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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 1d

Bookshop is having an Anti-Amazon sale, with cheap e-books and free shipping for print today and tomorrow:

bookshop.org/lists/ebook-...

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 5d

It's Bandcamp Friday and owning files forever is sexy, go get em and support artists with 100% of the profits today!

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Sol ✨ play Forget Me Not on Steam/Itch @solarprotag.bsky.social · 9d

Forget Me Not is on sale for both the #FallinLoveFestival and the Steam Autumn Sale!

If you're interested in a slice-of-life visual novel about phantom thieves and ladies fallin' in love, then you can grab it here ⬇️

🌹 store.steampowered.com/app/3333600/...

Promotional graphic for The Mysterious Thief Forget Me Not for the Steam Autumn Sale.

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TV-MA @tv-ma.bsky.social · 9d

Pa La Raza is out today!

A 13 track benefit compilation album highlighting Latine & Indigenous musicians from LA County. Raising money for ppl targeted by ICE

Eclectic genres including cumbia punk, nuwave, industrial, harsh noise, and dance!

Bandcamp

Ampwall

Art by
@glamdoodle.bsky.social

Cassette artwork to Pa La Raza Compilation. Features of Disney's Cars style Waymo on fire and leaking oil. List of musicians involved on side.

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 9d

Slimes is a game about two guys looking to destroy a den of slimes. And maybe each other.

store.steampowered.com/app/1313490/...

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janel ⚔ @janeljpg.bsky.social · 10d

sometimes i think people are performative haters... i think it is more damning if you ignore its existence and move on -- like it's a testament to your hatred that it's not even worth your time/energy/brain power to think about the thing u hate...

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𝐜𝐡𝐢 ✦ @chibbunly.bsky.social · 12d

Here's my catalog for my very first event, #ILLOMART !! Catch me at B36 with my buddy @linzobean.bsky.social for some OCs and original works 🐰✨

［　#chibbunart #chibbunOC ✦ #oc #art #merch　］

A catalog of all my available merchandise at SJMade's ILLO MART 2025. The graphic layout evokes a stationery aesthetic.

The first image shows a polaroid of the location of our booth, B36. We'll be selling original art in prints and stickers, as well as commissions and more.

Below is a sticker design featuring our mascots in space touching a star. The sticker is free and comes with purchases from both @linzobean.bsky.social and I.

All images were glazed by @callingfeather.bsky.social.

A catalog of my available prints.

The featured prints include:
✦ My OC Chiisa as an angel with gold foil
✦ My OC Ibuki, a magical girl based off my cherry blossom fountain pen
✦ My OC Vera holding a Viola during golden hour
✦ Chiisa in a rice field under twilight sky

Available in:
✦ Large (11"×17")
✦ Small (5"x7" )
Foil only available in large size.

Shikishi Commission Information

The following sizes are available:
✦ Regular ( 5.4"x4.7" )
✦ Small ( 3"x3" )

Notes:
✦ 1 character, bust-up
✦ Add-ons available for regular size
✦ Shipping & pickup OK
✦ Not FCFS
✦ Skeb (no revisions)

On the right are examples of my commission work in both sizes.

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Sol ✨ play Forget Me Not on Steam/Itch @solarprotag.bsky.social · 12d

If you watched the #FallinLoveFestival showcase, you probably saw The Mysterious Thief Forget Me Not's new trailer!

You can see that trailer again and also grab yourself a copy of the game over on Steam (which is 20% off for the festival right now!) store.steampowered.com/app/3333600/...

Promotional graphic for the Studio Élan Fall in Love Visual Novel Festival, featuring The Mysterious Thief Forget Me Not.

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · 27d

I played Secret Little Haven, and this is probably the most personal post I made on the site in a long time.

indiehellzone.com/2025/09/11/s...

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Rust Momster @cambrianera.radical.town · 28d

We simply cannot live in a country where the death of hate mongers is a tragedy and the death of everyone else only warrants a shrug.

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Draculanna 🧛🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · Aug 23

Suicide prevention is a very important cause to me, so this year marks the 2nd annual Gamedevs for Suicide Prevention team at the LA (Santa Monica) Out of the Darkness Walk!

If you're in SoCal, come walk with us! Or you can donate to our team.

afspwalks.donordrive.com/team/371158

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ᴄᴀʟᴜᴍ ᴀʟᴇxᴀɴᴅᴇʀ ᴡᴀᴛᴛ @calumalexanderwatt.bsky.social · Aug 28

𝘙𝘕𝘕𝘙𝘚-003

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janel ⚔ @janeljpg.bsky.social · Aug 28

the "...it'd be more awesome😃" is killing me they really thought they cooked....

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sukeban games @sukeban.moe · Aug 23

.45 PARABELLUM BLOODHOUND

Wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3014650/...

#45pb

poster for 45 parabellum bloohound. it reads: "CLOSED EYES WON'T TAKE ME ANYWHERE" Reila Mikazuchi is a washed-up radical searching for paradise in .45 PARABELLUM BLOODHOUN— A hybrid action RPG coming soon to personal computers everywhere. THE FUTURE IS UNDERGROUND

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janel ⚔ @janeljpg.bsky.social · Aug 27

thank you ! the lasso tool is my bestie for these🫶

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janel ⚔ @janeljpg.bsky.social · Aug 27

loved where the moonfire faire was at this year 🛳️
so i painted it with my static chillin there

a painting of the pool on the queen lhaminn from this year's ffxiv moonfire faire event at nighttime. the characters are my static's WOLs

a crop and zoom of my moonfire faire 2025 fanart to focus on the characters.
this bun boy guy is about to jump into the pool and everyone is staring at him

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janel ⚔ @janeljpg.bsky.social · Aug 20

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAA i gotta make more of the astrodyne squid kids when i get the chance....ty for making this picrew again it is so fun and good i love the colors and how much you put into it the love really shows through... 🥺

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🌴 randy randall randikins @PLAY THE PRIME CUT DEMO @casitamono.bsky.social · Aug 19

yo who left them like that #projectbfer #valne #art

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janel ⚔ @janeljpg.bsky.social · Aug 19

THIS CAME OUT SO WONDERFULLY all the care & detail you put in is so impeccable 🥺🫶🐙......i made a batch of my OCs i lost track of time since i had so much fun... i will make more soonge...

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⟡ @mythridate.bsky.social · Aug 19

my Splatoon Character Picrew is available to play! 🦑🐙
please make a little squid/octo friend and share them around n_n

picrew.me/image_maker/...
#Splatoon

Splatoon OC Maker

Fan art of the Splatoon game series (not official). これは二次創作です. 【https://mythridate.bsky.social】 ✨🦑🐙🐟✨ ⭕ OK! ► Personal and non-commercial use. ► Use as an avatar or profile for SNS icon. ► Character ...

picrew.me

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · Aug 18

Folks: I beat OFF. So, let me tell you about the 2025 remaster and how it compares to when I originally beat OFF.

indiehellzone.com/2025/08/18/o...

Dedan from OFF saying "What part of "I am going to kill you" didn't you understand?"

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janel ⚔ @janeljpg.bsky.social · Aug 17

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janel ⚔ @janeljpg.bsky.social · Apr 25

NIGHTSHIFT
my entry cartridge for My Famicase Exhibition 2025 at METEOR in Tokyo

NIGHTSHIFT is a story-driven rhythm g̵̢̥̖͈͖̖͎͕͎͚͚͓̩̙̉̾͐̀̃̌̋̎̍͘͜͝͠ͅä̶̛̤̝̺̩̟̤̲͕̮͉̥̙̞̥̲͓̊̓̉̃̌̇̉̑̋͗̒̌͘͝ṁ̵̯͕̥͔̗͓̂̾̒̒͌͊͑̔́͗͋̏́̌e̶̢̢̡͔̤͇̩̟̺̮͙̖̗̒̓́̈́͒̐́̌̈́̀̾͠ about desperately clinging onto nostalgic memories, past lovers, and dead dreams.

cartridge of my entry for the My Famicase Exhibition 2025

text reads
NIGHTSHIFT
"I just want to hear that song you wrote one last time"
2025 Candirus LTD
All Rights Reserved

a closeup of my art for my famicase entry.

janel ⚔ @janeljpg.bsky.social · Aug 17

got to see my cartridge & other entries for this year's famicase exhibition at &&gallery the other day ^_^

if you're in the la area for this month, swing by ktown on a weekend afternoon and check out all the entries! i loved this year's exhibition

photo of my cartridge at &&gallery hosting the my famicase exhibition. title of my entry is NIGHTSHIFT

photo of my cartridge at &&gallery hosting the my famicase exhibition. title of my entry is NIGHTSHIFT. there's a doodle of my outfit on the left.

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Dari/scitydreamer @scitydreamer.bsky.social · Aug 15

I promised to stick to my backlog… but I had to get OFF. This was high school for me.

And with OFF hot again, here’s something I wrote a few years ago trying to figure out how it got big.

indiehellzone.com/2020/02/19/h...

How OFF Took OFF

OFF is an RPG Maker game made by the French artist Mortis Ghost that became a surprise hit. The game told the tale of the Batter, a stoic man with a baseball bat going on a quest to “purify&#…

indiehellzone.com

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