Arka
@arka2arka9.bsky.social
they/them | de facto Art Director on Shards Between Us 🌻🌱✨ | Learning shaders and relearning oils
Commissions: https://vgen.co/arka2_arka9
Commissions: https://vgen.co/arka2_arka9
Just finished a commission for Alva! I was so excited to draw black mage stuff 💫🔮✨
September 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Just finished a commission for Alva! I was so excited to draw black mage stuff 💫🔮✨
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✨ Sponsor a Seat ✨ and help us build a kinder games industry!
Our first-ever Sponsor a Seat campaign lets YOU directly support the GAMERella Game Jam.
We especially welcome sponsorship from indies, small biz, and individuals. Join us!
#GAMERella #gamejam #montreal #fundraising
Our first-ever Sponsor a Seat campaign lets YOU directly support the GAMERella Game Jam.
We especially welcome sponsorship from indies, small biz, and individuals. Join us!
#GAMERella #gamejam #montreal #fundraising
September 17, 2026 at 2:12 PM
✨ Sponsor a Seat ✨ and help us build a kinder games industry!
Our first-ever Sponsor a Seat campaign lets YOU directly support the GAMERella Game Jam.
We especially welcome sponsorship from indies, small biz, and individuals. Join us!
#GAMERella #gamejam #montreal #fundraising
Our first-ever Sponsor a Seat campaign lets YOU directly support the GAMERella Game Jam.
We especially welcome sponsorship from indies, small biz, and individuals. Join us!
#GAMERella #gamejam #montreal #fundraising
Another submission for vgen's monthly challenge! It's been a while since I've done anything close to a finished environment painting, so I wanted to lean way more into that 🥹🌅
August 21, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Another submission for vgen's monthly challenge! It's been a while since I've done anything close to a finished environment painting, so I wanted to lean way more into that 🥹🌅
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I'm not being very productive, which could be due to sleep or thyroid. But what I can do is dick around on social media.
So let's share again the starter packs I made of game devs who refuse to use gen AI in any capacity.
Here you go:
go.bsky.app/6DRdowf
go.bsky.app/AS5R4p7
go.bsky.app/7K7JDCJ
So let's share again the starter packs I made of game devs who refuse to use gen AI in any capacity.
Here you go:
go.bsky.app/6DRdowf
go.bsky.app/AS5R4p7
go.bsky.app/7K7JDCJ
August 15, 2026 at 11:27 AM
I'm not being very productive, which could be due to sleep or thyroid. But what I can do is dick around on social media.
So let's share again the starter packs I made of game devs who refuse to use gen AI in any capacity.
Here you go:
go.bsky.app/6DRdowf
go.bsky.app/AS5R4p7
go.bsky.app/7K7JDCJ
So let's share again the starter packs I made of game devs who refuse to use gen AI in any capacity.
Here you go:
go.bsky.app/6DRdowf
go.bsky.app/AS5R4p7
go.bsky.app/7K7JDCJ
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We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2026 🎉
The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.
Deadline: September 27th
More info 👇
The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.
Deadline: September 27th
More info 👇
August 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2026 🎉
The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.
Deadline: September 27th
More info 👇
The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.
Deadline: September 27th
More info 👇
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HI FOLKS! If you stopped by our #TwitchCon booth in 2025, you may have tried out this game. Good news, Ledgerbound JUST released on Steam. Please support our queer/queer-made game devs!
Save the world. Deny the claim. Maximize Shareholder value. 📈
Leave your desk behind to battle world-ending evil and pursue HR-approved romance in this fully voiced comedy tactical RPG.
Ledgerbound is OUT NOW on Steam: s.team/a/3315060
Playing today? Leave us a review!
Leave your desk behind to battle world-ending evil and pursue HR-approved romance in this fully voiced comedy tactical RPG.
Ledgerbound is OUT NOW on Steam: s.team/a/3315060
Playing today? Leave us a review!
August 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
HI FOLKS! If you stopped by our #TwitchCon booth in 2025, you may have tried out this game. Good news, Ledgerbound JUST released on Steam. Please support our queer/queer-made game devs!
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When a menu has a neat little tween. Or a character has a funny little animation. Somebody out there spent days making that little detail perfect. And when you’re playing a game you’re blasted with like 50 of these little things per minute. Games are so rich with human life! It’s awesome!!!
August 14, 2026 at 7:16 PM
When a menu has a neat little tween. Or a character has a funny little animation. Somebody out there spent days making that little detail perfect. And when you’re playing a game you’re blasted with like 50 of these little things per minute. Games are so rich with human life! It’s awesome!!!
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I'm looking for more work in the upcoming months! Here's a couple games I've worked on but I also provide the following complimentary services:
👑Your teams biggest cheerleader
✨Can work booths
🎤Speaker
💬My job requires a lot of networking -> Found opportunities for my games that way
👑Your teams biggest cheerleader
✨Can work booths
🎤Speaker
💬My job requires a lot of networking -> Found opportunities for my games that way
August 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I'm looking for more work in the upcoming months! Here's a couple games I've worked on but I also provide the following complimentary services:
👑Your teams biggest cheerleader
✨Can work booths
🎤Speaker
💬My job requires a lot of networking -> Found opportunities for my games that way
👑Your teams biggest cheerleader
✨Can work booths
🎤Speaker
💬My job requires a lot of networking -> Found opportunities for my games that way
Study of Yerba Buena Park from when I was at GDC last year!
August 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Study of Yerba Buena Park from when I was at GDC last year!
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Sketches from like….two Christmases ago from the arboretum in Canberra
August 1, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Sketches from like….two Christmases ago from the arboretum in Canberra
I just had closing shift at an ice cream shop and i remember nothing except eating straight from an ice cream tub we were about to toss at the end of the night
August 1, 2026 at 12:44 AM
I just had closing shift at an ice cream shop and i remember nothing except eating straight from an ice cream tub we were about to toss at the end of the night
A mapcrunch study from last week (I think it was last week I have no concept of time rn)
July 31, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A mapcrunch study from last week (I think it was last week I have no concept of time rn)
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🌱 August-only or til slots fill up !
today on namio's periodically changing preferred style to draw
Rates will change once the style is added to my VGen offerings
RT appreciated 🥰
today on namio's periodically changing preferred style to draw
Rates will change once the style is added to my VGen offerings
RT appreciated 🥰
July 30, 2026 at 6:06 AM
🌱 August-only or til slots fill up !
today on namio's periodically changing preferred style to draw
Rates will change once the style is added to my VGen offerings
RT appreciated 🥰
today on namio's periodically changing preferred style to draw
Rates will change once the style is added to my VGen offerings
RT appreciated 🥰
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Launchgratulations!
🐣Our cozy puzzle adventure Rita is OUT NOW! 🎉
Join our clever little chicken on a heartwarming journey through life - full of puzzles, new friends, and memories to cherish. 💛🐥
Available now on Steam 🎮
store.steampowered.com/app/2984850/...
#PuzzleGames #Indiegames #CozyGames
Join our clever little chicken on a heartwarming journey through life - full of puzzles, new friends, and memories to cherish. 💛🐥
Available now on Steam 🎮
store.steampowered.com/app/2984850/...
#PuzzleGames #Indiegames #CozyGames
July 30, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Launchgratulations!
Submission for vgen's monthly challenge!
July 30, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Submission for vgen's monthly challenge!
I saw a street “Ratification Way” and I briefly forgot what ratification meant and I was like “…turning…into a rat??”
July 26, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I saw a street “Ratification Way” and I briefly forgot what ratification meant and I was like “…turning…into a rat??”
After I think 4 years of working on this on and off, it’s finally done 🥹🎉
June 27, 2026 at 4:32 PM
After I think 4 years of working on this on and off, it’s finally done 🥹🎉
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And we're live again with @qweertygamers.org and @arka2arka9.bsky.social, doing a little panel about how to be critical of your own work without being mean to yourself :) Come hang out in chat!
www.twitch.tv/qweertygamers
#indiegames #queergames #gamedev
www.twitch.tv/qweertygamers
#indiegames #queergames #gamedev
QweertyGamers - Twitch
QG Panel | How to Critically Analyze Your Own Work | Anna Mezzacappa w/ Beyond-FX, Arka w/ Queensguard Enzi w/ Enzi Productions !QDC
www.twitch.tv
June 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
And we're live again with @qweertygamers.org and @arka2arka9.bsky.social, doing a little panel about how to be critical of your own work without being mean to yourself :) Come hang out in chat!
www.twitch.tv/qweertygamers
#indiegames #queergames #gamedev
www.twitch.tv/qweertygamers
#indiegames #queergames #gamedev
There's a VOD up if you missed it! ✨
Going live with @qweertygamers.org and @arka2arka9.bsky.social to chat about our games :) Come check it out! www.twitch.tv/qweertygamers
QweertyGamers - Twitch
Queer Quest: QDC Dev Swap #1 - Gas Station Story & Shards Between Us !Wishlist
www.twitch.tv
June 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
There's a VOD up if you missed it! ✨
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We're live with our next QDC Panel | How to Critically Analyze Your Own Work with Anna Mezzacappa from Beyond-FX, Arka Tu from Queensguard, and Enzi from Enzi Productions!
June 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
We're live with our next QDC Panel | How to Critically Analyze Your Own Work with Anna Mezzacappa from Beyond-FX, Arka Tu from Queensguard, and Enzi from Enzi Productions!
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join the war on chicago on the side of chicago
September 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
join the war on chicago on the side of chicago
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The streets of Chicago are full with tens of thousands of people standing up to ICE and Trump.
Join us.
Join us.
September 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The streets of Chicago are full with tens of thousands of people standing up to ICE and Trump.
Join us.
Join us.