ari velazquez 🌯
@arivelazquez.com
technical designer @ riffraff.games ◦ pronounced airy ◦ he/him ◦ american gameboy in australia ◦ prev: coreborn, sims 4, dawngate ◦ fka roxaloxa
https://arivelazquez.com ◦ https://clumsywords.blog ◦ discord: roxaloxa
https://arivelazquez.com ◦ https://clumsywords.blog ◦ discord: roxaloxa
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ari velazquez 🌯
@arivelazquez.com
· Oct 18
life's been in the way of shareable work but here's the last thing i was jamming on: recreating Ys Origin in unreal so i can use it as a mechanical base for making my own game on top of it. would really love to come back to this
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #unrealengine5
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #unrealengine5
hi new folk, i'm ari! 10 years in gamedev on shit you haven't heard of and one you definitely have, nowadays i'm a technical designer mainly in unreal and doing contract work and a hundred side projects.
one of my fave side things:
one of my fave side things:
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Quentin Tarantino taught me that sometimes your personal canon of media obsessions has a greater cultural resonance you can leverage to make interesting new stories from remixed ideas and aesthetics but sometimes you're just on cocaine.
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Quentin Tarantino taught me that sometimes your personal canon of media obsessions has a greater cultural resonance you can leverage to make interesting new stories from remixed ideas and aesthetics but sometimes you're just on cocaine.
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Whether you think this game handles it well or not (I think it largely does!) there's SO much to unpack in here about mothers! Daughters! Sisters! Adoption! an entire abortion side quest! Women nurturing and women fighting and women fucking shit up! WE DESERVE MORE WRITING ON THIS.
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Whether you think this game handles it well or not (I think it largely does!) there's SO much to unpack in here about mothers! Daughters! Sisters! Adoption! an entire abortion side quest! Women nurturing and women fighting and women fucking shit up! WE DESERVE MORE WRITING ON THIS.
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Okay sorry I just want to say that it's a pretty clear sign both of how devastated the media landscape is and how hard it has especially hit women that we are not INUNDATED with cool writing at every single outlet about Silksong and WOMEN
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Okay sorry I just want to say that it's a pretty clear sign both of how devastated the media landscape is and how hard it has especially hit women that we are not INUNDATED with cool writing at every single outlet about Silksong and WOMEN
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The Parallels 2025 recording is live! Whether you want to revisit a favourite talk or see the show for the first time, it's available on our channel now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD2a...
🎩🏈💀🃏⬜💐🧚🏠
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD2a...
🎩🏈💀🃏⬜💐🧚🏠
Freeplay Parallels 2025
YouTube video by Freeplay
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The Parallels 2025 recording is live! Whether you want to revisit a favourite talk or see the show for the first time, it's available on our channel now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD2a...
🎩🏈💀🃏⬜💐🧚🏠
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD2a...
🎩🏈💀🃏⬜💐🧚🏠
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(talking on the phone) yes, sir. i believe i've discovered a type of megastructure that isn't brutalist
my boss: destroy all the evidence
my boss: destroy all the evidence
June 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
(talking on the phone) yes, sir. i believe i've discovered a type of megastructure that isn't brutalist
my boss: destroy all the evidence
my boss: destroy all the evidence
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THE GAME IS OUT, I REPEAT, THE GAME IS OUT
Hopefully I squashed all the bugs, hope everyone enjoys it!
store.steampowered.com/app/2980260/...
Hopefully I squashed all the bugs, hope everyone enjoys it!
store.steampowered.com/app/2980260/...
Save 25% on Hypogea on Steam
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
store.steampowered.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
THE GAME IS OUT, I REPEAT, THE GAME IS OUT
Hopefully I squashed all the bugs, hope everyone enjoys it!
store.steampowered.com/app/2980260/...
Hopefully I squashed all the bugs, hope everyone enjoys it!
store.steampowered.com/app/2980260/...
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low polyamory
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
low polyamory
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If anyone feels like supporting an independent Australian videogame website with award-winning work that strictly has no advertising, no sponsored content, no corporate ownership, does not let publishers pay for travel, and discloses every code we get and image we use:
thisweekinvideogames.com
thisweekinvideogames.com
This Week in Videogames - TWIV
Covering the important things happening in the world of videogames. News, reviews, and insights without ads or filler content.
thisweekinvideogames.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If anyone feels like supporting an independent Australian videogame website with award-winning work that strictly has no advertising, no sponsored content, no corporate ownership, does not let publishers pay for travel, and discloses every code we get and image we use:
thisweekinvideogames.com
thisweekinvideogames.com
video fucking games babeyyyyy
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
video fucking games babeyyyyy
love to 𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖙
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
love to 𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖙
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buy our game!
NOW ON STEAM! Chiaroscuro Imago - a short horror game about bugs, faith, and honey. Find out what happened to the moths.
Link below... 🐝📞🍯
Link below... 🐝📞🍯
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
buy our game!
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NOW ON STEAM! Chiaroscuro Imago - a short horror game about bugs, faith, and honey. Find out what happened to the moths.
Link below... 🐝📞🍯
Link below... 🐝📞🍯
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NOW ON STEAM! Chiaroscuro Imago - a short horror game about bugs, faith, and honey. Find out what happened to the moths.
Link below... 🐝📞🍯
Link below... 🐝📞🍯
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mega starmie is one of the most “pokemon” pokemon designs when you realize it’s VERY classic sci fi
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
mega starmie is one of the most “pokemon” pokemon designs when you realize it’s VERY classic sci fi
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warner brothers trickster figures explained
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
warner brothers trickster figures explained
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My level editor for Unreal Engine called Scythe just got a new major update! Here's what's in it: 🧵 (1/)
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My level editor for Unreal Engine called Scythe just got a new major update! Here's what's in it: 🧵 (1/)
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Nothing but gratitude for all those helping us get the word out! Thank you @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social and everyone else who has helped spread the message. 💙
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Nothing but gratitude for all those helping us get the word out! Thank you @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social and everyone else who has helped spread the message. 💙
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A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
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You've yucked my yum for the last time, Batman!
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
You've yucked my yum for the last time, Batman!
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
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Creator of ‘Breaking Bad’, Vince Gilligan on AI "I think they're selling a bag of vapor"
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Creator of ‘Breaking Bad’, Vince Gilligan on AI "I think they're selling a bag of vapor"
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OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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did you know the Mountain Goats have a new album out today and you can buy it or stream it and dance to it in your living room or while driving or on the subway and it's a whole vibe? well now you know that 30tgrs.ffm.to/ttfafpb
The Mountain Goats - Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan
Choose your preferred music service
30tgrs.ffm.to
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
did you know the Mountain Goats have a new album out today and you can buy it or stream it and dance to it in your living room or while driving or on the subway and it's a whole vibe? well now you know that 30tgrs.ffm.to/ttfafpb
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perhaps the most egregious thing that happened with the Future Class was when The Game Awards took money from Old Spice in the name of the FC & simply... pocketed it
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
perhaps the most egregious thing that happened with the Future Class was when The Game Awards took money from Old Spice in the name of the FC & simply... pocketed it
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us