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Holly - Former Black Mesa Scientist

@jonka.bsky.social

lead dev of White Knuckle, i do torchship art, video gams, and the 3d. https://whiteknuckle.net/ || https://hollyjencka.com/ (She/Her) πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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Cara had her horror game banned on Steam as a result of the recent bullshit. Please check out the site, and donate to help her and the Red Door Family Shelter charity if you can.

Also, if you haven't already, get involved, things won't get better unless we *collectively* make them better.

05.08.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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VILE: Exhumed may be banned for sale, but I refuse to let that stop people from playing the game.

It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM

Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.

05.08.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1447    πŸ” 852    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 40
Climbing Games Are Fun Because They're Not Fun
YouTube video by Adam Millard - The Architect of Games Climbing Games Are Fun Because They're Not Fun

There sure are a lot of games about climbing coming out right now, aren't there? But why are so many difficult, punishing games getting released all at the same time, and what does this say about where game design is headed? www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdh7...

03.08.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
PaxWest Day 1 schedule

text reads:
Time(PT)	Game	Category	Runner(s)
11:00 AM	Jet Set Radio	Any%	vaen
12:05 PM	Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness	Better Than Glitchless	Saintmillion
1:08 PM	Metroid Prime 2: Echoes	Any%	BashPrime
3:08 PM	Wario Land 4	Normal Any% Zipless	Mr_Shasta
4:18 PM	Peggle Extreme	Extreme Grand Master	SatanHerself
5:03 PM	Pacific Drive	Mid-Zone% Unrestricted	wilbun84
6:18 PM	Paper Mario	Randomizer (Blitz)	Phantom5800

PaxWest Day 1 schedule text reads: Time(PT) Game Category Runner(s) 11:00 AM Jet Set Radio Any% vaen 12:05 PM Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness Better Than Glitchless Saintmillion 1:08 PM Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Any% BashPrime 3:08 PM Wario Land 4 Normal Any% Zipless Mr_Shasta 4:18 PM Peggle Extreme Extreme Grand Master SatanHerself 5:03 PM Pacific Drive Mid-Zone% Unrestricted wilbun84 6:18 PM Paper Mario Randomizer (Blitz) Phantom5800

PaxWest Day 2 schedule

text reads:
Time (PT)        Game            Runner            Category
11:00 AM	Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo	Any% NG+	MHFsilver
11:40 AM	Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom	Any% (J)	MegaRetroMan
12:11 PM	Hyper Light Drifter	Any% NMG	a_variety_pack
1:11 PM	Sonic Project 06	Silver Any%	vaen
1:51 PM	Psychonauts	Any%	Yoshipro
2:46 PM	PokΓ©mon Violet	Indigo Disk	tpat
5:01 PM	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Any% (v1.8)	RequiemOfSpirit
5:48 PM	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Glitch Exhibition	Chronos
6:48 PM	Mario Kart World	30 Tracks (Classic)	KingJO444

PaxWest Day 2 schedule text reads: Time (PT) Game Runner Category 11:00 AM Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo Any% NG+ MHFsilver 11:40 AM Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom Any% (J) MegaRetroMan 12:11 PM Hyper Light Drifter Any% NMG a_variety_pack 1:11 PM Sonic Project 06 Silver Any% vaen 1:51 PM Psychonauts Any% Yoshipro 2:46 PM PokΓ©mon Violet Indigo Disk tpat 5:01 PM The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Any% (v1.8) RequiemOfSpirit 5:48 PM The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Glitch Exhibition Chronos 6:48 PM Mario Kart World 30 Tracks (Classic) KingJO444

PaxWest Day 3 schedule

text reads:
Time(PT)	Game	Category	Runner(s)
11:00 AM	James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace	PC Any%	BlueTarget
12:15 PM	Call of Duty World at War	Unrestricted	Ericg08
1:57 PM	White Knuckle	Campaign - Normal	ness
3:32 PM	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	Any% No MSS	Glubbers
6:32 PM	Super Mario 64	70 Star	Serenmew
5:17 PM	Sonic Adventure 2: Battle	Tournament Finals	PAX Attendees
6:42 PM	Deltarune	Chapter 4 All Bosses Glitched	talia

PaxWest Day 3 schedule text reads: Time(PT) Game Category Runner(s) 11:00 AM James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace PC Any% BlueTarget 12:15 PM Call of Duty World at War Unrestricted Ericg08 1:57 PM White Knuckle Campaign - Normal ness 3:32 PM The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Any% No MSS Glubbers 6:32 PM Super Mario 64 70 Star Serenmew 5:17 PM Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Tournament Finals PAX Attendees 6:42 PM Deltarune Chapter 4 All Bosses Glitched talia

PaxWest Day 4 schedule

text reads:
Time(PT)	Game	Category	Runner(s)
11:00 AM	Signalis	Memory Ending (Console Glitchless, Casual)	BigScared
12:25 PM	NieR: Automata	[A]ny% VC3Mod	Ashley93oBTW

PaxWest Day 4 schedule text reads: Time(PT) Game Category Runner(s) 11:00 AM Signalis Memory Ending (Console Glitchless, Casual) BigScared 12:25 PM NieR: Automata [A]ny% VC3Mod Ashley93oBTW

I think our #PAXWest schedule might be peak, what do you think?

Thank you to all of our runners who submitted runs and congrats to our selected runners! πŸ’™ We can't wait to everyone in Seattle!!!!

See the full schedule: gamesdonequick.com/s...

@officialpax.bsky.social‬

01.08.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 20
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!NEW VIDEO!

I adored Half-Life 2's visual style from the day I first played it, so it was only a matter of time before I made this love letter β™₯️

youtu.be/hCYciEFFOkE

29.07.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 434    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 9

the problem with being a game consultant is that i just want to, sometimes, say to a client that, in my professional opinion, this game "fucks tremendously" but i am told that i should not do this

30.07.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My partner’s fallen in love with this mad stressful little game and anything she loves is good as gold to me yall should check it out!!

23.07.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It does indeed suck. Watch this video to find out why, and what that pretty lookin' space carrier (with art by the wonderful @jonka.bsky.social) has to do with it!

23.07.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

anyway, uh, lost the plot there, but make games! or, even, just make stuff!! art! music! videos! mods! software! I know it can feel hard at times especially if you've fallen out of doing it, but getting back into making things and refocusing your creativity is the most rewarding thing in the world.

22.07.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To cap off the absurdity, I feel guilty as I watch the external and distant world around me get harsher and crueler, while contrastingly everything close to home improves. I know that's not my fault, and that I should enjoy the good moments as they exists, but it can feel hard to do.

22.07.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Its good! Of course! But I do wonder if some of these feelings will ever change. Will it get old? Will it settle in and not feel so distant? Or will I just become accustomed to the absurdity of it all?

I'm not even sure where I am going with this, I think I just need to scream into the void a bit.

22.07.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Committing to a game project, to WK, I think radically deflected the trajectory of my life. I feel a little disconnected from it all, like things keep on happening around me which are theoretically life changing, but because they take so long to fully form I haven't felt the effects yet.

22.07.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the weirdest parts of my last half year is how... absurd it can be at times. Something just happened which is so far outside of anything I ever expected in my life and it all just feels so surreal. I cant even talk about it!! And this keeps happening, in both big and small ways.

22.07.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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White Knuckle - The Abyss Update: Coming September!!
#whiteknuckle #indiegaming

19.07.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Thanks Faith!!! Glad to see you here too!!

16.07.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Digital painting, a stylised Edinburgh skyline

Digital painting, a stylised Edinburgh skyline

Burgh skyline

14.07.2025 06:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1692    πŸ” 303    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

Yeah! Starsector also rocks!! Fortunately both games are doing very well for themselves, im happy to see.

13.07.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hold on this rules, what a clever idea!? I'm terrible at it but I can't stop playing haha

13.07.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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RAT KING!

A broughlike about a rat
and a rat

»» torcado.itch.io/rat-king ««

πŸ‘‘
🐁

12.07.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 225    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 1
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Some more ship art, this time some stuff I've done on commission!

Two pieces I did for the noblesofnull.com community, a pitched battle between two warships!

12.07.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 174    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Well, it's hard to explain, but the now long-dead hyper-capitalist overseers of the facility made a pact with a very angry creature from another dimension in order to [REDACTED], and by the rules of the pact no harm could come to her little grubby offspring.

TLDR: dont hurt cute grubs

12.07.2025 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And did you all know that as of today, I'm only 47 sold copies away from a nice even 400 (or 67 copies away from the funny weed number)? If you or your friends have been thinking of buying 47 copies of my new Lancer NPC supplement, there's never been a better time

kaitave.itch.io/lancer-npcs-...

11.07.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

I'll have to check out more of your mods!!! I stg you have one of my favorite ships styles I've seen, fantastic work all around.

12.07.2025 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

White Knuckle? never heard of it, sounds dumb

Unlike my game, White Knuckle, a roguelike climbing game where you commit crimes and escape from eldritch abominations. Sadly, no space ships, but it does have horrors beyond human imagination!

It's uh, been eating my time for the past year haha. Wild!

12.07.2025 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
The scene is set in space, and backdropped by a green and blue ice giant.

In the foreground, a long, thin spacecraft carrying rocket pods and a laser turret dives into the giant's rings, flanked by two similar craft further into the background.

Livery is largely black, with white stripes and caps, as well as a splash of green representing the colors of Arkgneisis, although a yellow eye has been painted onto the hull close to the midships.

The scene is set in space, and backdropped by a green and blue ice giant. In the foreground, a long, thin spacecraft carrying rocket pods and a laser turret dives into the giant's rings, flanked by two similar craft further into the background. Livery is largely black, with white stripes and caps, as well as a splash of green representing the colors of Arkgneisis, although a yellow eye has been painted onto the hull close to the midships.

B- Still don't get why we don't just go in.
A- Because, this isn't our space, we don't make the rules here.
B- Isn't it, though?
C- Not according to the charter log, not unless-

1: Alright jockies, locals have given us the green light, that chatters way above your paygrade anyway, now get moving.

22.03.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Rocketships engaged in hypnotic dances of death cast blinding beams through the gaseous corpses of an orbital battlefield

08.09.2024 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 211    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Working on a video game lol. It's great to see you! Glad I can stalk your profile now and see what you've been up to.

12.07.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh wow, thank you so much, that's awesome!!! I'm honored!

12.07.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I also love megastructures (obviously) so here's some TS scenes I made with some big stuff in it

12.07.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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