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Game Developer and Pixel Artist. Games at http://linker.itch.io. They/Them ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ 27. Business/Inquiries: linkerbm@gmail.com.

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Doing more level design... Been dealing with a lot, and seriously burnt out atm, but I'm chipping away at things!

06.08.2025 01:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It would also be great if there werenโ€™t any gotchas to begin with! Alas

06.08.2025 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Took me a while to click w/ it, but since I did it's been a fairly smooth transition from gamemaker! Definitely not perfect, and some stuff drives me up the wall, but it's fine!

06.08.2025 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Doing more level design... Been dealing with a lot, and seriously burnt out atm, but I'm chipping away at things!

06.08.2025 01:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is an incentive in putting one's cent.
Ever heard of crowdfunding? The ocean is made out of water drops :P

There is an incentive in being good terms with all involved parties, so if you can, let them know we're NOT in good terms rn, so they may turn around and make things better for real.

06.08.2025 00:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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i spent a little while getting PC-88 emulation working.

06.08.2025 01:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 206    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Hi there. Iโ€™m looking to speak to creatives/artists/art enjoyers who would categorize them self as anti generative AI. If you have time for a conversation, it would help me greatly.

Thank you

05.08.2025 17:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With ongoing pressure campaigns, not everyone can push 100% all the time

If you and maybe a friend or two can jump in "late"? You give people a chance to recharge their batteries, so they can take over again once you need to recharge yours

Its a marathon, not a race

05.08.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1705    ๐Ÿ” 1387    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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STRIP FOR STRIPE! PART 3!
#SaveSpeech!

Bra's coming off next!

Comment below with your experience calling a payment processor! Each call earns points, and they must be calls you made TODAY or TOMORROW to count!

stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money

art by
@alexisflower.bsky.social

05.08.2025 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1203    ๐Ÿ” 357    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
cartoon plants with a black background
"There are many yummy plants out there. Throw them at evildoers to give them a healthy snack and make them nice. Some are more powerful than others..."

cartoon plants with a black background "There are many yummy plants out there. Throw them at evildoers to give them a healthy snack and make them nice. Some are more powerful than others..."

05.08.2025 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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sound effects #gamedev

05.08.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 231    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Tumblr post by straycatj, featuring a toasty marshmallow-like cat named Mr. J relaxing on some blankets:
"ใ‚ชใƒฌใฏใ„ใพ ใกใ‚‡ใฃใจใƒ€ใƒฉใ‚ทใƒŠใ‚คใ‹ใฃใ“ใ†ใงใใ‚…ใ†ใ‘ใ„ไธญใงใ™
Iโ€™m now chilling with a sloppy style"

Tumblr post by straycatj, featuring a toasty marshmallow-like cat named Mr. J relaxing on some blankets: "ใ‚ชใƒฌใฏใ„ใพ ใกใ‚‡ใฃใจใƒ€ใƒฉใ‚ทใƒŠใ‚คใ‹ใฃใ“ใ†ใงใใ‚…ใ†ใ‘ใ„ไธญใงใ™ Iโ€™m now chilling with a sloppy style"

chilling sloppy style like mr j

05.08.2025 03:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 673    ๐Ÿ” 271    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
VILE: Exhumed is a game about searching through an old computer, uncovering dark secrets, and experiencing the horrors of parasocial obsession and misogyny. There are references to sexual assault and violence against women, as well as depictions of gore โ€“ this was never a secret. This was the point.

It was intended to be released for sale on July 22, 2025 on Steam โ€“ the largest video game storefront in the world.

Instead, it was removed from Steam and banned for sale.

VILE: Exhumed was not banned for its use of gore, or its intense themes โ€“ themes that are sensitive but many players related to โ€“ it was wrongfully banned for โ€œsexual content with depictions of real people.โ€ 

The game covers topics of assault, abuse, and entitlement, and uses a combination of FMV and practical effects to create images as horrifying as the themes. This was never a secret. There are a lot of intense visuals in VILE: Exhumed, but there is no uncensored nudity, no depictions of sex acts, and no pornography whatsoever โ€“ which is one of the justifications bad actors are using right now to censor games.

What this actually results in is taking power and storytelling away from women, other marginalized artists, and ultimately, from everyone.

This censorship of my work is a direct attack on creative expression and artistic freedom, and it will not stop with false accusations of sexual content.

They will come for anything that speaks more loudly than they do. 

By giving the game away, for free, to whoever wants to play it, I am doing the same thing I set out to do when I started working on VILE: Exhumed, a game about sexual assault, male entitlement, and misogyny. Taking back my agency. 

No one is allowed to dictate what kind of horror is acceptable, or what stories are allowed to be told.

