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👋 i'm a moth who likes to make cool stuff forever
✨ she/they

🌐 https://rae.wtf
💖 https://ko-fi.com/raewtf
💸 https://rae.wtf/commissions [1 slot open]

🔄 next: labsylle, on 02.24.2026! https://raewtf.itch.io/labsylle
🌿 later: project pesto!!!
this game. it was played on an umbrella, you were a green light trying to reach the colorful goal at the end, and you had to waggle the door spring joystick rapidly to clear the dangerous red areas. but you were affected by the gravity of the umbrella too, like climbing the pole was tougher
January 13, 2026 at 2:24 AM
YUPPP
January 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
if all that matters to you is the red dot and not actually marking the msgs as read, Settings > Notifications > Badges also has an option to disable the dot that pops up for unread msgs that don't concern you. pings, DMs, etc. will still give you a push and a dot

(this info is all from mac, YMMV)
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 AM
on discord for desktop at least, there's an "Inbox" in the top right corner that seems to be just this — unread messages that would give you the dot. you can jump to 'em or mark as read from there, iirc
January 7, 2026 at 7:46 AM
i almost forgot to even make a new folder. happy new year
January 3, 2026 at 7:42 AM
first finished drawing of the new year! this just in: ref sheets are fun to do

[commission for @dionicio3.gay]
January 2, 2026 at 11:35 PM
POV: you're reading a bluesky thread in which someone gets the nature of "POV" wrong
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
shoutouts to magfest for having pre-labeled noise levels for all the events in the guidebook. really nice addition
December 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
happy holi-raes!
from now until the end of 2025 PT, get ALL MY GAMES on sale!

rowbot for $12!
cloudburst or lunatrix for $4!
bona fido, first in... line?, and traffic jam for $3!

see 'em all on #playdate: play.date/games/search...

HEXA is also only $6 on playdate and PC! itch.io/s/171780/hap...
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🔄 labsylle, a cool word puzzle game about the "building blocks" of the english language, is launching 02.24.2026 for #playdate and personal computers!!

available on playdate catalog at launch day — stay tuned!
save the itch page: raewtf.itch.io/labsylle
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
zomg SO RETRO!!! thank you
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
super-quik animation run through
being able to mix frame-by animation with (oh my GOD) smooth tweened movements is absolutely magical. i haven't felt this much of a spark to animate since like a decade ago when i was rocking a thoroughly-pirated copy of flash 8
December 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
voting for the 2025 #playdate community awards is happening now! i released five good playdate games over the last year, and if you enjoyed any of them i'd appreciate a nomination

you can vote here!: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
four different color options — "black-and-white", "cranky", "DMG", and "creamsicle"
it's not a full-color reinterpretation like the HEXA port, but i figured it would be a fun little bonus to at least have something. plus a color wash over top is a relatively super-easy add for a bit of extra charm
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
this CANNOT be good.
November 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
yes! in my codebase i've written wrapper functions that will change the behavior depending on the build target, which is governed by a string at the top of main dot lua — and then I built a separate nova task that will swap the target and do the proper compilation. so cross-building is 2-clicks easy
November 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
getting really frustrated at it but...👀

this is extra fun compared to my HEXA port, because these are both running off a *shared* codebase — which means theoretically, i have a framework that lets me instantly be able to make games for both #playdate and PC with no extra work aside from set-up
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
happy yummy turkey dinner sharesies day
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
on tahoe you can hit 'em with the Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts..., and tweak it from this menu:
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
submitted labsylle to the #playdate catalog today! i tried to put a good word in...quite a few hundred of 'em, in fact — we'll see if it gets accepted Soon™!
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
waiting to get paid at the start of the month while kirby comes out today like
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
shapes??? in my word game?!?! this is madness
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
you are a LIFESAVER
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
upon request from @voxy.space; a dark mode that you can toggle, OR...let it automatically switch between at 6a/6p. some of the backgrounds *really* lend themselves to it:
November 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM