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Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

It's that time of year again.

This drink feels like I am drinking syrup

Image displays 4 panels of 4 different anime characters.

Pictured is a flowing fabric with the words Libra sun Irish goddess of the rainbow overlayed in the centre.

Pictured is Beyonce singing I to a moc with the words Libra sun on the top left. Below that is a social media tag @notallgeminis. At the bottom is text that lists Beyonce song Cuff It. Below this it says Have you ever had fun like this?

Pictured is a blue mocktail named after Mt Fuji it contains caracao syrup, grenadine, lemonade and cranberry juice.

From the top you see a light blue liquid in ice with a lemon wedge. The ice fills the glass down and it at the bottle is a dark navy blue coloured liquid.

October 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

Knowing what type of gamer you're and thinking you would be done before Yotei.

October 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

Here is my contribution to this scary season. A little something to play as you wander around the cold dark night around an abandoned factory.

Also ODDADA is 25% off so currently $7.50 come make some #Music with me in this #IndieGame

October 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

The #IndieGame ODDADA deserves more love. I don't have a music background so this has become a fun creative #music outlet. For beat makers and producers they might find it too restrictive but, for those want to start it's a nice starting point.

Here's an example of a song I made with the game.

September 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

Today's the day!

September 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

On desktop it lets me drag and drop a vid on a skeet. Testing out using the picture icon on desktop. It lets me select a video and we'll see if this works uploads fine.

September 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

I can finally put down Dice A Million playtest and wait for the full game. Thank you @countlessnights.bsky.social posting the 15k wishlist celebration clip lead to this all time personal best. I don't know if it's possible to break past NaNeInf. #IndieGame #Roguelike

Screenshot from the game Dice a Million. On the left is a white hand wearing a suit jacket sleeve and white shirt underneath. Each finger has various rings. Above the hand is various different dice currently blcked out. The top right has the boss icon below it has the boss conditions for this round. Sprawling across everything is multiple different dice. Each dice has a number within a black diamond. There is yellow squared covering the board.

Screenshot from the game Dice a Million. On the left is a white hand wearing a black suit jacker sleeve and white sleeve. Each finger has various rings. Above the hand is various different dice blacked out. The top right has the boss icon below it has the boss conditions for this round.

Screenshot of the game Dice A Million #IndieGame #Roguelike. The run was using the first dice hand that was a mix of D3 and D4 dice.

You can see the "end screen Victory screen" in the forefront "Victory...?" is at the top. Below is the most rolled die I used the whole run. The next is the total obtained max score for that hand. Below that in grey is the best score in a single roll. Below this is the option to retry. Below that is "Back to the main menu" option. To the right you can see the last amount of score that is rolled after defeating the 3rd boss.

September 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

Hit a new all time PB in Dice a Million #IndieGame. I can't believe I did it with the Green hand. I was struggling till midway round 2 and finally got enough breathing room to get rid of some dice. @symfonikz.bsky.social @coreybliss.bsky.social Here's the before and after of the dice roll.

Screenshot from the game Dice a Million. On the left is a green hand wearing a blue jacket sleeve. Each finger has various rings. Above the hand is variousn different dice. The top right has the boss icon below it has the boss conditions for this round. Sprawling across everything is multiple different dice. Each dice has a number with a black diamond. There is large red circles covering the board and other things in the game.

September 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

Got my first clear on Demon Bluff without losing a single heart I came close 3 times in the run. Corrupted Knight 2nd village nearly took me out there and then. I think I can put the game down now until official release.

Pictured is a screenshot from the game Demon Bluff. In the top left it lists out the objective of the round. Below that it lists 3/2 evils killed. Below this there's Village with 7/7. Next is Ascenion level 15. Below this is my current score 5420. In the bottom left corner you can see 3/10 heal and 4 hearts with all heart coloured in red. The other 3 are grey.

In the centre you see 8 cards displayed in a circle. Each has a role labeling the card and a number above. From above:

#8 Unknown (dead) - this card was killed by Lilis and remains hidden for the rest of the round.
#1 Druid (alive - you can select 3 cards and see if any are an outcast).
#2 Bishop (alive) - Says between the 3 numbers is villager, minion and, outcast.
#3 Architect (alive) - names which side is more evil.
#4 Lilis (dead) - After selecting 4 cards to reveal Lilis will kill a random card out of the remaining unrevealed cards. Lilis also disguises herself and lies.
#5 Puppet (dead) - Was once a regular villager but was turned evil by the Puppetier. They are evil now. They disguise as another villager and tell the truth
#6 Puppetier (dead) - Transforms a villager next to them into an evil puppet. They lie and disguise.
#7 Doppleganger (dead) - Disguises as a villager, can use that villagers ability and, tells the truth. They are a good character.

The background is green grass. In the centre of this is a box saying "Village is safe! All evil characters have been executed! Next".

In the top right it lists the amount of cards by card type with icon each one. There's an icon of 2 purple cards slightly spread. Below this it show 3 cards that are potentially played on the board, Doppleganger, Lilis and, Puppetier.

Below is an eye button.

In the bottom right is button of a red U shape with a red dagger in the centre. This is the kill button. The player selects this to choose who they want to strike.

September 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

I think it's rolling out to everyone in stages. I saw people mention in about an hour ago and it just showed the bookmark message now. I'm on browser atm. This is what it looks like.

Screenshot of skeet showcasing the new layout and placement of the bookmark.

September 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

Olay mentioned this in the live Da'Shaun L Harrison's new book is out! Check out your local book stores and online stores for their book. From what Da'Shaun has said they talk about how all this works in a structural way.

The image is a book cover titled "Belly of the Beast: THE POLITICS OF ANTI-FATNESS" by Da'Shaun L. Harrison, Forword by Kiese Laymon.

The book cover is split in 3 sections. The first being a small black rectangle with a blurb that says "Belly of the Beast pushes to think past the pablum of telling fat folx all they gotta do is love themselves to enacting a movement that addresses the source and ramifications of social anti-fatness as anti-Blackness." - SABRINA STRINGS, author of Fearing the Black Body.

Next is a white box with 9 photos arranged in a grid of 3 by 3 square. Each photo is the same Black and White photo. A Black person laid back sat in a chair in the corner of a room. They face the camera with their hand slightly closed near their head. Above them is a lamp shining a brightly. To the left is a small table stand and to the left of that is a thick curtain.

The last section is a large black retangle with the title, author name, foreward author.

September 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

The most frustrating part of this game is the bugs in the card logic as things don't 100% line up to the cards description. As you can see I got 1 wrong and then figured out where the Shamen was hiding. You can see #3 and #7 are both good. However their info is wrong and they aren't corrupted.

Pictured is a screenshot from the game Demon Bluff. In the top left it lists out the objective of the round. Below that it lists 2/2 evils still alive. Below this there's Village with 7/7. Next is Ascenion level 12. Below this is my current score 4470. In the bottom right corner you can see 5/10 heal and 4 hearts with 1 heart coloured in red. The other 3 are grey.

In the centre you see 8 cards displayed in a circle. Each has a role labeling the card and a number above. From above:

#8 Shamen (revealed & dead) - Disguses as a villager and brings in 2 of a type of villager as well as lies.
#1 Doppleganger (revealed & dead) - disguises as a villager and gives truthful info.
#2 Empress (alive) - Names 3 numbers and tells you 1 of those 3 numbers is an Evil card.
#3 Oracle (alive) - has the ability where you select 2 cards and it'll tell you if one of them is evil and name the evil character they are.
#4 Wretch (alive) - This has a yellow boarder and it's name in yellow. It says nothing but is considered evil by villagers.
#5 Poet (alive) - Will randomly select an passive ability and speak that.
#6 Baa (revealed & dead) - Disguises as a villager, adds a fake outcast to the deck and, they also lie.
#7 Poet (alive) - Will randomly select an passive ability and speak that.

The background is green grass. In the centre of this is a box saying "Village is safe! All evil characters have been executed! Next".

In the top right it lists the amount of cards by card type with icon each one. There's an icon of 2 purple cards slightly spread. Below this it show 5 cards that are potentially played on the board. Wretch, Bombadier, Shamen, Baa and, Doppleganger.

Below is an eye button.

In the bottom right is button of a red U shape with a red dagger in the centre. This is the kill button. The player selects this to choose who they want to strike.

September 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

So I've been playing the playtest of Demon Bluff and #indiegame that's sorta like Traitors, Among Us, etc. @missesquire.bsky.social got me hooked on it and I've finally cleared Ascension 12. Thanks to @meztermind.bsky.social talking through her logic whilst playing.

Here is the last round.

Pictured is a screenshot from the game Demon Bluff. In the top left it lists out the objective of the round. Below that it lists 0/2 evils still alive. Below this there's Village with 7/7. Next is Ascenion level 12. Below this is my current score 4370. In the bottom right corner you can see 10/10 heal and 4 hearts with 1 heart coloured in red. The other 3 are grey.

In the centre you see 8 cards displayed in a circle. Each has a role labeling the card and a number above. From above:

#8 Druid (alive) - Druid has the ability to select 3 cards and tell you if an outcast card is among them.
#1 Empress (alive - Names 3 numbers and tells you 1 of those 3 numbers is an Evil card.
#2 Empress (alive) - Names 3 numbers and tells you 1 of those 3 numbers is an Evil card.
#3 Oracle (alive) - has the ability where you select 2 cards and it'll tell you if one of them is evil and name the evil character they are.
#4 Wretch (alive) - This has a yellow boarder and it's name in yellow. It says nothing but is considered evil by villagers.
#5 Poet (alive) - Will randomly select an passive ability and speak that.
#6 Knight (alive) - Doesn't say anything but their passive is unable to kill.
#7 Poet (alive) - Will randomly select an passive ability and speak that.

The background is green grass with a 5 point start in the centre within a circle. There are candles at each point. There is some black smoke in the middle.

In the top right it lists the amount of cards by card type with icon each one. There's an icon of 2 purple cards slightly spread. Below this it show 5 cards that are potentially played on the board. Wretch, Bombadier, Shamen, Baa and, Doppleganger.

Below is an eye button.

In the bottom right is button of a red U shape with a red dagger in the centre. This is the kill button. The player selects this to choose who they want to strike.

September 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

Autumn started here in the third week of August but it's been so temperate it hasn't fully set in. It's been nice to get out after the past couple of days of heavy rain.

A picture of the sun shining down with a ray of light and lens flare. Encompassed by green trees. The sky is blue with clouds in view.

Pavement with scattered yellow leaves. Trees hang over the path. The sky is blue with a cover of clouds.

A tree with some green leaves left. Some branches are bare. The sky is covered by grey clouds.

A bright spot in the grey clouds as the sun is breaks through. There is a smattering of blue sky within the breaks of the clouds.

September 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

This game is incredibly addictive. I've been playing it for an hour or 3 each day since I first tried it. I finally beat the boss of round 3 with each different dice deck thats in the test demo. Boss timings is what would kill a majority of runs.

I hate the negative boss. #indiegame #roguelike

Screenshot of the game Dice A Million #indieGame #Roguelike. The run was using the second dice hand that only has bottle caps.

You can see the "end screen Victory screen" in the forefront "Victory...?" is at the top. Below is the most rolled die I used the whole run. The next is the total obtained max score for that hand. Below that in grey is the best score in a single roll. Below this is the option to retry. Below that is "Back to the main menu" option. To the right you can see the last amount of score that is rolled after defeating the 3rd boss.

Screenshot of the game Dice A Million #indieGame #Roguelike. The run was using the third dice hand that only has D6 dice.

You can see the "end screen Victory screen" in the forefront "Victory...?" is at the top. Below is the most rolled die I used the whole run. The next is the total obtained max score for that hand. Below that in grey is the best score in a single roll. Below this is the option to retry. Below that is "Back to the main menu" option. To the right you can see the last amount of score that is rolled after defeating the 3rd boss.

September 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

Testing the rabbit/husbandry character and this was so much extra info when I first started. I struggled to get the win. Then the 2nd win I figured figured things out. The 3rd clear I learned the power of an abundent balanced ecosystem. I think I had cleared all rounds by like round 5.

Screenshot from the Raccoin playtest. This is the first run clear with the rabbit who has different coins that include animals breed and trees that grow into coin trees.

At the top you can see "You Won!".
Below is the best score in total, highest round by points,
Total play time of the run,
How many coins I inserted,
A green ticket with a raccoon emote ontop and the number of these tickets collected each game,
Coins fallen these are from bonuses within the game,
The seed of the run.

To the left of the score you can see an arcade card with several different icons that represent passive bonuses.

On the right of the score board you see the coin holder that hold an unique coins. Each having their bonuses that either pasive or active.

Screenshot from the Raccoin playtest. This is the second run clear with the rabbit who has different coins that include animals breed and trees that grow into coin trees.

At the top you can see "You Won!".
Below is the best score in total, highest round by points,
Total play time of the run,
How many coins I inserted,
A green ticket with a raccoon emote ontop and the number of these tickets collected each game,
Coins fallen these are from bonuses within the game,
The seed of the run.

To the left of the score you can see an arcade card with several different icons that represent passive bonuses. The arcade card is different that changes the effects of the bonses of the run.

On the right of the score board you see the coin holder that can hold unique coins. Each having their bonuses that either pasive or active.

Screenshot from the Raccoin playtest. This is the third run clear with the rabbit who has different coins that include animals breed and trees that grow into coin trees.

At the top you can see "You Won!".
Below is the best score in total, highest round by points,
Total play time of the run,
How many coins I inserted,
A green ticket with a raccoon emote ontop and the number of these tickets collected each game,
Coins fallen these are from bonuses within the game,
The seed of the run.

To the left of the score you can see an arcade card with several different icons that represent passive bonuses. The arcade card is different that changes the effects of the bonses of the run.

On the right of the score board you see the coin holder that held an unique coins. Each having their bonuses that either pasive or active.

September 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

First clear and 2nd clear with the raccoon character. Didn't really understand how I got my first clear but by the time I got the 2nd clear with this character I feel like I figured a few things out with the game.

Screenshot from the Raccoin playtest. This is the first run clear.

At the top you can see "You Won!".
Below is the best score in total, highest round by points,
Total play time of the run,
How many coins I inserted,
A green ticket with a raccoon emote ontop and the number of these tickets collected each game,
Coins fallen these are from bonuses within the game,
The seed of the run.

To the left of the score you can see an arcade card with several different icons that represent passive bonuses. To the right of that is 3 boxes that contain an active one time use item that looks like swirl in a plastic bag.

On the right of the score board you see the coin holder that hold several different unique coins. Each having their bonuses that either pasive or active.

Screenshot from the Raccoin playtest. This is the second run clear with the raccoon character.

At the top you can see "You Won!".
Below is the best score in total, highest round by points,
Total play time of the run,
How many coins I inserted,
A green ticket with a raccoon emote ontop and the number of these tickets collected each game,
Coins fallen these are from bonuses within the game,
The seed of the run.

To the left of the score you can see an arcade card with several different icons that represent passive bonuses. The arcade card changes bonuses you get in a run.

On the right of the score board you see the coin holder that is currently empty

September 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

SHAZ!

August 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

I'm getting the similar messages since a few days ago. Nothing changed on my end and everything is upto date. So no clue why Blue Sky is being flagged like this @support.bsky.team

Screenshot of Bitdefender notifications. Warning about blocked suspicious web page detected. The webpage in question is https://bsky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.server.getSession.

August 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

2 Left Thumbs you've made something incredible dangerous. I've no idea what's going on but my brain playing this is going numberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs.

I haven't felt this since I first started playing Balatro. BTW those bosses are vicious.

Screenshot from the game Dice a Million. On the left is a white hand with jacket and shirt sleeve. Filled wiht various rings. Spraling across everything is multiple different dice.

August 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM

Dyogen

@dyogen.bsky.social

It feels bittersweet to finish Vinland Saga after all these years. One of the best character piece #manga to ever be released. It was a great antithesis to the age of shonen battle series. It pushed heavy questions that we all have to reconcile with.

Truly a masterpiece of storytelling.