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Francis Kirkpatrick
@frakirk.bsky.social
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Co-founder of @LiquidStatic.bsky.social

I'm a game designer with a lot of tech art experience and a software engineering degree, so uuhhh I'm a technical designer I guess?

Living in Aotearoa.
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Me, reading math stuff on Wikipedia to learn about collision detection:

"Woah all these cool sci-fi words like Hyperplane and Disjoint Convex Set are kinda intimidating, the people who come up with this jargon must be super smart..."

*I nervously click through more pages of big brain math stuff*
Screenshot of the Wikipedia page for "Closed Set" featuring the sentence: "Sets that are both open and closed are called clopen sets."
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
frakirk.bsky.social
Today's dumb pun that evolved into an intrusive thought:

(Because with all the balloons it's not so heavy, get it?)

(Also, stories about intergenerational friendships and critiques of masculinity are great for all ages)
A poster of the Pixer film UP, poorly edited to have the characters of Robert Eggers' film The Lighthouse plastered on top. The extremely clever joke is that "light" can mean either bright or not-heavy, so the house in Up is technically a "light house". Also funny how both films are about two men of different generations/cultures, their struggles to cooperate and achieve mutual understanding, and the thrilling situations brought about by their unconventional house.
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I can't stop, send help
Lisa, Tedious Genius: makes clue tokens and cracks them to counter spells. Intentionally a bit overpowered. Lisa Simpson, President: Scries as an eminence effect, and can cast spells from bottom of library Lisa, Righteous Vegetarian: Pillowfort commander based on the "you don't make friends with salad" meme. Salad token needed for Lisa the vegetarian.
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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When the ADHD meds hit just wrong and you spend your whole morning making Mr Burns themed magic cards instead of showering: 🤦
Cringe custom Simpsons mtg card #1: Mr Burns, Nuclear Tycoon. He's esper artifact shit with rad counters. Cringe custom Simpsons mtg card #2: Mr Snrub, Wise Stranger. He flashes in to protect mr burns and steals treasure counters. Cringe custom Simpsons mtg card #3: Mr Burns, Indestructible. He's basically phyrexian unlife on an indestructible body. Cringe custom Simpsons mtg card #4: The Sun Blocker. Azorious stax where players have to give you treasures to not have stun counters on their creatures.
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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All good if we give you a writing credit on Night Plane? 😅
bit.ly/NightPlane
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
frakirk.bsky.social
Full art/design credit goes to @enkirkpatrick.bsky.social
Genuinely-held-dogshit-opinion credit all goes to me 😎
Hand-crafted meme image of Trunks from Dragonball Z emerging from the hyperbolic time chamber, captioned: "me, emerging from the hyperbolic take chamber: PINEAPPLE IS ONLY GOOD ON PIZZA"
August 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Working on it!
WIP screen shot from an untitled game by Liquid Static Studio. The screenshot shows a red space ship flying along the wall of a large building. The environment is made of early prototype assets. WIP screen shot from an untitled game by Liquid Static Studio. The screenshot shows a red space ship in the player's garage, with UI for customising its loadout and style. WIP screenshot from an untitled game by Liquid Static Studio. The image is extremely fish-eyed shot of a red space ship doing a sharp turn along the ground, as if it's a race car drifting around a corner. WIP screen shot from an untitled game by Liquid Static Studio. The screenshot shows a red space ship smashing through a glass wall, with lots of motion blur.
June 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Fight the power 💪😤
An automated text from my medical centre telling me my script has been sent to my pharmacy. It instructs at the end "DO NOT TEXT REPLY", and I deviously texted back "REPLY".
April 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
frakirk.bsky.social
Hi yes I would also like to be in the pack please!

(I'm Francis, a technical designer based in Wellington and another co-founder of Liquid Static 😅)
The small keanu meme image. He's just like me fr
November 22, 2024 at 6:12 AM
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@enkirkpatrick.bsky.social and Lewis and me, on the move to say hi to Seymour.
😤🖤🤍❤️
#ToitūTeTiriti
November 19, 2024 at 1:13 AM