DDRKirby(ISQ)
@ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social
Game Developer, 9-bit Chiptune Producer
Currently making Rhythm Quest, a chiptune music game.
he/him/she/her all OK!
Currently making Rhythm Quest, a chiptune music game.
he/him/she/her all OK!
Like sure it's "cool" that I see a bunch of walls decorated with bells where Bellhart is on the other side, but that doesn't really do anything to make me remember where the actual connection to Bellhart is
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Like sure it's "cool" that I see a bunch of walls decorated with bells where Bellhart is on the other side, but that doesn't really do anything to make me remember where the actual connection to Bellhart is
Someone pointed out to me that these areas look the same because Silksong is made for areas to "bleed" into each other, so you see the design of adjacent areas. Which I think makes sense near the transition points but not as much for random places like this?
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Someone pointed out to me that these areas look the same because Silksong is made for areas to "bleed" into each other, so you see the design of adjacent areas. Which I think makes sense near the transition points but not as much for random places like this?
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Monthly free album release for the month of October 2025, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
Monthly free album release for the month of October 2025, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Monthly free album release for the month of October 2025, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
Monthly free album release for the month of October 2025, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
Except "them" is actually "the AI we used to serve you a bajillion songs"
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Except "them" is actually "the AI we used to serve you a bajillion songs"
"Great point. With the proliferation of *checks notes* carefully crafted music on Spotify, our subscription service now provides a limitless feed of content, so we've decided to increase our prices to make sure we-- *cough*...to make sure =your= favorite artists are paid appropriately..."
October 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"Great point. With the proliferation of *checks notes* carefully crafted music on Spotify, our subscription service now provides a limitless feed of content, so we've decided to increase our prices to make sure we-- *cough*...to make sure =your= favorite artists are paid appropriately..."
Video content can endure forever...or until a random Content ID flag hits it
October 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Video content can endure forever...or until a random Content ID flag hits it
I know I don't usually post stuff like this but this comes with the support and behest of a highly trusted friend. Pitch in a bit, maybe it will help you feel a little more hopeful in these times.
Check out Wake Productions by Dr. Rebecca Hall on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wak...
Check out Wake Productions by Dr. Rebecca Hall on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wak...
Wake Productions
An AfroFuturist Education Project in the Black Radical Tradition
www.kickstarter.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I know I don't usually post stuff like this but this comes with the support and behest of a highly trusted friend. Pitch in a bit, maybe it will help you feel a little more hopeful in these times.
Check out Wake Productions by Dr. Rebecca Hall on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wak...
Check out Wake Productions by Dr. Rebecca Hall on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wak...
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/09/perf...
Performing surgery is always scary, especially when you're inexperienced with it. I hope that everything will be alright, that things will take root, heal, and grow again. [...]
Performing surgery is always scary, especially when you're inexperienced with it. I hope that everything will be alright, that things will take root, heal, and grow again. [...]
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Performing surgery is always scary, especially when you're inexperienced with it. I hope that everything will be alright, that things will ...
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September 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/09/perf...
Performing surgery is always scary, especially when you're inexperienced with it. I hope that everything will be alright, that things will take root, heal, and grow again. [...]
Performing surgery is always scary, especially when you're inexperienced with it. I hope that everything will be alright, that things will take root, heal, and grow again. [...]
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/09/ther...
There's a weird feeling of emptiness that I have right now. I guess that, is better than anxiety, at least. I think it's a combination of rolling the credits for Silksong and then just... [...]
There's a weird feeling of emptiness that I have right now. I guess that, is better than anxiety, at least. I think it's a combination of rolling the credits for Silksong and then just... [...]
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There's a weird feeling of emptiness that I have right now. I guess that, is better than anxiety, at least. I think it's a combination of ...
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September 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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There's a weird feeling of emptiness that I have right now. I guess that, is better than anxiety, at least. I think it's a combination of rolling the credits for Silksong and then just... [...]
