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Josue Cruz @xjosuecruz.bsky.social · 23h

Toddy was fun to play as, but not as much as Bobbie. Although there was a cool mechanic where timing your bat hits just right would determine how much damage the baseball would take on enemies.

Player: Toddy Espantos. A young kid wearing a backwards baseball cap and jersey, shorts and some tennis shoes. He has spiky dark hair, a determined look in his eyes, and playfully sticking out his tongue. He holds a baseball bat over his shoulder in one hand and a mitt with a baseball in the other. Flavor text reads: When the curse of the ringmaster hit splitsville, no one else was better suited for the challenge than smalltown all-star toddy espantos.

their bullseye accuracy and powerhouse swing make them quite effective at close and far ranges.

Toddy was in the middle of pitching a perfect game before the curse turned everyone on the field into pumpkins.

Josue Cruz @xjosuecruz.bsky.social · 1d

The first boss in the game wasn’t really the hardest challenge. Essentially it was a game of whack-a-mole, where the boss would come out of one of the 6 open graves. You’d have to get your hits in before it swung that huge sickle that had a pretty wide hit box.

Boss of world 1 (Graveyard). This big ghoul is shown coming out of an open grave, surrounded by moss covered tombs. The GroundsKreeper is a large, one-eyed figure with a bag of fertilizer for its head. It where’s a tattered pair of overalls with a dirty work shirt and work boots. In one of its garden gloved hands it holds a rusty sickle. Its arms are completely composed of tangled worms! Flavor text reads: “ It is no easy task to keep this cemetery looking so overgrown and destitute. Be careful, this ghoul will cut you down to size!” quote: “I’m done pushing daisies!”

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Josue Cruz @xjosuecruz.bsky.social · 2d

These took multiple hits to take out, sometimes The Frank-Kap would pop out, and the body would move around the screen on its own, quickly and randomly 💀

Kap N Stein, A brutish enemy from World 1 (Graveyard), a large frankenstein’d body topped with the grunt enemy, Frank-Kap. It’s flavor text reads: Slow-moving and as dense as
a brick wall, getting past these brutes is a challenge! These guys know how to get a-head!” Quote: “Oh, this one’s just a lease!”

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Josh Trujillo 🏳️‍🌈 @losthiskeysman.bsky.social · 7d

Howdy! I'm looking for an unpublished (or barely published) queer artist to collaborate with me on an upcoming, non-profit queer horror anthology short. Full color. Under 10 pages. There is a page rate, but it is admittedly small.

If interested, PLEASE REPLY HERE. If you DM me I will block you. ❤️💀

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Josue Cruz @xjosuecruz.bsky.social · 5d

These guys were annoying too. Usually three would swoop at a time from off screen meaning you would have to move Quickly to dodge the coins they drop.

Oddbol, a tiny crow-like bird with skull markings on its beak from world 1 (graveyard), it drops a coin as it flies past. Flavor text reads: CONSIDERED GUIDES FOR THE DEAD.
THESE BIRDS SEEM TOO JOVIAL FOR SUCH A JOB. WATCH OUT FOR THEIR HEAVY DROPPINGS! Quote: “Caw-fee used ta’ cost a dime!”

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Josue Cruz @xjosuecruz.bsky.social · 5d

God I remember really hating these enemies. If you didn’t button mash to get loose, they’d take like half your life bar.

Grave-Robber a hidden trap enemy from World 1 (Graveyard). It looks like a typical burial patch, but the ones with the flowers are the ones to look out for. A pair of rotting arms come out of the ground to grab you. The flavor text reads: A PATCH OF DIRT WITH A GHASTLY GRIP! TREAD LIGHTLY, AS THESE MOUNDS OF MALICE ARE TIRED OF PEOPLE WALKING ALL OVER THEM! Quote: “Keep off the grass!!”

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Josue Cruz @xjosuecruz.bsky.social · 5d

Grunt enemy from young Josue’s favorite SNES cousin-game, Hallowed Nights: Curse of the Ringmaster.

Frank-Kap, a small grunt enemy from World 1 (Graveyard) that appears to be a bipedal, one-eyed cerebellum hiding under the scalp of some of reanimated creature. The flavor text reads: Discarded Byproducts of failed experiments. they waddle around the graveyard looking for an unsuspecting host to seize.‬ Quote: “Excuse me, is this seat taken?”

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Josue Cruz @xjosuecruz.bsky.social · 7d

*ding ding ding* FA-RI-DU-LA SI-MA-NET DO-NI-PUANA VO-RI-NET PI-NA-SA-MI MA-NI-SET DANA-FONSI LOU-BON!!! *DING DING DING*

Josue Cruz @xjosuecruz.bsky.social · 13d

The Ultimate Warrior!

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scary angela 🎃 😈 👻 @angelaoddling.bsky.social · 22d

I’m cranky

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Josue Cruz @xjosuecruz.bsky.social · 22d

Photograph of post-it notes. Scrawled on the first note: “First video call with a gender therapist and the webcam is set to mirrored”. The second post it had a crude drawing of myself seated at a computer, back to the reader, as the distorted reflection of my face is shown to me through the webcam. My character says: “Huh..”

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Spoopy Larsen @larsenproject.bsky.social · 26d

I still ask that you check out my non social media options to look at my arts. I have a free patreon tier.

Orange cat in the garden. Bubble says “confront and destroy god.”

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Josue Cruz @xjosuecruz.bsky.social · 29d

😈

A mischievous demon holding a cartoon bomb.

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Josue Cruz @xjosuecruz.bsky.social · Sep 2

Had the pleasure to work on another cover for @krimeguys.bsky.social These books are limited runs and if the last volume was any indicator, will sell out quick!!

Cover for Krime Guys Volume 2: Wet & Wild, featuring a worms eye view of the protagonists, Cowboy (holding a fire extinguisher) and Apose with his backpack. In the foreground a red fire hydrant covered in sticker slaps and graffiti, in the background some menacing characters (and the worrisome peelegs) stand waiting.

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Josue Cruz @xjosuecruz.bsky.social · Sep 2

Had the pleasure to work on another cover for @krimeguys.bsky.social These books are limited runs and if the last volume was any indicator, will sell out quick!!