Phanterm

Phanterm

@phanterm.bsky.social

Tempestuous Jester (Very Serious Individual) 🏳️‍⚧️ Daily Driving the 獨行道 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️ Working on Coruncopia over at @studiosunshower.com NO AI pfp by @leaglem.bsky.social

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Nil is not an entity who sleeps. When the time comes, rain or shine, he will awaken and bring woe upon those who dare threaten Coruncopia. #gamedev #godot

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I'm almost to the point where I can introduce more party members and start on programming on new cards for the Action Sequencer plugin, namely dual and triple tech cards. This footage is from the RPG Maker version. I could do better than this. Just gimme a bit of time, I'm going through some stuff.

Big love to all my Brazilian friends right now 🤍🇧🇷

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

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This was a fun hearing from Yoko Shimomura, and if you're into this clip, you should definitely check out Red Bull Academy's "Diggin' in the Carts" which is filled with a lot of fun anecdotes like this. It's still all up for free to view. Highly recommended watch if you like games music.

redbull.tvDiggin' in the Carts | Red Bull TVMeet the men and women responsible for creating the most iconic tunes in video game history.
MrMKL is Melting 🫠@mrmkl.bsky.social

If you have ever enjoyed one of the musical tracks from Street Fighter 2, odds are you have this woman, Yoko Shimomura, to thank

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Happy #portfolioday everybody! I'm Aria, and while I'm not looking for work right now, take a look at the stuff I get up to! I love fighting games and making pixel art inspired by them, as well as digital art of my characters. My full portfolio at thatartisan.carrd.co #art #digitalart #pixelart

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My current contract is ending this month and I'm once again available for work! Part-time or full-time. I've been a freelancer in games for well over a decade, and I bring a lot of energy to the projects I'm on! Need an extra pair of hands? Let's talk! maenots.carrd.co contact: maenots@gmail.com

Mae@maenots.bsky.social

Howdy! I'm Mae, a freelance gamedev! If your project's in need of a creative lead, level designer, pixel artist, producer, or just generally *whatever* - chances are I can do it! I'm also currently available for work! Let's make some cool games together! <3 #portfolioday #pixelart

I’ll have more to post on Coruncopia here pretty soon. I’m working on making the state of the game something more visually interesting and fleshed out before I’m ready to show more.

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Fill out this form and let VRChat know that we don't want AI in this community and especially want AI content to be labelled as such

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I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io

Final update for now, barring any extra bugs I missed! - Added a yellow line on the floor to indicate when exiting the safety zone and into the render camera's view - Simplified and fixed all toggles - Isometric camera pickup is now global - Iso camera render texture now higher resolution!

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Just uploaded an extremely necessary world to VRChat. #VRChat #MadeWithVRChat vrchat.com/home/launch?...

As good a time as any to post the greatest intro to any JRPG ever. The scene work in the limited top-down perspective, the timing of the music, the dialogue... And the worst part of it is that hardly anyone's seen it. It plays when idling at the title screen. Wild Arms deserves to be studied!

NESbot@nesbot.bsky.social

Digital Bros/505 Games has decided to discontinue development on Armed Fantasia (Wild Arms spiritual successor by former Wild Arms devs) www.resetera.com/threads/16...

Canceling my VRC+ subscription, ‘cause it doesn’t matter how much I love ya; I still haven’t heard a peep about AI disclosure, so now I am forced to speak with my wallet. It’s that simple. I urge everyone else to cancel as well. Send a message.

VRChat@vrchat.com

Need a breather away from real life for a bit? Chill under the rain and stars on VRChat. Headset not required. Check out our curated list of worlds this week: www.discovervr.chat/rainy-night/

Updated with auto-seat adjuster and EN to JP localization! I also made the shot camera larger, so now you can take better pictures of your friends at the perfect angle for all your disc 2-related shitposts

Phanterm@phanterm.bsky.social

Just uploaded an extremely necessary world to VRChat. #VRChat #MadeWithVRChat vrchat.com/home/launch?...

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so, i'm gonna be on the hunt for contract work here in a hot min. what are the spots, discords, etc. that folks tend to use to find contract gigs in video games these days? for reference, i'm a unity engineer, budding tech artist, ui/ux designer, etc. with ~7 years experience under my belt.

