thisisstar
@thisisstar.bsky.social
thisisstar.com // A tornado disguised as a girl. // Art & Creative Direction. UI/UX. Illustration. Animation. 3D. Game trailers. // Aconite & Inkle. HoloVista.
Yikes. There are a bunch of accessibility reasons not to do this that are obvious, but if you ignore all of those like a jerk, can I just say that it looks bad? This is just terrible visual hierarchy. Get it together UI/UX folks!
Kotaku@kotaku.com · yesterdayBeast Of Reincarnation's Text Is Impossible To Read https://kotaku.com/text-small-beast-of-reincarnation-2000721285
Grab this while you can & get their new one tomorrow!
Tom Vian@sfbtom.bsky.social · 3w agoCrow Country is 🐦⬛🎡🎊🚨 🎉 70% OFF ✨ 👀⭐👆😱 for a Steam Daily Deal to celebrate tomorrow's launch of our new game, The Mermaid Mask We're not discounting this low again for a looong time, so grab it white you can! Already played? Recommend to a friend! store.steampowered.com/app/1996010/...
This immediately looks like a game jam to me
Internet Archive@archive.org · last mo.🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, COMPOSITION OF CIRCLES AND OVERLAPPING ANGLES (1930) 🎨 🖼️ Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s vibrant geometric abstraction uses circles, diagonals, and bold color to create a dynamic balance of rhythm, movement, and precision. See it ➡️ archive.org/details/soph... #PublicDomain
Just found out about this Böcklin exhibition that'll be up in Berlin during @amazefest.bsky.social next year: www.smb.museum/en/museums-i.... Multiple Isle of the Dead paintings in the same show? Tagging @antihelios.bsky.social, @laststarfarer.bsky.social, and @calligramstudio.com for reasons.
Böcklin
Beyond the Myth
smb.museum
once again thinking about how alex colville invented uncanny videogame graphics from first principles in the 1970s
I also made something for #manifestojam & I would love if you would check it out. thisisstar.itch.io/instructions...
Instructions for creating when you feel like destroying by thisisstar
A numbered list written in all caps
thisisstar.itch.io
“Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?”
Apply to make tiny games for money!
BRIEFS@briefsge.bsky.social · 3mo agoBRIEFS IS BACK! The open call is NOW! The theme is LOVE! Think 1500 EUR to make a short game! Think jam-sized, like 40 hours to make it over a couple months. Pitch your game and get that cash! Apply until 16th of June! goldextra.com/en/briefs-a-... #indiedev #gamedev #art
I have been saying mobile is dead for years, but this is making me have a real Frankenstein "IT'S ALIVE" moment.
🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮@unormal.bsky.social · 3mo ago
Behold… our beautiful line up of croupiers who will be gracing the Car Boot Casino floor this Saturday 16 May at @amazefest.bsky.social … & pls especially enjoy my bootleg Horse Race Tests character art. 🐎 🦩 🎰
I'm delighted to announce the forensic recovery of the original single-stroke font data from Vib-Ribbon (1999) — exhumed from Playstation ROMs — and now part of my archive of procedural skeleton fonts for #p5js: github.com/golanlevin/p... #mediaArchaeology #typography #plotterArt #creativeCoding
This begins as a detective game and ends as a fever dream. If you haven't played it yet, go grab it while it's on sale. I played it a year ago and I'm still thinking about it.
Calligram Studio@calligramstudio.com · 3mo agoHello, We're *this* close to announcing our new, self-funded indie game. We could use your help ! If you enjoyed Phoenix Springs, please help us one last time by spreading the good word to your fellow ambiguity freaks. It's 50% off this week 🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/1973310/...
Anybody remember hell.com when it was an early showcase of weird flash art pieces that were all linked together? Circa 2000? My favorite was a watering can that poured out letters.
John Pfaff@johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3mo agoIt's hard to read this and not think it's true--not tedious Xer nostalgia--that the web really was better at its start. Del.icio.us StumbleUpon UrbanSpoon w its shake-your-phone PopCap ThinkGeek Old Cracked, cause of many a rabbit-hole dive MBTV/TWoP Golden age webcomics Even OG Gawker
I've started a new series, an installation (I think) about security theater and Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch. Part One -- balaclavas sewn from vintage Night Watch cross stitches. Each inspired by one of the two central figures in the painting.
With over 3000 specimens, this Flickr collection is still unrivalled when it comes to vintage hotel luggage labels. www.flickr.com/photos/waves... Type & illustration gold.
Running an old copy of The Print Shop on my grade school Apple II was where I discovered that graphic design was my passion- along with the joy of Carmen Sandiego and Facemaker
Internet Archive@archive.org · 4mo agoApple turns 50 today 💻 The iconic Apple II became home to countless software breakthroughs. "The Print Shop" let anyone create posters, cards & more from home 🖨️ Celebrate software preservation⤵️ archive.org/details/The_... #Apple #Apple50 #AppleII #HomeComputing #VintageComputing
The icon || the artist || the work
WOLFSKULLJACK@wolfskulljack.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe icon || the artist || the work
everything is a UI problem, except memory allocation, which is witchcraft
Showing games in a cinema is not a new thing, but @gamerausch.bsky.social in Berlin is doing it at a different level with an excellent curation and trying different things out with the event format, in this case by pairing Baby Steps with the film Journey to the West www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXbI...
JOURNEY TO THE WEST Trailer | Festival 2014
YouTube video by TIFF
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@gamerausch.bsky.social · 4mo ago🎮️ GAMERAUSCH: LEARNING TO WALK 📅 17.04.2026, 19:00 📍 Filmrauschpalast Moabit 🎟️ linktr.ee/gamerausch
Truly gutted to not be at GDC this year, or even in SF at all. Hit me up if you’re coming to AMAZE? I would love to see you.
#my9games is more or less what you’d expect. Though I’m sure I’ve forgotten something excellent and formative that I will bolt awake thinking about in a couple days. my9games.com/s/164dc55e0f...
Lucy Blundell 🔜 Gamescom@kinmoku.bsky.social · 5mo ago#My9Games Formative years edition! my9games.com/s/da6b94ac78...
The series is chronological, and we are thoughtful about spoilers up to particular quests. So, if you’re just starting to play Qud on switch, you can listen along as you hit specific milestones. Let us be your Qud buds!
Douglas Wilson@doougle.net · 5mo agoIf you’re enjoying Caves of Qud, don’t miss our six-part (!!) @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social podcast series on the game interviewing three of the devs. Especially our big finale episode on the game’s ending. Come explore the layercake of Qud history with us: secretlives.games/into-the-dep...
This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous. Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
