Phanterm
@phanterm.bsky.social
Tempestuous Jester (Very Serious Individual) Daily Driving the 獨行道
Working on Coruncopia over at @studiosunshower.com
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Phanterm
@phanterm.bsky.social
· May 14
My niece was at a wrestling competition on livestream and my mom was being a bloodthirsty anime villain about it. I love her
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My niece was at a wrestling competition on livestream and my mom was being a bloodthirsty anime villain about it. I love her
I think it’s important to assume that, in the name of a dying trend, people with this mindset will make their company radioactive as an employment opportunity while slowly ridding it of the humans who gave it meaning to begin with
but I’m just a silly little guy
but I’m just a silly little guy
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
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“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I think it’s important to assume that, in the name of a dying trend, people with this mindset will make their company radioactive as an employment opportunity while slowly ridding it of the humans who gave it meaning to begin with
but I’m just a silly little guy
but I’m just a silly little guy
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Super Mario World has an extremely eclectic art style whereby many enemies are drawn in completely different ways. Development files reveal Mario went through many stylistic changes; it is possible that all the enemies were made to fit Mario, but at different points in time.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Super Mario World has an extremely eclectic art style whereby many enemies are drawn in completely different ways. Development files reveal Mario went through many stylistic changes; it is possible that all the enemies were made to fit Mario, but at different points in time.
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Opening commissions for 3d characters starting at $99! RTs are 🖤
You can check my portfolio at 2dchaos.com
Contact: 2dchaos@gmail.com or Discord(2dchaos)
Thanks ^^
You can check my portfolio at 2dchaos.com
Contact: 2dchaos@gmail.com or Discord(2dchaos)
Thanks ^^
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Opening commissions for 3d characters starting at $99! RTs are 🖤
You can check my portfolio at 2dchaos.com
Contact: 2dchaos@gmail.com or Discord(2dchaos)
Thanks ^^
You can check my portfolio at 2dchaos.com
Contact: 2dchaos@gmail.com or Discord(2dchaos)
Thanks ^^
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New update for my @aseprite.org theme is up! Added the text tool and changed a few things here and there.
Go grab Minimal Dark 1.0 for free! :3
2dchaos.itch.io/minimal-dark...
Go grab Minimal Dark 1.0 for free! :3
2dchaos.itch.io/minimal-dark...
Minimal Dark HD Aseprite Theme by fe
A clean non-pixelated theme for Aseprite
2dchaos.itch.io
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New update for my @aseprite.org theme is up! Added the text tool and changed a few things here and there.
Go grab Minimal Dark 1.0 for free! :3
2dchaos.itch.io/minimal-dark...
Go grab Minimal Dark 1.0 for free! :3
2dchaos.itch.io/minimal-dark...
Game career presentation coming along Nicely
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Game career presentation coming along Nicely
Shoutouts to KOEI, a company that either makes totally mindless action games (lovingly) or the deepest, most mechanically rich sweaty simulation games you’ll ever play outside of Europa Universalis
my opinion on musou today is that more people should play Warriors: Abyss, which is basically what if musou was also vampire survivors/hades, a game where you can play as historical heroes from china/japan and also several magical women from the Atelier series store.steampowered.com/app/3178350/...
WARRIORS: Abyss on Steam
Through victory and defeat, traverse the merciless trials of hell.
store.steampowered.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Shoutouts to KOEI, a company that either makes totally mindless action games (lovingly) or the deepest, most mechanically rich sweaty simulation games you’ll ever play outside of Europa Universalis
If the slide notes are any indication, this upcoming talk I'm giving on game careers is sure to be a feelgood experience
November 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If the slide notes are any indication, this upcoming talk I'm giving on game careers is sure to be a feelgood experience
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So far, so good! We've got score items for bullet cancels in there, and they slorp in real nice.
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
So far, so good! We've got score items for bullet cancels in there, and they slorp in real nice.
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Scorning in progress. #scornhorn #floating_party_hat_(scornhorn)
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Scorning in progress. #scornhorn #floating_party_hat_(scornhorn)
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I just watched My Dinner with Andre and it’s like if a podcast was a film, except they only talked about Real Things ™️
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I just watched My Dinner with Andre and it’s like if a podcast was a film, except they only talked about Real Things ™️
It’s Clock Tower. It’s not that it does anything particularly surreal or visually horrifying (though such elements are present). Rather, I can think of no other game that cultivates an atmosphere so oppressive by way of the use of deafening silence.
Much of the game is quiet.