VILE: Exhumed is now available to download for free as shareware under a CC BY-NC-ND license through a few different methods on this page. This felt like the best option to make the game available to โ€ฆ

VILE: Exhumed is a game about searching through an old computer, uncovering dark secrets, and experiencing the horrors of parasocial obsession and misogyny. There are references to sexual assault and violence against women, as well as depictions of gore โ€“ this was never a secret. This was the point. It was intended to be released for sale on July 22, 2025 on Steam โ€“ the largest video game storefront in the world. Instead, it was removed from Steam and banned for sale. VILE: Exhumed was not banned for its use of gore, or its intense themes โ€“ themes that are sensitive but many players related to โ€“ it was wrongfully banned for โ€œsexual content with depictions of real people.โ€ The game covers topics of assault, abuse, and entitlement, and uses a combination of FMV and practical effects to create images as horrifying as the themes. This was never a secret. There are a lot of intense visuals in VILE: Exhumed, but there is no uncensored nudity, no depictions of sex acts, and no pornography whatsoever โ€“ which is one of the justifications bad actors are using right now to censor games. What this actually results in is taking power and storytelling away from women, other marginalized artists, and ultimately, from everyone. This censorship of my work is a direct attack on creative expression and artistic freedom, and it will not stop with false accusations of sexual content. They will come for anything that speaks more loudly than they do. By giving the game away, for free, to whoever wants to play it, I am doing the same thing I set out to do when I started working on VILE: Exhumed, a game about sexual assault, male entitlement, and misogyny. Taking back my agency. No one is allowed to dictate what kind of horror is acceptable, or what stories are allowed to be told. VILE: Exhumed is now available to download for free as shareware under a CC BY-NC-ND license through a few different methods on this page. This felt like the best option to make the game available to โ€ฆ

VILE: Exhumed, which was banned very shortly before its scheduled Steam release, has been released for free online, including on Github and the Internet Archive. Cara's statement, per the IA page:

05.08.2025 18:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 994    ๐Ÿ” 647    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Times are bleak, but here's something Canadians can do to hopefully prevent future horrors. Please sign! ๐Ÿ

05.08.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Riven :)

05.08.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yeahโ€ฆ

05.08.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aโ€ฆ โ€œdungeon manโ€ if you will, โ€ฆ

05.08.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ana's been working tirelessly to keep folks up to date on #SaveSpeech, if you can throw some support her way it'd mean a lot

02.08.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 128    ๐Ÿ” 98    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#SaveSpeech

Something stopping you from sending physical mail? Here's a detailed guide for one way to do it all from your computer!

Sample letters, .csv addresses, and a .pdf version of the guide can be found here:
savespeech-letter-pack.carrd.co

04.08.2025 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 80    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To reiterate:

* Mastercard maintains a set of "Standards" for adult content
* Those "Standards" are not publicly available whatsoever
* The "Standards" for adult content are *separate* from applicable law
* Therefore, Mastercard does in fact have restrictions on the sale of adult content

01.08.2025 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 869    ๐Ÿ” 395    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

S3x workers warned us!

05.08.2025 14:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 87    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heartwarming: payment processors help thousands in the LGBTQ+ community get over their phone anxiety

02.08.2025 01:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4268    ๐Ÿ” 1727    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

#SaveSpeech
If youre struggling to figure out how best to maximize your impact in calls, i recommend watching at least the first 15 minutes of this video where Ana both uses a time wasting technique and then explains it

But TLDR; you need to Troll at this point. Wasting time is all that matters

04.08.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1014    ๐Ÿ” 786    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

NCOSE is an anti-porn, Christian morality group that used to be known as Morality in Media. They have campaigned against gay marriage and sex ed. They published an article called "Connecting the Dots: The Line Between Gay Marriage and Mass Murders". So yeah...anyway, KEEP CALLING PAYMENT PROCESSORS!

05.08.2025 03:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2720    ๐Ÿ” 1895    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
Dave at the Mother exhibit with their face in the Dungeon Man exhibit

Dave at the Mother exhibit with their face in the Dungeon Man exhibit

Well, by combining my skills and Dr. Andonuts' intelligence, I can become "Dungeon Man," the first combination of human and dungeon in history.

05.08.2025 08:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

INDIEPOCALYPSE RULES! get yourself some of the coolest games around, for a low price, and also THE CREATORS GET PAID! yeah good stuff! indiepocalypse don't miss.

02.08.2025 00:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stop payment processors from censoring games!

Hey, it would mean so much to me if y'all kept up the pressure with phone calls to payment processors to show to them how much people care and that they can't just ignore itโ€”my livelihood depends on adult games not being censored!

You can find info and phone scripts here: stop-paypros.neocities.org

04.08.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2249    ๐Ÿ” 1800    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

I used to work support in a call center for HP, and I can tell you from experience that call length was the ultimate driving cost factor. We were told/taught to do ANYTHING to get the customer off the call as soon as possible. The longer the call, the more money it cost HP.

Stay on those calls.

04.08.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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sewer quest

04.08.2025 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 722    ๐Ÿ” 138    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Hero of Twilight

04.08.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3059    ๐Ÿ” 458    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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