One of the biggest issues with gen AI is actually the lack of empathy it encourages. We can argue all day and night about art theft and intellectual property, water consumption, and the overall ethics of using the tech, but nothing is as clear as the lack of empathy.

One of the biggest issues with gen AI is actually the lack of empathy it encourages. We can argue all day and night about art theft and intellectual property, water consumption, and the overall ethics of using the tech, but nothing is as clear as the lack of empathy.

The way she dramatically prances over to flip the kong and dump more treats kills me please watch her

The real question now is Do I put Abby in an existing location in Vekari or use this as a springboard to add a whole new area in the new year once she lets me sleep more 🤔 What kind of shops/locations would you like to see that haven't been added already? vekari.net

The way she dramatically prances over to flip the kong and dump more treats kills me please watch her

Merry Christmas 🎄🐕🐢

I have only had Abby for a day and a half but if anything ever happened to her I would kill everyone and then myself /ref

I have only had Abby for a day and a half but if anything ever happened to her I would kill everyone and then myself /ref

Today we started working on that lack of collar and leash training She now wears a collar and we walked all the way to the lights and back without needing to be picked up. It was very exciting and now she is exhausted Very proud of this smart little girl

She isn't leash or collar trained yet but fortunately she is a tiny shadow and my shoes are tasty

i had to drop what i was doing to make this

"Igor, would you mind telling me whose brain I *did* put in?" "And you won't be angry?" "I will NOT be angry." "Abby someone." "Abby someone. Abby who?" "Abby normal."

"Igor, would you mind telling me whose brain I *did* put in?" "And you won't be angry?" "I will NOT be angry." "Abby someone." "Abby someone. Abby who?" "Abby normal."

It's amazing what a small amount of subtle camera shake can add to a main menu #IndieGame #MALCADE

Louder for the people in the back I'm very proud of you love 💙

even if you aren’t ready to take that step, you deserve all the comfort in life, you shouldn’t suffer just because you are in active addiction or recovery, you are worthy of love and care always. stay safe and know you are loved. happy 1000 sober days 💜

reach out and get help, please don’t be afraid there are people who want to help, and don’t forget that healing and recovery is not linear. you can always fall and get up again. i never could have done this without the people who love me. it is never too late, and you deserve help.

it’s come to my attention that i’m one thousand days sober today so uh that’s fucking insane. getting sober is easily one of the hardest things i’ve ever done, one filled with tears, guilt, and shame. i’ve lost a lot of people i know and love to addiction so please, if you are struggling

Itch Winter sale is live and since I have been on my shit rambling about how bad sales are this year, I have made all Vekari stuff 50% off or you can get everything bundled for only $2 This is the steepest sale I have run and will run on these. Something something Christmas spirit 🎄 #Vekari

Vekari is a fictional world I've been working on as a long term passion project. It's a new place that anyone can visit and interact with. The online game lets you alter Vekari history with the help of other players and acts as a wiki. The TTRPG lets you write your own stories and play with chaos

I made a big batch of pierogi last night to freeze for Christmas (56, from scratch) and woke up this morning with the knuckle at the base of my thumb on both hands having a red streak on them, unable to pick up a glass of water. Half my babcia's personality is that she makes pierogi all the time.

The messiest eater I have ever seen But at least he likes the banana

Vekari is a fictional world I've been working on as a long term passion project. It's a new place that anyone can visit and interact with. The online game lets you alter Vekari history with the help of other players and acts as a wiki. The TTRPG lets you write your own stories and play with chaos

solidarity with trans people and death to fascism

Don't play Harry Potter play Vekari instead It's free, the magic is cooler, the characters are NOT all white with a few racist depictions, and it's made by a trans person (me) vekari.net

So look man if we're just gonna be online here watching all these big studios come out and lay down on the tracks about Gen AI going "I have to do this for some reason." then I think it's more important than ever to celebrate games from based devs who are out here openly posting "Nuh uh, fuck that."

i guarantee you that there are people out there making interesting and imaginative speculative future fiction from the viewpoint of here and now; they just aren't the ones being upheld in a moment in which the popular narrative wants you to reject hope

I didn't have access to a chest binder initially because my parents weren't supportive but I was desperate so I wrapped my chest with a Tensor bandage until it was tight enough to look flat I made it all the way through first period before I had to get picked up bc I was bleeding and breathless

Itch Winter sale is live and since I have been on my shit rambling about how bad sales are this year, I have made all Vekari stuff 50% off or you can get everything bundled for only $2 This is the steepest sale I have run and will run on these. Something something Christmas spirit 🎄 #Vekari

Exhausted late night art Randomly dripped blue ink, messily applied gold foil, washi tape, sticker, various Sharpies, a white paint marker, and a purple stamp pad my knuckle got dipped in on pink index card No pencils, no sketches, no bottled paints, no brushes, no water #Vekari

anyways be kind to your creatives and be a bit forgiving with us if we don’t seem as cheerful as usual and crash out every now and then- we’re all collectively having a rough one since idk 2021 or so 🫩

Exhausted late night art Randomly dripped blue ink, messily applied gold foil, washi tape, sticker, various Sharpies, a white paint marker, and a purple stamp pad my knuckle got dipped in on pink index card No pencils, no sketches, no bottled paints, no brushes, no water #Vekari

Don't play Harry Potter play Vekari instead It's free, the magic is cooler, the characters are NOT all white with a few racist depictions, and it's made by a trans person (me) vekari.net

I would not play the Harry Potter game if it was free. I wouldn’t play the Harry Potter game if you paid me. Fuck Harry Potter

Another Halloween means another year of #Vekari! The celebration is under way! Stop by Edith's Gift Shop in Vekari: RB to start the Halloween event quest this year! You can also check out the Halloween sale on itch, which includes a new #TTRPG one-shot zine 🎃 itch.io/s/165871/vek... vekari.net

You guys you will get exposed to so many more games that will permanently alter your brain chemistry and inspire you if you look beyond "critic's choice" and blockbusters, and start digging into the "6/10s", the random itch.io game with no reviews, the thing with all the jank and wild ideas.

Quick doodle

please support writers and artists and musicians and all the people who are doing the actual labor to create interesting, intentional work

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.

Puppy

The vibes last night ✨

The vibes last night ✨

If you aren't really a gamer, more of a bookworm, but you enjoy choose your own adventure novels and having people to discuss your choices with, being a part of the story in a way you can't get from a pre-written book, and figuring things out before the characters do, Vekari is also for you!

If you are 20+ and miss the community of virtual world spaces, the puzzle events, the text-stories and adventures paired with mini games, and you also wish you could have a world like this to explore different fears and horrors in, then Vekari is definitely for you.

If you are looking for text adventure, weird horror, cyberpunk with the realities of control and disability, HTML puzzles, something free of ads and in game purchases, and something with the "this is temporary" feel of Unus Annus, Vekari is for you.

If you are looking for something so unprofitable you won't find a company making anything like it and it ends up having the most unhinged writing and choices possible, something that is nostalgic yet new, and is guaranteed to not have gen AI, Vekari is for you.

I am once again banging my pots and pans together to make you aware of the text adventure virtual world game I have poured my energy into for the past year of my life Give it a chance!! Especially if you like discovering secrets, queer characters, and stories about trauma and disability #indiegame

Glowy

I lost so much time to being in pain. It was almost like being in an awake coma. I could see the world but never be in it. Every moment hurt. Sometimes I feel like I'm so far behind I might as well be dead. But I am still alive and still blooming and growing and I'm not done yet.

Spicy chili 🤤