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Yifat Shaik
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There is true freedom in being an adult because you are allowed to be as boring as you want too

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collecting dream pies for Cauldron, the 2nd mini game in Unplaces 🌀
sweet, savory, magical, cursed — if you can call it a pie, it counts (yes, sandwich too)
submit your dream pie here:
🥧 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

wander the Unplaces: miro.com/app/board/uX...
Pie Recipes for the Cauldron
Send me your pie recipes for Cauldron! 🥧✨ Cauldron is the second mini game in Unplaces — a map-based game (built in Miro) about places that exist only in dreams. Check it out here: https://miro.com/ap...
docs.google.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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I'm being so real right now, learn how to engage in media as art and not a reflection of your own real life morals. consume things that make you uncomfortable and understand why it makes you uncomfortable. Don't just base yours and others morals standings on the media you consume.
September 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
yifatshaik.bsky.social
I made a sweater, I will like to note that you should not try intersia for the first time with mohair
September 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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I think I might be crafting too much, I might need a break from making stuff to actually do my actual work
September 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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I can't even process Jimmy Kimmel being too edgy for the establishment.

Motherfucker doesn't have enough edge to open a pouch of Capri Sun
September 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Showing up here to announce to the world that I started watching the Chinese omegaverse BL

We already have pheromones and the promise of a mpreg
September 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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✨ Exciting news! ✨

I’m happy to share that I’ve received an OAC grant for Unplaces, a map-based game (built in Miro) exploring places that exist only in dreams.

This is a work in progress, but the very first mini-game, The Tower, is now live at: miro.com/app/board/uX...
Unplaces
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September 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉

The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.

Deadline: September 28th
More info 👇
grants.draknek.org
August 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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💛 Help keep Hand Eye Society alive.
We’re a small nonprofit facing funding cuts—and we can’t continue without your support.
Donations pay artists, keep events accessible, and make our programming possible.
🎮 Donate: zeffy.com/donation-for...
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Support Hand Eye Society
🌟Donate to Support Hand Eye Society! 🎮Support video game arts by joining us in our mission to create impactful showcases, events, and workshops. Your kindness, donations, and time are invaluable. Toge...
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August 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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A little about Glitter & Grits now that it is out - Glitter & Grit
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A little about Glitter & Grits now that it is out
I got into kpop in the middle of 2023 in the strangest way possible, while I was aware of kpop in some capacity (I had heard about BTS and Blackpink like most folks at that point in time), but I never...
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July 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Ok but it the endless amount of awfulness going on right now, the ceo getting caught cheating in the Coldplay concert gives me so much joy
July 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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I guess I can now announce that I got a SSHRC insight development grant to make a dating sim in hypercard ampd.yorku.ca/ampd-researc...
AMPD Researchers Awarded Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grants for 2025 » School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
Three researchers from AMPD have been awarded Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grants for 2025,
ampd.yorku.ca
July 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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🎤✨ Big News! My TTRPG where you play as K-pop trainees fighting for your chance to debut on a cutthroat survival show is finally available now!

Will you survive all of the audition rounds, stand out from the pack, and dodge the dreaded Evil Edit? Fighting!

yifatshaik.itch.io/gliter-and-g...
Glitter & Grit by Yifat Shaik
Friendships? Tested. Dreams? On the line. Debut? Not guaranteed.
yifatshaik.itch.io
July 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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I will just like to note the size difference between my two boys
Two cats, one large ginger boy and one tiny void They are the same age but the ginger is twice the size of the black one
July 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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The hotel I am in is playing Fox News in the lobby for some reason and my god it’s like watching Israeli news level of newspeak
July 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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🎮 We need your help to keep Toronto’s game arts community alive.

With your support, we can pay artists, run workshops, & host accessible events. Every dollar helps us keep these programs going.

👉 www.zeffy.com/donation-for...

Please share to help us reach more people.
July 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Hello, internet! In my latest attempt to escape reality, I’ve become somewhat addicted to short Chinese vertical dramas where the protagonist dies and then gets reborn before all the terrible things happen (and gets her revenge)

their are hundreds of those, i adore all of them
July 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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I’m in the new Rogers stadium and I’m shockingly impressed by everything
June 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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A while back, I made a TTRPG inspired by Kpop survival shows. I originally planned to release it when Kpop Demon Hunters dropped. But plot twist, it’s now set to launch with the premiere of Boys 2 Planet!
In the meantime… the itch.io page is officially live!!! 🎉👀 yifatshaik.itch.io/gliter-and-g...
Glitter & Grit by Yifat Shaik
Friendships? Tested. Dreams? On the line. Debut? Not guaranteed.
yifatshaik.itch.io
June 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Nothing ever made me feel more like a token "woman in games" as when everyone was praising Briana Wu shitty game because she was a GG victim.

Anyway, this is really funny...
unburntwitch.com Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · Jun 25
Yknow what? I’ve been sitting on this for a decade because I’m not into punching laterally but I AM FINE with punching far right lunatics.

Just a handful of short weeks before GamerGate started, Briana Wu, who I spoke to 0 times before this, sends me this *wild* ass email. 🧵
An email from Briana Wu, dated May 3, 2014 (about 3 months before the start of GamerGate) 11:39 ... Drinking the Mountain Dew B Brianna Wu May 3, 2014 to zoe v •.• Hey Zoe, You I hope this will stay between us. But, I did want to share something with you. The first time I really heard about you, and Depression Quest, a mutual gamede friend of ours in Boston was complaining about Depression Quest. They had counseled you to take the money from big pharma. They were talking all kinds of shit about how shortsighted it was of you to not do this - but you'd stood your ground and said no. They thought you were a total fool. I didn't know about your reality show, but I did read about the aftermath. And what really impressed me about the situation was you did the exact same thing. A situation was anathema for you, and you said no. You were willing to burn your bridges with an entire production company over the situation. You and I are similar people in that we really care about women in games and calling out the sexism in the industry. But, the truth is - I'm a pragmatist. And, if I were being embarrassingly honest with you, I probably would have taken the money from big pharma. And, I would have drank the Mountain Dew on camera. But, here you are today, and you're doing just fine. 11:39 •.• You and I are similar people in that we really care about women in games and calling out the sexism in the industry. But, the truth is - I'm a pragmatist. And, if I were being embarrassingly honest with you, l probably would have taken the money from big pharma. And, I would have drank the Mountain Dew on camera. But, here you are today, and you're doing just fine. You stood your ground, you made your choices and you still won. There's been a situation at GSK that's been really bad for us and bad for the company. And, I can't go into it just like you can't go into the reality show stuff - but I can tell you, I drank the Mountain Dew on camera for far too long. I have dealt with a really awful, humiliating situation for far too long. It finally ended this week. I don't know you that well, but - I have been thinking about your integrity a lot lately, and how going forward I need to be less of a pragmatist and more of a Zoe Quinn in leading my company. I want to let you know - that's something I really intend to follow through on. I hope that doesn't seem emo, but it is true. And, I think when other women in the industry inspire us, l think we should let them know it. All the best, Bri VIEW ENTIRE MESSAGE + Reply → Forward
June 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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NextGen showcase was a great success and I spent most of it showing people my fancy new convertible shoes
June 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Setting up for NextGen Showcase at Toronto Games Week.

Come join us at the Centre for Social Innovation (192 Spadina, just north of Queen) from 7-9 PM to play some great games from the next generation of talented students! Free!

#TGW25
Four miniature arcade cabinets sit on a table. Graphics on the sides/front say "Toronto Games Week" "Games Made Open" and "TTL Maker Space". Tables with computer monitors and comfy upholstered chairs (bright red and zebra print), being set up by people busily working in the background.
June 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Everything is on fire, but at least I am less burned out from the last semester
June 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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if you are protesting now or in the future be safe and remember:

• do not announce you're attending online
• do not sign any online RSVP
• wear a mask
• wear clothes that don't draw attention
• leave your phone at home
• bring bottled water
• do not speak to cops
• do not post photos after
June 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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I am in sabbatical this year, and starting it by taking some pottery classes and making some very ugly pots
June 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM