Steven Hancher
@smhancher.bsky.social
He/They | 🇵🇸 | BLM | Anti-AI | Artist, Animator, Meat Mech
Commissions Open
Website: hanchers.com
Itch: smhancher.itch.io
Commissions Open
Website: hanchers.com
Itch: smhancher.itch.io
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Steven Hancher
@smhancher.bsky.social
· Jun 26
Dating My Medium with Steven Hancher (PIGSquad Talent Talks April 2025)
YouTube video by PIGSquad
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Earlier this year I gave a talk about making art in a capitalist for @pigsquad.com 's Talent Talks called "Dating My Medium". Click on the link below if you are looking for (what I believe is) an honest conversation about our relationships with our chosen crafts.
I don't post nearly enough 😅 So here is a picture frame I mocked up for a personal project and will most likely not be using.
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I don't post nearly enough 😅 So here is a picture frame I mocked up for a personal project and will most likely not be using.
Had a cool dream where there was a new Super Sentai series were the theme was Alchemy. All the members had helmets that displayed their alchemical symbol (sulfer, salt, mercury). Their solo ranger was the red philosophers stone and the megazord looked like a green lion. Sick as hell 🤘
October 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Had a cool dream where there was a new Super Sentai series were the theme was Alchemy. All the members had helmets that displayed their alchemical symbol (sulfer, salt, mercury). Their solo ranger was the red philosophers stone and the megazord looked like a green lion. Sick as hell 🤘
🕯️CHECK OUT MY FRIENDS GAME! 🕯️
🚨Announce! Hype!🚨
Order Automatica has a new trailer, new demo, new art, and a new publisher! OA will be published by @betterpubpro.bsky.social - they're really cool and have been helping me a lot : ) Check it all out on the steam page:
store.steampowered.com/app/2105840/...
Order Automatica has a new trailer, new demo, new art, and a new publisher! OA will be published by @betterpubpro.bsky.social - they're really cool and have been helping me a lot : ) Check it all out on the steam page:
store.steampowered.com/app/2105840/...
Order Automatica on Steam
A dark roguelike auto battler played on a 3×3 grid. Arrange your units, harness forbidden relics, and complete the ritual before your last candle burns out.
store.steampowered.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🕯️CHECK OUT MY FRIENDS GAME! 🕯️
Goals honestly
they get it
August 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Goals honestly
Mind bogglingly good comic. Top to bottom. Breathlessly inspiring.
(went back & made the 1st one pay-what-you-like, if you want to check it out for free. will prob be doing some adjustments to this part as well before the book is done, or I wish I had time for that, idk. you can read it.)
turndecassette.itch.io/a-garden-of-...
turndecassette.itch.io/a-garden-of-...
A Garden of Spheres – pdf. I by turndecassette
turndecassette.itch.io
August 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Mind bogglingly good comic. Top to bottom. Breathlessly inspiring.
Reposted by Steven Hancher
Launch Day! KindFolx 1.0 is released! Play as 1 of 3 members of the Adventurers Guild, dungeon crawl, and survive tense, fast-paced encounters to take down a treasonous tyrant in this real-time deckbuilder!
store.steampowered.com/app/1408730/...
Would greatly appreciate RTs!
#kindfolx #deckbuilder
store.steampowered.com/app/1408730/...
Would greatly appreciate RTs!
#kindfolx #deckbuilder
July 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Launch Day! KindFolx 1.0 is released! Play as 1 of 3 members of the Adventurers Guild, dungeon crawl, and survive tense, fast-paced encounters to take down a treasonous tyrant in this real-time deckbuilder!
store.steampowered.com/app/1408730/...
Would greatly appreciate RTs!
#kindfolx #deckbuilder
store.steampowered.com/app/1408730/...
Would greatly appreciate RTs!
#kindfolx #deckbuilder
Earlier this year I gave a talk about making art in a capitalist for @pigsquad.com 's Talent Talks called "Dating My Medium". Click on the link below if you are looking for (what I believe is) an honest conversation about our relationships with our chosen crafts.
Dating My Medium with Steven Hancher (PIGSquad Talent Talks April 2025)
YouTube video by PIGSquad
www.youtube.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Earlier this year I gave a talk about making art in a capitalist for @pigsquad.com 's Talent Talks called "Dating My Medium". Click on the link below if you are looking for (what I believe is) an honest conversation about our relationships with our chosen crafts.
☁️Sensor☁️
A magic weapon focused on healing. Upgrade to increase the range of healing, the amount healed, the ability to over heal, the ability to purge all status effects, and the ability to sanctify a tile; thus healing those who end their turn on said tile.
A magic weapon focused on healing. Upgrade to increase the range of healing, the amount healed, the ability to over heal, the ability to purge all status effects, and the ability to sanctify a tile; thus healing those who end their turn on said tile.
