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Iain
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Game developer, artist, and animator | My recent games: https://imacquarrie.itch.io | Mastodon: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@IainMacQuarrie
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June 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Pixel art practice! Trying to find a size that allows me to be expressive with my character designs without making too much work for myself.
Rudy in pixel art form
June 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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HEY! I'd love if you all could check out my new jam game! You can play it in your browser!

It's all about setting traps and luring killer robots into them. I did all the art, and there's a cute robot shopkeep!

imacquarrie.itch.io/deathtrap-22
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #godot #godotengine
Neon pink geometric killer robots chase down the contractor (a blob with a construction hat) as he sets off traps trying to destroy them and collect credits Cute robot shopkeep at a stall selling upgrades. Digital screens list the upgrade type and price. A screen stating "YOU DIED" with stats for round survival, traps placed, robots destroyed, and currency collected. Trap selection interface. Three options are presented. A cannon trap is selected with the description "Shoots a mobile bomb toward the contractor which explodes when touched."
February 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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February 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Not feeling great lately...
Sick in the stardew grandpa bed
December 10, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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Staring into the flames... I feel something
It's a curious mixture of hope and dread.
#pixelart #crowcountry #fanart
Pixel art of Mara Forest from Crow Country. "Maybe everything will be okay. And maybe it won't"
December 2, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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Some of my favorite stuff from the Pokémon exhibit!
A life-size mewtwo statue made entirely out of hammered metal Pokémon pins. You can see poliwhirl and pikachu and others if you look closely. The statue has big glass eyes and a spotlight is casting its shadow on the wall. Life-size jolteon statue made from tiny lighting bolt shaped pieces of metal. The statue has big glass eyes and an open fox-like mouth. It looks like it is stalking something. A huge porcelain bowl with blue ink on white depicting the three legendary Pokémon of Hoen (Rayquaza, Kyogre, and Groudon). Lightning bolts, crashing waves, flames, and steam fill the Pokémon’s shapes and the surrounding space. A tiny metal transforming sculpture of Rookidee that transforms into Corviknight. The eyes are made of red glass, and the breastplate is brass.
November 25, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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We did the exhibit where you draw a fish and it gets added to the display as a moving creature. Do you like my fish?
November 25, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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Last day in Japan. Visited the Azabudai hills Pokémon exhibit and teamLabs borderless, then got some ramen and looked at old video games in Akihabara to end the day!
Flareon statue at Azabudai hills exhibit. The fur is made out of hammered metal flames. The eyes are big blue crystal balls. Flareon’s mouth is open like an angry cat. The bubble room in teamLabs borderless. Mirrored glass bubbles lit in purple, blue, white, and yellow hang from strings in a room where the floor, walls, and ceiling are all mirrored. You feel like you’re floating in a sea of bubbles Chicken ramen. Light creamy broth with green onions, chicken breast, a turkey meatball, and an egg with a jellied yolk. Old Japanese video games for sale at superpotato. Gameboy versions of Kirby star stacker and Kirby’s pinball are featured.
November 25, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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Also visited Mandarake and saw some cool old toys
Mandarake Shibuya storefront. It has lots of rusted metal pipes and plates with a big broken clock on the top showing years instead of hours. Painted anime and manga characters cover the ceiling for the stairway down. A big blue robot toy made out of metal with moving parts. The robot a has big round yellow eyes. A large mechagodzilla figure with intricate details and poseable arms and legs. Some plastic frog and robot figures in various colors
November 24, 2024 at 11:08 AM
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Saw this dude today
Asian guy with long blonde hair, aviator glasses, a thick puffy blue jacket, skeleton bone gloves, pink leopard tights and leather boots riding a motorcycle with a tall seat back. The seat is also covered in leopard print.
November 24, 2024 at 11:08 AM
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Spent the day shopping at the Tokyo Bay Pokémon Center. Was hoping to pick up the gold and silver 25th anniversary sukajan and merch they just released today, but it was mostly gone when we finally got in. I picked up a winter coat across the way instead! Also got some nice dinner at No. 4 cafe!
25th anniversary gold and silver sukajan. One of those silk jackets you might see with a big tiger pattern or waves on the back, but with a Pokémon design. This one is black with gold sleeves, and has Ho-oh and Lugia on the front. The back has a large Ho-oh illustration from the original game. Glazed and roasted nuts, carrot cake, cheese bread, curry pan, fruit cup, and a big B.L.A.T. sandwich with a pickle and potato salad on the side.
November 23, 2024 at 1:27 PM
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Here’s a wall showcasing some of the more unique designs you could select from and customize the text slightly.
Frames showing shirt designs above a wall of merch. All feature the signature pikachu of the store, who wears jeans, a logo cap, a t-shirt, and sneakers, and rides a skateboard. In some designs pikachu has a spray paint can. Various poses and fonts are used, mimicking graffiti, sports shirts, and comic panels.
November 22, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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Shibuya Pokémon center has a unique service that lets you design a custom shirt! It’s a long wait time for it to be printed, but cool! I didn’t get very creative with mine since I liked some of the existing designs they had more than the stamps you could build with.
November 22, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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Also visited Yoyogi park, and did some shopping in Shibuya!
Meiji Jingu’s giant tori gate. Giant trees line the path on both sides behind the gate. A crowd of people can be seen walking on the path. Shibuya tower records building. A yellow building with square silver accents and some crossbeams in the center column of the building. A large yellow sign with red letters reads “tower records”. Tiny Japanese delivery trucks drive through the crossing. A pikmin statue in the Tokyo Nintendo store. A yellow and a blue pikmin are trying to carry away a red 5 pellet. A red pikmin stands watching them with hands on his hips. Mewtwo graffiti art at the Shibuya Pokémon center. Mewtwo’s silhouette in purple spray paint with some lettering in darker purple across the body. White and dark purple paint outline the shape, and some paint is dripping down the wall. A star pattern is behind mewtwo’s head
November 22, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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Had a great foodie day today in Shibuya/Shinjuku! We got one of the best burgers and milkshakes I’ve ever had at “Great Burger”, then got amazing flavorful donuts and tea at “Little Bakery Tokyo”, and finished off the day with some crispy and delicious tempura don at “Tempura Funabashiya”!
A bacon cheeseburger and shoestring fries from Great Burger. A red plastic cup to the side reads “Lucky as fuck” which is how I felt today! lol A vanilla shake with real maple syrup mixed in topped with whipped cream, sprinkles, and a cherry on top! A spoon and a thick striped paper straw are sticking out of the shake. Three donuts and a pot of earl grey tea from “Little Bakery Tokyo”. The donut in the top left is “California strawberry lemonade” and has pink icing, a whole strawberry, and a candied lemon slice on top. The donut in the top right is “salted caramel” and has brown icing with a candied walnut on top. The bottom donut is “Mango smile” and has yellow mango flavored icing with a smilie face drawn on top in black icing. Tempura don from tempura funabashiya. Tempura fried prawn, fish, onion, green pepper, and sweet potato on top of a bowl of rice. A bowl to the left has sliced and pickled Japanese cucumbers, octopus, and fish. A bowl to the right has miso soup.
November 22, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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Spent most of the day traveling back to Tokyo where we’ll spend the rest of the trip. Got some good food at Ichi-ni-san near Ginza and visited a local art event at the kabuki-za theatre where local artists were selling their cat themed work.
A set meal from ichi-ni-san. Soba noodles with cold dipping sauce, soup with carrots, onion, and bacon, a tonkatsu cutlet with cabbage salad, and a bowl of rice topped with scrambled eggs The gate for the cat art fair in the basement of the kabuki-za theater. Fall branches and grass line the sides of the gate interspersed with cat heats made of bouquets of flowers. Paper lanterns line the top of the gate.
November 21, 2024 at 11:19 PM
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Finally, here’s some of the Ebisu taisai festival we came back to! We tried some candied strawberries, which were really good! They had a hard candy shell which was made fresh at the stand!
Stands selling small ornamental rakes with gold coins, lanterns, and bundled hay attached to them line either side of a busy shopping street. A street stand selling roasted chestnuts by the bag. Signs indicate the price has been cut in half, and a line is forming in the background. Some candied strawberries on a stick. They are served with a paper wrapper as the hard candy is applied at the stand and can still be liquid in the center. These were unbelievably delicious! An illumination show out in the parks surrounding the city streets. A phoenix made of yellow, orange, red, and blue lights on wires is suspended above a white cloud like structure made of lights. A tube of lights in the background has couples walking through it and taking pictures.
November 20, 2024 at 11:43 AM
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There was also another Rilakkuma shop in Miyajima that we stopped by! #rilakkuma
Rilakkuma and friends statue outside the Miyajima shop. They are standing next to a big rice paddle, which Miyajima is famous for with the rilakkuma shop logo on it in the shame of a momiji. Rilakkuma and friends plushies dressed up as deer which frequent the island. Each of the plushies is holding a stuffed momiji manju treat. Rilakkuma and korilakkuma and chairoikoguma bear stuffies share a warm winter blanket. There are small towels with the characters on the shelf below. A series of square shelves with cups, tins, and a very round korilakkuma plush on them. The cups and tins have momiji, leaves, Rilakkuma characters, and fortune papers decorating them and come in various shades of brown and red. A Rilakkuma plushie to the side is dressed like a deer with a momiji treat.
November 20, 2024 at 11:43 AM
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Today we took a trip to Miyajima to visit Itsukushima Jinja and Daishoin temple! We got to try some freshly baked momiji manju, and some of the best karaage I’ve ever eaten, then returned to Hiroshima for the Ebisu Taisai festival. One of the best days of the trip so far!
Itsukushima shrine’s Tori gate. The gate stands out in the inland sea and can be walked to when the tide is out. It has six pillars: two large ones supporting the arch, and four small ones perpendicular to the arch supporting the other pillars. A large wooden board with vertical gold lettering is at the top center of the gate. A path through a garden in Daisho-in temple. The sides of the path are lined with Rakan, tiny statues of Buddhist monks. Each of them is wearing a red knit cap and some have little red scarves as well, offerings to keep them warm. In the center at the end of the path a larger more intimidating statue sits cross legged in a relief. He has long eyebrows that stretch down to his legs. A stone mountain path nearby Daisho-in temple. Large stones line either side of stone stairs covered in red maple leaves. A tall red maple to the right of the path has sunlight shining through its leaves turning the entire path a pretty shade of light pink. A momiji manju. A type of pancake-like cake in the shape of a maple leaf small enough to hold in your hand. The inside is filled with sweet red bean paste.
November 20, 2024 at 11:43 AM
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Arrived in Hiroshima today! Tried the Hiroshima style okonomiyaki at okonomiyakimura ( I prefer it! ), got some great pastries at Andersen bakery, saw Hiroshima castle ( probably my favorite castle yet ) and visited Shukkeien garden!
Hiroshima style okonomiyaki. Batter and fried eggs flattened into a pancake topped with soba noodles, pork belly, bean sprouts, shredded cabbage, and scallions. The top is covered with okonomiyaki sauce (Worcestershire like sauce) and is served on a grill in front of you so it stays hot while you cut it into slices. Cheese filled pastries from Andersen bakery. These are savory, not sweet, but delicious just the same! A shot of Hiroshima castle from the castle grounds. Lots of beautiful trees surround the castle. The castle has wooden siding which seems to be a rare feature for Japanese castles. It helps the castle blend into the natural beauty of its surroundings. Shukkein garden’s center pond and arched stone bridge. Small islands dot the pond with Japanese pines and round bushes on them. The shore of the pond is filled with trees and fall foliage.
November 19, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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Some of my favorite shots from Kobe Animal Kingdom!
A red panda sitting in a tree eating some leaves A serval chewing on a meaty bone suspended from some wire in their enclosure A couple of capybaras looking for food. This was an area where you could feed and pet them and people can be seen doing so in the background A northern tamandua anteater climbing across a tree branch suspended in one of the greenhouses.
November 18, 2024 at 12:56 PM
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Today we explored Kobe, got some really good tonkatsu near sannomiya station, and visited the Kobe Animal Kingdom and Sorakuen Park. Afterwards we went back to Osaka and had the best shio ramen I’ve ever had at Ginza Kagari in the Lucua section of Osaka station.
A tonkatsu set meal. A bowl of rice with pickled radish off to the left, a bowl of miso soup off to the right, and a center platter with shredded cabbage salad, mashed potatoes, and sliced tonkatsu with curry sauce and green onions A close up of a ring tailed lemur. They let you get really close to the animals at Kobe Animal Kingdom. A shot of Sorakuen park. Small Japanese pines surround a lake. At the far side of the lake a tea house is surrounded by autumn foliage. A stone lantern can be seen off to the side. In the distance, large city buildings can be seen contrasting with the natural beauty of the park. Shio ramen. A light turkey gravy like broth with soba noodles and turkey topped with slices of sweet potato, red pepper, radish, and other garnish. Shredded ginger and fried onion are in a dish to the side for extra seasoning.
November 18, 2024 at 12:56 PM
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Here’s a video to show the size of the Pokemon store
November 17, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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We also visited shinsekai and Osaka castle, and managed to catch a performance by some AC/DC cosplayers which was really fun
Shinsekai tower Some Sukajan souvenir jackets. One features a wolf surrounded by fog and white flowers in front of a full moon, and the other features a tiger with some pink flowers in front of a wave and a crescent moon. Osaka castle lit up at night A liver performance by an AC/DC cosplay band in Osaka castle park. Banners reading “Super OTONA Fes. 2024” are above and to the side of the stage.
November 17, 2024 at 10:42 PM