Betshet
@betshet.bsky.social
Game programmer & designer
Manga & art enthusiast
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Manga & art enthusiast
Banner and pfp by @taplaos.bsky.social
There's one thing I forgot to mention in this review, and that's how alive Riven felt.
Myst was grand and imposing, but also really empty and desolate. Riven, in contrast, almost immediately assaults you with life, animals and culture.
It feels a lot more like a tangible place, which is neat.
Myst was grand and imposing, but also really empty and desolate. Riven, in contrast, almost immediately assaults you with life, animals and culture.
It feels a lot more like a tangible place, which is neat.
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
There's one thing I forgot to mention in this review, and that's how alive Riven felt.
Myst was grand and imposing, but also really empty and desolate. Riven, in contrast, almost immediately assaults you with life, animals and culture.
It feels a lot more like a tangible place, which is neat.
Myst was grand and imposing, but also really empty and desolate. Riven, in contrast, almost immediately assaults you with life, animals and culture.
It feels a lot more like a tangible place, which is neat.
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Exploring the great outdoors
Wanted to paint some plantlife again. Small plants are a big world for the Snifes.
Wanted to paint some plantlife again. Small plants are a big world for the Snifes.
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Exploring the great outdoors
Wanted to paint some plantlife again. Small plants are a big world for the Snifes.
Wanted to paint some plantlife again. Small plants are a big world for the Snifes.
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Playing the Riven remake
There's a lot of great changes and qol added, it feels like a lot of care went into it.
However I am pretty pissed about how they simplified the final puzzle in the golden dome.
This was by far the coolest part of the original game, even if it had some flaws.
1/6
There's a lot of great changes and qol added, it feels like a lot of care went into it.
However I am pretty pissed about how they simplified the final puzzle in the golden dome.
This was by far the coolest part of the original game, even if it had some flaws.
1/6
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Playing the Riven remake
There's a lot of great changes and qol added, it feels like a lot of care went into it.
However I am pretty pissed about how they simplified the final puzzle in the golden dome.
This was by far the coolest part of the original game, even if it had some flaws.
1/6
There's a lot of great changes and qol added, it feels like a lot of care went into it.
However I am pretty pissed about how they simplified the final puzzle in the golden dome.
This was by far the coolest part of the original game, even if it had some flaws.
1/6
Finished Riven (2024)
This is going to be kind of a triple review, where I talk a bit about Myst (1993), Riven (1997) and Riven (2024).
I think it's both useful and necessary to talk about older media in their original context, AND in the context of modern times.
This is going to be kind of a triple review, where I talk a bit about Myst (1993), Riven (1997) and Riven (2024).
I think it's both useful and necessary to talk about older media in their original context, AND in the context of modern times.
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Finished Riven (2024)
This is going to be kind of a triple review, where I talk a bit about Myst (1993), Riven (1997) and Riven (2024).
I think it's both useful and necessary to talk about older media in their original context, AND in the context of modern times.
This is going to be kind of a triple review, where I talk a bit about Myst (1993), Riven (1997) and Riven (2024).
I think it's both useful and necessary to talk about older media in their original context, AND in the context of modern times.
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two's company and three's a party
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
two's company and three's a party
A friend is making me watch Evangelion for the first time.
I've been watching anime all my life, but most of all around 2010-2012, and Eva has always been this ever-present monolith whose shadow has loomed over every other show. Too intimitading to watch but too ingrained in the culture to ignore.
I've been watching anime all my life, but most of all around 2010-2012, and Eva has always been this ever-present monolith whose shadow has loomed over every other show. Too intimitading to watch but too ingrained in the culture to ignore.
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A friend is making me watch Evangelion for the first time.
I've been watching anime all my life, but most of all around 2010-2012, and Eva has always been this ever-present monolith whose shadow has loomed over every other show. Too intimitading to watch but too ingrained in the culture to ignore.
I've been watching anime all my life, but most of all around 2010-2012, and Eva has always been this ever-present monolith whose shadow has loomed over every other show. Too intimitading to watch but too ingrained in the culture to ignore.
Playing the Riven remake
There's a lot of great changes and qol added, it feels like a lot of care went into it.
However I am pretty pissed about how they simplified the final puzzle in the golden dome.
This was by far the coolest part of the original game, even if it had some flaws.
1/6
There's a lot of great changes and qol added, it feels like a lot of care went into it.
However I am pretty pissed about how they simplified the final puzzle in the golden dome.
This was by far the coolest part of the original game, even if it had some flaws.
1/6
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Playing the Riven remake
There's a lot of great changes and qol added, it feels like a lot of care went into it.
However I am pretty pissed about how they simplified the final puzzle in the golden dome.
