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Dari/scitydreamer

@scitydreamer.bsky.social

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I’m a developer and writer. MS is kicking my ass, so please check out my stuff. (any pronouns) Games: https://scitydreamer.itch.io https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=scitydreamer Writing: https://indiehellzone.com

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · Nov 18

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Good vibrations, everyone. I am a game developer under the handle scitydreamer, and I mainly make RPG Maker games about miserable people.

I also run a site called Indie Hell Zone that’s primarily me blogging about indie games.

Hit up those links in bio to see more!

The header of my itch.io page, ranking the vibes of my games.

Left to right, from good vibrations to horrible fucking vibes;
To Crime Nirvana, Fishing Minigame 1 and 2 (2 had worse vibes, I Hate You Please Suffer, Hand of the Goddess, Decay, Slimes

Screenshot of I Hate You, Please Suffer taken from Curate of the Curious. This depicts the Necromancy Investigation quest.

“So, these particular thieves are the Lonely Hearts. They’re some religious grief counseling group that turned to this more widescale cult in the last few years.”

Text from my review of UFO 50’s Party House.

“I’ll be real with you: I swear that the wild buddies are hardcoded to show up together. There were multiple situations where I had two wild buddies in a row and think “there’s no way a third one will show up” like a naive fool, and lo and fucking behold, the vibes are ruined. I had one instance where two showed up and had a spy check the door to see a third wild buddy. I gave the wild buddy the boot, invited the next guest in, and you don’t understand how I felt when it was the fourth wild buddy. None of the other trouble making guests gave me as much trouble as this gang of shitheads. ACAB… but maybe the police can keep the wild buddies I hand them in jail for a little bit longer.”

Text from my review of QUESTER:

“You got a nice array of guys to play around with, and while equipment can be interchangeable, they all have skills to carve out their own niches. Dob-Rock the Buddhist had been a general mainstay because he has a group healing skill out of the gate, while I’m impartial to Ekko the Officer because of her passive skillset that makes her kinda nutty with bladed weapons. You’ll occasionally get new crew members at new base camps, and while that does raise your food costs, well, that’s just the price of friendship.”

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Small Gray Games @smallgraygames.bsky.social · 40m

Thinking about that part in the new Jeffrey Epstein mockumentary from The Onion where somebody applies the phrase "nevertheless, she persisted" to Ghislaine Maxwell.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 4h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 9h

I'll probably cover some Next Fest stuff like I did the last few times, but until then, let's bide our time with the short and sweet Storyteller.

indiehellzone.com/2025/10/12/s...

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 9h

That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another.

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 14h

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 5d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 9h

I'll probably cover some Next Fest stuff like I did the last few times, but until then, let's bide our time with the short and sweet Storyteller.

indiehellzone.com/2025/10/12/s...

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fangy @jeannesfangs.bsky.social · 17h

who is best girl in hades 2 is a vicious, brutal war between an army’s worth of women who all individually deserve the crown but there is one unquestionable best boy and it’s him

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 18h

Could Mama Liz’s Chili Oil spice up Osmanthus Soup…

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Raven Paine @ravenpaine.bsky.social · 22h

my friend just shared this with me

Dr Eggman Robotnic drawn in two images, Designed with Gamers in mind: Caked up Robotnic, Designed with activists in mind: no ass Robotnic looks sad

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ynoham @ynoham.bsky.social · 23h

Building more of the world, I'm finding the room maps give away a little too much. Trying a compass instead - it switches to a stage map on the pause screen, showing visited rooms as squares and the connections between them.
#GunmetalGothic #ScreenshotSaturday #GodotEngine #IndieGameDev

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 23h

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

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dead domain 🐐🏳️‍⚧️ @domaindead.bsky.social · 1d

TRON Ares is one of the most unsurprising, blatant pieces of corporate propaganda I've ever seen, and what started as a review turned into something of an essay on why the franchise meant so much to me, and why I'm not surprised.

Premiere soon:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=slkq...

TRON Ares: Killing Art For Propaganda

YouTube video by Dead Domain

www.youtube.com

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 1d

Fashy Cinemasins

That's what this is, the effect the proliferation of "anti-woke" youtube grifters have had on their audiences as a whole, stunting their ability to engage with media and training them to look for "DEI sins" to call out, atrophying their ability to enjoy the games they're playing.

No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 3d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 1d

It rocks that these people won, are in control, got what they supposedly wanted, and are still just as bitter as ever about everything, winning or losing makes no difference to filling the gaping holes in their souls

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 24d

Today we're going back into the weird RPG well with a game up on Kickstarter: tis @blanksword.bsky.social!

indiehellzone.com/2025/09/17/b...

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

We! Did it!!

BLANKSWORD IS 100% FUNDED ON KICKSTARTER!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

An image showing Blanksword being 100% funded!!

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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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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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SUPER jules 'n ghosts @bonesnotncluded.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 1d

Jenny Nicholson tweet continues to not miss

@JennyENicholson

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

9:09am - 9/9/2025 180K Views

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 3d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 1d

63) Learning to Hate Yourself as a Self Defense Mechanism

Nice speculative fiction short story collection. Big fan of the weird take on ship of Theseus but about self-harm to entertain Twitch viewers