nyks 🌙

nothing interesting, just '99 tomato crushing over fictional characters sometimes i write something up on bluesky: @grumpy-nyks

[grumpy-nyks]

guys, emergency commissions 🫠🫠 I'm broke and nobody wants to hire me so far... 🫠🫠🫠

nyks 🌙's Commissions

Commissions Open! Click to see nyks 🌙's commission menu.

[ascendance-if]

Dusting off - Devlog 11

Hey there, I hope you've been properly hydrating since last time!

I'm pleased to announce that Ascendance is being worked on again ❤️

I believe creating is essential for us to truly exist and, when I decided to start being creative again, I realized this is the one project I would very much like to see finished. There's a story here I'd like to tell.

Here's the plan:

1. Worldbuilding and character development

My primary focus, coming back to this project, will be building a coherent world first, with elements that make sense together. The characters will also be more deeply developed and more familiar to me before I start actively writing the story again.

2. Re-learning Twine and interactive fiction

I'll take time to learn how to use Twine again. This includes seeing which aspects of my current story structure are sustainable and which aspects will have to change in order to be.

3. The story itself

As of now, it's highly likely that the prologue won't change much. I want to improve the quality of the writing and the text-choice distribution, but nothing so huge that it would feel like a different story. Now, after the prologue, I imagine each division will start feeling more like its own thing. We'll see!

4. The work

Steps 1 and 2 will be worked on at the same time and are the stage I am at right now. I see them as complementary tasks.

They are planned to take about 6–8 months to reach a satisfactory level.

The story itself (step 3) will start being developed again after that.

You can expect monthly-ish updates overall! 

I would like to thank you deeply for your unwavering support and patience 💕 I see you too. Love, Lou

[grumpy-nyks]

HI LOUU!! Aaa what a good news! 💖🥰

[akysidae-studio]

Then VS Now: My Art Is Old Enough To Walk

I can't believe I survived to redraw assets I made in 2020 all the way out here in 2025.

In all seriousness, these assets are pretty old, but I'm surprised they hold up so well. There's a certain charm to them that the current me can't replicate after having gone through years of growth as an artist, and for that, I still really appreciate them.

Of course, hindsight brings with it a fair amount of cringe. I mean, a gardener in pristine white sandals and a skirt? A werewolf in a skin-tight shirt? What was I thinking?

But that's the beauty of growth, I suppose.

And yeah, I'm still a long ways away from what I want to be, but I'm proud of myself for learning from my mistakes, for evolving and using that evolution to make sprites that I think are really cool. Speaking of which, they're right down there under the cut:

Look at that difference! Isn't that cool? I think it is, and I hope you guys do too ฅʕ•ᴥ•ʔฅ

[akysidae-studio]

Atlas Aanonson

Bigger than your problems with a heart softer than clouds, here comes Atlas ૮･ﻌ･ა

[akysidae-studio]

Thank you so much to everyone who sent me asks over the years asking how I was doing and expressing hope that my life was going well! To be honest, this is the first time in a long time that I've visited my inbox, and the sheer influx of people who have wished me well over the years is truly heartwarming <3

I'm really sorry that I left you guys hanging for so long, but I'm here now, and I don't intend to just disappear again njdfv The past few years have been extremely busy and difficult for me. My health was really struggling, partly because of covid and partly because of this minor surgical procedure that was supposed to help me but ended up not really doing that. And of course, there's no rest for the weary, so I had to finish my degree and work my job through all that

I won't go into too much detail, but I'm in a much better place now, physically and emotionally. Thank you guys so much for being so patient and sticking with my project even though it hasn't been updated in so long o(╥﹏╥)o I feel awful that so many of you were hopeful that the game would be continued only for me to vanish off the face of the Earth

But again, I'm here now, and I want to finish this project more than I want anything else in my life fvnjn I'm logging off for the day, but please look forward to Paper Trails, and I hope that life treats you all as well as it can <3

[grumpy-nyks]

guys, emergency commissions 🫠🫠 I'm broke and nobody wants to hire me so far... 🫠🫠🫠

nyks 🌙's Commissions

Commissions Open! Click to see nyks 🌙's commission menu.

[grumpy-nyks]

I love green so much and I'm happy it's one of Freya's colour!! This amazing character belongs to @solass.bsky.social 💖💖 Thank you soooooooooo much Seffie! <3

[grumpy-nyks]

guys, emergency commissions 🫠🫠 I'm broke and nobody wants to hire me so far... 🫠🫠🫠

nyks 🌙's Commissions

Commissions Open! Click to see nyks 🌙's commission menu.

[grumpy-nyks]

beautiful Ariadne for wonderful @crispkkyu.bsky.social thank you so much for commissioning me!! <3

[ciricearts]

happy jason day let’s gooo

[quiddling]

javascript object notation

[ciricearts]

bassist jason + jaybin heheh

[grumpy-nyks]

a drawing of the most innocent mage who DID NOTHING WRONG.

[grumpy-nyks]

🩸 Lelith Surana🩸 Hero of Ferelden

more about her below ⬇️

[grumpy-nyks]

⚔️ArtFight⚔️ https://artfight.net/~grumpy_nyks

Isen belongs to https://artfight.net/~kirsssche (@kirsssche)

[grumpy-nyks]

a doodle of the best elf assassin and lock-picker (ehe) - Zevran Arainai, companion from Dragon Age Origins, after the first meeting with The Warden.

[grumpy-nyks]

First ⚔️ArtFight⚔️ https://artfight.net/~grumpy_nyks

Veximor belongs to https://artfight.net/~VampireScones

[lacunafiction]

Some homecomings feel more like rude awakenings, but this one will become a waking nightmare. Find love while exposing the secrets of your eerie hometown!

The wait is finally over; Book One of The Fernweh Saga is out now for you to experience! 💚

✨DEMO✨ | GooglePlay, Steam , Apple, Choice of Games

If you enjoy TFS, please consider leaving a review/rating. It does wonders for the series and draws new readers into Fernweh, helping our community grow.

🌲TFS Patreon🌲 (New, alpha content from Book Two available!🎉)

TFS: Book One Achievement and Stat Guide 🏆📊

Thank you for your support and reblogs of this post are appreciated! 😊

The Fernweh Saga: Book One is a 600,000-word interactive, romantic thriller novel by Aelsa Trevelyan. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

Return to a small town that you now feel a stranger in. It has been years since you were sent away following the tragic house fire that claimed your parents’ lives, but the death of your grandfather has brought you back. While grim circumstances overshadow the visit you never planned on making, there are also opportunities to reminisce, reconnect, and reunite with old childhood friends, rivals, and neighbors. Familiar faces are all around, but will they aid or hinder you as your return trip spirals into a dark mystery and you start experiencing vivid nightmares? Begin to unravel what is going on in this seemingly idyllic, forested town.

A feeling of unease grows with each sleepless night spent within Fernweh’s borders, but you can’t leave yet…

It won’t let you.

Play as male, female, or non-binary–with options to be gay, straight, bi, asexual, or poly.

Keep reading

[ciricearts]

let him sleep well!!