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Nikki Kalpa

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Icon by @gorefont.bsky.social Grotesque game developer. Working on They Speak From the Abyss Wishlist They Speak From the Abyss: Zenith https://store.steampowered.com/app/2393290/They_Speak_From_The_Abyss_Zenith/?beta=0 They/She ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

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Showing off a Fire build in my game.

05.01.2026 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 126    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My tabletop child... my big sad bovine...

17.01.2026 03:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We're in the middle of heavy playtesting, but taking some time to have fun with very strong builds is always nice.

05.01.2026 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Showing off a Fire build in my game.

05.01.2026 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 126    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very excited to see more blanksword!

05.01.2026 10:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@probskay.com brought so much life into Bray Beast, I'm excited for you all to experience how much the beast can banter.

04.01.2026 04:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hi there!!
I've created a post for my commissions, here are the facts: โœ
โ€ขI accept mainly PayPal, Venmo
โ€ขNSFW is ok!
โ€ขOne person per piece please!
โ€ขYou get the digital files!
DM me for inquiries!
More art below๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ

03.01.2026 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Going through and redoing the tutorial for Zenith to match the current state of the game, and I got to include two of my favorite freaky creatures.

04.01.2026 04:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do my best random npc writing at 4am heavily sleep deprived

04.01.2026 03:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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They Speak From the Abyss: Zenith is so unreasonably funny. Yes, indeed, all that to cast fruity little spells

03.01.2026 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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30.12.2025 21:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DEAD LETTER DEPT. is 20% in the Steam Winter sale until Jan 5th

store.steampowered.com/app/1627350/...

#horror #indiehorror

19.12.2025 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Quick and sloppy, but I thought this was still cute enough to show. I want to animate more when I have the time and energy ๐Ÿ˜Œ

30.12.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I started doodling around with grease pencil in blender.

30.12.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think mostly I just really hope people like my game when it's out.

30.12.2025 02:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Meeting a strange shopkeeper...

14.08.2025 01:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 237    ๐Ÿ” 55    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot from the game They Speak From The Abyss: Zenith. A sprite of a demon is standing on a bridge, while modeled angel creature watches from above.

Screenshot from the game They Speak From The Abyss: Zenith. A sprite of a demon is standing on a bridge, while modeled angel creature watches from above.

Sightseeing

21.08.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Organizing a game jam at @hauntedps1.bsky.social
Can't wait! more info on 29th!
#Davidlynch #Lynch #gamejam #lowpoly

23.12.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thank you so much, that means a lot.

18.12.2025 02:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That could work yeah! I don't know many examples of that, but it'd give you a lot more room to play with the systems you have.

18.12.2025 01:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No I mean like, writing your own code in an engine. I used a lot of an RPG framework while working on Zenith, and kinda relied on that for everything, which was a mistake I feel.

I'm not skilled enough to write my own engine ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ

18.12.2025 01:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But in the end, I think that all of this was ultimately for the best because now I built up a lot more skills as a developer, and feel more capable of tackling larger projects. This game served its proposed as the "make lots of mistakes and learn" project.

Sorry for the very long response ๐Ÿ˜…

18.12.2025 01:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OH! And I'd tell my past self to just do the project with my own code. Frameworks have proven to be frustrating.

Time efficient in ways, but it's also really frustrating when there are bugs that I can't figure out because it's caught up in so many layers of other people's code, it's frustrating.

18.12.2025 01:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My advice said through gritted teeth and tightly grasped shoulders would be
"PLEASE do not 'just wing it and see what happens' what will happen is 2 years of scrapped ideas and time spent doing things that will ultimately be cut"
So uhh... I'd have a solid, set plan from the start and stick with it

18.12.2025 01:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And I'll make it even NASTIER.

18.12.2025 01:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know, all things considered I'm very happy with my nasty little RPG, I'm already excited to work on the next one.

18.12.2025 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 61    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I haven't shown off a build in combat for a while. So here's a build focused around blood attacks/bleeding.

20.07.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 358    ๐Ÿ” 84    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A bar in the city of Dis.

06.12.2025 07:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 112    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

you should all play more indie games made by 1 to 4 gay people in their bedrooms

12.12.2025 04:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1691    ๐Ÿ” 594    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

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