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@kelpana.bsky.social

Code Monkey with too many hobbies. Retrocomputing, Game Development, 3D Printing and Electronics. Trying to muddle my way through life. Founded @galwaygamejam 2013. Hoarder of old tech and model trains. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช (Plus some ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ) ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿš†๐Ÿ›ผ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

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Did tech art, terrain and character art for this. Had a great time working with Mark on this and it's been so good to channel some of my inspiration from the Irish countryside into this project.

Hopefully it can come together into a final thing people can play in the not too distant future ๐Ÿคž

21.11.2025 00:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

This is ridiculous. ๐Ÿ™„

20.11.2025 21:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is the prequel to Locke

20.11.2025 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks Sarky! ๐Ÿฅฐ

20.11.2025 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks everyone who helped so far, I really appreciate it! ๐Ÿฅฐ

20.11.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Having a really shitty time in work atm and my two Polish coworkers just came into my office and went "LGBTQ?"
I went huh? And they replied "Lets Get Burgers Today Queen" so maybe not everything is bad

20.11.2025 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 189    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You are ๐Ÿ˜

20.11.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Two of the most down to earth and lovely people I have ever met.

20.11.2025 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey folks, I often do posts calling for indie developers to link me their games so I can signal boost them. Today I want to do something similar for all trans creatives.

If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.๐Ÿ’œ

20.11.2025 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1392    ๐Ÿ” 862    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 336    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

The Trans agenda, is simply more trans old people.

To support people so they don't end thier lives & so they can persue thier potential & happiness.

Y'know basic human rights & dignity.

20.11.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A screenshot from Celeste. Madeline stands by a memorial dedicated to those who perished on the climb up Celeste Mountain.

A screenshot from Celeste. Madeline stands by a memorial dedicated to those who perished on the climb up Celeste Mountain.

happy transgender day of remembrance

thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly

please live ๐Ÿ’œ

20.11.2025 10:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9945    ๐Ÿ” 4347    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48
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Buy Alanna Kelly a Coffee Become a supporter of Alanna Kelly today!

Asking for help bridging a gap again. I'm still struggling with basic cost of living expenses. Trying to get part time JSB but even though I have filled out the online forms they're asking for all the information again on *manual* forms. I have only 30h/month work.

ko-fi.com/alannakelly

20.11.2025 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Elon Musk Nominated For โ€œMost Divorced Gamerโ€ At The Game Awards - Hard Drive โ€œHe just plays Elden Ring and retweets anyone who gets closest to saying the 14 wordsโ€

Elon Musk Nominated For โ€œMost Divorced Gamerโ€ At The Game Awards

19.11.2025 17:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 679    ๐Ÿ” 132    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Ban the hunting of foxes with packs of dogs on horseback in Ireland Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie

19.11.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A voxel engine scene with a crude carpentry table highlighted. The hint text says: Crude Carpentry Table. Accepts Rough Wood, Sticks, Cordage. Left click to Input Rough Wood.

A voxel engine scene with a crude carpentry table highlighted. The hint text says: Crude Carpentry Table. Accepts Rough Wood, Sticks, Cordage. Left click to Input Rough Wood.

polished up the hint text for crafting stations to tell you what inputs they accept

doing these hint texts is a pain but i believe in the game teaching people how to play it instead of a wiki

#EniBlockGame #GameDev ๐ŸŽฎ

19.11.2025 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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block game's first crafting gameplay loop is in! \o/ break leaves to get sticks, combine with flamereed to get torches, place torches to light up the darkness

starting a new dev thread to mark the occasion, previous posts found here: bsky.app/profile/enik...

#EniBlockGame #GameDev #PixelArt ๐ŸŽฎ

24.10.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 450    ๐Ÿ” 83    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Beautiful ๐Ÿ˜

18.11.2025 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A picture of a Steam Machine with a NeXT logo, green power button, drive bays, and that NeXT kind of stripey part decoration part testarossa intake strakes that aren't. It's a mash of disparate things but damn it's fine.

A picture of a Steam Machine with a NeXT logo, green power button, drive bays, and that NeXT kind of stripey part decoration part testarossa intake strakes that aren't. It's a mash of disparate things but damn it's fine.

Oh if you insist.

18.11.2025 12:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 581    ๐Ÿ” 143    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
A digital drawing of one of those drawing tutorials that says 'don't do this, do this.' 
The drawing is of an almost naked middle-aged man doing a flying kick. The 'Don't do this' one has a bunch of areas circled and a cross under it. The 'Do this' one is exactly the same but without the circles and a tick instead of a cross.
The text reads 'Needlessly adding red circles will ruin your art' and a smaller bit of text at the bottom reads 'Bonus tip! Add a tick under all your art so people think you did it right.'

A digital drawing of one of those drawing tutorials that says 'don't do this, do this.' The drawing is of an almost naked middle-aged man doing a flying kick. The 'Don't do this' one has a bunch of areas circled and a cross under it. The 'Do this' one is exactly the same but without the circles and a tick instead of a cross. The text reads 'Needlessly adding red circles will ruin your art' and a smaller bit of text at the bottom reads 'Bonus tip! Add a tick under all your art so people think you did it right.'

#3157 A helpful tutorial

17.11.2025 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37327    ๐Ÿ” 8283    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 160    ๐Ÿ“Œ 92

Why am I so against generative AI in games?

Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.

17.11.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10092    ๐Ÿ” 3930    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 77    ๐Ÿ“Œ 76

not to be dramatic but this is like 500 views away from hitting 30k in under 48hrs
so if you haven't listened yet Tร‰IGH ANOIS!! GO NOW!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWPo...

16.11.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 132    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Hey folks, if you like what I do, and wanna throw a little tip my way:

17.11.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's always been my contention that the curator system is actually extremely good, if used well, and is a crying shame Valve let it get overrun with bad actors and scammers. If you want to see how a good curator page can be helpful, take a look at some replies here:

14.11.2025 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 188    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Free PC Games - The Best For The Broke

I'm updating my Big Spreadsheet Of Cool Free PC Games again!

I merged in all the incomplete entries, which I'm working on chipping away at and filling in the details of, which has bulked the list up to 324 items. But some of them are for entire series' or platforms, so probably ~400 games here.

16.11.2025 23:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 322    ๐Ÿ” 163    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I my continuing effort to remove all cloud based shite in my home.

I've got my assistant, now using a local LLM and doing all the voice commands locally. And a new wakeword...

"Ok Motherfucker, turn on the bedroom light."

Because no computer should have a name more human than "motherfucker"

16.11.2025 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Foundational figure in PC games. One of those load-bearing creatives where things would look very different for entire genres if she wasnโ€™t around. Please help her out

16.11.2025 03:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 391    ๐Ÿ” 431    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
C64 Games memories - Cyberdyne Warrior   Intro
YouTube video by Martin Piper's mostly Commodore related memories C64 Games memories - Cyberdyne Warrior Intro

I look at Commodore 64 "Cyberdyne Warrior" unreleased intro and some loading screens. These were not used in the final game but were mentioned on the excellent Games That Weren't site. @gamesthatwerent.com I then link all of these assets into a disk image and source code.
youtu.be/4DUa1QbBCcc

16.11.2025 10:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fun Fact: Did you know that in Japan & Europe, Neon Genesis Evangelion was called Neon Mega Drive Evangelion

15.11.2025 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 393    ๐Ÿ” 113    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Fuck yes, I needed that

14.11.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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