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ariana 🗡✨
@arianamperry.com
🏹 lvl 30 ranger | she/her
🎮 communications director @kakehashigames.com
💼 previous: DreadXP, Armor Games Studios
✏️ wannabe graphic novelist
🇯🇵 日本語を勉強中
💖 enjoyer of dnd, cosplay, swords, and impulse purchases 🏳️‍🌈🗡️

all thoughts my own :^)
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recent gamescom fits cause it's been a bit since i shared any selfies 👋✨
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...Porcupint, we are SO !@&%$. 🧍♂️

Prepare for winding dungeons, beastly bosses, and brave little Anima - Serial World launches on PC in 2026!

Wishlist below! 👇

#indiegames #roguelike #deckbuilding #jrpg #screenshotsaturday
December 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
just a bedtime thought, but it's wild how often people in the gaming industry are not properly credited for their work on games they worked on!

always remember to keep a personal list of your games and contributions so you can vouch for yourself!
December 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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A project I've been so lucky to be involved with this year was something so unbelievably up my alley-- Antonblast! I oversaw putting together the art for the physical edition & even got to make some fun 90s marketing (my happy place). Pls check it out! 💣💥 @fangamer.com @summitsphere.com #antonblast
December 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
i think someone in this room might want a sandwich..
December 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Happy Holidays from all of us at Kitten Cup Studio & Big Blue Sky Games!

Please enjoy some priceless artwork from both of our teams. 🎁🎄⭐
December 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Build your deck, sharpen your skills, and defeat the dungeons! 🤜💥

Mix-and-match hundreds of skill cards to craft your perfect battle strategy in Serial World, the JRPG roguelike deckbuilder!

#indiegames #screenshotsaturday #deckbuilding
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Pretty disappointed in both @humblebundle.com and especially in @girlswhocode.bsky.social. Please teach girls how to code, don't push them into generative AI. That won't build their skills. Prioritize foundational programming skills and awaken their interest. "Tired of long days writing code"???
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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oh my god
December 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Bundle up and get ready to play, the Steam Winter Sale begins today! 🎁☃️

Unwrap a new adventure during winter break with a game from our catalog - up to 60% off!

❄️ Check 'em out: store.steampowered.com/publisher/ka...

(Hot chocolate and cookies not included, but highly recommended.)
December 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out

pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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The wait is over, Punks: THE END is now live on Steam.

And so marks THE END of our major updates for ANTONBLAST.
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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If you want to communicate your idea to an artist all you need is 30 seconds and the basic ability to grip a pen
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Anyone who supports this is an embarrassment. "Instead of typing it out they'll generate their idea"? Are you insane?

Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The thing that makes me feel insane about genAI is that while people are philosophising and splitting hairs and explaining themselves, there's no mention of how it came to exist at all!

It was made by stealing art from artists! Without permission, payment, or credit! It's ethically dead on arrival.
December 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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So look man if we're just gonna be online here watching all these big studios come out and lay down on the tracks about Gen AI going "I have to do this for some reason." then I think it's more important than ever to celebrate games from based devs who are out here openly posting "Nuh uh, fuck that."
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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there being no ethical consumption under capitalism is not an excuse for knowingly consuming something patently unethical
December 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
when Hamtaro ended, i was nine years old and really sad because i wanted it to keep going, so i just started making my own Hamtaro comics about the other adventures they could go on and the life lessons they could learn
With all this awful news going on i wanna ask this question once again to fellow artists and general creatives. What got YOU into art? what sparked that motivation to start writing? what made you wanna pick up a camera and start taking pics? Like share with us your reasons.
December 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Take on countless wacky enemies across eight unique dungeons as you unravel a hometown mystery in Serial World. 🔎🚪

Coming to Steam in 2026! Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2979500/...

#indiegames #wishlistwednesday #roguelike #deckbuilding
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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December 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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EVERYONE GET MORE PASSIONATE AND SELF INDULGENT ABOUT CREATIVITY AND BEING HUMAN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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This has been a long week but I will make a list of 50 indie games that are:

From this awards voting year (Nov 2024 - Nov 2025)
Not covered by the awards show
Deserve your attention
New rule this year: If you post "Play more indie games" during the game awards, you are required to make a thread recommending 50 of them.
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Placeholders from game devs I have worked with:
- Character scribbles on scraps of cardboard
- MS Paint
- Meme stock images
- "something happens here idk but trust me dora"
- Plain black screen with bullet point text
- Draft lineart
- Boss fight that was just "you win the boss fight and move on"
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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CryptidCam doesn't use any generative AI, not even for placeholders. I use good old fashioned copypasta for that
December 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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happy 26th anniversary to Sega AM9's stylish Space Channel 5
December 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM