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@zhymon.bsky.social

90's kid | #adhd | I'm a multi-disciplined developer with a focus in #gamedev, devops, and web development. I mostly work in #UnrealEngine, JavaScript, Next.js & Rust. Signal: @zhym0n.42 DevOps @[REDACTED] Director @agentsofswarm.com

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How to Write a Press Release for Your Indie Game A press release is one of the most effective ways to get your game noticed by journalists, bloggers, and content creators. It gives them everything they need to share your news quickly, whether youโ€™reโ€ฆ

Indie devs, ready to get your game noticed? ๐ŸŽฎ #RGS has two new guides: how to make a press kit that gets noticed and how to write a press release that gets results. Learn to stand out ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://f.mtr.cool/urozjgvoce #IndieDev #PressKit

12.10.2025 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I will say that nothing is more baffling to me than the industry standard that we teach developers about publishing by having them listen to talks and panels by publishers. It's like fiscal responsibility taught by a loan shark, privacy taught by Google, or human rights taught by Israel.

12.10.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 679    ๐Ÿ” 92    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

a little under a week before @oakcityindie.bsky.social and the public debut of Project 24!! Learn more here project-24.vercel.app

#indiedev #gamedev

12.10.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ONE MORE WEEK ๐Ÿ”œ

11.10.2025 23:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

โœŠโค๏ธ

11.10.2025 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Doing small stuff to get back into the groove of things, since I've been away from the project for a while. So I polished up the ledge hanging and added little left/right ledge hops! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #megamanlegends #roguelite #ue5

10.10.2025 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Material Maker 1.4 Material Maker 1.4 is now available for download... I would like to apologize for all the time it took, I seriously underestimated the effort needed to port everything to Godot 4 and the temptation to...

#MaterialMaker 1.4 (#GodotEngine based PBR material authoring and 3D model texturing tool) is now available on @itchio .
It is based on Godot 4, had a huge UI redesign and has quite a few new nodes.
rodzilla.itch.io/material-mak...

05.10.2025 10:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 130    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐Ÿธ๐Ÿค˜

10.10.2025 08:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 9, 2025

Attorney Generalโ€™s Press Office/212-416-8060 nyag.pressoffice@ag.ny.gov

Attorney General Letitia James Issues Statement on Donald Trumpโ€™s Weaponization of the Department of Justice

NEW YORK โ€“ New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued the following statement after she was indicted by the U.S. Attorneyโ€™s office of the Eastern District of Virginia. 

โ€œThis is nothing more than a continuation of the presidentโ€™s desperate weaponization of our justice system. He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General.  

โ€œThese charges are baseless, and the presidentโ€™s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost. The presidentโ€™s actions are a grave violation of our Constitutional order and have drawn sharp criticism from members of both parties.  

โ€œHis decision to fire a United States Attorney who refused to bring charges against me โ€“ and replace them with someone who is blindly loyal not to the law, but to the president โ€“ is antithetical to the bedrock principles of our country. This is the time for leaders on both sides of the aisle to speak out against this blatant perversion of our system of justice. 

โ€œI stand strongly behind my officeโ€™s litigation against the Trump Organization. We conducted a two-year investigation based on the facts and evidence โ€“ not politics. Judges have upheld the trial courtโ€™s finding that Donald Trump, his company, and his two sons are liable for fraud.  

โ€œI am a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights. And I will continue to do my job.โ€

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 9, 2025 Attorney Generalโ€™s Press Office/212-416-8060 nyag.pressoffice@ag.ny.gov Attorney General Letitia James Issues Statement on Donald Trumpโ€™s Weaponization of the Department of Justice NEW YORK โ€“ New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued the following statement after she was indicted by the U.S. Attorneyโ€™s office of the Eastern District of Virginia. โ€œThis is nothing more than a continuation of the presidentโ€™s desperate weaponization of our justice system. He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General. โ€œThese charges are baseless, and the presidentโ€™s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost. The presidentโ€™s actions are a grave violation of our Constitutional order and have drawn sharp criticism from members of both parties. โ€œHis decision to fire a United States Attorney who refused to bring charges against me โ€“ and replace them with someone who is blindly loyal not to the law, but to the president โ€“ is antithetical to the bedrock principles of our country. This is the time for leaders on both sides of the aisle to speak out against this blatant perversion of our system of justice. โ€œI stand strongly behind my officeโ€™s litigation against the Trump Organization. We conducted a two-year investigation based on the facts and evidence โ€“ not politics. Judges have upheld the trial courtโ€™s finding that Donald Trump, his company, and his two sons are liable for fraud. โ€œI am a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights. And I will continue to do my job.โ€

INBOX โ€” New York AG Tish James' statement on Trump's retaliatory indictment of her:

09.10.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 952    ๐Ÿ” 271    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

09.10.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12635    ๐Ÿ” 2936    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 440    ๐Ÿ“Œ 271
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Chicago keeping art alive:

29.08.2025 11:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28325    ๐Ÿ” 5666    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 236    ๐Ÿ“Œ 177

this would have been AMAZING, we were robbed

08.10.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

that was pretty quick!!! shout out to @baileytownsend.dev :]

(definitely a lot faster if you barely have any blobs haha)

08.10.2025 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Was just starting to go looking for one of this. Wonderful.

08.10.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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08.10.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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Proud to announce Deviant Legalโ€™s Game Developerโ€™s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

08.10.2025 07:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 907    ๐Ÿ” 409    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

When @aceottorney.bsky.social first told me about this I said "this could change people's lives and stop developers from getting exploited" and having seen the final resource, I think I was not wrong. I'd call it a must-bookmark for indie devs.

08.10.2025 07:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 849    ๐Ÿ” 371    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent โ€œformerโ€ different enemies

06.10.2025 18:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8831    ๐Ÿ” 2939    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 543    ๐Ÿ“Œ 484
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*sips tea in pirate*

07.10.2025 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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working on the playable pre-alpha for @oakcityindie.bsky.social and just hit 60 FPS rock solid on steamdeck

07.10.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Chibi Green ranger tommy Oliver using the dragon dagger flute to control Chibi Daenerys' baby dragon. Daenerys is shouting โ€œstop thatโ€

Chibi Green ranger tommy Oliver using the dragon dagger flute to control Chibi Daenerys' baby dragon. Daenerys is shouting โ€œstop thatโ€

07.10.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Going through the ole camera roll and found this gem

07.10.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A ~$6/mo VM rented from any decent cloud provider will (typically) run a small private PDS for years with uptime approaching 100%.

K.I.S.S.

github.com/bluesky-soci...

06.10.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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06.10.2025 12:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really, truly amazing that OpenAI wants us to believe that they are worth a trillion dollars but also they are so desperate for revenue that they created an infinite SlopTok app that opens them up to a billion lawsuits just so that they can maybe someday make it even worse by filling it with ads.

05.10.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6283    ๐Ÿ” 894    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 107    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30
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dev day 399: mock-up of the look, feel and motion of the boring-worm-machine. Thanks @cohhcarnage.bsky.social for the inspiration on the design ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

05.10.2025 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Portland Frog updates about getting pepper sprayed in his fan intake ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿซก

05.10.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3800    ๐Ÿ” 674    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 159
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Experimenting with manga-like sound effects (onomatopoeia). Trying it out on explosions ๐Ÿ‘€

#godotengine #indiedev

05.10.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ABYSS is done and available for download, if you have a PS Vita!
balderdragonslayer.itch.io/abyss
About 2 months of work and it turned out pretty cool if I may say so myself! ๐Ÿฆพ
#abyss #indiegame #gamedev #vitaisland #reihen

05.10.2025 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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