Marginal Games
@marginal-games.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Artist / developer. He / him. Ask me about my Pokémon / Paper Mario fan game project!
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Pokémon
Paper Mario
The Legend of Zelda
Magic: the Gathering
Fan Games (e.g. Pokémon Infinite Fusion)
Java, Spring Boot, Angular
Game Dev (esp. in Godot)
Pixel Art
Colored Pencils
Pokémon
Paper Mario
The Legend of Zelda
Magic: the Gathering
Fan Games (e.g. Pokémon Infinite Fusion)
Java, Spring Boot, Angular
Game Dev (esp. in Godot)
Pixel Art
Colored Pencils
Pokey Pod, from my Paper Mario/Pokémon fan game crossover project. Pokey Pod is a Grass type that first appears in the game's second chapter, and evolves in an interesting way!
#pixelart #fanart #aseprite #rpgmaker #pokemonessentials
#pixelart #fanart #aseprite #rpgmaker #pokemonessentials
November 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Pokey Pod, from my Paper Mario/Pokémon fan game crossover project. Pokey Pod is a Grass type that first appears in the game's second chapter, and evolves in an interesting way!
#pixelart #fanart #aseprite #rpgmaker #pokemonessentials
#pixelart #fanart #aseprite #rpgmaker #pokemonessentials
I was not emotionally prepared for the Hollow Knight / Radiance to be that easy to beat after 100%ing everything else.
October 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I was not emotionally prepared for the Hollow Knight / Radiance to be that easy to beat after 100%ing everything else.
@manapool.com One enhancement I would love to see on your Mass Entry tool is a way to check "Same Printings" for the cart while using "Options for individual cards" to mark cards for which I do not need the tool to adhere to the same printing.
September 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
@manapool.com One enhancement I would love to see on your Mass Entry tool is a way to check "Same Printings" for the cart while using "Options for individual cards" to mark cards for which I do not need the tool to adhere to the same printing.
I swear to goddess [read: Sasha Colby] I am taking out my sketchbook and I am making art today.
September 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I swear to goddess [read: Sasha Colby] I am taking out my sketchbook and I am making art today.
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10 MILLION views in 5 DAYS!! Thank you all SO much for enjoying Knights of Guinevere 💙
September 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
10 MILLION views in 5 DAYS!! Thank you all SO much for enjoying Knights of Guinevere 💙
New Music Friday!! Two albums I have been eagerly awaiting:
The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World, by Motion City Soundtrack — a comeback album from the folks who brought you the kickass song “Everything is Alright” in 2005
NSFW, by The Paradox — pop punk in 2025!
Go listen!
#newmusicfriday #music
The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World, by Motion City Soundtrack — a comeback album from the folks who brought you the kickass song “Everything is Alright” in 2005
NSFW, by The Paradox — pop punk in 2025!
Go listen!
#newmusicfriday #music
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New Music Friday!! Two albums I have been eagerly awaiting:
The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World, by Motion City Soundtrack — a comeback album from the folks who brought you the kickass song “Everything is Alright” in 2005
NSFW, by The Paradox — pop punk in 2025!
Go listen!
#newmusicfriday #music
The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World, by Motion City Soundtrack — a comeback album from the folks who brought you the kickass song “Everything is Alright” in 2005
NSFW, by The Paradox — pop punk in 2025!
Go listen!
#newmusicfriday #music
Took the plunge a few days ago and put screen time limits on most of the apps on my phone (with a password set by someone else so I can't bypass it easily).
Has been very helpful so far, with some frustrating situations where I couldn't quickly Google certain things. Needs tweaking, but promising.
Has been very helpful so far, with some frustrating situations where I couldn't quickly Google certain things. Needs tweaking, but promising.
September 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Took the plunge a few days ago and put screen time limits on most of the apps on my phone (with a password set by someone else so I can't bypass it easily).
Has been very helpful so far, with some frustrating situations where I couldn't quickly Google certain things. Needs tweaking, but promising.
Has been very helpful so far, with some frustrating situations where I couldn't quickly Google certain things. Needs tweaking, but promising.
New Music Friday!
Millington's entire discography: A seamless blend of late-00s pop punk and ska??? I'm obsessed.
The Crux Deluxe, by Djo. An entire album's worth of new music shadowdropped as a deluxe version of his previous album. Lives up to the original!
#newmusicfriday #music
GO LISTEN
Millington's entire discography: A seamless blend of late-00s pop punk and ska??? I'm obsessed.
The Crux Deluxe, by Djo. An entire album's worth of new music shadowdropped as a deluxe version of his previous album. Lives up to the original!
