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Inkus Alters

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Proof of life and a little sort of behind the scenes to the next #Vekari update

I feel like some form of on-site social communication was inevitable especially with the issues with broadly labelled NSFW content on bigger platforms lately. Feels like a matter of time before I get hit

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February 13, 2026 at 8:26 PM

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Inkus Alters

@inkus.ca

Careful it's still hot

My lotus signature is in here 10 times. How many can you find despite bsky compression?
There is also a single jalapeno pepper somewhere, enjoy the search.

vekari.net

#VekariRB #fantasy #cyberpunk #indiegame #horror

Vekari
Remote Bypass
vekari.net
Inkus Alters

Enoch, Acro, and Iliana are using their combined strengths and powers to stop Kori from recklessly crashing down into a bottomless pit as she crushes some poor creature under a combination computer and aquarium in a glitched warehouse hallway. The hallway has a bottomless pit, with a doorway in its wall that Enoch stands in while using his magic. A door in the ceiling reveals a warped curved tunnel and Iliana holding on for dear life while trying to also keep hold of Kori's wrist. Acro sits under the open warehouse door, sending three twisting tentacles with deformed suckers flying out into the hallway in attempt to catch Kori. Teeth and a tree grow into the hall on the left, and Maury Lyle's spider form's shadow can be seen behind Kori on the floor. The background is coloured using lights matching the main colours of the 4 characters that leave dulled hues so the characters can pop - purple, green, and blue

Vekari (found above warehouse door)
Remote Bypass (found on side of the computer/aquarium)

Enoch, Acro, and Iliana are using their combined strengths and powers to stop Kori from recklessly crashing down into a bottomless pit as she crushes some poor creature under a combination computer and aquarium in a glitched warehouse hallway. The hallway has a bottomless pit, with a doorway in its wall that Enoch stands in while using his magic. A door in the ceiling reveals a warped curved tunnel and Iliana holding on for dear life while trying to also keep hold of Kori's wrist. Acro sits under the open warehouse door, sending three twisting tentacles with deformed suckers flying out into the hallway in attempt to catch Kori. Teeth and a tree grow into the hall on the left, and Maury Lyle's spider form's shadow can be seen behind Kori on the floor. The background is coloured using lights matching the main colours of the 4 characters that leave dulled hues so the characters can pop - purple, green, and blue

Enoch, Acro, and Iliana are using their combined strengths and powers to stop Kori from recklessly crashing down into a bottomless pit as she crushes some poor creature under a combination computer and aquarium in a glitched warehouse hallway. The hallway has a bottomless pit, with a doorway in its wall that Enoch stands in while using his magic. A door in the ceiling reveals a warped curved tunnel and Iliana holding on for dear life while trying to also keep hold of Kori's wrist. Acro sits under the open warehouse door, sending three twisting tentacles with deformed suckers flying out into the hallway in attempt to catch Kori. Teeth and a tree grow into the hall on the left, and Maury Lyle's spider form's shadow can be seen behind Kori on the floor. The background is coloured using lights matching the main colours of the 4 characters that leave dulled hues so the characters can pop - purple, green, and blue

February 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM

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Inkus Alters

@inkus.ca

Ich-d'-kah-veh-leh-x'-doh

Vekari's secrets await 🪐

vekari.net

#indiegame #cyberpunk #fantasy #glitch #virtualworld #ARG

Vekari: Remote Bypass cover art featuring main characters Iliana, Acro, and Enoch using their combined powers and might to save Illy's gf Kori from falling into a bottomless pit as she crushes a combo computer and aquarium into a glitched creature, dangerously close to the edge of the aforementioned pit. The hallway they are in is a glitched warehouse, with nonsensical details like misshapen teeth and a tree growing from concrete, seamless floors walls and ceilings, wires that lead nowhere, and little glowy mushrooms sprouting from nothing.

vekari.net
Inkus Alters

Trivia

"STEP RIGHT UP, STEP RIGHT UP! ANSWER THE QUESTION RIGHT AND GET A SHINY NEW TICKET! ANSWER IT WRONG AND... HONK HONK"

Who is Gareth Ryzer?

- What are you, a cop?
- A singer
- A scrapper
- A Technician

Time of source disconnect: 05:00:00 21 Tiset, 393 AS

Displaying last received transmission:

Transmission quality may be impacted by data transfer, full transcript provided.

4:42 long audio file followed by text transcript of Flek's last words urging players to attempt to alter the course of Vekari history by taking real world actions to ensure the world never comes into being as it is in Flek's time.

February 11, 2026 at 2:14 PM

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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤

@thoughtpunks.com

🚨 A world of mutants, witches, & always shifting geography.
🌞But The Happy Place protects.
🤯Here, even death is but illusion.

❗️One vital law:
😀NEVER Stop Smiling😀

drivethrurpg.com/pro...

#TTRPG #IndieGame

New cover for NEVER Stop Smiling's 2nd edition
Distorted painting of smiling person holding their hands up with purple and blue paint streaking down their naked unnaturally pale body as they smile creepily with the blue paint or juices filling their mouth
Top text in bright yellow: NEVER Stop Smiling
Bottom text. First row in strong red: 2nd Ashcan Edition, bottom row in white: Thought Punks

February 12, 2026 at 12:08 AM

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Rayne Grimm Vulpes Zer-Duh

@raynegrimm.bsky.social

"people won't follow you if you talk about this"

FUCKING GOOD!

My work is not to be observed nor enjoyed by those that woukd be callous enough to feel that any of that is ok

Right along with bigots, nazis and transphobes

Elouyn 💖 Erudition Incarnate @elouyn.me · 2d

"You're gonna turn people away from you if you make such a big deal about being against GenAI all the time."

I guarantee you that the most powerful microscope in existence could not fathom a small enough fuck that I could give.

Fuck Generative AI. 💖

February 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM

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Penny Blake DEMANDS A PONY

@pennyblake.bsky.social

Seriously tho? GET YOUR EGO ON about your own games - the big dicks get their ego on about their shitfest racist, homophobic offerings to the gaming table so we should all get our ego on 10x more if our games don't include any of that crap as baseline. (And Rev's games always rock anyway - check it)

Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 3d

I don't wanna be too negative comparison or too ego but FOR ME this is the vampire game I was always promised, this is the vampire game I always wanted. Which is why I (with help) made it. I want my 80s/90s Goth culture with full mood lighting at 2am with coffee and cigarettes and FEELINGS.

February 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM

Inkus Alters

@inkus.ca

Ich-d'-kah-veh-leh-x'-doh

Vekari's secrets await 🪐

vekari.net

#indiegame #cyberpunk #fantasy #glitch #virtualworld #ARG

February 11, 2026 at 2:14 PM

Inkus Alters

@inkus.ca

The first resulted in inhumane mutation testing on kidnapped Exiun in an attempt to make super-beings intended for war, conducted by the Disciples of Tises

The second resulted in mass casualties as The Alchemist tested their ideas of merging human consciousness with technology on captives

#Vekari

Dicefunctional | TTRPG Nerds, Actual Plays, and Streamers | 🦀 @dicefunctional.bsky.social · 2d

Question for the GMs, writers, and worldbuilding folks out there;

Just by the nature of mortals, it can't all be rainbows and gumdrops. Odds are, some time in history, some horrid shit happened. So-

What are some of the worst, most unpleasant moments in history to exist and what happened?

#TTRPG

February 11, 2026 at 1:10 PM

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Inkus Alters

@inkus.ca

I forgot this was the "accidental mass murder, hot spider-legged villain + accidental gaslighting, and giant weird bug corpse" set of story parts

February 10, 2026 at 11:13 PM

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Inkus Alters

@inkus.ca

"As though anything truly medical, sterile, or even respectable could ever happen here."

I apparently never closed the polls on part 9 before I took my break. Since an update is coming soon, this is your reminder to cast your votes if you haven't already!

vekari.net/story.php

What will Acro do with the glitched being?

- Take it with him
- Put it out of its misery
- Find somewhere for it to stay

February 10, 2026 at 11:05 PM

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Tyler Glaiel

@tylerglaiel.com

oh ok it took less than 12 hours to pass this ok

February 11, 2026 at 12:47 AM

Inkus Alters

@inkus.ca

I can't let this exchange go unnoticed...

vekari.net/story/iliana...

