FrankenGraphics
@frankengraphics.bsky.social
Ellen creates NES games, tools & pixels.
https://frankengraphics.itch.io/
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https://patreon.com/frankengraphics
https://frankengraphics.itch.io/
https://ko-fi.com/frankengraphics
https://patreon.com/frankengraphics
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2k followers!! Thank you so much 🌷
I'm Ellen, i make NES games and graphics - typically specializing on making as detailed scenes as possible reusing only 256 tiny 8x8 tiles in creative ways.
I'm also maintaining NEXXT Studio, the drawing & layout tool that makes this puzzle solving possible.
I'm Ellen, i make NES games and graphics - typically specializing on making as detailed scenes as possible reusing only 256 tiny 8x8 tiles in creative ways.
I'm also maintaining NEXXT Studio, the drawing & layout tool that makes this puzzle solving possible.
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I'm so excited to finally be able to demo Tactus in person at #SuperMAGFest2026! This will be the game's first public showing, so come on by and Slay to the Beat!
Shoutouts also to @frankengraphics.bsky.social and the rest of the Halcyon team! That game looks *rad* and you should check them out!
Shoutouts also to @frankengraphics.bsky.social and the rest of the Halcyon team! That game looks *rad* and you should check them out!
The #SuperMAGFest2026 Indie Retro Homebrew Showcase FINALISTS are locked in, and the lineup is next-level amazing. Which game title are you excited about? 🎮
Check them out: bit.ly/MCSMFIR2026F...
Check them out: bit.ly/MCSMFIR2026F...
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'm so excited to finally be able to demo Tactus in person at #SuperMAGFest2026! This will be the game's first public showing, so come on by and Slay to the Beat!
Shoutouts also to @frankengraphics.bsky.social and the rest of the Halcyon team! That game looks *rad* and you should check them out!
Shoutouts also to @frankengraphics.bsky.social and the rest of the Halcyon team! That game looks *rad* and you should check them out!
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May 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Meatwashing.
When a human being repeats hallunicantions from chatbots, which other people inadvertedly trust more; creating both factoids & simulacra in the process.
i’m sure i’m not the forst this has occured to, but i want to call it that.
Meatwashing.
As in ”that’s just meatwashed slop”.
When a human being repeats hallunicantions from chatbots, which other people inadvertedly trust more; creating both factoids & simulacra in the process.
i’m sure i’m not the forst this has occured to, but i want to call it that.
Meatwashing.
As in ”that’s just meatwashed slop”.
August 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Meatwashing.
When a human being repeats hallunicantions from chatbots, which other people inadvertedly trust more; creating both factoids & simulacra in the process.
i’m sure i’m not the forst this has occured to, but i want to call it that.
Meatwashing.
As in ”that’s just meatwashed slop”.
When a human being repeats hallunicantions from chatbots, which other people inadvertedly trust more; creating both factoids & simulacra in the process.
i’m sure i’m not the forst this has occured to, but i want to call it that.
Meatwashing.
As in ”that’s just meatwashed slop”.
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There is now a full speed Gameboy emulator for PlayDate!
It’s very polished, with sound support, and lots of options. It even supports using it as a wrapper for devs to release homebrew GB games on PlateDate.
github.com/CrankBoyHQ/c...
It’s very polished, with sound support, and lots of options. It even supports using it as a wrapper for devs to release homebrew GB games on PlateDate.
github.com/CrankBoyHQ/c...
August 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
There is now a full speed Gameboy emulator for PlayDate!
It’s very polished, with sound support, and lots of options. It even supports using it as a wrapper for devs to release homebrew GB games on PlateDate.
github.com/CrankBoyHQ/c...
It’s very polished, with sound support, and lots of options. It even supports using it as a wrapper for devs to release homebrew GB games on PlateDate.
github.com/CrankBoyHQ/c...
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If i’d expand NEXXTstudio’s support to one other console/platform besides NES, which would be your choice?
things to cosider:
-which homebrew scene do you think’d benefit the most?
-what are you personally the modt invested/interested in?
things to cosider:
-which homebrew scene do you think’d benefit the most?
-what are you personally the modt invested/interested in?
August 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If i’d expand NEXXTstudio’s support to one other console/platform besides NES, which would be your choice?
things to cosider:
-which homebrew scene do you think’d benefit the most?
-what are you personally the modt invested/interested in?
things to cosider:
-which homebrew scene do you think’d benefit the most?
-what are you personally the modt invested/interested in?
If i’d expand NEXXTstudio’s support to one other console/platform besides NES, which would be your choice?
things to cosider:
-which homebrew scene do you think’d benefit the most?
-what are you personally the modt invested/interested in?
things to cosider:
-which homebrew scene do you think’d benefit the most?
-what are you personally the modt invested/interested in?
August 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If i’d expand NEXXTstudio’s support to one other console/platform besides NES, which would be your choice?
things to cosider:
-which homebrew scene do you think’d benefit the most?
-what are you personally the modt invested/interested in?
things to cosider:
-which homebrew scene do you think’d benefit the most?
-what are you personally the modt invested/interested in?
Hey everyone!
If you enjoy novel, fresh NES / Famicom homebrew with some of the crispest art around, i think you should follow @lavenstar-games.bsky.social
If you enjoy novel, fresh NES / Famicom homebrew with some of the crispest art around, i think you should follow @lavenstar-games.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Hey everyone!
If you enjoy novel, fresh NES / Famicom homebrew with some of the crispest art around, i think you should follow @lavenstar-games.bsky.social
If you enjoy novel, fresh NES / Famicom homebrew with some of the crispest art around, i think you should follow @lavenstar-games.bsky.social
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新キャラ、タイガを実装！🎉
筋トレ命のストイック少女、そして熱血アニメのセリフを素で言っちゃう本物のオタクです🔥今回はラフ→完成デザイン→ドット絵→実機スクショを公開！
New character Taiga is in! 🎉
A training-obsessed athlete who drops anime quotes like it’s no big deal🔥
Check out her sketch → final design → NES sprite → live hardware shot!
#ファミコン #ゲーム制作 #ドット絵 #pixelart #nesdev
筋トレ命のストイック少女、そして熱血アニメのセリフを素で言っちゃう本物のオタクです🔥今回はラフ→完成デザイン→ドット絵→実機スクショを公開！
New character Taiga is in! 🎉
A training-obsessed athlete who drops anime quotes like it’s no big deal🔥
Check out her sketch → final design → NES sprite → live hardware shot!
#ファミコン #ゲーム制作 #ドット絵 #pixelart #nesdev
August 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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my view is that everyone should learn to make them by joining the retro game jam in oulu, finland later this year itch.io/jam/retro-ga...
Retro Game Jam 2025
A game jam from 2025-10-24 to 2025-10-26 hosted by Zhamul & borbware. Retro Game Jam 2025 @ Oulu (Hietalinna, SPR:n leirikeskus, Vaaskiventie 10, Oulu, Finland) 24.-26.10.2025 Sponsored by The Finnish...
itch.io
August 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
my view is that everyone should learn to make them by joining the retro game jam in oulu, finland later this year itch.io/jam/retro-ga...
what’s your view on the current state of the homebrew/ new games for retro consoles scene? NES, GB otherwise
August 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
what’s your view on the current state of the homebrew/ new games for retro consoles scene? NES, GB otherwise
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NEXXT is the graphics program I use to create all my NES graphics. I highly recommend it 👾
Just reposting that a new minor version of NEXXT studio is out. It's the tool i make almost all of my NES assets in.
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
i'm going to get more in the habit of double-posting for whenever i have actual news. Hope you won't mind.
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
i'm going to get more in the habit of double-posting for whenever i have actual news. Hope you won't mind.
NEXXT studio 3.6.4 by FrankenGraphics
Featureful NES assets studio based off the classic
frankengraphics.itch.io
August 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEXXT is the graphics program I use to create all my NES graphics. I highly recommend it 👾
Reposted by FrankenGraphics
Just reposting that a new minor version of NEXXT studio is out. It's the tool i make almost all of my NES assets in.
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
i'm going to get more in the habit of double-posting for whenever i have actual news. Hope you won't mind.
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
i'm going to get more in the habit of double-posting for whenever i have actual news. Hope you won't mind.
NEXXT studio 3.6.4 by FrankenGraphics
Featureful NES assets studio based off the classic
frankengraphics.itch.io
August 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Just reposting that a new minor version of NEXXT studio is out. It's the tool i make almost all of my NES assets in.
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
i'm going to get more in the habit of double-posting for whenever i have actual news. Hope you won't mind.
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
i'm going to get more in the habit of double-posting for whenever i have actual news. Hope you won't mind.
