Younès ★
@pyrofoux.bsky.social
Game designer, researcher, and performer. I'm a triple A developer: AMAB. ARAB. ACAB. ❖ they/them ❖ 🇫🇷 🇲🇦 🇬🇧
Designer & Writer for neurocracy.site
🔬 knivesandpaintbrushes.org/younes
🎮 pyrofoux.itch.io
Designer & Writer for neurocracy.site
🔬 knivesandpaintbrushes.org/younes
🎮 pyrofoux.itch.io
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Younès ★
@pyrofoux.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Do you like weird puzzles? You don't mind playing the first experimental iterations of a game? Like this post and DM me your mail, I'll have a surprise in your inbox everyday of December 🎁✨
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As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
December 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
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One of my favorite works this year was this illustration of a pigeon on a hero's journey, commissioned by my MFA program as this year's student/staff shirt. I later made a risograph print of the image!
December 28, 2025 at 7:37 AM
One of my favorite works this year was this illustration of a pigeon on a hero's journey, commissioned by my MFA program as this year's student/staff shirt. I later made a risograph print of the image!
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New Post: Magpie (Part One) 🐦⬛
Magpie is my tool for livecoding visuals, made inside #picotron! This post explains what livecoding is (briefly), what Picotron is (also briefly), and shows a bit of what Magpie can do.
www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/m...
Magpie is my tool for livecoding visuals, made inside #picotron! This post explains what livecoding is (briefly), what Picotron is (also briefly), and shows a bit of what Magpie can do.
www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/m...
December 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
New Post: Magpie (Part One) 🐦⬛
Magpie is my tool for livecoding visuals, made inside #picotron! This post explains what livecoding is (briefly), what Picotron is (also briefly), and shows a bit of what Magpie can do.
www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/m...
Magpie is my tool for livecoding visuals, made inside #picotron! This post explains what livecoding is (briefly), what Picotron is (also briefly), and shows a bit of what Magpie can do.
www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/m...
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A review does not have to be long or sophisticated either! Just say you liked it, or something you liked about it!
One of the best reviews of all time was that one-liner on ye olde Twitter from *checks notes* bigolas dickolas
It does matter, it does help.
One of the best reviews of all time was that one-liner on ye olde Twitter from *checks notes* bigolas dickolas
It does matter, it does help.
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A review does not have to be long or sophisticated either! Just say you liked it, or something you liked about it!
One of the best reviews of all time was that one-liner on ye olde Twitter from *checks notes* bigolas dickolas
It does matter, it does help.
One of the best reviews of all time was that one-liner on ye olde Twitter from *checks notes* bigolas dickolas
It does matter, it does help.
Everything I'm reading about video games today is making me deeply sigh. Instead of reacting to it, I'm going to share a cryptic joke that came to me in a dream:
How do you call a French gay who's into old video games?
Une rétropédale.
Bonne journée 🌈🚲✨
How do you call a French gay who's into old video games?
Une rétropédale.
Bonne journée 🌈🚲✨
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Everything I'm reading about video games today is making me deeply sigh. Instead of reacting to it, I'm going to share a cryptic joke that came to me in a dream:
How do you call a French gay who's into old video games?
Une rétropédale.
Bonne journée 🌈🚲✨
How do you call a French gay who's into old video games?
Une rétropédale.
Bonne journée 🌈🚲✨
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complicated situation here, handled with grace by Alan
So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.
December 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
complicated situation here, handled with grace by Alan
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look i wasn't gonna say anything but when you hear "10 years in the making" from a game by jonathan blow just know that a game never takes 10 years because of good employee relationships and clear leadership direction
December 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
look i wasn't gonna say anything but when you hear "10 years in the making" from a game by jonathan blow just know that a game never takes 10 years because of good employee relationships and clear leadership direction
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Shout out also to @hard-drive.net for their show on Friday, especially as they fundraise for a great cause (which TGA has refused to acknowledge for years and you all know how this led to the disbanding of Future Class) bsky.app/profile/hard...
Are you an indie developer with a game that you’d like to promote during the Hard Drive Game Awards?(Dec 12, 7PM ET)
We’d love to talk to you!
The only requirement is a willingness to be silly. 🤪
Send us a DM if you’re interested.
Fundraising for www.pcrf.net
tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
We’d love to talk to you!
The only requirement is a willingness to be silly. 🤪
Send us a DM if you’re interested.
Fundraising for www.pcrf.net
tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
PCRF
The Palestine Children's Relief Fund was established in 1992 by concerned humanitarians in the USA to bring injured and sick children for free medical care they could not get locally
www.pcrf.net
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Shout out also to @hard-drive.net for their show on Friday, especially as they fundraise for a great cause (which TGA has refused to acknowledge for years and you all know how this led to the disbanding of Future Class) bsky.app/profile/hard...
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
I'd like to introduce a new product people would actually like: a squishy toy based on Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse avatar. It would be super satisfying to strangle.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the ‘Metaverse’ has cost Meta more than $77B
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
December 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I'd like to introduce a new product people would actually like: a squishy toy based on Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse avatar. It would be super satisfying to strangle.
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#ICYMI folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (@sucho-org.bsky.social)+building tools for it (@webrecorder.net) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... & why you shouldn't expect others will do so
April 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#ICYMI folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (@sucho-org.bsky.social)+building tools for it (@webrecorder.net) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... & why you shouldn't expect others will do so
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If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people
Puzzmo — The (new) place for thoughtful puzzles.
Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.
www.puzzmo.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people
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The conference is now live across two tracks.
Track 1: www.youtube.com/live/Z3f6Bb6...
Track 2: www.youtube.com/live/3uRb7wX...
The games showcase is later today at 6pm Paris time:
youtu.be/ydrq4kACYJ0?...
Some really cool Arab made games.
Quick sneak peak at something I'm very proud of 🤘🏼💜
Track 1: www.youtube.com/live/Z3f6Bb6...
Track 2: www.youtube.com/live/3uRb7wX...
The games showcase is later today at 6pm Paris time:
youtu.be/ydrq4kACYJ0?...
Some really cool Arab made games.
Quick sneak peak at something I'm very proud of 🤘🏼💜
November 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The conference is now live across two tracks.
Track 1: www.youtube.com/live/Z3f6Bb6...
Track 2: www.youtube.com/live/3uRb7wX...
The games showcase is later today at 6pm Paris time:
youtu.be/ydrq4kACYJ0?...
Some really cool Arab made games.
Quick sneak peak at something I'm very proud of 🤘🏼💜
Track 1: www.youtube.com/live/Z3f6Bb6...
Track 2: www.youtube.com/live/3uRb7wX...
The games showcase is later today at 6pm Paris time:
youtu.be/ydrq4kACYJ0?...
Some really cool Arab made games.
Quick sneak peak at something I'm very proud of 🤘🏼💜
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escapism through channeling a medieval manuscript illustrator
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
escapism through channeling a medieval manuscript illustrator
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im sure it wont make much of a dent but just to be safe, in the tradition of all financial downfalls, the 6 game owch bundle is 4.20 all week (including the itch version of 10S FOREVER, pictured, usually 8 bucks on its own!)
itch.io/s/170311/eme...
itch.io/s/170311/eme...
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
im sure it wont make much of a dent but just to be safe, in the tradition of all financial downfalls, the 6 game owch bundle is 4.20 all week (including the itch version of 10S FOREVER, pictured, usually 8 bucks on its own!)
itch.io/s/170311/eme...
itch.io/s/170311/eme...
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🦃🎮 Creator Day returns this Friday with the start of our Black Friday 2025 Sitewide Sale. For 24 hours we'll waive our free on all transactions. Over 15,000 projects to be on sale from this Friday through December 3rd. More details here itch.io/blog/1124058/creator...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🦃🎮 Creator Day returns this Friday with the start of our Black Friday 2025 Sitewide Sale. For 24 hours we'll waive our free on all transactions. Over 15,000 projects to be on sale from this Friday through December 3rd. More details here itch.io/blog/1124058/creator...
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first game that made me go "i think i could speedrun this"
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Fivefold Daily Puzzle #15 (Nov 25, 2025) solved in 0:36 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca
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Fivefold Daily Puzzle #15 (Nov 25, 2025) solved in 0:36 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca
Fivefold: Daily Puzzle
A daily logic puzzle game where the rules are different every day!
fivefold.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
first game that made me go "i think i could speedrun this"
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Fivefold Daily Puzzle #15 (Nov 25, 2025) solved in 0:36 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca
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Fivefold Daily Puzzle #15 (Nov 25, 2025) solved in 0:36 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca
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Do you like weird puzzles? You don't mind playing the first experimental iterations of a game? Like this post and DM me your mail, I'll have a surprise in your inbox everyday of December 🎁✨
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Do you like weird puzzles? You don't mind playing the first experimental iterations of a game? Like this post and DM me your mail, I'll have a surprise in your inbox everyday of December 🎁✨
Do you like weird puzzles? You don't mind playing the first experimental iterations of a game? Like this post and DM me your mail, I'll have a surprise in your inbox everyday of December 🎁✨
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Do you like weird puzzles? You don't mind playing the first experimental iterations of a game? Like this post and DM me your mail, I'll have a surprise in your inbox everyday of December 🎁✨
Reposted by Younès ★
If you are an Actual Play producer (or otherwise the copyright holder) and you are interested in uploading your show to the Internet Archive, please let me know and I can help you through the whole process!
If we get 50 shows to coordinate, we can make a collection :)
Message me here or email me!
If we get 50 shows to coordinate, we can make a collection :)
Message me here or email me!
I updated my guide to digital preservation of Actual Play to make it easier to navigate & added a little diagram to explain the relationship between backups, digital preservation & digital archives
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/digitalpres
Also, now it has a glitter cursor.
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/digitalpres
Also, now it has a glitter cursor.
Digital Preservation of Actual Play
All My Friends Are Stories is a project designed to help people tell collaborative stories through Table Top Roleplaying Games (TTRPG). There are so many ways to play TTRPGs: you can play them for the...
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
If you are an Actual Play producer (or otherwise the copyright holder) and you are interested in uploading your show to the Internet Archive, please let me know and I can help you through the whole process!
If we get 50 shows to coordinate, we can make a collection :)
Message me here or email me!
If we get 50 shows to coordinate, we can make a collection :)
Message me here or email me!
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November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you don't live in France, it's hard to really grasp how deeply islamophobic and racist its institutions still are, to this day. They're happy to let you work for them or to consume your cultural goods, but they don't like it when you're *too* arab.
We were invited to screen Still Playing at Amiens Jail in France as part of the cultural activity
They asked me to take off my Kufiya claming its religious symbol
I explained it’s part of my culture worn by people regardless of their religion
I refused to take it off & the screening was cancelled
They asked me to take off my Kufiya claming its religious symbol
I explained it’s part of my culture worn by people regardless of their religion
I refused to take it off & the screening was cancelled
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If you don't live in France, it's hard to really grasp how deeply islamophobic and racist its institutions still are, to this day. They're happy to let you work for them or to consume your cultural goods, but they don't like it when you're *too* arab.
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The judge who authorised the ICC's arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is now shut out from modern life as a result of US sanctions.
He has been blacklisted by financial systems and technologies (Visa, Apple, Google, etc)
Paywall bypass: archive.ph/d8NmT
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
He has been blacklisted by financial systems and technologies (Visa, Apple, Google, etc)
Paywall bypass: archive.ph/d8NmT
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The judge who authorised the ICC's arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is now shut out from modern life as a result of US sanctions.
He has been blacklisted by financial systems and technologies (Visa, Apple, Google, etc)
Paywall bypass: archive.ph/d8NmT
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
He has been blacklisted by financial systems and technologies (Visa, Apple, Google, etc)
Paywall bypass: archive.ph/d8NmT
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...