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niuxyz.bsky.social
Shelley Chen
@niuxyz.bsky.social
🎮Creative Director / Art / Narrative Design at Cloister Interactive (@cloisters.bsky.social) and #AMemoirBlue.
👩🏻‍🏫 Game Professor at PCC.
👩🏻‍🎓 SVA and @nyugamecenter.bsky.social alumni.
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Let’s take a peek into our dev’s notebooks for the “Whimsical” room! 🔍
On the left is Shelley’s design, exploring stars and crystals creating rainbow colors to express the concept🌟

On the right is Kevin’s… oh boy! What is he thinking?! 😆

#indiegame #artgame #gamedev #IndieGameDev #digitalart #WIP
December 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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📢 Cloisters Interactive is now on Itchio! ✨

We'll be posting devlogs for our new project soon, so make sure to follow us so you don't miss any updates:
cloisters-interactive.itch.io

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #itch #update
Cloisters
cloisters-interactive.itch.io
December 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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The creative challenge for this project is to use shapes, color, sound, and interactivity to express our core ideas.

@niuxyz.bsky.social created vibrant, colorful scenes, which @kevzn.bsky.social transformed into interactive playrooms.🤾

#indiegame #artgame #gamedev #IndieGameDev #digitalart #WIP
December 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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NFB has just released a series of behind-the-scenes videos for "Madame Tutli-Putli", an incredible stop-motion short film directed by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski in 2007 (Clyde Henry Productions, National Film Board of Canada).
>> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
December 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My students had their game showcase yesterday ✨Good job guys!🥺
December 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A new mini interactive project Kevin (@kevzn.bsky.social) and I have been working on :)
Here's a WIP preview for our upcoming mini project!✨

In this experimental interactive project are representations of feelings and elements we incorporate in all our titles, past and future.
We can't wait to share more about each element with you soon!💖

#GameDev #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #Artgame
December 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Here's a WIP preview for our upcoming mini project!✨

In this experimental interactive project are representations of feelings and elements we incorporate in all our titles, past and future.
We can't wait to share more about each element with you soon!💖

#GameDev #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #Artgame
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Hi!👋🏻

Apologies for the recent radio silence!
With our main project currently on hold, we’ve decided to work on a smaller piece to express our message and artistic vision.✨

We'll have more to share soon, so please stay tuned!
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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From "Vorace", a very short indie film by Pauline Mauvière & Charles Ouvrard (France).
>> www.catsuka.com/news/2025-12...
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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If a tiny fraction of the resources deployed towards AI was invested instead in actual artists we'd be enjoying a renaissance rather than drowning in a sea of garbage
September 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Seemed like a good day to finally port this to desktop: vectorpark.itch.io/egg
Egg (2005) by Vectorpark
All is change
vectorpark.itch.io
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Game Devs of Color is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit org.

For 10+ years, we've provided so many opportunities along with our annual Expo.

From scholarships to #gamedev events, to our payment of all our #GDoCExpo speakers and devs, we succeed because of your support & grants!

🙌🏾 givebutter.com/GDoCExpo2025
October 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Happy International Animation Day.
asifa.net/what-we-do/i...
(🡇 from "The Animator's Survival Kit" by the late Richard Williams)
October 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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"Fantasia 2000" (1999) : "The Firebird Suite" Effect Pencil Tests.
Animation by Ted Kierscey & John Pomeroy.
Still mesmerizing.
vimeo.com/22856764
October 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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"Tim Burton: Life In The Line" documentary series by Tara Wood is now available (VOD).
timburtonlifeintheline.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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I dreamt about "extra letters"
October 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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"Return of the Obra Dinn" is seven years old this week.

For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:

youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s
Return of the Obra Dinn - Narrated Modeling Mega Timelapse
YouTube video by Lucas Pope
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Overloaded with school work and only able to start a tiny bit of my game concept… RIP🫠

I miss development so much…😢
October 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Need a new job? Pocket Boss is OUT NOW!

pocketboss.ch 📊 💬

A delightfully odd fusion of work and play. Now available on iOS, Android, Steam and itch.​io.
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Windosill is bundled with the lovely musical game ODDADA. Get 'em both on sale!
Windosill was one of the biggest inspirations for ODDADA, so we’re now very happy to present a bundle with both games in it!

store.steampowered.com/bundle/60016
October 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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From "Niccolo" graduation short film (Gobelins school, France).
Inspired by Italian violinist and composer Niccolo Paganini.
And I can also feel Yoshitaka Amano's influence, clearly.
Coming October 8 on Youtube.
www.instagram.com/niccolo.gobe...
October 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Hey it's #SteamSale! You can get
🔥 IMMORTALITY for $9.99
👁️ TELLING LIES for $4.99
☕ HER STORY for $4.99
& wishlist Project C and Project D whilst you are there...
It's a good time to play good games in the present and wish for good games in the future! ✨
store.steampowered.com/developer/Sa...
September 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Five years in the making, countless stumbles, the journey of a thousand miles begins now! 👣

Baby Steps is Out Now on PC & PS5.

youtu.be/nu70MYCUtZE
September 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Need a more satisfying job? Pocket Boss is coming October 8!
pocketboss.ch

Preorder/wishlist now:
Steam: pocketboss.ch/get/steam
iOS: pocketboss.ch/get/ios
Android: pocketboss.ch/get/googleplay

📈 👈
September 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM