lenpen

i make videogames sometimes he/they / 32 / 🔞

[theshepherdshound]

heads up i am swapping this to be a general personal blog and be like oh yeah this is connected to other stuff in my life now as i seem to be taking the making of katabasis game more seriously and if it goes somewhere i should like link up all my dev stuff, so i have changed the name for continuity, i technically have a bluesky but my name is generally the same everywhere if you need to find me

SO HI- i am len and i make weird games about sad monsters, and have done a bunch of very strange and silly art game things. i also work as a producer for kitten cup studio, formerly ran the oldest arts and videogame not for profit in the world hand eye society, a board member for the queer games conference (call for papers and games open until mid april!), and like helping folks learn about making games as artistic practice

(please ask me questions about making games i am a resource horder)

so the cardinal hits the window is going to be on haitus until i figure out this game prototype, but the link to the previous pinned post for it is here

enjoy me smacking my head against the wall of game development and occasionally constantly let's be honest posting cotl blorbos alongside it

[appleblocks]

Lamb Chart!!!! Template made by @tidalfoam and @theonewhohyperfixates !!! Thank you so much for making it!!!

I got a new protective, paper-like screen protector for my tablet BUT IT CHANGED HOW MY PEN GETS PICKED UP so no new art for the picture this time

Also I straight up took an alignment test to get her alignment and hey would you look at that!

As for her unlabeled orientation, she definitely feels both romantic and sexual attraction towards all kinds of people, regardless of gender, but I don't think *she* would care about labels *for herself* that much.

The bottom right side of the chart, from the weapons down, is very much based on my own playthrough of the game, which is where she and her world stemmed from. We LOVE the hammer and mace, but the blunderbuss, although fun at times, is not my favorite. And between Spendthrift and Frugal I definitely would be broke a lot of the time and only build up money either accidentally or deliberately to buy something specific lmao

This was super fun to fill out!! :D

[lakemojave]

People are unfazed if you hate women but if you dislike dogs they assume you're a bad person

[lakemojave]

Tumblr users will read a post complaining about normalized misogyny and hyperfocus on your claim that it's ok to dislike dogs

[phantomrose96]

Hey hey don’t cry. Character who destroys themself in the end for nothing

[funstyle]

Im always like "i will not add my two cents. i will not add my two cents" but i cant lie the pennies are getting sweaty in my hand

[championofdogs]

Hi pervert! I've ô’btained an item...

[zombies-sold-cheap]

edit I made for the real ones

[chroniccoolness]

racist white canadians and europeans want you to believe the slave trade worked like this

it did not. it is public knowledge the slave trade worked like this

and in fighting antiblackness within canada and europe it is so so so important to acknowledge these places's participation in and benefit from the transantlantic slave trade. Slavery is not just the US's dirty past, it is a triangular industry lasting centuries that white people in the united states, canada, and europe benefitted from and continue to benefit from to this day. Slavery was good for white canadians and white europeans. They liked it. they encouraged it. they had slaves, they profited from the slave trade, and they used products grown from US slave labour in every day life. The slavery of Black people would not have been possible on the sheer scale at which it happened if it were not for active, consistent participation from europe and canada.

[kittencupstudio]

Capy Castway is out! Play today on Steam for PC, Mac and Steam Deck!

[autism-thoughts]

The anti-vax and anti-science propaganda is very real - and also, frankly I think doctors and nurses would've had an easier time getting people not to fall for it if they spent less time treating people like fucking shit

[autism-thoughts]

This post is about a lot of things but it is especially about racism, medical abuse, and eugenics

[appleblocks]

Good-little you~

I saw some of my awesome friends doing this and I wanted to do it too!! Credit to the amazing @7-ferrets-in-a-coat for starting it!!!

A lot of them had the goat's eye shining through but, fun fact, Veronik (my goat) does not have an eye on that side! So no spooky eye in the shadow for me lmao

This was super fun!!! But I discovered that making serious pieces on my new tablet is hard haha

[crabussy]

really fond of humans just from an appearance standpoint. the long legs. the manes of hair that can come in practically any colour and texture. those crazy high-contrast eyes with the white scleras and colourful irises. the fingers being so much longer than the toes. there's a lot to love. solid 10/10 animal species

[crabussy]

BAFFLINGLY SPOT ON COMPARISON.

[dogpuppy]

[mandywondering]

I mean, in some very interesting Technically Correct ways, they didn't actually die? Now, they're very much no longer alive. But the forces involved are such that they didn't get any of the usual cellular processes of death, they simply went from biology to physics in less time than it takes a signal to travel down your optic nerve.

[dietspam16]

if you go from biology to physics without dying first you don’t go to heaven the uber driver went over this

[muppidupp]

Artfight attack for @tidalfoam !

[kittencupstudio]

Crossover fanart of Capy Castaway and Pikmin. Art by Saffron Aurora.

[tarotntn]

strawberry that makes you wait... huh?

and, Morning routine

[red-garden]

MAGA boomers SHOCKED by 20y/o commie speaking fluent hog

[red-garden]

Hog 201 for anyone interested in trying this:

Bodily autonomy (like abortion, anti draft, etc) -> “The government shouldn’t be able to force anything on my body I don’t want.”

Anti surveillance -> “I don’t trust big government/big tech (big brother if you’re feeling frisky) with the ability to spy on me and my family.”

Immigration -> “Next to all of us immigrated at some point, I don’t see why the elites get to decide who’s allowed to be where. What’s to stop them coming for me?”

Climate Change -> “Big oil shouldn’t get to determine whether or not I get to go places. I don’t want to be dependent on some big business to survive.”

State Violence -> “I don’t want the goddamn secret police breathing down my neck! I trust my community a whole hell of a lot more to help me than I do the state!”

The vast majority of conservatives think of themselves as underdogs being repressed by the government/the elite, and they value personal freedom (specifically their personal freedom, they don’t care about other people). The will almost always agree with leftist points if you can find a way to blame the problem on their vague enemies (useful, since rich people are the root of most problems), and tie it back to their ability to say fuck everyone else. NEVER appeal to science, theory, logic, or human goodness. Make it seem as if you are a paranoid lunatic who trusts no one. They love it.