Sterling
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Sterling
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· Oct 19
Just a Vagrant
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Hi, I’m Sterling! Aspiring writer with a head full of original characters (FAR TOO MANY EVEN).
Huge JRPGs (FF, Xeno, Tales, FE and more) and Devil May Cry fan.
Always dreaming up new stories and worlds!
sterling92.carrd.co
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Ah yes the old "but guys we gotta use it. What if the lying, plagiarizing machine that isn't actually speeding up work and is the antithesis to creativity that everybody hates is good though?"
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Ah yes the old "but guys we gotta use it. What if the lying, plagiarizing machine that isn't actually speeding up work and is the antithesis to creativity that everybody hates is good though?"
Crossworlds is to blame for the racing thing 😂
December 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Crossworlds is to blame for the racing thing 😂
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Expedition 33 shipped with GenAI assets (that they quietly updated) plus they literally just admitted to using it.
If Sandfall gets a pass, but Larian doesn't then what the fuck are we doing here?
If Sandfall gets a pass, but Larian doesn't then what the fuck are we doing here?
December 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Expedition 33 shipped with GenAI assets (that they quietly updated) plus they literally just admitted to using it.
If Sandfall gets a pass, but Larian doesn't then what the fuck are we doing here?
If Sandfall gets a pass, but Larian doesn't then what the fuck are we doing here?
A stock market system-thing in Endfield was not on my bingo card, yet somehow it makes sense 😂
December 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
A stock market system-thing in Endfield was not on my bingo card, yet somehow it makes sense 😂
Btw a dear friend of mine gifted me some coasters from the Eorzea Café (and a placemat you won’t see cause it’s still safely tucked away in its tube 😂), and a plush shark that I’ll probably take with me to the grave… 🥰
December 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Btw a dear friend of mine gifted me some coasters from the Eorzea Café (and a placemat you won’t see cause it’s still safely tucked away in its tube 😂), and a plush shark that I’ll probably take with me to the grave… 🥰
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Pokécology An Illustrated Guide to Pokémon Ecology will be available in english 🙏
December 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Pokécology An Illustrated Guide to Pokémon Ecology will be available in english 🙏
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Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:
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skredjun.itch.io/the-witch-an...
reghi la demo è disponibile
For international friends: the game is translated into English, except for the requests screen, which I discovered cannot be translated with the plugin I currently have, and I am trying to find a solution OTL
reghi la demo è disponibile
For international friends: the game is translated into English, except for the requests screen, which I discovered cannot be translated with the plugin I currently have, and I am trying to find a solution OTL
The Chronicles of the Witch & the Dark Knight by Skredjun
Available for Windows
skredjun.itch.io
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
skredjun.itch.io/the-witch-an...
reghi la demo è disponibile
For international friends: the game is translated into English, except for the requests screen, which I discovered cannot be translated with the plugin I currently have, and I am trying to find a solution OTL
reghi la demo è disponibile
For international friends: the game is translated into English, except for the requests screen, which I discovered cannot be translated with the plugin I currently have, and I am trying to find a solution OTL
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Play The Chronicles of the Witch & the Dark Knight (TCotW&tDK) demo and make your choice IN GAME!
December 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Play The Chronicles of the Witch & the Dark Knight (TCotW&tDK) demo and make your choice IN GAME!
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#pescartcosmica #wutheringwaves I forgot to post this galbrena. Whops
December 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
#pescartcosmica #wutheringwaves I forgot to post this galbrena. Whops
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please exercise your ability to critique the art you engage with, not to become a snobbish connoisseur but to learn your own taste and look for increasingly obscure stuff that appeals to you only
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
please exercise your ability to critique the art you engage with, not to become a snobbish connoisseur but to learn your own taste and look for increasingly obscure stuff that appeals to you only
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December 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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This thing abt popular = bad is nnneeeeehh I really cant stand that mentality bc I think its potentially missing out on something good bc of stubbornness. Also remember u can enjoy something without having to interact with its fans. There will always be a group of annoying people everywhere
December 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This thing abt popular = bad is nnneeeeehh I really cant stand that mentality bc I think its potentially missing out on something good bc of stubbornness. Also remember u can enjoy something without having to interact with its fans. There will always be a group of annoying people everywhere
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I'll engage the discussions around E33 winning everything to bring up this argument alone.
I'm happy a game from a relatively small studio won. But I don't want everything to become an E33-like like many fans argue.
I'm happy a game from a relatively small studio won. But I don't want everything to become an E33-like like many fans argue.
