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Amy Farbright 💻🦔 (CHECK PINNED) @amy.fruitbasket.gay · 1d

hey #portfolioday and #gamedev!
i'm a programmer with >7 years of commercial+hobby gamedev experience, across many disciplines. recently a commercial game i worked on shipped! but now i'm looking for other work to cover my bases. check out my site for other projects+contact info foreverwip.github.io

In late 2022 I was hired by GalaxyTrail under contract to work on various projects, with work centered around prototyping core game systems, integration of assets, and implementation of certain graphical effects. The first project out of this to release is Chrono Gear: Warden of Time, a hololive game published under the holo Indie label, released in September 2025. Shown here is one of my contributions, the "Stasis" ability which was adapted from a variable-timescale prototype I designed for another project. The technical design of this ability was used throughout the game for similar time-control effects.

In late 2023 I started working with STUDIO//LYNFLO offering general development assistance with their upcoming game DRAGONFRUIT: a mother's love, powered by Godot Engine. Here is just one example of what I've worked on: a dynamic shadow system that switches between realtime shadow casting and a static "directionless" shadow sprite based on distance and intensity of surrounding lights.

This is a work-in-progress full port of Sonic the Hedgehog (revision 1) for the Mega Drive to C, designed and built over the course of roughly 19 months as of April 2025.

The intent of this project is to provide a base from which the game and its mechanics can be experienced and ported to a variety of platforms, without any compromise to how the gameplay handed in the original. The version of Sonic 1 currently promoted by Sega is not a port but a remake of the original, made with a completely different game engine (in fact, it's the same Retro Engine that I've hacked on in my other hobby projects, go figure). Unlike that version, this project is built off of the original Mega Drive game's machine code, with as few changes made as possible.

All game code has been successfully converted (barring some inaccuracies my testing might not have picked up), so now all current work is centered on cleaning up the generated code, further decoupling the drawing code from the VDP, and adding additional features. In this screenshot, I demonstrate the additional features such as widescreen support and custom shaders (blurring the background to make the foreground more readable).

Screenshot of work on Sonic the Hedgehog 2 HD, a fan remake of the original game, showing a full 3D rendition of the special stage. What was once a 2D background with perspective tricks is now a full 3D scene, with objects positioned in three axes instead of two. When I first joined the team, there was already some work done on a procedural 3D renderer that generated polygons on the fly based on the original game's data, but it was very simple and offered a very limited view of the stage.

One of the main goals I wanted to achieve with the new renderer was for the player to be able to see the twists and turns of the rest of the track in the distance as they went through the stage; The main draw of the stages in the original was their 3D look and being able to look ahead of you, so it felt like a natural step forward. At the time though, the renderer was only designed to generate the track relative to where you were in it.

I ended up doing an almost complete rewrite of the renderer; I wrote my own spatial hash implementation and camera class in order to cull geometry, and rewrote our geometry generator to calculate all vertices only once at load time. Along with some extra shaders I integrated into the renderer, it provided an incomplete, but still more engaging visual demonstration of what the game could do to give a classic scene a modern coat of paint.

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Bee! @brodnork.bsky.social · 22h

Stomp and the Sword of Miracles is now 40% backed on Kickstarter! Let's see if we can get to 50% within these first 48 hours!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bee...

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Petal Crash @petalcrash.com · 2d

This is the Next...

We're showcasing Petal Crash 2 for Steam Next Fest with an event exclusive demo! Try your hand against the CPU, play a 5-minute Time Trial, or go head-to-head with a friend!

The demo's only available until October 20th, so don't miss out!

store.steampowered.com/app/2697670/...

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T. Ashley 🌸 Jenkins @fluttersprite.itch.io · 20h

Did you tried Petal 2

bsky.app/profile/peta...

Petal Crash @petalcrash.com · 2d

This is the Next...

We're showcasing Petal Crash 2 for Steam Next Fest with an event exclusive demo! Try your hand against the CPU, play a 5-minute Time Trial, or go head-to-head with a friend!

The demo's only available until October 20th, so don't miss out!

store.steampowered.com/app/2697670/...

