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That guy Rory

@hamrlan.bsky.social

33yo | he/him | Estonia, EU I appreciate all feedback! - Graphic designer, - Hobby pixel artist, - Hobby boardgame artist/designer, - Plays video-, and board games - A dad to a lad and a lass

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Now when #EmbervillePixelChallenge is over, if time allows I will dive back into boardgame concepting again.

07.10.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Woo!!

03.10.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Everything has an end, and for the last day of #EmbervillePixelChallenge, it is the Self-Portrait, I took it literal, and tried my best to capture myself on a 32x32 pixel canvas using the Resurrect 64 palette.

#PixelArt
#Aseprite

03.10.2025 08:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And for Oct 2nd of #EmbervillePixelChallenge, the "Dream Class" was explained to be, what playable class we would want to see in the game Emberville. I made a Warrior subclass, the Runesmith, that uses hammers and runes for buff/debuffs.

#PixelArt
#PixelArtAnimation
#Aseprite

02.10.2025 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bit of a belated October 1st submission for #EmbervillePixelChallenge - Seasonal

a jack-o-lantern for the autumn/halloween.

#PixelArt
#Aseprite

02.10.2025 07:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For Sept 30th of #EmbervillePixelChallenge prompt "Kymia".

Kymia, which in the Emberville universe is still mostly unknown what it actually is, though what we know from game lore is something that can be interpretated as the games respawn mechanic, thus. A respawn loop.

#PixelArt
#Aseprite

30.09.2025 09:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For Sept 29th for #EmbervillePixelChallenge Gloom. An little creepy, stalking gloomy dweller. Nothing fancy.

#PixelArt

29.09.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For Sept 28th of #EmbervillePixelChallenge Embers are, according to my interpretation, the name of the community members of the Emberville discord (which are also called "Embers").

Thus, a bit of a character, but with a hell rider vibe
#PixelArt

28.09.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For #EmbervillePixelChallenge 's Sept 27's Beast submission, i can only give you partial "loot" from it, either the mask of a wooden beast, or then the head of a tree humanoid/golem/entity.

I got bionicles vibes while drawing it.

#PixelArt

27.09.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
16x16, 500% scale, and 1500% scale of the dusk dweller with luminescent sprout to lighten up the darkness

16x16, 500% scale, and 1500% scale of the dusk dweller with luminescent sprout to lighten up the darkness

still sprite of the little dude

26.09.2025 12:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For the 26th of Sept, Dusk, I made a little creature that would awake to illuminate the darkness, much like a firefly or will'-o'-the-wisp, yet a stone spirit. I also wanted to animate it, because I found it too cute!

#EmbervillePixelChallenge
#PixelArt

26.09.2025 12:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a 16x16 pixel art of a Hunting Trap in bold bronze colors, in 3 different scales, original 16x16, 600% scale, and 1500% scale for readability.

a 16x16 pixel art of a Hunting Trap in bold bronze colors, in 3 different scales, original 16x16, 600% scale, and 1500% scale for readability.

que Admiral Ackbar meme
It's a trap!

For #EmbervillePixelChallenge 's Sept 25 challenge, "Wilderness"

#PixelArt

25.09.2025 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a 16x16 pixel art book, isometric, with a magenta cover and blue ribbon, part of the EmbervillePixelChallenge

a 16x16 pixel art book, isometric, with a magenta cover and blue ribbon, part of the EmbervillePixelChallenge

With knowledge comes power. and with power comes Sept 24's #EmbervillePixelChallenge Book, with a magenta cover and blue ribbon bookmark to know what chapter we left off at.

24.09.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know what time it is, Sept 23 "Key" of the #EmbervillePixelChallenge - keys are fun, i made a few more in different colors. Now, what could this open?

#PixelArt

23.09.2025 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Felt on edge, but put it in perspective and you got yourself a shiny one for the Sept 22's #EmbervillePixelChallenge Sword art, tried to have it point outwards.

#PixelArt

22.09.2025 09:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For the Sept 21. Potion of #EmbervillePixelChallenge I grant you, a potion of Roasted Coffee Beans. It's like coffee, but magical. You always need that extra kick when you dungeon crawl.

#PixelArt

21.09.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm challenging myself with the #EmbervillePixelChallenge! Submission for Sept 20. A Lantern. On the Emberville discord i also have the unlit version.

#pixelart

20.09.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
you see a sword progression card set on the 2nd level - swords now hit for 2 dmg. You see a basic wooden sword with a default dmg of 1. You see a spider card that has 3 health, 1 dmg, and 1 shield. You also see that the player has defeated a spider and has the card flipped showing the loot (iron ingot).

you see a sword progression card set on the 2nd level - swords now hit for 2 dmg. You see a basic wooden sword with a default dmg of 1. You see a spider card that has 3 health, 1 dmg, and 1 shield. You also see that the player has defeated a spider and has the card flipped showing the loot (iron ingot).

Fanart cardgame concept for @emberville.bsky.social's Emberville. How to make a cardgame based on a dungeon crawler? As you use your weapon, you level it up.. making you hit more.. This is fan art, the game might not actually ever exist publicly. Spider is not fanart

#boardgame #fanart #pixelart ๐ŸŽฒโœ‚๏ธ

12.09.2025 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I got my new PC, yay. But I also became Dadยฒ, so little to no time for PC. GG

01.07.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My art designing has been on pause due to my workstation constantly crashing/BSOD, so i am in the process of building a new PC heavier than the old rig.

30.05.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Living in the boardgame feed, looking at people gaming boardgames and posting of their gameplay. I am not at all jealous.

27.04.2025 05:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have been going back and forth between vector/illustrated cards and pixel art cards. Cannot decide which way to settle with.

14.04.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Im in the middle of designing a dwarven card deck of units, upgrades (attachments), knowledge (affecting whole deck), relics (better upgrades), and artifacts/wonders (affecting lands), land, and event cards, for my tcg/carddraft area control boardgame ๐ŸŽฒโœ‚๏ธ

Graphics, im thinking.. Pixel art. ๐Ÿค”

13.02.2025 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

You lost me at super

13.02.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Im working on my 3rd board game concept.. a tcg/deckbuilding area control game. So im just figuring out synergies and card names for various traditional fantasy races' decks...

09.02.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same whenever i have time for 2. I do 3 as well.

26.01.2025 10:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking good. I can give it a try as well.

26.01.2025 09:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Im looking at board game designers posts on bsky and my urge and will to get back into it is big. What I don't have is time. Wish a day had more than 24 hours sometimes, so I could have more spare time...

16.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My radio silence is due to that I simply dont have even 1 hour to my hobbies of designing. Life happens.

16.01.2025 19:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My board game designing has been put on hold longer than planned, mostly because of the family life, and simply no free time

08.01.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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