Pixel Grotto

Pixel Grotto

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Jeremy • Making TTRPGs with @threesailsstudios.bsky.social • Writing guides for @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social • pixelgrotto.carrd.co

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A simple creature design based on emojis my friend gave me, a very fun little challenge! 🕸️ a lil beetroot spider friend #fantasyart #creaturedesign #digitalart

Considering that Sonic Chronicles indirectly caused Ken Penders to go nuclear and set into motion the events that nuked the Archie Sonic comic, it's not the only thing that BioWare shut down as far as blue hedgehogs are concerned

Rosarie Maria🦐@fatamorgana.bsky.social

I’m not as invested in BioWare’s catalogue as others but I deeply feel for the workers and fans right now. Reminds me of how Sierra On-Line got shuttered thanks to mismanagement and parent company cruelty in the late ‘90s. Decades of story-based gaming history just shuffled away like it’s nothing.

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The Hero and Dog from "Secret of Evermore". I added them to spite some asshole that was rudely demanding "Secret of Mana" reps. I actually had an idea to make it so that depending on the stage, the dog switches to one of his 4 forms and each one played differently. Was sad to see this one go.

Sword World the actual game is good though; I love zone based combat. Also their depiction of a grid system where I don't have to look at top-down circular tokens is up my alley 100% Just a shame the system is surrounded by a bajillion campaign knick-knacks to drum up artifical hype

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this is one thing where it's gonna be hard for people doing this by hand to continue to derive meaning from AI is just automatically "solving" problems people have been working on in teams for years in a matter of hours + barging into open source repositories & stealing / "helping" their work

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social

A video game reverse engineering community has shut down because many games can now be trivially reverse engineered and decompiled with AI: "The community aspect of decompilation has been broken." www.404media.co/video-game-r...

Belmont's Curse is out this week. I'm writing guides for it behind the scenes, and I'll say for now is that it's a top 5 Castlevania and probably my fave modern Metroidvania alongside Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. (sorry Silksong, I didn't like you as much as everyone else)

Love it when a new Castlevania releases. It's always the same shit: Classicvania uncs arguing with Metroidvania fanboys arguing with Netflix newbies arguing with people who miss IGA Ever since the days of The Castlevania Dungeon, this fanbase has been truly wretched. A miserable pile of secrets!

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What can you say? This was the definite winner they will never top. Also one of the best things I've seen at any PRGE #PRGE #PRGE2026

Been working hard on this for the last several months. Writing, lorekeeping, co-ordinating with some very talented freelancers, and new rules development. More to come, more to come!

Three Sails Studios@threesailsstudios.bsky.social

The sea never rests. It's time for some MAPPA MUNDI: ISLANDS AND OCEANS reveals! Let's take a look at The Éirtain Archipelago! (You can follow Islands and Oceans on Kickstarter by following this link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thr...)

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Cover art for the forthcoming "The Rising Wake" adventure path by Runehammer Games. Artwork sized "11.7. x "16.5 / 29.7cm x 42cm. Acrylic on artboard Publishing copyright Runehammer Games.

Accurate. The Japanese student in me is amused at how へ is now causing this vast topic of contention in games media Mistranslation aside, though, I'm certain Capcom's utilising LLMs behind the scenes in some capacity. This is the company that made Mega Man X NFTs, after all.

John Linneman@dark1x.bsky.social

EG fell for it too. :( The Capcom presentation contains a slide with "AI世代のゲームエンジンへ" - the article omits the "へ", for one, but the issue is that while 世代 means 'generation', it's in the 'console generation' sense, not like GenAI. Without へ, translation software gets it totally wrong.

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Quick story: Oates was my creative writing teacher in university, and reviewed a short story I wrote about a "superhero" who thought he was a member of the Justice League, but was actually hallucinating and in a psychiatric hospital. (This was in 2008 or '09; I wouldn't write the same twist today.)

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She told me she disliked the story until the twist, which she loved. She also said she was familiar with Hellboy (?!) Anyway, consigning "formulaic" fiction to AI limits the subversion, originality, curveballs, and all she stuff that she herself likes. A very poor, elitist take from her.

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Only 24 hours until the end of the campaign! Be sure to back (or tag friends you know would be interested) before it's too late!

