shinji 🪻 信志
@shinji.zone
hi I’m a game developer and hobbyist illustrator, from LA to Tokyo!
✦ English / 日本語 / 한국어
✦ ig: @shinji.dev
✦ site: shinji.zone
✦ English / 日本語 / 한국어
✦ ig: @shinji.dev
✦ site: shinji.zone
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shinji 🪻 信志
@shinji.zone
· Oct 14
hi #portfolioday i'm shinji!
i'm a game developer based in japan that likes to make nice games and nice effects! also an occasional illustrator, amateur photographer, and slow language learner 🐛
🔗 www.shinji.zone
i'm a game developer based in japan that likes to make nice games and nice effects! also an occasional illustrator, amateur photographer, and slow language learner 🐛
🔗 www.shinji.zone
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as I move increasingly quickly towards open heart surgery this year, consider....
if you like the stuff I'm doing on Tsundoku Diving and elsewhere (and you have some spare change) consider throwing a dollar or two my way! normally it'd go towards site maintenance, but you know, circumstances
if you like the stuff I'm doing on Tsundoku Diving and elsewhere (and you have some spare change) consider throwing a dollar or two my way! normally it'd go towards site maintenance, but you know, circumstances
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January 5, 2026 at 4:36 AM
as I move increasingly quickly towards open heart surgery this year, consider....
if you like the stuff I'm doing on Tsundoku Diving and elsewhere (and you have some spare change) consider throwing a dollar or two my way! normally it'd go towards site maintenance, but you know, circumstances
if you like the stuff I'm doing on Tsundoku Diving and elsewhere (and you have some spare change) consider throwing a dollar or two my way! normally it'd go towards site maintenance, but you know, circumstances
man i really appreciate how easy it is to pick up and play with Renpy and other opensource game engines. years of suffering through Unity made me think that incomprehensible dev updates and insufficient documentation was just the norm
January 11, 2026 at 7:42 AM
man i really appreciate how easy it is to pick up and play with Renpy and other opensource game engines. years of suffering through Unity made me think that incomprehensible dev updates and insufficient documentation was just the norm
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Wow!! Angeline Era received grand prize and design noms for the Independent Games Festival, plus a shout-out for audio 🏆
Very honored for the recognition!! Congrats to co-dev @even-kei.bsky.social !!
How about... beginning your bumpslash journey today?? store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
Very honored for the recognition!! Congrats to co-dev @even-kei.bsky.social !!
How about... beginning your bumpslash journey today?? store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
January 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Wow!! Angeline Era received grand prize and design noms for the Independent Games Festival, plus a shout-out for audio 🏆
Very honored for the recognition!! Congrats to co-dev @even-kei.bsky.social !!
How about... beginning your bumpslash journey today?? store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
Very honored for the recognition!! Congrats to co-dev @even-kei.bsky.social !!
How about... beginning your bumpslash journey today?? store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
omggggg goated 🐐 congrats!!!!!!!!
January 9, 2026 at 10:49 PM
omggggg goated 🐐 congrats!!!!!!!!
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January 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM
👊 phone where you can jumpscare people into thinking they’re about to be punched by their phone but it’s just rob’s 3ds technology
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
👊 phone where you can jumpscare people into thinking they’re about to be punched by their phone but it’s just rob’s 3ds technology
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January 7, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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take this with a big grain of salt because I could be misremembering but I remember reading a Pokémon translator saying he translated a line as "soft, loamy soil" to teach kids a new word and he was right. I did learn what loamy meant from Pokémon in fact
there is almost no feedback I will reflexively ignore as a game developer but “you shouldn’t name something X because people don’t know that word” is one of them. oh no! You might learn a new word! God forbid you take away a piece of knowledge from a game that’s not a brand of gun or some shit lol
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
take this with a big grain of salt because I could be misremembering but I remember reading a Pokémon translator saying he translated a line as "soft, loamy soil" to teach kids a new word and he was right. I did learn what loamy meant from Pokémon in fact
that’s amazing knowing it was a consistent and intentional choice! when i was growing up in a predominantly-white neighborhood in America with immigrant parents, pokémon (and a healthy amount of fantasy books) really did help me learn how to read English. thank you 🥹🙏
January 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
that’s amazing knowing it was a consistent and intentional choice! when i was growing up in a predominantly-white neighborhood in America with immigrant parents, pokémon (and a healthy amount of fantasy books) really did help me learn how to read English. thank you 🥹🙏
x becomes shit -> creators become more and more uncomfortable with uploading their work onto x and leave -> companies feel like they have to stay to promote their brand presence -> x becomes 30% brand accounts/influencers/musk fanboys, 50% bots/engagement farmers
January 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
x becomes shit -> creators become more and more uncomfortable with uploading their work onto x and leave -> companies feel like they have to stay to promote their brand presence -> x becomes 30% brand accounts/influencers/musk fanboys, 50% bots/engagement farmers
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tfw he can’t name all of the 1,025 women discovered up until this point in all regions :/
January 7, 2026 at 6:50 AM
tfw he can’t name all of the 1,025 women discovered up until this point in all regions :/
i'm writing a story with maybe around 4-5 characters? but i can already tell that i'll overload my brain if i focus on all four equally so it's time to pick favorites and leave the rest as side characters... 🔫
January 6, 2026 at 11:34 PM
i'm writing a story with maybe around 4-5 characters? but i can already tell that i'll overload my brain if i focus on all four equally so it's time to pick favorites and leave the rest as side characters... 🔫
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This reflective acrylic sheet shows how 1980s illustrators were able to trace real-life objects on the computer. Once it was aligned, it reflected whatever was in front of it over the monitor's display, allowing artists to trace it in a tool like MacPaint or MS Paint. Simple, low tech and effective.
January 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
This reflective acrylic sheet shows how 1980s illustrators were able to trace real-life objects on the computer. Once it was aligned, it reflected whatever was in front of it over the monitor's display, allowing artists to trace it in a tool like MacPaint or MS Paint. Simple, low tech and effective.
they’re doing dentistry on a tamagotchi
January 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
they’re doing dentistry on a tamagotchi
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Beatrice and Erika Umineko at the Phillies game
January 6, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Beatrice and Erika Umineko at the Phillies game
UMINEKO YEAAAAA YEHAHHAHAAAA
January 6, 2026 at 1:51 AM
UMINEKO YEAAAAA YEHAHHAHAAAA
man i didn't think i had a particular niche or anything but looking back at all of my archives, i really only drew girls and wlw 💀
January 6, 2026 at 1:02 AM
man i didn't think i had a particular niche or anything but looking back at all of my archives, i really only drew girls and wlw 💀
ohh god i COMPLETELY forgot until now that i had an artblog/doodleblog in college lmao i'm discovering so much old art
January 6, 2026 at 12:57 AM
ohh god i COMPLETELY forgot until now that i had an artblog/doodleblog in college lmao i'm discovering so much old art
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Unfortunately this one was slightly too long for direct bluesky embed, but if you're interested in Demonschool's art style, here's a bit about how we came to it:
Our last devlog: art! In this video we explain how we came to our art style, how we hoped to emulate the feeling of practical effects in film, and share some of the process we went through to achieve the look. youtu.be/x9bGZuz1IGk
Demonschool Devlog 5: Art - the creation of our 2D/3D hybrid art style
YouTube video by Necrosoft Games
youtu.be
January 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Unfortunately this one was slightly too long for direct bluesky embed, but if you're interested in Demonschool's art style, here's a bit about how we came to it:
in 2016 i made a zine about my complex relationship with the "Gamer" label. i decided to republish this out of nostalgia 😆 it's funny how embarrassed i was to talk about this 10 years ago! adult me wants to sit down with young me and be like "dude i get it it's ok!!"
jocelyn.itch.io/yeah-i-like-...
jocelyn.itch.io/yeah-i-like-...
January 5, 2026 at 11:54 AM
in 2016 i made a zine about my complex relationship with the "Gamer" label. i decided to republish this out of nostalgia 😆 it's funny how embarrassed i was to talk about this 10 years ago! adult me wants to sit down with young me and be like "dude i get it it's ok!!"
jocelyn.itch.io/yeah-i-like-...
jocelyn.itch.io/yeah-i-like-...
初カレーライス🍛
えのきフライもパン粉で揚げた！大満足
えのきフライもパン粉で揚げた！大満足
January 5, 2026 at 11:24 AM
初カレーライス🍛
えのきフライもパン粉で揚げた！大満足
えのきフライもパン粉で揚げた！大満足