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dudeskull
@rancorousnerd.bsky.social
adult | australian | indie horror game enthusiast
we post bullshit here, sir
that's. yeah ok. that's a normal reaction to fr4g-tp
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM
ok that'll do for now. Still missing my Undiscovered Undeground and Z1 pcs but, like, i never finished those games anyhow
June 22, 2025 at 7:04 AM
one sleep 'til artfight reveal and i'm finally fuckin colouring these guys
June 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
just found out chaosium ported The Haunting to 7th edition and made it free. hell yeah. would love to revisit it, eleven(!) years after i first ran it and with considerably more knowledge of the game

anyway this illustration perfectly sums it up and i'm gonna cry laughing
April 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
for a hot minute i was like "what if this turns out to be too weird for my lecturers"
and then i saw their supplied page for this week's assignment and went "nvm they're a bunch of weirdos too"
April 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
i'm sure this is fine. hello sir
April 15, 2025 at 5:11 AM
neopets added a site timeline to its homepage and i am *deeply* fascinated by the things they chose to represent each year.

like, yeah, i guess 2010 was the first festival of neggs.

do you remember what else happened in 2010.
April 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
obligatory
April 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
for the last time, microsoft word, i'm *australian*
April 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
don't have much art time at the moment so here's some sketches of ingrid wedged between some lecture notes
March 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
shout out to the steam workshop for solving my eternal procrastination question: "do i play isaac or minecraft"
March 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
things that are endlessly funny to me
March 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I thought about designing a character for my Myst/Riven/Exile playthrough, too, but then it occurred to me "guy displaced from space/time with no clue how to get home" is just Jack. so.

sorry atrus you get the dumbest oc i've ever designed
March 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Can't remember if I mentioned here, but while i was workin thru Zork I designed my player characters.

In order:
- Fenshire (the pilgrim, Nemesis)
- ??? (the AFGNCAAP, Grand Inquisitor)
- Ran Ferret (the sweepstakes winner, Return to Zork)
- Beldee Frimbles (the freshman, The Lurking Horror)
March 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
i'll clean this up some other time but. workin on a teeth redesign

she'll still have the general jester aesthetics i just think it'd be fun if she was a lil less human shaped
March 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
anyway my fav joke from my gj entry is joseph scribbling all over the manual to make your life easier. this part in particular
February 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Also since I can't be at my tablet too much i'm fiddling around with drawing the splash art on paper and then making it 1-bit in photoshop

not entirely happy w/ the results so far but it'll do for this prototype at least
January 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
got a bit off topic while writing the clues for the fake copy protection puzzles
January 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
KILLING AND VIOLENCE DOT MOV
January 23, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Not posting these on main bc I guess spoilers technically, but I'm getting started on animating the death sequences.

I'm trying to stay off my tablet, but fortunately killer doors are easy enough to draw with the mouse.
January 23, 2025 at 5:07 AM
taking a break from coding to design fake rune fonts for spells, clues, ciphers etc. One for handwriting, one for engravings.

here's what the game describes as "an ineffective prayer for peace in the homestead." (it translates to 'live laugh love')
January 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
January 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Buddy of mine informed me someone made a randomizer for ZGI and i'm having a great time. i love it when phone solicitors hand me swords for signing up to a pyramid scheme
January 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
i think about this every damn day
January 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
the current MAGS gamejam theme is "break some rules": i.e. make an adventure game that intentionally engages in the worst genre tropes imaginable

idk if i'm gonna stick w my idea but having just replayed RtZ, i felt like i'd give it a try.

normal level design that will not get me hate mail
January 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM