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freya

@spdrcstl.bsky.social

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⚧ indie gamedev, writer, occasional musician. She/Her. Senior Designer at [horror game company]. Proud member of Domino Club. Made Videotome. also found on masto: https://timetheft.social/@spdrcstl games: communistsister.itch.io

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ELLEN RE: GENEROUS @funnyposts.online · 12h

guys my best short stories:
dominoclub.itch.io/body-of-work
dominoclub.itch.io/spectator
www.surfaces.cx/all-over-by-...

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digital cartoon rabbit on the on-line @crashlapine.bsky.social · 19h

tearing into the mod files for the mysummerdog addon and finding the funniest UV unwrap ive ever seen in my life

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freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 21h

"Another Space Song" and "Pitiful" are my favourite tracks on it I think. the band got back together semi recently but I've not listened to their new stuff yet...

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freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 21h

mine is Fantastic Planet by Failure... moderately critically received album but I've not often met people who knew it already

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Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · 1d

So I guess sex work is only ok if just tech oligarchs are profiting off it and not marginalized women or minorities who depend on it to survive?

The Verge @theverge.com · 2d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Da Scary Rose @modernmodron.itch.io · 1d

this still rules, play it

cécile @haraiva.bsky.social · Apr 25

NEW GAME >>> SUDDEN DEATH is a game about love and sports. it's gay, it's very australian, and it's great.

this game was made for the latest DOMINO CLUB jam with Nat (nat-pussy.itch.io), who co-wrote and did SFX.

18+, linear interactive fiction, ~45 mins
PLAY >>> dominoclub.itch.io/sudden-death

Screenshot from SUDDEN DEATH: a scene with dialogue and character portraits

Screenshot from SUDDEN DEATH: bits of a poem

Screenshot from SUDDEN DEATH: a screenplay about a game of football

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gleeson ◦ @gleeson.dev · 1d

the secret to indie success is having a girlfriend with a job

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freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 3d

bouncing between Bard and Red Mage currently... latter is more fun to play but former is more consistently a class I can play without eating shit lol

also got White Mage trailing behind but every time I get a super rushing tank who then eats shit while I can't heal fast enough, it puts me off......

freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 3d

rolled credits on Heavensward main story... better and less faffing about than ARR was but with more significant NPC deaths huh....

time to visit a characters grave then start the patch

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freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 4d

funny how modern games are like, as a rule, easier than stuff from 20 years ago

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freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 4d

been thinking about some old dungeon crawl esque genres. played wizardry 8 for just long enough to get used to the controls then got my entire party wiped out by a giant spider. cool

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freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 5d

yay happy birthday!

freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 5d

and it 100% shows in road to empress

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Elliot 🥕 @nameoftheyear.bsky.social · 5d

LOSING MY MIND AT THE PHONE NUMBER ON THIS BUS IN FRONT OF ME

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Cait 🦇 @gendercoffin.bsky.social · 6d

Nobody could have imagined the future world that would find this funny and why

A boy running alongside a train with a bindle on a stick. A word balloon reads “I’m through with school- it’s only for sissies anyway. I’ll run away and- and make money with my FEET”

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 7d

a fascinating writeup on the making of a set of widely distributed IDF propaganda videos, specifically identifying assets they used. there's something incredibly unsettling about the creative ethos here. stolen assets. no actual intelligence information at all. just hubris and pure fabrication.

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 8d

Others assets came from scans made by the Scottish Maritime Museum of their boat-building workshop which was downloaded (via @sketchfab.bsky.social) and reimagined by the IDF adornments for underground missile factories.

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 7d

i believe he actually can do this though

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freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 7d

turns out umbrella boy is fighting to legalise incest lol. a bold stand for the tories to take

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Em Reed (Debut novel MORE BUGS out now)!!! @dayofthemutants.bsky.social · 8d

A new batch of Domino Club games dropped this week and I've been too sick/busy with work chaos to post much about it! Maybe that will give you a hint which, if any, of the games I contributed to... or not... 😈 domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...

BONEYARD JAM

Boneyard Jam. Aug 30 - Oct 5, 2025

domino.gallery

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𝖘𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖔𝖋 𝖐𝖓𝖎𝖛𝖊𝖘 @clove.bsky.social · Jan 23

save me, official promo art where misato and ritsuko unambiguously fucked

nge promo art of misato and ritsuko sitting near the edge of a bed with beer cans on the floor

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freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 7d

streaming/playing/whatever it's a fmv it's all watching in the end

freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 7d

yesssss this rules I'm glad you're also playing... hope you're excited for yaoi

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 8d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 8d

“Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims.”

Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 8d

no words

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 9d

it's a seasoning, like salt or pepper