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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 10h

Tactical Tower G is a level about the emotional experience of being slowly crushed to death by a boulder, conveyed entirely through stat blocks

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 10h

well or you just die and rethink your route thru the entire level so you can do one of the two above tactics

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 10h

in every single Tactical Nexus tower there is a point where the stat values of enemies jump wildly out of reach and this is the part of the level where you either do the "goku taking off his weighted clothes" thing or the "sysiphus rolling the boulder up the hill" thing, it's always one or the other

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Jam2go @jam2go.com · 2d

I've been testing out adding greenscreen footage into Unreal, but compressing it to look like it's a 90s FMV game

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 17h

Sadly, my contract with Blizzard ended in September. That means I'm looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! www.hazelmonforton.com

dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · Jul 8

It's #portfolioday! I'm presently a senior narrative designer at Blizzard, but before that I was at Bungie and Arkane. I wrote for the Writer's Guild award-nominated Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, and a bunch of critically acclaimed seasons and expansions in Destiny 2.

A scene from the High Heresy cinematic in Destiny 2: Heresy (2025)

A scene from the Safiyah cinematic from Destiny 2: Season of the Haunted (2022)

A scene from the final mission in Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017)

A cutscene featuring the Outsider from Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017)

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 15h

It's ABSURDLY good

Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · Sep 6

Lotta people out there sleeping on Astlibra Revision

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 15h

core package manager for ruby on rails ended up getting seized and all its maintainers removed overnight due to a functional corporate takeover by its primary sponsor, shopify

www.theregister.com/2025/09/25/o...

Open source to closed doors: RubyGems control fight erupts

: Ruby Central is accused of ousting maintainers from core gems under pressure from Shopify

www.theregister.com

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 15h

as I said elsewhere, the rubygems situation unfolding right now is illustrative

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 16h

I thought the ending made it super clear even in the original that his quest for power at any cost led to him abandoning his morality just like the people who set him on his path to begin with!

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Maja Öberg @majaoeberg.bsky.social · 16h

We're close to two months without a job and I don't get how I can't even get the recruiter call.

I got over 10 years experience as an environment artist! 6 shipped titles! A portfolio I'm now expanding on and I'm your gal for architecture, lighting and foliage

www.artstation.com/mayaoberg

Maja Öberg

Senior Environment Artist

www.artstation.com

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 20h

I'm sorry to everyone I apparently traumatized with this one

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 20h

having no respect for Uematsu's basslines is a cardinal musical sin

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 20h

hahahahah

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 20h

speaking as the kind of person for whom "is the new arrange soundtrack good" is 75% of why I would buy a remaster, finding out that the FF6 pixel remaster arrange tramples Searching for Friends' incredible bassline into inaudibility with bland orchestration is the hardest no-sell imaginable

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 21h

All you really gotta do is look at what's happening to rubygems right now tbh haha

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 22h

"Autodesk acquires Blender Foundation"

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 22h

Patreon announces upcoming changes

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Team Seventh Star - CODE Bunny WISHLIST NOW on Steam! @seventhstarsoft.bsky.social · 22h

it costs $0.00 to support a full-time indie dev🥹

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pwister @pwister.bsky.social · 1d

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Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.social · 8d

looks like The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival is back up for the month of October. It's a very cute online game where you do all sorts of fun Halloween activities

adamgryu.itch.io/pumpkin-carver

The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival by adamgryu

carve a lil pumpkin and share it with the world

adamgryu.itch.io

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 3d

75% off on InFlux Redux this week! That's a pretty big discount, probably buy a few copies!

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Heather Flowers @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 1d

This slightly got lost during the Coin Madness BUT there's a new free expansion to FISH FEAR ME! Featuring a whole new area, 75+ new fish, four new boats, ten new weapons, two new songs, several new game mechanics, and an all-new boss fight! The game has NEVER had more Women in it!

Heather Flowers @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 18d

RISE, KINGFISHER.

The WOMEN WANT ME expansion to FISH FEAR ME is OUT NOW!! Explore a sunken castle full of magical fish, deadly champions, and destined swords!!

Check out the patch notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/300...

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 1d

the most incensing part is when you are trying to pay them. like. I want to give you more money why are you giving me the fucking runaround?????

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Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.social · 2d

Indie Game Roundup (October 11, 2025)
virtualmoose.org/2025/10/11/i...

a person looking at a bridge and tree on a sunny day

two people sitting on blocks saying "no, nothing will ever top that" "lmfao"

a man saying "perseverence: if you can believe a sports car, you can achieve a sports car"

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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 1d

We're besides ourselves with joy, but - the work isn't over yet. With 12 days to go, we're now aiming for our first stretch goal, which will see OFF creator Mortis Ghost join us to work on the project!

Our deepest gratitude goes to you all for your support, your encouragements and your trust 💜

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