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🎂🎂🎂Happy 27th Birthday, Dreamcast!🎂🎂🎂 I'll never forget the depth of your game library and how wonderfully diverse and creative your peripherals were

Real quick, because times are what they are and pathways to education are more prohibitive than they’ve ever been, I want to talk to you about a model for secondary education which is tragically unknown in the US: work colleges. 🧵

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I try to keep things on games, but…I grew up poor. Not as poor as some, but enough to where without this lifeline, I wouldn’t be where I am today; that’s just how it is. I don’t think everyone *needs* secondary education, but at the very least, it should be accessible to those who want it.

Small correction: my minor was in WGS, not major :’3 I’ll also say that I had the privilege of studying abroad for a year in Japan while attending, which unfortunately cost enough that I wasn’t graduating debt free. It’s true…I had a student loan of…$8.

Real quick, because times are what they are and pathways to education are more prohibitive than they’ve ever been, I want to talk to you about a model for secondary education which is tragically unknown in the US: work colleges. 🧵

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The school also centers its mission and message on social justice, making it an extremely concentrated blue spot in an otherwise red state. On top of that, there is an extremely high number of international students relative to the school’s size. So you’ve an awesome, diverse blend of students.

It’s a tough school to get into. But I wish more people knew that these options existed. And in 2027 Berea is apparently going to *guarantee* 100% fully funded tuition across the board. Everything. And if you want some extra feel-good, Mitch McConnell once tried to gut the school and got clapped.

Real quick, because times are what they are and pathways to education are more prohibitive than they’ve ever been, I want to talk to you about a model for secondary education which is tragically unknown in the US: work colleges. 🧵

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The wages are also well below minimum wage, but because it’s coming from your own grant, and everything else is paid for, it’s a non-issue. (There are special accommodations for non-trads like parents who have those considerations but I won’t get into that here).

As you attend, you work with the labor department to be placed in positions which pertain to your major. This way, you’ve relevant experience in your chosen field by the time you graduate. My major was gender studies and East Asian studies, but I worked as a manager. Still, that exp got me my job.

Real quick, because times are what they are and pathways to education are more prohibitive than they’ve ever been, I want to talk to you about a model for secondary education which is tragically unknown in the US: work colleges. 🧵

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It’s small (1500 in 2011), and every student works for the college. If you don’t work, you get expelled. The requirement per week is 10 hours of labor, on top of having to manage a rigorous class schedule. You MUST be financially needy to attend. And usually, students have no student debt.

So how does it work? Pell grant. Every student’s Pell grant money is used to pay for room, board, food, etc. A portion of that money is reserved as student wages, which is paid back to the student as they work in their labor position. There are 5 levels of wages, but the pay scale is quite flat.

Real quick, because times are what they are and pathways to education are more prohibitive than they’ve ever been, I want to talk to you about a model for secondary education which is tragically unknown in the US: work colleges. 🧵

workcolleges.org In terms of ‘official’ status, there are 8 work colleges in the US as recognized by the WCC (Work College Consortium). Each follow a set of standards that must be in place to qualify, though the details of individual policy implementation of course vary college by college.

I attended Berea College, and my labor position throughout my time there was in the labor office, where I eventually served as a training manager. So I know enough about the program to have been radicalized by the learning model early on. I’ll give a high level summary of how Berea College works.

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Spell Name: Ablation Cast Type: Flotilla Like every spell, the player can customize the various attributes of Flotilla to alter the projectile speed, spawn rate, number of knives, and so on. This was a fun one to make. Just aim, then release the spell to unleash the knives. #gamedev #godot

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Jinx spell complete. This one took a bit, as there are six different possible outcomes: - 3 Stars (fullscreen attack) - 3 Diamonds (healing) - 3 Skulls(enemy)(instant kill) - 3 Skulls(boss)(4x damage) - Fail to match (1x damage) - Exceed max # active targets (1 unavoidable damage) #godot #gamedev

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Using a combination of LUTs and tweaks to world brightness, contrast, and saturation to handle independent, real-time transitions between weather events and time of day. Audio is dynamic, too. Gonna pull back a bit on the saturation during weather, but I'm pleased, overall. #godot #gamedev

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Kept working on my "loop finder" tool this morning. This version is meant more for building a PSX soundfont from scratch - lets you load a WAV file, resample it, mess with the loop points & preview a waveform of the loop, play/stop the resulting audio, and then export WAV+SFZ from it