decaf
@decaf-faced.bsky.social
Game developer (Subclasses: Gameplay programmer & Narrative designer)
Play "Eidolon: Fate of Fools" for free! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3961630/
Enjoyer of art created by mortals.
Play "Eidolon: Fate of Fools" for free! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3961630/
Enjoyer of art created by mortals.
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Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
Stop buying Skyrim.
There are other games you can buy which will offer unique, novel experiences while in some cases directly supporting creatives.
If you want to play Skyrim so bad just play the copy you already have.
If you don't have a copy, you're winning. Ahead of the curve. We're over it.
There are other games you can buy which will offer unique, novel experiences while in some cases directly supporting creatives.
If you want to play Skyrim so bad just play the copy you already have.
If you don't have a copy, you're winning. Ahead of the curve. We're over it.
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Stop buying Skyrim.
There are other games you can buy which will offer unique, novel experiences while in some cases directly supporting creatives.
If you want to play Skyrim so bad just play the copy you already have.
If you don't have a copy, you're winning. Ahead of the curve. We're over it.
There are other games you can buy which will offer unique, novel experiences while in some cases directly supporting creatives.
If you want to play Skyrim so bad just play the copy you already have.
If you don't have a copy, you're winning. Ahead of the curve. We're over it.
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we all hate the game awards and know it for what it is. we can just not watch it. im not gonna watch it
December 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
we all hate the game awards and know it for what it is. we can just not watch it. im not gonna watch it
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If some guy stole my shit and made millions off it while wiping out my job prospects, and you, as my friend, bought that guy's cheap mass market replica of my shit, you and i would for obvious reasons have a problem. It being a massive company, not a guy, actually makes it even more of a problem.
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
If some guy stole my shit and made millions off it while wiping out my job prospects, and you, as my friend, bought that guy's cheap mass market replica of my shit, you and i would for obvious reasons have a problem. It being a massive company, not a guy, actually makes it even more of a problem.
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Since I am Bad at Business I forgot to post that I'm trying my 1st subscription sale for BLOOD IN THE MACHINE. 20% off until Sunday. If you'd like to support independent journalism that centers the worker, the user, the humans contending with Silicon Valley and the tech oligarchy, now's a good time.
A bloody Cyber Monday discount
In which Blood in the Machine attempts its first subscription sale
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Since I am Bad at Business I forgot to post that I'm trying my 1st subscription sale for BLOOD IN THE MACHINE. 20% off until Sunday. If you'd like to support independent journalism that centers the worker, the user, the humans contending with Silicon Valley and the tech oligarchy, now's a good time.
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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...
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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...
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
"Eidolon: Fate of Fools" launched today: free to play on Steam! It is a classic arena shooter with a tarot card twist. Each Major Arcana card has an Upright and Inverted ability, and resource management is key if you wish to become the master of your fate.
Link in bio! 🔁?
#gamedev #fps #gaming
Link in bio! 🔁?
#gamedev #fps #gaming
September 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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THIS ANIMATION IS SO INSANE
September 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
THIS ANIMATION IS SO INSANE
"Eidolon: Fate of Fools" - a new arena shooter where you use Major Arcana tarot cards as weapons - will be FREE on Steam September 19th.
Become the master of your fate and achieve divinity through domination!
store.steampowered.com/app/3961630/
Become the master of your fate and achieve divinity through domination!
store.steampowered.com/app/3961630/
Eidolon: Fate of Fools on Steam
An arena shooter with a card game twist in which combatants compete using Major Arcana tarot cards. Celestials manifest in a metaphysical realm for a combat ritual that results in divinity... or death...
store.steampowered.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"Eidolon: Fate of Fools" - a new arena shooter where you use Major Arcana tarot cards as weapons - will be FREE on Steam September 19th.
Become the master of your fate and achieve divinity through domination!
store.steampowered.com/app/3961630/
Become the master of your fate and achieve divinity through domination!
store.steampowered.com/app/3961630/
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Our first Steam game 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧' is OUT NOW!
🟦 Click and Drag to cast your Spell Box
🐲 Capture invasive Draggins
🪄 Learn 15+ Spells
📜 Over 40+ Challenges
Take on the endless waves of Draggins and help Margot the Mouse Curser save up for magic college!
🔽 Link Below 🔽
#indiegames #gamedev #draggin
🟦 Click and Drag to cast your Spell Box
🐲 Capture invasive Draggins
🪄 Learn 15+ Spells
📜 Over 40+ Challenges
Take on the endless waves of Draggins and help Margot the Mouse Curser save up for magic college!
🔽 Link Below 🔽
#indiegames #gamedev #draggin
August 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Our first Steam game 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧' is OUT NOW!
🟦 Click and Drag to cast your Spell Box
🐲 Capture invasive Draggins
🪄 Learn 15+ Spells
📜 Over 40+ Challenges
Take on the endless waves of Draggins and help Margot the Mouse Curser save up for magic college!
