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Ellie

@elliesprites.bsky.social

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Pixel art and video games. 🏳️‍⚧️♾️

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · Mar 2

Dinosaur game! I'm putting it on hold for now, but I had a lot of fun animating all these guys.

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 13h

merpworld's sound design is great, everyone should listen to it

maybell🌻 @maybell.itch.io · 13h

i love the sound this thing makes so much. #merpworld #screenshotsaturday

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 14h

That's what first got me to learn how to code! I can definitely recommend GameMaker, it's very easy to use, can make any kind of 2d game, and pretty much every question you might have, someone's already asked it online so you can always find an answer by googling it.

Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 4d

looking great!

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 4d

When in doubt, make the entire thing, then go back and rework the protagonist. Once you know everything about the project it's easier to know what your protagonist needs.

There's no need to get it right in the first try, iteration is a huge part of the process! And it's free practice too.

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 5d

that's a very funny thing to say to someone who makes games that look like they're from the 90s

Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 8d

hi, one of them forty million followers here. I think you should be allowed to make games as sloppy as they need to be and I'll be glad to play them regardless!

Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 8d

I was on my way to do that as soon as I heard about this whole thing, but I was half an hour too late as the thread was locked.

Really frustrating stuff all around.

Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 8d

relatable

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 8d

tiny mockingbird. might delete eventually.

acrylic painting of a mockingbird on a scrap of yellow paper.

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Not Jam @not-jam.itch.io · 10d

💀💀💀HEADS is out now!💀💀💀

Heads are required for the process. If you cannot provide, we shall have to take yours.

Flip coins, upgrade your build and try to stave off the advance of Headhunter Harry in my free spooky October game :)

not-jam.itch.io/heads

#indiedev #indiegames #godotengine

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transmutrix @transmutrix.bsky.social · 12d

This is VERY IMPORTANT ok? VERY. I wanted to port a game I played when I was 9 and when I finally tracked down the creator he was surprised anyone remembered or cared, and didn't think it was worth the effort. A tragedy. LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!

Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 12d

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 12d

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 13d

...was that a thing? Maybe I'm on the wrong corners of the internet. Or the right ones.

Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 13d

They should be a deliberate choice and not just "well, making a pixel art game is cheaper than the alternative". You can really tell when it's the latter.

Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 13d

Couldn't agree more! Pixels deserve respect.

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 15d

I'm sorry to hear that, if you want to talk about it more in depth feel free to message me.

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 15d

to earn a living wage 🙃

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 17d

i think this picture, from a public promo stream for a video games starring one of the most popular comic book characters of all time owned by the disney corporation, should be used on every single story about storefronts taking down lgbt content

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 17d

Perfect!

Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 17d

I love these!! Can you also have... well, "bipeds", but, y'know?

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 19d

this even carried over from English to other languages where to me it makes even less sense to do that.

for clarity, I'm not against people listing pronouns. I'm just bothered by the lack of standardization and if anyone has arguments for or against the competing standards I would love to hear them

Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 19d

my guess is that this practice comes from neopronouns where it was important to explain their entire context, but assuming we're talking about he/she/they why isn't just writing the main form the default?

or if actually writing both forms is important why not do it when there are multiple sets too?

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 20d

You can? Huh. Who knew!

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Spriter Gors @gors.bsky.social · 25d

As promised, I have revised the text after much deliberation and it has been proofread by five people who all agreed with the changes.

Thanks for your patience, and I hope this text will be of great use.

AI PIXEL ART AND HOW TO DETECT THEM

AI Pixel art and how to detect them - Final

AI Pixel Art and How to Detect them (Illustration by Spriter Gors) Spriter Gors 2025 Version 3 (proofreading version) Dedication 3 Preface 4 Keywords 4 Disclaimer 5 What is AI Generative art? 6 Gener...

docs.google.com

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 23d

looking forward to hearing more about it!

Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 23d

Yikes indeed 😐