The Neon Caster 🎙 Tabletop Vtuber@theneoncaster.bsky.social

It's our final week of the crowfunding campaign for City of Espers so don't miss out! City of Espers is a card-based TTRPG about found family, having a chat with the city itself, and using psychic powers to chase out comically evil property developers. Back it now! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

A great game and a mediation on death, life beyond death, and friendship (with ghosts!). Also a one-man-band effort by my friend Paul who lives and breathes adventure games like few other can. Check it out if you haven't already

The Phantom Fellows@thephantomfellows.bsky.social

Two years ago today The Phantom Fellows was released! THANK YOU to everyone who has played, streamed, reviewed, shared or supported the game over the last two years! store.steampowered.com/.../The_Phan...

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Resident Evil (2026) is a fun movie. More comedic than scary, and has the most cohesive story within the film franchise. #Residentevil

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Lur did beautiful work for CITY OF ESPERS, and this is my favourite of all that she did!

Lur Noise@lurnoise.bsky.social

Sparked; or, The Sprouting of a Power Latent. Another of my illustrations for the City of Espers TTRPG. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

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CITY OF ESPERS just hit 500 backers on Backerkit, which feels like a milestone worth marking! Quinns wrote about it, and celebrated it, so why don't you go check it out too? www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

backerkit.comCity of Espers - A Psychic-Powered Urban Action TTRPGCity of Espers is a psychic-powered urban action TTRPG for 2 to 4 players and a Game Master. Play as a group of psychics connecting to the city they live in through high-energy battles and melodrama.
Quinns@itsquinns.bsky.social

Rounding out my Summer Reading posts on Quinns Quest with an absolutely electric final brace of releases. I've been reading Infinite Revolution, City of Espers, Asher's Ridge and Girlframe. They are all SO GOOD. www.patreon.com/qquest/posts...

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CITY OF ESPERS gets covered in @itsquinns.bsky.social final Summer Reading post over on Patreon! Not only is a lot of love shown for @theneoncaster.bsky.social's incredible design work, but my one of my own contributions, Joyous Gard, the Turf for the House of Avalon, gets a turn in the spotlight!

Quinns@itsquinns.bsky.social

Rounding out my Summer Reading posts on Quinns Quest with an absolutely electric final brace of releases. I've been reading Infinite Revolution, City of Espers, Asher's Ridge and Girlframe. They are all SO GOOD. www.patreon.com/qquest/posts...

This project is pretty ghatdang cool. I have played many things that were supposed to emulate the feel of Resident Evil in TTRPG form, but nothing quite like this. And if "Ink Ribbon" isn't the perfect title for a project of this caliber, I don't know what is!

Old Oak Games | Emmet (he/him)@oldoakgames.bsky.social

And WE'RE LIVE! Ink Ribbon, our survival horror #TTRPG, is now live on Backerkit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...

Final week for this awesome game that has just broken £20,000! Get out there and fulfill your technicolour anime dreams

The Neon Caster 🎙 Tabletop Vtuber@theneoncaster.bsky.social

It's our final week of the crowfunding campaign for City of Espers so don't miss out! City of Espers is a card-based TTRPG about found family, having a chat with the city itself, and using psychic powers to chase out comically evil property developers. Back it now! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

The Blood of Dawnwalker is grand, even though far too many of its quests force you into combat that doesn't have enough depth to sustain itself over time. But when the game does stuff well, it really excels. Also, extra points for featuring Central Asians in a tale set in 1300s Eastern Europe!

pixelgrotto.tumblr.comShed Less Blood, DawnwalkerThe Blood of Dawnwalker has gotten some high-praise reviews since it came out, and deservedly so. Made by ex-CD Projekt Red devs, it is very much "The Witcher-lite," though there are a host of good,...

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As a kid, my fave side mission in Link’s Awakening was the ghost following you who wanted to see its old house, only to feel sad and ask to be taken to its grave. It’s so bittersweet! ❤️

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Verdant Kraken for Magic the Gathering; Reality Fracture. Artwork sized "11.7. x "14.9 / 29cm x 38cm. Acrylic on artboard (Board size "11.7. x "16.5 / 29cm x 42cm) Art editor Zack Stella. Publishing copyright Wizards of the Coast.

Another pixel art mockup I made ages ago to celebrate my first ever D&D campaign. Edited the character sprites from Final Fantasy V; compiled the rest from other games. The wolf is a Twilight Princess custom sprite; I don't recall the creator, alas Fond memories! Shout out to Malte, our intrepid DM