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Sinister Design
@sinisterdesign.net
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Creator of turn-based tactics games and SRPGs; now making Together in Battle! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1267210/Together_in_Battle/
📧: [email protected]
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chirunax.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay!

I am Karina, a digital artist and illustrator.

Portfolio: cara.app/chirunax
E-mail: [email protected]

Commission info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A giant woman dressed in white floating in the air. She has four white wings and two long black braids. On her head there is a kokoshnik-like crown. A pale man with long red hair, has orange feathers sticking out of his eye and through a hole in his cheek Wears an orange suit and black gloves. Two horsemen running for their lives. In the background there are two giants, one of which is stabbing the other. The blood flowing down in glowing like molten lava.
January 13, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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juliametzgerart.bsky.social
Hello #portfolioday 💙
I'm Julia, a freelance illustrator and art teacher from Germany! I do a lot of work for TCGs and TTRPGs, like Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons&Dragons, Humblewood and Daggerheart.

🌍 juliametzger.net
📧 julianatmetzger(at)gmail.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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shade-of-stars.bsky.social
‪Hello #portfolioday !
I'm Shade, a freelance artist who loves fantasy and sci-fi. I do book covers, illustrations and character art.

✉️[email protected]
cara.app/shadeofstars
Digital artwork. It is a wedding scene, the bride and the groom are both dressed in white and gold, they are surrounded by knights in armor holding their swords above the couple to form an arch. There is a flower arch behind them and flower petals are flying in the air. Digital artwork, fanart of a game "The Talos Principle 2". A robot of red and white colors named Byron is suffering from some kind of malfunction while touching a computer panel. He is on his knees, not able to free his hand. In the distance another robot named 1K is rushing to help, but he is too late. They seem to be inside of a huge artificial structure, but the floor is filled with water, Byron and the computer panel are located on an island of rocks with some pine trees and plants. Digital illustration. It's autumn, the day is gray, the leaves on trees and on the ground are golden yellow. A young woman sits under the tree at the edge of a forest and casts a spell - glowing golden magic around her, it's an illusion of a lot of things and characters, she seems to tell a story. Near her is a black horse that looks at the magic in awe. A cat sneaks behind the tree and looks at them too. Far in the background is a small town with colorful houses and some colorful fields near it, some light shines through clouds and lightens the town. Digital artwork, fanart of the game "Baldur's Gate 3". Illustration of two mind flayers walking and holding tentacles instead of holding hands. The mood is calm and romantic.
January 13, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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prospertipaldi.bsky.social
Hey #PortfolioDay!

I'm Prosper, an illustrator and concept artist based in France. I specialize in history and fantasy! 🌱🗡️

🌐 linktr.ee/prospertipaldi
✉️ [email protected]
A painting of a knight in a fourteenth century inspired armor, wearing plate armor with a bascinet type helmet and black and green clothes with dagged ends. He is wielding a one handed arming sword and shield. A drawing of a knight in plate armor with a sallet helmet toped with a golden dragon. Over his armor is a red cloth embroidered with the Blackfyre three headed black dragon. He is wielding a two handed pole axe. A drawing of a woman in plate armor. Her clothes displays the red and black Targaryen three headed dragon, embroidered with yellow flames. She is wielding a wing shaped halberd. A drawing of a woman in plate, mail and scale armor, with green clothes. She is wielding a two handed war hammer and a wooden shield, displaying the house Mormont coat of arms from A Song of Ice and Fire, a black bear on a green background. The visor of her bascinet helmet is open.
January 13, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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Today is the last day that you can repost this image
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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November 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Free at 1 PM Central Time? Like SRPGs? I'm going to stream user-created mini campaign the Secret of Frost; come by and say hello!

www.youtube.com/live/9tPQ7hJ...
Streaming a custom Together in Battle campaign: Secret of Frost!
YouTube video by Sinister Design
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November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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New Together in Battle review:

"Wish more TTRPG's had telepath system's range of tactical options when it comes to positioning, shifting positions and terrain!...Easy recommend if you're at all into tactics, be glad to see this game get more attention."