🔽 Link Below 🔽
#indiegames #gamedev #draggin
🟦 Click and Drag to cast your Spell Box
🐲 Capture invasive Draggins
🪄 Learn 15+ Spells
📜 Over 40+ Challenges
Take on the endless waves of Draggins and help Margot the Mouse Curser save up for magic college!
🔽 Link Below 🔽
#indiegames #gamedev #draggin
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I think that as an indie game dev without a large publisher, your target audience is not gamers in general, it is sickos.
It's hardcore sickos that will be diving the depths of your genre and finding your game, and it is sickos who will be spreading it.
Please the passionate, not the masses.
It's hardcore sickos that will be diving the depths of your genre and finding your game, and it is sickos who will be spreading it.
Please the passionate, not the masses.
August 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I think that as an indie game dev without a large publisher, your target audience is not gamers in general, it is sickos.
It's hardcore sickos that will be diving the depths of your genre and finding your game, and it is sickos who will be spreading it.
Please the passionate, not the masses.
It's hardcore sickos that will be diving the depths of your genre and finding your game, and it is sickos who will be spreading it.
Please the passionate, not the masses.
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It's been creeping up for years, but with Collective Shout and KOSA (again), I've been finding myself thinking of Boards of Canada's "One Very Important Thought" a lot lately.
Make some calls this week.
Defend your constitutionally protected rights. No one else will do it for you.
Thank you.
Make some calls this week.
Defend your constitutionally protected rights. No one else will do it for you.
Thank you.
![The lyrics from Boards of Canada's "One Very Important Thought" from their 1996 album Music Has the Right to Children.
[Outro]
Now that the show is over and we have jointly exercised our constitutional rights, we would like to leave you with one very important thought
Sometime in the future, you may have the opportunity to serve as a juror in a censorship case or a so-called obscenity case. It would be wise to remember that the same people who would stop you from listening to Boards of Canada may be back next year to complain about a book, or even a TV program. If you can be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you can be told what to say or think. Defend your constitutionally protected rights - no one else will do it for you
Thank you](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gnlyxexo7tg446kglieyvwit/bafkreic4ug5wutkuqrfp75a5w2u233cxxcfo7wdefqi2wmiux3g6lfy2by@jpeg)
July 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It's been creeping up for years, but with Collective Shout and KOSA (again), I've been finding myself thinking of Boards of Canada's "One Very Important Thought" a lot lately.
Make some calls this week.
Defend your constitutionally protected rights. No one else will do it for you.
Thank you.
Make some calls this week.
Defend your constitutionally protected rights. No one else will do it for you.
Thank you.
Does anyone who's been playing the new Donkey Kong game know if there's a remix of "Life in the Mines"?
#donkeykong #videogamemusic #vgm
#donkeykong #videogamemusic #vgm
July 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Does anyone who's been playing the new Donkey Kong game know if there's a remix of "Life in the Mines"?
#donkeykong #videogamemusic #vgm
#donkeykong #videogamemusic #vgm
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mobOS, my fake OS exploration game is now available to wishlist on steam!!!!
#gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker
store.steampowered.com/app/3731270/...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker
store.steampowered.com/app/3731270/...
mobOS on Steam
Explore an open ended internet and operating system set in a 2000s alternate reality that changes over real life time depending on how you interact with it. Discover secrets through the web, download ...
store.steampowered.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
mobOS, my fake OS exploration game is now available to wishlist on steam!!!!
#gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker
store.steampowered.com/app/3731270/...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker
store.steampowered.com/app/3731270/...
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me: created this tool to help me place characters at specific animation keyframes to help me set up cutscenes in the unity editor
also me: wasting way too much time making my boy here dance as I move the slider around
#gamedev #lowpoly #indiegame
also me: wasting way too much time making my boy here dance as I move the slider around
#gamedev #lowpoly #indiegame
May 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
me: created this tool to help me place characters at specific animation keyframes to help me set up cutscenes in the unity editor
also me: wasting way too much time making my boy here dance as I move the slider around
#gamedev #lowpoly #indiegame
also me: wasting way too much time making my boy here dance as I move the slider around
#gamedev #lowpoly #indiegame
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🧵of my level / game design videos, talks etc:
Every game designer should understand Orthogonal Design:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW5s...
Dishonored 2 LD critiques Dishonored 1 level:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVQD...
Why Speed Level Design videos are so misleading:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcCF...
Every game designer should understand Orthogonal Design:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW5s...
Dishonored 2 LD critiques Dishonored 1 level:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVQD...
Why Speed Level Design videos are so misleading:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcCF...
May 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🧵of my level / game design videos, talks etc:
Every game designer should understand Orthogonal Design:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW5s...
Dishonored 2 LD critiques Dishonored 1 level:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVQD...
Why Speed Level Design videos are so misleading:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcCF...
Every game designer should understand Orthogonal Design:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW5s...
