chris balser 🖤
@doomfunk.bsky.social
systems designer. artist. writer. doer of silly voices. salmiakki advocate. worked on ESO, Starfield, Diablo 4, Cyberpunk 2.
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chris balser 🖤
@doomfunk.bsky.social
· Dec 5
hi, I'm Chris! I think a lot about storytelling, systemic interactions, and how tf i'm going to draw weirdly specific things. I'm currently working on some cool stuff. I'm open to doing some writing, artwork, or voice acting if you like how I do any or all of these things.
gepetto: pinocchio my boy, I've built in you a powerful and versatile mechanism for parrying your enemies
pinocchio: or i could hit them very hard and often
gepetto, nodding sadly: or you could hit them very hard and often
pinocchio: or i could hit them very hard and often
gepetto, nodding sadly: or you could hit them very hard and often
January 24, 2026 at 11:50 PM
gepetto: pinocchio my boy, I've built in you a powerful and versatile mechanism for parrying your enemies
pinocchio: or i could hit them very hard and often
gepetto, nodding sadly: or you could hit them very hard and often
pinocchio: or i could hit them very hard and often
gepetto, nodding sadly: or you could hit them very hard and often
tell me your pets name with a gif
January 24, 2026 at 10:06 PM
tell me your pets name with a gif
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[with a completely dead serious voice] -the psycho-sexual tensions within the 90s g.i. joe and transformers marvel comics crossover-
January 24, 2026 at 8:25 PM
[with a completely dead serious voice] -the psycho-sexual tensions within the 90s g.i. joe and transformers marvel comics crossover-
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I wish the internet was more about people 3D printing whistling mortar bombs for their very happy dogs to chase than arseholes secretly filming unsuspecting people for grifting and humiliation but I guess that ship has sailed
January 24, 2026 at 9:11 AM
I wish the internet was more about people 3D printing whistling mortar bombs for their very happy dogs to chase than arseholes secretly filming unsuspecting people for grifting and humiliation but I guess that ship has sailed
The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 – Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie – Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa
The Hedgehog
The Hedgehog
Improve a game title by adding "The Hedgehog" at the end
January 24, 2026 at 12:33 PM
The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 – Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie – Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa
The Hedgehog
The Hedgehog
my dogs as dick tracy goons, a thread:
January 23, 2026 at 9:28 PM
my dogs as dick tracy goons, a thread:
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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
thought about this today. when i was in my 20s i was part of a psych study. most were recorded once or twice, i was asked back many times.
i was interacting with a low-herz digital gameplay environment measuring my reaction time, eye movement, and pulse.
which is to say: 30fps is all you need.
i was interacting with a low-herz digital gameplay environment measuring my reaction time, eye movement, and pulse.
which is to say: 30fps is all you need.
When I was a child, every two weeks our landlord drove a new kind of tank into town.
January 23, 2026 at 3:47 PM
thought about this today. when i was in my 20s i was part of a psych study. most were recorded once or twice, i was asked back many times.
i was interacting with a low-herz digital gameplay environment measuring my reaction time, eye movement, and pulse.
which is to say: 30fps is all you need.
i was interacting with a low-herz digital gameplay environment measuring my reaction time, eye movement, and pulse.
which is to say: 30fps is all you need.
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Soaked to the bone!
January 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Soaked to the bone!
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Finally, a flag worth fighting for.
January 19, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Finally, a flag worth fighting for.
this really, really, really depends on the individual disposition of the dev in question and the discipline in which they work. even so, almost everybody i have worked with takes inspiration from outside media, it's just a matter of what.
being games-focused is usually a gameplay thing.
being games-focused is usually a gameplay thing.
The author of the novels that inspired Shin Megami Tensei and Persona says developers should take more inspiration from other media to invent new gameplay systems.
If they only take inspiration from games they'll just make the same games, he says.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/megami-...
If they only take inspiration from games they'll just make the same games, he says.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/megami-...
Megami Tensei author says devs must take inspiration from other media if they want to invent new gameplay systems | VGC
If creators draw inspiration from games, they’ll just make the same games…
www.videogameschronicle.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:25 PM
this really, really, really depends on the individual disposition of the dev in question and the discipline in which they work. even so, almost everybody i have worked with takes inspiration from outside media, it's just a matter of what.
being games-focused is usually a gameplay thing.
being games-focused is usually a gameplay thing.