There's a weird feeling of emptiness that I have right now. I guess that, is better than anxiety, at least. I think it's a combination of rolling the credits for Silksong and then just... [...]
ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl...
Monthly free album release for the month of September 2025, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
Monthly free album release for the month of September 2025, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
September 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl...
Monthly free album release for the month of September 2025, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
Monthly free album release for the month of September 2025, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/09/my-m...
My mind keeps on refusing to learn the lessons that my body so desperately tries to tell it, I guess. So here I am at 4AM, anxious and sitting in the company of the doubts that I swatted away like those buzzing flies that kept me on edge even as I [...]
My mind keeps on refusing to learn the lessons that my body so desperately tries to tell it, I guess. So here I am at 4AM, anxious and sitting in the company of the doubts that I swatted away like those buzzing flies that kept me on edge even as I [...]
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My mind keeps on refusing to learn the lessons that my body so desperately tries to tell it, I guess. So here I am at 4AM, anxious and sitt...
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September 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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My mind keeps on refusing to learn the lessons that my body so desperately tries to tell it, I guess. So here I am at 4AM, anxious and sitting in the company of the doubts that I swatted away like those buzzing flies that kept me on edge even as I [...]
My mind keeps on refusing to learn the lessons that my body so desperately tries to tell it, I guess. So here I am at 4AM, anxious and sitting in the company of the doubts that I swatted away like those buzzing flies that kept me on edge even as I [...]
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/09/it-i...
It is one thing to want something for so long and then to realize that you will never reach it. It is another thing to come to the understanding that you will still keep trying despite knowing that you will never reach it. And it is [...]
It is one thing to want something for so long and then to realize that you will never reach it. It is another thing to come to the understanding that you will still keep trying despite knowing that you will never reach it. And it is [...]
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It is one thing to want something for so long and then to realize that you will never reach it. It is another thing to come to the unders...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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It is one thing to want something for so long and then to realize that you will never reach it. It is another thing to come to the understanding that you will still keep trying despite knowing that you will never reach it. And it is [...]
It is one thing to want something for so long and then to realize that you will never reach it. It is another thing to come to the understanding that you will still keep trying despite knowing that you will never reach it. And it is [...]
I feel a similar weird very specific pettiness about input lag. Like of course it sucks to feel and for many games it DOES make things more difficult, but for others the handicap is blown WAY out of proportion and it makes me want to get a record speedrun with 8 frames of input lag out of spite.
September 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I feel a similar weird very specific pettiness about input lag. Like of course it sucks to feel and for many games it DOES make things more difficult, but for others the handicap is blown WAY out of proportion and it makes me want to get a record speedrun with 8 frames of input lag out of spite.
"annoyingly all the other options suck" is mostly true here too
September 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"annoyingly all the other options suck" is mostly true here too
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Alright well, I've actually not been doing well, not really. I keep feeling tired and a little depressed, and uneasy, which probably means I've been burning out a bit or something, despite my attempts to try and relax and not worry [...]
Alright well, I've actually not been doing well, not really. I keep feeling tired and a little depressed, and uneasy, which probably means I've been burning out a bit or something, despite my attempts to try and relax and not worry [...]
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Alright well, I've actually not been doing well, not really. I keep feeling tired and a little depressed, and uneasy, which probably means ...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Alright well, I've actually not been doing well, not really. I keep feeling tired and a little depressed, and uneasy, which probably means I've been burning out a bit or something, despite my attempts to try and relax and not worry [...]
Alright well, I've actually not been doing well, not really. I keep feeling tired and a little depressed, and uneasy, which probably means I've been burning out a bit or something, despite my attempts to try and relax and not worry [...]
OK I just got deeper in that Silksong area and lol, they just doubled down I guess lmao
September 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
OK I just got deeper in that Silksong area and lol, they just doubled down I guess lmao
Well all the other issues I mentioned are still there but I'm now playing on brightness 150% and that feels better!
September 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Well all the other issues I mentioned are still there but I'm now playing on brightness 150% and that feels better!
This doesn't help you but this is one of those times when I am feeling glad that I run Server editions of windows -- currently on WS2022 (upgraded from WS2016). WS2022 eol is in 2031...
Most of the time I end up wondering whether it justified the random hassles but now that we're here...
Most of the time I end up wondering whether it justified the random hassles but now that we're here...
September 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This doesn't help you but this is one of those times when I am feeling glad that I run Server editions of windows -- currently on WS2022 (upgraded from WS2016). WS2022 eol is in 2031...
Most of the time I end up wondering whether it justified the random hassles but now that we're here...
Most of the time I end up wondering whether it justified the random hassles but now that we're here...
I donno, I mean I'm still enjoying it, I'm still going to continue playing (maybe the areas open up and get brighter as you ascend and this is setting up for some sort of cool payoff lol) but being ~9 hours in and only able to remember the areas mechanically and not viscerally makes me sad.
September 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I donno, I mean I'm still enjoying it, I'm still going to continue playing (maybe the areas open up and get brighter as you ascend and this is setting up for some sort of cool payoff lol) but being ~9 hours in and only able to remember the areas mechanically and not viscerally makes me sad.
An area like Deepnest would never work in Silksong because the ENTIRE GAME IS ALREADY THAT DARK BY DEFAULT.
Deepnest is the area in Hollow Knight where you feel really claustrophobic because of how little you can see and yet, it looks the same as Silksong generic area x.
Deepnest is the area in Hollow Knight where you feel really claustrophobic because of how little you can see and yet, it looks the same as Silksong generic area x.
September 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
An area like Deepnest would never work in Silksong because the ENTIRE GAME IS ALREADY THAT DARK BY DEFAULT.
Deepnest is the area in Hollow Knight where you feel really claustrophobic because of how little you can see and yet, it looks the same as Silksong generic area x.
Deepnest is the area in Hollow Knight where you feel really claustrophobic because of how little you can see and yet, it looks the same as Silksong generic area x.
Like seriously, just go watch the two trailers side by side
September 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Like seriously, just go watch the two trailers side by side
I'm not saying that Silksong is completely devoid of this, but so far I'm finding that a lot of my memory of it is "dark green rocky place" to "gray red rocky place" to "dark gray place with more jumping".
How many more places am I going to see which are covered with the same gray rocks?
How many more places am I going to see which are covered with the same gray rocks?
September 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I'm not saying that Silksong is completely devoid of this, but so far I'm finding that a lot of my memory of it is "dark green rocky place" to "gray red rocky place" to "dark gray place with more jumping".
How many more places am I going to see which are covered with the same gray rocks?
How many more places am I going to see which are covered with the same gray rocks?
Even in the darker areas or small tunnels you can very easily tell where you are in Hollow Knight. Every inch of the environment is oozing with texture and even without that, the color palette is distinctive.
September 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Even in the darker areas or small tunnels you can very easily tell where you are in Hollow Knight. Every inch of the environment is oozing with texture and even without that, the color palette is distinctive.
Now look at these two Silksong screenshots. I kid you not, one of these is in Moss Grotto and the other one is in The Marrow (the first two areas of the game).
And yes, there was some amount of handpicking here, but that's the point -- Hollow Knight doesn't HAVE this problem.
And yes, there was some amount of handpicking here, but that's the point -- Hollow Knight doesn't HAVE this problem.
September 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Now look at these two Silksong screenshots. I kid you not, one of these is in Moss Grotto and the other one is in The Marrow (the first two areas of the game).
And yes, there was some amount of handpicking here, but that's the point -- Hollow Knight doesn't HAVE this problem.
And yes, there was some amount of handpicking here, but that's the point -- Hollow Knight doesn't HAVE this problem.