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Sam Derboo
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Sometimes doing solo game dev sometimes writing about games at samderboo.com
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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · Mar 3
Many years ago, I compiled a big gallery of game art ripping off other art for Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social
Now I've started rebuilding it as a database with browsing by tags and fun comparison sliders at samderboo.com/tracing.php
Tracing the Influence: Retraced Edition
A gallery of litigations that could have been.
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beefstrong.bsky.social
A couple of new ones from the past month. Im having more fun in 3D than ever before
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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pixelflag.bsky.social
空手道
#ドット絵
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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traindetective.bsky.social
Detective Instinct is NOW AVAILABLE in all regions (on 15% launch discount for the next two weeks)!

Thank you all for supporting us. We did our best to craft a story we can be proud of, so we hope sincerely hope you enjoy it 🫡

Check it out on Steam or Nintendo Switch!
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
Credits for Brent Porter (3D art lead) and Catherine Menabde (2D art lead) are shown here. There's a lengthy description of what they did, with a pastiche of various Demonschool characters underneath, messing around with a computer.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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phorrums.bsky.social
I misread this image so badly that I can only really hope to illustrate what I saw.

( Also a good excuse for an #art study )
A digital drawing referencing the quoted image. In the style of an early 20th century drawing, a woman in a dress holds a minigun. The text above is changed to read "Does the minigun make women cruel?"
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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mossmouth.bsky.social
Totally random, but I really feel like the head of this snake in Haunted Castle (1987) was inspired by the lizard in Frank Frazetta's "Jongor Fights Back" painting (1967).
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.

store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...

store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...

www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Time to school some demons!
November 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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mp83.bsky.social
Misread sprites in video games. This is Wang with his bo staff in Yie Ar Kung Fu (MSX/Famicom), or as I've always seen him: a big head with legs!
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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callofsaregnar.bsky.social
🎬 Behind the Scenes
From greenscreen to in-game sprite.
Every character in Call of Saregnar begins with a real actor filmed on greenscreen, then turned frame by frame into an in-game sprite.

#CallOfSaregnar #CRPG #BehindTheScenes
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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frankcifaldi.bsky.social
Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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seldum.bsky.social
please look at the cow from Hard Drivin’
November 27, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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frogboi.bsky.social
Commissions are open! Open like they've never been opened before! They're the best commissions. Unbelievable really. We've never seen commissions like these before. They're saying my picture of Durin is the best picture of dwarf that's probably ever been made.
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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pebble1250.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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foone.bsky.social
Finally, a personal request: I've been bedridden for the last year with medical issues, and I'm just now finally getting set up with a surgeon to get them fixed. I'm not able to work in this condition, so if you can spare a few dollars, that'd really help.

ko-fi.com/fooneturing
Support Foone Turing ❤️
Become a supporter of Foone Turing today!
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October 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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foone.bsky.social
for some reason back in 2017, I decided to make a website to make fake video game screenshots. This was a good idea and made a lot of people laugh.

Here's to the Death Generator, eight years and 270ish games later!

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A screenshot of a twitter post by @foone on October 26th, 2017. She posts "PQ2 death generator is live! make ol' Jim Walls say whatever you want." with a link to the site, and an included image: It's the death dialogbox from the Sierra adventure game Police Quest 2. It shows Jim Walls, a retired police officer, as a portrait on the left. The titlebar says "Jim shakes his head and says..." and there's "Restore", "Restart", "Quit" buttons. The text has been edited to read: "YOU CAN MAKE ME SAY THINGS ANYTHING YOU WANT i miss sierra games :("
October 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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batfeula.bsky.social
I'm redrawing NES Metroid once again...
October 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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maggiemice.bsky.social
The costume
October 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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wadjeteyegames.bsky.social
The Nighthawks demo has arrived!

During Steam Next Fest, seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts.

Your second life begins tonight!

store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/...
October 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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shockpine.bsky.social
it feels awesome to like sit down and just make a feature then be done
October 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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One more for the #TracingTheInfluence album cover collection. Rainbow's Straight Between the Eyes in arcade shoot-'em-up X-Multiply, discovered by @nullspace0x00.bsky.social samderboo.com/tracing.php
October 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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lanceboyle94.bsky.social
Seeing the MERCS portion reminded me that I saw this tweet recently... as it turns out the merchant was in fact traced: it was sourced from the cover to a Victor/JVC catalogue from the period (model isn't named)

x.com/mega_dra/sta...
October 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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oleivarrudi.bsky.social
Here's another interesting video game one
October 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Never would have guessed that the murderous driver on the Carmageddon cover comes from this old Clive Barker comic. I think it's also my first comic book reference that isn't a Marvel one. @hg101.bsky.social told me about this one. samderboo.com/tracing.php?... #TracingTheInfluence
October 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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mogarism.bsky.social
六龍車
October 7, 2025 at 4:28 AM