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Fable dev team: Behold! After many years of work, we've crafted a beautiful, massive and detailed open-world, with over 1,000 NPCs who each have their own opinions of you, and you can entirely alter their individual lives in multiple ways!
Some gamers: Is it 30 FPS? Looks only 30 FPS.
Some gamers: Is it 30 FPS? Looks only 30 FPS.
a young boy wearing a yellow shirt is smiling and making a funny face .
ALT: a young boy wearing a yellow shirt is smiling and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Fable dev team: Behold! After many years of work, we've crafted a beautiful, massive and detailed open-world, with over 1,000 NPCs who each have their own opinions of you, and you can entirely alter their individual lives in multiple ways!
Some gamers: Is it 30 FPS? Looks only 30 FPS.
Some gamers: Is it 30 FPS? Looks only 30 FPS.
HOW had this not crossed my path until IGN shared the release trailer? this is so specifically exactly my thing!!
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 AM
HOW had this not crossed my path until IGN shared the release trailer? this is so specifically exactly my thing!!
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this is 100% what I want out of a fable game
New Fable game looks fantastic, really good showcase today.
Some NPCs will hate you if you splash your cash and call you a rich twat, lol
Some NPCs will hate you if you splash your cash and call you a rich twat, lol
January 22, 2026 at 8:23 PM
this is 100% what I want out of a fable game
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January 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Finally found it, the gender fluid
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Finally found it, the gender fluid
Three Men With Big Naturals And A Baby
Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals"
January 22, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Three Men With Big Naturals And A Baby
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Throwing a little chromatic aberration and noise on a piece makes it look approximately 73% more finished and professional.
Artists, QRP with a practical art "hack" you use. Let's share some wit & knowhow.
January 21, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Throwing a little chromatic aberration and noise on a piece makes it look approximately 73% more finished and professional.
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In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
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There's *literally* no writer I've met who wants to outsource lore or world building.
Item descriptions, UI text, even dialogue, sure! But *world building*? That's your little sandbox, that's a lil reward for a whole day of writing barks
Heck, I need to tell new writers to stop focusing on lore!
Item descriptions, UI text, even dialogue, sure! But *world building*? That's your little sandbox, that's a lil reward for a whole day of writing barks
Heck, I need to tell new writers to stop focusing on lore!
Whenever I hear devs or other creatives who do worldbuilding say they *have* to use ch*tGPT to help with their lore bibles because no human could possibly collate such a huge and complex world… I glare in historian
January 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM
There's *literally* no writer I've met who wants to outsource lore or world building.
Item descriptions, UI text, even dialogue, sure! But *world building*? That's your little sandbox, that's a lil reward for a whole day of writing barks
Heck, I need to tell new writers to stop focusing on lore!
Item descriptions, UI text, even dialogue, sure! But *world building*? That's your little sandbox, that's a lil reward for a whole day of writing barks
Heck, I need to tell new writers to stop focusing on lore!
they're doing the sequel to chakan: the forever man?????!!!!!!
There’s a video game announcement coming some time this year that I have not seen anyone even remotely touch on/guess/theorize about, and I think people are going to absolutely lose their minds. I have nothing to do with it, but am genuinely excited for it to be announced just to see the reactions.
January 19, 2026 at 3:34 PM
they're doing the sequel to chakan: the forever man?????!!!!!!
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Hubris! ...In the Kitchen
or, the tale of how I somehow ran completely out of butter
or, the tale of how I somehow ran completely out of butter
January 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Hubris! ...In the Kitchen
or, the tale of how I somehow ran completely out of butter
or, the tale of how I somehow ran completely out of butter
a lot of what I'm doing these days is academic process experiments on my phone, synthesizing things i like doing into my way of doing things. a lot of this is me watching other artists work and going "oh cool, i could try that."
never assume their thing will work for you - but it's good to try.
never assume their thing will work for you - but it's good to try.
January 18, 2026 at 3:45 PM
a lot of what I'm doing these days is academic process experiments on my phone, synthesizing things i like doing into my way of doing things. a lot of this is me watching other artists work and going "oh cool, i could try that."
never assume their thing will work for you - but it's good to try.
never assume their thing will work for you - but it's good to try.