Don Bellenger 𐕣 𖤐 𐕣
@donnotron.bsky.social
Game Developer, humanist, musician and baker from Oakland. Grim Optimist. Made Black Future '88, working on NECTARMANCER at The Beauty Cult. Does music as SKYMELT, currently playing synths in FRTRSS, current MLIS student.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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just wanna thank my cunt ex-roommate aka ex friend of 20 years for not only stealing money from me but also for taking all of the umbrellas when she left to move back to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA leaving me super fucking fucked in this rain today :) dw, she is living the life she deserves
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
just wanna thank my cunt ex-roommate aka ex friend of 20 years for not only stealing money from me but also for taking all of the umbrellas when she left to move back to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA leaving me super fucking fucked in this rain today :) dw, she is living the life she deserves
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hi! i'm jynnie, an indie game maker, making Wild Seasons! a roguelike deck-gardener. grow your deck and align the stars to power up your plants
we're deep in development, but will share updates!
#gamedev
we're deep in development, but will share updates!
#gamedev
October 30, 2024 at 6:01 PM
hi! i'm jynnie, an indie game maker, making Wild Seasons! a roguelike deck-gardener. grow your deck and align the stars to power up your plants
we're deep in development, but will share updates!
#gamedev
we're deep in development, but will share updates!
#gamedev
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Can we all agree to start calling it Regurgitive AI?
I think that needs to become a thing.
I think that needs to become a thing.
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Can we all agree to start calling it Regurgitive AI?
I think that needs to become a thing.
I think that needs to become a thing.
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My piece "Reflections" (top center) on display at the Descanso Gardens Searching for Serenity exhibit. This is my first exhibit at a gallery show.
November 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My piece "Reflections" (top center) on display at the Descanso Gardens Searching for Serenity exhibit. This is my first exhibit at a gallery show.
Always a pleasure to get to talk about WEIRD SHIT with my friends!
New podcast episode! This week, I spoke with @donnotron.bsky.social, founder of the Beauty Cult, creator of Black Future '88, musician, and punk rock indie game developer! We spoke about games as subversive art, horror movies, advice on breaking into the industry, and more!
makegamesdrinkcoffee.com
makegamesdrinkcoffee.com
Home - Make Games, Drink Coffee - The official home of the Make Games, Drink Coffee Podcast.
A Weekly Podcast About Game Development. Your weekly caffeine-spiked dose of hot game industry brew, featuring interviews with game developers telling their best war stories, sharing their artistic in...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Always a pleasure to get to talk about WEIRD SHIT with my friends!
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Microsoft are cowards and people shouldn't buy Halo anymore
October 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Microsoft are cowards and people shouldn't buy Halo anymore
My bandmate and I have been planning this really special night in SF. It's a private show where we're running our own sound and bar and there's amazing art being shown. With the feds raiding SF it feels like both the wrong time and perfect time to be doing this, so I hope you'll join us this Sat.
October 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My bandmate and I have been planning this really special night in SF. It's a private show where we're running our own sound and bar and there's amazing art being shown. With the feds raiding SF it feels like both the wrong time and perfect time to be doing this, so I hope you'll join us this Sat.
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Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.
NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.
October 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.
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WAIT WHAT'S THIS?
💿There is a demo live for EARTH MUST DIE!
🕹️This gives you (most of) the tutorial section for the game! Have fun, and if you haven't wishlisted the full game yet DO THAT NOW PLEASE it really really helps us out.
Enjoy!
store.steampowered.com/app/4057540/...
💿There is a demo live for EARTH MUST DIE!
🕹️This gives you (most of) the tutorial section for the game! Have fun, and if you haven't wishlisted the full game yet DO THAT NOW PLEASE it really really helps us out.
Enjoy!
store.steampowered.com/app/4057540/...
Earth Must Die Demo on Steam
These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...
store.steampowered.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
WAIT WHAT'S THIS?
💿There is a demo live for EARTH MUST DIE!
🕹️This gives you (most of) the tutorial section for the game! Have fun, and if you haven't wishlisted the full game yet DO THAT NOW PLEASE it really really helps us out.
Enjoy!
store.steampowered.com/app/4057540/...
💿There is a demo live for EARTH MUST DIE!
🕹️This gives you (most of) the tutorial section for the game! Have fun, and if you haven't wishlisted the full game yet DO THAT NOW PLEASE it really really helps us out.
Enjoy!
store.steampowered.com/app/4057540/...
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Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again
September 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again
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All you need to know about the new iPhone.
September 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
All you need to know about the new iPhone.
San Francisco! Come out tonight to Kilowatt, I'm playing a show with my band FRTRSS and it's going to be super fun. The lineup is GOTH AS FUCK and this night absolutely will not disappoint!
dice.fm/event/mxqw9l...
dice.fm/event/mxqw9l...
FRTRSS, Burning Cathedral and Holy Water Tickets | $13.39 | Sep 4 @ Kilowatt, San Francisco | DICE
**FRTRSS:** https://www.instagram.com/duo.frtrss/ **Burning Cathedral** **Holy Water:** https://www.instagram.com/holywater.music/
dice.fm
September 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
San Francisco! Come out tonight to Kilowatt, I'm playing a show with my band FRTRSS and it's going to be super fun. The lineup is GOTH AS FUCK and this night absolutely will not disappoint!
dice.fm/event/mxqw9l...
dice.fm/event/mxqw9l...
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from your favourite developer of games that never came out like pigeon simulator and last man sitting, comes the next thing that never comes out: HandPlant
#gamedev #screenshotsaturday
#gamedev #screenshotsaturday
August 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
from your favourite developer of games that never came out like pigeon simulator and last man sitting, comes the next thing that never comes out: HandPlant
#gamedev #screenshotsaturday
#gamedev #screenshotsaturday
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GRAND JURY NULLIFICATION!
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
GRAND JURY NULLIFICATION!
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
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Game execs looking at the tech sector reporting zero returns from AI initiatives
August 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Game execs looking at the tech sector reporting zero returns from AI initiatives
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don't be a fuck face
throw out spotify
download winamp (or audacious if you're on linux like me)
also get some skins for that mofo
and then buy the fucking songs on bandcamp so these poor sods actually get paid
throw out spotify
download winamp (or audacious if you're on linux like me)
also get some skins for that mofo
and then buy the fucking songs on bandcamp so these poor sods actually get paid
August 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
don't be a fuck face
throw out spotify
download winamp (or audacious if you're on linux like me)
also get some skins for that mofo
and then buy the fucking songs on bandcamp so these poor sods actually get paid
throw out spotify
download winamp (or audacious if you're on linux like me)
also get some skins for that mofo
and then buy the fucking songs on bandcamp so these poor sods actually get paid
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Two years ago everyone bullied us into making this... And now it's real.
We're making a Bubsy 3D Sequel.
We're making a Bubsy 3D Sequel.
August 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Two years ago everyone bullied us into making this... And now it's real.
We're making a Bubsy 3D Sequel.
We're making a Bubsy 3D Sequel.
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Israel has no "Gaza War" - not for Gaza, nor for narrative. Israel massacres Palestine as its fascist genocidal solution to the Nakba's echoes, and massacres the truth with US/EU support.
Journalists, aid workers, infants, educators, athletes, poets, artists - they're obstacles to extermination.
Journalists, aid workers, infants, educators, athletes, poets, artists - they're obstacles to extermination.
August 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Israel has no "Gaza War" - not for Gaza, nor for narrative. Israel massacres Palestine as its fascist genocidal solution to the Nakba's echoes, and massacres the truth with US/EU support.
Journalists, aid workers, infants, educators, athletes, poets, artists - they're obstacles to extermination.
Journalists, aid workers, infants, educators, athletes, poets, artists - they're obstacles to extermination.
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Hi divas! I’m running a small auction full of video game and pop culture collectibles, including some rare shit. This all benefits a really important cause: me being gay in 2025. 😌
I’ll be sharing some of my fav items undercut, but see if you can’t grab some cool stuff for $1! 👏
ianandjayare.gay
I’ll be sharing some of my fav items undercut, but see if you can’t grab some cool stuff for $1! 👏
ianandjayare.gay
eGay: A Wedding Auction, by Ian and Jay
Hey divas! After a whole a$$ decade, Jay and I are finally going straight... to city hall! Thing is, despite being a small family affair of several people, and choosing frugality at every turn, we've ...
ianandjayare.gay
August 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hi divas! I’m running a small auction full of video game and pop culture collectibles, including some rare shit. This all benefits a really important cause: me being gay in 2025. 😌
I’ll be sharing some of my fav items undercut, but see if you can’t grab some cool stuff for $1! 👏
ianandjayare.gay
I’ll be sharing some of my fav items undercut, but see if you can’t grab some cool stuff for $1! 👏
ianandjayare.gay
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Palestine is not complicated. It’s colonized land. Its people are occupied, starved, and bombed. And they are fighting back as they have every right to do. You either support liberation or you support apartheid. Pick a side.
July 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Palestine is not complicated. It’s colonized land. Its people are occupied, starved, and bombed. And they are fighting back as they have every right to do. You either support liberation or you support apartheid. Pick a side.
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We appreciate you hosting #TurnBasedThursday, @flatlinestudios.bsky.social!
Manipulate, negotiate, and prank your way out from under the control of Paperclip Intl., the worst megacorp in the world in this #IndieDev #IndieGame #Cyberpunk #Turnbased #Strategy game!
Out now!
youtu.be/Md9w1H4CcpI?...
Manipulate, negotiate, and prank your way out from under the control of Paperclip Intl., the worst megacorp in the world in this #IndieDev #IndieGame #Cyberpunk #Turnbased #Strategy game!
Out now!
youtu.be/Md9w1H4CcpI?...
Ctrl Alt Deal Release Trailer
YouTube video by Only By Midnight
youtu.be
July 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We appreciate you hosting #TurnBasedThursday, @flatlinestudios.bsky.social!
Manipulate, negotiate, and prank your way out from under the control of Paperclip Intl., the worst megacorp in the world in this #IndieDev #IndieGame #Cyberpunk #Turnbased #Strategy game!
Out now!
youtu.be/Md9w1H4CcpI?...
Manipulate, negotiate, and prank your way out from under the control of Paperclip Intl., the worst megacorp in the world in this #IndieDev #IndieGame #Cyberpunk #Turnbased #Strategy game!
Out now!
youtu.be/Md9w1H4CcpI?...
goddam Bandcamp has really gone to shit in the last year.
July 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
goddam Bandcamp has really gone to shit in the last year.
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“.. The news on Israel’s main TV channel had just finished a segment on how hunger in Gaza is portrayed around the world when the anchor looked up and said: ‘Maybe it’s finally time to acknowledge that this isn’t a public relations failure, but a moral one.’”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
July 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“.. The news on Israel’s main TV channel had just finished a segment on how hunger in Gaza is portrayed around the world when the anchor looked up and said: ‘Maybe it’s finally time to acknowledge that this isn’t a public relations failure, but a moral one.’”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...