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Mattzo Retsyn

@retsyn.bsky.social
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Tech Director for VFX studios, Indie Game Dev, college instructor. Teaches people rigging and programming. Helps people get and stay employed in CG. If you think AI has a place in media, I'm here to point and laugh at you. Makes adorable videogames.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
@danjohnston.uk hey, I'd love to be added to the No AI indie games list. I'm working on AI-less games, and custom dev tools in the hope that the accessibility AI apologists crave can be demonstrated other ways. Thanks for considering me!
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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hi! I just launched a new three month DOS jam! Don't have enough free time to contribute to a standard game jam? This one's E X T E N D E D. Please feel free to join in, even (especially!) if you have no experience! It's a very casual vibe, and there are even a few assets to help start you off!
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A game jam from 2026-08-31 to 2026-12-01 hosted by Emmfoolery. It's time for another three month DOS jam! This is a casual, lighthearted jam, to encourage skill-building, community links, and the crea...
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Read this thread right here. This is the damage, this is the price. Wounds inflicted directly on the type of person who TRAINS (unwillingly) your fucking models. Where will your slop machines be when the rest of us refuse to feed them our talents?
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I've been devoted to a pact of non-violence in all things in all ways, but I'm thinking about changing that-- FOR SPORT that is! (don't put me on a list.) I'm getting more interested in fitness and the healthier I get the more I wanna get up and... swing weapons like old times. #HEMA #fencing
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Junior women production managers try not to say "Perf!" challenge -- rating IMPOSSIBLE! (No shade, I love delivering good news, and I know we all have to be efficient and there's no time for that 'ect' in prod.)
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Flat Earthers think CG artists work tirelessly to fake footage from the ISS and NASA. Man I wish that were true. I could have a cushy government job and consistent work.
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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Technical Artist: The cup you have in mind might seem really simple, but there's basically no way to fill it without imposing some extremely counterintuitive limitations on the shape of the cup, or melting your GPU.
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Popped over to Twitter to half assedly promote something, and the feed is nearly 100% people I do not follow and do not know using grok to undress people. I guess everyone I followed left. But Holy shit what a catastrophic crater it became.
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
@humblemudgames.bsky.social gives the upcoming Poulet A+ for #Arduboy a shout out! (And documents all the best stuff in the Arduboy library!-- if you're new to #Arduboy this vid is a perfect introduction.) youtu.be/_TZnPKsxbY0?... #1bit #lowspec #platformer
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I Played the World's THINNEST Handheld Console | Arduboy FX-C Review
YouTube video by humblemud
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Jeff 🛸 @jeffpennington.art · 25/07/2026
I’M FINALLY OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS AGAIN! After a cat cancer scare, surgery, infection, and heal-up and then a horrible inner ear infection of my own I NEED INCOME (BADLY) and can make some dope art for you in exchange! No NSFW, no AI ever Email or DM me to discuss what you’d like 👍
My 2026 Commission chart showcasing what I offer and the prices related to them. My old logo resides in the top left, showing my name, "Jeff Pennington" being abducted in a tractor beam by a ufo, with 2026 Commissions next to it. My icon has a little word bubble coming from it that says "Welp!" Next to that some contact info reads:
BlueSky @jeffpennington.art
Insta @_JeffPennington
jeffpennington.art (which is my website)
In the middle center, my contact information is clearly displayed as "contact@jeffpennington.art" where you can e-mail me for commissions.
Under a sketch of Jar Jar Binks from Star Trek as a hardboiled 1930's detective, it reads:
SKETCH
$20 Full Body/ $15 Half Body & Bust
Single Character/ No Background
Next to that, under an ink drawing of a clients dragonborn wizard OC, reads:
LINEART
$50 Full Body / $35 Half Body & Bust
+ 35 per extra character/ +50 Background
And under a full color illustration of The Rocketeer, it reads:
FULL COLOR:
$100 Full Body / $85 Half Body / $70 Bust
+ 60 per extra character/ +80 Background
And finally in the bottom right corner it reads: *Prices vary with complexity.
All art and design by me!
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I think devs I respect use UE to some degree of success, but when you use FAB store stuff, it's got undocumented "features" that are hard to reverse engineer, you can't tell why your edits don't work, etc etc. If I did a true project in Unreal perhaps I'd like it, but this asset flip project? blah.
