CJです

CJです

@illuminesce.net

CJ is a kinda feral indie dev & designer. They make games with mabbees as the cooperative Studio Terranova. 英語、日本語、どっちでもいいよー。 Games: https://illuminesce.itch.io/ Interface Drama: https://illuminesce.net/interface-drama Work: cj@studioterranova.net

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@illuminesce.net

I made some lemon bars to give out at a friend’s party, and people kept saying, “oh thanks, I am bisexual” or “is it ok to eat these if I’m not bisexual?” What…is happening I just really like lemon bars ok?!?

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@illuminesce.net

Last night's pixel art for the title screen of our new game for Tomodachi 8in1... I took a lot of inspiration from Ragnarok Online 👀 Tomodachi 8in1 is a series of experimental #Pico8 games focused on 2000's retro vibes, mixtapes, and chatting with friends: buff.ly/8S1LDux

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@illuminesce.net

Thanks to everyone who came to Tokyo Nerd Nite! And remember: glass is sand, colors are metal oxides, and support your local glassblowers in Tokyo! Link to slides and resources here: buff.ly/Fyo33TF #tokyonn #nerdnite #glassblowing

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矢澤 豆太郎🐣
@yzwmmtr.bsky.social

今週末のDREAMSCAPE5ではザクロスケさんの「ゲーム内CM企画」に夜の名前のCMも流してもらっています！やった〜！ブラウン管風のフィルター加工が好(ハオ) 当日は欠損失愛を是非遊びに行ってください🫶

ザクロスケ - Zakurosuke@zakurobento.bsky.social

10/24(土) #DREAMSCAPE5 にて 出展/委託作品紹介「ゲーム内CM企画」を今回もやります！ (※個人の非公式企画です) ブース〈A-35〉『 #欠損失愛 』試遊デモをプレイして、監禁部屋のテレビを調べてみてください📺 At the Japanese indie game event “DREAMSCAPE#5,” I’ll be running an “in-game commercial” to showcase the featured games! dreamscape-game.com

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@illuminesce.net

Oct/Nov events! - Oct 16th (Fri) 19:00 @nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social - Blown Away: The Chemistry and Technique of Glassblowing - Oct 18th (Sun) 11:00 #impacthub - The Future of Independent Design - November 14-15 (Sat/Sun) #designfesta Booth H-339 - selling glass dinosaurs and accesories 💚

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Nerd Nite Tokyo
@nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social

We're just a few weeks away from our next Nerd Nite! What's a fresk? Minami Shinohara will explain. Then, CJ Hostetter brings the art and science of glassmaking to the Nerd Nite stage. Don't miss it! Details: tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #events #tokyo #climate #glassmaking #science

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G.M. Gray
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so rather than despair, embrace the fact that you exist for one brief moment between birth and death, and decide for yourself what brings you joy and meaning. And also the actual problem is capitalism.

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@illuminesce.net

Feeling a little FOMO about missing #pixelartpark but then I remind myself instead of computers I am running away into the woods. It’s alright, I’ll be back (probably)

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It's me! I'm going to be presenting at #NerdNite this October about glass :D

Nerd Nite Tokyo@nerdnitetokyo.bsky.social

We're just a few weeks away from our next Nerd Nite! What's a fresk? Minami Shinohara will explain. Then, CJ Hostetter brings the art and science of glassmaking to the Nerd Nite stage. Don't miss it! Details: tokyo.nerdnite.com #nerdnite #events #tokyo #climate #glassmaking #science

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Also that supporting indie game artists and us working together to make the space bigger and more accessible is something meaningful to work for. (So you should donate to the INDIEPOCALYPSE pledge drive) itch.io/blog/1673735...

itch.ioThe 6th Annual Indiepocalypse Pledge Drive! (and why you i think you should support indiepocalypse)**A link to the pledge drive!** This has been a trickier pledge drive, intersecting with PAX as it did, with me realizing how much a kickoff livestream is a good motivator for regular promotion. (a th...
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@illuminesce.net

Sad news today. Hall, Jello’s best rabbit friend who she’s hung out with for the past six years, has passed peacefully away. She was ten and lived in our pet sitter’s loving home - never met an animal she didn’t like. Love you Hall. So glad I could be with you during your time here. 💚

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Eigotaku
@eigotaku.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who came to gæmz last night. First time I've properly attended it in a long time and it was really interesting. The hosts did an amazing job 👍🏻

Gæmz Meetup@gaemz.bsky.social

🗼🦞🛹 Tokyo Gæmz Show aka Meetup #80 🛹🦞🗼 When: 24 Sep 2026 (Thu) 18:30 Where: Near Fudō-mae Station (Info will be sent) Hosted by @farfama.bsky.social Cover art by @thenomi.bsky.social RSVP: luma.com/2lsxoxpp The Tokyo Gæmz Show is coming back! There will be a call for speakers.

