trample.

[Bold] Oregano
Hiya, I'm Oregano from Agates. I've got yellow skin, silver wings, color-changing hair, and a must-do attitude. I'm a star catcher; I fly around and between the planets, sampling stars for analysis. Sometimes I sample space itself, but usually stars. Then someone else usually returns them afterwards. If they're unfit to be returned, we put them up for adoption. Simple stuff really.
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
100%! There's tons of tools for crafting data packs or throwing together the pieces for data packs. I'd personally recommended the recipe generator at crafting.thedestruc7i0n.ca and the world generation tools at misode.github.io Many let you build the full data pack on the web then download it!
crafting.thedestruc7i0n.ca
Crafting
Crafting recipes generator for Minecraft
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
In contrast to the recommendation of @kezarus.bsky.social—learning and practicing discipline, which I certainly respect—I find Hank Green's advice resonates with me on a fundamental level, and describes a lot of how I approach my life. youtu.be/f_Rqf-vxBM8
youtu.be
Don't Follow Your Dreams, Follow Your Tools
YouTube video by Hank Green
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
As much as I love level crossings, I will say that slip lane level crossings are not the vibe They're better than regular slip lanes, but they still encourage car-pedestrian conflict at dangerous speeds.
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Now I really want to have a Minecraft playthrough with the Item Discovery mod I may use a recipe randomizer or something to justify it a bit
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Omg this is so cuuute
An assembled Piccrew of an androgynous figure with short messy hair, star hair clips, light skin, a hanging star earring, an oversized white shirt with a black tank top underneath, and a big pair of white fethery wings. A floral pattern sits in the background.
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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Satan @thedevil.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Your phone is just one unlucky drop away from being unusable. YOU are just one unlucky drop away from being considered "unfit for work" or "unfit for driving" and therefore undeserving of being alive (according to societal structures).
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
If y'all are interested, here's some rough gameplay footage of Field Test! It's a /long/ way from completion, but I'm happy with these levels/level concepts so far m.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Ey...
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Field Test Pre-Alpha Footage with Developer Commentary August 2025
YouTube video by Pill0wLava
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WinterSound @wintersound.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
50% off for peak gaming btw store.steampowered.com/app/253230/A...
store.steampowered.com
Save 50% on A Hat in Time on Steam
A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
We live in a fascinating time where we have the knowledge base and the tools and technology to learn about and monitor the natural world just in time to try to save it from our own ignorance. Not to discredit the tribes of human that have and had a deep and intimate understanding of their world.
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Hang on, there's totally nothing stopping me from having my own cloud storage system is there? Just like, get a low-end computer with some storage space, hook it up to the internet, get some kind of secure login and encryption set up (the hard part), and use that instead of Google Drive.
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Sea cucumbers are cool
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Post the first gif that comes up when you search your name Battle for Dream Island? I haven't actually seen that series so I don't know which iteration this one is from.
media.tenor.com
a group of cartoon characters are standing on a wooden platform
ALT: a group of cartoon characters are standing on a wooden platform
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
I think it's worthwhile to sometimes ask ourselves what the words we use so often mean: To my understanding, the fundamental point of a government—what they were invented for—is to be an organization specialized for protecting a group of people. 1/
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
My step brother is now facing underemployment at the job he's had for a few years. I think that's a sign that the economy isn't doing to well
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I have endless respect for a channel on YouTube called The Octopus Lady She does videos on various oceanic species with absolutely insane amounts of research and thought put into them. I'd love to be at a point where I can make myself put that level of effort into things.
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
There is no circumstance in which cars are a reasonable mode of transit There are circumstances where their flaws are less noticeable, but the utility they have is never more than that of actual transit.
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I think Field Test will take quite a bit of inspiration from Will You SnAIl? The level design, screen transitions, and hub world are a good mix, and I think something like them would fit here.
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
With how America was founded, you'd think it would have required classes in Middle or High school saying "here's the ways that totalitarianism can form and how to identify when it's happening."
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Emily Hazbin Hotel is my child and I cherish her very much
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Omg y'all I'm closer to actually culturing algae than ever Could I have theoretically started years ago? Probably, but I've got the drive and hopefully the tools to make it happen right now and that gets me excited
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Hm As much as I support the concept behind Meati's business model and products, I'm not a huge fan of the texture of the mycelium steak filets (due to autism). The flavor was absolutely on point and my friends say they go great with steak sauces, but I'm pretty sensitive to fibrous textures.
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Fun fact: if you use your brain to try to figure something out, that's called Philosophy Sure there's plenty of ways to formalize Philosophy, but at it's roots it's just thinking about something
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Nixy🏳️‍⚧️ @thenikorelm.com · 09/08/2025
We should normalize more things as being platonic
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I've got a messy draft for a new Field Test level finished and playable; you use a spring-like restorative electric field to sling your self onto progressively higher platforms It'll be later in the game than the other levels I'm working on so I'm not in a rush to polish it yet
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Oh my *god* this The government does not need to profit off of the products it produces as long as it makes back the money it spends some other way (if we even decide it has to pay for the resources it uses at all). It can operate in a way that goes against market forces to, say, decrease pollution
A quote from Alex Birnel at Jacobin:

"Zohran Mamdani's proposal for city-run grocery stores is entirely practical. What's more unrealistic, begging corporations to sacrifice profits to fulfill a necessary social role, or simply providing basic urban infrastructure ourselves?"
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Ooh, I just found a video by GMTK about his experience in puzzle design. The original concept is by Patrick Traynor, maker of Patrick's Parabox. You make a table where each column and each row represent a feature of your puzzle game. 1/
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
This isn't meant to be super political, it's just oddly relevant right now (hence why I thought back to it) Computers are like, infinitely better at gerrymandering than humans are. Idk why so many politicians try to do it by hand. I'm sure there's reasons for it but still
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Next steps for Field Test: I think I want to design a level to teach relatively precise platforming and basic movement tech. There'll be a couple sections where gravity rotates 90°, but not in the middle of the platforming. That's for a later level
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Lots and lots of tiny updates to Field Test today! I finally added what I believe to be every permutation of walkable surface to my sprite sheet so now walls and floors can be thinner. I got around to changing how the player object is displayed and it's gotten me excited for making more levels 1/
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
There's so many neat characters that appear in my dreams One was this leopard style character with rainbow colored fur and white stars Today I dreamt of this hazelnut colored fur creature with pointed ears, a big tuft of darker brown fur on her chest, messy countershading, and big pink hair
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Not having reliable statistics on the economy and labor will be real cool for the next bit I feel bad for researchers in the future looking back and trying to understand what's gone on Not that we aren't going to be losing reliability on the data from tons of fields, but still
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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X (OUT NOW) @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
📣 PUBLIC BETA ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️ Super excited to announce the FIRST EVER beta test for Folk Emerging, happening August 7-18! SIGN UP & get more info here 👇 subscribepage.io/vAwvvR I can't wait to have you play it and hear your feedback! Please share this post far and wide 🍻 #gamedev #indiegame 🎮
PUBLIC BETA, AUG 7-18, 2025
Sign up & get more info here 👇
https://subscribepage.io/vAwvvR
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
On an unrelated note I have the first draft of the tutorial level 1 for Field Test assembled and playable! I have good reasons for not immediately having pictures for Bluesky—can't log in on PC, can't connect phone to PC, etc.—but it's too many characters to explain in one message
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I finally watched the hour long Gravity Falls video essay that YouTube has been recommending to me. I learned a huge amount about the storytelling philosophy that Gravity Falls uses; in order to succeed, a character must learn about themselves and improve as a person. I wanna play with that now
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Pill0wLava @recinber.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Currently debating how I want to do my tutorial for Field Test It's heavily inspired by Portal, and Portal does tutorials masterfully, with each level, even very introductory ones, being puzzles. I'm thinking I may combine my levels 1–3 into a single continuous level since they're so small.
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