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Ash Wednesday
@ashwednesday.bsky.social
Pittsburgh PA indie game dev and pixel artist

Co-creator of fighting game Pocket Rumble (Steam/Switch) | Working solo on a shmup called Wing Sabre, working with friends on some other things hopefully

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They/Them or She/Her
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I do cool stuff with pixels!
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December 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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【 𝕄 𝔸 ℝ 𝕀 ℕ 𝔸 】

"I don't think you're as cute or as smart
as he's always saying you are."

(●0●)

#mischiefmakers #fanart
December 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Mega Man told people to pick up a pen that’s my fucking GOAT
December 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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The Nintendo Switch version of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker contains a model of a realistic man, called "Male". Despite Male being from a Nintendo 3DS development kit, the Switch version is the only one he appears in.
December 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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yea i got havana syndrome. havana fat ass
So did Havana Syndrome get sorted out?
December 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Morrigan.
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Last day of this brush being free, grab it before I move it to Patrons only and my Kofi shop.

I still don't know if "freeleasing" new brushes was a good decision. However, I feel good about it, even if people muted me for reposting a lot, and I am going to continue.
Thanks for your patience!
Sharpened Chalk Pencil, a new brush for @procreate.com is now up and completely free for a limited time, no Patreon account needed to DL. It's a cool, reactive brush, very fun for dry sketching:

www.patreon.com/posts/procre...

Support "freeleasing" of my new brushes by sharing, becoming a Patron!
December 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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December 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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oh my god
December 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Come on man
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Was randomly thinking about Harmony Korine’s Aggro Dr1ft
again and suddenly realized which specific good movie it was the terrible version of—it’s trying to be like Michael Mann’s Miami Vice movie but fails for the very Korine reason of sitting too awkwardly on the fence between sincerity and irony
December 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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“Don’t worry we only use the Death Star for its long range space travel capabilities”
December 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Pro-wrestling legend Mick Foley announced this morning that he's parting ways with WWE over the organization's "close relationship with Donald Trump," saying the president's "incredibly cruel comments in the wake of Rob Reiner’s death is the final straw for me."
December 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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[extremely boss voice] everyone at the company is more or less ok with this
December 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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I 100% have double standards in animation. When a mainstream series that's been focus-grouped to shit belabours a joke it's whatever, but when an indie show with very limited screen time burns two solid minutes doing a desperately unfunny bit the creator clearly thinks is hilarious, please, go on.
December 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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dimensional toothpaste
#art
December 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴀʟ ᴇɴɢɪɴᴇ
December 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Paddington is England’s Hello Kitty

Gromit and Feathers McGraw are England’s My Melody and Kuromi
December 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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There's the "I want shorter games worse graphics not kidding etc etc" phrase, how about "I want artists to be able to make mistakes and make weird unappealing shit sometimes and not starve"
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Seeing people in the comments saying that To a T was unfun and essentially that he deserves this if he can't make a good game.

Gamers, I don't know how else to say this, artists are not supposed to be punished with financial ruin for making imperfect art. That's such a fucked up idea you have
Keita Takahashi (Katamari, Wattam, Noby Noby Boy) has moved back to Japan, and says he may be forced to quit the games industry due to To a T underperforming.

He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.

(Read more at GamesRadar)
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht
Keita Takahashi (Katamari, Wattam, Noby Noby Boy) has moved back to Japan, and says he may be forced to quit the games industry due to To a T underperforming.

He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.

(Read more at GamesRadar)
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Another peek at Shadowrun in Japan, this time from the mid-90s, with artwork from the Entangled Betrayal scenario.

This artwork is a fair bit less cutesy than that of the SR manga I previously shared, but still has those unmistakable anime vibes.
December 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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i think we should all commit ourselves to, at minimum, a national 3 day party When It Happens. one bottle of champagne in the back of your closet is no longer adequate. be prepared
December 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Half way into #dreadcember and my ‘being reprehensible on the internet’ tour continues #darkart
December 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM