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Shivers

@shvrs.bsky.social
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They/them. Game designer and creator of Grimspell. Check out the kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gremli…

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chainsawroll🍉🌮✨ @chainsawroll.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I have slots left for commissions. chainsawroll@gmail.com for info ❤️ reposts are appreciated : )
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Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
bro you gotta watch your back bro you stopped appearing in the OP two episodes ago. you gotta watch out dude I noticed that you took that guy down but your theme wasn't playing, there was just an ominous violin sting. dude look out they subtly hinted at a terrible fate for you, it's not looking good
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Hampus Viklander @spookystirfry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You'd have to be a fool to not like belt clutter
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Joe @joegamedev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm making a #blender add-on that lets you sculpt directly onto low poly models via the manipulation of object space surface normals under the hood
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io
screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Idk they put Christiano Ronaldo in fatal fury just because that one Saudi prince guy is a fan and that’s a way dumber idea than dishonored 3, so I’d say your ideas have a pretty good shot
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Deceiver @dmitrydeceiver.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I agree that code is art, but I don’t think it actually matters at all to the AI coding people. They don’t care about art, if they could get away with making AI “art” without anyone knowing, they would. The reason AI has stuck in programming is that the end user cant tell when a program is AI
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thank you for working so hard on it! so excited for these textures!
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is the technology that will "replace all human labor"
screenshot of the google search "when was the png format invented". Underneath the search, Google's automatic AI overview describes the founding of Papua New Guinea.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Imagine the mona lisa remake, this time it’s in whatever art style is popular at the time, impressionism, cubism, hyperrealism, whatever. And someone tells you the new one is the “definitive version”. Absurd
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If games are replaceable with shiny new versions then they’re not art, they’re toys
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
You can see everything
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Alfred Reinold Baudisch @alfredbaudisch.com · 28/08/2026
Imagine Aseprite or another #pixelart program inside Blender? Pixel Perfect Pixel Art drawing and texture painting on top of the model in the 3D viewport and in 2D. Drawing, painting, selection tools, layers, texel density (pixel size) setup and density zones (multiple pixel sizes). #blender3d
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It’s a hard week for the gays
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Linker @linker.itch.io · 30/05/2026
MYM'S SWORD TRAILER... IS NOW!! 🗡️✨
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
wielding "good for her" and "none of my business" like a sword and shield in a fromsoft dungeon
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Nooooo they are so cool and awesoem you want to make a shader ooooOOOOooooOOoo
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!
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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A lot of folks ask about the outline effect I made for Dog Nightmare. It renders the model twice; the outline pass checks the direction of lights, and scoots each vertex toward them based on brightness. It's also more sensitive to distant light, so it pops out in dark conditions! #GameDev #TechArt
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Shot One Fighters! @shotonefighters.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Finally!! Here's the Shot One Fighters debut trailer! RT's appreciated! #indiegame #gamedev #animation
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R E Y @amandarey.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Daily drawings
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Of course, sound effects might not work since you don’t want it to distract from the regular audio, but the others are useful. Something that might be cool: put the quote in a dialogue box, then play a confirmation sound when you move to the next chunk of the quote, emulating game dialogue
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Games solve this same issue by breaking the text into small chunks, usually 3 lines tall or less (lines are scary even if they are short lengthwise), animating the text (by word or by character), adding sfx(typewriter noises, animal crossing speech), and highlighting/color coding important details.
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Tiril Schjerven @jerv.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Princess Mori. Who is now burdened with the sword and crown of her late father, The King of Fort Mortem.
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Rappenem @rappenem.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
fih hammer goes hard
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Tofu @tofupixel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
going through it atm but i finished a commission yay #pixelart #animation
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mint @mintaii.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
happy 10 years to witch hat atelier!!!! here's some art i made of it so far this year ◡̈
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It sounds like the AI is trying to get him to drink water. He goes to the AI and says “I started drinking again after 1 weeks” and the AI is like “you need to drink all the time! Drink in the morning when you first wake up and 6-12 times per day!” Not understanding he was talking about alcohol
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Such a cool design! I LOVE how it transitions from gas at the top, to liquid in the middle, and solid at the bottom. Genius
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Milkyblood - looking for art job @milkyblood.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
lava lady
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Also if you just rename the file extension to png, at least on windows 10, it just works. No conversion necessary
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Which I think is the real reason this type of design is never coming back to the mainstream. If I want a game with strong archetypes, why should one of those archetypes be “elf”? A more modern understanding of race tells us that we shouldn’t ever really think of a race as an archetype at all.
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Importantly though, is that this change comes far more from a social perspective rather than a design one. While it’s true that designers made these decisions w/ intention at the time, peoples understanding of race has changed drastically since the 80s. Nowadays, players dont see race as archetypal
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Honestly very little was lost. There are plenty of modern games that solve the problems race-as-class is meant to solve without all of the baggage that comes with such restrictive design. Character creation is plenty fast in shadowdark or five torches deep, which also features strong achytypes. More
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
True for lesser known/obscure software yes, but downloading an exe from the official website of a trusted developer couldn’t be safer.
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Yeah I think for experienced linux users the AUR is a big benefit of arch, but beginners like me don’t even really know what it is or how to use it (at least when I first started), and the idea of installing unofficial software is a bit scar
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
That’s fair, but you only have to figure it out once. Cachy is my first linux distro and just installing software has been a consistent headache. Many websites have rpm or deb files which arent compatible w/ arch. Id rather have a distro thats better supported, plus rolling updates are a pain.
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I’ve been running cachyos for a little while on my laptop and I wouldnt recommend it to someone completely new to Linux. From what Ive seen Bazzite is supposed to be a more console-like experience. I’d recommend fedora for beginners. You’ll need to manually install nvidia drivers but that’s not hard
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
kirby swallowed someone whose power was vagina
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
rewatching all of mathewmatosis' videos just to feel something
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The plan is: divest from artsy critically acclaimed studios that don’t pay out big money, and instead invest in some big bets. Either existing IP with broad appeal or live service games with potential to make tons of money. 1 billion players is a stupid goal but this move doesnt contradict that goal
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Sadly there is a kind of logic to what she is doing. Look at the studios that are getting let go, they all make mid budget/AA games that r popular with critics and have dedicated niches, but none of them really have mass appeal, none have growing player bases, and none rake in live service cash
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
They tried to avoid making it too horny by not giving him jiggle physics. As a result he is always hard which is way hornier
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Nokorpo @nokorpo-dev.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We just released GATO: Godot Accessibility Toolkit! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcZv... It's a collection of demos and free tools to implement accessiblity features in your games. Links in replies! #godot #accessibility #gamedev
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
It’s not “oops, we accidentally made AI art”, it’s “oops, we didn’t think you would catch us”
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contemptible scoundrel @elf-chaser.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
[trying to hit on a hornsent shawty] you know I'm blocked by queen marika the eternal on tumblr
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Shivers @shvrs.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The bosses in act 3 hate the silent. Her best builds, shiv & discard, both involve playing many skills and low value cards/cycling your deck. Aeon glass has wither and experiment kills you if you have too many skills. Queen isnt as bad but of course in a10 you’re guaranteed to get one of the others
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Nauris @nauris.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Just made a free sampler asset pack of the Bitcrawl series - basics for a simple dungeon crawler. The expanded ones with creatures and environments will come soon, too! #pixelart
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