Until it isn’t.
Much of the game is quiet.
Until it isn’t.
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It’s Clock Tower. It’s not that it does anything particularly surreal or visually horrifying (though such elements are present). Rather, I can think of no other game that cultivates an atmosphere so oppressive by way of the use of deafening silence.
Much of the game is quiet.
Until it isn’t.
Much of the game is quiet.
Until it isn’t.
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ok, i’m getting the hang of this ✨
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
ok, i’m getting the hang of this ✨
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have an up close render as well because i am LOVING the freckles and nose bumpies
July 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
have an up close render as well because i am LOVING the freckles and nose bumpies
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Cyclops space dolphin playing with rainbow death energy? Hell yeah. enemy design sure is fun :b (the pink on the sprite will be a chroma-key mask color to show through to a persistent parallax space background. it'll look so cool.)
October 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Cyclops space dolphin playing with rainbow death energy? Hell yeah. enemy design sure is fun :b (the pink on the sprite will be a chroma-key mask color to show through to a persistent parallax space background. it'll look so cool.)
Still automating room creation but boy has it paid off! With one button press, I bind the camera limits to the room, set entry/exit triggers, generate a chunk-based navigation mesh, generate waypoints for things like spawn zones, movement logic assistance, etc. Then I remove ones not on the navmesh!
October 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Still automating room creation but boy has it paid off! With one button press, I bind the camera limits to the room, set entry/exit triggers, generate a chunk-based navigation mesh, generate waypoints for things like spawn zones, movement logic assistance, etc. Then I remove ones not on the navmesh!
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By Yasuyuki Shimizu
October 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
By Yasuyuki Shimizu
Ultimately it's not game prices being too high, but the journey that price tag took to end up that way:
-$100 game (everyone involved is paid fairly and the production process was ethical) - I could buy it!
-$100 game (1/2 team laid off, CEO buys diamond-encrusted hamburger) - kick rocks forever!
-$100 game (everyone involved is paid fairly and the production process was ethical) - I could buy it!
-$100 game (1/2 team laid off, CEO buys diamond-encrusted hamburger) - kick rocks forever!
October 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Ultimately it's not game prices being too high, but the journey that price tag took to end up that way:
-$100 game (everyone involved is paid fairly and the production process was ethical) - I could buy it!
-$100 game (1/2 team laid off, CEO buys diamond-encrusted hamburger) - kick rocks forever!
-$100 game (everyone involved is paid fairly and the production process was ethical) - I could buy it!
-$100 game (1/2 team laid off, CEO buys diamond-encrusted hamburger) - kick rocks forever!
Don’t second guess your weird idea when it turns out that it feels weird. Being gutless and walking things back to what is comfortable will butcher the spirit of the thing.
What's your number one personal game design principle? And even better - does it have a cool name?
October 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Don’t second guess your weird idea when it turns out that it feels weird. Being gutless and walking things back to what is comfortable will butcher the spirit of the thing.
Happy 30th to one of my all-time favorites! It never came out in the US so most people (myself included) missed out on this one. It's a bold, emotionally punchy, and grand celebration of the human spirit. That message isn't direct, but rather something to be absorbed from the game's atmosphere. 🌎
Esteemed action RPG Terranigma was out 30 years ago (1995)!🌍 The last Quintet title after Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia dealing in life, sacrifice, and philosophy. Set in the underworld, a brave hero is tasked to resurrect the Earth above...
Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/terra...
Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/terra...
October 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Happy 30th to one of my all-time favorites! It never came out in the US so most people (myself included) missed out on this one. It's a bold, emotionally punchy, and grand celebration of the human spirit. That message isn't direct, but rather something to be absorbed from the game's atmosphere. 🌎
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NES Guerilla War is probably the most fun co-op vertically scrolling walk'em up for the system.
The game had CHARM with its comedic moments.
You destroy this bulldozer, the two guys driving it get mad and throw you to the next stage
The game had CHARM with its comedic moments.
You destroy this bulldozer, the two guys driving it get mad and throw you to the next stage
October 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
NES Guerilla War is probably the most fun co-op vertically scrolling walk'em up for the system.
The game had CHARM with its comedic moments.
You destroy this bulldozer, the two guys driving it get mad and throw you to the next stage
The game had CHARM with its comedic moments.
You destroy this bulldozer, the two guys driving it get mad and throw you to the next stage
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you don't need to be talented. you need to be stubborn.
October 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
you don't need to be talented. you need to be stubborn.
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October 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM