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The Last Islands of Man

@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social

Part time game dev, full time father/husband/factory worker. Also Sff writer and avid gamer. Geomancy/terraforming and multiple choice endings litter my work.

created October 18, 2024

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Ok

2/9/2025, 3:52:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No poop in my yard please.

2/9/2025, 3:25:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Smash didnt have a sexual connotation back then.

2/9/2025, 12:41:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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2018. Pokemon hunting inbetween driving school buses. Sometimes id get pork buns at the adjoining grocery store.

2/9/2025, 12:38:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Animals dont like breeding in captivity...

2/9/2025, 12:34:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

They could totally market that commercially.

2/9/2025, 12:15:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

That couldnt be that hard to pull off.

2/9/2025, 12:14:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Creation gems.

2/9/2025, 12:11:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Doing chores by yourself doesn't count.

1/9/2025, 11:06:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social)

I just watched this film with my 3 yr old.we both loved it.very well done. youtu.be/82WW9dVbglI

1/9/2025, 6:35:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ivy 🥚 sly (@ivysly.com) reposted

it's absolutely crucial i get people to playtest. the game is free and is essentially finished, but i need feedback! please join the discord for a free steam key no strings attached discord.gg/sQb5agEYzM

31/8/2025, 8:26:12 PM | 34 15 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

the 3 year old says "no dadda"...

31/8/2025, 10:00:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kelly Turnbull (@coelasquid.bsky.social) reposted

Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑

Frustrated little dude gripping a pencil saying “how do I pack this down into something I can actually share?” While swirling rainbows labeled “INFINITE POTENTIAL” float around them. Little dude frowns at a tiny grey box, exclaiming “all that work for THIS?!” Little dude shoves the grey box into another little guy’s hands; Frowning, stomping off, and saying “Here you go, I made this, it sucks.” Second little dude cracks open the box, swirling rainbows project out onto their face. Second little dude stares in awe at all the swirling rainbows now floating around them.
31/8/2025, 9:04:01 AM | 22713 7763 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MikeWildspeaker (@mikewildspeaker.bsky.social) reposted

After spending 67 hours with my daughter as she played through FF6, we finally beat Kefka. In this time together, engaging with a beautiful work of art, we bonded profoundly, created meaning, and triumphed over despair, indifference, and nihilism.

My daughter is in the foreground with a 😱 I’m looking at here with a 😱 In the background is a large TV with the final scenes before the boss fight with Kefka at the end of FF6.
30/8/2025, 5:41:17 PM | 27 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Youre getting the whole family. Eventually.

30/8/2025, 7:38:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Its all about the mids.

30/8/2025, 7:31:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

They signed away their responsibility.

30/8/2025, 3:03:52 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Lols

30/8/2025, 3:00:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Nahh... i tried that trick.

30/8/2025, 12:56:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

She talks about herself enough...

30/8/2025, 12:49:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amy (@abuckley.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Capitalism doesn't work for the good of humans, yet we embrace it fully as the best system, so afraid of socialism. The elite have convinced the 80% that socialism is bad because it's bad for the elite and great for the 80%. Excellent propaganda machine.

29/8/2025, 4:03:37 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ProgressiveAmerica (@progressiveamerica.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

All these “new” tech bros thinks about money and power. Bring back the old tech bros who thinks about progressiveness and Star Wars. For the better, educated future.

29/8/2025, 3:20:39 PM | 15 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Slippy The Toad (@slippytoad14.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

That is the main and #1 reason I see it as useless, from a computer programmer/systems analyst perspective. A computer is supposed to be able to produce reliable data. A computer that hallucinates is worse than useless. We have to doublecheck everything it does . . . why even bother with it then?

29/8/2025, 1:00:44 PM | 16 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Dow Smith (@matthewdowsmith.bsky.social) reposted

I will never get over how a handful of tech bros set billions of dollars on fire to build a plagiarism machine that doesn't work and will destroy human society when they could have used a fraction of that money to fund a new golden age of creativity and knowledge.

29/8/2025, 11:50:21 AM | 10224 2453 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Its time to make some money! Srsly though, you could never write something as scary as the world right now. Nonfic = new horror.

