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Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe

@quakefultales.bsky.social

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Narrative Designer at CCP Games | PhD in Computational Media from UCSC | MFA in Digital Art and New Media | Playwright | Indie Dev of Experimental AI Behavior Tools https://njunius.github.io/

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Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe @quakefultales.bsky.social · Nov 7

Hello new folks! I'm a narrative designer at CCP Games and just finished a PhD in interactive narrative and character behavior systems!

I also make interactive fiction, experimental visual novels, and write plays!

I enjoy speculative fiction, Shakespeare, queer fiction, and being a weird gender

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

War is hell, Portland style

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YamiNOOOO 😱🔪🩸 @yamino.bsky.social · Oct 4

Take my revolution 🌹⚔
#Utena #RevolutionaryGirlUtena #Anthy

Anime artwork of Anthy Himemiya and Utena Tenjou from Revolutionary Girl Utena, drawn by the artist Yamino

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Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe @quakefultales.bsky.social · 8h

This sort of thing is incredibly effective because of the absurdity

The most successful strike I've ever been on had a free pole dancing lessons station in the middle of it

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 22h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 22h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Chimamire Atama 🎃🐾🌭 @terrible.moe · 21h

Uh oh...

And while this presumptuous perspective is often especially applied to the most obnoxious gaggle of entitled people on earth, Americans aren’t the only ones guilty of this.

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Mali 💤 @ MCM G-24 💛 @sleepimali.bsky.social · Oct 31

Autumn journey 🍂🍁

Acrylic gouache painting of a traveller and cat-like creature walking up a huge mossy branch in an even huger forest with yellow leaves, while looking at the view. On the pale yellow sky there's a "V" of large migrating birds, and a town hides in the shadow on the slope of one of the giant trees.

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かも仮面・画集8/8発売 @kamori.bsky.social · 8h

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今日からはお仕事の絵描かないと....

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Atla Hrafney @atlathewriter.bsky.social · 9d

WE'RE LIVE!!! My first-ever Kickstarter needs your support! Please consider checking out this fun Dark Romance fantasy smut comic!

Knight In The Woods - 18+ Fantasy WLW Comic!

www.kickstarter.com

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Kenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · Jan 20

I love this .gif so much.

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Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe @quakefultales.bsky.social · 1d

yes

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Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe @quakefultales.bsky.social · 1d

this is what AI programming is like every day

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Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe @quakefultales.bsky.social · 1d

This is one of those either you do full manual memory management or you have tasks handle the state they receive gracefully

I'm at a point with this stuff where I'm basically doing it manually because the opaque stuff is horrible to debug and is not actually helping the complexity much

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addaline @hikariposting.bsky.social · Apr 1

spider facts!
did you know that spiders are commonly classified by how they use their web? these guilds include orbweavers, spaceweb weavers, sheet weavers, hrt pharmacist, ambush hunter, doll artist, mommy, or active ground hunters

pixel art illustration of a spider

she has 3 arms and 2 legs, wears a dark kimono with a coat over it. her arms fit into the wide sleeves together. she holds several needles between her fingers. she has long dark hair partially tied back, but mostly loose.

pixel art illustration of a spider sticking needles into the thigh of a doll.

the spider is wearing a loose kimono and gently holds the leg of the doll up. the doll sits back and blushes softly as she watches the spider do her work. they are very comfortable together. they do this every week.

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Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe @quakefultales.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes making the funny little computer people is getting them to effortlessly coordinate via some simple sharing of data and other times you are shaking them and yelling in their face about the fact that failing to select a *new* target happens when the *current* target is no longer available

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Rythae @rythae.com · 1d

✨

#OC
#Sanyu
#art

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AzulCrescent @azulcrescent.bsky.social · 1d

it was not meant to be D:

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 1d

IMO this has always been a choice gamedevs have had to make - fidelity vs scale. it's just that the common wisdom tilts heavily towards fidelity these days.

chrono cross on ps1 made a choice when it decided to have 50+ playable party members and what it sacrificed was unique per-char dialogue

Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 1d

I think choice is becoming a victim of technological advances and player expectations. If you choose whether Bob or Jim live in a SNES RPG, you’ve got a different set of pixels and text boxes. Now you‘ve got a new set of voice lines, Hollywood tier animations, etc.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about it, the original Deus Ex may be the king of choice in a game with a story, because your choices are significant, linked to gameplay and unforced. From the very start, for instance, whether you use or avoid lethal force against the “terrorists” determines something about you.

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 1d

"who is your main" but it refers ambigiuously to who you play as or who you are dating

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Saoirse ☀️ @scratchcarddust.bsky.social · 1d

If you know basic kabbalah it's actually not too hard to make a golem out of a labubu. Don't recommend it though. They have a pre-existing body-dharma. As soon as they wake they run straight for the sea. V hard to counter. Lost the first one. No idea what it's doing out there. Moved like lightning.

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 1d

I watched this (link in the comments) a few months ago and I’m still delighted by it. Worth watching if you find Shakespeare “difficult” at times.

chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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Jordan Carlson @jordantcarlson.bsky.social · 1d

"Chocobos CAN believe in Monster Jesus" is an incredible thing to hear before I'm fully caffeinated

Saint Riot @saintriot.bsky.social · 2d

In Final Fantasy Tactics if a unit gains too much faith they leave your party to go find God. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you had Beast Tongue and got a monster unit to maximum faith? Of course you haven't. No one has.