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@illuminesce.net

昨年、@picopicocafe.bsky.socialのおかげで#PICOJAM25 と呼ばれる #PICO8 オンリージャムを開催しました！ テーマは「祭り」と「溶ける」です。 BBSでPICOJAM25で作ったゲームをアップしました。ぜひ、皆さんの懐かしいゲームをお楽しんでください！ buff.ly/dGa9Sb8

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Pico Pico Cafe
@picopicocafe.bsky.social

来週末、土曜日（9/26）はクリエイター発表会やります！ 【Picotachi#86 発表者】 DKさん@justdkliao 現在開発中のベクターグラフィックスライブラリについて

zep.p8@lexaloffle.bsky.social

[Tokyo] #picotachi vol.86 is at @picopicocafe.bsky.social 2026-09-26 (Sat) 19:00~ // Cafe opens 14:00, talks from 20:00-ish // DM or email us if you'd like to show or talk about something! (JP / EN) // More info: www.picotachi.com

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@illuminesce.net

An acquaintance of mine was telling me about a Japanese bookstore in the US whose staff either cannot read Japanese or is especially lawless. You can find hardcore yaoi next to the “Excel for Beginners” and TBH that’s the world I want to live in.

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IMHO there is no better age verification than being a person who, on their own free time, looks for a book on Excel spreadsheets.

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EssyTheSlug
@essytheslug.bsky.social

🎉 Very excited to announce that Author Sim will be in the #GDoCExpo2026 Steam event starting on Sept. 25. Thank you to @gdocexpo.com for organizing this awesome expo and sale! Hope to see you there! #indiegames #gamedev

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Alicia Haddick/アリシア @ Tokyo International Film Festival
@aliciahaddick.com

I can now, finally, share this: I've wrote a book! And you can order it! Driven by never-before-seen access to his archive of storyboards, props and images and one-on-one interviews, Archive: Shinya Tsukamoto is a deep dive into the creative process of the cult indie director

Lost In Cult@lostincult.co.uk

Over 40 years of cutting edge cinema. Introducing our (Post)[Culture] premiere, Archive: Shinya Tsukamoto 🎞️ 400 pages. Limited extras. Signed by Tsukamoto himself. Only 500 signed copies available! 🔗🔻

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Thank you to everyone who joined last month's @tokyoindies.com, where I got to show off the Family-Friendly Online Art Museum. (thanks to It is now available in the INDIEPOCALYPSE #79 issue. It also includes a special 2-page postmortem on the game, unavailable anywhere else! buff.ly/K8r15j4

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I'll be talking tomorrow night at Spectrum Tokyo's meetup on community-building in design—specifically, on how we can build more resilient communities. #microsolidarity #uxdesign Sign up here: luma.com/r8p03bse

luma.comSpectrum Tokyo Meetup #25 · LumaSpectrum Tokyoは、デザインの新しいトレンドやデザインという概念をより広く捉えるためのプラットフォームで、メディアやイベント、フェスティバルなどを運営しています。 Spectrum Tokyo…
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@illuminesce.net

People ask me what my design process looks like. It’s simple. Step 1: prepare chicken bones Step 2: shake the bag Step 3: throw bones, track ley lines Step 4: open Figma

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adrienne ✨ wishlist Truth Scrapper!!!
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holy shit. gamechanger

leaf corcoran@leafo.itch.io

In the next version of the itch app you can... make your itch games show up in Steam 😅. This has been a long outstanding request that should make it easier to play your itch games without having to change apps on Steam Deck or Big Picture mode

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I think of interfaces like little records of human drama. For every frustration I have about UX or UI, it often boils down to organizational chaos, team miscommunication or thoughtlessness.

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“Why are optional questions marked as required? I just want to book an appointment.” Perhaps design made some wireframes that didn’t have the finalized questions. When new questions were made, it was communicated to the dev and put in as required. Neither talk to each other.

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The examples are speculative but the all examples are ones I’ve encountered. I can’t stop looking at interfaces as these tiny records, wondering, “what happened here?”

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@illuminesce.net

I think of interfaces like little records of human drama. For every frustration I have about UX or UI, it often boils down to organizational chaos, team miscommunication or thoughtlessness.

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@illuminesce.net

“Why does the navigation have so many options? I can’t find what I’m looking for.” Perhaps a designer is trying to get five execs from different teams to agree on a navigation, but since each is responsible for a different part of the site they don’t want to merge.