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Ian Maclure

@fearian

πŸŽ‡ Freelance VFX artist: Avaliable for contract work! ☁️ Recently shipped LOST SKIES ☁️ β˜„οΈ Indie developing something cool under www.meteorspark.games moniker πŸ‘€

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This all sounds excellent πŸ‘Œ

08.03.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It looks great in cinematics, I would love the art book. I think a looter shooter is not going to be my preferred way to enjoy this aesthetic though.

08.03.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm also fatigued by every sci-fi game taking place in modular science/office containers. It's such a minimal environment treatment, that giving it a minimalist art style just... Pushes everything into a puddle of sameness. The environment is the same as the guns as the vehicles as the loot as-

08.03.2026 12:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It has a really bold style, that, to me, looks hard to parse and simultaneously empty. I have to assume that when playing, it comes alive and makes sense because you have the context of cause and effect/decision making. (and no youtube compression.)

08.03.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Official Trailer for "Dorohedoro" Season 2.
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQSz...

08.03.2026 09:14 πŸ‘ 2111 πŸ” 938 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 223

This is exactly how it feels ☺️

07.03.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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reminds me of when I played DQ1 on one of those FC to SFC adapters, except Bomberman is far more harmonious here

11.02.2026 08:03 πŸ‘ 269 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 25
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04.03.2026 06:52 πŸ‘ 8789 πŸ” 3283 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 47
Who can reply: anyone, nobody, people who can be normal about it.

Who can reply: anyone, nobody, people who can be normal about it.

trying out a new feature, lmk if it works

03.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 14114 πŸ” 2452 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

fun fact: thq's release of arby's (ps1) in 2000 is actually a low budget reskin of the yuke's developed coco ichibanya no bouken (1998) which is why it sounds like that

01.03.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
28.02.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 8807 πŸ” 1775 πŸ’¬ 130 πŸ“Œ 117

what a crazy night for sam altman to be like "yeah we got that dept of war deal, and there's no moral concerns here"

28.02.2026 07:46 πŸ‘ 7775 πŸ” 1229 πŸ’¬ 70 πŸ“Œ 41

Humble?

26.02.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My top tip for people who want to direct themselves is to find a game you kinda like but wish was different in a specific way... And then make that difference!

Which seems redundant to say because every player has a "suggestion" for even their favourite games.

26.02.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Be careful man you are half a step away from learning about graph theory!!

26.02.2026 07:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors on Steam Deal world-ending combos and blitz through infested dungeons! Vampire Crawlers: the turbo wildcard from Vampire Survivors is a casual, turn‑based deckbuilder with roguelite elements. Master the Turbot...

Congrats to all my friends at @nosebleedinteractive.com on developing Vampire Crawlers! It's a banger!

25.02.2026 10:43 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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24.02.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 3523 πŸ” 689 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2
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Creating fan art or art is great to see in #gameart portfolios. That said avoid using the logo unless you directly contributed to that project. If you need a logo to say it fits in a world is that project successful? Let your art speak for itself.

24.02.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
wizardologys on tumblr: "One thing I really love about seedy anime websites and YouTube mp3 converters is like. They actually do what they say they're doing. But they WILL try to trick you into downloading a virus. Like it's almost just a greeting at this point. I try to extract a song from a YouTube video and it says free VPN installer tonight perhaps? Free VPN installer tonight queen? And I say YouTube-mp3 converter you sly dog, you know what I'm here for. Show me the goods. And YouTube-mp3 converter says ahhh you got me, no getting one over on you. Thought it was worth a try tho. Here you go king x"

wizardologys on tumblr: "One thing I really love about seedy anime websites and YouTube mp3 converters is like. They actually do what they say they're doing. But they WILL try to trick you into downloading a virus. Like it's almost just a greeting at this point. I try to extract a song from a YouTube video and it says free VPN installer tonight perhaps? Free VPN installer tonight queen? And I say YouTube-mp3 converter you sly dog, you know what I'm here for. Show me the goods. And YouTube-mp3 converter says ahhh you got me, no getting one over on you. Thought it was worth a try tho. Here you go king x"

19.02.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 516 πŸ” 171 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 7

Best example of this to show people is any Smarter Every Day video, where Destin is touring either a nuclear submarine or a metal working shop, and everybody is yes'sir or yes'maam in a way that conveys "This is your domain, and I appreciate that".

20.02.2026 09:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The 2000's where so good for insanely varied fps weapon design. Right now I feel like the split between "Hard surface machinery that accelerates tungsten rods to supersonic speeds" and "An M4A1 you feed crystals to" has become a visible divide across games.

19.02.2026 11:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I really really love some of the design language in the Highguard concepts that are hitting artstation recently.

Although I think I'm over the trend that Valorant and Destiny started with "what if an AK47 was made of crabs???" fantasy weapon skins.

19.02.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
illustration of a man with a cape, hood and a stick or staff. He stands at the end of a stone stairs under a stone arch looking at a big wooden door with decorative ironwork on it and a light coming from a small window

illustration of a man with a cape, hood and a stick or staff. He stands at the end of a stone stairs under a stone arch looking at a big wooden door with decorative ironwork on it and a light coming from a small window

ink pen and digital colour

17.02.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 416 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2
Screenshot from vagrant story showing Ashley Riot about to fight a Djinn like boss.

Screenshot from vagrant story showing Ashley Riot about to fight a Djinn like boss.

Finished Vagrant Story. The later half is a bit rougher, but still a fantastic game. The visuals, music and story telling still hold up.
Glad to have played it again after 26 years.

04.02.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 176 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1
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Baroque Sea (The Ocean Hunter: The Seven Seas Adventure, Arcade, Sega, 1998)

12.02.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5
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ANNOUNCING

Hellscreen leaves early access on tomorrow!

A couple of new weapons, performance fixes & controller support!

Some previous reviews:

"It's Doom with a rear view mirror"

"It inspires lust"

"The most fucked up driving game I've ever seen"

store.steampowered.com/app/1410090/...

12.02.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 314 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 2
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My pal and fellow Scottish developer Chris Brown recently put his solo-dev racing game AGX GP up on Steam and you should definitely give it a look if you like AAA Wipeout visuals with ridiculously-fast twitch arcade gameplay. store.steampowered.com/app/4250680/...

10.02.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 195 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 7
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posting this on youtube tomorrow

08.02.2026 07:22 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

"edit: i have a brain tumor" damn 🫠

07.02.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

...is this a silent hill thing? It is, isn't it?

07.02.2026 11:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0