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Three straight days of debugging someone else's UE asset has come to a close. FML. #ue
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VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 22/07/2026
Shigeru Miyamoto says the games that resonate most with players all around the world aren’t those deliberately designed for global appeal, but those based on a developer’s personal interests. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/miyamot...
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Miyamoto: Games based on developers’ personal interests resonate around the world, not those aiming for global appeal | VGC
If developers try to make something the world will like, it becomes generic…
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Friz Frizzle @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Meta are sending Fucko the Knife Robot to stab you in the knee. To disable go to Accounts> Settings> Robots> Knife Robots> Fucko> Opt Out
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
"The newly appointed Minister for AI is expected to meet with the Minister for NFTs, Lord Blockchain and the Secretary of State for Pogs this afternoon."
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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
PYROMANCER is out NOW!!! Download it for free on itch!!! elliesprites.itch.io/pyromancer
An 8-bit style video game screenshot showing a dark skinned woman with fire powers shooting a fireball at a skeleton monster.Another screenshot of the same game, in which the protagonist deflects an attack from a floating skull enemy that shoots bone projectiles.The protagonist, now running through a dungeon full of spike obstacles.The protagonist is kneeling on the floor, next to a woman enveloped in mystical power who holds a mysterious object.
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I thought Poulet on the #Arduboy would reach too small an audience, but #Anbernic owners using #Knulli can get in on it! #1bit #rom #retrogame
An Arduboy running Poulet A+ lays next to an Anbernic RG40XX H, running the same thing.
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Jeff 🛸 @jeffpennington.art · 14/07/2026
Hey #PortfolioDay I’m Jeff, an illustrator and comic artist with a vibrant chameleon style looking for work in comics, publishing, video games, and more! I also create the webcomic HAMMERHEAD 🎨 jeffpennington.art 🔗 jeffpennington.carrd.co 📫 contact@jeffpennington.art 🍖 hammerhead.webcomic.ws
The cover to my webcomic Hammerhead #1, digital illustration. The titular protagonist caveman Hammerhead holds a gigantic boulder up above his head with one hand casually with a big smile on his face while a small blue pteranodon Ptops perched on his shoulder pointing into the distance. Behind him his two traveling compatriots include his little sister with the pigtails and poncho Cutter, and the high blonde pompadour and gemstone spectacles coward Orin. In the island background in the distance various flying saucers, eye walkers, and dinosaurs mill about. Art be me!Digital painting and design piece based on the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode “Little Green Men.” Quark, a Ferengi with large ears, sharp teeth, and an extremely gaudy patterned suit, is pointing his death ray (index finger) at a human woman in a 1940’s style military uniform with curly hair and a terrified look on her face. An overlay features text in the style of a 50’s sci-fi B-movie, featuring a logo which reads “Little Green Men” in shocking text over a glowing green Earth and under a small green UFO. Text in the bottom right list the major player actors of the DS9 episode in the style of a classic movie poster. Art by me!Digital illustration of Undyne from Undertale standing in full Royal Guard armor, her helmet tucked beneath her arm and her other hand grasping onto a glowing spear which highlights along her reflective armor. She has a gigantic, janky maniacal smile on her face and her ponytail is whipping in the wind. A lightning bolt crashes dramatically in the background, highlighting her figure from behind. Art by me!A black and white digital painting of Captain Jean Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation dressed as his Holodeck counterpart, hard boiled 1940’s detective Dixon Hill. He wears a classic detective’s outfit of fedora, overcoat, suit and tie. He’s illuminated by a light source coming through Venetian blinds off screen in a mostly black dark room otherwise. “The Big Goodbye by Tracy Torme”, the title of both the episode this is homaging and the fictional book the episode is based on, resides to the right of Picard in stylized lettering. Art by me!
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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 15/07/2026
Stupid fucking kid not able to make a proper illustration on their own... what a fucking idiot. This is the real problem today, shitty kid's art that isn't ready for the publishing world.
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A realization... vt.tiktok.com/ZSX6f26FM/ #aibros
vt.tiktok.com
TikTok - Make Your Day
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Advent @adventureislands.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Stack cats and soar to whole new heights! Wishlist Copy Cats on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4700300/... #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #puzzlegame #cats
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Alec S // Renegade Sector Games @renegadesector.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Journey of the Garden Rose is 20% off in the Steam Summer Sale! store.steampowered.com/app/3692110/...