June 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
☁️Sensor☁️
A magic weapon focused on healing. Upgrade to increase the range of healing, the amount healed, the ability to over heal, the ability to purge all status effects, and the ability to sanctify a tile; thus healing those who end their turn on said tile.
A magic weapon focused on healing. Upgrade to increase the range of healing, the amount healed, the ability to over heal, the ability to purge all status effects, and the ability to sanctify a tile; thus healing those who end their turn on said tile.
🎵Musical Instrument🎵
A magic weapon focused on buffing. Spend an AP to play a melody. Each melody effects the squares adjacent for the next turn. Melodies include granting +1 AP, +2 Movement Speed, Channeling aggro, Increasing damage, Granting dodge, and enabling push. You may also upgrade range.
A magic weapon focused on buffing. Spend an AP to play a melody. Each melody effects the squares adjacent for the next turn. Melodies include granting +1 AP, +2 Movement Speed, Channeling aggro, Increasing damage, Granting dodge, and enabling push. You may also upgrade range.
May 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🎵Musical Instrument🎵
A magic weapon focused on buffing. Spend an AP to play a melody. Each melody effects the squares adjacent for the next turn. Melodies include granting +1 AP, +2 Movement Speed, Channeling aggro, Increasing damage, Granting dodge, and enabling push. You may also upgrade range.
A magic weapon focused on buffing. Spend an AP to play a melody. Each melody effects the squares adjacent for the next turn. Melodies include granting +1 AP, +2 Movement Speed, Channeling aggro, Increasing damage, Granting dodge, and enabling push. You may also upgrade range.
🛡️Shield🛡️
A utility melee weapon. Lower damage received for a turn. Upgrade to cancel push back, unlock bash to lower the enemies AP. Upgrade further to decrease AP or push the enemy back. Other upgrades include discuss where you ricochet off adjacent enemies to lower AP, and Deflect projectiles.
A utility melee weapon. Lower damage received for a turn. Upgrade to cancel push back, unlock bash to lower the enemies AP. Upgrade further to decrease AP or push the enemy back. Other upgrades include discuss where you ricochet off adjacent enemies to lower AP, and Deflect projectiles.
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🛡️Shield🛡️
A utility melee weapon. Lower damage received for a turn. Upgrade to cancel push back, unlock bash to lower the enemies AP. Upgrade further to decrease AP or push the enemy back. Other upgrades include discuss where you ricochet off adjacent enemies to lower AP, and Deflect projectiles.
A utility melee weapon. Lower damage received for a turn. Upgrade to cancel push back, unlock bash to lower the enemies AP. Upgrade further to decrease AP or push the enemy back. Other upgrades include discuss where you ricochet off adjacent enemies to lower AP, and Deflect projectiles.
🥊Gauntlet🥊
A melee weapon focused on brawling. Upgrade to increase your number of punches and the amount damage they do. Enable knock back on punch. Unlock grapple to immobilize enemies and use enemies and objects as meat shields. Upgrade further to launch enemies and object around area of play.
A melee weapon focused on brawling. Upgrade to increase your number of punches and the amount damage they do. Enable knock back on punch. Unlock grapple to immobilize enemies and use enemies and objects as meat shields. Upgrade further to launch enemies and object around area of play.
May 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🥊Gauntlet🥊
A melee weapon focused on brawling. Upgrade to increase your number of punches and the amount damage they do. Enable knock back on punch. Unlock grapple to immobilize enemies and use enemies and objects as meat shields. Upgrade further to launch enemies and object around area of play.
A melee weapon focused on brawling. Upgrade to increase your number of punches and the amount damage they do. Enable knock back on punch. Unlock grapple to immobilize enemies and use enemies and objects as meat shields. Upgrade further to launch enemies and object around area of play.
🗡️Dagger🗡️
A close ranged melee weapon focused on dishing out multiple strikes. Upgrade to increase the number of strikes in a single attack, inflict bleed, steal items from the enemy, or run 1.5x your movement speed in a straight line (upgrade further to pass through enemy tiles).
A close ranged melee weapon focused on dishing out multiple strikes. Upgrade to increase the number of strikes in a single attack, inflict bleed, steal items from the enemy, or run 1.5x your movement speed in a straight line (upgrade further to pass through enemy tiles).
May 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🗡️Dagger🗡️
A close ranged melee weapon focused on dishing out multiple strikes. Upgrade to increase the number of strikes in a single attack, inflict bleed, steal items from the enemy, or run 1.5x your movement speed in a straight line (upgrade further to pass through enemy tiles).
A close ranged melee weapon focused on dishing out multiple strikes. Upgrade to increase the number of strikes in a single attack, inflict bleed, steal items from the enemy, or run 1.5x your movement speed in a straight line (upgrade further to pass through enemy tiles).
