Daphne⭐

@daphnestar.com

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Writer, parent, software engineer, aspiring game developer. My goal here is to follow other creators and post my own work; I'm more active on Mastodon. You can find my work linked from or published on my website: https://daphnestar.com

An eight-panel pixel art comic for Make A Terrible Comic Day. Panel 1: Daphne is working on her laptop. A trash can is conspicuously in frame behind her. Panel 2: A possum leaps from the trans can, yelling "HEY!" to which Daphne responds "AAAH!" The lid is thrown clear off the can. Panel 3: The possum is sitting on Daphne's laptop now. "Make a terrible comic!" he demands. Panel 4: Daphne responds "Okay? I just do lo-res pixels so it'll be bad..." Panel 5: Sam Altman suddenly appears, saying "Not so fast!" Daphne, shocked, reacts "Sam Altman!" Panel 6: Sam Altman starts rambling about how you can make a comic instantly with AI. His text fills the panel behind the subjects. Panel 7: Sam is still talking. Daphne comments "He won't stop." to which the possum replies "I have an idea." Panel 8: Daphne is working on her laptop with the possum perched on her shoulder. Muffled words like "future," "AI," and "now" are coming from the trash can with the lid replaced.
My pixel art reproduction of the cover image for the "Electrostatics" Wikipedia page. It features a cat completely covered in packing peanuts staring incredulously at the viewer.
Pixel art of the "ChatGPT" sandwich. It's a hunk of ham topped with a slathering of cheese, a layer of avocado, and a generous dousing of gravy topped with a generous helping of peppermint leaves all on toasted bread. There's a toothpick stabbed through the top to hold this monstrosity together.
An edit of Stupid Twink's "weed that makes you gay" comic. Panel 1: (green person) "my mouse is broken" Panel 2: (blue person) "is it because of that video? Panel 3: (green) "oh yeah, lemme check if I accidentally watched the fucking video that breaks your mouse" Panel 4: (green, looking at the thumbnail for Abi's video) "oh fuck"
A photo of two cards. On the bottom, an outline of an egg with the caption "Some day you will fly." On the top, a picture of a mantis decapitating another mantis with the caption "Girls will be Girls"
A variation on the Drake girl meme. "Motorboating" is out; "Listening to The Word Of Our Lord" is in.
A screenshot of the match results of the match that got me to Novice on HyperQbe. Despite being a 1 win 3 loss match, that one winning flip netted me over 5 trillion Q, more than enough to reach Novice (and win the match handily).
The meme of a monkey puppet looking uneasy. The text has been altered to read as follows: Doctor: Are you obsessing over Utena? Me: Only the normal amount Doctor: The normal amount is zero Me:
A pair of orange tabby cats laying (loafing) on a pair of loafers (shoes).
A pixel art rendition of a doctor's office. Cabinets and a sink are on one side, some trees are visible through a window, and a chair and doctor's stool are resting on the floor. A poster reading "HRT & YOU" is up on the wall.
A wall poster featuring a circle, square, and several "words" consisting entirely of the letter B
A plain title screen for a jam game prototype. The entire runtime is spent selecting things in various menus. There is no audio.
Pixel art of a masc presenting person looking at the camera with a somewhat sad, blank expression. They're have messy brown hair and are wearing a baggy gray hoodie.
A portrait of a woman staring blankly into the middle distance, using the same muted color palette.
A color palette test consisting of a small scene using three washed-out grays and three washed-out reds. These are intended as background colors so fully saturated game sprites will stand out on top of them.
A sizzle reel for the public alpha build of Final Stage Prototype, a single stage vertical rail shooter.
Star Sapphire from Great Fairy Wars (Touhou 12.8)
The options menu of Final Stage Prototype, showing to the remap controls page.
The Gameplay page of the Final Stage Profile options menu. A variety of game options are displayed onscreen.
A still image of the Pepe Silvia meme
A showcase reel of Final Stage Prototype, a vertical rail shooter in development. The player makes some selections from the options menu then starts the game, fighting through a few waves of enemies and using the panic system and dimensional shift field along the way. The video ends just as a huge boss enemy descends from the top of the screen.
A screenshot of Final Stage Prototype, a vertical rail shooter. The field has a functional UI now, showing various key stats in a futuristic, stylized HUD.
A screenshot from Final Stage Prototype, a vertical rail shooter. A stylized semi-transparent UI frames the bottom part of the play area.
The options menu for Final Stage Prototype. It looks similar to the options menu of many other games.
A video of Final Stage Prototype, a vertical rail shooter. A large boss enemy comes down from the top of the screen and firest three unbroken streams of bullets; one straight down and the other two straight at the player.
A brown turtle shell.
A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "selo" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "skin" and a picture of a turtle shell.
Text in a file reading "Implement difficulty"
A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "palisa" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "rod" and a picture of a stick.
A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "linja" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "string" and a picture of a jump rope.
According to Merriam-Webster, my word of 2026 is "wolfish."
A short video of Final Stage Prototype, a vertical rail shooter still in development. This video focuses on player capabilities: Firing at enemy ships, collecting a power up, activating a field that repels enemy bullets, and releasing a stream of "panic bullets" that clears out enemy fire.
A photo of a wagon wheel; a sweet consisting of two round cookies with jam and marshmallow fluff sandwiched between. The entire sandwich is then surrounded by a layer of chocolate.
A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "luka" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "hand" and a picture of a hand.
An early prototype of a vertical rail shooter. A small "heartship" fires at enemy ships dropping in from above.
A Nanoblock sylveon, lovingly assembled this morning
A scene tree in Godot for a node named EnemyHoverAndDrift. Of note are the child nodes BehaviorQueue and WeaponLoadout, each with several child nodes of their own implementing various enemy behaviors and fire patterns.
Placeholder assets for a rail shooter in development: A small, medium, and large sized enemy ship, and the player's "heartship."
A placeholder ship graphic. It has a little blue heart on the aft bit of the fuselage.
A photo of Leslie Knope from Parks and Recreation pointing off camera.
A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "la" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "context" and a picture of a document with a Politifact-style meter pointing at "FALSE" providing context on the document.
A rail shooter, very early in development. A player ship fires upward at an approaching enemy ship.
A very small (8x8) pixel art image of Chiaki waving the "3 YEARS OF MIS" flag.
A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "pi" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "group" and a picture of an equation with the parenthesis highlighted.
Energy vampire Colin Robinson (from What We Do In The Shadows) in the midst of a feeding session
A tweet from @SamKuffelWx reading: "We often get questions about the difference between a Watch and a Warning, so here's an easier way to think about it. Watch = Ingredients are there for it to happen Warning = It's happening" Below the text is an image; on the left side are a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, a squeeze bottle of jam, a knife, and the caption "Sandwich Watch", on the right is a fully assembled sandwich on a plate with the caption "Sandwich Warning"
A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "unpa" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "sex" and a picture of cell division.
A pixel art comic tribute to #15YearsOfRain. The first panel is Rain on her first day of senior year, telling herself "I can do this..." The next three panels are various readers discovering the comic; through the print edition, reading online, hearing from a friend. The fifth panel is those same three readers facing the camera in the midst of their own transition or coming out; one wearing a dress and a wig, another with HRT pills in hand, telling themselves "I can do this..." The sixth and final panel is much larger, spanning the entire width of the comic. It shows today's Rain with an umbrella behind her, looking toward the sky. Behind her is a growing sea of umbrellas, representing the many readers inspired by the comic's message, saying "I can do this..." to themselves as they follow in Rain's footsteps.
Two notepads side by side, one with an avocado and the caption "Avo Great Day" and the other with bold lettering that reads "Punch Today In The Face"
A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "moli" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "dead" and a picture of a burning memorial candle with a small arrangement of flowers at its base. The flowers are in the colors of the trans flag.
An origami sleeping cat
A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "jaki" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "dirty" and a picture of a dirty dish, knife, and fork.
A Blobun puzzle, annotated with a potential solution.
A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "nasa" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "strange" and a picture of the Penrose "impossible" triangle.
A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "walo" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "white" and a picture of a lily.
A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "pimeja" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "black" and a picture of the night sky.
A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "loje" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "red" and a picture of a northern cardinal chirping.
A pixel art image on a 64x64 canvas of the toki pona word "laso" and its associated glyph on top. On the bottom is a rough English translation; the word "blue" and a picture of a river.