please help these cool folks out!!

i, an absolute SHMUP baby, played ikaruga for the first time today with a friend. it kicked my ass but i loved it a lot! it's got great texture, sound design, visuals... just, the lot. the central swap-mechanic's strong. something about titles with gamecube/PS2 versions that hits just right

If you use GitHub (especially if you pay for it!!) consider doing this *immediately* Settings -> Privacy -> Disallow GitHub to train their models on your code. GitHub opted *everyone* into training. No matter if you pay for the service (like I do). WTH github.com/settings/cop...

Incredible fanart from that one painter NPC in our demo that you can piss off by walking all over his paint

Thank you so much everybody who already donated. Actively diminishing my panic in real time. Theres gonna be a substantial batch of kobolds to start off the stream with on Saturday already, yip!

yeah im also looking for work. if u want music or programming or pixelart or shaders or design or tool dev or level design or textures or sound design or graphic design i can do all of these things pretty well and need to pay rent

i've removed the previous post for the moment due to there potentially being a misunderstanding at play (the translation in the game, on my end, is not the one that i wrote). i'll hopefully update you later!

theyre getting along 🙂

I really hate asking for money, but if you want to help me get through this very last stretch of development which coincidentally seems to be when my finances are the worst they've ever been, I would greatly appreciate it.

I'm currently trying to leave art as a career and retraining myself into IT, this takes time however and im keeping open a small number of commission slots to help keep me housed in the meantime. please check them out if you can, I still dont have this month's rent together ko-fi.com/T6T3EC4Z/com...

I'm very excited/shocked/etc to share I have an experimental piece published in @unwinnable.com mag. I don't like exaggerating but I legit don't think I've seen anything like it. I tried something new. "Two Women Talking about STALKER" is a one-act play about STALKER, masculinity, and friendship.

he brings fortune and favor

ahh man. i didn't catch when the old thrompd website went down. feeling very relieved that i've started saving several websites on my computer several years ago, if i didn't i'd have no more way to read "tapers" by anthony domenico

After ten years, the #infrablack work laptop has died. Considering computer prices are skyrocketing I'm putting out an SOS as soon as possible. I like stuff that doesn't break easy so I'm favoring this. If you like our game, and want to help, it's here and now. paypal: [email protected]

I hope you will continue with me on my journey to make games that have a vibe and actually run on ur fuckin computer.

Hi everyone. Things have been happening in the fan-translation scene and I've been overdue in talking about them. For the first time ever I've made a long writeup. Please read it and feel free to reach out to me with comments.

Hey folks, there's a Games from Ireland event on Steam right now, which is the very first showcase of Irish games on Steam, and features a variety of neat titles made wholly or partly in Ireland! Just in time for St. Patrick's Day! Everyone go check this out: store.steampowered.com/sale/Gamesfr...

for the first time in years, i've put out a new poetry zine! it's got 10 new poems in it - some of my more visceral work lately quinnk.itch.io/lower-case grab it for 2 dollars here! <3

in the old days, i used to put together poetry anthologies when i had enough texts piled up to assemble one. ...i'm kind of getting the itch again, and i have a huge backlog of texts to share. would anybody pay like 3 dollars for a bunch of poetry on my itch, still? that still a thing?

We won an IGF Award, thankkksss, i can't believe it!!

"be a 2D dev" they said. "it'll be easier" they said

we are Making a new Enemy :)

mental health check

it's the internet of scams and bad news babeyyyyyy

my pal @boundo.bsky.social is getting me into RnB/soul. it's a nice change of pace - forcing me to let my guard down as a listener a bit. harshness or abrasion in the music is rare; just relax and let the music move you, and note the lyrics! it's hard to accept when you're coming from noise rock...

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find, me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

Our March Update is up! Talking about our new Prayers System, the Debug tools we made and the 2 new Locations we've been working on :] www.kickstarter.com/projects/283...

BREAKING: We've freed Cookie. Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL. More info:

youtu.be/97Q-iSX1fic NEW VIDEO! This time I took a look at comparatively modern kusoge. Final Sword, a game you can, for some reason, play on your Playstation 5. Everything looks wrong, nothing makes any sense and marriage is difficult. I hope you enjoy my suffering!

DATE KNIGHT: A KNIGHT DATING RPG HATH ARRIVED ON KICKSTARTER. ⚔️

I hate American Airlines (and my life right now tbh) TL;DR: I am out a few hundred bucks because of the airline's godawful cancelation policy and the last week has been god awful for reasons I will not get into. I just want to recoup what I lost if possible. ko-fi.com/husbandogodd...

i had the honor of doing some playtesting (and helping a bit with event-scripting woes) on this sweet bite-sized jam RPG! it's tough as nails and has a lot of meat to its bones. give it a whirl!

Calling all queer creators on itchio! The #PowerOfPride2026 Bundle is now open for submissions! Digital games, physical games, books, zines, comics, assets & tools— we're accepting them all! NSFW OK! We want to work with you to share your projects. itch.io/jam/power-of... Tell your friends too!

Dragon's Delightful Day Short RPG to be Dragon gisbrecht.itch.io/dragons-deli...

When you work for yourself, the end of the month SUCKS If you're a fan of my rambling tweets, deep cuts, weird art, and strange sounds, hit me with a little paypal-gratitude. paypal: [email protected] Bein weird at you every day doesn't grow on trees. Well, it actually does, but...

Magical Fungi in da woods selling me stuff for cheap #Blanksword #blsw #fanart

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.org

loves-me-not.. i'll run out of photogenic demo enemies at some point but it won't be today #BLANKSWORD

lrp i had the honor of test-reading that comic by @splendid.land. it made me cry. what an unrestrained encapsulation of the brutality of play in so many of its myriad facets. breathtaking art and such a visceral use of ink. it's truly a masterpiece.

i've made a new comic called "TOY STORY II: a sequel to Toy Story".

The Queer Games Bundle was a genuinely important and helpful resource for small queer indie devs in the past 5 years, it's wonderful that such a small team of volunteers was able to keep it up for half a decade and I hope it'll encourage other initiatives like this one to spring into life.

All those Discord alternatives that y'all are trying to push (Stoat, Matrix, Fluxer, Root, etc.) will have to comply with this as well if we don't stop this. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES EVERY DAY & TELL THEM TO VOTE NO ON KOSA, SCREEN Act, & ANY OTHER INTERNET CENSORSHIP BILLS!

My new game is Encroacher: Snakes It's a snake-tossing cryptic adventure coming 2026!

the secret to game design is that as much as players may claim otherwise they all love choosing one out of three things

More environment work on the way for Just Beachy, Blanksword's new Location we're currently working on! Here's an early WIP and a more advanced version of the Ticky Bar, a small but important area where you might meet a certain special someone :]

hello everyone!! i'll be moving in with my gfs very soon, fulfilling a dream we've had for years. we're gonna need some help ensuring it all goes smoothly though! donate if you can, spread the word, either way we'd rly appreciate all the help we could get! :3 gofund.me/bb361c62f