Just reposting that a new minor version of NEXXT studio is out. It's the tool i make almost all of my NES assets in.
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
i'm going to get more in the habit of double-posting for whenever i have actual news. Hope you won't mind.
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
i'm going to get more in the habit of double-posting for whenever i have actual news. Hope you won't mind.
NEXXT studio 3.6.4 by FrankenGraphics
Featureful NES assets studio based off the classic
frankengraphics.itch.io
August 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Just reposting that a new minor version of NEXXT studio is out. It's the tool i make almost all of my NES assets in.
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
i'm going to get more in the habit of double-posting for whenever i have actual news. Hope you won't mind.
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
i'm going to get more in the habit of double-posting for whenever i have actual news. Hope you won't mind.
Reposted by FrankenGraphics
I just released NEXXT studio 3.6.4 (the tool i make most of my NES assets in).
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
This minor update's most important improvement is that 'metatiles' auto-repair themselves when you swap tiles around, saving a lot of time and hassle.
Plus a good handful fixes and polish
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
This minor update's most important improvement is that 'metatiles' auto-repair themselves when you swap tiles around, saving a lot of time and hassle.
Plus a good handful fixes and polish
NEXXT studio 3.6.4 by FrankenGraphics
Featureful NES assets studio based off the classic
frankengraphics.itch.io
August 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I just released NEXXT studio 3.6.4 (the tool i make most of my NES assets in).
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
This minor update's most important improvement is that 'metatiles' auto-repair themselves when you swap tiles around, saving a lot of time and hassle.
Plus a good handful fixes and polish
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
This minor update's most important improvement is that 'metatiles' auto-repair themselves when you swap tiles around, saving a lot of time and hassle.
Plus a good handful fixes and polish
I just released NEXXT studio 3.6.4 (the tool i make most of my NES assets in).
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
This minor update's most important improvement is that 'metatiles' auto-repair themselves when you swap tiles around, saving a lot of time and hassle.
Plus a good handful fixes and polish
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
This minor update's most important improvement is that 'metatiles' auto-repair themselves when you swap tiles around, saving a lot of time and hassle.
Plus a good handful fixes and polish
NEXXT studio 3.6.4 by FrankenGraphics
Featureful NES assets studio based off the classic
frankengraphics.itch.io
August 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I just released NEXXT studio 3.6.4 (the tool i make most of my NES assets in).
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
This minor update's most important improvement is that 'metatiles' auto-repair themselves when you swap tiles around, saving a lot of time and hassle.
Plus a good handful fixes and polish
frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
This minor update's most important improvement is that 'metatiles' auto-repair themselves when you swap tiles around, saving a lot of time and hassle.
Plus a good handful fixes and polish
Reposted by FrankenGraphics
On Bluesky, there’s no limit to the amount of neat indie games you can share 🙌🏻
July 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
On Bluesky, there’s no limit to the amount of neat indie games you can share 🙌🏻
Cursed console idea:
About 2nd or 3rd gen-equivalent
BUT
the on-off switch is a potentiometer also controlling the CPU clock speed.
On-off is an 8th turn snap.
Then you'll have to dial the ideal mhz speed for bug free play.
The temptation to trim it to avoid slowdown frames is always there.
About 2nd or 3rd gen-equivalent
BUT
the on-off switch is a potentiometer also controlling the CPU clock speed.
On-off is an 8th turn snap.
Then you'll have to dial the ideal mhz speed for bug free play.
The temptation to trim it to avoid slowdown frames is always there.
July 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Cursed console idea:
About 2nd or 3rd gen-equivalent
BUT
the on-off switch is a potentiometer also controlling the CPU clock speed.
On-off is an 8th turn snap.
Then you'll have to dial the ideal mhz speed for bug free play.
The temptation to trim it to avoid slowdown frames is always there.
About 2nd or 3rd gen-equivalent
BUT
the on-off switch is a potentiometer also controlling the CPU clock speed.
On-off is an 8th turn snap.
Then you'll have to dial the ideal mhz speed for bug free play.
The temptation to trim it to avoid slowdown frames is always there.
Reposted by FrankenGraphics
🚨CopperStorm is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
🌪️Play as Jim Cooper and defend the world against the evil BlitzMark!
🕹️Coming to MegaDrive, SNES, NeoGeo – Join the fight now !
#MegaDrive #SNES #NeoGeo #IndieDev
www.kickstarter.com/projects/neo...
🌪️Play as Jim Cooper and defend the world against the evil BlitzMark!
🕹️Coming to MegaDrive, SNES, NeoGeo – Join the fight now !
#MegaDrive #SNES #NeoGeo #IndieDev
www.kickstarter.com/projects/neo...
CopperStorm - A new shmup for SNES, Neo Geo & Megadrive
A new Steampunk shoot'em up coming to Megadrive/SNES and NeoGeo ! From the creators of Demons of Asteborg & Astebros.
www.kickstarter.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🚨CopperStorm is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
🌪️Play as Jim Cooper and defend the world against the evil BlitzMark!
🕹️Coming to MegaDrive, SNES, NeoGeo – Join the fight now !
#MegaDrive #SNES #NeoGeo #IndieDev
www.kickstarter.com/projects/neo...
🌪️Play as Jim Cooper and defend the world against the evil BlitzMark!
🕹️Coming to MegaDrive, SNES, NeoGeo – Join the fight now !
#MegaDrive #SNES #NeoGeo #IndieDev
www.kickstarter.com/projects/neo...
Reposted by FrankenGraphics
New minor update to NEXXT studio is up - now at version 3.6.3
Get it here frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
Fixes an annoying tile selection bug, along the usual filing off some rough corners.
Get it here frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
Fixes an annoying tile selection bug, along the usual filing off some rough corners.
NEXXT studio 3.6.3 by FrankenGraphics
Featureful NES assets studio based off the classic
frankengraphics.itch.io
July 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
New minor update to NEXXT studio is up - now at version 3.6.3
Get it here frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
Fixes an annoying tile selection bug, along the usual filing off some rough corners.
Get it here frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
Fixes an annoying tile selection bug, along the usual filing off some rough corners.
New minor update to NEXXT studio is up - now at version 3.6.3
Get it here frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
Fixes an annoying tile selection bug, along the usual filing off some rough corners.
Get it here frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
Fixes an annoying tile selection bug, along the usual filing off some rough corners.
NEXXT studio 3.6.3 by FrankenGraphics
Featureful NES assets studio based off the classic
frankengraphics.itch.io
July 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
New minor update to NEXXT studio is up - now at version 3.6.3
Get it here frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
Fixes an annoying tile selection bug, along the usual filing off some rough corners.
Get it here frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
Fixes an annoying tile selection bug, along the usual filing off some rough corners.
Hell nahh i’m inside minecraft now 😡
July 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Hell nahh i’m inside minecraft now 😡
Reposted by FrankenGraphics
experimenting with a radial menu 🤔 (among other things, in City of None with @liamberry.ca)
July 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
experimenting with a radial menu 🤔 (among other things, in City of None with @liamberry.ca)
Reposted by FrankenGraphics
Nesdev is sometimes hard, but great tools make it joyful. Aseprite and NEXXT Studio by FrankenGraphics are my go-to for pixel art.
@frankengraphics.bsky.social @aseprite.org
レトロ開発は時々大変だけど、良いツールのおかげで楽しくなります。ドット絵はAsepriteと FrankenGraphicsさんのNEXXT Studio。
#ゲーム開発 #ドット絵 #pixelart #nesdev #nes #aseprite
@frankengraphics.bsky.social @aseprite.org
レトロ開発は時々大変だけど、良いツールのおかげで楽しくなります。ドット絵はAsepriteと FrankenGraphicsさんのNEXXT Studio。
#ゲーム開発 #ドット絵 #pixelart #nesdev #nes #aseprite
June 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Nesdev is sometimes hard, but great tools make it joyful. Aseprite and NEXXT Studio by FrankenGraphics are my go-to for pixel art.
@frankengraphics.bsky.social @aseprite.org
レトロ開発は時々大変だけど、良いツールのおかげで楽しくなります。ドット絵はAsepriteと FrankenGraphicsさんのNEXXT Studio。
#ゲーム開発 #ドット絵 #pixelart #nesdev #nes #aseprite
@frankengraphics.bsky.social @aseprite.org
レトロ開発は時々大変だけど、良いツールのおかげで楽しくなります。ドット絵はAsepriteと FrankenGraphicsさんのNEXXT Studio。
#ゲーム開発 #ドット絵 #pixelart #nesdev #nes #aseprite