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@softmotor.bsky.social
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game dev. made an engine from scratch, gaze upon my suffering. working on Indix Infernalis, a fan game-client for Magnagothic Maleghast. softmotor.itch.io/indix-infernalis

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sail @saildraws.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
thoughts about making art 1/3
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Linnea Sterte @decassette.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I see. there is hope for the children. let's burn all computers too. except mine, I need it for work
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batfluffs 🤍🪽 @batfluffs.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
pumpkin 🎃🤓 #pixelart #lowpoly #3d #blockbench
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allsee @allsees.online · 28/09/2025
everyone should checkout Messenger by Abeto. it's a free browser game where ur just a little delivery kid on a little planet! messenger.abeto.co
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Dune Quotes @dunequotes.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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𝕲𝖆𝖝 @gaxix.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Hi i'm Gax, an artist based in France, I love painting fantastical worlds ! Currently open for work #PortfolioDay 💌 gaxixx@gmail.com
Gandalf vs Balrog Baldur's Gate Tribute Bloodborne Shin Godzilla
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violet! 🐝 @vippori.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
i love gamecube... 💜 #lowpoly
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Joshua Carson @joshuacarsonart.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Much older work from 2021, my interpretation of Ged from the Earthsea novels
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Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
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ALTON🏺🦊 @rudefoxalton.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
"smart dishwasher" why the fuck would I want a smart dishwasher I like my appliances stupid and meek thank you very much
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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Super-deformed Highlands and Islands
Sketchbook ink doodles of cottages and woodlands inspired by Wester Ross in Scotland
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Mrmo Tarius @mrmotarius.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Dungeon. I really need to get back to this and make more tiles and scenes :D
3D render of a tiny dungeon that appears to be made of plasticine or clay. There's a couple of goblins and slimes, scattered golden coins, spike tiles, torches and plants.
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🦇 Hexavier 🎃 @xavierck.com · 28/10/2024
Time for another reference dump! This zip file contains 2,566 photos (6.58 GB) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art arms and armor collection. I tried to focus on the types of details you don't see in most available reference, like hinges and fasteners. Enjoy! drive.google.com/file/d/1emF3...
A shot of an eggplant-shaped samurai helmet sitting on a wooden stand in a museum display case. It's made of darkened metal and has gold trim and accents.A closeup shot of some buttons, fasteners, and ties on a small section of a samurai armor set's front chest plate. There are various ornate patterns, complex knots, and overlapping pieces.A closeup shot of the thumb and forefinger of a European steel gauntlet inlaid with gold. It has bronze rivets and a white leather glove under the overlapping finger armor pieces.A closeup shot of an extremely ornate double barreled shotgun's firing mechanism and trigger. The hammers are shaped like squirrels holding nuts and there is floral filigree everywhere.
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
I have a joke about game developme- Actually, i have a better joke about game dev- Oh, i have an EVEN BETTER joke about game de-
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Whey‽ @whey.party · 18/10/2024
I came across an outdated guide on image grid sizing crop/proportions for bsky earlier, and I felt it was important to create an updated version! Please use this new guide instead!
Up-to-date BlueSky Crop Aspect Ratio
Crop Sizes for Bluesky as of 18 Oct 2024

By default, single images are uncropped. If image is too tall (Exceeds the 1:2 aspect ratio) then it will be cropped. Single images that are too tall may be scaled down but aspect ratio is preserved

With two images, both of them share a square aspect ratio of 1:1

For three images, the first image is square (1:1) while the other two are half-squares (2:1)

And for 4 images, all of them are 3:2
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Scavenger @paigehix.bsky.social · 06/10/2024
Because sometimes people need to hear this: If you want to make some art, just make it. If you're worried it's going to be bad, that's fine. Make bad art just because you want to try. You don't have to show it to anyone if you don't want to. You don't have to finish it either! Just do it for fun!
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
Host is done so my progress now is: Units: 5/6 Necromancer Upgrades: 15/20 #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #maleghast
Several units are arranged on an isometric tile based level.  The units are black and white with splashes of green. One unit, a half melted monstrosity (The Rotten unit type) is targetting another unit, a hunched figure covered in rats (The Host unit type).
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Eternal Skies TCG RPG @eternalskies.neocities.org · 23/09/2024
I keep seeing people make these game dev starter packs, so I decided to make a solo dev starter pack, especially since we don't actually have a solo dev feed. If you make games mostly by yourself (say 80% or so), let me know and I can add you to the pack. go.bsky.app/J9yPvq8 #gamedev #indiegamedev
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 22/09/2024
More progress on gargamox, got the rotten feature complete. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #maleghast
Several goopy and green units are arranged around an isometric map. One unit (the rotten) is highlighted and aiming an attack, indicated by an arrow
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Tiani Pixel @tianipixel.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
3D tilesets that mixes pixel art and low poly techniques! And a closer look at the level design tools I'm coding for ABYSS X ZERO! #pixelart #gamedev #lowpoly #axz #madewithunity
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
You know what? Let's do it. Let's actually do it. I think we ought to oppress conservatives. For the very first time in our nation's history, let's oppress the oppressors. It seems like a great idea. Read on: www.the-reframe.com/its-time-to-...
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It's Time To Oppress Conservatives
With a generous, diverse, and open world that will care for everyone, even for them.
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
Sharing a screenshot from an old prototype about piloting a glider. Maybe I should get back to this sometime... #screenshotsaturday #gamedev
A screenshot for the cockpit of a glider with a very open canopy.  The game is low poly and you can see red cliffs and spherical clouds.
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 14/09/2024
What’s your “no one remembers this game but me?” Nanosaur. Which i was just very surprised to learn, has had an open source re-release. So clearly *someone* remembered it, lmao, but this was the first i had heard anyone else mention it jorio.itch.io/nanosaur
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Nanosaur by Iliyas Jorio
Send dinosaur eggs to the future before a meteor hits the Earth! Available for Windows, macOS, Linux
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Slippy @damnslippy.slippy.me · 10/09/2024
OKAY so Moo Deng is a new baby pygmy hippo at a zoo in Thailand She looks like braised pork so the public voted to name her Moo Deng, which is a pork dish. She is perfect and every picture of her is a mood.
A baby hippo opening her mouth wide while someone points at her.A baby hippo standing her ground, staring at the camera, stubby little toes planted firmly.A baby hippo lolling on the ground under a grown-up hippo, eyes and mouth wide.A baby hippo being picked up and making a "ARE YOU SEEING THIS SHIT?" face.
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
Continuing to make progress on Indix Infernalis, got the Gargamox necro & scum done, leech is about halfway there. #gamedev #maleghast
Screenshot of progress on a tactics game, some 3 kinds slimey boys are arranged around an isometric tile map.
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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
Just a cat and her pumpkins #art
a painting of a black cat with big round eyes sitting in a pumpkin patch. in the background we can see a countryside landscape with fields and a small cottage. there are chickens in the grass nearby and a wheelbarrow filled with pumpkins with a black cat sleeping on them. there's also a black cat in front of the house door in the distance. the color palette is warm oranges, pinks, yellows and muted greens.
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
Got a general AI working that uses monte carlo tree search to plan it's moves. Been making the computer fight itself a lot. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #maleghast
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
@ozone.birb.house game dev here!
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George Rohac @georgerohac.com · 03/09/2024
US census released their business trends and outlook (www.census.gov/hfp/btos/data) and the response to AI use now or in the future is nowhere near what the marketing hype claims -
graphs showing a less than 6% use of AI by businesses in the last 2 weeks and only a 1.5% increase in likelihood in the near future.
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Cay @caymanwent.bsky.social · 14/07/2024
If your win10 install is pushing Copilot on you: 1. Run PowerShell as Administrator 2. Paste: Get-AppxPackage *CoPilot* -AllUsers | Remove-AppPackage -AllUsers 3. Press Enter (There will not be any output if it is successfully removed) 4. Reboot Repost to save a life
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 28/06/2024
Yelling "Snape kills Dumbledore" at people lined up to buy the book is a dick move, but if the whole world has to silence their enjoyment (or carefully carve out safe spaces) for you to have your own enjoyment then that's just not a viable solution.
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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 25/06/2024
hi, i wrote a post - "destroy AI". ali-alkhatib.com/blog/fuck-up...
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Destroy AI
I’ve been struggling to articulate this idea, and maybe the problem is that it’s actually kind of simple once you put it out there, and there’s really no good reason to unpack a whole case for it once...
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petit burgo @burgotastic.bsky.social · 23/06/2024
My tv remote is doing a software update. We have strayed so far from God’s light
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 10/06/2024
Damn, why did no one tell me godspeed you black emperor is a good band, how come i'm only just finding out about this
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Egregious Philbin @philmuses.bsky.social · 08/06/2024
A still photo of Hank Hill from King of the Hill talking to a grocery store checkout worker. It is made to look as though he’s speaking a quote tweet of the following from @sillydingdong: “I do not want to save to OneDrive. I want to save to the documents folder. On my computer. That I have. In my house.”
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Clayton Cubitt @claytoncubitt.bsky.social · 30/05/2024
Good morning to my homies
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 26/05/2024
Tree search go brr #gamedev
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 25/05/2024
#screenshotsaturday
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But Thou Mustelid @rewhan.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
Holy shit we might have just figured out how to make Steel *and* concrete fabrication greener, with the same weird trick: newatlas.com/materials/co...
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'Absolute miracle' breakthrough provides recipe for zero-carbon cement
Concrete and steel production are major sources of CO2 emissions, but a new solution from Cambridge could recycle both at the same time. Throwing old concrete into steel-processing furnaces not only p...
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John E Warren 🤠🐝♿️ @floppyadult.com · 24/05/2024
Don't immediately assume this is bog standard "games cause violence" boilerplate. Sounds like the suits are focusing in on the promotion of real gun types, which folks in criticism spaces have been pointing out for years.
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
For the video games people, this suit targets activision not for being some “bad moral example” but for marketing the exact gun the uvalde shooter went on to buy to him. The close association of the defense and video game industry has been established for years. This aint the next jack thompson
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
AC, and a I cannot emphasize this enough, AB www.sbsun.com/2024/05/23/f...
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Fontana pays nearly $900,000 for ‘psychological torture’ inflicted by police to get false confession
Detectives grilled Thomas Perez Jr. for 17 hours, deprived him of medications and threatened to have his dog killed if he didn’t confess to killing his father, who was actually alive.
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
Peak relaxation, thriving, unburdened by thought
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 23/05/2024
Here's a demo of the current state of Indix Infernalis, my fan game-client for Magnagothica Maleghast youtu.be/YtaY9M6ukQc #gamedev
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Indix Infernalis - C.A.R.C.A.S.S. VS GOREGRINDERS
Demo of the current state of Indix Infernalis, a fan game-client for Magnagothica Maleghast. This was a match that took ~15 minutes real time, sped up to the 31 seconds you see before you.
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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 23/05/2024
I hate the Alexa. Do not make me talk to tech. Having the "autistic cadence," I'm already frustrated by most voice activated things. I don't want to voice control ANYTHING. Truthfully, I want buttons and dials. LET TECH BE TACTILE, DAMNIT.
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
New Indix Infernalis Devlog cohost.org/SoftMotor/po... I talk about how i'm trying to handle computer opponents for my fan game-client. #gamedev #indiedev #programming
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Indix Infernalis Devlog 8 (Magnagothica Maleghast Fan game Devlog)
Hey everyone! I think i’m giving up on a “regular devlog cadence”, and will just aim to drop new entries when I have some good development to talk about. GOREGRINDERS ADDED So since last time, I ad...
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softmotor.bsky.social @softmotor.bsky.social · 20/05/2024
My fan game-client for Magnagothic Maleghast called Indix Infernalis is playable on windows PCs and you can download it here: softmotor.itch.io/indix-infern... #gamdev
The image depicts a square, tile-based, isometric map with varying height. A variety of units are arranged around the map forming two sides.  Black and white text menus provide additional information about a units state or the player's possible actions.
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spooky grace @acab4cutie.top · 03/05/2024
the sit-in lasted 25 days and the wikipedia article has me actually crying rn.
The more successful sit-in occurred in San Francisco, planned by Judith Heumann, Kitty Cone, and Mary Jane Owen, lasted until May 4, 1977, a total of 25 days, with more than 150 people refusing to leave. It is the longest sit-in at a federal building to date. 181 Close to 120 disability activists and protesters occupied the HEW building.Protesters found life inside the building for 26 days both difficult and life-changing. Because of the need to keep the occupation secret at the beginning, most arrived with only a toothbrush and necessary medications. Some people with disabilities had medical needs that required special attention such as eating and taking medications at set hours and being turned at regular intervals during the night to avoid getting bedsores. Because many had entered the building without their usual care-takers, they turned to their fellow occupiers to assist them in the tasks of daily living. Blind people became attendants to quadriplegics who in turn read printed information to the blind people. This created strong bonds among the protesters and educated them about disabilities other than their own. 
Occupiers found innovative ways to transform an office building into a temporary place for over one hundred people to live. For example, they used duct-tape and other materials to seal off an air condiFeeding such a large group was essential to keeping the protest going. Initially some people could enter and leave the building. This made it possible for them to collect donations of money and food. Major outlets such as McDonald's and Safeway contributed in the spirit of "helping the handicapped" until it became clear that protesters were engaging in civil disobedience. Within the first few days members of the Black Panther Party arrived to volunteer to feed all of the occupiers, including Brad Lomax and Chuck Jackson. “We support you because you're asking America to change, to treat you like human beings, like you belong," one explained, "We always support people fighting for their rights." When FBI agents tried to prevent them from delivering food, the Panthers held their ground. After that, the Panthers provided hot meals each day until the end of the occupation and never asked for money. 8 of the approximately 120 occupiers who remained in the building went on a hunger strikeTo pass the many hours of boredom waiting inside an office building, occupiers played cards, sang, held wheelchair races, and talked late into the night.
Friendships and intimate relationships formed.
Occupiers, some who had never spent time away from home before, were meeting other people with the same and different disabilities to their own. They argued and bonded and discovered people with a common sense of purpose. They also gained confidence. One young woman filmed during the occupation said, "I used to know what I would wish for. I wanted to be beautiful. I wanted to stop being a cripple. But now I know I am beautiful." Summing it up later, another participant explained:
"It didn't matter if you were mentally retarded, blind or deaf. Everybody...felt, We are beautiful, we are powerful, we are strong, we are important."
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Saleem @seemo.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
Here's my GDC presentation on how @koopmode.bsky.social is structured and operated as a ~20 person cooperative! Please let me know if you have any thoughts or questions. docs.google.com/presentation...
My deck titlepage. It has the KO_OP logo with our mascot "ini" looking questioningly. The title is "Worker Democracy at Scale"
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