Dana Nightingale 🏳️⚧️
@danaenight.bsky.social
Transfemme neurodivergent immigrant, author of queer science fiction, director of level design at Arkane Lyon, & frequent conference lecturer / panelist.
Gay as hell
she/her 🏳️⚧️
Anti-authoritarian Leftist 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 BLM
Unionized
Gay as hell
she/her 🏳️⚧️
Anti-authoritarian Leftist 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 BLM
Unionized
Pinned
📌'd post
Currently writing queer speculative fiction novels and doing level & campaign design direction on Arkane Lyon's next game. I've done LD work on every Dishonored and given lectures or panels at 16 games industry events. I make great coffee. Also, very gay.
Currently writing queer speculative fiction novels and doing level & campaign design direction on Arkane Lyon's next game. I've done LD work on every Dishonored and given lectures or panels at 16 games industry events. I make great coffee. Also, very gay.
The touch of human hands, hearts, and minds
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The touch of human hands, hearts, and minds
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my sweet creature..
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
my sweet creature..
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Hey all you gamers claiming to "want shorter games made by fewer people who are paid more to work less" here's your chance to put your $15 where your mouth is: a spooky & elegiac exploration game made by ex-Bethesda & Ubi devs. It's excellent. Buy it & prove there's a market for games like this!
There'll be a new pinned post this week, but for now: Ambrosia Sky: Act One is *out* now!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
EGS: store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
EGS: store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
Save 15% on Ambrosia Sky on Steam
You left. Now they’re dead. Ambrosia Sky: Act One is an immersive sim about exploring an asteroid colony devastated by a mysterious contamination. Survive and harvest strains of aggressive alien fungi...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Hey all you gamers claiming to "want shorter games made by fewer people who are paid more to work less" here's your chance to put your $15 where your mouth is: a spooky & elegiac exploration game made by ex-Bethesda & Ubi devs. It's excellent. Buy it & prove there's a market for games like this!
Sheam wants revenge, gets him at her mercy, decides with her girlfriend, "revenge is great actually," kills him, and then never thinks about him ever again.
How does your MC feel about revenge? Is there anybody they want to take out? Do they think it would be satisfactory? #WritingPrompt
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Sheam wants revenge, gets him at her mercy, decides with her girlfriend, "revenge is great actually," kills him, and then never thinks about him ever again.
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hey if you wanna help a girl out and there's an indie title you think is really worth playing, please reply to the form below :)
Favorite Hidden Gems
Hi! I'm looking for you to give me your favorite hidden gems of 2025. Please make sure that the game you are submitting is from the month designated below, because things will otherwise get very muddl...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
hey if you wanna help a girl out and there's an indie title you think is really worth playing, please reply to the form below :)
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Novel 2's going well
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Novel 2's going well
Novel 2's going well
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Novel 2's going well
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why the game got delayed
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
why the game got delayed
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My main life goal from this day forward is to never ever be closer than 1000 miles away from this thing
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
My main life goal from this day forward is to never ever be closer than 1000 miles away from this thing
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SAVOIR FAIRE [Challenging: Failure]
![the Boston Steel slide with a Disco Elysium interface overlay:
PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT Ten meters of polished steel, baby. Your mind races at the thought of conquering this this children's play equipment. Take the plunge. Go down that slide.
SAVOIR FAIRE [Trivial: Failure]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4gfg7lhcz32br6n6u5f3vbao/bafkreic7xzbyih3cigpnbkljdbq3zs6wpmn6jd3lup2z4yxiisucytbw4y@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
SAVOIR FAIRE [Challenging: Failure]
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Been a while since i shared my trans & non binary starter pack
Help out by reposting to give some creators and businesses a boost 💙
Trans people are doing it tough so this helps lots
go.bsky.app/4DUhFUd
Help out by reposting to give some creators and businesses a boost 💙
Trans people are doing it tough so this helps lots
go.bsky.app/4DUhFUd
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Been a while since i shared my trans & non binary starter pack
Help out by reposting to give some creators and businesses a boost 💙
Trans people are doing it tough so this helps lots
go.bsky.app/4DUhFUd
Help out by reposting to give some creators and businesses a boost 💙
Trans people are doing it tough so this helps lots
go.bsky.app/4DUhFUd
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Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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He was a chimera of my true self, things forced upon me, and lies told to merely survive.
He's been shattered with all that was false turned into soil and fertilizer to allow the truths to take root, grow, bloom, flourish.
I lay claim to his entirety.
He's been shattered with all that was false turned into soil and fertilizer to allow the truths to take root, grow, bloom, flourish.
I lay claim to his entirety.
How do you explain what happened to your past self once you transitioned?
Are they dead? Alive within you? Never alive in the first place? Or something else entirely?
