Stephen Kleckner
@sosadillatron.bsky.social
- Indie ゲーム Dev/Illustrator/Pixel Artist/Etc.
- No Generative AI/Scraping
- El Jefe 52 Pick Up/It Was Tuesday
- Bylines: VentureBeat/GameSpot/1up/other extinct websites
- ア-ケ-ド Junk Hoarder/Old man FGC/♥ Shmups
- He/Him
- Cara @sosadillatron
- No Generative AI/Scraping
- El Jefe 52 Pick Up/It Was Tuesday
- Bylines: VentureBeat/GameSpot/1up/other extinct websites
- ア-ケ-ド Junk Hoarder/Old man FGC/♥ Shmups
- He/Him
- Cara @sosadillatron
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初めまして
I'm a graying weeb-ass out of work Art/Game/Writing Jack-Of-All-Trades
I tend to follow folks in similar circles
I sometimes post NSFW stuff, but tag it when I can
Fuck Gen-AI. Fuck Fascism. Yay cool people doing cool shit
These are bad times, you are allowed to be mad/sad
初めまして
I'm a graying weeb-ass out of work Art/Game/Writing Jack-Of-All-Trades
I tend to follow folks in similar circles
I sometimes post NSFW stuff, but tag it when I can
Fuck Gen-AI. Fuck Fascism. Yay cool people doing cool shit
These are bad times, you are allowed to be mad/sad
In my early 20s' I was an obnoxious contrarian. The thing about a contrarian phase is the harder something gets hyped, the more you smugly reject it. This campaign repulsed me into orbit
I remember everyone coming back from opening night utterly disappointed. But I didn't feel smug, I felt awful
I remember everyone coming back from opening night utterly disappointed. But I didn't feel smug, I felt awful
I can’t overstate how this was the most hype shit in the universe. Phantom Menace’s campaigns intertwined with the early internet, but most people still needed to buy a ticket to a movie they didn’t care about to see the preview trailer for Phantom Menace. Downloading a trailer in ‘98 was a BIG ask.
November 10, 1998: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace:
Amazing teaser poster released #OTD, designed by Ellen Lee.
The title simply states, “Episode I,” but the long shadow of Darth Vader hangs over the film.
#StarWarsArchives19992005
youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
Amazing teaser poster released #OTD, designed by Ellen Lee.
The title simply states, “Episode I,” but the long shadow of Darth Vader hangs over the film.
#StarWarsArchives19992005
youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In my early 20s' I was an obnoxious contrarian. The thing about a contrarian phase is the harder something gets hyped, the more you smugly reject it. This campaign repulsed me into orbit
I remember everyone coming back from opening night utterly disappointed. But I didn't feel smug, I felt awful
I remember everyone coming back from opening night utterly disappointed. But I didn't feel smug, I felt awful
Warm up with a 16x16 brain ... thing. I unintentionally got down with the least represented colors in the TwilioQuest76 color palette. #pixelart
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Warm up with a 16x16 brain ... thing. I unintentionally got down with the least represented colors in the TwilioQuest76 color palette. #pixelart
If you're gonna participate in this and you're using Clip Studio Paint, I created a .CLS file of the recommended TwilioQuest 76 color palette and uploaded it to my Google Drive. Hopefully that makes jumping straight to the drawing phase of your sprites a bit quicker!
#pixelart
#pixelart
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
If you're gonna participate in this and you're using Clip Studio Paint, I created a .CLS file of the recommended TwilioQuest 76 color palette and uploaded it to my Google Drive. Hopefully that makes jumping straight to the drawing phase of your sprites a bit quicker!
#pixelart
#pixelart
Today's background anime while I work on some art stuff: Sol Bianca
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Today's background anime while I work on some art stuff: Sol Bianca
Yeah! That definitely feels like the annoyed-to-come-into-work walk of whoever animated Spider-Man for this, leaking into the art :P
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Yeah! That definitely feels like the annoyed-to-come-into-work walk of whoever animated Spider-Man for this, leaking into the art :P
I'm in my late 40s and it is still terrifying when someone in real life asks if they can see my art work
Don't be like me wasting so much life hiding
Don't be like me wasting so much life hiding
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I'm in my late 40s and it is still terrifying when someone in real life asks if they can see my art work
Don't be like me wasting so much life hiding
Don't be like me wasting so much life hiding
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Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
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Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
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#newupload
Since the last ASCI issue didn't contain any Snatcher content, I've got a nice surprise for everyone today.
2 issues of Snatcher Funzine.
This is some great content
Check it out here:
Issue 1: tinyurl.com/2faajnbs
Issue 2: tinyurl.com/yy2s47sn
Look forward to more snatcher soon
Since the last ASCI issue didn't contain any Snatcher content, I've got a nice surprise for everyone today.
2 issues of Snatcher Funzine.
This is some great content
Check it out here:
Issue 1: tinyurl.com/2faajnbs
Issue 2: tinyurl.com/yy2s47sn
Look forward to more snatcher soon
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
#newupload
Since the last ASCI issue didn't contain any Snatcher content, I've got a nice surprise for everyone today.
2 issues of Snatcher Funzine.
This is some great content
Check it out here:
Issue 1: tinyurl.com/2faajnbs
Issue 2: tinyurl.com/yy2s47sn
Look forward to more snatcher soon
Since the last ASCI issue didn't contain any Snatcher content, I've got a nice surprise for everyone today.
2 issues of Snatcher Funzine.
This is some great content
Check it out here:
Issue 1: tinyurl.com/2faajnbs
Issue 2: tinyurl.com/yy2s47sn
Look forward to more snatcher soon
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The craziest thing I have to deal with now re: AI is what I call App Men. Every now and then, someone will come to the library and tell me they want to make an app "with AI", like "I want to make an app to identify plants, with AI". And every time, they don't know anything about plants or AI.
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The craziest thing I have to deal with now re: AI is what I call App Men. Every now and then, someone will come to the library and tell me they want to make an app "with AI", like "I want to make an app to identify plants, with AI". And every time, they don't know anything about plants or AI.
You ever learn the basics of a coding/scripting language and just run into something that feels different just to be different?
Functions in other languages:
var MyFunc (Param)
{
code
return var;
}
Powershell Functions
Function MyFunc
{
(Param)
code
}
Uhm ...
Functions in other languages:
var MyFunc (Param)
{
code
return var;
}
Powershell Functions
Function MyFunc
{
(Param)
code
}
Uhm ...
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his hands in the air
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his hands in the air
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
You ever learn the basics of a coding/scripting language and just run into something that feels different just to be different?
Functions in other languages:
var MyFunc (Param)
{
code
return var;
}
Powershell Functions
Function MyFunc
{
(Param)
code
}
Uhm ...
Functions in other languages:
var MyFunc (Param)
{
code
return var;
}
Powershell Functions
Function MyFunc
{
(Param)
code
}
Uhm ...
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Calling all horror content creators 👻
I just launched the demo for Shutter Story - a game about investigating haunted family photographs.
Know anyone that would like streaming this? Tag them here! 🙂
#screenshotsaturday
I just launched the demo for Shutter Story - a game about investigating haunted family photographs.
Know anyone that would like streaming this? Tag them here! 🙂
#screenshotsaturday
November 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Calling all horror content creators 👻
I just launched the demo for Shutter Story - a game about investigating haunted family photographs.
Know anyone that would like streaming this? Tag them here! 🙂
#screenshotsaturday
I just launched the demo for Shutter Story - a game about investigating haunted family photographs.
Know anyone that would like streaming this? Tag them here! 🙂
#screenshotsaturday
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Every time I do this, I wonder if I am going to hit some max year where the Saturn/Dreamcast's bios wasn't coded to save a year number that high.
Like the y2k issue, but someone on the team needed to optimize as much as possible and thought no one would be turning these things on after 30 years.
Like the y2k issue, but someone on the team needed to optimize as much as possible and thought no one would be turning these things on after 30 years.
Aging Saturn: "lol, what day is it again?"
Aging Barleybap: "lmao fucked if I know. Let me check the calendar."
We are losing our minds together, he and I. Unfortunately I can't fix mine with a brand new battery.
Aging Barleybap: "lmao fucked if I know. Let me check the calendar."
We are losing our minds together, he and I. Unfortunately I can't fix mine with a brand new battery.
November 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Every time I do this, I wonder if I am going to hit some max year where the Saturn/Dreamcast's bios wasn't coded to save a year number that high.
Like the y2k issue, but someone on the team needed to optimize as much as possible and thought no one would be turning these things on after 30 years.
Like the y2k issue, but someone on the team needed to optimize as much as possible and thought no one would be turning these things on after 30 years.
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@aoc.bsky.social says of Mamdani victory: "A lot of people...are willing to talk about party unity when it serves them, but not party unity when it serves everybody."
"We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."
