Gabriel aka mystal
@mystal.cafe
they/them 🇵🇷 | Queer nb game dev, programmer & designer. Rock climber. Rustacean. Mask wearer 😷
Former Combat Designer/Gameplay Programmer @ Brass Lion Entertainment
Makes games for money in Unreal and for soul in Bevy, Godot, and other cozy engines
Former Combat Designer/Gameplay Programmer @ Brass Lion Entertainment
Makes games for money in Unreal and for soul in Bevy, Godot, and other cozy engines
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Gabriel aka mystal
@mystal.cafe
· Jun 6
Battle the forces of a corrupting entity called the Deceiver as you harness the mythical abilities of the Wu-Tang Clan!
Check out the trailer below, and wishlist Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver on the Steam & Epic Game Store!
Steam – bit.ly/ROTDSTEAM
Epic Store - bit.ly/ROTDEPIC
Check out the trailer below, and wishlist Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver on the Steam & Epic Game Store!
Steam – bit.ly/ROTDSTEAM
Epic Store - bit.ly/ROTDEPIC
Holy shit, the game I worked on for three years is finally announced! I did a lot of tech and combat design work on this game and I'm so proud of it.
That big hammer weapon at the end of the trailer was my baby, I designed and implemented most of it with help from amazing artists and programmers :3
That big hammer weapon at the end of the trailer was my baby, I designed and implemented most of it with help from amazing artists and programmers :3
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‼️ NEW BLOG POST ‼️
where I scream about the games industry, but mainly, about the idyllic game dev farm aka indie game studios ran by people who have money but dont really care about games. it's cathartic and weird. thank you kindly
maurimo.dev/blog/posts/2...
where I scream about the games industry, but mainly, about the idyllic game dev farm aka indie game studios ran by people who have money but dont really care about games. it's cathartic and weird. thank you kindly
maurimo.dev/blog/posts/2...
MAURIMO - #02 - THE IDYLLIC GAME DEV FARM OF HELL
maurimo.dev
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
‼️ NEW BLOG POST ‼️
where I scream about the games industry, but mainly, about the idyllic game dev farm aka indie game studios ran by people who have money but dont really care about games. it's cathartic and weird. thank you kindly
maurimo.dev/blog/posts/2...
where I scream about the games industry, but mainly, about the idyllic game dev farm aka indie game studios ran by people who have money but dont really care about games. it's cathartic and weird. thank you kindly
maurimo.dev/blog/posts/2...
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"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
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the average salary of tens of thousands of games industry professionals is actually now $0, hope that clears things up
The average salary for games industry professionals based in the United States was $142,000 in 2025, according to a new report from GDC Festival of Gaming.
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
GDC Survey: Average salary for US games professionals was $142,000 in 2025
Findings reveal 33% of workers feel employers are "working to close existing pay gaps," while one-tenth report no efforts are being made
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the average salary of tens of thousands of games industry professionals is actually now $0, hope that clears things up
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Imagine if America's smartest engineers and techies were devoting their brain power to things that would really help humanity.
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Imagine if America's smartest engineers and techies were devoting their brain power to things that would really help humanity.
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NieR Automata genuinely might be one of the most important game releases of all time explicitly because of how it directly inspired DXVK, yes.
www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ni...
www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ni...
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NieR Automata genuinely might be one of the most important game releases of all time explicitly because of how it directly inspired DXVK, yes.
www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ni...
www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ni...
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We are all, at best, temporarily abled.
Yall real silent about disability injustices because most of you don’t see disability as a thing that can happen to you.
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We are all, at best, temporarily abled.
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
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technology that makes people more productive is inherently used to perpetuate capitalism, that’s why I make videogames, technology that makes people less productive
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
technology that makes people more productive is inherently used to perpetuate capitalism, that’s why I make videogames, technology that makes people less productive
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that’s what I’ve been saaaayying maaan
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
that’s what I’ve been saaaayying maaan
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My tiny Over the Garden Wall fan game is now available for FREE! 🎉
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
The Round-about Orchard: A tiny OtGW fan game by JuliaMinamata
A two-room adventure game that takes about fifteen minutes to play
juliaminamata.itch.io
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
My tiny Over the Garden Wall fan game is now available for FREE! 🎉
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
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Hey man, you know what would make Nightshift Galaxy way easier to realize? Medicare For All. Literally the biggest impasse right now is figuring out Health Insurance for next year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Hey man, you know what would make Nightshift Galaxy way easier to realize? Medicare For All. Literally the biggest impasse right now is figuring out Health Insurance for next year.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
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This is what future celebrities were supposed to be, not politics streamers
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is what future celebrities were supposed to be, not politics streamers
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people say making video games is easy but i'm gonna be the one to go out and say i don't think it's that easy
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
people say making video games is easy but i'm gonna be the one to go out and say i don't think it's that easy
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“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
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The Godot 2025 showreel is out! We're so grateful for every submission, vote, and support from our community 💙
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZwE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZwE...
