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rinski
@rinski.bsky.social
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he&they // hobby #gamedev and #pixelart // very, *very* gradually putting a game together // also on tumblr.com/rinski and discord as rinski // #869ece //
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A screenshot of the Google Trends page for "crab rave" over the past seven days, showing a large spike of interest today.
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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never mind, they nailed this one
An article from the Anker blog titled, “What Is a Power Bank & Why Should You Even Care?”
October 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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titles could use some work
An article from the Anker blog titled, “How to Ensure Charging Safe with Power Banks” An article from the Anker blog titled, “Does Charging Power Bank with Power Bank Work? Here to Tell.”
October 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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according to the signage this place has everything: RENTALS, THEATER, MAGS, NOVELTIES *and* ARCADE??? I feel an overwhelming #need to go to WV by St.Albans, to see what games are available at this VIDEO ꜱᴜᴘERSTᴏʀᴇ
A Google Street view of the building at 6901 MacCorkle Avenue, with a signpost out front declaring that it's OPEN and called VIDEO SUPERSTORE. It looks like a long shipping container with green, striated walls. There are intermittent vertical signs along its exterior and a few doorways, all of which have blue awnings over them. The signs read, from far left to right, 24 HOURS, 7 DAYS, RENTALS, THEATER, MAGS, NOVELTIES, ARCADE, 24 HOURS, 7 DAYS. There are no windows: No one is allowed to see what happens inside VIDEO SUPERSTORE. A single car is parked out front, its license plate blurred.
July 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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made this familiar-looking fellow for a discord joke that I shall not explain
January 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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rise and grind those cilia, cells, proteins won't fold themselves!
A cell with a hat and briefcase speaks to another cell. The first cell's dialog box reads, "E. Sarcocyst, RNA Salesman: 'Hello, viable host! Would you like to take advantage of a limited-time opportunity to have invaluable genetic material injected directly into your cytoplasm for maximum convenience?'"
January 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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a rough photoshop of the D'Aulaires book of greek myths as Pokémyths, where Helios's chariot is being driven by a Sunflora and pulled by a team of Ponyta. Then on the ground I put an Electabuzz, Zantyroi, Pontaur, and a Pikachu in a jar over the four figures that were there because they're pretty close.
December 25, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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insomnia
a long-necked individual pokes their head into frame to tell a pile of bones that they should probably go to sleep. the pile of bones answers, “no, it is ok, I am just some bones of some kind.” as just some bones of some kind they no longer need to sleep, but unless that is also true for you, you should probably go to sleep.
December 24, 2024 at 11:30 PM
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2024 Art Train 🚂 ✨✨
QRP w/ what art you’re proudest of this year!

I didn't have a ton of time due to [gestures at actively collapsing media industry], but I did make assets for a new environment & this studious fellow, plus refined my style. I count that as a win. 😌