🔱Spear🔱
A melee weapon focused on reach. Upgrades include longer reach, more damage when hitting at max range, Piercing, and attacking forward and backward in one attack. New actions include a vault attack over obstacles and throwing your spear, dealing damage equal to the distance it traveled.
A melee weapon focused on reach. Upgrades include longer reach, more damage when hitting at max range, Piercing, and attacking forward and backward in one attack. New actions include a vault attack over obstacles and throwing your spear, dealing damage equal to the distance it traveled.
May 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🔱Spear🔱
A melee weapon focused on reach. Upgrades include longer reach, more damage when hitting at max range, Piercing, and attacking forward and backward in one attack. New actions include a vault attack over obstacles and throwing your spear, dealing damage equal to the distance it traveled.
A melee weapon focused on reach. Upgrades include longer reach, more damage when hitting at max range, Piercing, and attacking forward and backward in one attack. New actions include a vault attack over obstacles and throwing your spear, dealing damage equal to the distance it traveled.
🪓Axe🪓
A melee weapon focused on AoE. Upgrade to increase damage, gain Action Points on kill, Increase the circumference of your swing, Increase number of swings when health is low, and grant yourself the "Throwing Axe" action; where you boomerang your axe out in front of you for more range.
A melee weapon focused on AoE. Upgrade to increase damage, gain Action Points on kill, Increase the circumference of your swing, Increase number of swings when health is low, and grant yourself the "Throwing Axe" action; where you boomerang your axe out in front of you for more range.
May 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🪓Axe🪓
A melee weapon focused on AoE. Upgrade to increase damage, gain Action Points on kill, Increase the circumference of your swing, Increase number of swings when health is low, and grant yourself the "Throwing Axe" action; where you boomerang your axe out in front of you for more range.
A melee weapon focused on AoE. Upgrade to increase damage, gain Action Points on kill, Increase the circumference of your swing, Increase number of swings when health is low, and grant yourself the "Throwing Axe" action; where you boomerang your axe out in front of you for more range.
⚔️Sword⚔️
A melee weapon that allows you to advance on your enemies on strike. Upgrades allow you to pass through enemy squares while attacking, increase the distance that you advance, and even enable a combination strike. You may also learn parry and deal damage after (or before) being struck.
A melee weapon that allows you to advance on your enemies on strike. Upgrades allow you to pass through enemy squares while attacking, increase the distance that you advance, and even enable a combination strike. You may also learn parry and deal damage after (or before) being struck.
May 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
⚔️Sword⚔️
A melee weapon that allows you to advance on your enemies on strike. Upgrades allow you to pass through enemy squares while attacking, increase the distance that you advance, and even enable a combination strike. You may also learn parry and deal damage after (or before) being struck.
A melee weapon that allows you to advance on your enemies on strike. Upgrades allow you to pass through enemy squares while attacking, increase the distance that you advance, and even enable a combination strike. You may also learn parry and deal damage after (or before) being struck.
♣️Mace♣️
A straight forward melee weapon that focuses on breaking shit. Upgrades increase damage, allow for armor break on hit, or enables user to break walls or the floor on hit. If upgraded to a flail, the user is able to grab people from a distance or pull themselves towards anchored objects.
A straight forward melee weapon that focuses on breaking shit. Upgrades increase damage, allow for armor break on hit, or enables user to break walls or the floor on hit. If upgraded to a flail, the user is able to grab people from a distance or pull themselves towards anchored objects.
May 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
♣️Mace♣️
A straight forward melee weapon that focuses on breaking shit. Upgrades increase damage, allow for armor break on hit, or enables user to break walls or the floor on hit. If upgraded to a flail, the user is able to grab people from a distance or pull themselves towards anchored objects.
A straight forward melee weapon that focuses on breaking shit. Upgrades increase damage, allow for armor break on hit, or enables user to break walls or the floor on hit. If upgraded to a flail, the user is able to grab people from a distance or pull themselves towards anchored objects.
🪄Wand🪄
A magic weapon that conjures a high cost, slow moving, explosive projectile. Upgrades allow for control of the projectile's movement, increased projectile speed, increased number of projectiles permitted at once, knock back on explosions, and conjuring a turret variant of the projectile.
A magic weapon that conjures a high cost, slow moving, explosive projectile. Upgrades allow for control of the projectile's movement, increased projectile speed, increased number of projectiles permitted at once, knock back on explosions, and conjuring a turret variant of the projectile.
May 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🪄Wand🪄
A magic weapon that conjures a high cost, slow moving, explosive projectile. Upgrades allow for control of the projectile's movement, increased projectile speed, increased number of projectiles permitted at once, knock back on explosions, and conjuring a turret variant of the projectile.
A magic weapon that conjures a high cost, slow moving, explosive projectile. Upgrades allow for control of the projectile's movement, increased projectile speed, increased number of projectiles permitted at once, knock back on explosions, and conjuring a turret variant of the projectile.
⚕️Staff⚕️
A magic weapon that does big AOE damage with the penalty of not procing until the end of the enemy phase. Upgrades allow for armor while casting, draining AP from enemies in cast range, increasing AOE, Leaving AP on the map where a slain enemy was, And leaving a destructive trail on cast.
A magic weapon that does big AOE damage with the penalty of not procing until the end of the enemy phase. Upgrades allow for armor while casting, draining AP from enemies in cast range, increasing AOE, Leaving AP on the map where a slain enemy was, And leaving a destructive trail on cast.
May 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
⚕️Staff⚕️
A magic weapon that does big AOE damage with the penalty of not procing until the end of the enemy phase. Upgrades allow for armor while casting, draining AP from enemies in cast range, increasing AOE, Leaving AP on the map where a slain enemy was, And leaving a destructive trail on cast.
A magic weapon that does big AOE damage with the penalty of not procing until the end of the enemy phase. Upgrades allow for armor while casting, draining AP from enemies in cast range, increasing AOE, Leaving AP on the map where a slain enemy was, And leaving a destructive trail on cast.
🏹 Bow and Arrow 🏹
A ranged weapon that leaves it's ammo on the battle field. Arrows are both flammable and conductive and pair nicely with elemental hazards. Upgrade to pierce enemies, fire multiple arrows, increase your quiver size, snatch arrows off enemies, and arc arrows over obstacles.
A ranged weapon that leaves it's ammo on the battle field. Arrows are both flammable and conductive and pair nicely with elemental hazards. Upgrade to pierce enemies, fire multiple arrows, increase your quiver size, snatch arrows off enemies, and arc arrows over obstacles.
May 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🏹 Bow and Arrow 🏹
A ranged weapon that leaves it's ammo on the battle field. Arrows are both flammable and conductive and pair nicely with elemental hazards. Upgrade to pierce enemies, fire multiple arrows, increase your quiver size, snatch arrows off enemies, and arc arrows over obstacles.
A ranged weapon that leaves it's ammo on the battle field. Arrows are both flammable and conductive and pair nicely with elemental hazards. Upgrade to pierce enemies, fire multiple arrows, increase your quiver size, snatch arrows off enemies, and arc arrows over obstacles.
🔫 Pistol 🔫
A ranged weapon that packs a punch, but requires time to reload. Upgrades include being able to augment the chamber's capacity, the speed of it's reload, or the force of the projectile's impact. Adventurers looking to change things up can add a bayonet, or convert it into a blunderbuss.
A ranged weapon that packs a punch, but requires time to reload. Upgrades include being able to augment the chamber's capacity, the speed of it's reload, or the force of the projectile's impact. Adventurers looking to change things up can add a bayonet, or convert it into a blunderbuss.
May 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🔫 Pistol 🔫
A ranged weapon that packs a punch, but requires time to reload. Upgrades include being able to augment the chamber's capacity, the speed of it's reload, or the force of the projectile's impact. Adventurers looking to change things up can add a bayonet, or convert it into a blunderbuss.
A ranged weapon that packs a punch, but requires time to reload. Upgrades include being able to augment the chamber's capacity, the speed of it's reload, or the force of the projectile's impact. Adventurers looking to change things up can add a bayonet, or convert it into a blunderbuss.
✨They say your fate is written in the stars ✨
May 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
✨They say your fate is written in the stars ✨
The center piece of your character tableau. This represents your adventurer's immutable characteristics. Your inclinations are the closest things resembling traditional stats. Players choose a spot on a spectrum between two extremes and try rolling on the side of the applicable extreme.
May 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The center piece of your character tableau. This represents your adventurer's immutable characteristics. Your inclinations are the closest things resembling traditional stats. Players choose a spot on a spectrum between two extremes and try rolling on the side of the applicable extreme.
The Dutchy of Bedmouthe, so named for it's proximity to the 'mouth' of The Great Arterial River, and it's striking geographic composition. A city situated on a giant stone mesa, jutting out into the ocean. The very bedrock breaching the earth like the dorsal fin of some slumbering leviathan.
May 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Dutchy of Bedmouthe, so named for it's proximity to the 'mouth' of The Great Arterial River, and it's striking geographic composition. A city situated on a giant stone mesa, jutting out into the ocean. The very bedrock breaching the earth like the dorsal fin of some slumbering leviathan.
I've ripped the bandaid off and have finally started working on a tabletop campaign for the first time in years. I'm unwell 😂 Feverishly working on it whenever I find time. Expect some pics in the coming weeks.
April 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I've ripped the bandaid off and have finally started working on a tabletop campaign for the first time in years. I'm unwell 😂 Feverishly working on it whenever I find time. Expect some pics in the coming weeks.