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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 16h

Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses

www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...

Owlcat Games sets up educational resource hub for game devs

Studio partners with Fireshine Games, 11 Bit Studios, Gaijin Entertainment, and Midwest Games to build database of over 350 learning resources

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Darya @daryam.com · 19h

I looked this up and I think that's a hue (synthetic approximation) but there are a couple brands that sell the real thing: www.jacksonsart.com/en-us/color/...

Dragon’s Blood | Pigment Stories

Shop online now from our range of Dragon’s Blood products | Jackson's Art Supplies.

www.jacksonsart.com

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 3d

Game Boy Color visions of a Bitter Coast journey to Vivec.

Trying out a lil Game Boy game jam Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind fan adventure game that's got a whole glob of talent and charm behind it.

A pixel GBC scene of a silt strider rising above a fittingly swampy and tall mushroom strewn landscape in horizontal perspective. A tall grey mountain rises above the dithered mist.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 4d

Mr Ecuador. Look at how happy he is. This is a chap who is just *thrilled* to be there. Also look at how tiny his feet look peeping out of those giant fluffy trousers.

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

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Darya @daryam.com · 6d

I doodled a coworker's cat and my own cat was not happy

Photo of a tabby cat sitting next to a drawing of a different tabby cat, glaring at the photographer

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JBR @jetblackraider.itch.io · 7d

I think about this a lot

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 9d

When your custom character appears in a cut scene

The Portland frog backing down an army of jackboots

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 8d

Californians, let’s call (916) 445-2841 to tell Newsom’s office to sign the following pro LGBTQ+ rights bills before the deadline:

AB 82/SB 497
AB 1084/SB 59
SB 418
AB 554
AB 728
AB 678
SB 590
SB 450

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 8d

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Darya @daryam.com · 8d

At the same time! It has never been easier or cheaper to launch your own forum.

So if you have a small community and are willing to do the upfront work to move folks to a new place, and the daily work to keep them there, might as well try. Just be aware that the web of 2006 is not the web of today.

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Darya @daryam.com · 8d

3) Your little secret forum will get flooded with 15394 spam and scam bots the second you launch. Moderation tools cannot sufficiently deal.

4) You have to comply with laws around privacy, data retention, minors online, accessibility, that did not exist or were not enforced in the 2000s.

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Darya @daryam.com · 8d

2) We've forgotten how to meaningfully engage and drive conversation. Reply well, ask questions, keep threads going. Not just hit like, maybe reblog, post something and walk away.

You need a threshold of daily activity to keep people around and hitting that threshold is HARD.

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Darya @daryam.com · 8d

I ran forums back in the day and tried to spin one up a few years back. Here's what I learned:

1) People don't want to go to different places for their different hobbies. Social media is popular because it's all in one place. Getting people to consistently go to ANY new place is very hard.

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Darya @daryam.com · 8d

I'm so glad I wasn't the only person to think this

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Darya @daryam.com · 10d

Based on going to the website, I think this is a joke, but still what the hell.

Billboard in San Francisco. It reads:

Our AI can automate all your work.

No more Mondays, bosses, or paychecks!

Hope you've got savings 😅

Embrace unemployment at replacement.qi

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 11d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Inkgrid | Edel-Art @inkgrid.bsky.social · 12d

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Tshaeness @tshae.bsky.social · 14d

Khorne in his Live Laugh Love era

Molly White @molly.wiki · 14d

slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross

Mailer that reads: Molly, Seasons may change, but the need for blood is constant.

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Darya @daryam.com · 13d

Strap in boyz, it's the first waaaghnsday of Orktober.

A hand holding a miniature goblin wearing a tricorn hat and pirate coat. He has a small creature sitting on his shoulder like a parrot. He is missing one leg and is balancing himself on a makeshift crutch made out of an oversized pistol.

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Darya @daryam.com · 15d

Great choice! Perfect, even.

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Darya @daryam.com · 15d

What type of man tho

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 16d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Darya @daryam.com · 17d

Timeline cleanse

A cream tabby cat lies with his head on a paperback book and his little paw folded up next to it

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Darya @daryam.com · 20d

It gave me Westworld flashbacks

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Darya @daryam.com · 22d

I should post about it more so it's less of a secret 😛

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Darya @daryam.com · Oct 11

Quick drawing of Cassia, my problematic OP waifu

Tried to go for a John Blanche-ish thing here with the limited color palette and sketchy lines.

#art #warhammer40k

Drawing of Cassia Orsellio from Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader. The drawing is drawn with sketchy ink lines and colored in muted golds, pinks, and purples, highlighted with white ink.

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Darya @daryam.com · 22d

* gifts (giving and requesting)
* potential hobby projects and associated materials/settings
* 30k army lists (also in Miro to make sure the force org is compliant)
* every book in all 10 years of @elderscrollsonline.com, sorted by update number and color coded based on when they were added/removed

Shayna Moon (scary) @themoonis.gay · 22d

last night I made a spreadsheet for paint

leyla spoopydova 🎃✨ @leylses.bsky.social · 22d

being friends with producers is a top tier friend experience because we do in fact love to send a gcal invite

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