Another submission for vgen's monthly challenge! It's been a while since I've done anything close to a finished environment painting, so I wanted to lean way more into that 🥹🌅
Arka
@arka2arka9.bsky.social
they/them | de facto Art Director on Shards Between Us 🌻🌱✨ | Learning shaders and relearning oils
I'm not being very productive, which could be due to sleep or thyroid. But what I can do is dick around on social media. So let's share again the starter packs I made of game devs who refuse to use gen AI in any capacity. Here you go: go.bsky.app/6DRdowf go.bsky.app/AS5R4p7 go.bsky.app/7K7JDCJ
We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2026 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 27th More info 👇
HI FOLKS! If you stopped by our #TwitchCon booth in 2025, you may have tried out this game. Good news, Ledgerbound JUST released on Steam. Please support our queer/queer-made game devs!
Ledgerbound@ledgerbound.bsky.social · 4w agoSave the world. Deny the claim. Maximize Shareholder value. 📈 Leave your desk behind to battle world-ending evil and pursue HR-approved romance in this fully voiced comedy tactical RPG. Ledgerbound is OUT NOW on Steam: s.team/a/3315060 Playing today? Leave us a review!
When a menu has a neat little tween. Or a character has a funny little animation. Somebody out there spent days making that little detail perfect. And when you’re playing a game you’re blasted with like 50 of these little things per minute. Games are so rich with human life! It’s awesome!!!
I'm looking for more work in the upcoming months! Here's a couple games I've worked on but I also provide the following complimentary services: 👑Your teams biggest cheerleader ✨Can work booths 🎤Speaker 💬My job requires a lot of networking -> Found opportunities for my games that way
Sketches from like….two Christmases ago from the arboretum in Canberra
I just had closing shift at an ice cream shop and i remember nothing except eating straight from an ice cream tub we were about to toss at the end of the night
A mapcrunch study from last week (I think it was last week I have no concept of time rn)
🌱 August-only or til slots fill up ! today on namio's periodically changing preferred style to draw Rates will change once the style is added to my VGen offerings RT appreciated 🥰
Launchgratulations!
SporkTank 🐣 Rita 🧩 OUT NOW@sporktank.bsky.social · last mo.🐣Our cozy puzzle adventure Rita is OUT NOW! 🎉 Join our clever little chicken on a heartwarming journey through life - full of puzzles, new friends, and memories to cherish. 💛🐥 Available now on Steam 🎮 store.steampowered.com/app/2984850/... #PuzzleGames #Indiegames #CozyGames
I saw a street “Ratification Way” and I briefly forgot what ratification meant and I was like “…turning…into a rat??”
After I think 4 years of working on this on and off, it’s finally done 🥹🎉
And we're live again with @qweertygamers.org and @arka2arka9.bsky.social, doing a little panel about how to be critical of your own work without being mean to yourself :) Come hang out in chat! www.twitch.tv/qweertygamers #indiegames #queergames #gamedev
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QG Panel | How to Critically Analyze Your Own Work | Anna Mezzacappa w/ Beyond-FX, Arka w/ Queensguard Enzi w/ Enzi Productions !QDC
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We're live with our next QDC Panel | How to Critically Analyze Your Own Work with Anna Mezzacappa from Beyond-FX, Arka Tu from Queensguard, and Enzi from Enzi Productions!
The streets of Chicago are full with tens of thousands of people standing up to ICE and Trump. Join us.
Sesame Street will be putting a huge collection of episodes on YouTube starting in January 2026 This is a fantastic way to educate children It’s a form of resistance. Shows like Sesame Street teach love, tolerance, acceptance & more. These lessons are crucial for the long fight ahead.
Sept 12 4 PM PT, I'll be holding a fundraiser with @kushter.bsky.social & her Star Streamers for @starlight.org! Every dollar will help give happiness to hospitalized kids in the form of hospital gowns, toy deliveries, and gaming!
I was at Anime Impulse this past weekend and I had the chance to meet @colin-ryan.bsky.social and get my art signed!!! 🥹
It's not over. Steam isn't allowing games with 'mature themes' in Early Access. Call, email, letter PayPal, Stripe, Mastercard, and Visa. Do your dailies.