Godot Engine – 2025 Showreel
YouTube video by Godot Engine
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Godot 2025 showreel is out! We're so grateful for every submission, vote, and support from our community 💙
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZwE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZwE...
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about someone she knew who had been on maternity leave, and said she had taken "the full year." I said, "A whole year? Wow, what kind of fancy job does she have that gives her a YEAR of leave?" and my friend looked surprised & said, "... welcome to Canada?"
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about someone she knew who had been on maternity leave, and said she had taken "the full year." I said, "A whole year? Wow, what kind of fancy job does she have that gives her a YEAR of leave?" and my friend looked surprised & said, "... welcome to Canada?"
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Perhaps the most unexpected thing I learned from teaching fighting games over the last ten years is that the things people need to learn the most aren't really fighting game skills but life skills.
Fighting games just give you a fun way to expose these gaps before real life does.
Fighting games just give you a fun way to expose these gaps before real life does.
FROM MASHER TO MASTER 2 IS OUT!
If you want to get into fighting games but don't know where to begin, this book will guide your journey.
Featuring art by @koh.money and a foreword by Gerald Lee of Core-A Gaming!
patrickmiller.itch.io/from-masher-...
If you want to get into fighting games but don't know where to begin, this book will guide your journey.
Featuring art by @koh.money and a foreword by Gerald Lee of Core-A Gaming!
patrickmiller.itch.io/from-masher-...
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Perhaps the most unexpected thing I learned from teaching fighting games over the last ten years is that the things people need to learn the most aren't really fighting game skills but life skills.
Fighting games just give you a fun way to expose these gaps before real life does.
Fighting games just give you a fun way to expose these gaps before real life does.
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Zohran Mamdani wins!
He ran on an unabashedly pro-transgender platform, stood up for the most vulnerable, as so many have pushed for the Democratic Party to abandon trans people in order to win.
Major win for trans New Yorkers - he has vowed for intense resistance to anti-trans Trump policies.
He ran on an unabashedly pro-transgender platform, stood up for the most vulnerable, as so many have pushed for the Democratic Party to abandon trans people in order to win.
Major win for trans New Yorkers - he has vowed for intense resistance to anti-trans Trump policies.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Zohran Mamdani wins!
He ran on an unabashedly pro-transgender platform, stood up for the most vulnerable, as so many have pushed for the Democratic Party to abandon trans people in order to win.
Major win for trans New Yorkers - he has vowed for intense resistance to anti-trans Trump policies.
He ran on an unabashedly pro-transgender platform, stood up for the most vulnerable, as so many have pushed for the Democratic Party to abandon trans people in order to win.
Major win for trans New Yorkers - he has vowed for intense resistance to anti-trans Trump policies.
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I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
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me to others: it's hard right now. be gentle with yourself
me to me: wtf is wrong with you
me to me: wtf is wrong with you
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
me to others: it's hard right now. be gentle with yourself
me to me: wtf is wrong with you
me to me: wtf is wrong with you
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FROM MASHER TO MASTER 2 IS OUT!
If you want to get into fighting games but don't know where to begin, this book will guide your journey.
Featuring art by @koh.money and a foreword by Gerald Lee of Core-A Gaming!
patrickmiller.itch.io/from-masher-...
If you want to get into fighting games but don't know where to begin, this book will guide your journey.
Featuring art by @koh.money and a foreword by Gerald Lee of Core-A Gaming!
patrickmiller.itch.io/from-masher-...
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
FROM MASHER TO MASTER 2 IS OUT!
If you want to get into fighting games but don't know where to begin, this book will guide your journey.
Featuring art by @koh.money and a foreword by Gerald Lee of Core-A Gaming!
patrickmiller.itch.io/from-masher-...
If you want to get into fighting games but don't know where to begin, this book will guide your journey.
Featuring art by @koh.money and a foreword by Gerald Lee of Core-A Gaming!
patrickmiller.itch.io/from-masher-...