Michael
@graydiance.bsky.social
A guy (he/him) who loves interconnected systems of intricately, humanly crafted parts that excite everyone differently; all artistic expressions made of love and joy.
Personal account. Occasionally a Senior Designer on Metagames @Riot on League
Personal account. Occasionally a Senior Designer on Metagames @Riot on League
by the time it gets to about the 13th this is the collective emotion lmaoo
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
by the time it gets to about the 13th this is the collective emotion lmaoo
it is done.
thank you team cherry. amazing experience
thank you team cherry. amazing experience
October 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM
it is done.
thank you team cherry. amazing experience
thank you team cherry. amazing experience
Every time I get to see @anamanaguchi.bsky.social live, their show gets better
September 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Every time I get to see @anamanaguchi.bsky.social live, their show gets better
obligatory chain letter post
this was my second account; when i moved out, my brother kept the older one and I made a new one. need to ask him what the first five are on that account lol
this was my second account; when i moved out, my brother kept the older one and I made a new one. need to ask him what the first five are on that account lol
August 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
obligatory chain letter post
this was my second account; when i moved out, my brother kept the older one and I made a new one. need to ask him what the first five are on that account lol
this was my second account; when i moved out, my brother kept the older one and I made a new one. need to ask him what the first five are on that account lol
relaxing day off for my birthday after a brutally long but incredibly fun week. had a delicious meat pie at a cafe and the manager was also celebrating her birthday today. She offered an absolutely heavenly raspberry yuzu tart to us for the occasion.
July 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
relaxing day off for my birthday after a brutally long but incredibly fun week. had a delicious meat pie at a cafe and the manager was also celebrating her birthday today. She offered an absolutely heavenly raspberry yuzu tart to us for the occasion.
July 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I've peaked
But it was on tenderfoot. Lot to learn and get better at
Game very good and very silly
But it was on tenderfoot. Lot to learn and get better at
Game very good and very silly
June 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I've peaked
But it was on tenderfoot. Lot to learn and get better at
Game very good and very silly
But it was on tenderfoot. Lot to learn and get better at
Game very good and very silly
wrote this little chord progression in Figure last night on my ipad and decided it was cool enough to get it into ableton to get real drums and bass on it
might want to like, sample the thing and mess with it. i've been meaning to play with sampling again
first thing i've made in a while loll
might want to like, sample the thing and mess with it. i've been meaning to play with sampling again
first thing i've made in a while loll
April 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
wrote this little chord progression in Figure last night on my ipad and decided it was cool enough to get it into ableton to get real drums and bass on it
might want to like, sample the thing and mess with it. i've been meaning to play with sampling again
first thing i've made in a while loll
might want to like, sample the thing and mess with it. i've been meaning to play with sampling again
first thing i've made in a while loll
oh, ipad software makes sense lemme load up some things on ipad and see what i like. Everything I've done on phone / tablet before has been more... programmatic / loop-building.
i use ableton (desktop) piano roll for everything tbh, b/c i usually don't break out my midi keyboard to just mess around
i use ableton (desktop) piano roll for everything tbh, b/c i usually don't break out my midi keyboard to just mess around
April 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
oh, ipad software makes sense lemme load up some things on ipad and see what i like. Everything I've done on phone / tablet before has been more... programmatic / loop-building.
i use ableton (desktop) piano roll for everything tbh, b/c i usually don't break out my midi keyboard to just mess around
i use ableton (desktop) piano roll for everything tbh, b/c i usually don't break out my midi keyboard to just mess around
at least i'm diamond in one riot game
(for now. when the game launches i'm assuredly not gonna be diamond there are so many better players out there lol)
(for now. when the game launches i'm assuredly not gonna be diamond there are so many better players out there lol)
April 21, 2025 at 5:54 AM
at least i'm diamond in one riot game
(for now. when the game launches i'm assuredly not gonna be diamond there are so many better players out there lol)
(for now. when the game launches i'm assuredly not gonna be diamond there are so many better players out there lol)
first time clearing Demon Mode on the live game with a dyad focused build that pivoted into champion-card triads in the lategame.
It's low damage and I won with 14 hp remaining on the final boss, so I would have died next turn. Fun to live on the edge a bit.
It's low damage and I won with 14 hp remaining on the final boss, so I would have died next turn. Fun to live on the edge a bit.
April 1, 2025 at 6:03 AM
first time clearing Demon Mode on the live game with a dyad focused build that pivoted into champion-card triads in the lategame.
It's low damage and I won with 14 hp remaining on the final boss, so I would have died next turn. Fun to live on the edge a bit.
It's low damage and I won with 14 hp remaining on the final boss, so I would have died next turn. Fun to live on the edge a bit.
I've had @dacidbro.bsky.social's wisdom about appreciating the time you have with characters you love repeating in my head all day over FFXIV Black Mage, lol. Applicable far beyond just fighting games.
x.com/Dacidbro/sta...
x.com/Dacidbro/sta...
March 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I've had @dacidbro.bsky.social's wisdom about appreciating the time you have with characters you love repeating in my head all day over FFXIV Black Mage, lol. Applicable far beyond just fighting games.
x.com/Dacidbro/sta...
x.com/Dacidbro/sta...
Finally got the item i made out of the box for it to cure. Pulled this pikachu out of a pack at the pokemon center Ikebukuro, knew Lumee was mostly cute things and wanted to make it a better souvenir with a custom frame. Piping frosting was hard I'm bad at this crafty stuff lol
Was definitely fun!
Was definitely fun!
March 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Finally got the item i made out of the box for it to cure. Pulled this pikachu out of a pack at the pokemon center Ikebukuro, knew Lumee was mostly cute things and wanted to make it a better souvenir with a custom frame. Piping frosting was hard I'm bad at this crafty stuff lol
Was definitely fun!
Was definitely fun!
The chorus is definitely the weakest part; I wanted to do a "hold and hit the backing vocals" theme, but no particular element shines through in this right now.
The outro is perfect.
The zombies are representative of the silly dance the Primals (the FFXIV staff band) do while live lol
The outro is perfect.
The zombies are representative of the silly dance the Primals (the FFXIV staff band) do while live lol
February 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The chorus is definitely the weakest part; I wanted to do a "hold and hit the backing vocals" theme, but no particular element shines through in this right now.
The outro is perfect.
The zombies are representative of the silly dance the Primals (the FFXIV staff band) do while live lol
The outro is perfect.
The zombies are representative of the silly dance the Primals (the FFXIV staff band) do while live lol
note chart 2/3. this intermission was a ton of fun, and the only time I permitted myself to go outside of the basic enemy types with the Swordmaster, for the big, predictable note hits.
Tried to intro them like the game does, with the same-line note 2 beats beforehand.
one more video.
Tried to intro them like the game does, with the same-line note 2 beats beforehand.
one more video.
February 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
note chart 2/3. this intermission was a ton of fun, and the only time I permitted myself to go outside of the basic enemy types with the Swordmaster, for the big, predictable note hits.
Tried to intro them like the game does, with the same-line note 2 beats beforehand.
one more video.
Tried to intro them like the game does, with the same-line note 2 beats beforehand.
one more video.
it feels good to make a note chart again... "A Long Fall" from FFXIV!
it's rough around the edges, the vibe chains don't work properly, but I feel like I'm doing a good job with the monster choice for theming, and keeping myself to an "easy Hard" difficulty.
rest of the track in the next two posts
it's rough around the edges, the vibe chains don't work properly, but I feel like I'm doing a good job with the monster choice for theming, and keeping myself to an "easy Hard" difficulty.
rest of the track in the next two posts
February 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
it feels good to make a note chart again... "A Long Fall" from FFXIV!
it's rough around the edges, the vibe chains don't work properly, but I feel like I'm doing a good job with the monster choice for theming, and keeping myself to an "easy Hard" difficulty.
rest of the track in the next two posts
it's rough around the edges, the vibe chains don't work properly, but I feel like I'm doing a good job with the monster choice for theming, and keeping myself to an "easy Hard" difficulty.
rest of the track in the next two posts
I love digging through old Ableton files and finding tracks I worked on for a single day in which I was absolutely COOKING i need to go back to this and see if i can't make a full track
presenting, dec 30 2017
a thing i likely worked on for six hours and then forgot for seven years
presenting, dec 30 2017
a thing i likely worked on for six hours and then forgot for seven years
January 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I love digging through old Ableton files and finding tracks I worked on for a single day in which I was absolutely COOKING i need to go back to this and see if i can't make a full track
presenting, dec 30 2017
a thing i likely worked on for six hours and then forgot for seven years
presenting, dec 30 2017
a thing i likely worked on for six hours and then forgot for seven years
Went and played it alongside some lunch; 100% in 27 minutes isn't bad but i've done better hahah
I've never gone for the deathless run. I like using the reset button too much
I've never gone for the deathless run. I like using the reset button too much
December 24, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Went and played it alongside some lunch; 100% in 27 minutes isn't bad but i've done better hahah
I've never gone for the deathless run. I like using the reset button too much
I've never gone for the deathless run. I like using the reset button too much
VVVVVV, as one of my all-time favorite games, that I have had memorized for years. It's a great turn my brain off, collect all the things again, and chill out for 15-20 minutes experience for me. This is only my steam hours. I own this game on several platforms lol
December 24, 2024 at 6:07 AM
VVVVVV, as one of my all-time favorite games, that I have had memorized for years. It's a great turn my brain off, collect all the things again, and chill out for 15-20 minutes experience for me. This is only my steam hours. I own this game on several platforms lol
I don't know why I tried to resolve another hand. It's been 25 minutes.
December 23, 2024 at 6:48 AM
I don't know why I tried to resolve another hand. It's been 25 minutes.
@rtgame.bsky.social thank you for showing off the Cryptid mod. I have now perceived the limits of space, time, mathematics, science, philosophy, the entirety of human existence, and found them wanting.
The Jolly Jokers are all that remain, and the m that binds them together and multiplies them.
The Jolly Jokers are all that remain, and the m that binds them together and multiplies them.
December 22, 2024 at 11:00 PM
@rtgame.bsky.social thank you for showing off the Cryptid mod. I have now perceived the limits of space, time, mathematics, science, philosophy, the entirety of human existence, and found them wanting.
The Jolly Jokers are all that remain, and the m that binds them together and multiplies them.
The Jolly Jokers are all that remain, and the m that binds them together and multiplies them.
It is finished.
I'm closing the game.
I'm closing the game.
December 22, 2024 at 10:47 PM
It is finished.
I'm closing the game.
I'm closing the game.
Over 5.3 million calculations later, the game has resolved the hand. We eagerly await the end of it all.
December 22, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Over 5.3 million calculations later, the game has resolved the hand. We eagerly await the end of it all.
I don't want to know the number this is going to create. I fear it. Truly, I don't. This went from a sense of wonder to a sense of knowing some cosmic entity should smite me for perceiving an amount of something so incredibly unfathomably unknowable.
December 22, 2024 at 10:43 PM
I don't want to know the number this is going to create. I fear it. Truly, I don't. This went from a sense of wonder to a sense of knowing some cosmic entity should smite me for perceiving an amount of something so incredibly unfathomably unknowable.