29/8/2025, 2:49:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social)

LOAD"MAIL ORDER MONSTER",8,1

29/8/2025, 2:43:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Winning

29/8/2025, 2:41:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Luigi will be shooting ai soon.

29/8/2025, 2:34:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

How?

29/8/2025, 1:39:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social)

Im getting things on my to do list done. Not all, but most... the ones left behind the longest end with "NEED ART". Eventually thats all the list will be. I really need to learn ... this game will never be what i imagine otherwise. #indiedev #rpgmaker #gamedev

28/8/2025, 5:35:56 AM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MorbidAnjel (@morbidanjel.bsky.social) reposted

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27/8/2025, 11:47:16 PM | 584 129 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Supa green!

28/8/2025, 1:45:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Yup. Pretty good.

28/8/2025, 12:25:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Id never get anything done if i had to wait.

28/8/2025, 12:08:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Dirty boys...

27/8/2025, 2:55:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social)

Hello, my name is "say potato..."

27/8/2025, 2:54:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Smart

27/8/2025, 2:51:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Something Classic (@somethingclassic.bsky.social) reposted

After 7 years of development, we are excited that "Quartet" is out now! A series of train robberies. A mysterious deck of cards. A fleet of deadly airships. An accidental mage. Choose from four stories, in any order, and discover how they intertwine in this turn-based RPG!

26/8/2025, 4:10:32 PM | 369 157 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

I loved that one. wish i bought it.

26/8/2025, 7:32:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Some get life insurance policies on us, so they care...

26/8/2025, 7:30:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Theyre okay with that.

26/8/2025, 7:26:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

The power of individualism, nationalized.

26/8/2025, 7:25:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Tell them to go home. They left the oven on.

26/8/2025, 7:16:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Forget em until you cant. Hopefully they find their own solution.

26/8/2025, 7:14:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Its tomato season!

26/8/2025, 7:06:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Someone needs to rule the wastelands.

26/8/2025, 7:01:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Im really enjoying it.

26/8/2025, 6:50:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Hang a giant beach towel with a tiger on it.

26/8/2025, 6:45:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

My buddys cat walked out on him last summer. Came back 3 months later in the middle of the night. Skinny and covered in fleas but happy to be home.

26/8/2025, 6:42:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tyler Mire (@tylermire.bsky.social) reposted

I am really relieved to be seeing so many positive reviews of "Quartet". You just don't know how people will react. I sincerely hope people give it a shot tomorrow! We worked really hard and left it all out there.

26/8/2025, 12:15:17 AM | 24 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social)

I finally got tired of the default windows in The Last Islands of Man 2. I was trying out a few free ones from hiddenones and I settled on this one for now. More brown! lol. Looks better. #gamedev #indiedev #rpgmaker

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26/8/2025, 8:42:19 AM | 11 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Otto Ojala (@ottoojala.com) reposted

The first few sound effects are in, very much a work-in-progress, still. All sfx for the objects are still missing, except for the post-it notes. Spent a few hours making the fart loop dynamic. Fart sound provided by my partner - I wonder if she wants to be credited or not... #SoundDesign

25/8/2025, 2:53:26 PM | 42 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Whered you get them?

26/8/2025, 1:06:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Big tech has money, only thing that matters.

25/8/2025, 11:57:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Have you checked heros hour?

25/8/2025, 7:54:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Previously on LOST.

24/8/2025, 8:49:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

most of what i hear is lack of support from offline managers, caused by lack of funding. Nobody actually cares enough to pay for the answer.

24/8/2025, 8:48:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

like a glove

24/8/2025, 5:21:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

lol, fact....

24/8/2025, 5:20:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social)

I'm slowly making my way through #ff7rebirth, I'm at chapter 8 rn, and I gotta say this is the most #Kojima thing I've seen since Quiet's dance scene. I'm enjoying the game but these devs were really enjoying themselves too!

24/8/2025, 5:12:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

not every loss is a failure.

24/8/2025, 5:02:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Agreed. The first 20 hrs feel like setup. A bit of a drag. Not sure if it gets better. It must...

24/8/2025, 3:15:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Search for appropriate struggle. Or get flat brained.

24/8/2025, 12:43:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social)

The world makes a lot more sense if you understand that one outta ten of the people you meet are comfortably evil. Another fraction of them are uncomfortable evil, but dont change. Can you recognize them? Do you like them? Do you give them your community?

22/8/2025, 10:33:01 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks. The simpler version is the first game. Next one has much more story and characters.

22/8/2025, 8:38:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Ambivalence is tougher than it sounds.

22/8/2025, 5:36:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice dress.

22/8/2025, 5:33:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Intense

22/8/2025, 5:32:47 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Its a time management game. Just like our own lives. Hurry and fix the imbalance or lose everything you love.

22/8/2025, 5:30:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social)

Greed in The Last Islands of Man 2, as in our world, gets worse the closer they get to the end. Prices keep rising, water keeps disappearing and the sand keeps blowing. Those who lived a greedy life think their piles of gold and silk will save them from the desert. #indiedev #rpgmaker #gamedev

22/8/2025, 2:58:15 AM | 5 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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The word is evil. Recognize or be buried.

22/8/2025, 2:52:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Hot air. Its everywhere. Thinking that theres a solution outside of ciolence is the mistake. Theyll never conceed.

22/8/2025, 2:49:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Change genres?

22/8/2025, 2:38:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Yup

22/8/2025, 2:35:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Taking tasks off my to do lists is like popping bubbles. Very satisfying.

22/8/2025, 2:31:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Its all a scam.

21/8/2025, 7:22:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Runelight Owl (@runelightowl.bsky.social) reposted

A bit of an update for Moonfell, which will almost certainly be overshadowed by #Silksong release news, but here we go regardless! store.steampowered.com/news/app/287... #indiedev #jrpg #indiegame

21/8/2025, 3:44:32 PM | 22 12 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social)

This hit pretty hard. Especially with everything going on right now with creativity and the nihilism born of Gen AI. Here's a Gnostic perspective on a classic tale. Maybe the most important one. Entropy is real, and it will win. We are the light within the dark. How bright are you? #amwriting

21/8/2025, 9:05:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Still waiting for you guys to stop it.

21/8/2025, 5:33:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Time to react.

21/8/2025, 5:31:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cause they can make you pay for it again. Every month.

21/8/2025, 5:30:15 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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The americans are coming. Arm up.

21/8/2025, 5:28:16 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Thats all it takes.

21/8/2025, 2:57:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Someones gonna set it on fire. Just like they attacked the power transformers.

21/8/2025, 2:54:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Huge

21/8/2025, 2:48:49 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Stevie D (@stevieinselby.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

The one thing I've always wanted from a computer is a lack of reliability and accuracy...

20/8/2025, 10:30:27 PM | 22 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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The new world class

21/8/2025, 2:47:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Josephus Brown (@josephusbrown.bsky.social) reposted

It’s a real indictment of the system that the CEO who’s directly responsible for basically destroying Target is probably going to get paid more to do that than I’ll make in my entire lifetime working in education

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Profile picture Phil McAndrew (@philmcandrew.bsky.social) reposted

if human suffering and the survival of all life on earth weren't a factor, this would be a very, very funny period in human history to witness

20/8/2025, 4:40:17 AM | 34 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Ywriter and scrivener have been my gotos for decades.

20/8/2025, 2:56:07 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Motivations matter.

20/8/2025, 2:55:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do a barrel roll!

20/8/2025, 2:43:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou (@kanaratron.bsky.social) reposted

Game development.

An image from the recent Kirby Air Riders Direct. Director Masahiro Sakurai is talking about game development, the captions read
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Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Hard pass.

19/8/2025, 5:33:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Pay up pleb.

19/8/2025, 2:42:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mr. INDIEgualable 🇲🇽 (@indiegualable.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

You can't stop me from trying (more like fumbling about).

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Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Whoa nice. Thanks for trying. Fumbling about/exploring is what its all about. I hope the final puzzle isnt too tough.

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Profile picture The Last Islands of Man (@forkedtailstudio.bsky.social) reply parent

Destiny is the only one ive played. I feel behind lol.

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Profile picture Andrés Diplotti (@diplotti.com) reposted

A.I. is popular because it gives you the experience of being a boss: you get to give annoyingly specific instructions about how to do something you don't actually know how to do yourself, and then claim credit for the end result.

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burn

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