artist and game dev | @catbirdsoft | Previously: Rat King Collective, Tombstar
Baltimore, MD
Joined April 2017
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fwiw i'm gonna be mostly inactive here from now on. definitely not posting my personal art here for scraping, gonna try not to engage with Takes or anything. if you wanna hear from me you know how to find me on the other site.
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Descending further into the Platcorp factory.
i guess while we're in the moment. i just want you to look at the numbers before you start blaming people. dems went from 81 million votes in 2020 to 66 million in 2024. trump went from 74 million to 71 million. this isn't a hard right pivot. people just stopped showing up.
like sure you can point out that white women pulled for trump to an overwhelming degree. but that's the white women who voted. how many more wouldn't ever vote for trump and just weren't activated by a democratic campaign running on a broken promise to defend abortion?
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If they had a lick of sense and an ounce of bravery they would go scorched earth in these final months. Lost the presidency and the senate? Just do it. But I don’t think they have it in them.
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The excitement of Biden stepping down and Kamala getting the nomination was all about the feeling that this was something new and that things could change. The Harris campaign in the months between then and the election seemed determined to beat back that premise.
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What's up, #PitchYaGame.
This is Steel Carnelian. It's a retro-anime-run-and-gun where you play a mech-suited mercenary on the most dangerous job of her life.
We're dropping a free pilot episode of the game in 2025, so now is a GREAT time to wishlist!
store.steampowered.com/app/3…
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Hey guess what: we're gonna be at Magfest this winter! Attendees will get an exclusive hands-on look at the pilot episode (in fact, it'll be our first time making any part of the game publicly available for play). Don't miss out!
ALT Poster depicting a grinning man. Title reads "STEEL CARNELIAN MAGFEST '25." Inset text box reads "JAN 23-25 / ONE WEEKEND ONLY / EXCLUSIVE DEMO / MEET THE DEVS."
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Genevieve Marconi. Callsign "Jenny Death." She's a deadly mercenary with a massive arsenal of weapons, and she's not gonna let you get in the way of her ten million dollar payday.
#gamedev
#screenshotsaturday
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STRAFTAT OUT NOW !
get it here --> store.steampowered.com/app/2…
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genevieve runs at close to the exact same speed as the player so when her AI breaks the game starts to feel a lot like pokemon silver
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We're getting ready for Halloween by building out our witch's boss fight. Here's Genevieve casting the most powerful spell of all (laser cannon).
#screenshotsaturday
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If you like these movies, you'll like our game.
ALT Speed Racer
ALT Patlabor 2
ALT Redline
ALT Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
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Hey, it's #screenshotsaturday still. Here's a clip of some upgrades for the PC-09 "Burton." It's got some new attack patterns, and now overheats when you smash its arm, spewing fire all over the battlefield. If you don't stun it quickly, you'll be overwhelmed!
1am thoughts: it's REALLY weird that SF6's oki works that way it does given that it's supposed to be built for all audiences. it's a simple system, it's not hard to understand, etc. but i feels like if you want your game to be accessible you should want to make defending easier.
and this gives you the game's insane corner carry. long distance knockdown > rapid approach on wakeup > oh shit i'm cornered already. and because long-distance knockdowns don't do shit in the corner, this gives every character oppressive corner pressure!