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shinji 🪻 信志

@shinji.zone
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hi I’m a game developer and hobbyist illustrator, from LA to Tokyo! ✦ English / 日本語 / 한국어 ✦ ig: @shinji.dev ✦ site: shinji.zone

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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 30/09/2026
this looks like ffxiv housing
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 29/09/2026
exactlyyy!! games are soo hard to make so it’s even more interesting to peer behind the curtains to see what makes people’s minds tick… what drives us to the insanity of using games as the medium for creativity… 🧑‍🦲
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 29/09/2026
i guess doujin/maker culture makes sense too hmm
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 29/09/2026
recently i tried explaining to a jp person that i don’t really consider myself an games otaku, but maybe more of a “game dev otaku” which sounds off.. but it was the only thing i could think of besides “a little freak for making things”. 物作りオタク 🤔
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 29/09/2026
today i was able to read but unable to count (visibly shaking) fiber arts is my friend but my brain is my enemy
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 29/09/2026
but most of all, nothing but respect for creating the show Pose….. 🥲
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 29/09/2026
people say a lotta stuff about Ryan Murphy but i can’t help but respect the man for having the gumption to basically write fanfiction of serial killers lol. while also making commentary of how america has become so desensitized to violence and crime
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 29/09/2026
thinks about all of the services i’ve signed up for that now seem like ticking time bombs for leaking all of my data as a japan resident 🥴
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 29/09/2026
i could not sleep at all and now i just feel grumpy… but i do not want to mess up my circadian rhythm even further by sleeping in the middle of the day… grrr i hate being sick grrrrrrrrr…
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Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ok here we go 🍝 Spaghetti Celesti: Devour the Heavens ⛅ is out now for free!! 🍴 the best pixel spaghetti of your life ↪️ prepare them & fork them perfectly ⭐ get those 5-stars reviews 😡 and be quick ! the people are hangry play it at punkcake.itch.io/spaghetti-celesti #fallingblockjam #pixelart
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 28/09/2026
ugh yes…! i used to aspire to want to be one but i realized that i was depriving myself of critical teamwork/communication skills... such a stupid goal to have… and also i realized that every “solo dev” i looked up to actually wasn’t solo and had an incredibly good support system lmaooo
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 28/09/2026
started and restarted a crochet like 6 times and gave up aughshgshdhs 🫥 maybe tomorrow i will know how to fuckin read
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みなはむ @minahamu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
今日
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 28/09/2026
trying to be a little more hopepilled in these trying times #yay
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 28/09/2026
but in a way my heartbreak w unity also fuels my hope for more dev-centered open-source projects like godot and others :3
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 28/09/2026
as much as my distaste has grown over the years from the company’s questionable business decisions, i really am forever indebted to Unity for democratizing game development in a way that had never been seen before, and for literally being THE platform for 90% of my career…
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 28/09/2026
just realized that i’ve been using Unity for over a third of my life and caused direct psychic damage to myself
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nok ૮ • ﻌ - ა @nikoco11.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
homesick #goodbyelara
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 28/09/2026
the best one was my new yorker manager grabbing me and insisting that we go meet mayor mamdani… i was like no man i can’t see zohran like this. i’m in my jammies :(
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 28/09/2026
slapped on a heated eye mask and passed out for like 15 hours and had incredibly vivid fever dreams, and each time i woke up i was convinced that they were my reality… then i woke up for real and opened my work laptop. nightmare
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 27/09/2026
home!! but i got sick :( but at least my body had the courtesy to get sick after my trip ended
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 27/09/2026
omg it’s so good
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Visual Novel News @visualnovelnews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
[Fan TL] Sayonara o Oshiete is out A surreal story following a teacher who is slowly losing his mind Initially a financial failure, it became a cult classic and is now considered one of the three big denpa games alongside Tsui no Sora and Jisatsu no Tame no 101 no Houhou
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🗑 @naapa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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rudy time @pierogiy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
we are all learning and growing all of the time
a simple black and white comic with 3 panels. in the first one, a bunny guy is talking to a bunny child wearing a shirt with a famous mouse on it. the flavor text reads "(trying to make conversation with a 3 year old). the bunny guy asks, "oh is that Minnie Mouse?"
the child replies, "no, it's MICKEY MOUSE!"
the next panel is a close up of the shirt design with the child tapping on it and saying, "SEE?". the mouse in question has long eyelashes and a big bow and a dress and heels and whatnot.
in the last panel, the bunny guy has 2 warring thoughts: "we have to stop erasing the achievements of women" vs. "ok yeah gnc mickey mouse, fuck it up i guess"
the bunny guy smiles and says "oh ok!"
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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today is the one-year anniversary of the release of Unfair Flips!!! The game is not on sale today because I forgot. But also it's $1.99 anyways so a sale is mostly in the mind store.steampowered.com/app/3925760/...
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Unfair Flips on Steam
A non-idle clicker game about flipping a coin that hates you. Starting with just a 20% chance of getting heads, can you get ten heads in a row?
