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In the near future I'll be expanding this series to the themes of Stillness, Nature, Noise, and Glitch. I have a pretty large list of games I've found.

I wrote postmortem about SOLASTALGIA which was exhibited at an event organized by @thisisdotiris.bsky.social and @futurala.bsky.social in July I cover some new visual additions, technical behind the scenes, inspirations, and translation farfamahar.github.io/blog/tama-in...

This is very cool. Collaboration with @amazefest.bsky.social and various Ethiopian art organizations for an artist residency in Addis Ababa. I have a Ethiopian Diaspora based art game project I released in the newest @theziumsociety.itch.io. Excited to see this scene expand to my home country.

I will be curating some esoteric short-form horror games from the depths of itch.io and we'll play them live together on the big screen.

Got my game poem "The Stone Garden" up on itch. Made in Decker at a game poem jam inspired by @farfama.bsky.social wzackw.itch.io/the-stone-ga... You can also just play it in your browser (wzackw.com/stonegarden....), but it's fun to have a collection of my games together on itch :)

New Exhibit:Play Curation Series 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘀𝘆: 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗺 Curated by @farfama.bsky.social A first in a series of curations focused on bitsy creations exhibitplay.com/bitsy-activi... Games from @paulette005.bsky.social, @avantbeetle.bsky.social, Polybiak, Krisztina Gaál, Dániel Herczeg, Rebeka Artim

New Exhibit:Play Curation 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘀 Curated by @farfama.bsky.social exhibitplay.com/long-stretch... Featuring games from @turbobuttoninc.bsky.social, @warpdigitaluk.bsky.social, @jackboxgames.com (Toot Games), Codyumm, MarkasAis

GDoC Expo happens this week. Much needed event given the state of the industry. The grant I received in 2024 allowed me to gain access to tools and resources for my most ambitious project, and the personal confidence to pursue its pure artistic potential without the trappings of commercial pressure.

Currently travelling across Canada. I was a guest teacher for a class and taught some kids bitsy

I wrote about Resident Evil 2 Remake in connection with Susan Sontag's essay "Notes on 'Camp'", and playing single player games as a group farfamahar.github.io/blog/i-playe...

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Organizing an event after TGS week. I won't be hosting this time as I will be out of the city, but people from the community have agreed to help out. I'll be curating talks, so stay tuned. If you have a topic you would be interested in sharing (5 min) and you'll be in Tokyo, reach out!

New project will be available to play in The Zium Railway September 13th

wrote a bit about The Light of Our Yearning backloggd.com/u/drinkrust/...

Making a video art art piece within the larger environment art piece that's projected on a basket using a light cookie and render texture. Neat effect.

I updated my website with pages for the 13 exhibitions/performances/screenings, 10 talks, and 6 workshops I have given in the last two years. Contains pictures, videos, descriptions. Basically an archive of everything public I have done. farfamahar.github.io

I'm kicking off a series of videos for absolute beginners who want to learn programming games. Pico-8 is a fantastic engine for devs who have been at it for 10 years or 10 seconds, so join me and let's make some fun stuff! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH9-...

been adding new tshirts to the shop! also kinda looking for new gigs. if you have a small commission now or know of some job openings (esp from september), i'd be keen to hear about it! i can edit pics and vids, etc. thenomi-shop.fourthwall.com/en-eur/colle...

i just published a post about my time at @glasgowindiegamesfest.org "When you strip back the commercialism, the urge to “sell”, and with that remove all the predatory behavior capitalism encourages… you are left with something human that creates the groundwork for games to be relevant to everyone."

Going to an overnight cliffside rave. The last time I went to a rave I ended up making Dust to Dust. Music is such a big inspiration. Need to experience it live for me to fully appreciate it infinitetears.itch.io/dust-to-dust

Me every time I dust off my VR headset. Then the head discomfort, nausea, and eye strain kicks in after an hour

Do you like weird, poetic, experimental, short-form videogames? Perfect! We're looking for volunteer first readers for the next issue of Game Poems Magazine: forms.gle/woymquRuJJyv... Play a few games, help shape the next issue! Heart.

another project of mine that breaks the compression algorithm. so metal

I also created an itch collection with all the games I mentioned. The full list is available on my site which is linked in the collection itch.io/c/7719853/ex...

experimenting with extreme dynamic lens distortion mixed with metallics

Had a chance to play this and many other great games at Dissonance 不穏 last weekend. Visual metaphor & memoir in bitsy form. Also so interesting to recreate a personal game from many years ago with a stronger technical, creative skillset along with a recontextualized life perspective. Remake/Re-view

「人間はなぜ「不穏」を恐れながらも、「不穏」に惹かれるのか？ 不穏なゲームをプレイして、その答えを探してください。」 TAMAインディゲーム展覧会Dissonance 6月20日21日（土日）開催 パルテノン多摩 @futurala.bsky.social @thisisdotiris.bsky.social dissonance.tokyo

"Enter a world of games that resist comfort" Sat June 20 13:00–19:00, 19:30~ Panel Discussion Sun June 21 11:00–17:00 I will be showing a Japanese version of SOLASTALGIA this Saturday and Sunday in Tokyo. Also at 7pm on Sat, me and Sivani will give a live reading and noise performance of the game.