This was by far the coolest part of the original game, even if it had some flaws.
1/6
There's a lot of great changes and qol added, it feels like a lot of care went into it.
However I am pretty pissed about how they simplified the final puzzle in the golden dome.
This was by far the coolest part of the original game, even if it had some flaws.
1/6
When I was 15, I played Undertale.
I've played video games my whole life, even since I could hold a mouse, and I made small pen and paper games for my friends in school, but Undertale was the first time I went "huh, I guess it's possible for one guy to make a whole game".
I've played video games my whole life, even since I could hold a mouse, and I made small pen and paper games for my friends in school, but Undertale was the first time I went "huh, I guess it's possible for one guy to make a whole game".
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
When I was 15, I played Undertale.
I've played video games my whole life, even since I could hold a mouse, and I made small pen and paper games for my friends in school, but Undertale was the first time I went "huh, I guess it's possible for one guy to make a whole game".
I've played video games my whole life, even since I could hold a mouse, and I made small pen and paper games for my friends in school, but Undertale was the first time I went "huh, I guess it's possible for one guy to make a whole game".
Really want to start doing this review of Silksong but I barely have any free time...
Or actually that's not true at all, the small free time I have is just taken up by LoL Worlds
In other personal news school has been really fun, I'm having a blast
Just wish we had a little more theory lessons
Or actually that's not true at all, the small free time I have is just taken up by LoL Worlds
In other personal news school has been really fun, I'm having a blast
Just wish we had a little more theory lessons
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Really want to start doing this review of Silksong but I barely have any free time...
Or actually that's not true at all, the small free time I have is just taken up by LoL Worlds
In other personal news school has been really fun, I'm having a blast
Just wish we had a little more theory lessons
Or actually that's not true at all, the small free time I have is just taken up by LoL Worlds
In other personal news school has been really fun, I'm having a blast
Just wish we had a little more theory lessons
OneShot is in my top 10 games of all time, I'm really looking forward to this coming out. Please wishlist!
moth guy monday is sponsored by Margin of the Strange, the game I am currently working on, please wishlist it on Steam
store.steampowered.com/app/2949750/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2949750/...
Margin of the Strange on Steam
Margin of the Strange is a gardening-themed mystery-exploration game about the world of human dreams from the developers behind OneShot. Over the course of 6 weeks, Ling seeks to find out more about t...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
OneShot is in my top 10 games of all time, I'm really looking forward to this coming out. Please wishlist!
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I participated in the Cozy Fall Jam 2025 with @arcadepony.bsky.social!
We made Before Winter, a small game about finding acorns and protecting yourself from the cold.
betshet.itch.io/before-winter
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #pixelart #indiegame
We made Before Winter, a small game about finding acorns and protecting yourself from the cold.
betshet.itch.io/before-winter
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #pixelart #indiegame
Before winter by Betshet, 8era, pouny, Jacke, yadiau
Gather acorns before winter without freezing!
betshet.itch.io
October 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I participated in the Cozy Fall Jam 2025 with @arcadepony.bsky.social!
We made Before Winter, a small game about finding acorns and protecting yourself from the cold.
betshet.itch.io/before-winter
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #pixelart #indiegame
We made Before Winter, a small game about finding acorns and protecting yourself from the cold.
betshet.itch.io/before-winter
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #pixelart #indiegame
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BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Here's a breakdown of what it was like to participate in the jam!
The theme was "Lost and Found", so we started the brainstorm as usual, by making an idea cloud to get our creative juices going
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #indiegame #pixelart
The theme was "Lost and Found", so we started the brainstorm as usual, by making an idea cloud to get our creative juices going
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #indiegame #pixelart
October 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Here's a breakdown of what it was like to participate in the jam!
The theme was "Lost and Found", so we started the brainstorm as usual, by making an idea cloud to get our creative juices going
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #indiegame #pixelart
The theme was "Lost and Found", so we started the brainstorm as usual, by making an idea cloud to get our creative juices going
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #indiegame #pixelart
I participated in the Cozy Fall Jam 2025 with @arcadepony.bsky.social!
We made Before Winter, a small game about finding acorns and protecting yourself from the cold.
betshet.itch.io/before-winter
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #pixelart #indiegame
We made Before Winter, a small game about finding acorns and protecting yourself from the cold.
betshet.itch.io/before-winter
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #pixelart #indiegame
Before winter by Betshet, 8era, pouny, Jacke, yadiau
Gather acorns before winter without freezing!
betshet.itch.io
October 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I participated in the Cozy Fall Jam 2025 with @arcadepony.bsky.social!
We made Before Winter, a small game about finding acorns and protecting yourself from the cold.
betshet.itch.io/before-winter
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #pixelart #indiegame
We made Before Winter, a small game about finding acorns and protecting yourself from the cold.
betshet.itch.io/before-winter
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #pixelart #indiegame
I can now honestly say that yes, Silksong IS "8 years in development"-good
Still haven't finished the game quite yet, I'll do a more in-depth review when I do
But I can confidently say that it is one of the best games I've ever played
(now if only there was a pantheon it would be perfect)
Still haven't finished the game quite yet, I'll do a more in-depth review when I do
But I can confidently say that it is one of the best games I've ever played
(now if only there was a pantheon it would be perfect)
Some thoughts about Silksong, now that the hype has passed
It's going to be hard to play this game as itself, divorced from the discourse surrounding it
It's probably gonna be good, but is it 8 years in development good?
Can it be judged fairly without the weight of expectations in the balance?
It's going to be hard to play this game as itself, divorced from the discourse surrounding it
It's probably gonna be good, but is it 8 years in development good?
Can it be judged fairly without the weight of expectations in the balance?
October 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I can now honestly say that yes, Silksong IS "8 years in development"-good
Still haven't finished the game quite yet, I'll do a more in-depth review when I do
But I can confidently say that it is one of the best games I've ever played
(now if only there was a pantheon it would be perfect)
Still haven't finished the game quite yet, I'll do a more in-depth review when I do
But I can confidently say that it is one of the best games I've ever played
(now if only there was a pantheon it would be perfect)
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●展示のお知らせ
「まえだのともだちしやしんてん」
会場:tokinon 50/1,4
1枚目の絵のモデルになった中野の居酒屋さんで、今週からグループ展が開催されています。お店の常連さんたちによる展示で、私は2枚目の作品で参加しております。東京 中野駅より徒歩約5分。11月1日まで。
「まえだのともだちしやしんてん」
会場:tokinon 50/1,4
1枚目の絵のモデルになった中野の居酒屋さんで、今週からグループ展が開催されています。お店の常連さんたちによる展示で、私は2枚目の作品で参加しております。東京 中野駅より徒歩約5分。11月1日まで。
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
●展示のお知らせ
「まえだのともだちしやしんてん」
会場:tokinon 50/1,4
1枚目の絵のモデルになった中野の居酒屋さんで、今週からグループ展が開催されています。お店の常連さんたちによる展示で、私は2枚目の作品で参加しております。東京 中野駅より徒歩約5分。11月1日まで。
「まえだのともだちしやしんてん」
会場:tokinon 50/1,4
1枚目の絵のモデルになった中野の居酒屋さんで、今週からグループ展が開催されています。お店の常連さんたちによる展示で、私は2枚目の作品で参加しております。東京 中野駅より徒歩約5分。11月1日まで。
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Hey bsky! I made a game for my first workshop at GOBELINS Paris, a french art school where I enrolled this year.
I'm doing studying interactive experiences, and this was made by a group of 4 in a week.
The game IS in french, but reading is optional.
#gamedev
betshet.itch.io/charges-a-bloc
I'm doing studying interactive experiences, and this was made by a group of 4 in a week.
The game IS in french, but reading is optional.
#gamedev
betshet.itch.io/charges-a-bloc
Chargés à Bloc by Betshet
Place les blocs sans les faire tomber!
betshet.itch.io
October 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Hey bsky! I made a game for my first workshop at GOBELINS Paris, a french art school where I enrolled this year.
I'm doing studying interactive experiences, and this was made by a group of 4 in a week.
The game IS in french, but reading is optional.
#gamedev
betshet.itch.io/charges-a-bloc
I'm doing studying interactive experiences, and this was made by a group of 4 in a week.
The game IS in french, but reading is optional.
#gamedev
betshet.itch.io/charges-a-bloc
Hey bsky! I made a game for my first workshop at GOBELINS Paris, a french art school where I enrolled this year.
I'm doing studying interactive experiences, and this was made by a group of 4 in a week.
The game IS in french, but reading is optional.
#gamedev
betshet.itch.io/charges-a-bloc
I'm doing studying interactive experiences, and this was made by a group of 4 in a week.
The game IS in french, but reading is optional.
#gamedev
betshet.itch.io/charges-a-bloc
Chargés à Bloc by Betshet
Place les blocs sans les faire tomber!
betshet.itch.io
October 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Hey bsky! I made a game for my first workshop at GOBELINS Paris, a french art school where I enrolled this year.
I'm doing studying interactive experiences, and this was made by a group of 4 in a week.
The game IS in french, but reading is optional.
#gamedev
betshet.itch.io/charges-a-bloc
I'm doing studying interactive experiences, and this was made by a group of 4 in a week.
The game IS in french, but reading is optional.
#gamedev
betshet.itch.io/charges-a-bloc
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