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24 he/him 🏳️‍🌈 | musician and artist | discord @ umbra6008 I developed for the yume nikki fangame "Collective Unconscious" mew on banner drawn by noodlekin

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Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · Oct 19

hi bsky!!

I'm Umbrakinetic, and I like to sprite, illustrate, compose music, and develop games.

if you follow me you WILL be subject to my hyperfixations

Screenshot from Collective Unconscious of the protagonist sitting on the root of an overgrown tree in the middle of a vast concrete room. Around the edges, water pours in, filling the empty spaces.

Joke image of Catnap from Poppy Playtime, on the left giving a ":D" face and on the right giving the middle finger to the viewer.

A reference sheet of my character Jiehua (界画), a god that appears to be a strange, inky-black creature with closed eyes, adorned with crystals through her body. Several pitch-black eyes follow her around. The text reads as follows:
"Jiehua
界画
She/Her
It/Its (in reverence)
The God of the four seasons and the soulless space in-between. She meticulously spies on everyone with her eyes and always puts on
a facade to make her appear wiser than she truly is.

Adorned with crystals

* Opening her eyes causes great calamity. 'run.' "

A screenshot of my current gamedev project NEEDLE, where the player is dodging through a bullet hell pattern in a part of the tutorial.

Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · 12h

btw no kings

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 14h

I recently came across this pack of 1,200+ fonts, loved it, got in contact with the creators and I can now offer a 90% off (!) coupon for all Kenney friends!✨

itch.io/s/160768/fri...

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Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · 4d

love the shading on the outline of the planets

Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · 13d

perfect timing because i've been brainrotting over this game series--
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5ap...

touhou and its fangames are my biggest source of inspiration for my own bullets and bullet patterns in my games. you can get REALLY creative with it

Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part II (PCB) || Lunatic Marisa 1cc (5 Miss, 1 Bomb, 2 Border Break)

YouTube video by CreepyNinja_

www.youtube.com

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Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · 14d

Ideally you want to have a lot of contrast between the background and game elements, so I think its good that the bullets look so striking in comparison. trees blend in pretty well but that might change based on where you wanna take this game

Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · 22d

when the merch you want to buy only comes in short sleeves and its about to become cold season for 6 months

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Aseprite @aseprite.org · 25d

New Aseprite v1.3.15.3 & v1.3.16-beta1 available! // Featuring @drsmey.bsky.social 🎨

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Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · 26d

thank you cinnimin very cool

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PulleyBun @pulleybun.bsky.social · 29d

✨Demo Update is Here!!✨
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gamemaker #pixelart #bullethell #furry #TimeSnatcherHandy

Time Snatcher Handy on Steam

The universe's greatest cat burglar? The ultimate phantom thief across dimensions? Nah... Time Snatcher Handy, that's me! A time-stop bullet-hell action roguelike starring "Handy" the stylis...

store.steampowered.com

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Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · 27d

very fun!! I enjoyed it a lot

the item that lets you keep time when at 100% time (and free projectile) is BUSTED though, it made everything incredibly easy

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Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · 28d

how nice of the demon to show up for the birthday party

Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · Sep 19

smiling critters smiling critters smiling critters smiling critters smiling critters

I have like 3 seasons of plot in my head written for these stupid goobers. help me

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Godot Engine @godotengine.org · Sep 15

#GodotEngine 4.5 has finally arrived! 🎉

With this new release, we made meticulous efforts in order to amplify what is possible to do with our engine, guided by our goal of making gaming and game development for everyone!

godotengine.org/releases/4.5/

Godot 4.5, making dreams accessible – Godot Engine

From mind-blowing effects now made possible by the stencil buffer to accessible descriptions of your GUI elements that opens up the possibility for people with disabilities to play your game — we are ...

godotengine.org

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Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · Sep 10

how do people do it. Just let themselves be free

Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · Sep 10

I said in my pinned "you will be subject to my hyperfixations" and then I never post about them because I'm too embarrassed to be cringe 😭

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Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · Sep 9

why are you in breaking bad

Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · Sep 4

i hope the friends i don't keep in contact with anymore are doing well

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Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · Sep 4

i have to go through gamedev cycles where i'm working on my demo and then i start doing more and more precise and unnecessary stuff and then i have to dial it back and just focus on getting the demo out. and only then do i get stuff done

Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · Aug 24

A SACRED TOOL HAS BEEN CREATED

Jake Manger @jakemanger.bsky.social · Aug 23

Every “free” file converter online = your files sent to some random server.

So I made my own. Runs locally as an app on Mac, Windows and Linux.

Now 1,100 users use it for 3,742 types of conversions.

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TAKA! TORA! BATTA! @sourcedumal.bsky.social · Aug 23

NOBODY WANTS AI WE WANT FAIRLY PAID GAME DEVS AND FOR SHAREHOLDERS TO FUCK OFF

GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · Aug 22

At Gamescom, one sentiment remained consistent: We need to make games quicker. And to do that, more and more studios are turning to AI.

www.gamesindustry.biz/at-gamescom-...

At Gamescom, it felt like the industry now has a plan: make games quicker | Opinion

And at least part of that plan involves AI

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · Aug 16

this is sick as hell and probably deserves more reposts than it's getting currently

Scott Petrovic @scottpetrovic.bsky.social · Aug 15

Update 4 is live! 🎉

✨ Animation video previews
✨ Dark & light theme toggle
✨ Better navigation
✨ Animation player

Full release notes: mesh2motion.org/news
Try it out: app.mesh2motion.org

Would love your feedback — what should I improve or add next?

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Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · Aug 13

sometimes i question whether i'm on the right side of history and then i get irrecoverable whiplash that i absolutely am, in the form of tweets like these

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Aug 13

the landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, claiming it was “egregiously wrong” and violated her religious freedom.

Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · Aug 12

been playing necesse. very bold move to change the genre of the game midway through from "terraria" to "deep rock galactic"

Umbrakinetic @umbrakinetic.neocities.org · Aug 3

firm believer that the best media is created in a week (at most) due to a manic ADHD creative fit crammed with sleepless nights of working, before the creator goes into hibernation for the next 3 years