iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 08/10/2026

this error has been the bane of my existence for the past two or so hours

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 01/10/2026

it's AI-upscaled, the actual original image is here bsky.app/profile/pehm...

low-resolution image of a keyboard with a trackpad plugged into the bottom and a numberpad to the right flipped open to reveal a top-loading disc drive

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 15/09/2026

(just an aside but i love this bit from volume 2)

just for the record:
there is beauty and fundamental truths in even the cheapest, trashiest pop.
no shit.
of course there is.
please don't misunderstand this as destroying songs cos it's funny or cool. (though it is funny). but not cool...
and it's not to be subversive, or to make a point about the archaic copyright laws that bind us cos, frankly, there's more important things to be worry about.
we just do this cos it's frustrating to do often hear those few seconds of magic hidden so deep in clean-cut production styles, soulless singers, pretty & toned female skin, the same old dance routines and obvious middle 8s.
it deserves more than that.
it deserves to be screamed by someone who has it trapped inside of them (which is all of us, surely? so how can these pop stars get it so wrong?) over the righteous noise of people hitting instruments as hard as they possibly can, rather than noises made by people behind computers.
which is, of course, exactly how we made this.
go figure.

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 24/08/2026

@commodoreofficial.bsky.social this obvious ai slop song in your trailer really gets your publishing seal of approval? do better

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 31/07/2026

in the process of making an arcade-style game (game pending, that's a mockup)

top-down multidirectional space game. the player's ship is surrounded by enemy ships and there's a large base to its right

spritesheet for top-down multidirectional space game. player ship is shown pointing up and left, followed by an evil clone of the player ship and two angular enemy ship designs. there are also asteroids, explosions and a mine

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 25/07/2026

i like them for things that'd be hard to fit figures on, like monitor toppers

three acrylic standees on top of a monitor. the ones to the left and right are of cute stylized girls that show up in TNUP's music videos, the other in between them is a humanoid flame wearing a train conductor uniform from Memorial Engine/Marguerite Tram

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 22/07/2026

the way everything just melts into itself. they made normal water into some kind of cronenbergian nightmare. i can't even play the game like this if i know all the upscaled FMVs are going to look this horrible and they do not include the originals to switch back to

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 17/07/2026

can't believe konami made a rick and morty game in 1988

screenshot of the 1988 konami arcade game Gang Busters with a tall and short cop standing next to each other. they have spiky hair that makes them look a little like rick and morty

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 09/07/2026

it's seriously so good. not just for turret games like Starblade either, trackball games like SDI and spinner games like Bomb Bee play great with gyro. feels more natural than a mouse in many cases

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 09/07/2026

you know what sure starblade you've got the coolest everything else. might as well have the coolest high score screen too

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 08/07/2026

do better, quiver games. come on

screenshot from the games link game developer conference poster highlighting an obviously ai-generated keyboard with keycaps labeled with weird scribbles that don't make sense but vaguely resemble a real keyboard. some letters are real. obviously AI

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 08/07/2026

like come on, don't you want this cute little guy stuck to your laptop forever i could even do stickers of the enemies and put together a little display of them chasing this ship around, that could be cute for a cardboard stand-up display

a pixel art spaceship with sharp protrusions from the front and winglike sides

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 04/07/2026

facing worlds from unreal tournament recreated from memory in about 15-20 minutes in picocad 2 because i can't tear myself away from this program

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 04/07/2026

i really love the spritesheet export function, makes it convenient to make something that looks like it could be in Escape Velocity

the same industrial ship from the previous post, shown from eight different evenly-rotated perspectives in a spritesheet

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 04/07/2026

PicoCAD 2 is also a lot of fun, and is probably the thing i'll be continuing to experiment with the most for now, since most of starrestruck's upcoming projects are 2D

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 04/07/2026

my first test of a 3D modeling program is usually to make a little spaceship and kenney shape and asset forge did not disappoint. very fun tools that seem like they'll be pretty useful for getting quick assets done for prototyping. love that asset forge can export a rotating sprite set too

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 04/07/2026

a crocotile version of an old mockup for tanq, an upcoming starrestruck game. 3D is out of scope for this game in reality but i suspect this tool will be pretty useful for a sequel

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 04/07/2026

made a little website button for myself

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 11/06/2026

source www.instagram.com/p/DZYN0_WEqeY/

instagram post from titancasket. text reads
The World’s Most Radical Caskets.
With colors for every character.