steamcommunity.com/profiles/765...
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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ddiamond.bsky.social
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
What we're watching: A new take on "Frankenstein," a lavish legal drama starring Kim Kardashian and a Tracy Morgan-led spinoff.
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Lol, just...wow
kthorjensen.bsky.social K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · Oct 24
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Four ways to avoid taking damage in FF6
Shield: Terra Sword: Cyan Cape: Locke Dog: Shadow and Interceptor
October 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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New Together in Battle update! We've got some long-awaited UI improvements designed to make weapon management easier both in and out of battle:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/126...
Together in Battle - Quick weapon switching, broken-weapon indicators, bug fixes, and more! - Steam News
Hey all! I've got another update for you with a bunch of UI improvements designed to make it easier to keep track of worn and broken weapons, as well as making weapon-swapping quicker and easier in ba...
store.steampowered.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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mt. pastel (2021)
September 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Some of the most remarkable lost artefacts from the ancient world were the titanic wrecks of the Nemi ships, built for a Roman emperor.

In their first-century heyday they held gardens, palaces and baths in a floating wonderland. But barely a decade after their recovery, they were lost forever.
Onlookers queue up to view the excavations of Caligula's ancient Roman vessels, known as the Nemi ships 1932.
September 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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I love this review not because of the review itself, but because of the hours played. Wow! 🤯
August 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Big Together in Battle update! Save logic has been reworked; UI improvements to inventory and army management; AI fixes; a moddable version of the main campaign; lots of new portrait assets for custom characters; and I announce a mini SRPG campaign contest! 🎊
store.steampowered.com/news/app/126...
Together in Battle - Update #6: portrait art, save logic, UI, moddable campaign, and an SRPG contest! - Steam News
Greetings, tactics fans--I have a big free update for you! There is a lot to cover here--new assets for custom characters, AI improvements, interface improvements, an overhaul to the game's logic for ...
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July 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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All right, I'm officially taking a crack at live-streaming myself painting digital art! Gonna start Sunday at 2 PM Central Time; come say hi, ask questions...I may even take a request or two. 😉

youtube.com/@sinisterdes...
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Videos by and about indie game studio Sinister Design: RPGs and strategy games for people with good taste. Learn more about Sinister Design here: https://sinisterdesign.net
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July 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Heck, I could make it work with only a meager million! I'm a *bargain*
kenlowery.bsky.social Ken Lowery @kenlowery.bsky.social · Jul 14
Like AI, I too probably just need a few more years and several billion dollars to become market viable
July 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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All the best games have patch notes like
July 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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What will it take to get you off Twitter

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July 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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"Player" is very clear; it's the one who is playing. "Gamer," on the other hand...setting aside the connotations of the term, it implies that you're talking about a hobbyist--and you don't actually know if the person playing your game plays games on the regular! So it's "player" for me.
genrouthier.bsky.social Geneviève Routhier @genrouthier.bsky.social · Jul 7
Fellow devs

Do you use "players" or "gamers" when you talk about the people who will be experiencing your game?

I just realized I've never used the term "gamers" at work. But I do notice the term being very prevalent with content creators?

It's an.. interesting lens.
July 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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turnbasedthursday.bsky.social
Great games in last week's #TurnBasedThursday showcase!

👹 Just-released tactical RPG w/ unique battle mechanics
🃏 New poker roguelike's first public demo
⚔️ Gladiator sRPG now w/ New Game Plus
👨‍🚀 Dark sci-fi extraction RPG near the end of Early Access

& many more! ⤵
#Gaming #TurnBased #IndieGames
Guards II: Chaos in Hell, by @herocraftpc.bsky.social Poker Monsters (@pokermonsters.bsky.social) Together in Battle, by @sinisterdesign.net Quasimorph (@quasimorph.bsky.social)
July 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Post by Bill Roper (THAT Bill Roper) over on LinkedIn.
Sorry, the full post didn't fit in the alt space here.
June 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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My take on the best games of the century: it is 2025. Even if you had played more than a tiny fraction of the games currently in existence (something hardly possible given the pace of releases), the number of games yet to exist this century would still dwarf that. A pointless, hubristic exercise.
June 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Hello, tactics game fans! Do you like SRPGs? Have you not yet tried Together in Battle? You should really fix that! Here's Coffee Potato to tell you why:
youtu.be/0ts3LxpGomU?...
Together In Battle, Post Completion Thoughts
YouTube video by Coffee Potato (Caffeinated Potato)
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June 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM