Yän

@yaengames.bsky.social

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Game maker from Berlin and game designer @paintbucket.de. Check out my personal games on itch.io: https://yaen-games.itch.io/

A digital painting from the perspective of a dementia patient. It's an artistic interpretation of what the world might feel like when viewed through this lens. The patient is in bed, surrounded by family but each one of them appears severely estranged, faces and other features are distorted, absent, confusing, or exaggerated to a point where they feel dangerous. Examining people from left to right, on the left, closest to the patient, there is a lanky woman, one hand resting on the bed, the other reaching out to you with exaggerated perspective. A grotesquely large, desparate grin stretches across her face as she seems to be crying and laughing at the same time. Behind her on the left side a person is wearing black. But the black appears as a hole, consuming the world around it and cracking into any matter behind or in front of it. Their face appears severely distorted and partially missing due to the presence of another deep black void in it. The glasses are strangely duplicated and arranged in a nonsensical pattern. To the right in the back, there is a bearded man holding a child whose facial features are entirely absent. The patient doesn't recognise the child at all. For the man, all identifying features are replaced with hair. Closest on the right is a person with a face that has all parts twisted and misplaced to the point where it looks as if it came right out of a picasso painting. They are holding a large cake right in front of the patient's face, above the bed. The candles' flames engulf its entire top and create the impression of an enormous, dangerous fire that could catch on anything else in the room at any moment. In the background there is a large banner. It might have been a cheerful message like "Happy Birthday" but the writing is illegible and feels completely alien. Overall, the scene feels threatening, confusing, and alienating as the disease turns what was meant to be a friendly gesture by loved ones into a bizarre horror trip.
A seamless texture pattern depicting rubber ducks on a wavy, purple background. Some ducks are front-facing while others are seen from the side. One of the duck has an evil glare. All of them are cute.
A digital painting of a desert landscape by Yän. Dunes can be seen in the background. In the foreground, a leafless weather-worn tree is stretching across the image, clearly blown from left to right by strong winds over time.
A seamless texture of rocky tiles in odd shapes, hand painted in a stylized manner. The rocks have slight colour variations but are overall set in a bluish dark grey. Flat art style with only three distinct shades applied to each tile.
A whiteboard sits on a concrete wall drawn in a stylized art style. The whiteboard is full of exaggerated corporate graphs and plans for infinite growth and scribbles from the perspective of a big tech company seeking market domination. Next to the whiteboard is a sticker with a company logo of THE FORUM and a nametag sticker for a character called "Greta K. Süngerswöerd" Several whiteboard markers and sponges rest on a shelf at the bottom of the whiteboard. The whiteboard has a blue frame.
Artwork image of a dystopian operating system dashboard, visualising many current trends of monopolistic internet tech giants. Around the central logo of the fictional company THE FORUM, there are various modules related different topics. There is the TF Finance section labeled EmoteBets where emoji-usage is traded like stocks. A TF Shop app which sells nonsensical NFT "investments", useless products, and even friends. A music module "TF Tunes" which is based on a constant stream of Computer Generated "Moods", sidelining human made music to a tiny, submenu. A TF Home module poking fun of useless Smart Home devices and the "Internet Of Things" hype. A TF News section with a word cloud where the most sensationalistic and banal articles are promoted while important information is almost vanishingly small. A TF Games section, but it's integrated into work with a microtransaction system where you can sell your overtime hours for pointless ingame rewards. A TF Chat section where you are highly incentivised to reply to everything with computer generated premade responses, even if you get a heartfelt personal message. And a TF Community Tab which displays various algorithmically selected and advertised user groups, some of which cultishly following tech leaders. On top there is a task bar with THE FORUM'S text-logo, a profile icon, and a settings icon. The whole UI design is made in a slick, white-and-blue corporate flat design. This image is a satirical reflection of where we are headed with the domination of late stage capitalist internet monopolies dominating most online spaces.
Artwork image of an imagined old school retro computer OS desktop with a big planet earth in the centre and various nodes coming out of it, related to places on the planet. There's a finance-module tracking stocks. A connections module which tracks social connections across other programs. A dubious emote-sending module with integrated gambling called SendSmilesAndBli.ng. A public news blogging module called Open Reports. A remote-controlled desktop module. An error message about a frozen program. An ice tracking module from an organization called PoleWatch. Various pins with social contacts can be seen around the planet in the middle and even one on the moon displayed on top of it.
A low angle painting of a polygonal skyscraper modeled to look like a sort of clerical church building. On it there is a logo of the fictional internet company "THE FORUM" as well as various rectangular windows all across the glass walls. In the background, a dithered gradient of blue pixels can be seen. On top of the poster, there is a text saying "ALL HAIL THE CREATOR" and another THE FORUM logo.
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia Title Screen, a moody picture of a gothic castle lit by moonlight in the fog at night.
A chocolate bubble popping animation
A digitally painted rough metallic or stony sphere with scratches and surface abrasions is resting on a red ground plane in front of a dark blue-green background.
An abstract digital art piece with complex shapes in neon colours reminiscent of arcade hall space carpets converging and flowing in organic motion and distortion. Most of the image is a dark blue or purple with highlights of hot pink, turquoise and occasional yellow shapes dotting the composition.
A digital painting drawn in a polygonal style, depicting a silhouetted industrial center at sunset with dark, polluting clouds of ominous smoke billowing out of factory chimneys and merging with the natural clouds above. Some power lines and abstract shapes of buildings can be seen below.
A photo of the back of a church building peeking through the treetops of a wooded and overgrown area. The image is digitally edited to appear reddish as though it's viewed through a nostalgic amber lens.
A painting of a landscape with a castle-tower and a fenced area beside it at sunset. The landscape around is dotted with puddles, shrubs, and boulders. In the bottom left corner, the top of a burning lantern can be seen in the foreground.
A photo of a rock wall with various carvings in it. The whole thing is in a forested area with a staircase leading up to the rock wall and to the left. The picture is framed by trees on either side of it. In the distance above the rock wall, the light of the sky is peeking through the treetops.
A night time photo of prague main station taken from above the train tracks. Several trains can be seen with one in the centre displaying prominent blue headlights towards the camera. Various lanterns illuminate the scene with bright lights.
A nostalgic-feeling picture of a field of deadnettles with a hazy sunlight's golden glow. The purple flowers are seen through a shallow depth of field with blurry trees seen in the distance.
A digitally recoloured photograph of the sun in the sky with a single airplane trail diagonally striking through the centre of the image. There's a very low horizon where trees and an electronic mast can be seen. The edited colours give the image a dreamlike quality as it transitions from orange to magenta to purple and to blue.
Closeup photograph of a white-and-yellow flower amidst a lot of other white flowers in a colourful, golden and warm ambience.
Foam and waves of a river digitally processed to appear as an abstract interpretation of colourful nebulae in outer space.
A photo of an empty winding mountain road with thick layers of fog in the background. Some trees can be seen by the roadside.
A bright colourful painting that looks like Jackson Pollock's action painting technique was used. The painting uses flat colour stylisation and was created digitally. A yellow background has a turquoise circle on it and splats of blue, bright yellow, and pink paint are radiating outwards in an energetic explosion of colour.
A digital painting inspired by abstract expressionist drip paintings / action paintings. The mood of the painting is dark and scary. A dark grey canvas is being splattered with red and white streaks of paint that together form a distorted figure, outlined by rough nebulous black shapes.
An egyptian goose is walking towards a modern office building, wearing a dark blue tie and carrying a black briefcase. Next to to our feathered friend is text conveying the bird's thoughts: "Time for work..."
A ridiculous emote-face with a big glossy lips mouth stuck onto it amongst other stickers, partially visible. In the background there is a pixelated dirt texture.
Stylized painting with various joyful stickers on a concrete wall. There is a gree fidget spinner, a monkey getting liced by another monkey, a black bird sitting inside of a sickle-moon, and two emojis, one with sunglasses and one with a crazed mad laugh and tears in its eyes.
A device which buys and sells various robot parts. Among the categories are CPUs, Microphones, Cameras, Speakers, Ventilators, Circulators, Energy Storage, Arms, and Legs. At the bottom, there's a hole for selling old parts and a metal tray where bought parts appear. There's a grid in the top section where various parts would be showcased ingame for purchase.
A photo of a snowy mountain with various groups of boreal trees. There's a bright, orange glow coming from the sun at the horizon and reflecting on the snow's surface below. The mountain is teal while the sky is a bright orange.
A blue sky with several white clouds, lit from above and viewed from below, looking straight up, painted in a cartoony, stylized fashion.
A photo taken in the mountains from above a thick layer of clouds through which several large mountaintops are rising. At the bottom, a small wooded area of boreal trees can be seen, as well as a cable car lift. The blue sky is dotted with a thinner layer of clouds here and there.
Digital painting showing four layers of stylized, bushy clouds in front of a blue sky. The texture is a background artwork for a game and seamlessly wraps around horizontally.
A seamless texture of a road play carpet drawn in a stylized, childlike manner showing an idyllic town from a top-down perspective. You can see streets and roundabouts as well as yellow footpaths winding through a green grassy landscape. Major buildings include a hospital, fire station, police station, school, some family homes with gardens, a majestic town hall, little food stalls, selling candy, coffee, ice cream, and tacos, a playground with a swingset, a sand pit, and a slide, a glass skyscraper with a church-like tower. A cat statue is in one of the roundabouts and a round fountain is in the other one. Trees and bushes are scattered about the townscape. There are various parking lots. The image is rendered in a flat style with bold primary colors.