Delivered nationwide in as little as 2 business days.

(Character artwork not available)

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 21/05/2026

i shouldn't be allowed near a microphone

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 21/05/2026

may or may not be making a carmen sandiego remix/cover for normal reasons

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 13/05/2026

so my index broke last night. headstrap just snapped, and i think it's revealing of a design flaw people should be aware of

valve index VR headset. the strap's external casing is broken, revealing springs inside. the internal connection between the strap and the display is fine

valve index headset. a chunk of the strap has been pulled out to show the length of the springs

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 12/05/2026

still mad that 3D displays didn't take off in the mainstream. one of the cool things i've noticed about anaglyph 3D is that regardless of display tech or even whether the file is open it works. no OS standard needed, just put them on and suddenly 3D images are in 3D

screenshot of windows explorer showing the three server rack renders from the above post. when wearing red and blue 3D glasses, the third one appears to be recessed into the window itself.

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 12/05/2026

did an art thing. intended to be viewed in 3D but 3D displays are uncommon as i've complained about before so here's an anaglyph version and a 2D version

picture of stylized server racks bathed in light and shadow, standing in front of a corner. a large arrow on the wall points around the corner with a "2" label below it. the servers have small pixelated details on them that look like buttons and numbers

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 26/04/2026

people don't know what a b movie is anymore i guess

video from Evil Genius Entertainment titled "Happy ALIENS day! Why ALIENS is the ultimate B movie"

Screenshot of the first sentence of wikipedia's definition of B movie: "A B movie, or B film, is a type of low-budget commercial motion picture"

Wikipedia screenshot of the Aliens movie poster and budget (image is slightly edited so the budget is right below the poster; numbers are unchanged). the Aliens movie poster depicts lead character Ellen Ripley carrying a young girl and a large sci-fi gun while surrounded by freaky alien eggs. The budget is listed as $18.5 million and the box office is listed as $131.1 to 183.3 million.

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 23/04/2026

nice app (i had to send this video to my PC to upload it because i kept getting errors trying to do it directly from my phone)

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 18/04/2026

remember when racing games had really good car destruction modeling #360share

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 18/04/2026

i think people with capture cards should start using OBS replay buffer and make up new social media hashtags for sharing clips in the spirit of #PS4share i'll start: lumines live is pretty cool #360share (flashing lights)

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 17/04/2026

for your consideration xkcd.com/438/

xkcd comic depicting two people arguing over the internet before a third person shows up and carries one over to the other's physical room. they stand face to face for a moment before the original arguer is lifted back to their own room. both arguers then stare silently at their computer screens

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 14/04/2026

okay fine i did the trendy about me video games thing

"about me: video games" grid. favorite game phoenotopia awakening. best story metroid ii, terranigma, thirty flights of loving, gravity bone. favorite art style the catacombs of solaris, atari star wars, jet set radio future, scavenger sv-4, wing commander, elite, tempest. biggest personal impact the hundred line last defense academy. best combat beyond citadel, karateka, thumper, mechwarrior 3, boneworks. overhated bad dudes, mario the lost levels, sonic lost world. underrated virtual boy galactic pinball. overrated zelda a link to the past and breath of the wild. needs a remake none. criminally overlooked million depth, chaos seed, quadrilateral cowboy, laserlife. favorite protagonist psychopomp. favorite antagonists star control ii, saya no uta, moonlight duelists. best soundtrack no man's sky, ys iv, jeff wayne's the war of the worlds, galaxian3 project dragoon. best multiplayer wizard of wor. not usually my thing, but... bangai-o spirits. turn my brain off (positive) fulcrum defender, tetris effect. best with friends earth defense force 4.1, vintage story, warlords, helldivers ii, deep rock galactic, space beast terror fright. best retro game fez, tunic, outer wilds. nostalgic childhood game mechwarrior 4: mercenaries. game everyone should play the guardian legend, zanac, naissancee.

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 13/04/2026

just did something pretty cool with the xbox version of outrun 2006

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 13/04/2026

there's also the new "get effects" button which lets you slopify your audio in one easy step

Audacity screenshot listing audio effects, several of which are marketed as "AI tools" or "AI powered instruments and effects"

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 05/04/2026

another #marathon inspired piece. i always thought the energy weapons reloaded like a sony walkman, which begs the question what would an actual cassette in that world look like (despite the extreme anachronism)?

a 3D model of three cassettes piled up with a fourth leaning on the pile. the top of the cassettes have text reading "INSERT THIS SIDE", TCEI, Terran Colonial Expansion Industries and Recording Index followed by a blank space. the bottom side of the tapes has a flat texture which looks like a slideable window to a roll of tape inside.

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 04/04/2026

got inspired to learn affinity designer (it's not all that though, the cubes are made in blender and then run through a bunch of paint dot net effects)

a stylized advertisement for the fictional "TCEI Metabox", a software product sold by Terran Colonial Expansion Industries.

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 23/03/2026

i got jealous of fl-chan as a reaper user but i looked into it and there's a plugin to add a dancing character to reaper it's wonderful peloreaper.blog.jp/archives/529...

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 06/03/2026

xevious if it came out in 2026

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 08/02/2026

i like making posters sometimes for the games i want to make that probably won't see the light of day for like a decade

poster with stars in the background and a claw-like spaceship flying toward the top right corner. text is laid out aligned to the left side. text reads: "from the studio that brought you TANQ and SEGMENTER comes an unprecedented galactic odyssey... from a world of science fiction to a world of science adventure. answer the call. defend humanity in GALACTIC FRONTLINE. a starrestruck studios production. coming to an arcade near you, sooner than you expect. eight simultaneous players. one ship. your entire species' last line of defense is in your capable hands."

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 07/02/2026

one of my favorite little things about it is how math operations can be done right in the text fields. i don't know how standard that is in graphics programs but goddamn it's useful

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 02/02/2026

spacecraft concept the left claw detaches and functions as a small warhead. deployed in groups. small enough to pass for asteroids on scans when they run with systems off

drawing of four angles of a sharp, blocky-looking spacecraft with claw-like structures coming out of the front. the claws are shaped a bit like the contour between your pointer finger and thumb

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 01/02/2026

seriously, did you ai-generate the SVGs for the social icons or what? only the first three of seven buttons work, by the way. the rest lead nowhere

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 01/02/2026

some things about quitgpt.org were confusing me (the social icons look all weird and it tries to direct people to "alternatives" despite also mentioning that ai will literally make you insane) so i decided to hit view source and i found out that they're A/B testing the page headline? the fuck?

a javascript snippet from quitgpt.org's source labeled "headline test" with four different headlines listed, mentioning chatgpt's donations to trump and chatgpt's collaboration with ice in different wordings and combinations. not pictured but in the code above this section is labeled "A/B testing framework"

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 21/01/2026

okay i misremembered a bit but it still pops this up and interrupts the game right after you kill your first enemy which is still an insanely unhelpful way to tutorialize this is from the studio later entrusted with metroid dread, by the way

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow screenshot reading "You just earned some experience! Increase your experience level and unlock new skills by killing enemies."

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sanctumsys @sanctumsys.itch.io · 13/01/2026

apparently the kids think this number is funny these days

bomberman jetters episode 44 screenshot. onscreen english subs read "six-seven bees have appeared! six-seven-buzz, eight-buzz-buzz! note: the monster's name is a pun on 6-7-8, with "hachi" being a homonym for "eight" and "bee"."

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