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Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe

@quakefultales.bsky.social

Narrative Designer at CCP Games | PhD in Computational Media from UCSC | MFA in Digital Art and New Media | Playwright | Indie Dev of Experimental AI Behavior Tools https://njunius.github.io/

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a single-page comic by Spindle of the characters Tether, Ev, and Enoch. 
- The first panel on the top left: Evelyne is on the left, leaning on Enoch and guiding him with something on the laptop, saying "Kinda like so". Tether enters on the right, smiling, holding a plate of cookies.

The second panel on the top right: Same positions as before. Tether places the cookie plate on the table, to which Enoch replies with "Thanks honey."

- Third panel on the bottom left: Same positions, but Tether is leaving now to the right after having placed the plate.

- Fourth and final panel on the bottom right: Tether is no longer in the shot, Ev says to Enoch "Can you even eat?" to which he replies "no but it's still really sweet." (For context, Enoch is nearly entirely cybernetics with the exception of his brain and spine, food isn't really something he eats anymore. Tether kinda be 'tupid sometiems and since she's new in the relationship with him, she's trying her best kek)

a single-page comic by Spindle of the characters Tether, Ev, and Enoch. - The first panel on the top left: Evelyne is on the left, leaning on Enoch and guiding him with something on the laptop, saying "Kinda like so". Tether enters on the right, smiling, holding a plate of cookies. The second panel on the top right: Same positions as before. Tether places the cookie plate on the table, to which Enoch replies with "Thanks honey." - Third panel on the bottom left: Same positions, but Tether is leaving now to the right after having placed the plate. - Fourth and final panel on the bottom right: Tether is no longer in the shot, Ev says to Enoch "Can you even eat?" to which he replies "no but it's still really sweet." (For context, Enoch is nearly entirely cybernetics with the exception of his brain and spine, food isn't really something he eats anymore. Tether kinda be 'tupid sometiems and since she's new in the relationship with him, she's trying her best kek)

it's the thought that counts

08.10.2025 22:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1673    ๐Ÿ” 225    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Knight In The Woods - 18+ Fantasy WLW Comic! A beautiful knight, a fallen angel, and a blossoming love.

We just broke $1000 over the weekend!!! ๐Ÿคฉ

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A small ink of Nico Minoru from Marvel

A small ink of Nico Minoru from Marvel

Little Nico ink for warmup

08.10.2025 16:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3231    ๐Ÿ” 554    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I sure as hell didn't have the language but I knew I was trans at probably 12 or 13 right around puberty starting and I never told a soul because of being at an All Boys School

08.10.2025 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From my book about #Undertale 's official English-to-Japanese translation

I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know

Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?

08.10.2025 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 183    ๐Ÿ” 83    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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So You Want to Write Iambic Pentameter In which I share the dirty secrets of the world's least useful skill

Six years ago, I wrote most of the Tragedian dialogue for Pathologic 2 in iambic pentameter. I'm back now doing the same for Pathologic 3. I figured it was helpful to write a guide on *how* I did it โ€“ย in case I get hit by a bus and the team has to carry on without me.

azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...

08.10.2025 21:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 543    ๐Ÿ” 199    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

If you hire me AND bruno, you could get two long-time collaborators who will make your material, whatever it is, *alarmingly* unhinged

07.10.2025 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 162    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

07.10.2025 21:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 506    ๐Ÿ” 282    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

it is insane to me that you could basically get two narrative designers who can basically solve any problem within scope constraints. itโ€™s like having people parachute in to rescue whatever you need fixing far beyond what you thought you could get

07.10.2025 22:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 214    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

through asking designers for their top influential games, I have discovered /another/ reason design leadership is very herding-cats.

most lists had some game I'd never HEARD OF. either some essential piece of their design practice is esoteric OR they have deep defiance disorder, or both. hmm.

05.10.2025 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had a very similar experience (though more full time jobs applied for) last year and it feels like sliding in underneath a closing door and needing to cut a few locks of hair that got trapped so I can keep running

05.10.2025 22:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

that is how you make something sustainable and able to be a career path!

05.10.2025 22:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was not expecting quite how much at all!

05.10.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

my wife's cat is a skittish noisy dumbass and he finally got to meet me in person today and not only did he fall over because of how much he liked me petting him, he licked my thumb

05.10.2025 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

research is funny sometimes because you are occasionally one of the first people to write about a specific piece of media and thus are the enabler of everyone who follows you to write about that piece of media regardless of whether or not what you said about the thing has any relevance to their work

05.10.2025 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Silence Under Your Bed by Kevin Snow Two teens tell tall tales.

If you've never played our horror anthology The Silence Under Your Bed go check it out on itch!

bravemule.itch.io/silenceunder...

Art by @slimyswampghost.bsky.social
Written by @bravemule.bsky.social and beloved horror novelist Cassandra Khaw
Music and sound by me!

05.10.2025 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I love cool and complex AI systems as much as the next person but sometimes you really just have to do what makes the poor little computer fella have readable anxiety and not chaos anxiety

05.10.2025 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

completely agree, doors are the scourge of every single little person in the computer

yeah sometimes time and tooling and basic needs all conspire to mean you have to do the effective thing whether or not it's that cool

05.10.2025 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

developer: i have made AGI
game director: you fucked up a perfectly good non-player character, is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety

05.10.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 262    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember talking to an AI guy on a game about an enemy that was acting weird and he showed me the state tree and how smart it was at re-evaluating criteria and using fuzzy logic and meanwhile the enemy was bouncing off of every surface in the room and spinning in place and I had to be like, "man,"

05.10.2025 01:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 283    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

I love cool and complex AI systems as much as the next person but sometimes you really just have to do what makes the poor little computer fella have readable anxiety and not chaos anxiety

05.10.2025 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2B!!

04.10.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4026    ๐Ÿ” 773    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

This is such an important point about HRT that gets lost in the noise: you will feel whether or not it is right for you long before any "permanent changes" set in.

This is one of those areas of medicine where letting people experiment freely and without judgement is the single best path forward.
๐Ÿงต

03.10.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 148    ๐Ÿ” 57    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
sketch of my original character Liefy. She is sitting on a ledge. There is a slight breeze

sketch of my original character Liefy. She is sitting on a ledge. There is a slight breeze

Liefy
#oc #rkgk

04.10.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1277    ๐Ÿ” 226    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a self portrait doodle by Spindle, wearing a yellow hoodie, black capri pants, and brown-ish flats, walking and holding a cigarette (no there is no amogus in this one you are spared the search)

a self portrait doodle by Spindle, wearing a yellow hoodie, black capri pants, and brown-ish flats, walking and holding a cigarette (no there is no amogus in this one you are spared the search)

self portrait doodle

04.10.2025 11:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3667    ๐Ÿ” 443    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My Californian partner discovered there is an icelandic equivalent to blonde valley girl speak

04.10.2025 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Play Lock and Key

04.10.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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้‡‘้ซชใ‚ตใƒฉใ‚ตใƒฉ้‡‘ๆ›œๆ—ฅ

02.10.2025 21:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 511    ๐Ÿ” 119    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
an illustration by Spindle of the character Felt; a pink-haired bunny girl, sitting on a sofa and knitting. she has her hair tied up in a big bun, wearing a semi-see-through sheer top, a baggy red cardigan, black leggings and white socks.

an illustration by Spindle of the character Felt; a pink-haired bunny girl, sitting on a sofa and knitting. she has her hair tied up in a big bun, wearing a semi-see-through sheer top, a baggy red cardigan, black leggings and white socks.

knitting ๐Ÿงก

02.10.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4627    ๐Ÿ” 825    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

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