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Ivan Khoroshev

@khorrorshow.bsky.social

Digital artist, game maker, husband, parent, dilapidated temple of abandoned flesh. A simple creature, made with only the Skin and Subdivision Surface modifiers. Environments guy at @ko-op.com. Posts in Eng/Rus. He/him. 37. 🔗 linktr.ee/khorrorshow

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam!@ko-op.com · last wk.

Young Suns is a life-sim set in the aftermath of a successful revolution against predatory corporations. Help the people of Jupiter rebuild! Featuring: 💫 Space exploration 💄 Character creator 🚀 Ship decorating 👼 Leftist infighting Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/4149610/...

Young Suns screenshot of a sundog on a moonlet with a few flora around them. Purple sky background with Wednesday station in the distance.

Light-skinned character with short blonde hair with a light green streak. They’re wearing orange round glasses. They have several lighter patches of vitiligo on their face. They have pink cat whisker makeup on their cheeks and green eyeliner.

Image of a decorated room on the spaceship. There’s a bed with light blue bedding, a table with tea and a bowl of food, and several shelves with books, plushies, and other knickknacks.

Image of a character with short curly hair looking angrily at another character with longer brown wavy hair and a long purple coat.

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · last wk.

Went to do a little exploring yesterday. Really wish I didn't forget to charge my camera flash though.

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 2w ago

Up on Friday night stacking concrete blocks.

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 2w ago

¡Vamos España! 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 4w ago

An update on this thing: after making a couple more environments this way I realized that I don't really enjoy the slow, overengineered pipeline I've built. And also I ended up adding the lights engine-side anyway for better character shading, so what is even the huge win anymore? 🤷

Ivan Khoroshev@khorrorshow.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Even more art tests. This one is for the point-and-click game idea I keep meaning to flesh out a bit. Played around with baked lighting this time. These are 3D, in-engine and almost entirely procedurally textured. Didn't have to lay down a single brushstroke. Kind of excited about this workflow.

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · last mo.

Does anyone know if we have a gaming industry tomorrow?

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · last mo.

We're entering a future where there's not enough drinking water and half the population is in a state of psychosis, but you can vibe code your own shitty Photoshop for fifty bucks. Even ignoring the ethics, in what world was doubling down on anti-consumer practices and genAI a smart business move?

Debjit Dutta@debjitduttaart.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · last mo.

They're late for lowpoly FPS crawler enemy archetype school.

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Big month for cool, artistic movies that got rejected by fandom culture poisoned viewers and small-time social media influencers, huh.

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I hope they're not an invasive species.

GP@mousefountain.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I have an idea:

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Connected.

Digital drawing of a lone anthropomorphic creature with short white fur and sharp ears sitting on a damp stone floor, possibly in a cave. There's a strange unidentified device sitting in front of the creature. It has a few knobs, a red light and a speaker, and it's connected by wire to something off-frame. A half-full bowl of clean water stands within arm's reach of the creature. The creature looks tired, but unharmed. A loose bunch of wires stick out of its neck and upper back. Red lights shine from the darkness in the background. A large arcane-looking symbol resembling connections of a circuit board is overlayed over the entire picture.

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Me every six months: Okay, but what if I added outlines to my game for no good reason whatsoever.

Work With Indies @workwithindies.com · 3mo ago

KO_OP is hiring a Community Manager & Content Creator to help launch their multiplayer game Young Suns. 📍 Remote, Contract (Canada) 🎥 Video, content & community focus 🌈 Inclusive, equity-driven studio Work with @ko-op.com and apply:

KO_OP is hiring a Community Manager & Content Creator (en/fr)

KO_OP is looking to bring on a Community Manager / Content Creator to help create video assets for our upcoming multiplayer game Young Suns.

workwithindies.com

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Overexposed.

An anthropomorphic figure with cat-like ears, white skin and short black hair sits alone on a mattress in what appears to be a dark basement. They're dressed very casually, in a light-colored t-shirt, a pair of shorts and slippers. There are multiple active studio lights pointed at the figure, and we see a web of wires descending from them onto the dusty floor. All lights eventually connect to the power strip lying on the ground in the bottom left of the picture. The figure wears a tired, vacant expression and holds a Bluetooth remote in their right hand.

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 3mo ago

That's a good stopping point, I think. Maybe just a couple more rooms and it'll be about the size/complexity I imagined for an average level. It's really fun to build stuff once you already have all the necessary lego pieces in the content browser, I should do this more often.

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It appears that the pet project for this vacation is a new area for my slowly-made first-person exploration game. Which I should title. This level's inspired by exposed ground floors of apartment buildings I see around the city. There's just something so eerie about them to me, especially at night.

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Sorry for disappearing from the face of the internet for a bit. I've been making some good progress on developing my Big Unannounced Game, which unfortunately meant I had to pause working on art I can actually share. And also I didn't really like any of my recent WIPs haha.

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 4mo ago

KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam!@ko-op.com · 6mo ago

We’re hiring a QA Analyst! $90,069 CAD/year, remote 6-month contract, 4-day work weeks with flexible hours! 🫶 Apply now: www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o... ✨

Text reads: KO_OP is Hiring!

Our studio mascot, a dark blue genderless humanoid named ini, is at the bottom right corner, holding their face and smiling with hearts floating around their head.

Text reads: Responsibilities

- Working closely with our QA lead, design, tech, and production to understand project goals and build test plans collaboratively.
- Writing and iterating on test cases for a game actively in development, with a live player base.
- Paired testing with other members of the QA department, with a focus on networked multiplayer testing.

Requirements

- Due to our small team and a significant number of our employees being international, we require potential applicants to be able to speak English.
- Applicants in Canada will be given priority, however applicants outside of Canada are welcome to submit their application should we be unable to fill the role locally.

Preferred experience

- Experience with JIRA, Slack, Notion and Unity.
- Experience with network testing and working on Live Service titles.
- Having worked on released titles for Steam and Xbox.
- Experience with Xbox Cert for XBPC, Series XS and Xbox One.

Fonctions

- Collaborer étroitement avec notre responsable de l’assurance qualité ainsi que l’équipe de conception, l’équipe technique et l’équipe de production pour comprendre les objectifs du projet et élaborer les plans de mise à l’essai.
- Rédiger et exécuter des scénarios d’essai pour un jeu en cours de développement avec une base active de joueurs.
- Réaliser des essais en collaboration avec d’autres membres du service de l’assurance qualité, notamment des essais de jeux multijoueurs en réseau.

Exigences du poste

- Connaissance de l’anglais (nous formons une petite équipe dont bon nombre des membres se trouvent à l’étranger).
- Nous accorderons la priorité aux candidatures canadiennes. Cependant, les personnes qui résident ailleurs sont également invitées à soumettre la leur, au cas où nous n’arriverions pas à pourvoir le poste localement.

Atouts

- Connaissance de Jira, de Slack, de Notion et d’Unity.
- Expérience avec les essais en réseau et le développement de jeux-services.
- Expérience de travail sur des jeux publiés sur Steam et Xbox.
- Obtention passée de la certification Xbox pour PC, Xbox Série X|S et Xbox One.

Rémunération
- 90 069 $ CA/année (1 732 $/semaine)
- Télétravail uniquement (travail hybride ou au bureau à Montréal, si désiré)
- Semaine de quatre jours et horaire flexible

Il s'agit d'un poste contractuel de six mois. Lien dans la bio pour plus d'informations.

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I turned three cans of Monster and a sleepless weekend into a tiny videogame for the Global Game Jam. It's about escaping a room full of procedurally generated masked weirdos, something I'm sure we all can relate too. Play it now on your Windows personal computer: khorrorshow.itch.io/i-dont-know-...

I Don't Know Anyone At This Party by Ivan Khoroshev

First-person deduction game about escaping a very unpleasant party. Submission to the 2026 Global Game Jam.

khorrorshow.itch.io

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Test character for a thing. I've never been able to crack the code on crunchy pixelated textures, they never look quite like I want them to. Even with the amazing Pixel8r tool that basically does all the work for me. PSX devs make it look so easy!

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Сделал себе Telegram-канал для личных заметок. Никакой определённой тематики, просто про бытовые мелочи и случайные мысли. Прямо сейчас там можно почитать немного моих итогов года и посмотреть фотографии, сделанные на детский микроскоп. Надеюсь, заинтриговал. It's okay if not. t.me/khorrorshowl...

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Drawing sad catgirls with less than two hours left on the clock, heck yeah. Have a good 2026, everyone. ✨

A white cat person in a red Santa hat looking outside a square opening of a stone frame, red and green. The geometric patterns in the stone are very abstract, but in one of them you can almost make out the number 2026.

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The ones that came before you. CW: trypophobia.

A white cat-like anthropomorphic figure stands in stone ruins in front of a wrought metal window at sunset. The figure looks back at the wide stairway behind it, revealing there's a black four-pointed star where its face should be. There are two lifeless bodies lying on the stairs, looking half-absorbed into the stone steps. It's hard to tell because of the state the remains are in, but they appear to be of the same cat-like species.

Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Tired animal people.

Three waist-up digital portraits of various anthro characters. Left-to-right: a smiling, somewhat intoxicated-looking woman with red frizzy hair holding a blunt, a short-haired woman with tunnel plugs and round glasses wearing a warm jacket, and a blonde, unshaved middle-aged man in a sweater holding a spool of ethernet cables.

KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam!@ko-op.com · 8mo ago

We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal. youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...