The downside of a JRPG becoming one of the most beloved games in the last 5 years is that I have to argue with people telling me all JRPG should be like Expedition 33...
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I'll engage the discussions around E33 winning everything to bring up this argument alone.
I'm happy a game from a relatively small studio won. But I don't want everything to become an E33-like like many fans argue.
I'm happy a game from a relatively small studio won. But I don't want everything to become an E33-like like many fans argue.
THIS! SO MUCH THIS! 😭
Don't write token characters or check them off a quota list!
WRITE! PEOPLE!
Don't write token characters or check them off a quota list!
WRITE! PEOPLE!
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 2876:
Don't write "a woman character", or "a gay character", or "a disabled character." Write a complete human being, with agency, and feelings, and flaws. No-one in fiction should be wholly defined by the groups they belong to.
Don't write "a woman character", or "a gay character", or "a disabled character." Write a complete human being, with agency, and feelings, and flaws. No-one in fiction should be wholly defined by the groups they belong to.
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
THIS! SO MUCH THIS! 😭
Don't write token characters or check them off a quota list!
WRITE! PEOPLE!
Don't write token characters or check them off a quota list!
WRITE! PEOPLE!
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I hate the online reaction cycle that praises a piece of art a lot and uses it as an example of what’s good about the medium but then the moment it gets awards or enough acclaim or fandom, suddenly we have to talk about how it’s actually not really that good and it’s overrated and always sucked
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I hate the online reaction cycle that praises a piece of art a lot and uses it as an example of what’s good about the medium but then the moment it gets awards or enough acclaim or fandom, suddenly we have to talk about how it’s actually not really that good and it’s overrated and always sucked
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the game awards never feature anything close to visual novels so I'm going to recommend 20 indie visual novels
December 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
the game awards never feature anything close to visual novels so I'm going to recommend 20 indie visual novels
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Made a new track for Looking Inward last week! Sharing a snippet on Ko-Fi because it's a banger
#gamedev #indiedev #dtm #gameaudio #vgm
#gamedev #indiedev #dtm #gameaudio #vgm
"High-Voltage Back-And-Forth" Snippet (from Looking Inward)
Crescendo published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Made a new track for Looking Inward last week! Sharing a snippet on Ko-Fi because it's a banger
#gamedev #indiedev #dtm #gameaudio #vgm
#gamedev #indiedev #dtm #gameaudio #vgm
Check out my friend @crescendotto.com
She makes cool bangers and stuff 🥰
She makes cool bangers and stuff 🥰
December 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Check out my friend @crescendotto.com
She makes cool bangers and stuff 🥰
She makes cool bangers and stuff 🥰
Still thinking about Yoko Shimomura’s concert... maaaan what an incredible experience! 😭
She’s such a warm, inspiring person, and hearing her music live was unreal... Benyamin Nuss is absolutely crazy talented. And I got to be there with my friends 🥰
She’s such a warm, inspiring person, and hearing her music live was unreal... Benyamin Nuss is absolutely crazy talented. And I got to be there with my friends 🥰
December 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Still thinking about Yoko Shimomura’s concert... maaaan what an incredible experience! 😭
She’s such a warm, inspiring person, and hearing her music live was unreal... Benyamin Nuss is absolutely crazy talented. And I got to be there with my friends 🥰
She’s such a warm, inspiring person, and hearing her music live was unreal... Benyamin Nuss is absolutely crazy talented. And I got to be there with my friends 🥰
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one of the best things I’ve made this year
["Just keep going and hope at some point you will be fine"
Oh how easy it must have been back then for you to lie.]
I made a fake ending for the climax of my #TTRPG campaign and you're going down with me.
🎵 YT: youtu.be/qLL49qO1NWw
#SynthV_AYAME #SynthV #SynthesizerV #SynthVOriginal
Oh how easy it must have been back then for you to lie.]
I made a fake ending for the climax of my #TTRPG campaign and you're going down with me.
🎵 YT: youtu.be/qLL49qO1NWw
#SynthV_AYAME #SynthV #SynthesizerV #SynthVOriginal
December 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
one of the best things I’ve made this year
Did I spent the night Octopacthing? Yes
Do I regret it? NOT ONE BIT, I LOVE THIS GAME
Do I regret it? NOT ONE BIT, I LOVE THIS GAME
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Did I spent the night Octopacthing? Yes
Do I regret it? NOT ONE BIT, I LOVE THIS GAME
Do I regret it? NOT ONE BIT, I LOVE THIS GAME