Are they dead? Alive within you? Never alive in the first place? Or something else entirely?
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
He was a chimera of my true self, things forced upon me, and lies told to merely survive.
He's been shattered with all that was false turned into soil and fertilizer to allow the truths to take root, grow, bloom, flourish.
I lay claim to his entirety.
He's been shattered with all that was false turned into soil and fertilizer to allow the truths to take root, grow, bloom, flourish.
I lay claim to his entirety.
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Being an author is being a creator being
You can just make a person
And decide to make them wrong
In all the ways that will hurt
And then ask a reader to love them like you do
You can just make a person
And decide to make them wrong
In all the ways that will hurt
And then ask a reader to love them like you do
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Being an author is being a creator being
You can just make a person
And decide to make them wrong
In all the ways that will hurt
And then ask a reader to love them like you do
You can just make a person
And decide to make them wrong
In all the ways that will hurt
And then ask a reader to love them like you do
He was a chimera of my true self, things forced upon me, and lies told to merely survive.
He's been shattered with all that was false turned into soil and fertilizer to allow the truths to take root, grow, bloom, flourish.
I lay claim to his entirety.
He's been shattered with all that was false turned into soil and fertilizer to allow the truths to take root, grow, bloom, flourish.
I lay claim to his entirety.
How do you explain what happened to your past self once you transitioned?
Are they dead? Alive within you? Never alive in the first place? Or something else entirely?
Are they dead? Alive within you? Never alive in the first place? Or something else entirely?
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
He was a chimera of my true self, things forced upon me, and lies told to merely survive.
He's been shattered with all that was false turned into soil and fertilizer to allow the truths to take root, grow, bloom, flourish.
I lay claim to his entirety.
He's been shattered with all that was false turned into soil and fertilizer to allow the truths to take root, grow, bloom, flourish.
I lay claim to his entirety.
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succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
Being an author is being a creator being
You can just make a person
And decide to make them wrong
In all the ways that will hurt
And then ask a reader to love them like you do
You can just make a person
And decide to make them wrong
In all the ways that will hurt
And then ask a reader to love them like you do
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Being an author is being a creator being
You can just make a person
And decide to make them wrong
In all the ways that will hurt
And then ask a reader to love them like you do
You can just make a person
And decide to make them wrong
In all the ways that will hurt
And then ask a reader to love them like you do
I'm all 🥹 thinking about any way me talking about my mental health journey has helped other people
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I'm all 🥹 thinking about any way me talking about my mental health journey has helped other people
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Another day of me thinking of those 2 diagrams tbh. They live rent free in my brain. Thank you so much Dana.
It's one thing to understand it. It's another to internalize it.
I've been getting a lot of help with both recently. 😌
(Diagrams by me because diagraming & documenting is a critical part of my internalization process.)
I've been getting a lot of help with both recently. 😌
(Diagrams by me because diagraming & documenting is a critical part of my internalization process.)
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Another day of me thinking of those 2 diagrams tbh. They live rent free in my brain. Thank you so much Dana.
She was a neurotic edge-lord with trauma-induced memory loss
She was a hot-headed ship captain who was sure her reckless decisions would never catch up with her
She was a burnt-out ex-officer who reluctantly took one last merc job
Together, they're the messy lesbian protagonists of my next novel
She was a hot-headed ship captain who was sure her reckless decisions would never catch up with her
She was a burnt-out ex-officer who reluctantly took one last merc job
Together, they're the messy lesbian protagonists of my next novel
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
She was a neurotic edge-lord with trauma-induced memory loss
She was a hot-headed ship captain who was sure her reckless decisions would never catch up with her
She was a burnt-out ex-officer who reluctantly took one last merc job
Together, they're the messy lesbian protagonists of my next novel
She was a hot-headed ship captain who was sure her reckless decisions would never catch up with her
She was a burnt-out ex-officer who reluctantly took one last merc job
Together, they're the messy lesbian protagonists of my next novel
My therapist asked if they could keep these images and share them with other clients. I said yes.
Fuck yeah.
Fuck yeah.
It's one thing to understand it. It's another to internalize it.
I've been getting a lot of help with both recently. 😌
(Diagrams by me because diagraming & documenting is a critical part of my internalization process.)
I've been getting a lot of help with both recently. 😌
(Diagrams by me because diagraming & documenting is a critical part of my internalization process.)
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
My therapist asked if they could keep these images and share them with other clients. I said yes.
Fuck yeah.
Fuck yeah.
It's a good day to be an aloof wife
I could be someone's aloof wife quietly doing their campaign design from behind the scenes.
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
It's a good day to be an aloof wife
suddenly inspired to listen to the Mirror's Edge soundtrack
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
suddenly inspired to listen to the Mirror's Edge soundtrack
Good news feels so good right now
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Good news feels so good right now