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izzy “milf era” kestrel
@iznaut
gameplay engineer (prev ) 
trans poly bisexual she/her 
gex’s #1 fan 
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slowmo sequence where jesse has to decide whether to save badger or skinny pete
QTE marathon where walt tries to kill a fly
“Hank will remember that”
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one time i filled a ps2 controller with tuna and tried to trade it into a game store
so here's a dumb thing i've been working on: A Little Game Called Mario!
this is an open-source game made in that will get automatically rebuilt and deployed to every time ANYONE makes changes.
collective #gamedev at its finest!
just putting it out there: i would totally watch a livestream of the mcelroys having a slumber party inside a (preferably haunted) arby's
walked out into the hallway at work and saw an abandoned cart with a printed email sitting on top of it and now i'm terrified we're hurtling toward a "videogame apocalypse w/ scattered lore dumps" scenario
stunning
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Would you accept Croc booth babes?
ATTN TWITTER: has just informed me of the existence of "the Gex girls" and it is CRITICAL that i obtain photographic proof of their existence
i am willing to award a cash bounty (amount tbd, i need my husband's approval for all gex-centric expenses)
PLEASE RT
it's fake but there was a beautiful 5 second period where i thought i had finally found my calling
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if you must print your electronic correspondence please keep it relevant to key item locations and puzzle solutions only. our protagonist has a limited time on this earth and i'd prefer it be used efficiently
good morning. it's been a while since we talked about Funomena so i wanted to highlight that most of the ppl who were laid off are still unemployed.
so here's a fresh thread to remind y'all of these talented folks.
🚨 PLEASE RT and reply with job openings!! 🚨
lmao our game got disqualified at the end of the voting period because it didn’t have “stats”
making a mental note for the future to avoid joining any game jams that have a wall of text for rules
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hi hello i made a cute little game about dancing with ghosts for #dcjam2023
art by @castillo_de_paz and music by @thomhaley!
it’s painfully short but has great bones to hopefully expand upon in the near future. please check it out and lmk what u think 
new-cylandia.itch.io/waltz-for-heav
new-cylandia.itch.io/waltz-for-heav
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collecting bottles of acid and dumping them in a barrel
once you buy a Corpse Key the barrel shakes and explodes open to reveal your prizes
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i always thought this was a very funny card but had no idea it was based on an Actual Card that i assume was once legal in tournament play
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can't believe the switch has been out for 4 years and i still can't buy one of these for it
happy #TransDayOfVisibility and first day lookin’ like a normal person since face surgery!
i’m izzy, a trans #gamedev who was recently laid off by #funomena (while on PTO recovering from surgery, no less)
RTs are okay and appreciated - here's a thread:
so i got a complete in box cybiko off ebay and the 90s ass packaging is sending me
kay i think i’ve officially gotten everything i need out of this so i’m deleting the app now
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good morning gex addicts! it's day 2 of #gexweek and also valentine's day i guess? what a coincidence!
show your significant other how much you care by sending them one of these hot new valentines designed by !
remember when gex dropped in during a stream and everyone was so excited to see him ☺ precious memories
hi, it looks like i might be in the market for a new job
if you can put me in touch with anyone looking for a passionate game designer/programmer i would greatly appreciate it
please RT. thanks
watching and play System Shock and remembering the time someone blocked me bc i put “puzzle slut” in my display name
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he was generally horrible in every respect but on the upside there was at least one occasion where i’m pretty sure we got a rent decrease for a year when he intended for an increase because he couldn’t do math
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i’m sure you get this one a lot, but i can’t recommend Amazing Island enough (gamecube game but emulates fine with dolphin)
in a mall parking lot and got out for a sec to get my jacket out of the trunk. left my car door open with the latest Waypoint Radio playing loudly right as says “just whip out your dick and piss on things”
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whenever i go into my local game shop i always say “you know i used to sell video games too. these wacky customers am i right?” and the man at the counter says “sir, this is a Panera Bread. can i please take your order”
it’s a special bond that only two gamers can share
shoutout to the Donut Wolf scene in for making me want donuts so bad I woke up early on a Saturday
more words now that i’m slightly less tired:
i made a game for #gexweek about being gex in jerry seinfeld’s apartment featuring the voice talents of
it only takes a few minutes to beat but it’s a memory that will last you a lifetime (probably)
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it's a game about nothing #gexweek #gexjam #gex iznaut.itch.io/gexfeld
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i am losing my goddamn mind
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i would like to share this mockup i made
just one potential direction for gex to go in his inevitable reboot - in which his new son, Gex Jr, has to teach him about the internet, memes, flame wars, and last but not least:
how to love again.
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I regret to inform you that I am now at Denny’s
it is such an incredible self-own that places like this are so devoid of creativity they have to hire an "ideas guy" just to think of stuff to type into a prompt
even if the AI could link directly into a CEO's brain he'd still need to pay someone to have one original thought
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instead of visual dev, concept artist, or similar positions, new startups are looking for very normal and cool jobs like “ai prompt animator” and “ai prompt engineer and librarian”.
Crystal Control II is now live on Steam Greenlight! Please vote and retweet! steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi #gamedev
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skimming through a wealth of gex asset rips. just nonstop bangers
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i am VERY excited to announce that i will be joining as a Gameplay Engineer starting next week!
hopefully they don't immediately fire me upon realizing i didn't disclose my goblin ownership during the interview process
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i would like to share this mockup i made
just one potential direction for gex to go in his inevitable reboot - in which his new son, Gex Jr, has to teach him about the internet, memes, flame wars, and last but not least:
how to love again.
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someone please rehome these poor abused gpus
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if u die in the spreadsheet u die in real life
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once my toilet broke and it took like two weeks for my landlord to do anything about it. he kept making excuses until i left a message saying i would be withholding rent until it got fixed (which is an especially fun call to make when you have crippling social anxiety)
hey i just wanted to let you know that as i’m in the car listening to and you mentioned twitch clips we passed a billboard for Papa Bear’s Furniture Store
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.@austin_walker responding to me saying "now we need papa bear" with "what's up?" like we were talking about him and not the labo piece we were building is probably the cutest waypoint stream moment of all time
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GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY GEX WEEK!
this week is all about celebrating everyone's favorite green-clad Hero of (Prime)Time, Gex!
please keep an eye on this thread for some amazing reveals and use the #gexweek hashtag so i can RT your own gexy thoughts/feelings/fanart!
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Klik & Play and The Games Factory is for babies, i only play games made in RPG Maker for Playstation 1
my mom had this on a shot glass. i found it in her cabinet when i was like 12
it haunts me to this day
i don’t know how exactly to turn this into gex content but did you know the geico gecko was a scab
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can't believe no one replied with this one yet
this was not normal. robin failed us in a number of ways. it was not the video alone that shuttered funomena, it was her abuse and poor management skills.
most likely, whatever the _real_ reason we closed, the video just made her feel like she had an “out” that she badly needed
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oh dang all my favorite games came pre-installed!!
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as gex's #1 fan (self-proclaimed but no one has challenged me on this yet) i want to thank you for your efforts here. i will take your findings in this video to heart when i inevitably work on Gex 4
or rather, Deus GEX
hi friendly reminder that if ur a smart #gamedev person (especially if you have experience) we would really love your help on our open-source, collectively developed WarioWare clone!
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it’s always such a great morale boost when these ppl publicly display how petty and miserable they are
the rest of us are rich in ways that actually matter
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as someone who worked at funomena and was laid off, i just want to take a moment to say thanks for all your hard work here, chris.
i’ve seen some jokers in these replies being like “wow good job ruining everything” and that is such the wrong takeaway from all of this
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it's already begun
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walked out into the hallway at work and saw an abandoned cart with a printed email sitting on top of it and now i'm terrified we're hurtling toward a "videogame apocalypse w/ scattered lore dumps" scenario
if there's one piece of advice i could give to aspiring gamedevs it's this:
look at me. i'm a big dumbass that tweets incessantly about a cartoon lizard. i still make video games. you don't have to be a rocket surgeon
just make a bunch of crap and maybe some of it will be good
it never left
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.@NintendoAmerica bring Phantasy Star Online to Switch you cowards #NintendoSwitch
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i do want it on the record that Grant wrote the "oh look a couch! i loved you on The Simpsons" line and i laughed so loud at my desk when i heard it that my husband felt the need to ask if i was okay
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I was asked to voice Gex in Gexfeld, @iznaut's game about Gex exploring Jerry Seinfeld's tv apartment, and you can play it now! I also wrote something like 20% of the lines I recorded, so if you laugh it's from the other 80% iznaut.itch.io/gexfeld
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also i would still want Crystal Dynamics on it and yes we would use the Tomb Raider (2013) engine and yes it would be a horror game where Gex stalks you like Nemesis
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walked out into the hallway at work and saw an abandoned cart with a printed email sitting on top of it and now i'm terrified we're hurtling toward a "videogame apocalypse w/ scattered lore dumps" scenario
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one time we had DK64 playing on the demo tv at the game store i worked at and it locked up on this screen. the sound was horrible and extremely erotic
just in time for #gexweek, made me this INCREDIBLE new business card design so i can represent in style!
be sure to ask for one if you see me at GDC (Gex Developers Conference) next month
so my first week has mostly just been getting set up and acquainted with the project
i am not allowed to say much bc it is all very TOP SECRET but Legal has approved the following statement:
"the game is very gay"
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my mom is a diehard animal crossing player (open thread for more good content)
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like all my great ideas, this originated from a dumb tweet i made in response to 's quote tweet of
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game idea: open source collective hell game called "A Little Game Called Mario"
anyone can commit changes to the repo (which auto-builds and releases each time) so any and all contributors are considered to have done "work" on the game
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hi jon please take a look at my gum buffet in this thread and keep me in mind should you need another gum sommelier
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hi i'm izzy and i transitioned in my late 20s! i was pretty miserable before that and had a hard time seeing any sort of future for myself.
today, i have an amazing husband and incredible job in game dev that i otherwise would never have had the confidence or drive to pursue 🥰
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I've got an idea! Lately it kinda seems like the odds are against trans rights, right? Well I'm sure we're going to win because every trans person I know is a damn miracle
QT or reply to this with your first name, a selfie (if you're comfortable), and your victory so I can RT it
tonight in iowa city i’ve seen so many handing out water to the thousand plus ppl. we blocked a highway intersection but immediately opened up for an ambulance coming through.
we don’t need cops. the community can take care of itself
hi hello there is less than 1 month until GDC and i still have not made contact with anyone who can tell me if the Gex statue still exists in HQ and whether or not i can visit him for a quick wedding ceremony
if u have connections plz put me in touch
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me: so what if i went to the crystal dynamics office
husband: okay
me: and i took pictures with the gex statue
husband: okay
me: and i wore my wedding dress and made it look like we were getting married
husband: i mean yeah we paid a lot for that dress and only used it once twitter.com/iznaut/status/…
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when i went to captain marvel i had the incredible urge to climb over the dividing wall next to the exit path. i resisted but then when the movie ended some brave child did it and i was so grateful for the opportunity to live vicariously through them
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It's tail time. #GexIsBack
GEX returns through the science of the Carbon Engine in GEX Trilogy. We'll have more details to share in the future #LRG3
#LRG3
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the first person to send @WritNelson a picture of your switch playing An Airport for Aliens Currently Run By Dogs in a Denny's will get the cost of a grand slam paypal'd to them by me twitter.com/iznaut/status/…
is your child texting about gex? what your teen’s text messages actually mean:
GG = good gecko
RIP = rest in peace (to gex’s dad who died in a NASA accident)
LLLL = lock ‘n load little lizard
ITT = it’s tail time
LMWT = lickin’ my way to the top
SotT = slip of the tongue
hi please read this and RT - it's really important we don't let robin's actions be forgotten just because is gone and no longer a headline
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I'm an immigrant WOC and I was tokenized by Robin Hunicke. This is my story
Read: tl.gd/n_1ss3fgg
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is everyone having a good #gexweek so far? i know is!
thanks for sharing this magazine spread from the library!
never forget
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i don't know how, but i WILL find a way to get Gex back on store shelves before the end of 2024. the world has done without him for TOO LONG
look, i'm not saying Gex would have stopped 9/11 but i'm not NOT saying that either. we can't KNOW until we get an official statement
new bad tweet just dropped
new pfp just dropped
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Based, of course, on the infamous ad
THANK YOU @iznaut for one of the best commission prompts I have ever recevied. I had a blast working on this!
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game idea: open source collective hell game called "A Little Game Called Mario"
anyone can commit changes to the repo (which auto-builds and releases each time) so any and all contributors are considered to have done "work" on the game
the controller didn't work when they tested it, they couldn't take it