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Everyone and their aunt has implemented a Voxel Engine. This one is #godotengine with #csharp. I needed a break from #ThunderAxis ! #sideproject #minecraft #voxels #gamedev
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I am working on stuff constantly, it just isn't producing visuals or otherwise publishables. I am still here!
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This makes me so Happy! I don't know how many people enjoy my game on the regular, but it's not a lot. Big thanks to @mwdashadow.bsky.social ! I also never imagined times like this.
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MwdaShadow @mwdashadow.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I got Poulet Poulet down to a 32:09, with my first deathless run. I'm leaving it here for now, and I plan to come back to this game in the future. A sub-30 is definitely possible with what I know now, and there may be more to discover. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ79...
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Poulet Poulet Any% PB as of 2026-06-18 in 32:09 (Current World Record)
YouTube video by MwdaShadow
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Today I saw beautiful cartoon animation in a VFX film. Waste of a great animator on the wrong job. People will call it "bad VFX" in spite of it being beautiful- just because it doesn't read as real. And they would be right, really. I never call out the film or studio as a rule. #animation #vfx
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Working in CG I've seen leaps and bounds in deformers and rigs in my 13 years. And lo, the complexity and timelines just keeps up, or indeed overtakes any time we win.
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tctc @toastcrust.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
even if LLM actually made gamedev more efficient, which I see no reason to believe it has or will, that won't reduce crunch, because the business people will just push harder until you're crunching again. When a tool increases worker productivity, that doesn't translate into better work hours.
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A concept I'm on high alert for now is "Productivity Theatre". I've heard it dropped discussing businesses relationship to tech before, but having worked in offices for decades now, I think it's older than we realize. #middlemanagers
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Hooked my student up with a potential client-- looked good, despite the AI slop "reference" image, and thing were trucking along. Then, actual compensation gets brought up, and suddenly silence. #paypeople #exposure
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I'm embarking on a big, unusual project the likes of which I don't usually pursue (in between everything else). Unlike most of my projects, this one is inspired by an ethical calling I can't ignore.
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
AI in the wild makes me spicy angry. AI in the workplace I onced loved makes me cold-oatmeal sad.
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I buy new beard clippers any time I misplace the charging cable. That's normal right? Everyone does that?
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Wtf did I miss StarFox news?
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Me in therapy: "I wanna tell everyone who wants to embrace AI in our workplace to stfu, and I want to be somewhat hostile about it-- please tell me not to." Therapist: "No can do. You need to yell at nerds for your mental health. That'll be $150 please."
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Every metal show in Toronto is dreadfully oversold
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Too much juice? #gamedev #explosion #blastfx #godot #oops
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Let's play "WHAT IS MATT GETTING AT?" So, humankind already possesses technology to travel space way faster than we do, bringing Mars and beyond within reach. But we never built this, because for it to work, the material cost, danger, and surrounding ethical concerns were too great.
en.wikipedia.org
Nuclear pulse propulsion - Wikipedia
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Tonight's drone. #shmup #lowpoly #godotengine
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
People have children, and they rightly wanna raise them instead of doing creative nerdy shit with me. But that's where my queer friends come to the rescue. They will always be there to do nerdy shit with me. #friendOfGayDorks
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Smart investors know it's all about Landfills in New Mexico.
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
@tributegames.com it's not presently possible to play Panzer Paladin on Switch 2! :(
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
With all the engine finagling almost done, I can return to streaming and game art-- that's more fun to post. Then I can drum up trailers and hype, etc. #godotengine #thunderaxis #shmup #lowpoly
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
0.4mm is the correct size for a felt tipped pen. At least if you're writing small enough to fit in the lines of a Leuchtturm 1917. #papryophilia
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Today I ate a bagel with hot honey, cream cheese and chives. And I did it without writing a single line of code. (I'm gonna end all my social media posts with that like LinkedIn AI bros, especially when I procrastinate and therefore don't write a single line of code.)
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
A brief tale of a bad-ass.
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I moved my CG learning community to Matrix: matrix.to#/#rtcreative... If you have CG expertise or need CG help, whether for #GameDev or #Animation, come help me repopulate so we can help with #Maya, #Python, #Godot, and more.
matrix.to
Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication
You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversation
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Dies Irae? Dies Nuts. (That's been burning within me since I thought better than to say it on a stream lest I be banned for life by @cranewreck.ca )
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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I've debated with 10 year old nephews who come at me with more defensible stances than this.
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