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Unlimited Trees @unlimitedtrees.bsky.social · 22h

"america's the wealthiest country" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person in 50000dollars of debt. MonopolyMan Hitler , who lives in a gold mansion and was best friends with epstein is an outlier adn should not have been counted

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kt @kiolu100.bsky.social · 1d

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Bee! @brodnork.bsky.social · 1d

One hour left to get the early bird discount on the soundtrack!!!

Bee! @brodnork.bsky.social · 2d

My exploration-focused metroidvania, STOMP AND THE SWORD OF MIRACLES, is now LIVE on Kickstarter!

Explore a world full of lost secrets, meet a cast of charming characters, and use the creatures around you to your advantage to reach new heights.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bee...

DEMO LINKS BELOW

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Bee! @brodnork.bsky.social · 1d

It's now midnight, which means it's been 12 hours since the KS launched. We're over 30% of the way to the goal in just 12 hours. I am SO incredibly grateful. I know I just made a post like this earlier, but... really. I was so nervous about how this was going to go, and now I just feel confident.

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Ari Ganahl- Commissions Open! @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 1d

Creator of Frogsong is making a new game!!!!

Bee! @brodnork.bsky.social · 2d

My exploration-focused metroidvania, STOMP AND THE SWORD OF MIRACLES, is now LIVE on Kickstarter!

Explore a world full of lost secrets, meet a cast of charming characters, and use the creatures around you to your advantage to reach new heights.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bee...

DEMO LINKS BELOW

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Bee! @brodnork.bsky.social · 1d

In three hours, we've already surpassed the amount Frogsong raised on its first day. That's incredible. I really don't know what to say. I honestly had no clue how much reach I'd have on day one without the massive boost the Wholesome Direct gave Frogsong. Thank you.

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Unlimited Trees @unlimitedtrees.bsky.social · 1d

i love da subtext. i love the yuri in em. there is a gold mine here and it is beautiful. but can at least One(1) of them kiss on screen. is that too much 2 ask. we have an entire volume of city dedicated to a white boy's lust for a girl who doesnt even like him. can the girls get an ounce of that.

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Unlimited Trees @unlimitedtrees.bsky.social · 1d

ithink nichijou and city are masterpieces. however. they would be the greatest pieces of art of all time if there were even just one(1) explicitly queer relationship in either of em. #JustSaying

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Unlimited Trees @unlimitedtrees.bsky.social · 2d

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Bee! @brodnork.bsky.social · 2d

My exploration-focused metroidvania, STOMP AND THE SWORD OF MIRACLES, is now LIVE on Kickstarter!

Explore a world full of lost secrets, meet a cast of charming characters, and use the creatures around you to your advantage to reach new heights.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bee...

DEMO LINKS BELOW

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Bee! @brodnork.bsky.social · 2d

My exploration-focused metroidvania, STOMP AND THE SWORD OF MIRACLES, is now LIVE on Kickstarter!

Explore a world full of lost secrets, meet a cast of charming characters, and use the creatures around you to your advantage to reach new heights.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bee...

DEMO LINKS BELOW

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Nerrel @nerrel.bsky.social · Jan 26

I took a solemn vow that these would never see the light of day, but dammit, you found them. You found my obese cats.

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Kogi @eepycorgi-kogi.bsky.social · 3d

Trying out new Procreate brushes with mithrun this time

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 2d

I just came across *the* most Geocities site to ever exist. You want to see this one, I promise. web.archive.org/web/20010722...

Screenshot of a Geocities website: two rotating skulls next to the text ".........EnTer........"

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 5d

GOOD NEWS: For the first time in history, RENEWABLE ENERGY has overtaken COAL in global electricity production.

Solar and wind are finally outpacing fossil fuels. This is a TURNING POINT for the planet and for all of us.

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Arrietty Lunaris @arrietty.itch.io · Sep 11

Next several weeks' gonna be rough for me, my roommates and a friend. Me and my roommates are likely have to move out to a new apartment and my friend's hit with a nasty rent due bill before moving too

+ I'm out of meds for HRT and stomach and needing groceries. Please help us.

ko-fi.com/arrietty

Buy Arrietty a Coffee

Become a supporter of Arrietty today!

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Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now) @aaronradney.bsky.social · Aug 29

I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · Aug 27

US government orders 46 states to destroy trans education materials
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

US government orders states to destroy trans education materials

The US government has ordered 46 states and territories to destroy education materials referencing trans people.

www.thepinknews.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 5d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.