Omni Jacala
@artsyomni.com
2d/3d artist, designer, Drizzle Games co-founder. Indie dev on Gutsy the Guinea Pig & new games. Curiomatic co-founder. Chronic whistler. Physically incapable of tl;dr.
Is there a list out there of songs/melodies/tunes that can be played on OoT's ocarina? Preferably one that specifies if the tune requires the analog stick.
January 26, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Is there a list out there of songs/melodies/tunes that can be played on OoT's ocarina? Preferably one that specifies if the tune requires the analog stick.
Question for my #gamedev people out there: Have you found that working on games has generally made you more forgiving or less forgiving of flaws in the games you play?
January 18, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Question for my #gamedev people out there: Have you found that working on games has generally made you more forgiving or less forgiving of flaws in the games you play?
I doodled this back in June of last year but never finished it. Now I wish I had. =P the file is called "missing babies." Now there's only one left!
January 10, 2026 at 4:15 AM
I doodled this back in June of last year but never finished it. Now I wish I had. =P the file is called "missing babies." Now there's only one left!
Question for game devs out there: what software do you like to use to diagram your UX flows?
I've just been manually making diagrams in Illustrator, but I'd be interested to learn some more efficient workflows.
#gamedev #gamedesign
I've just been manually making diagrams in Illustrator, but I'd be interested to learn some more efficient workflows.
#gamedev #gamedesign
January 6, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Question for game devs out there: what software do you like to use to diagram your UX flows?
I've just been manually making diagrams in Illustrator, but I'd be interested to learn some more efficient workflows.
#gamedev #gamedesign
I've just been manually making diagrams in Illustrator, but I'd be interested to learn some more efficient workflows.
#gamedev #gamedesign
I don't know that I remember a time in my life where I wasn't making art in some form. I've been drawing since I was a small child. But Sonic the Hedgehog got me into making *digital* art, specifically. Started by editing Sonic Advance sprites in MSPaint.
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 9:10 PM
I don't know that I remember a time in my life where I wasn't making art in some form. I've been drawing since I was a small child. But Sonic the Hedgehog got me into making *digital* art, specifically. Started by editing Sonic Advance sprites in MSPaint.
Curiosity question:
In the future (presuming you can afford it), would you be willing to pay higher prices for physical or digital products/services that are handmade/human-made over functionally equivalent products that are mass-produced or produced using AI?
In the future (presuming you can afford it), would you be willing to pay higher prices for physical or digital products/services that are handmade/human-made over functionally equivalent products that are mass-produced or produced using AI?
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Curiosity question:
In the future (presuming you can afford it), would you be willing to pay higher prices for physical or digital products/services that are handmade/human-made over functionally equivalent products that are mass-produced or produced using AI?
In the future (presuming you can afford it), would you be willing to pay higher prices for physical or digital products/services that are handmade/human-made over functionally equivalent products that are mass-produced or produced using AI?
I had a convo with my girlfriend about the topic of video games as art, and I'm curious: do you think all video games fall under the category of art, or does it depend on the game?
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I had a convo with my girlfriend about the topic of video games as art, and I'm curious: do you think all video games fall under the category of art, or does it depend on the game?
Mario Galaxy Movie prediction: Bowser Jr. will use the shooting stars of the star festival as cover to break his dad out of prison. Bowser doesn't know he exists. Initially, Bowser will be very aloof/neglect his responsibility as a father, but the two will grow close over the course of the film.
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Mario Galaxy Movie prediction: Bowser Jr. will use the shooting stars of the star festival as cover to break his dad out of prison. Bowser doesn't know he exists. Initially, Bowser will be very aloof/neglect his responsibility as a father, but the two will grow close over the course of the film.
Dear Australians: does "Melbourne" rhyme with "gel burn?"
I see some Americans go out of their way to pronounce it as "mel-bin" in an effort to avoid saying it as "mel-born," but it comes across as just trying to do an Australian accent for one word in a sentence.
I see some Americans go out of their way to pronounce it as "mel-bin" in an effort to avoid saying it as "mel-born," but it comes across as just trying to do an Australian accent for one word in a sentence.
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Dear Australians: does "Melbourne" rhyme with "gel burn?"
I see some Americans go out of their way to pronounce it as "mel-bin" in an effort to avoid saying it as "mel-born," but it comes across as just trying to do an Australian accent for one word in a sentence.
I see some Americans go out of their way to pronounce it as "mel-bin" in an effort to avoid saying it as "mel-born," but it comes across as just trying to do an Australian accent for one word in a sentence.
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Some old advice about starting big projects (game translation projects in my case, but a lot of it is probably universal)
#gametranslation
#gametranslation
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Some old advice about starting big projects (game translation projects in my case, but a lot of it is probably universal)
#gametranslation
#gametranslation
There's no way it's not Pikmin-related (sound on).
October 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
There's no way it's not Pikmin-related (sound on).
I don't play Pokemon games, and I don't have any interest in either of these games. But Palfarm looks like somebody dropped their Pokemon toys all over somebody's backyard garden in a GTA game. Pokopia's art style is so much more appealing, despite how derivative it is.
September 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I don't play Pokemon games, and I don't have any interest in either of these games. But Palfarm looks like somebody dropped their Pokemon toys all over somebody's backyard garden in a GTA game. Pokopia's art style is so much more appealing, despite how derivative it is.
Somebody take Splatoon away from me. For some inexplicable reason, I care what my series weapon power is on the one weapon I use, and overwhelmingly the game just causes me frustration. T_T
September 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Somebody take Splatoon away from me. For some inexplicable reason, I care what my series weapon power is on the one weapon I use, and overwhelmingly the game just causes me frustration. T_T
It's such a weird interaction when you say a thing online, somebody says "um actually," and then you calmly point out how they're mistaken and they block you. 🙃
September 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
It's such a weird interaction when you say a thing online, somebody says "um actually," and then you calmly point out how they're mistaken and they block you. 🙃
Splatoon 3 weapon power in a nutshell:
Hardest fought victory of your life? Here's a measly 2 pts.
Enemy team steamrolled you? That'll be -30 pts. You're welcome.
Hardest fought victory of your life? Here's a measly 2 pts.
Enemy team steamrolled you? That'll be -30 pts. You're welcome.
September 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Splatoon 3 weapon power in a nutshell:
Hardest fought victory of your life? Here's a measly 2 pts.
Enemy team steamrolled you? That'll be -30 pts. You're welcome.
Hardest fought victory of your life? Here's a measly 2 pts.
Enemy team steamrolled you? That'll be -30 pts. You're welcome.
I curse the devs of Splatoon for adding series weapon power to the game and giving me a metric by which to measure my self worth as a player.
September 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I curse the devs of Splatoon for adding series weapon power to the game and giving me a metric by which to measure my self worth as a player.
I know it's early to be thinking about Splatoon 4, but here's one hope I have: It'd be cool if every band had their own version of Now or Never. So when a battle features music by a particular band, their version of Now or Never is used for the final minute of Turf War.
August 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I know it's early to be thinking about Splatoon 4, but here's one hope I have: It'd be cool if every band had their own version of Now or Never. So when a battle features music by a particular band, their version of Now or Never is used for the final minute of Turf War.
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NEW VIDEO!
I played the recently-released Nintendo Switch 2 game, Drag x Drive, alongside @cmm1215.bsky.social @artsyomni.com @alecandstuff.bsky.social @platinumrhythm.bsky.social & @realchickendog.bsky.social , and we actually had a lot of fun!
Enjoy!
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK60...
I played the recently-released Nintendo Switch 2 game, Drag x Drive, alongside @cmm1215.bsky.social @artsyomni.com @alecandstuff.bsky.social @platinumrhythm.bsky.social & @realchickendog.bsky.social , and we actually had a lot of fun!
Enjoy!
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK60...
August 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW VIDEO!
I played the recently-released Nintendo Switch 2 game, Drag x Drive, alongside @cmm1215.bsky.social @artsyomni.com @alecandstuff.bsky.social @platinumrhythm.bsky.social & @realchickendog.bsky.social , and we actually had a lot of fun!
Enjoy!
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK60...
I played the recently-released Nintendo Switch 2 game, Drag x Drive, alongside @cmm1215.bsky.social @artsyomni.com @alecandstuff.bsky.social @platinumrhythm.bsky.social & @realchickendog.bsky.social , and we actually had a lot of fun!
Enjoy!
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK60...
I'm flabbergasted that I was just blocked by somebody who got mad at me for voicing a concern that a game I'm interested in playing might not be able to sustain a player base. The internet is something else. 🙃
August 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I'm flabbergasted that I was just blocked by somebody who got mad at me for voicing a concern that a game I'm interested in playing might not be able to sustain a player base. The internet is something else. 🙃
Kirby Air Riders is such a peculiar game, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. On one hand, it's very similar to Air Ride, so people who liked the original will probably also like this. But on the other hand, it seems to make no attempt to broaden its audience.
August 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Kirby Air Riders is such a peculiar game, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. On one hand, it's very similar to Air Ride, so people who liked the original will probably also like this. But on the other hand, it seems to make no attempt to broaden its audience.
Drag x Drive really does a number on my shoulders, but I don't care what people say: the game is fun, and I'm apparently squarely in the niche of people it appeals to.
August 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Drag x Drive really does a number on my shoulders, but I don't care what people say: the game is fun, and I'm apparently squarely in the niche of people it appeals to.
So I think Drag x Drive is actually a lot of fun to play. And it also has a really high skill barrier. Like... you need a lot of dexterity to be any good at this game. o_o
August 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
So I think Drag x Drive is actually a lot of fun to play. And it also has a really high skill barrier. Like... you need a lot of dexterity to be any good at this game. o_o
Idea for #Blender3D (that may already exist): a way to blend between two shape keys using a brush, a little bit like the multires eraser in sculpt mode, but that interpolates between the two shape key vertex positions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Idea for #Blender3D (that may already exist): a way to blend between two shape keys using a brush, a little bit like the multires eraser in sculpt mode, but that interpolates between the two shape key vertex positions.
I still have very little confidence in the Zelda movie, but at least they got the ages of the characters in the right ballpark. Link being young (and younger than Zelda) is what I would actually want
July 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I still have very little confidence in the Zelda movie, but at least they got the ages of the characters in the right ballpark. Link being young (and younger than Zelda) is what I would actually want
Somehow I convinced myself that playing splatfest solo isn't miserable.
July 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Somehow I convinced myself that playing splatfest solo isn't miserable.