Karl Parakenings
@forkingpath.bsky.social
Writer, programmer, narrative and technical designer. Freelance. 12+ years of gamedev experience.
tabletop jam projects: https://forking-path.itch.io/
WIP artstation: https://www.artstation.com/forking-path
contact: author @ forking-path.com (site wip)
tabletop jam projects: https://forking-path.itch.io/
WIP artstation: https://www.artstation.com/forking-path
contact: author @ forking-path.com (site wip)
(nameless one voice) updated my linkedin
January 7, 2026 at 6:38 AM
(nameless one voice) updated my linkedin
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hello. here are some games that came out this year, this year of 2025, that are cool to check out. or don't check them out, i dunno it's your decision, i can't make it for you
December 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
hello. here are some games that came out this year, this year of 2025, that are cool to check out. or don't check them out, i dunno it's your decision, i can't make it for you
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Happy birthday to me! Mass of Consumption is OUT NOW on Steam and Itch!!
Re-posts appreciated!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y77k...
Re-posts appreciated!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y77k...
Mass of Consumption - Trailer
YouTube video by n0tcameron
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Happy birthday to me! Mass of Consumption is OUT NOW on Steam and Itch!!
Re-posts appreciated!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y77k...
Re-posts appreciated!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y77k...
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When I was in high school we made 69 jokes but the economy is so bad kids these days can only joke about 67
December 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
When I was in high school we made 69 jokes but the economy is so bad kids these days can only joke about 67
What do guitar players do when they get hangnails?
December 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
What do guitar players do when they get hangnails?
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Two posts I saw this morning
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Two posts I saw this morning
Time to enter my gene wolfe epoch
I think it would be fun if writers who love language started intentionally writing more strangely as AI flattens written "content" into a mono-voice. it would cool I think if writers responded by focusing their individual efforts on cultivating a really unique voice that's hard to copy
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Time to enter my gene wolfe epoch
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oh my god Book of the New Sun had Amano covers in Japan and they're fucking crazy
December 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
oh my god Book of the New Sun had Amano covers in Japan and they're fucking crazy
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Just a rat. This city's full of them.
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just a rat. This city's full of them.
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Yeah, that's a small kindness.
December 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Yeah, that's a small kindness.
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still looking for level design work!
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
still looking for level design work!
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
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We're looking for a few good level designers, because asking one person to take on the creation of over 36 levels is a little bit evil for even me. Do you like games like Half Life 1, Quake and Goldeneye? Send a DM. You'd do well on our ship.
Amon26: "OKAY PEOPLE listen up! We have one of the best environment designers in the industry taking on the task of building out ALL of the levels on her own with only ME to help. That's right, Mrs. AOOFAD and her blind jumps and spike pit hell! Let's see some submissions in our DMs!" #indiedev
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We're looking for a few good level designers, because asking one person to take on the creation of over 36 levels is a little bit evil for even me. Do you like games like Half Life 1, Quake and Goldeneye? Send a DM. You'd do well on our ship.
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AI slop could never ever dream of having the staying power of Minmo.
1000 years from now, the people will still remember.
1000 years from now, the people will still remember.
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
AI slop could never ever dream of having the staying power of Minmo.
1000 years from now, the people will still remember.
1000 years from now, the people will still remember.
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Japanese poster for "Angel's Egg" 4K remaster by Mamoru Oshii (in Japanese theaters on November 14).
This is a brand new illustration by Yoshitaka Amano, and you can see him painting it in this video interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWY5...
This is a brand new illustration by Yoshitaka Amano, and you can see him painting it in this video interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWY5...
August 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Japanese poster for "Angel's Egg" 4K remaster by Mamoru Oshii (in Japanese theaters on November 14).
This is a brand new illustration by Yoshitaka Amano, and you can see him painting it in this video interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWY5...
This is a brand new illustration by Yoshitaka Amano, and you can see him painting it in this video interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWY5...
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👩🌾 Grab your tools
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
👩🌾 Grab your tools
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www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-...
1 day, 8 hours left to get the indie fears bundle, which includes several amazing games including our very own Adios!! $13 for the whole thing!
1 day, 8 hours left to get the indie fears bundle, which includes several amazing games including our very own Adios!! $13 for the whole thing!
Indie Fears Bundle
Expand your spooky season gaming library with the creepiest indie horror games! Each purchase at the price of your choice supports SpecialEffect charity!
www.humblebundle.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-...
1 day, 8 hours left to get the indie fears bundle, which includes several amazing games including our very own Adios!! $13 for the whole thing!
1 day, 8 hours left to get the indie fears bundle, which includes several amazing games including our very own Adios!! $13 for the whole thing!
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Sounds like you're the one on familiar terms.
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Sounds like you're the one on familiar terms.
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It is very weird when US media does not report on the safety concerns, which are top of the list for Canadians I know. Yeah we are also pissed off but we've been pissed off since January, the decline was not gonna keep declining based purely on "elbows up."
I legitimately think this article misses the mark, because Canadians are not avoiding travel out of some principled boycott of the USA over tariffs.
Canadians who are avoiding the USA are seeing images of masked government thugs kidnapping people and teargassing children.
Canadians who are avoiding the USA are seeing images of masked government thugs kidnapping people and teargassing children.
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It is very weird when US media does not report on the safety concerns, which are top of the list for Canadians I know. Yeah we are also pissed off but we've been pissed off since January, the decline was not gonna keep declining based purely on "elbows up."
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Kind of crazy that evidence is mounting that the world is run by a group of rapists, pedophiles, and men convinced of women’s inmate natural inferiority, and the pundit class is trying to convince us that the real social crisis is that men are victimized and lonely because women have too many jobs.
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Kind of crazy that evidence is mounting that the world is run by a group of rapists, pedophiles, and men convinced of women’s inmate natural inferiority, and the pundit class is trying to convince us that the real social crisis is that men are victimized and lonely because women have too many jobs.
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I’ve talked about how Keeper’s morphs use distance fields (DFs) as their surface representation. But if there are no polys, how do we render them? A DF gives the distance to the nearest surface at any point, which we can exploit for rendering by marching along the view ray until we hit the surface.
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I’ve talked about how Keeper’s morphs use distance fields (DFs) as their surface representation. But if there are no polys, how do we render them? A DF gives the distance to the nearest surface at any point, which we can exploit for rendering by marching along the view ray until we hit the surface.