gif: bit.ly/41BVzBS
A hero enters a sparsely-decorated room. There's a giant hole in the ground in front of them, from which a large monster is emerging, its fingers crooked around the edge of the hole.
December 17, 2024 at 12:09 AM
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finally, an opportunity to use that sprite I made of Magritte's Cicerone
A hero confronts some abstract monsters in a museum setting showcasing modern and surrealist artworks. In the background is one of Magritte's Cicerones, holding a glass of water in one hand and a leaf in the other.
December 2, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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you're sure you shut that door behind you earlier
December 1, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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"oh weird... how am suddenly getting a wifi signal all the way down here...? hey, are you—"
November 28, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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me, realizing I’ll never be able to draw anything even remotely interesting ever again, for the third time this week
a monster person sitting on the ground with a vacant, horrified expression in their face, holding onto a balloon that says, “Buh?”
November 7, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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You enter the STUDY unannounced. GRIEVOUS ERROR! The occupant seems STARTLED and UPSET by your intrusion.
A hero enters a sparsely-decorated room. There's a giant hole in the ground in front of them, from which a large monster is emerging, its fingers crooked around the edge of the hole.
October 20, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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some art can be particularly challenging
A tiny figure stands before a large physical manifestation of a creature similar to Brauner’s Visage. Text at the top of the screen reads, "The painting looks different in person." They are in a museum, surrounded by art exhibits. There’s a Rothko-esque painting of geometric shapes, only some appear to be bleeding, a sculpture of one of Magritte’s Cicerones, a painting of a halved apple looking at another halved apple put a window, an abstract piece with a fish skeleton at a stop sign with “Please Stop” written on the wall, alongside a series of numbers and switches, and a small sculpture on a pedestal that’s staring into the sky, mouth agape.
October 18, 2024 at 11:37 PM
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hello! I'm very, very gradually making a #pixelart CYOA game that looks like this. I do not know what I'm doing, but it's been a fun hobby project so far!
A scene at a bus stop from an adventure game. In it we can see the hero encountering five strange individuals in three different groups. The setting text reads, "A group of strange folk stand before you." The narration text reads, "The road leads to a small structure near a tall lantern. A few distinct groups are gathered, having separate conversations. No one is yet aware of your presence." The choices presented to the hero are: 1.) Flee, 2.) Wait, 3.) Attempt to sneak past everyone unnoticed, 4.) Address the nearest group, 5.) Address the further group, 6.) Address the lone individual. An monochromatic pixel art image of an RPG protagonist and a swarm of bugs facing off against a fleshy creature. The queen of the swarm is eight bugs all connected at the head, and their dialog box reads, "Pibbletik, Joined Queen: 'That is the bad one! Villain! Fiend! We have sent many friends to teach them how to be friendly! They do not learn this! They only learn how to eat friends better!'" A severely injured monster is emerging from the ground before an RPG protagonist with a text balloon that says, "Gorbo, who's doing fine: NO TOTALLY, YOU NEED THOSE ELIXIRS. I'LL MANAGE. I'M SURE THE EYE STALK LOSS LOOKS WORSE THAN IT IS, BUT I CAN'T TELL, DUE TO EYE STALK LOSS." You’re in a museum, confronting a large abstract sculpture consisting of some easily recognizable objects, like tables, chairs, lightbulbs, and drapes attached to other, more biological, less visually understandable anatomy. It has a dialog balloon that reads, “Untitled #6, Sentient Sculpture: ‘I don’t know what I am. But I know I have meaning. Please. I need you to parse me. You need to tell me what I am. TELL ME WHAT I AM.”
October 18, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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yeah and it's still up as of a few minutes ago
September 21, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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so are you more "shapes crammed into a frustum enclosure" or "flesh spilling out of a helmet"
August 25, 2024 at 3:08 AM
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bus stop encounter
A scene at a bus stop from an adventure game. In it we can see the hero encountering five strange individuals in three different groups. The setting text reads, "A group of strange folk stand before you." The narration text reads, "The road leads to a small structure near a tall lantern. A few distinct groups are gathered, having separate conversations. No one is yet aware of your presence." The choices presented to the hero are: 1.) Flee, 2.) Wait, 3.) Attempt to sneak past everyone unnoticed, 4.) Address the nearest group, 5.) Address the further group, 6.) Address the lone individual.
August 12, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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misconception
A three-eyed figure is popping their head out of a hole in a desert wasteland. The figure is looking to the left at a series of forks that grow less uniform and less fork-like as they get further away from the figure. The figure's three pupils are white, gray, and black. Above them are three moons, underneath each of which is a grey circle. To the right of the figure is a cactus in bloom next to a rock, then further away and receding into the background is a smaller plant next to a smaller rock, and even further away is an even smaller plant and rock. Behind all these, just barely visible, is a row of other, different forks.
April 29, 2024 at 1:59 AM
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#crab
Monochromatic pixel art of a strange crab on the sea floor, surrounded by organic structures.
April 14, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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You see a STRANGE CREATURE before you.
A monster wreathed in yellow, who's parts hover near each other, disconnected but truncating in small orbs. It stands on an illuminated grassy patch that quickly fades into darkness. The outer perimeter of the scene dissolves into static.
March 28, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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dogs are constantly going on fun car rides. most aquatic creatures don’t even get to go on a single fun car ride before they are eaten by many small crabs. I seek to correct this grave injustice through Art
A shelled aggregation of sea creatures hovers above ocean waves under a starry sky.
February 7, 2024 at 3:27 AM
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lookie-loo
A monochromatic pixel art image of a head with a bunch of eyestalks (most of which are retracted into the head), standing on its large muscular tongue.
January 15, 2024 at 2:46 AM
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elegant celebrity

(animated version: imgur.com/WpJ32K7 )
A creature stands, wreathed in yellow, in the midst of static.
January 4, 2024 at 4:56 PM