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@infinitetears.bsky.social

https://infinitetears.itch.io/ collective making and promoting alternative interactive art to break through the limited constraints of expression imposed by the pervasiveness of rigid and oppressive profit-driven structures.

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The Procession of Horses in Motion (@infinitetears.bsky.social, @farfama.bsky.social)

"A 5 minute 55 second software film"

PWYC - Windows: warpdoor.com/2026/01/10/t...

10.01.2026 08:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it does not get more honest and relevant than this. this is the heartbeat of alt games.

05.01.2026 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Software Films What is a Software Film ? A Software Film is any motion picture that is generated from an .exe during its theatrical, or otherwise, broadcast presentation. A Software Film is a film that is rendered i...

This is inspired by the essay by @pawsmenu.info that details what a software film is.

"A Software Film is any motion picture that is generated from an .exe during its theatrical, or otherwise, broadcast presentation."

Read the fill text here
pawsmenu.itch.io/a-midnight-r...

05.01.2026 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEW RELEASE

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
A 5 minute 55 second software film

Developed and directed by @farfama.bsky.social

infinitetears.itch.io/the-processi...

05.01.2026 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Felt a big spark of inspiration and went full focus mode on it over the weekend. My eyes are scorched. Enjoy.

infinitetears.itch.io/dust-to-dust

25.11.2025 12:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ—โ—Photosensitive seizure warning โ—โ—

NEW RELEASE
๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ
80000 hours
one final round
lock in

Playtime: 3 minutes

This experience contains extreme amounts of flashing lights

infinitetears.itch.io/dust-to-dust

25.11.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Warning: Extreme flashing lights

Felt inspired after going to some music events. Have nearly lost my mind making this and playtesting it for the last 8 hours.

23.11.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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drive. fall. sink. dream

31.10.2025 12:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Soft announcement. My next ::ephemera game will be highway::ephemera where you will traverse a vast network of roads. Will feature original atmospheric soundscape by Greg Nunn (Glacial Anatomy) who provided music for ocean::ephemera

16.10.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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1 WEEK TO GO! ๐ŸŽฎโœจ

CTRL ALT RESIST opens Fri 8/22 @ The Supermarket a 3-day exhibition of games as protest, resistance & radical imagination.

Come play, reflect & resist.
๐Ÿ“… 8/22โ€“8/24

12.08.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

RESIST RESIST RESIST will be part of this exhibit. Please check it out if you are in the area.

06.08.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The people have (not) spoken! We continue in debt. Thank you for your feedback.

28.07.2025 12:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would you support a patreon? It would include regular updates, thoughts, design notes, exclusive games, first access, prototypes, and credits. But also we are scared of the damage money does to creativity and the pressure to deliver.

25.07.2025 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Interactive Noise 007 Not too late for the summer of love 2k25

Interactive Noise 007 available. Read and subscribe: bit.ly/4m7pw3X

The Light of our Yearning by @infinitetears.bsky.social
Welcome to the Science Club by @hanwenxumame.bsky.social
Systemelegy by strawberrycongee
The Surface by Local Wizard
Lethal Dose by @aberdevine.bsky.social

19.07.2025 00:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Light Of Our Yearning by INFINITE TEARS, Farfama Available for Windows

New release!

๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š
Designed and Developed by @farfama.bsky.social
Written by Sivani

"๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช ๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ ๐˜ท ๐˜ข ๐˜ต ๐˜ช ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ -
๐˜ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ"

01.07.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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The Light Of Our Yearning by INFINITE TEARS, Farfama Available for Windows

New release!

๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š
Designed and Developed by @farfama.bsky.social
Written by Sivani

"๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช ๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ ๐˜ท ๐˜ข ๐˜ต ๐˜ช ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ -
๐˜ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ"

01.07.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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a cosmic yearning

26.06.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Next week I release The Light Of Our Yearning. I've seen a few people play it on stream after finding it on the @hauntedps1.bsky.social demo disk as the hidden game. But I have yet to see someone discover the full experience. Sivani, my partner and collaborator, did some excellent writing on this.

24.06.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐”ฐ๐”ฌ๐”ฌ๐”ซ

28.05.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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ocean::ephemera by INFINITE TEARS, Farfama Explore the kaleidoscopic::contours of ocean::ephemera

infinitetears.itch.io/oceanephemera

22.05.2025 10:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"ocean::ephemera . . . is a surrealist sea of sound. It captures that feeling of awe when you look at something you canโ€™t quite make out, but itโ€™s all so grand. The movement of waves, coupled with sound that fills up a vast unknowable space, enveloping you as you journey throughโ€ฆ something."

22.05.2025 10:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A MAZE. / Berlin 2025 - Open Screens: ocean::ephemera
YouTube video by A MAZE. A MAZE. / Berlin 2025 - Open Screens: ocean::ephemera

ocean::ephemera will be part of the open screens program at A MAZE. / Berlin 2025.

โฐ Thursday May 15, 2025 18:00 - 20:00CEST
๐Ÿ“Betonhalle [Silent Green]

youtu.be/NVx8TlG0in4

09.05.2025 12:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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ocean::ephemera by INFINITE TEARS, Farfama Explore the kaleidoscopic::contours of ocean::ephemera

infinitetears.itch.io/oceanephemera

08.04.2025 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
itchio comment on ocean::ephemera written in Chinese:

้ฆ–ๅ…ˆ๏ผŒ่ฐข่ฐข

่™ฝ็„ถๆˆ‘ไผผไนŽๆฒกๆœ‰ๆŠ“ไฝ่ฟ™ๆฌพๆธธๆˆ็š„็œŸๆญฃๆœฌ่ดจ๏ผŒไฝ†ๆˆ‘่ฟ˜ๆ˜ฏ่ƒฝๅœจๅ…ถไธญๆ‰พๅˆฐไธ€ไธๅคฑ่ฝ

ๅฝทไฝ›ๆผ‚ๆตฎๅœจๆตทๆด‹ไธญ๏ผŒไป€ไนˆ้ƒฝไธ็”จ่€ƒ่™‘๏ผŒๅฐฑ่ƒฝๆ‰”ๆމๅฑžไบŽไบบ็ฑป็š„ไธ€ๅˆ‡๏ผŒๆˆ‘ไผšๆ…ขๆ…ขๆถˆๅคฑ๏ผŒ่บซไฝ“๏ผŒ่ฟ˜ๆ˜ฏๆ„่ฏ†ใ€‚ๆ—…็จ‹ๅพˆ็Ÿญ๏ผŒไฝ†ๆˆ‘็›ฎ็นไบ†่ถ…็Žฐๅฎž็š„้ฃŽๆ™ฏ๏ผŒๅฐฑๅƒไธ€ๅœบๆขฆ

ๅฐฑๅƒ็Ÿญๆš‚็š„ไธ€็”Ÿ๏ผŒ็Ÿญๆš‚่€Œ็ฟ็ƒ‚

itchio comment on ocean::ephemera written in Chinese: ้ฆ–ๅ…ˆ๏ผŒ่ฐข่ฐข ่™ฝ็„ถๆˆ‘ไผผไนŽๆฒกๆœ‰ๆŠ“ไฝ่ฟ™ๆฌพๆธธๆˆ็š„็œŸๆญฃๆœฌ่ดจ๏ผŒไฝ†ๆˆ‘่ฟ˜ๆ˜ฏ่ƒฝๅœจๅ…ถไธญๆ‰พๅˆฐไธ€ไธๅคฑ่ฝ ๅฝทไฝ›ๆผ‚ๆตฎๅœจๆตทๆด‹ไธญ๏ผŒไป€ไนˆ้ƒฝไธ็”จ่€ƒ่™‘๏ผŒๅฐฑ่ƒฝๆ‰”ๆމๅฑžไบŽไบบ็ฑป็š„ไธ€ๅˆ‡๏ผŒๆˆ‘ไผšๆ…ขๆ…ขๆถˆๅคฑ๏ผŒ่บซไฝ“๏ผŒ่ฟ˜ๆ˜ฏๆ„่ฏ†ใ€‚ๆ—…็จ‹ๅพˆ็Ÿญ๏ผŒไฝ†ๆˆ‘็›ฎ็นไบ†่ถ…็Žฐๅฎž็š„้ฃŽๆ™ฏ๏ผŒๅฐฑๅƒไธ€ๅœบๆขฆ ๅฐฑๅƒ็Ÿญๆš‚็š„ไธ€็”Ÿ๏ผŒ็Ÿญๆš‚่€Œ็ฟ็ƒ‚

Same itchio comment machine translated from Chinese to English

First of all, thank you. Although I don't seem to grasp the true essence of this game, I can still find a sense of loss in it. It's like floating in the ocean, without thinking about anything, I can throw away everything that belongs to human beings, and I will slowly disappear, my body, or my consciousness. The journey is short, but I witnessed a surreal landscape, like a dream. Just like a short life, short and brilliant.

Same itchio comment machine translated from Chinese to English First of all, thank you. Although I don't seem to grasp the true essence of this game, I can still find a sense of loss in it. It's like floating in the ocean, without thinking about anything, I can throw away everything that belongs to human beings, and I will slowly disappear, my body, or my consciousness. The journey is short, but I witnessed a surreal landscape, like a dream. Just like a short life, short and brilliant.

Moved by these comments. This is why we do what we do. Thank you.

08.04.2025 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm in a physical newspaper! So cool. And a communist one, even cooler! This is my second print media mention this year. I need to get a copy of this!

06.04.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today in my Margini videoludici (At videogame margins) column for Italian communist newspaper Il Manifesto: @farfama.bsky.social's ocean::ephemera (and the previous city::ephemera).

15.03.2025 08:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Wow, we would love to read this! Thank you for covering it.

06.04.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Interactive Noise 005 It's been a while.

Interactive Noise 5 available noisy #indiegames and #altgames. Read/subscribe: bit.ly/41g7C7g

Welcoming Oblivion by @rtwarner.bsky.social
The Children of Clay by @balazsronyai.bsky.social
Doom: The Gallery Experience by @bobatealee.com
ocean:ephemera by @infinitetears.bsky.social
And much more!

16.02.2025 17:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ocean::ephemera (@infinitetears.bsky.social, @farfama.bsky.social, Greg Nunn, Sivani)

"Explore the kaleidoscopic::contours of ocean::ephemera. The experience will end after 7 minutes::43 seconds."

PWYC - Windows: warpdoor.com/2025/02/10/ocean-ephemera/

10.02.2025 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@infinitetears.bsky.social just released a brief vignette that flashes frames of memories stored in undulating contours of infinite waters. Tangible reflections being swallowed by the waters of Time. Not lost, but mingling between salted light and shade.
A lovely little virtual experience.

09.02.2025 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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