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Look, y'all. Jax is a bad person. Jax is also trans. Being trans does not preclude you from being shitty. You can't want equality and then bitch when a trans character written by a trans artist isn't a paragon of virtue. Shit, I WAS Jax for a while. You have to *choose* to get better. Jax didn't.

It is not lost on me that Zooble and I share a name IRL. It's a coincidence, but it's also very apt. #TADC

Just finished the #TADC finale after re-binging the whole show through the afternoon. First of all, Gooseworx has granted us an incredible masterpiece here. No notes. Second of all, Michael Kovach deserves a motherfucking *Oscar* for that performance. Holy shit, I was *sobbing*.

New #Starways short on Tuesday, but until then I have two exciting announcements: 🎣 There will be a fishing minigame in the Pisces constellation. (@fishingminigames.bsky.social) 🐶 You can pet the dog(s). There are several throughout the cosmos. (@canyoupetthedog.com ) #indiegame #indiedev

In advance of Roku being bought by Fox, I've blocked access to their domains from my Roku TV for ads, metrics, and updates using my router's custom firmware. I bought into the ecosystem because Roku was benign. If they're going to sell out to the Murdoch cabal, they'll get *nothing* from me.

I got to see this SUPER early in development at Disney four years ago and of all of the early-development stuff I saw at that time, THIS was the one I was most excited for (one of the others was Zootopia 2) and *praying* would get greenlit. I am HYPED for this.

I said goodbye to my grandfather today. He didn't totally get me, but he was always supportive. "Regardless of your name or pronouns, you're my grandchild and I love you." Here's a sketch of the special NPC in Starways in his memory. Forever in my heart and in the stars. I love you, Papu.

We've been a Construct 3 studio for over a decade and thanks to updates like this, we will be for the foreseeable future. Thank you Scirra for creating one of the best game engines out there for hobbyists, professionals, and everyone in between. (This is not a sponsored post. I just love Construct)

Whatever happens to @doublefine.com let me say this: thank you, @timoflegend.bsky.social. You're my goddamn hero. In no uncertain terms, Wayward Thoughts Interactive exists because of your work, your creativity, your weirdness, and your legacy. To you and everyone at Double Fine: Thank You. ❤️

Meet The Skywatcher. One of many friends you'll make on your journey in Starways: Heart of the Cosmos. #cozygames #indiedev #indiegames

People keep asking what kind of game Starways is. I'm going to spend June answering that question with a new video each week. Officially it's a narrative adventure game. Really it's Mario Galaxy + Edith Finch by way of The Little Prince, based on a dream I had. More soon. 🌠 #indiegame #indiedev

I goddamn love this show.

We got another one, @timoflegend.bsky.social . My absolute favorite games of all time for a reason. 🧠

I'm not going to lie, I've been very self-conscious about posting anything relating to Starways because the art style isn't just A style, it's MY style. Everything in it is drawn by hand and it's the first thing I've ever done like that. The response has been encouraging. 💜 #indiedev #indiegame

In Starways: Heart of the Cosmos, you'll explore lots of planets of varying sizes across multiple constellations like this one in Boötes. #indiedev #indiegame #cozygames

Alright! Pokopia DLC! Predictable? Yes. Am I excited? Also yes. Have I stopped playing since launch? Not really, no. Just give me Treecko and it'll be perfect.

My hometown's mayor, folks. Classy. I was already planning to vote for Nithya, but after seeing this, I signed up to volunteer. @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social, I've got IT, game dev, graphic design, & web design experience, plus time to help Put me to work. LA deserves solutions, not excuses.

I don't know how you vote for a guy like Spencer Pratt when the name is right there; it does what it says on the tin. It's like hiring an accountant named Kevin de Embezzler. In other news, I'm looking forward to Mayor Raman's first term.

Na, na, na, na. Hey-hey-hey. Fuck off.

happy pride

@ymr18.bsky.social posted that people on The Hellsite Formerly Known as Twitter jumped them for "spoiling" FFVII. In other news, Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father, Bruce Willis was a ghost the whole time, Soylent Green is people, and Planet of the Apes takes place on Earth. 😱

Staying up past my bedtime to work on another preview of Starways for Tuesday. Pixel is judging me. She can't sleep without mama.

Science power.

I wanted to make a game that feels like walking through a painting. This is a small visual test from Starways: Heart of the Cosmos. 🌙 #indiedev #gamedev #cozygames

Tomorrow I'll be posting a first look at actual in-engine footage of Starways: Heart of the Cosmos across all WTI social media including here on my personal account. I'm very excited, but very nervous. This is my first game I've ever drawn fully by hand in my own style. I hope y'all like it.

"I did not care for NiGHTS: Into Dreams. It insists upon itself."

I had a lovely dream last night where I found myself somehow on Themyscira setting up wifi and an island-wide intranet after explaining that the core of the technology was invented by a woman. And thanks to @gailsimone.bsky.social , I knew that I, a trans woman, would be welcome there.

Every time I give Pixel a bath, I sing this to her. My baby puppo. 💜

Not too yuck anyone's yum, but as you all start planning your trips abroad, please be aware that when you tell your trans friends that they "must go", remember that you're probably underestimating if it's safe for us. Someone told me I should visit UAE. Tone deaf.

New #skirclesunday tradition: Every week, I’m going to pick one active follower from the center of the circle for some kind of prize, game perk, cameo, NPC naming rights, cursed artifact, etc.

A rare look at my sketchbook this Sunday. Before there were costumes, Super Sketch Bob had hats. These were the first ones I ever drew back in 2004 in high school; so far back that the game was still called Doodle Bob. #indiedev #gamedev #sketchbooksunday

My grandma had the exact opposite reaction. She always thought being a woman was abstractly worse than being a man. But if someone would willingly choose to be one, that can't be true. She's been my biggest supporter in my family since.

I'm having way too much fun reading these.

Heres a rough first look at Starr's walk cycle for my upcoming cozy narrative adventure game, Starways: Heart of the Cosmos. Each frame was hand drawn on paper, scanned, and colored. This started as a pencil test, but I think it came out quite good. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Wander through the cosmos with Starr and help strange and lonely people overcome their struggles through exploration, discovery, and heartfelt mini-adventures while building a home among the stars together. Follow me to stay up to date with Starr’s journey. 🌠 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

I've spent the better part of the last year jumping between projects looking for the right one to be "Game 3". I've been searching for the intersection between "what I want to make" and "what the market wants to play." It's been exhausting, but also enlightening. 🧵 #indiedev #gamedev

First drawing of Starr I ever did. Drawn in pencil then scanned, image traced in Illustrator, and colored manually. I'm autistic and have motor skill issues to where holding a pencil hurts me after about 10 minutes. I still drew this by hand. No AI art was used or will ever be used in my games.

The drawings of Starr will continue until morale (and the art style) improves. #indiedev #gamedev

I can't stop drawing the adorable star child. Send help. #indiedev #gamedev

Imagining something new... #indiedev #gamedev

Land, World, Galaxy, Sunshine, 64, and Odyssey.

Just watched the pilot for Gameoverse and @glitchprod.com has done it again; another show I'm insanely excited for. I'm excited to see what's next for Kit and her friends.

They said it couldn't be done. They said it was a 2D engine. They said this wouldn't work. But here we are. Boomstick can now go up and down stairs. I have successfully achieved the technological heights of 1997. #gamedev #indiedev

Two words: Star Wars.

I've been very burnt out lately and it's been hard to get myself to work on game dev. Times like this always hit my mental health. But a few months ago, I gave my nephew an Astro stuffy and this morning, my sister sent me this picture. And suddenly my day improved. Because that kid loves me.

Helping Mama Peakychu put the kids to bed in their new oceanview apartment in Bleak Beach with Smearguru in the artist's loft on the top floor. Tomorrow I start on Tatsugiri Bros. Sushi Bar. Yes, I'm still in love with #pokopia . Good night, you kings of Unova. You princes of Kanto.

1. In actual, for-real 3D (SNES) 2. Now with Voice Acting (N64) 3. Now in stereoscopic 3D (3DS) 4. Now with mandatory motion controls (Wii U) 5. Definitive (?) Edition (Switch 2) It's funny to me that Star Fox has had nine games, but really it's had four games.

As I understand it, they had to go solar instead of wind because there's some madman roaming the countryside on horseback attempting to destroy all the windmills with a lance.

I’m shelving BuggyBots for now. That one means a lot to me, and I’ll come back to it. But I picked something else up… and you guys? it’s *loud*. #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev