Quinn K.
@quinnkdev
Curmudgeonly artist, writer and gamedev from Austria. 2023 IGF Nuovo Award Nominee. Worked on: An Outcry, There Swings A Skull, OFF. Now: Blanksword Opinions are my own. Icon by Kobold Factory
can't be sharing the majority of that one (it's rather personal), but here's one that i felt turned out well. (alt-text has the transcript)
my favorite contemporary band, mary in the junkyard, released a new album today; "role model hermit" www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBq8... gonna livepost each track
today, i'm looking back at the path behind me. mostly i was a side-character in bigger stories than my own, but i can't help but feel a profound sense of gratitude all the same. not many people who've only been here for 31 years have left ripples like this.
the history of this one is funny: i basically had to stop using proper capitalization in my writing in order to be able to get back into the groove of writing poetry. the chutes were blocked otherwise. hope you have a pleasant read! :)
for the first time in years, i've put out a new poetry zine! it's got 10 new poems in it - some of my more visceral work lately quinnk.itch.io/lower-case grab it for 2 dollars here! <3
favorite thing the Blanksword fan server has started doing lately: Traitorposting
joke-thread over, Grandma is here and i love her and would kill anybody who would ridicule her or bring her to harm
was anyone going to tell me that fire emblem on NES has absolute classics of face in it or did i really have to find this out on my own first
i think psalmanazar and herodotus had nothing to do with it. the batter just did that
on the other hand, this has been me since the game started. i have no idea how to read this one's protagonist yet. looking forward to where this continues to go (with apologies to splendidland, who i nabbed this panel from)
it's itch io creator day today, huh? quinnk.itch.io Well! if you haven't obtained any of the games on my itch yet, and want to ensure i get a good cut of the proceeds of them - do make a purchase today! :>
i've recently learned that it used to be called "rap genius", and was gradually gentrified by users submitting non-rap lyrics until the site was renamed, which is upsetting in its own way, but hey, at least the site gives us deep wisdom! like this (song being described is "still" by black midi):
most of the Blanksword team is taking a break until 2026 begins, in order to recuperate from the stress of the Kickstarter hustle. i'm also trying to take it easier - mostly not working and doing for-fun art like guitar covers - but i did shake out this map earlier: "Slightly Damaged Living Space"
when it gets to be Halloween Seasons, i should start making a habit of dawsonposting i've been doing it a strangely high amount this year and i'm having a blast
as for "when" - BLANK's very first drawing ever, in 2022, had the brain outline already:
in 2015, i had a game idea called "radon: a vapor play". that game's protag was a gaudy gold picture frame whose painting was missing, and had to be collected in parts across several surreal worlds. the visible brain-outline was a continuation of that same idea, of a void as part of a design.
something wicked (sweet) this way comes... (new icon by @koboldfactory.bsky.social !)