#newmusicfriday #music
GO LISTEN
September 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
New Music Friday!
Millington's entire discography: A seamless blend of late-00s pop punk and ska??? I'm obsessed.
The Crux Deluxe, by Djo. An entire album's worth of new music shadowdropped as a deluxe version of his previous album. Lives up to the original!
#newmusicfriday #music
GO LISTEN
Millington's entire discography: A seamless blend of late-00s pop punk and ska??? I'm obsessed.
The Crux Deluxe, by Djo. An entire album's worth of new music shadowdropped as a deluxe version of his previous album. Lives up to the original!
#newmusicfriday #music
GO LISTEN
Given all the hubbub around Silksong, I'm playing the original Hollow Knight for the first time. I have recently learned the term 'runback' and it's nice to finally have a word for my least favorite part of most games.
Meanwhile, give me the Celeste death model and I'll happily die 30,000 times.
Meanwhile, give me the Celeste death model and I'll happily die 30,000 times.
September 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Given all the hubbub around Silksong, I'm playing the original Hollow Knight for the first time. I have recently learned the term 'runback' and it's nice to finally have a word for my least favorite part of most games.
Meanwhile, give me the Celeste death model and I'll happily die 30,000 times.
Meanwhile, give me the Celeste death model and I'll happily die 30,000 times.
All I want for Christmas is a blue sorcery that costs 4UU (or less, if I’ve been a Very Good Boy) and says “Tap all creatures you don’t control. Put a stun counter on each of them.”
#magicthegathering #mtg #edh #commander #mtgedh #mtgcommander
#magicthegathering #mtg #edh #commander #mtgedh #mtgcommander
August 31, 2025 at 2:17 AM
All I want for Christmas is a blue sorcery that costs 4UU (or less, if I’ve been a Very Good Boy) and says “Tap all creatures you don’t control. Put a stun counter on each of them.”
#magicthegathering #mtg #edh #commander #mtgedh #mtgcommander
#magicthegathering #mtg #edh #commander #mtgedh #mtgcommander
If you're one of my Pokemon fangame dev peers, share something cool you came up with recently!
I've been working on determining the species, types, and abilities for a handful of OCs that will have important roles in my Mario crossover game and I finally filled the last two slots last week.
I've been working on determining the species, types, and abilities for a handful of OCs that will have important roles in my Mario crossover game and I finally filled the last two slots last week.
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
If you're one of my Pokemon fangame dev peers, share something cool you came up with recently!
I've been working on determining the species, types, and abilities for a handful of OCs that will have important roles in my Mario crossover game and I finally filled the last two slots last week.
I've been working on determining the species, types, and abilities for a handful of OCs that will have important roles in my Mario crossover game and I finally filled the last two slots last week.
Apparently when I tried to mute The-Franchise-That-Won't-Be-Acknowledged a long-ass time ago, I misspelled its name. Fixed~
Also, some part of Bsky's algorithm decided recently that I want to see posts about AI / ChatGPT, so we're nipping that in the bud right friggin now.
Also, some part of Bsky's algorithm decided recently that I want to see posts about AI / ChatGPT, so we're nipping that in the bud right friggin now.
August 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Apparently when I tried to mute The-Franchise-That-Won't-Be-Acknowledged a long-ass time ago, I misspelled its name. Fixed~
Also, some part of Bsky's algorithm decided recently that I want to see posts about AI / ChatGPT, so we're nipping that in the bud right friggin now.
Also, some part of Bsky's algorithm decided recently that I want to see posts about AI / ChatGPT, so we're nipping that in the bud right friggin now.
Help Requested! I'm looking for / interested in building a Bsky feed that would collect posts and discussions about MtG Commander decklists. Anybody got a cool feed like that already, or some suggestions for what words / hashtags / other post attributes to key off of?
August 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Help Requested! I'm looking for / interested in building a Bsky feed that would collect posts and discussions about MtG Commander decklists. Anybody got a cool feed like that already, or some suggestions for what words / hashtags / other post attributes to key off of?
The cool thing about trying to make a Mario / Pokemon fangame is that occasionally I ask myself questions like “Do I also learn music composition and production…?” and then make decisions that will certainly push back release by several years but also make the whole process more fun :)
August 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The cool thing about trying to make a Mario / Pokemon fangame is that occasionally I ask myself questions like “Do I also learn music composition and production…?” and then make decisions that will certainly push back release by several years but also make the whole process more fun :)
Made some decision today on my Mario / Pokemon fangame which I am not ready to reveal just yet but it does mean I’m in a good position to do some more work (there is always more work and that’s the fun part)
August 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Made some decision today on my Mario / Pokemon fangame which I am not ready to reveal just yet but it does mean I’m in a good position to do some more work (there is always more work and that’s the fun part)
A Shy Guy named Reply Guy who mostly replies to posts on the game’s smartphone expy of choice.
