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Dari/scitydreamer

@scitydreamer.bsky.social

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I’m a developer and writer. MS is kicking my ass, so please check out my stuff. (any pronouns) Games: https://scitydreamer.itch.io https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=scitydreamer Writing: https://indiehellzone.com

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · Nov 18

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Good vibrations, everyone. I am a game developer under the handle scitydreamer, and I mainly make RPG Maker games about miserable people.

I also run a site called Indie Hell Zone that’s primarily me blogging about indie games.

Hit up those links in bio to see more!

The header of my itch.io page, ranking the vibes of my games.

Left to right, from good vibrations to horrible fucking vibes;
To Crime Nirvana, Fishing Minigame 1 and 2 (2 had worse vibes, I Hate You Please Suffer, Hand of the Goddess, Decay, Slimes

Screenshot of I Hate You, Please Suffer taken from Curate of the Curious. This depicts the Necromancy Investigation quest.

“So, these particular thieves are the Lonely Hearts. They’re some religious grief counseling group that turned to this more widescale cult in the last few years.”

Text from my review of UFO 50’s Party House.

“I’ll be real with you: I swear that the wild buddies are hardcoded to show up together. There were multiple situations where I had two wild buddies in a row and think “there’s no way a third one will show up” like a naive fool, and lo and fucking behold, the vibes are ruined. I had one instance where two showed up and had a spy check the door to see a third wild buddy. I gave the wild buddy the boot, invited the next guest in, and you don’t understand how I felt when it was the fourth wild buddy. None of the other trouble making guests gave me as much trouble as this gang of shitheads. ACAB… but maybe the police can keep the wild buddies I hand them in jail for a little bit longer.”

Text from my review of QUESTER:

“You got a nice array of guys to play around with, and while equipment can be interchangeable, they all have skills to carve out their own niches. Dob-Rock the Buddhist had been a general mainstay because he has a group healing skill out of the gate, while I’m impartial to Ekko the Officer because of her passive skillset that makes her kinda nutty with bladed weapons. You’ll occasionally get new crew members at new base camps, and while that does raise your food costs, well, that’s just the price of friendship.”

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Kafro Hudrep @kafro.bsky.social · 15m

i feel like every junji ito adaptation i've seen at this point has been some cheap trash

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 1h

playing a demo about #darkwoke serial killers that post online. these are my people. check out Killer Chat.

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 2h

Ruined my puzzmo streak because I forgot to do sudoku yesterday so I'm sorry to say that I'm the joker

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 5h

Ta-Nehisi Coates speaking to Ezra Klein. Quote: "Was silence not an option?"

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 14h

Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.

If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14h

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 11h

When a trans woman dies of natural causes, at an age greater than 75, having lived more than half her life as herself, that is cause for celebration, not mourning.

Thank you, Miss Major.

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 9h

starting to look into steam next fest stuff and... when did i ever play anything with dragons. why does steam have a whole dragons category

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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 11h

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Jean Michel (He/Him)🇭🇹 @megabrain.bsky.social · 11h

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 1d

I'll probably cover some Next Fest stuff like I did the last few times, but until then, let's bide our time with the short and sweet Storyteller.

indiehellzone.com/2025/10/12/s...

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve mainly been thinking about my projects. In the worst case scenario, at least I’d be leaving a mark on the world.

Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 1d

I haven’t really been around much bc to be frank my mental health’s been on a downward spiral in the past month and I don’t think I’m fun to be around.

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 1d

64) Storyteller

Right, gotta log this.

Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 1d

I'll probably cover some Next Fest stuff like I did the last few times, but until then, let's bide our time with the short and sweet Storyteller.

indiehellzone.com/2025/10/12/s...

Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 1d

Mario RPG don’t look realistic though, so Expedition 33 is the sole user of action commands in turn based RPGs

Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 1d

Expedition 33’s probably alright, but like. The discourse around it makes me so mad. It really just is a JRPG for people that hate anime.

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SpookyLightning @robbiejobobby.bsky.social · Jan 29

Felt inspired

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 1d

This is content.

Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 1d

My most toxic hobby is I watch really bad gamer documentaries

A few months ago, I tried to watch one that was so bad that I had to bail 6 minutes in. It's laundry day, so I'm going to try it again. Wish me luck

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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Small Gray Games @smallgraygames.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about that part in the new Jeffrey Epstein mockumentary from The Onion where somebody applies the phrase "nevertheless, she persisted" to Ghislaine Maxwell.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 1d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 1d

That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another.

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 2d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 7d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 1d

I'll probably cover some Next Fest stuff like I did the last few times, but until then, let's bide our time with the short and sweet Storyteller.

indiehellzone.com/2025/10/12/s...

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fangy @jeannesfangs.bsky.social · 2d

who is best girl in hades 2 is a vicious, brutal war between an army’s worth of women who all individually deserve the crown but there is one unquestionable best boy and it’s him

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 2d

Could Mama Liz’s Chili Oil spice up Osmanthus Soup…