ari velazquez 🌯
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ari velazquez 🌯
@arivelazquez.com
technical designer @ riffraff.games ◦ pronounced airy ◦ he/him ◦ american gameboy in australia ◦ prev: coreborn, sims 4, dawngate ◦ fka roxaloxa

https://arivelazquez.comhttps://clumsywords.blog ◦ discord: roxaloxa
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hi new folk, i'm ari! 10 years in gamedev on shit you haven't heard of and one you definitely have, nowadays i'm a technical designer mainly in unreal and doing contract work and a hundred side projects.

one of my fave side things:
life's been in the way of shareable work but here's the last thing i was jamming on: recreating Ys Origin in unreal so i can use it as a mechanical base for making my own game on top of it. would really love to come back to this

#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #unrealengine5
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All of my games are on sale for a week but additionally itchio's not taking their cut for the next 24 hours, so check out my games and other projects here as they're all half off!

cannibalinteractive.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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The netch is dead? Grandpa netch feeds the worms! The netch is dead! Long live the dead netch! Hear his death music? He decomposes.
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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We're thankful to everyone who's supported Demonschool so far! We'd love to hit 500 Steam reviews and get Faye her pretzel, so drop us a quick note if you're enjoying it!
Don't forget: If you've played and enjoyed Demonschool, please do leave a review on steam! We want to hit that "overwhelmingly positive" threshold. And remember, if we do it by the end of the month (5 days!), Faye gets a pretzel~ store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Have you heard of the critically acclaimed RPG Eternal Strands? With a free demo which you can play through the entirety of the opening chapters with no restrictions on play time?
¿Cómo se dice EPIC en español? Eternal Strands lo sabe. 😉
Spanish localization is live for Eternal Strands! 🥳

Eager to give the game a spin first? The Prologue Demo is also now available on Steam, PlayStation 5, and the Epic Games Store. 🎮

👉 bit.ly/486L9Nx
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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It seems irresponsible to spend 5 paragraphs and a headline talking about the game without saying this is not developed by Grasshopper Manufacture.
Made with AI - Let it Die sequel Inferno discloses substantial generative AI use www.eurogamer.net/made-with-ai...
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Special thanks to GOG for being so supportive of the project! HORSES preorders are now available on the store: www.gog.com/en/game/horses 🙏
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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no! no!!
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
my 16yo nephew was telling me about friendslop games, in case anyone was wondering if that word broke containment or not
November 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
i only ever see commercials when i visit my family in america every couple years cause the tv is always on and goddamn it’s so dire. everything is celebrity sponsorships, chatgpt, prescription medication, or insurance companies
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
lmao
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Literally all of society hates this abominable scam homunculus and the weird little death cult bubble of vampiric losers who spewed it forth upon the world. Take a break from bragging about how gullible you are and give yourself a swirlie and stuff yourself in a locker and sort yourself out.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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if Jimmy actually Ate World I would call it what it is: an act of terrorism.
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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when you're not feeling down about it
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
they should do another art heist somewhere
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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won't have em for this weekend, but i've been getting a few more people at my table than I'd like lately asking *very pointedly* if i drew everything myself, so i designed a new sticker this afternoon that will hopefully quell some of those concerns.

#art
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
increasingly gotta keep handing it to the pope. worrying
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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I am always manifesting my greater bonewalker
Bonewalkers are among the distinctive ancestral revenants that guard Dunmer burial sites, and which may be summoned as spirit guardians. Among the undead, they are less worrisome than their more powerful manifestation, the Greater Bonewalker.
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.

youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Honoured to be part of the 2025 @bafta.org Breakthrough Programme and represent Scotland with some of the most talented people I’ve ever met

www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
BAFTA Breakthrough profile: Cara Ellison
"Your game's story or narrative, even if it's not a traditional narrative, is the thing that actually keeps people picking the controller back up"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
in this house we love cara
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM