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Younès ★

@pyrofoux.bsky.social

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Game designer, researcher, and performer. I'm a triple A developer: AMAB. ARAB. ACAB. ❖ they/them ❖ 🇫🇷 🇲🇦 🇬🇧 Designer & Writer for neurocracy.site 🔬 knivesandpaintbrushes.org/younes 🎮 pyrofoux.itch.io

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Younès ★ @pyrofoux.bsky.social · Jul 19

Keeping in touch with others has been especially hard these days, and that includes social media. I have a bunch of (cool) things to share though, so you might get a sudden burst of posts from times to times — i hope that's okay!

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 16h

Friends if you work at a creative tech/games/etc company in and around London, and you'd be willing to hire some internship/placement students for 2-3 months over summer, please let me know! I have incredibly smart and engaged undergrads looking for summer opportunities.

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Younès ★ @pyrofoux.bsky.social · 15h

A while ago, I found an interesting number pattern and designed a puzzle about it. Would you take a small break and have a go at it? 🍵🫖 Please tell me if you think you got the solution, or if you need a hint.

Text on the right:
The Tower of Ba5el.
Each stage of the tower is a different integer, written in an unknown language.
What is the tower's next stage?
Can the tower grow infinitely tall?
a puzzle designed by Younès Rabii, original painting by Bruegel.

Calculations on the left:
1. A
2. A^B
3. A^(B+C)
4. A^(C-B)
5. A^(B+D)*C
6. A^(C+D+E)/2
7. A^(D-C+E)/2
8. ?

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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 2d

'ANYMALS' puzzle game by Galt Toys ∘ Designed by Ken Garland ∘ Artwork by Daria Gan, 1960s.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Younès ★ @pyrofoux.bsky.social · 3d

oh yeah, I wrote that character for Neurocracy

Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 3d

It’s all happening on x dot com where I do my banking

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Younès ★ @pyrofoux.bsky.social · 4d

i'm glad i turned gay just in time for steel ball run

Younès ★ @pyrofoux.bsky.social · 6d

i wonder who taught him to drink forbidden juices

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 7d

you can also help me by buying my music, or hiring me for some contract work on

- editor utility/widget programming, audio programming/technical sound design in UE5 (C++/BP)
- full stack web dev (node/express/TS/vue/react)
- web extensions (multiplatform) / web audio

cv on my website (link in bio)

Berrak Nil

multidisciplinary audio artist

berraknil.bandcamp.com

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 7d

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

Pay Berrak Nil Boya using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/berrakn and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

paypal.me

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Younès ★ @pyrofoux.bsky.social · 9d

"that's more than the number of atoms in the universe" excellent thank you, i can perfectly visualise how much that is

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Sonia is an Ignyte and Ember Award winner! @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 13d

So, I'm making a video game based on Palestinian folklore. It's called Thursday of the Dead, and you can talk to a Palestinian ghouleh. It will have branching narrative, and art all made by a human (me). I need exactly $100 to launch it on Steam when it's finished.

ko-fi.com/soniasulaiman

Buy SoniaSulaiman a Coffee

Sonia is writing speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore. Leave her a tip to support her work!

ko-fi.com

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Transplanar RPG 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @transplanarrpg.bsky.social · 12d

As trans creators of color, we’re always on the lookout for cool projects by fellow marginalized artists.

The Black Market Guide to Immortality offers a decadently necromantic setting based on Korean, Chinese, and Japanese mythos — and it’s made by East Asian folks!

💀 bit.ly/BlackMarketGuide 💀

ALT: A Way of Transcendence monk sits cross-legged atop a throne of red flesh that unfurls from the unzipped backs of six headless worshipers arranged in a circle underneath them, facing outward, like an organic flower in bloom. The monk is lithe and lean, the top half of their head covered in a flower-like fleshy crown with four staring eyes. Their mouth is visible and smirking. Sleek fleshy armor adorns their torso, shoulders, forearms, and legs in a dark blue color, with exposed organic flesh in a pale white shade. Six small wings unfurl from their back, forming a lotus blossom shape with staring red eyes that point in various directions. Text at the bottom reads: “The Monk. Evolution, immortality, perfection. Maeters.”

