Zephyr

Zephyr

@lolbatz.itch.io

25 y/o - he/they 🏳️‍⚧️ Artist, Animator, Game Dev FIGHT ME ON ARTFIGHT! https://lolbatz.carrd.co/

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"Play" is the wonderful thing that humans create out of rules and imagination!! 🩷🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

Amanda Laven@alavenmusic.bsky.social

Game development is at the intersection of logic and creativity. Games are software - their functions are logically driven and making them is highly technical. Games are art - they evoke emotional reactions and aesthetics are a big part of the experience. That's why I love working on games.

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Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development

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meow another attack for gamecube on their character rocko!!! -- #artfight #artfight2026 #teammystery #pikachu #pokeoc #pokemon # art #pokemonart #fanart

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attack for my longtime bestie ghoulpixels on their character cloud!! (ft. jjoongramoui) --- #art #artfight #artfight2026 #furry #feral #fursona #furryoc #itemlabel #ouioui

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attack for crystee on their character kia!!! lil space pupperrrrr --- #art #artfight #artfight2026 #teammystery #dog #doggo #space #canine #dogoc #background #furry #fursona #furryoc

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Replying to @unity.com

#MadeWithUnity Nominees - Best Student Game: 🏆 BubbleBeast DigiDungeon 🏆 Kiloton 🏆 Poco 🏆 Sip Fisher 🏆 SPRKLS.exe

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it's wild, this is also what pushed me into indie dev. if nobody's hiring and all I can do is improve my portfolio... why not make cool stuff that I like? whoops I'm an indie dev now

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THEY DESERVE IT SO MUCH!!!!! Absolutely gorgeous game it has so much charm to it, I can't wait to get home and give it a full playthrough!!!

GDC Festival of Gaming@officialgdc.bsky.social

Winner for Best Student Game – Poco | Developer – Whalefall | Publisher – Michael Boursier #IGF2026

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Replying to @gdc-ai-horseshit.bsky.social

And now, another set of numbers, from the 2026 State of the Game Industry! Boo to the naysayers! Horseshit is inevitable! It is a foregone conclusion! Boo, we say! #gdc #gdc2026 #2026festivalofgaming

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The execs at GDC next week will try to convince you that Generative AI in games is a foregone conclusion. They will try to tell you that it's already everywhere, so why fight it? They will try to tell you that everyone's already using it, so you should too. They are lying. #gdc #GDC2026

AI Horseshit In Games@gdc-ai-horseshit.bsky.social

Let's amuse-bouche the upcoming horseshit with some refreshing numbers. Let's start with this set, from the 2025 State of the Game Industry! Hurrah, business! Hurrah! #gdc #gdc2026

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In the past few days many talented Writers + Narrative Designers from across our industry have been sharing their involvement in The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope project - 100+ essays all exploring the art and craft of game narrative, organised by Jon Ingold. 1/4

This is the gaming world I graduated into, a fresh little summer sausage eager to make games with the big girls, and I'm still trying to figure out where to go from here. Back to the books?

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Feeling utterly miserable at the state of the game dev industry, but then being reminded of the community, of how much devs enjoy sharing free and open source tools and resources with each other... It helps me find some hope

pikachu plushie makes it all okay #furry #furryart #fursona #lolbatz #pikachu #pokemon #plushie #emo #art #oc

I always feel this twinge of disgust when I post my art on platforms that support generative AI, like deviantArt (rest in peace) and Instagram. So, fuck it, I'm not doing it anymore, I don't care if having an insta makes my art "readily accessible" it's a shit platform that betrays my values

I also hate what Instagram does to artists: Forcing them to feed the algorithm, produce as much content as physically possible every day, and shoving ads and attention-rotting content down viewers' throats... I just hate it so much, it's a shame that so many artists rely on it. It's not worth it

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Today's feature artist/reference for is this BEAUTIFUL rock set by @ZestyDoesThings! LOVE how this shows that NO MATTER WHAT your subject, you can achieve a MASSIVE range of designs by thinking about FORM, SILHOUETTE and VARIATON! INSPIRING! #gamedev #animationdev #conceptart