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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 53m

I guess people at the time really loved their written accents.

Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 1h

The ancient runes..............

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 1h

Need someone to come bag me and carry me away.

Kuna @wryote.bsky.social · 16h

Doing this to my deer friends

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.neocities.org · Nov 25

So initially, I just posed at Luscomb's Point in San Diego in four variants, but then I had the urge to draw myself three more outfits! Which goes to show not only am I proud of being #genderfluid, I have quite a wardrobe! :)

Go to my site for the full set!

#ANSIArt #FurryArt #Furry #PixelArt

A masculine but slender fishperson with wide hips poses with one foot forward, as if walking, on a dirt path by the road on a coastal cliff during the daytime, with the rocky protrusion of Luscomb's Point in San Diego, California behind them and the ocean's horizon in the distance. Their huge fish tail rests by their feet. They are wearing a form-fitting red satin blouse and a tight black satin trousers, with red slip-on shoes.

A masculine but buxom fishperson with wide hips poses with one foot forward, as if walking, on a dirt path by the road on a coastal cliff during the daytime, with the rocky protrusion of Luscomb's Point in San Diego, California behind them and the ocean's horizon in the distance. Their huge fish tail rests by their feet. They are wearing a black turtleneck sweater with exposed shoulders, a loose red waist-high skirt, thigh-high red socks and black shoes.

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 4h

XD Well that sounds like a great time, and you probably got your money's worth on the unlimited plays.

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 4h

And how many credits did it eat?

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Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social · 1d

Some new lines in Hello Kitty Island Adventure that I wrote! Writerly insight in the alt text (along with actual descriptive alt text)

A screenshot of Hello Kitty Island Adventure. Cinnamoroll is saying "Or think about things..." and the character can reply with one of the following:
1. The meaning of life?
2. Quantum mechanics?
3. World peace?
4. Fermat's Last Theorem?

Writerly insight: I love to write jokes that imply that Cinnamoroll is actually incredibly smart and just never gets the opportunity to use it, because he's usually cast as a very childlike puppy who loves making friends and being cute. Secretly, at least in my head, he's winning Nobel Prizes for physics.

A screenshot of Hello Kitty Island Adventure. TOPHAT, a glitchy character with a big purple tophat, says "I don't feel like my performance has really... changed in any way." You can reply "gotta boost that FPS" or "do we have a VSync setting?"

Writerly insight: TOPHAT is the character with the most potential for self-aware "oh my god we're in a video game" jokes, I think, especially as he isn't an actual Sanrio character, so we can have more fun with him. This quest, called Bug Report, is an inside joke from the developers to the players, in which TOPHAT tries to figure out what a "bug report" is, by catching bugs, because he's heard that "getting rid of bugs" improves your performance and speed, which he likes the sound of. You, the player, obviously know what it means, so you suggest things that might ACTUALLY improve performance. Get it?

A screenshot of Hello Kitty Island Adventure. Chococat is saying "A combination of reverse-wise concave extrusion and shrinking meshes."

Writerly insight: I love when characters spout sciencey jargon. Chococat is the "smart guy", so I usually give it to him. This particular sciencey jargon is pulled from 3D modelling, combined with nonsense. What is "reverse-wise"? Who knows, but it sounds smart, and that's what's important.

A screenshot of Hello Kitty Island Adventure. Pompompurin says (about pizza) "Do you fold yours? I like to roll mine up and eat it like a tube."

The player can respond:
1. I fold
2. I roll
3. I start with the crust
4. I just eat it normally?

Writerly insight: It's always fun to offer the player a chance to go along with the wacky nonsense that happens in the game, where everyone is just a little bit silly. I wanted to come up with several ways to eat pizza like a maniac, including at least one that I have seen someone do in real life (the crust one). I think it's also fun to have the player play the Straight Man role in their responses, where everyone else is being completely chaotic, and you can be the one to gently point out that they've all gone mad. Hence the last response.

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 1d

Taking indigenous peoples day off from work because I have that option.

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 1d

At some point recently they did a stunt of "They'll probably make us stop selling these so just have them all for free" so half my gog library now is titty games.

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 1d

Excuse me there's how many gambling games in this?

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 1d

Also more toxic god yuri.

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 1d

I've NEVER pulled anything like that. Absolutely not. Nope nope nope.

It went great and requirements changed before I ever had to deploy anything.

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 1d

I'm currently living that last one. I have a project that could have been done 2 months ago if it wasn't for all the red tape.

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 1d

"McAfee is a requirement."

"Root can't log in"

"We're still awaiting approvals."

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

The drives were clicking.

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Animate taking off jacket

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SixthLeafClover Studios @sixthleafclover.com · 1d

Cray the werewolf will do anything for his hobbies 🐺

Get werewolf merch to help him support his hobbies: sixthleafcloverstore.com/collections/...

#furryart | #werewolf | #comic

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 1d

We were invited to go check out "the best Peruvian place in town". Two massive plates of chicken and fries were ordered for the 9 of us.

It was delicious.

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Sludge @melangetic.bsky.social · 1d

Nerdy Braixen for @mysticdoesart.bsky.social !

From my Patreon PKMN PWYW Commissions!

nerdy braixen (fox pokemon) with glasses, braces, a brown back, blue bandana and badge missing his tail stick!

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 1d

QRP with a game released the year you were born.

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 2d

Oh for fuck’s sake.

Cozyfication has gotten far beyond ridiculous.

Rhagana Doomslayer @rhagana.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely wild that @commandersterling.bsky.social was ranting this week about how the word"cozy" has become pervasive in video games and I see this at my local library today

Poster at the library's video section advertising "cozy horror" movies; it's a collage of original posters for the films The Fog, Practical Magic, Misery, Werewolves Within, Let the Right One In, Hocus Pocus, Sleepy Hollow (Tim Burton version), Scare Me, and An American Werewolf in London.

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 2d

Mood.

Deerposts (Spooky Edition) @deerposts.bsky.social · 2d

#deer 🦌

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 2d

What is this, a @furryfootage.bsky.social crossover?

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DamnDirtyCat @damndirtycat.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not doomscrolling, I'm hopescrolling. I see so many people moved to action, so much cool art, persons lamenting their jobs and celebrating their successes. Despite the digital medium, I feel connected with these people. We may be mere strangers on this site, but we all have a shared humanity.

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 2d

We played Talisman again tonight because my wife was desperate to beat me at it. I made her fight for it but she did win eventually after 2 trips through the dungeon each.

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Jess In The Headlights @kzinticv.bsky.social · 2d

Have you tried putting bullets in the gun?

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Malcat! 💫 @malcatty.bsky.social · 2d

Ponytober Day 11: Scales
Super sparkly mermaid scales! 🧜‍♀️💖

#ponytober25 #wildmanes

Fan art of Finley from Wild Manes. She is standing on her front hooves, looking back at her outfit, where her mermaid tail is extra shiny and sparkly.

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