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 12d

🙌The first recognised union for game devs in the UK! 🙌

Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social

Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...

GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 12d

The ZA/UM Workers' Alliance - a new union set up to represent a subset of UK-based employees at the company - discusses how it wants to help staff feel safe and comfortable in their jobs

www.gamesindustry.biz/after-layoff...

After layoffs, cancellations, and controversy, ZA/UM UK staff unionise as the Workers' Alliance

"We like being here. We want to continue being here. So let's try and get a seat at the table in the big management meetings."

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 12d

The workers at ZA/UM Studio have unionized.

First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow.

www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...

Workers at ZA/UM Announce Landmark Recognition Agreement - IWGB Game Workers

Video game developers at ZA/UM Studio, represented by the IWGB (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) have today announced their formation of a union at their workplace. After a negotiation proc...

www.gameworkers.co.uk

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Alex @dirtbagboyfriend.bsky.social · 13d

Adding my voice to the chorus: the Sumud flotilla never entered Israeli waters. that is a lie. The Gazan coast is Palestinian territory (not even spiritually, like actually in international law) so the Sumud flotilla has not violated Israeli sovereignty. The Israelis intercepting them however…

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reni 🦌🫜 @reniadeb.com · 14d

truth coming out of her well to shame mankind

a frog holds itself upright while poking its upper body out of a manhole cover set in a pavement or road

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Aramis 🌙 team petal🪻 @lunaramis.bsky.social · 14d

oh miss joli-coeur ilu..... (if anything happens to her i'll kill everyone and then myself)
#ttrpg #art
(character belongs to @pyrofoux.bsky.social !)

Portrait of a young woman with brown hair and hazel eyes, in a fancy chocolate and beige dress, with red ribbons, and pink flowers. She's wearing a pearl necklace ending with a heart shapped ruby.

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 14d

All eyes on the flotilla tonight as they approach Gaza after a full month at sea. Around 40 vessels strong, with hundreds of incredible people onboard from countries all over the world.

Following their progress here: flotilla-orpin.vercel.app

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 14d

The Global Sumud Flotilla is nearing what the Israeli military has designated a combat zone as its members attempt to break Israel's siege of Gaza.

Mandla Mandela, the grandson of Nelson Mandela, speaks to us from abroad the flotilla.

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 16d

So exhausting..

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 16d

In case you're thinking the world is completely awful and a lost cause, I just watched two strangers in a coffee shop come together to help each other out with the crosswords they were stuck on.
There's still some good out there.

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Mol is Serving Up Disaster👨‍🍳 @molomoot.bsky.social · 16d

A comment on itch reminded me of this idea for creating #TTRPG dungeons I had a while back. I still think its neat and I don't think I've actually shared it here on bsky.

So bsky.. meet Crossword Dungeons!
Do a crossword, use the answers and designs as inspiration for the rooms, get creative!

a how to guide for creating crossword dungeons. Step 1 - Find and Do, do the crossword. Step 2 - See Beyond, find the inspiring words and start to see the shape. Step 3 - Extrapolate, ditch words you dont like, create walls, you contol the dungeon. Step 4 - Draw the rest of the owl (make the dungeon from the inspiration). Step 5 - BE NOT AFRAID. Its just a dungeon created from a crossword, they wont always work.
Useful tips: Metro for daily free crosswords. CrosswordSolver, for tricky clues. DungeonScrawl, for making maps. LootTheRoom - for more random ideas

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · Jun 25

magazine screenshot (1985) archive.org/details/comm...

title screen for compunet's mud (multi user dungeon).. lofi pixelated path leading to a house with trees surrounding. smoke is coming out of the chimney.

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Younès ★ @pyrofoux.bsky.social · 17d

you're featured in the current world record video as the previous contender (bottom left)

screenshot from the Youtube video "Unfair Flips Speedrun in 8:20 [World Record]"

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