Two backlit clouds are floating in front of a yellow sky with a bright sun shimmering through the hazy evening mood. Below, a mountainous silhouetted landscape can be seen in dark blue and purple hues. Some straight cables run diagonally up the mountain. The ground is covered in snow. Several boreal trees are visible, silhouetted in purple against the bright sky.
Two cars drive towards the viewer on a winding mountain road that disappears into the fog in a mysterious forest stuck in a turquoise haze. Some snow can be seen beside the road.
A country road in winter leading through the wooded mountains into a thick fog. A tiny, lone car is driving along the road towards the viewer. Various trees can be seen left and right. Some snow lies by the roadside.
Photograph: In the snowy mountains, the sun shines over a dark hill filled with boreal trees and an open snow field, its sun rays broken down into all colours of the spectrum, visible as little rainbow-streaks.
A gloomy winter landscape photo with a snow-covered mountain and various boreal trees below an overcast sky.
A stylized product shot of 2 boxes of a fictional, satirical cereal brand "Hell-O's". On the front side, there's King-Owl, the owl mascot with a crown on its head, standing behind a bowl filled with Hell-O's and magically conjuring a stream of milk which splashes into the bowl. Above, there's the brand logo, with a single Hell-O as the O of the brand name. The tagline below is "Teeth meltingly good". On the back side, there are more detailed descriptions of the 3 different new flavours of Hell-O's mixed together into this package. They are: Barbed wire: Is that metallic taste coming from the metal of your blood? Plutonium: Eat or be eaten - Why not both? Literally decays (in) your mouth. Flesh & Bones: Maybe this can restore some of the tissue the other ones rended away? Ok it won't... But it's crunchy! Below this, is a set of playful looking math-equations, titled "Fun with Math!" but the equations have strange results like a barbed wire Hell-O times 3 equaling BLOOD!, a calculation about the half-life of a plutonium Hell-O, an uncertain answer of what happens when you combine barbed wire with flesh & bones and finally a calculation that suggests that mixing all three flavours will equal DEATH! On one side, there is a panel of nutrition facts, alongside the slogan "The classic snack for suffering!" The nutrition facts are filled with scary information like (Nuclear) Energy amounting to 666kcal, the DIE in dietary fiber being emphasized, additional information of the product containing 1337mg of Potassium -40 as well as ridiculously high amounts of iron coming from the barbed wire Hell-O's. Further below, there is a text regarding the ingredients: "Nah, we ain't tellin, sorry bro you just gotta trust us on this one. Man, we swear you won't die immediately maybe but pls don't sue us if you do ok fr, that alright?" On the other side, there's a contest-cutout where you can "Win a FREE trip into the Hell-O's-Mines! which comes with questionable side-effects.
The cover of a fictional album cover of "Payback" by the band "Hellswarm". A cartoon-pig with a mean but joyful expression is smashing a wooden club into the head of a shocked butcher. The butcher's eyes are bulging out, blood is streaming out of his head wound and his hat and cleaver are sent flying through the air. The background is filled with fire and darkness.
A stylized rendering of a repeating pattern of polished wood panels.
A stylized but idyllic landscape painting featuring an old-fashioned wooden hut on the side of a green hill. There are subtle clouds and a brown mountain in the background. A grey wooden fence is visible in the foreground.
A childlike drawing in which the kid represents their dad as a tablet and their mom as a smart phone (with a like button on it). The child finishes off their drawing with the message "Thanks for waching!(sic!)" and a smiling heart.
The song "An Utmost Peculiar Encounter with a Feline", that can be heard in "Magnolia Dwindlespark and the Mystery of the Entangled Propurrtions" with its frontpaged-badge, shown to have been frontpaged on January 17, 2025
Screenshot of the Medals section of our new game, coming to newgrounds today! Three medals have numbers on them (25, 50, 75) while one has a clock on it. The medals are stylized with golden frames.
An abstract artwork with colourful, fluid shapes merging into each other and blending into a white void. Resembling art of ink dropped in water, but created digitally with flat-coloured shapes.
A goth-themed turquoise patterned wall with hearts and skulls has a poster with a burning earth on it. The poster reads: We cannot see your planed B there's no return it's planet burn!
On a wall with a pink pattern full of hearts, a single picture is visible. An old white man with a smile is the "Employee of the Month". His name is Greg, as indicated on a gold plaque below his photo. A stylized digital artwork with a style based on flat shapes.
A stylized picture of a classic desktop background hangs framed on a wall, mimicking the yellow backrooms wallpaper pattern.
Stylized colorful painting of a blissful green hill under a partially clouded blue sky. Idyllic.
A dark blue swirl, hastily painted is overlaid with red lines and dots, some of which are integrating into the swirl's spiral shape. An abstract, digital painting with stylized flat shapes that mimick the look of brushstrokes.
A moody stylized painting of a stormy winter night with lightning bolts and a small crescent moon over a snowy mountainous landscape dotted with fir trees and a boreal forest.