Lerkinn
smeli.bsky.social
Lerkinn
@smeli.bsky.social
he/him, Philadelphia, falafel and grill enthusiast, working on Slaughter Void, https://store.steampowered.com/app/3333980/Slaughter_Void/
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“.. We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said .. as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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NO ONE WANTS AI VIDEOS MADE OF THEM WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Oct 17
OpenAI is preventing people from making AI videos of King on its Sora app after the estate of the civil rights leader complained about the spread of offensive and vulgar portrayals.
OpenAI blocks MLK Jr. videos on Sora after 'disrespectful depictions'
OpenAI is preventing people from making AI videos of King on its Sora app after the estate of the civil rights leader complained about the spread of offensive and vulgar portrayals.
n.pr
October 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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In addition to unloading on demonstrators in Broadview, ICE is now randomly gassing people going about their day on the streets of Chicago
Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.

"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...
October 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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gamedev in 2025
October 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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SLAUGHTER VOID is only 7 wishlists away from us hitting 600! It'd mean the world if you'd help us absolutely massacre that milestone today 😤😤😤

#indiedev #indiegame

store.steampowered.com/app/3333980/...
Slaughter Void on Steam
SLAUGHTER VOID is a brutal, high intensity hack and slash, combining the best of speed running and action RPGs with fast-paced combat and build variety. Hotline Miami meets Diablo in this homage to th...
store.steampowered.com
August 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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New — I wrote about Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Aguilar, a former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and his harrowing stories of what he witnessed while being there under the guise of distributing food aid to starving Palestinian civilians:
The Green Beret of Gaza
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation contractor Anthony Aguilar describes witnessing war crimes.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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What's up #PitchYaGame if you like to KILL THINGS FAST and DIE A BUNCH then check out SLAUGHTER VOID

😈🐔Diablo + Hotline Miami
⚔️Speed-focused dark fantasy action
🌖6 areas, 30+ levels
🪓Weapons! Secondary weapons! Abilities!
💪Like Conan on steroids

tinyurl.com/SlaughterVoi...

#indiegame #indiedev
June 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Our kickstarter for C.I.G.S. (Chicago Indie Game Showcase) is LIVE and we already blew past our both our goal and first stretch goal in... three hours. Help us build the future of Chicago indie dev and get tix to see a ton of amazing devs.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ind...

#indiedev #indiegame
Chicago Indie Game Showcase
Chicago Indie Game Showcase (C.I.G.S) is a one-day convention featuring independent games from Chicago and the greater Midwest.
www.kickstarter.com
May 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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This is—it bears repeating—ethnic cleansing and a war crime. It feels utterly pointless to say, and roughly equivalent to screaming into the void, but the United States should not be supporting or providing any aid to a state that has ethnic cleansing as a policy position.
Netanyahu says Israel won’t stop the war until Trump’s plan to remove all Palestinians from Gaza has been implemented, calling the idea ”so correct and so revolutionary.” www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Netanyahu: Implementation of Trump’s Gaza relocation plan is condition for ending war
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www.timesofisrael.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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We just put up our first version of Slaughter Void's demo! Please go give it a play if hacking and slashing your way through hordes of demons at Hotline Miami speeds sounds rad to you. Experience the joys of barrel kicking. Maybe wishlist it. ENTER DA VOID TODAY (link below)

#indiedev #pixelart
May 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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OUR DEMO IS LIVE please go eviscerate some demons and kick some barrels and let us know what we can improve on! (maybe even give us a wishlist if you really like it)

#indiedev #indiegame

store.steampowered.com/app/3730700/...
Slaughter Void Demo on Steam
SLAUGHTER VOID is a brutal, high intensity hack and slash, combining the best of speed running and action RPGs with fast-paced combat and build variety. Hotline Miami meets Diablo in this homage to th...
store.steampowered.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.

Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.

Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
For nearly 60 days, Israel has blocked food from Gaza. Palestinians struggle to feed their families
For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.
bit.ly
April 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife gave birth to their child without him after ICE denied their request to let him be present.

“This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer,” Dr. Abdalla said. “My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud."
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth (Gift Article)
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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NEW TRAILER JUST DROPPED, GET READY TO GO BARBARIAN MODE

#indiedev #indiegame

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilgs...
Slaughter Void Announcement Trailer (ACTUAL BARBARIAN GAME????)
YouTube video by Dread Night
www.youtube.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Hotline Miami plus Diablo

@slaughtervoid.bsky.social
March 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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-Anshar's Dream-

Some background work for @slaughtervoid.bsky.social

#pixelart #indiedev
March 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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If yall would like to spend your first day of the new year SAD and CONTEMPLATIVE and possibly appreciating some artisanal pixel illustrations and animations, Backwater Eulogy is still on sale for the last day of the Steam winter sale~

#indiedev #indiegame

store.steampowered.com/app/3134050/...
Save 25% on Backwater Eulogy on Steam
Musings on grief, moving on, and a life made and lived in the rural Midwest. Features a collection of lovingly hand-drawn panels and pixel art.
store.steampowered.com
January 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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That's right yall we've got COINS we're in the big leagues now

#pixelart #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
December 22, 2024 at 12:37 AM
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Russia “invades” and “occupies” Ukraine, Israel “militarily advances ” into a “Syrian buffer zone”
Israeli forces will stay in Syrian territory they seized following the toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s government until the establishment of “a new force” that meets Israel’s security demands, the Israeli government said on Thursday. nyti.ms/3Do4ZH1
December 12, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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A small clip of what we're making with SLAUGHTER VOID- a lot of the environment graphics are subject to change, so it'll look pretty different over the coming weeks; but if you like fast paced, bloody fantasy action, then this is for you.

#screenshotsaturday #indiedev
November 24, 2024 at 3:12 AM
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The store page for POCKET MYSTERY EP DX is now live.

The ✨full color✨ re-release of my GameBoy game releases next month with updated puzzles and additional content.

RT this and wishlist on Steam today!

store.steampowered.com/app/3300480/...
POCKET MYSTERY EP DX on Steam
A surreal, puzzle, murder-mystery game originally designed for the GameBoy.
store.steampowered.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:29 PM