Dishonored 2 LD critiques Dishonored 1 level:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVQD...
Why Speed Level Design videos are so misleading:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcCF...
I propose that a group of cyclists be called a circumference.
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🚵♂️🚵🚵♀️🚵🚵♂️🚵♀️
April 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I propose that a group of cyclists be called a circumference.
🚵♂️🚵🚵♀️🚵🚵♂️🚵♀️
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The Elder Scrolls already told its story. Try something new!
(And give $$ to developers, not conglomerates)
(And give $$ to developers, not conglomerates)
April 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The Elder Scrolls already told its story. Try something new!
(And give $$ to developers, not conglomerates)
(And give $$ to developers, not conglomerates)
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The 20th anniversary of the release of the game that started it all, Psychonauts is coming April the 19th! We got all kinds of fun things planned for that week. I am very excited to celebrate with all of you. @doublefine.com @timoflegend.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The 20th anniversary of the release of the game that started it all, Psychonauts is coming April the 19th! We got all kinds of fun things planned for that week. I am very excited to celebrate with all of you. @doublefine.com @timoflegend.bsky.social
Apparently artificial mimicry of Miyazaki's work is trending...
If you're "Ghiblifying" anything, you've become part of the most poser thing to ever happen in the history of being a poser
Like art? Pay artists.
If you're "Ghiblifying" anything, you've become part of the most poser thing to ever happen in the history of being a poser
Like art? Pay artists.
March 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Apparently artificial mimicry of Miyazaki's work is trending...
If you're "Ghiblifying" anything, you've become part of the most poser thing to ever happen in the history of being a poser
Like art? Pay artists.
If you're "Ghiblifying" anything, you've become part of the most poser thing to ever happen in the history of being a poser
Like art? Pay artists.
Nice start to GDC - got a little pink on my face from napping in Yerba Buena. My home planet doesn't get this much sunlight
March 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Nice start to GDC - got a little pink on my face from napping in Yerba Buena. My home planet doesn't get this much sunlight
Catch me at GDC this week! Or... shall I catch you? 🤔
My team is eager to share the tarot-inspired arena shooter we've been developing! Eidolon: Fate of Fools is an arena shooter with a card game twist where players use mystical abilities inspired by Major Arcana tarot cards!
#GDC2025 #gamedev 🔁❓
My team is eager to share the tarot-inspired arena shooter we've been developing! Eidolon: Fate of Fools is an arena shooter with a card game twist where players use mystical abilities inspired by Major Arcana tarot cards!
#GDC2025 #gamedev 🔁❓
March 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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summoning circle time
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good weather
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this year
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good weather
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this year
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March 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
summoning circle time
🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯
good weather
🕯 at GDC 🕯
this year
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Game writers, you'll be glad to know that Yarn Spinner rejects using GenAI.
"What troubles me most is how AI threatens to devalue human creativity by suggesting that the creative process itself—the vision, the intention, the evolution—doesn’t matter."
hey.paris/posts/genai/
"What troubles me most is how AI threatens to devalue human creativity by suggesting that the creative process itself—the vision, the intention, the evolution—doesn’t matter."
hey.paris/posts/genai/
The Empty Promise of AI-Generated Creativity
“Are you going to add AI writing to Yarn Spinner?” It’s a question I hear almost weekly these days. Whether at game development conferences, online, or during meetings, there’s an assumption that ever...
hey.paris
March 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Game writers, you'll be glad to know that Yarn Spinner rejects using GenAI.
"What troubles me most is how AI threatens to devalue human creativity by suggesting that the creative process itself—the vision, the intention, the evolution—doesn’t matter."
hey.paris/posts/genai/
"What troubles me most is how AI threatens to devalue human creativity by suggesting that the creative process itself—the vision, the intention, the evolution—doesn’t matter."
hey.paris/posts/genai/
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‼️LOOKING FOR COMMISSIONS/WORK‼️
Hi! I'm a digital and traditional artist with an interest in surrealism, horror & sci-fi styles. I have experience in character designs, tattoo designs, album and book covers. Let's work together!
#commission #art #lookingforwork #horror #gamedesign #gamedev #scifi
Hi! I'm a digital and traditional artist with an interest in surrealism, horror & sci-fi styles. I have experience in character designs, tattoo designs, album and book covers. Let's work together!
#commission #art #lookingforwork #horror #gamedesign #gamedev #scifi
February 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
‼️LOOKING FOR COMMISSIONS/WORK‼️
Hi! I'm a digital and traditional artist with an interest in surrealism, horror & sci-fi styles. I have experience in character designs, tattoo designs, album and book covers. Let's work together!
#commission #art #lookingforwork #horror #gamedesign #gamedev #scifi
Hi! I'm a digital and traditional artist with an interest in surrealism, horror & sci-fi styles. I have experience in character designs, tattoo designs, album and book covers. Let's work together!
#commission #art #lookingforwork #horror #gamedesign #gamedev #scifi