"Four minutes? How long is it going to take you to drain it?"
"And flush its veins? About six to eight minutes."
"Seems like you're cutting it a bit close."
"Yes. Now if you'd please leave me, I may be able to finish before the paralysis sets in."

February 11, 2026 at 1:17 AM

Inkus Alters

@inkus.ca

"As though anything truly medical, sterile, or even respectable could ever happen here."

I apparently never closed the polls on part 9 before I took my break. Since an update is coming soon, this is your reminder to cast your votes if you haven't already!

vekari.net/story.php

February 10, 2026 at 11:05 PM

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S A M

@comicnerdsam.bsky.social

From the late Jesse Hamm. My personal mantra for the past decade.

February 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM

Inkus Alters

@inkus.ca

As a kid, I used go make up really elaborate fantasy worlds for other people to rp with me in during recess. I would often zone out into these worlds and escape to them in my dreams as a way to escape trauma.

Now we have vekari.net, where this continues to happen, but online.

Vekari: Remote Bypass

vekari.net

February 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM

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Allister Jones 🐦 アリスタ

@allisteranim.bsky.social

Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".

February 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM

Inkus Alters

@inkus.ca

Some things I recommend looking into that fit this theme:

- the Spores of Marrow one-shot
- the history of Asylum Isle
- any character with mutations
- Killing Dolls (band)
- the "GrapeVine"
- the glitched building on 16th
- the Faktoria Transit Community

#VekariRB #VekariJam

Inkus Alters @inkus.ca · 29d

The first ever #VekariJam runs from June 1 to July 31 and is open to all art forms and skill levels. Games, zines, you name it, it goes!

The theme is finding hope through hopelessness, because I think we need more of that right now. 4.5 months to go through vekari.net!

itch.io/jam/vekari-jam

Vekari Jam!

A game jam from 2026-06-01 to 2026-07-31 hosted by Inkus Alters. Far in the future, several dozen light years away, exists a planet called Vekari. Vekari is an anomaly of the cosmos, hidden in the fol...

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February 10, 2026 at 12:33 AM

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Inkus Alters

@inkus.ca

Process post 🪐

I love how my simple sketches turn into the most detailed intensive works I've ever done

Sketch for the Vekari: Remote Bypass cover art. It's messy, lacks detail.

Vekari: RB cover art in progress, with the warehouse hallway colour blocked in random dull colours before I blocked in the characters

Vekari: RB cover art with the background now in greyscale for easier shading and the characters blocked in on top. Still looks cool without all the colour imo

Final Vekari:RB cover art using purple, green, and blue lights to colour the scene over a greyish blue base. The characters have thick black outlines to make them pop, aiming for a sort of comic feel.

February 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM

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Inkus Alters

@inkus.ca

Abby would like everyone to know that this image is an anti gen AI protest image that basically features Kori stomping the shit out of all of it

No seriously, that's what "The Glitch" represents

#VekariRB #fuckAI

Black and brown mini double doodle puppy in a pink bandana and beanie babies-style tag labelled "Abby" sitting nicely on a brown pet bed with her head tilted as she looks at the camera like a little stuffed animal

February 9, 2026 at 12:58 AM

Inkus Alters

@inkus.ca

Abby would like everyone to know that this image is an anti gen AI protest image that basically features Kori stomping the shit out of all of it

No seriously, that's what "The Glitch" represents

#VekariRB #fuckAI

February 9, 2026 at 12:58 AM

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Inkus Alters

@inkus.ca

The first ever #VekariJam runs from June 1 to July 31 and is open to all art forms and skill levels. Games, zines, you name it, it goes!

The theme is finding hope through hopelessness, because I think we need more of that right now. 4.5 months to go through vekari.net!

itch.io/jam/vekari-jam

Vekari Jam!

A game jam from 2026-06-01 to 2026-07-31 hosted by Inkus Alters. Far in the future, several dozen light years away, exists a planet called Vekari. Vekari is an anomaly of the cosmos, hidden in the fol...

itch.io

January 16, 2026 at 1:02 AM