fiona.exe 🔜GDC 2026

fiona.exe 🔜GDC 2026

@ionbowling.bsky.social

art/game dev/bad at social media 😔 Artist & UI/UX designer for @developersdayoff.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/fionabolen

33 Followers 74 Following 21 Posts Joined Jan 2024
11 hours ago

If you want to chat about what making demos for steam looks like, or want to playtest eachother’s games(!!) I’d love to meet up @ GDC!

I’ve got little pins & buttons to hand out for yall who get a chance to play DDO! ☺️✨

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2 days ago

Now the other fun and exciting part of taking the train is breaking down for 8 hours in the dark- however we’re up an running now & thats a story for another day… or perhaps game jam…

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2 days ago
A computer open on a lap infront of a train window looking outside. Outside a grassy landscape passes and on the on the computer screen is aseprite, a pixel art program.

Making my way to #GDC2026 in style this year- taking Amtrak’s California Zephyr from DEN->SFO ✨🚞

Wish I could do this every year and have views like this while I get some last minute work done~

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6 months ago

How does this keep happening to me... 🪲 #indiedev

check out the game here! -> @developersdayoff.bsky.social

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6 months ago
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

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6 months ago
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Little map I made for my D&D group’s session in an abandoned temple to the Raven Queen a while back! Not a good style for battle-maps, but i think it gets all the rest of the vibes across!

Hoping to make some more maps like this soon :-)

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6 months ago

this is how i do level design. sage advice

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7 months ago

me when open source

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7 months ago
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Yeah okay,, things are working great 👍 and awesome 😎 and nothing is broken or buggy at all 🪲

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7 months ago
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The best way to game jam is with a cat on your lap! #GMTKJam2025

Now, if only he’d learn to fix bugs instead of trying to sit on the keyboard…

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7 months ago

AI tools do not code at or anywhere near the level of a junior dev. Despite what smug tech people will tell you, junior devs are not actually at the level of a golden retriever

AI tools code at approximately the level of a non coder who has stack overflow open and keeps offering "helpful" advice.

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7 months ago
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uh yeah I sure hope it does

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7 months ago

Super messed up that that happened to you!! Too often artists loose their accounts & communities for a stupid reason like that :((

On the bright side- super excited to start seeing your work here on bluesky & hoping that you’ll find support & a good crew here 💛

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7 months ago

I work with PBS right now and this bill passing is so upsetting - the community support to help keep public media alive though has been so wonderful!! Another way to help if money is tight is volunteering with your local PBS office during our fundraising events & calling your representatives!

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7 months ago
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8 months ago
the cover of SUZI, with art by robbi burns. a woman lying down with metal pipes extending from her body, and a dismissive/sad look at the viewer. her pose is a reference to the Sleeping Hermaphroditus

coming soon: SUZi, a new TTRPG about sex robots! everyone starts with the same character, you play a solo game with lifepaths to figure out how you broke free, and then you work together to stay safe from humanity and eventually transcend the limitations of form
(art by @robbiaburns.bsky.social)

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8 months ago

Its so exciting to see an experimental puzzle game getting the recognition it deserves!!

Kudos to the Compress(space) team for such an amazing trailer! This an immediate wishlist from me! 💙

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8 months ago
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ds lite ! ❤️✨

#lowpoly

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10 months ago
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Ocean level breakdown 🌊
Never posted this on Bluesky so here it is o/
#pixelart #indiedev #GameMaker

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9 months ago

For the first two days of steam next fest, games are presented in random order instead of algorithmically.

For many indie games, this is their one shot for the public to actually see them.

Don't judge too quickly when something doesn't look amazing right off the bat, and find some hidden gems.

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9 months ago
Meme in the style of "you wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy campaign that says "you wouldn't overscope a project"
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9 months ago

Thats so awesome- I haven’t even encountered ours in the wild yet :P Glad to hear you enjoyed it!!

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9 months ago

To everyone following from the Rising Tide Challenge-
1. HI! ✨ Nice to meet you :D
2. Check out our game @developersdayoff.bsky.social (we'll post soon I promise😅)

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9 months ago
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The Rising Tide Challenge is now
🌊OPEN for public voting🌊

For the past month, thousands of indie devs from around the world have been working on concept trailers for their dream games. Now they need YOU to validate their concepts for a chance to win up to $300k in funding!

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9 months ago

If you saw me repost this... haha no u didnt.

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9 months ago
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Blue Ocean Games A new way to validate your game, get feedback, and secure funding.

Alright! Its now official! You 🫵 can now go on game trailers to help #indiedevs potentially get funding as part of the Rising Tide Challenge by @blueoceangames.bsky.social

If you've got some time to spare and want to see cool games made by cool people, sign up now!

www.naturl.link/fbs_rising_t...

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9 months ago

Not on the discord yet- will be posted on our team bluesky page soon though! @developersdayoff.bsky.social

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9 months ago

Ah! You’re right! Todays just the day they made an announcement in the discord haha oops. Signups to make an account are open today though!

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9 months ago

Something something… patron saint of open source software…

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9 months ago

This is such a clever way to mess around with shaders that i will undoubtedly be stealing as soon as I start working on a 3D project again :P

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