Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe
@quakefultales.bsky.social
Narrative Designer at CCP Games | PhD in Computational Media from UCSC | MFA in Digital Art and New Media | Playwright | Indie Dev of Experimental AI Behavior Tools
https://njunius.github.io/
https://njunius.github.io/
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Hey folks, I'm a narrative designer at CCP Games and have a PhD in Computational Media and an MFA in Digital Arts and New Media from UC Santa Cruz
My indie work includes interactive fiction, visual novels, plays, and tabletop games
A lot of my work deals with gender and queerness!
My indie work includes interactive fiction, visual novels, plays, and tabletop games
A lot of my work deals with gender and queerness!
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I fear that we're heading towards all cultural products being the fashion industry: bifurcated between cheap things meant to be used once and thrown away and exorbitantly expensive hand crafted work that is great but widely inaccessible
February 19, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I fear that we're heading towards all cultural products being the fashion industry: bifurcated between cheap things meant to be used once and thrown away and exorbitantly expensive hand crafted work that is great but widely inaccessible
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#SIGNALIS
Elster, Elster.
If things gonna be totally messed up,
Please remember our promise.
Elster, Elster.
If things gonna be totally messed up,
Please remember our promise.
August 20, 2023 at 8:12 PM
#SIGNALIS
Elster, Elster.
If things gonna be totally messed up,
Please remember our promise.
Elster, Elster.
If things gonna be totally messed up,
Please remember our promise.
Every choice made leading up to this is insane and everyone at the studio deserves infinitely better than what Sony is giving them
BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games, the studio responsible for modern remakes of classic games such as Demon's Souls and Shadow of the Colossus, Bloomberg News has learned.
A shocking end for a well-respected studio.
A shocking end for a well-respected studio.
February 19, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Every choice made leading up to this is insane and everyone at the studio deserves infinitely better than what Sony is giving them
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RE Bluepoint:
Having a studio that is expert at remakes, working for a publisher with an insanely deep backlog of beloved classics, was always a recipe for printing money at a steady cadence.
Leave them alone and they print money forever, little or no opportunity cost. Come the fuck on
Having a studio that is expert at remakes, working for a publisher with an insanely deep backlog of beloved classics, was always a recipe for printing money at a steady cadence.
Leave them alone and they print money forever, little or no opportunity cost. Come the fuck on
February 19, 2026 at 7:32 PM
RE Bluepoint:
Having a studio that is expert at remakes, working for a publisher with an insanely deep backlog of beloved classics, was always a recipe for printing money at a steady cadence.
Leave them alone and they print money forever, little or no opportunity cost. Come the fuck on
Having a studio that is expert at remakes, working for a publisher with an insanely deep backlog of beloved classics, was always a recipe for printing money at a steady cadence.
Leave them alone and they print money forever, little or no opportunity cost. Come the fuck on
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life drawing session
February 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
life drawing session
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Hey! I'm Julie! Writer, consultant, designer. If you need a writer for a project, or a consultant to take a look at a game, I am open for contract work! Let me know. I've worked on titles like Silent Hill 2 Remake, Signalis, and 1000xResist, and I made one of Paste's favorite games of 2024.
February 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Hey! I'm Julie! Writer, consultant, designer. If you need a writer for a project, or a consultant to take a look at a game, I am open for contract work! Let me know. I've worked on titles like Silent Hill 2 Remake, Signalis, and 1000xResist, and I made one of Paste's favorite games of 2024.
god the second to last cut of the Knights of Guinivere announcement trailer is one of the most disturbing things I have watched and it's perfect
February 17, 2026 at 9:40 PM
god the second to last cut of the Knights of Guinivere announcement trailer is one of the most disturbing things I have watched and it's perfect
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WATCHTOWER (1999)
Acrylic on Panel - 28" x 22"
While the figure in the tower was watching her TV, the tide came in and then receded, taking her boat and ruining her ladder in the process. 1/2
#art
Acrylic on Panel - 28" x 22"
While the figure in the tower was watching her TV, the tide came in and then receded, taking her boat and ruining her ladder in the process. 1/2
#art
February 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
WATCHTOWER (1999)
Acrylic on Panel - 28" x 22"
While the figure in the tower was watching her TV, the tide came in and then receded, taking her boat and ruining her ladder in the process. 1/2
#art
Acrylic on Panel - 28" x 22"
While the figure in the tower was watching her TV, the tide came in and then receded, taking her boat and ruining her ladder in the process. 1/2
#art
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February 17, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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dumplings are a side effect of Mongols
In honor of Lunar New Year, one of my all-time favorite maps:
How dumplings spread around the world
(tl;dr: It was largely, though not exclusively, the Mongol invasions!)
How dumplings spread around the world
(tl;dr: It was largely, though not exclusively, the Mongol invasions!)
February 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
dumplings are a side effect of Mongols
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OH YEAH i wont be able to finish this BUT i did manage to draw Lana and Aislen for the most part, too
Maybe future kids, too,,,undecided #oc #cosky #sigilgates
Maybe future kids, too,,,undecided #oc #cosky #sigilgates
February 15, 2026 at 3:13 AM
OH YEAH i wont be able to finish this BUT i did manage to draw Lana and Aislen for the most part, too
Maybe future kids, too,,,undecided #oc #cosky #sigilgates
Maybe future kids, too,,,undecided #oc #cosky #sigilgates
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rpgmaker definitely isn't the right tool for everyone, but I think using opinionated pre-baked tools to make some games would be very instructive to a lot of folks setting out to make their epic custom dream game. they're a much lower-stakes way to learn important lessons like "how to tell a story"
February 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM
rpgmaker definitely isn't the right tool for everyone, but I think using opinionated pre-baked tools to make some games would be very instructive to a lot of folks setting out to make their epic custom dream game. they're a much lower-stakes way to learn important lessons like "how to tell a story"
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From "Surviving Romance" webtoon trailer.
Animation : Studio PPURI (South Korea).
Full video >> youtu.be/vbsHK0p-5SA
Animation : Studio PPURI (South Korea).
Full video >> youtu.be/vbsHK0p-5SA
February 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
From "Surviving Romance" webtoon trailer.
Animation : Studio PPURI (South Korea).
Full video >> youtu.be/vbsHK0p-5SA
Animation : Studio PPURI (South Korea).
Full video >> youtu.be/vbsHK0p-5SA
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wahh this was so cute (kuatra)
February 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
wahh this was so cute (kuatra)
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Live service has been incredibly toxic to the industry, and sure we have had them for a long time in the form of MMOs, but MMOs were and still are a specific kind of game for a specific audience
everything attempting to turn into MMO-lite kills the attention economy games used to have
everything attempting to turn into MMO-lite kills the attention economy games used to have
February 15, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Live service has been incredibly toxic to the industry, and sure we have had them for a long time in the form of MMOs, but MMOs were and still are a specific kind of game for a specific audience
everything attempting to turn into MMO-lite kills the attention economy games used to have
everything attempting to turn into MMO-lite kills the attention economy games used to have
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7 years ago, a pair of vloggers ventured into the woods to search for the paranormal and got more than they bargained for... ❄️💕
Happy 7th anniversary to Heart of the Woods, and thank you to everyone who's been along with us since then! It's currently on sale: store.steampowered.com/app/844660/H...
Happy 7th anniversary to Heart of the Woods, and thank you to everyone who's been along with us since then! It's currently on sale: store.steampowered.com/app/844660/H...
February 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
7 years ago, a pair of vloggers ventured into the woods to search for the paranormal and got more than they bargained for... ❄️💕
Happy 7th anniversary to Heart of the Woods, and thank you to everyone who's been along with us since then! It's currently on sale: store.steampowered.com/app/844660/H...
Happy 7th anniversary to Heart of the Woods, and thank you to everyone who's been along with us since then! It's currently on sale: store.steampowered.com/app/844660/H...
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Anyway I'm not touching that post again it's way too fuckin viral but if you want to read more of my thoughts on why I feel that "pivot to indie" is not the clean solution everyone wants it to be, I wrote about it at length last year here: auratriolo.com/blog/2025/01...
A Pivot To Indie won’t save us – AURAMBLES
auratriolo.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Anyway I'm not touching that post again it's way too fuckin viral but if you want to read more of my thoughts on why I feel that "pivot to indie" is not the clean solution everyone wants it to be, I wrote about it at length last year here: auratriolo.com/blog/2025/01...
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✨ I'm a guest at East Bay Comic Con this Sunday (Feb 15)! ✨
I'll have personal projects, lunar new year items, signatures, comics, handmade goods, and plenty of hello's 👋☺️
~A portion of my sales will be donated to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota~
I'll have personal projects, lunar new year items, signatures, comics, handmade goods, and plenty of hello's 👋☺️
~A portion of my sales will be donated to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota~
February 13, 2026 at 3:53 AM
✨ I'm a guest at East Bay Comic Con this Sunday (Feb 15)! ✨
I'll have personal projects, lunar new year items, signatures, comics, handmade goods, and plenty of hello's 👋☺️
~A portion of my sales will be donated to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota~
I'll have personal projects, lunar new year items, signatures, comics, handmade goods, and plenty of hello's 👋☺️
~A portion of my sales will be donated to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota~
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I think "make cheap games" and "make games with a short dev cycle" is probably a good idea for a lot of studios right now but it's not going to solve the problem of everyone in the industry being out of a job, is it?
February 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I think "make cheap games" and "make games with a short dev cycle" is probably a good idea for a lot of studios right now but it's not going to solve the problem of everyone in the industry being out of a job, is it?