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jaidenalemni.bsky.social
Jaiden
@jaidenalemni.bsky.social
1.1K followers 290 following 360 posts
Indie game dev with a weird Ruby committment
I enjoy doing a little bit of everything
Currently working on @astraviagame.bsky.social
| they/them - 30
| www.studioalemni.com
| pfp by potatolord
| my posts: #GameDev - #Art
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Had an amazing time at @tmgexpo.bsky.social! So grateful for the opportunity and appreciate @riggy2k3.bsky.social for having me come down for the panel we did. Met so many cool people and saw so many cool games, I really want to do another one! Really got my retro fix, too 👀
June 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Been honestly still having a Time trying to accomplish anything besides surviving lately so here's something a little different: some photos from a recent hike
macro shot of some small pink flowers with pointy green leaves green forested trail, somewhat cloudy with tall thin trees. a path going into the background is surrounded by fallen trees green forested trail, sunny and dotted with shade. a path leads to the left alongside some more fallen trees
May 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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delighted replaying ocarina of time and running into stuff like this, because it reminds me that even the most acclaimed and beloved games of our past had goofy bugs on release
the legend of zelda: ocarina of time on a CRT television. link talks to a mustached man in kakariko village, a textbox showing a visual error where the text flows outside of the box: "I saw the ghostly figure of Dampe the gravekeeper sinking into his grave. it looked like he was holding some kind of treasure!"
November 12, 2024 at 12:24 AM
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she's here to cuddle, but mad I'm playing ocarina of time instead of petting her
close-up of a cat laying on a quilted blanket and looking a bit annoyed (as cats do)
November 10, 2024 at 2:27 AM
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actor ben affleck standing over a balcony smoking with a weary and despaired expression. an extremely zoomed-in paparazzi image popularly used as a meme
November 5, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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Oh, I lost it ages ago

(Unless erich means the slight slowing down when you walk up and down a slope / stairs. I do have a to-do note for that one actually)
A screenshot of the RPG maker map editor, showing a section of map with a river connecting to a grassy path. Blue squares and triangles indicate a collision boundary, with the diagonal edges of the river sloped.
October 30, 2024 at 4:06 AM
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Excited to finally share this lovely art of Azel from @astraviagame.bsky.social here on BlueSky, drawn by the amazing & talented @alabasterffxiv.bsky.social! 🦋

Loved this so much 😭 so cool to see my favorite (please don't tell my other OCs) drawn in faer style 💜 #OCsky
Azel--a charming wizard with long washed out blue hair and red eyes. He wears a royal blue cloak with gold trim and red inside, silver loop earrings, a gold choker, and painted black nails. He's holding his hand next to his face in a smug gesture, and a silver staff in his other hand. He's presented on a soft purple background with a white border.
October 29, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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It's taken me a long time but I finally nailed down this multi-level, pixel perfect(ish) collision, and it's really tight now. I'm sure it's a trivial thing in Normal engines but I'm proud I somehow managed it in RPG maker without using events. #GameDev
side-by-side snippet of a Legends of Astravia screenshot. On the left shows the player standing behind a wall facing down, which has an upper level and railing. On the right shows the player standing on the upper level facing, on the same tile, showcasing that the character's collision is not restricted to a tile grid. There's also a red treasure chest and a bee on the lower level.
October 29, 2024 at 2:56 AM
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Surprisingly organized.

Pay no mind to the fact that this is a screenshot of Access. Of course I'm not crazy enough to port my entire database to Microsoft Access and use a Ruby script to turn it into RPG Maker data instead of just using a more modern engine to accommodate my game's needs.
Screenshot of Microsoft Access displaying lists of items and stats for an RPG. (?!?!)
October 29, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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The original, for curious minds
October 27, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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whipped up the graphic on the right very quickly just now and I'm laughing at how this also seems to be an example of how my graphic design has somewhat come along. I still feel like this meme every time though
a meme with a grey cloud background, a clipart frog with the white background still visible, and bright red text in papayrus font that says "graphic design is my passion"
October 24, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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Here's Oliver! On the left is some of the first artwork I did of him in 2020 and then on the right is one of the more recent drawings from the very talented @ryuuenh.bsky.social (who you should follow right now because her OCs are super cool and her art is amazing!!)
#Art #OCsky #LegendsofAstravia
Full character portrait of Oliver, a rather stiff pose of him standing straight up, sword at his side and holding a flame in his right hand Much more dynamic character artwork with the text "Oliver", he has a gold headband, long blue hair tied into a braid, and a dark blue tunic with classic 90s anime brown belt and a white tshirt underneath. His left hand is held up and his right hand holds a sword.
October 24, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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Hey there!

I'm making Legends of Astravia, a charming retro RPG set in a world of magic ✨ Play as the wandering mystician Oliver as you encounter dynamic battles, explore twisting dungeons, and uncover countless secrets on your quest to uncover the mysteries of the past:

astraviagame.com/wishlist
Our protagonist Oliver stands in the middle of a dark earthy cave composed of Gameboy Advance-style pixel art graphics. It's dark and lit by flickering warm torches, and the browns are contrasted with mossy grass and vines. Battle scene. The "time bar" at the top of the screen indicates the order in which our allies and their enemies will act. On the right, Oliver stands at the ready with his sword, and Azel raises his staff to cast a spell. On the left, a slime gets blasted with a purple lightning bolt conjured by Azel--171 damage! The other slime readies an attack, and the bottom of the screen shows our heroes' status, indicated by portraits and colorful meters displaying "LE", "ME" and "Unleash". Oliver and Azel stand in front of a sealed temple in the grassy swamp of Mordin. Azel looks off in the distance, while Oliver poses a question; a surprised face in the textbox reading "What is it?" A menu screen, with "Essence" currently active. A list of all Oliver's available Essences are displayed, colorful icons with symbols to match: Fire, Lightning, Wind, Ice, Heal and Channel. Oliver appears to have two lightning essences, one fire, and one ice equipped, 2/6 slots used. A window on the right displays info on "Active Essence": "Essences that provide usable skills and abilities in battle. Only 4 unique types can be active.". At the bottom, help text displays for the highlighted Lightning essence: "[Active][Max: 4] Direct the wind with great might. Enables magic that inflict Ventus element damage." The window on the left displays other, inactive menus: Items, Equipment, Status, Journal, Party, Memories, Options, Quit Game. The player has 160 silver, and is currently located in the Earth Leyline [3F].
October 18, 2024 at 7:41 PM
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aw what the heck. i guess do a little posting. as a treat.

rate my new 90s gaming setup y'all 👀
a cozy looking room during the day. there's a floral red rug, grey couch with a black cat plushie to a CRT tv on an old wooden cabinet--all nice and close. an SNES sits in the cabinet, and the tv is decorated with nintendo plushies. black cube shelves cluttered with typical nonsense like notebooks surround the tv. there's a cat tree by the window, a black and white painting of twilight princess link, and a bunch of zelda posters on the wall.
October 17, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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In a sorry attempt to get my will to create back, I acquired a CRT television on FB Marketplace for $0 to play some SNES games on. Not a bad deal at all, given its quality! (my camera sucks and does it no justice).

Trying out Energy Breaker right now--loving it so far!
A classic RCA-branded CRT television in all of it's boxy, rounded screen glory. The screen is on, displaying the Super Famicom (SNES) game Energy Breaker. The red-haired character is on an isometric map with grassy tiles and a blue background. A cartridge of Super Mario World is visible in the left corner.
September 27, 2024 at 2:14 AM
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In my absolute glory right now. I was worried it'd be kind of watered down, especially since it was really reasonable ($40), but I'm only on page 32/330 and already having a fantastic time
A large book, titled "Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive" 1-6 in Roman numerals, "Volume 1". 6 images of the main characters from each Final Fantasy game, drawn by Yoshitaka Amano, and accented with a colorized gradient, pop on the books white cover. A preview of inside the book, "Battle Planning". Scans of game development documents showing how battles were planned. "Battle Window Specifications" and "Weapon and Armor List".
April 28, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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wuh oh the japanese lessons are getting a little crazy!
Screenshot of a language learning app, with a rough clip art drawing of a guy being held at gunpoint, followed by the text わたしを殺さないでください。 Please don't kill me.
April 18, 2024 at 10:14 PM
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looking through the RPG Maker XP docs as I practically rewrite the engine to bend the editor to my will and giggling at comments like these.

oh, enterbrain, you don't know me
A screenshot of some help documentation with the text: Saves the object obj to the data file indicated by filename. save_data($data_actors, "Data/Actors.rxdata") This function is the same as: File.open(filename, "wb") { |f| Marshal.dump(obj, f) } It is unlikely you will ever use this function during a game, but it is defined as a counterpart to load_data. In the screenshot the text "It is unlikely you will ever use this function during a game, but" is highlighted.
December 10, 2023 at 12:50 PM