"We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
@aoc.bsky.social says of Mamdani victory: "A lot of people...are willing to talk about party unity when it serves them, but not party unity when it serves everybody."
"We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."
"We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."
Amazing! We are going to need a Mamdani not just to replace every GOP/MAGA, but for every centrist and establishment Dem as well, and tonight proves that can finally ... possibly ... happen.
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Amazing! We are going to need a Mamdani not just to replace every GOP/MAGA, but for every centrist and establishment Dem as well, and tonight proves that can finally ... possibly ... happen.
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It makes me feel old that there are grown ass adults who do not know who Cheney was and why people hate his guts
For folks my age, he was one of the main culprits of the steady daily news diet of existential horrors, who gleefully stole our futures and left the door open for what we deal with now
For folks my age, he was one of the main culprits of the steady daily news diet of existential horrors, who gleefully stole our futures and left the door open for what we deal with now
November 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It makes me feel old that there are grown ass adults who do not know who Cheney was and why people hate his guts
For folks my age, he was one of the main culprits of the steady daily news diet of existential horrors, who gleefully stole our futures and left the door open for what we deal with now
For folks my age, he was one of the main culprits of the steady daily news diet of existential horrors, who gleefully stole our futures and left the door open for what we deal with now
Whenever humanity eventually decides to punish the people responsible for enshitifying everything, please do not reprieve whoever decided I need to keep babysitting the device/app I am using to play media. I shouldn't have to keep dealing with my TV's insecurity that I may not be in the room
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Whenever humanity eventually decides to punish the people responsible for enshitifying everything, please do not reprieve whoever decided I need to keep babysitting the device/app I am using to play media. I shouldn't have to keep dealing with my TV's insecurity that I may not be in the room
Ninja Gaiden (NES) is a major influence for me. Every time I start something using the NES palette and sprite/resolution restrictions, I think of this trilogy and put the first game in my brain's "mood board" for inspiration
Especially the use of black in those cut scenes to frame noir-ish shadows
Especially the use of black in those cut scenes to frame noir-ish shadows
Holy shit. @shmuplations.bsky.social translated a massive thread of old tweets from Hideo Yoshizawa that goes deep into the NES Ninja Gaiden's development, including finally confirming the Castlevania influence shmuplations.com/ninjagaiden/
Ninja Gaiden – Developer Commentary (2023) - shmuplations.com
Taken from a string of social media posts shared in 2023, these comments from director Hideo Yoshizawa recount the making of Tecmo's classic side-scrolling action game, Ninja Gaiden.
shmuplations.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Ninja Gaiden (NES) is a major influence for me. Every time I start something using the NES palette and sprite/resolution restrictions, I think of this trilogy and put the first game in my brain's "mood board" for inspiration
Especially the use of black in those cut scenes to frame noir-ish shadows
Especially the use of black in those cut scenes to frame noir-ish shadows
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Holy shit. @shmuplations.bsky.social translated a massive thread of old tweets from Hideo Yoshizawa that goes deep into the NES Ninja Gaiden's development, including finally confirming the Castlevania influence shmuplations.com/ninjagaiden/
Ninja Gaiden – Developer Commentary (2023) - shmuplations.com
Taken from a string of social media posts shared in 2023, these comments from director Hideo Yoshizawa recount the making of Tecmo's classic side-scrolling action game, Ninja Gaiden.
shmuplations.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Holy shit. @shmuplations.bsky.social translated a massive thread of old tweets from Hideo Yoshizawa that goes deep into the NES Ninja Gaiden's development, including finally confirming the Castlevania influence shmuplations.com/ninjagaiden/
Quick Rorschach Test: Do you see a World Series Celebration or a Horrifying Zombie Attack?
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Quick Rorschach Test: Do you see a World Series Celebration or a Horrifying Zombie Attack?
I have to rename over 1k files for the train project. I realized I could either do this by hand, or I can use the same amount of time to learn how to write basic scripts for PowerShell
One of the few chances to weaponize my brain's tendency to work on ANYTHING other than the thing I set out to do
One of the few chances to weaponize my brain's tendency to work on ANYTHING other than the thing I set out to do
November 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I have to rename over 1k files for the train project. I realized I could either do this by hand, or I can use the same amount of time to learn how to write basic scripts for PowerShell
One of the few chances to weaponize my brain's tendency to work on ANYTHING other than the thing I set out to do
One of the few chances to weaponize my brain's tendency to work on ANYTHING other than the thing I set out to do