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 25/09/2026
we were in yellowknife and it was amazing!! beautiful canadian nature, while not being stupidly cold in the late summer/early fall lol
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Starting today, we're piloting Japanese magazines in our digital archive! We've spent the last few months upgrading our library infrastructure to support Japanese-language material, starting with the magazine Neo Geo Freak. Read the full blog post for more info: gamehistory.org/5k-magazines/
A two-page spread from Neo Geo Freak featuring Nakoruru from the game Samurai Shodown. All text is accurately highlighted on the page, including vertical writing being mapped vertically.
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 24/09/2026
there are so many japanese/chinese/korean tourists in canada for mid-autumn holidays jfjfkdkfd it hardly feels like i left japan at all
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 24/09/2026
we saw super amazing aurora light shows for 2/3 of the nights, so i’m super duper 1000% satisfied 🥹 man i’m so excited to go home and edit my photossss
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blackle mori @blackle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I just wrote a paranormal story in the form of a fictional forum thread! A young woman discovers a video captured from inside a recurring dream. Read here: suricrasia.online/unfiction/sp...
A screenshot of the fake forum page
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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 20/09/2026
no game dev skill is more important than making up your fuckin mind
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 20/09/2026
aww the hand drawn guide is so cuteee
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Del @del.art · 20/09/2026
When a game studio ships a solid game, it creates TWO valuable products: 1. A solid game. 2. The team that spent years learning how to work together make a game. Because Western studios keep disbanding #2 while development cycles get longer; we will inevitably see less of #1.
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Qweerty Gamers @qweertygamers.org · 19/09/2026
🏳️‍🌈Have a queer or queer-made game releasing in 2027? Our Qweerty Game Dev Microgrant is accepting applications! Recipients will receive up to $2,500 to finish funding their game. 🗓️ Apply by October 11th Thanks to zPride for helping make this possible <3
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Christophe is making Prerolled! @qaqelol.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
My new free interactive guide on #Godot Control Nodes and #UI is out!! qaqelol.itch.io/gui My free #Tween guide also gets a new update! qaqelol.itch.io/tweens AND You can now get the All-in-One version, that regroups all my guides + extra features to support me!! qaqelol.itch.io/guides #GameDev
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Ი ᰍ ݃ ݁ᣟ݂ malaika ✁ @ophanimkei.com · 20/09/2026
🍄🥩 MEAT GIRL COMPLETE🥩🍄 Meat Girl, my yuri RPG Maker game about a girl searching for her mentally ill roommate in cold mountains filled with meat, is now available on Itchio and Steam! It includes an artbook, new art and dialogue, and one secret! 🥩 GET ON ITCHIO 🍄 🍄 GET ON STEAM 🥩
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Thew @amazingthew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
god i love videogames. have you heard about "places"? they are called locations
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 19/09/2026
watched Backrooms and The Drama on the plane. backrooms had some cool as hell moments, even if the story was just meh for me. the drama had a pretty interesting setup but i could not get into the characters….. i’m sorry zendaya and robert pattinson
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🎱 Kelly Pringle 🎱 @kellypringle.com · 16/09/2026
Enjoying some me-time 💻
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AUTOMATON WEST @automatonwest.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Laid-Back Camp cozy companion game releases in Early Access on Steam in October. A one-time-purchase version of overhauled 2023 gacha…
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Laid-Back Camp cozy companion game releases in Early Access on Steam in October. A one-time-purchase version of overhauled 2023 gacha game
The mobile versions will continue to be free-to-play, with a revamped game design.
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Masha Zhdanova'S WEBCOMIC IS ONLINE NOW!!! @mashazart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
my article about artist's alley is up at @fansplaining.bsky.social today! thank you to everyone who talked to me about their AA experiences for this piece and let me use their photos fansplaining.com/the-death-of...
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The Death of the Artist Alley?
For smaller artists, increased costs and outsized merchandise expectations are putting convention-selling out of reach.
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 18/09/2026
now i’m on freaking vacation baby woohoooooooooooo
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 18/09/2026
thank you my fujoshi followers. i have prevailed once more
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tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com · 16/09/2026
A friend found one of my business cards from 13 years ago
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 16/09/2026
will not be able to go to tokyo indies tonight, sad to miss the TGS edition this year wah… but instead i will be having wine & dimsum and catching up on some sleep debt 😌
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Sandy Gordon @bandygrass.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm only just seeing this! ❤️ What an honor. I am a big fan of the Momodora games. If you haven't played them, do yourself a favor and pick up Moonlit Farewell. And if you love gorgeous pixels and charming action adventures, pick up Momodora 3 and Reverie Under the Moonlight as well! 🍁
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Roby @lapithai.art · 14/09/2026
I'm working on this game with Kiang!!!!! I'm the main artist/designerrrr, please consider wishlisting it, especially if you love fire emblem style games!!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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shinji 🪻 信志 @shinji.zone · 15/09/2026
give me your powers fellow fujoshi.
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masha 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @esshemasha.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
moe calls
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