#papermario #fangame idea
#papermario #fangame idea
August 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A Shy Guy named Reply Guy who mostly replies to posts on the game’s smartphone expy of choice.
#papermario #fangame idea
#papermario #fangame idea
What other Pokemon fangame feeds are out there that I should know about?
#pokemon #pokemonromhack #pokemonessentials #mario #mariofangame #fangame
#pokemon #pokemonromhack #pokemonessentials #mario #mariofangame #fangame
August 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
What other Pokemon fangame feeds are out there that I should know about?
#pokemon #pokemonromhack #pokemonessentials #mario #mariofangame #fangame
#pokemon #pokemonromhack #pokemonessentials #mario #mariofangame #fangame
Couldn't do a whole lot of fangame work today. Did have time to set up the MySQL DB tables for my encounter data so that I can read them with my li'l Java program which will run the EXP numbers for balance purposes and output the encounters.txt PBS file.
#pokemonessentials
#pokemonessentials
August 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Couldn't do a whole lot of fangame work today. Did have time to set up the MySQL DB tables for my encounter data so that I can read them with my li'l Java program which will run the EXP numbers for balance purposes and output the encounters.txt PBS file.
#pokemonessentials
#pokemonessentials
Today I learned that IntelliJ has a Swing UI ( #java ) designer that'll make it even easier to balance the battles I'm putting in my #pokemon / #mario crossover #fangame. Gonna put together a thread on the tools I've created for myself once I have a good screenshot :)
#gamedev #pokemonessentials
#gamedev #pokemonessentials
August 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I am being Ever So Patient™ waiting for my morning work meetings to finish so I can listen to the new The Band CAMINIO album :||
#newmusicfriday #music #newmusic #thebandcamino
#newmusicfriday #music #newmusic #thebandcamino
July 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I am being Ever So Patient™ waiting for my morning work meetings to finish so I can listen to the new The Band CAMINIO album :||
#newmusicfriday #music #newmusic #thebandcamino
#newmusicfriday #music #newmusic #thebandcamino
One part of Pokemon balance that's fascinating is, at low levels, you sometimes have to bump up a base stat by like 15 pts for it to matter at all. Ex: a Lv 12 Pokemon's attack could do exactly the same damage when its ATK base stat is anywhere between 70 and 84
#fangame #pokemonessentials #pokemon
#fangame #pokemonessentials #pokemon
July 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
One part of Pokemon balance that's fascinating is, at low levels, you sometimes have to bump up a base stat by like 15 pts for it to matter at all. Ex: a Lv 12 Pokemon's attack could do exactly the same damage when its ATK base stat is anywhere between 70 and 84
#fangame #pokemonessentials #pokemon
#fangame #pokemonessentials #pokemon
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I'm proud to release Pokémon PtHGSS ReSprited Collab to the world! brand new sprites for every single Pokémon in Generation 4, all drawn by over 130 different artists! available in ROM hacks for Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver
July 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm proud to release Pokémon PtHGSS ReSprited Collab to the world! brand new sprites for every single Pokémon in Generation 4, all drawn by over 130 different artists! available in ROM hacks for Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver
Been messing around a bit with Pokemon Essentials Battle AI stuff to handle custom moves I'm adding to Super Mario Monsters RPG. Took a hot minute to get used to but it's pretty easy to hook new things into it once you get the basic structure.
#gamedev #fangame #pokemon #pokemonessentials #mario
#gamedev #fangame #pokemon #pokemonessentials #mario
July 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Been messing around a bit with Pokemon Essentials Battle AI stuff to handle custom moves I'm adding to Super Mario Monsters RPG. Took a hot minute to get used to but it's pretty easy to hook new things into it once you get the basic structure.
#gamedev #fangame #pokemon #pokemonessentials #mario
#gamedev #fangame #pokemon #pokemonessentials #mario
Really cool that Pokémon Showdown’s simulator and calculator code is all open source, I’ve been using it in different ways for several projects (including my fangame) and it’s an incredibly helpful resource.
July 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Really cool that Pokémon Showdown’s simulator and calculator code is all open source, I’ve been using it in different ways for several projects (including my fangame) and it’s an incredibly helpful resource.