iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

just want you to know i read the whole english translation yesterday because of this post. this manga rules lmao

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Wait that's kinda heat actually

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

absolutely not related to any amazing digital circuses that came out in the last 24 hours

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melon fella @melonfella.neocities.org · 11/06/2026

indieslop goonbait friendslop why is so much language around art so hateful now

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CoffeeEldritch @coffeeeldritch.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

An icon for ThatSprite on Discord!! Thank you so much for commissioning me!! #prideicon #pride #dragon #furry #anthro #commission

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Call my partner Anthropic the way I reduce them to a gibbering incoherent mess in bed

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I don't know who needs to see this, but have some unsolicited life advice I've been feeling for the last month. The first step to improvement is to acknowledge something is wrong. The second is to ask yourself what you're gonna do about it. Do it. Inertia is only real if you let it control you.

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

All anyone can do in the games industry is to put one foot in front of another, keep moving one day at at time, and hope you don't stumble and lose everything. Because sitting still and planning your steps carefully? Not in this economy. (15/15)

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

It's one of the only options that makes sense anymore. The current state of the world and its economy doesn't want creativity and passion projects. You can't AFFORD to do that anymore. (14/15)

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

...that they can LIVE for the next few years. ...So why wouldn't people just make "Friendslop"? Why wouldn't they just make these social, basic multiplayer experiences you can blast out in a few weeks or months that are expected to be treated like disposable garbage? (13/15)

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Independent developers who get publisher funding are going to be on incredibly strict deadlines to get something profitable out the door, and anyone going even further on their own has to foot an ever increasing bill while praying that the thing they've worked on will hit it big enough... (12/15)

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Creatives are leaving en mass as their dreams are broken by publishers who decided their company isn't making enough 0s WEEKS after a project they worked years on came out. (11/15)

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

So the industry I spent my life in is now only interested in extracting maximum "productivity" from the most desperate people who will put up with anything and sell their souls to AI. (10/15)

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

And then I get to do that song and dance again when that contract expires. If they were to even give me a glance and think I was worth their time when I'm not already in the area- It's likely they only want to entertain people already in the city so they have less variables to worry about. (9/15)

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

As a QA, the games industry is all but dead for me now. If I'm lucky, I can get a 12 month contract role that requires me to relocate all the way to Vancouver that won't pick it up for a second term, has no benefits, for the same amount of pay I was getting at the job I held 2 years ago. (8/15)

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

It's not the industry I wanted to work for. But the industry I did want to work for went up in flames post-Covid, and people with all the money have decided that my role can be automated for the sake of getting less people to do even more work for less money in the name of "productivity". (7/15)

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

My professional career so far has been doing QA for various video game companies. Independent, mostly. Last year I had to get a job at a company I can really only vaguely describe as "grey market" because I don't want to get in trouble. It's not the career I spent my life in. (6/15)

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

If I charge money for it, will that completely bury anyone even picking it up when people might not WANT to throw $5 for a completely unknown system? Hell if I know. My only real options are to pick an option and take the plunge. (5/x)

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I'm making moves to try and get a version 1.0 of my tabletop system done by the end of this year. Do I charge money for it? If so, how much? Can I legally do so when I've taken some very direct inspiration from other people's works along the way that influenced the development of it? (4/x)

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

It's easy to say "I wanna do this. I wanna take the plunge" ...What happens if, 2 years later, nothing happens? I'll be happy with the fact I did it for me, but doing things for yourself doesn't pay the bills. Self satisfaction won't put food on the plate if nobody cares about it. (3/x)

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

It hits so hard as someone who has been actively considering if I want to all-in on making a passion project game, an RPG based on a setting and tabletop RPG system I've been developing in my ADHD-riddled free time for the last 3-4 years. (2/x)

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Time to do a blog post on #gamedev because my ADHD meds have kicked in, I watched an excellent video essay from @leonmassey.bsky.social, and my tabletop campaign isn't for an hour and a half anyways. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOEX... Watch this video if you haven't already. It hits me hard. (1/X)

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FriendSlop: A Slop Essay

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The original design for this character was drawn with my own hands in MS Paint. I am not an artist. I don't have much desire to be one. You DO NOT "need" AI. You never did. Don't let people convince you that we do.

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

You look like you're a wrestling valet thats gonna beat someones ass in the middle of a match when the ref aint looking

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Finally got my government mandated fursona (or dergsona), and I couldn't be happier with it! Art by @potoobrigham.bsky.social Colouring by @vu81.bsky.social

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

PLEASE RACCOON I NEEED THIIIIIS, MY TRAILCAM'S KINDA HOMELESS

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

DISCORD is a CORPORATION that turns UPCOMING IPO into API OUTAGE

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Instead of being a Methhead, try being a Mathhead 😀👍 11 x (12 / 3) = ?

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

It's all about da miits baby

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That Sprite @thatsprite.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Personally I do tabletop RPGs and neat adoptables has been a nice way to flesh out a back catalog of NPCs to use in the future. I don't think I'd ever use one as a main sona or anything though.

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Squidney @squidneyqd.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I'm open for VRChat Avatar commissions! Lemme bring your OC into the 3rd dimension! (Its up to you to teach them what a z axis is) The starting prices vary but no matter what kind of model you want you can pay over time! vvv Inquire here! vvv docs.google.com/forms/d/1_cW... #vrchat #blender

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Onix Angel Creations @onixangelcreations.com · 15/08/2025

It's finally Friday! You made it through the week! 🥳 📸: @astrum.bird.gay ---- #FursuitFriday #Fursuit #Fursuiter #FursuitMaker #OwlFursuit #Furry

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Oro 🔞 @oro97.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

✨The Raffle for the 2025 Kinktober is here!✨ If you want to participate, all you have to do is: - Follow, Like and retweet; - Leave a ref of your character in the comments (Only anthro characters and please be tasteful with your refs). I will announce the Winner in the 10th of September!