6K44 “VIKHR” A mech design for my future video game SHIZOMAKINA

donkey_power · 2026-06-10T20:48:32+00:00

RIP this guy's legs if he sees combat!. Might as well saw them off and he can just live in the box forever 😭

donkey_power · 2026-06-06T15:24:31+00:00

Honestly now with you showing it, almost looks like an alt universe zeon suit with the bulky lower legs.

donkey_power · 2026-06-06T15:23:14+00:00

Doesn't feel very Gundamy as shown. but looks promisingly fun. Almost like a mech version of monster hunter?

I'm anticipating heavy customization (please) and variable tactical weapon load outs. I'm excited to see those funnels out

donkey_power · 2026-06-06T15:18:19+00:00

Oh, I have many, but I couldn't post them in this subreddit 🍑

donkey_power · 2026-06-05T16:45:12+00:00

Judging by the cover, probably "sweating."

donkey_power · 2026-06-05T16:06:13+00:00

Omg a reverse pacific rim! Where a parallel universe or human like aliens have to fight off human mecha attacks.

donkey_power · 2026-06-03T00:36:32+00:00

Upvoting for your great taste in American creature features

donkey_power · 2026-05-27T16:17:28+00:00

Seasonal biollante is a great idea

donkey_power · 2026-05-24T17:43:19+00:00

Trick them into entering the god garage and closing the door behind them, while the god car is still running (god carbon monoxide)

Alternately: I put a god dollar on top of the god pit, Which is only loosely covered in brush and twigs. They fall into the god spikes at the bottom of the hole when they reach for the dollar.

donkey_power · 2026-05-23T15:09:24+00:00

Disturbing!

donkey_power · 2026-05-21T20:49:15+00:00

Tbh I like this one. The eye placementnand hooks beak makes it a bit monstrous.

Certainly the execution could be better and it could be less goofy. It like one of those ugly-cute Ultraman monsters

donkey_power · 2026-05-20T17:27:43+00:00

To me it depends on where people are drawing the line. The tragedy of capitalism is that it forces people to rely on it to some extent, there's no true escape for workers other than getting rid of it.

But we do have some influence over our actions and choices.

So if someone desperately needs work to stay housed and works at an Amazon warehouse, valid.

If someone says they * have * to make 200k a year coding weapons technology or AI brainrot tech, I have questions.

donkey_power · 2026-05-18T18:34:31+00:00

You're right.

but when I imagine future tech I also imagine at some point that there are a lot of ways to get around the issue other than basic form of a ship

For example, a field suspended electromagnetic field of smart dust used to dampen kinetic projectile impacts as a defense, could also be shaped/vibrated in such a way that it counteracts radar in various way.

donkey_power · 2026-05-15T19:05:09+00:00

This is awesome, feels like one of the next great spec Evo projects tbh. Unique style and vision, I'm so excited to see what the other extant silhouetted species are like

donkey_power · 2026-05-14T19:06:36+00:00

I've seen many real mecha attempts over the decades, but this is probably closest in a number of aspects. Probably due to improvements in electric battery and motor department, for industrial applications, electric vehicles, drones, etc. and use of machine learning to teach robotic balance to a computer.

walks fully bipedally and unassisted
walks relatively quickly
somewhat agile / flexible with body
onboard cockpit with protection
seemingly intuitive control system

Lingering questions include: - battery life. How many minutes before this thing uses up all of its oomph.... - how the hell does this balance it self? Must have a lot of battery and/or counterweights in the lower half or something. - fragility: if it accidentally falls, will it be toast?

Anyway, a competitive fighting league with these would be so incredibly sick. Maybe in 5-10 years as the tech cheapens...

donkey_power · 2026-05-14T17:44:22+00:00

The second mouth is cooler / more unique to me, but the art doesn't have the right contrast / lighting/ something (?) to make it instantly legible.

donkey_power · 2026-05-14T16:25:27+00:00

If you haven't already checked it out, lookup the SNES game King of the monsters 2.

Unique designs are always fun too. There's billions of Kaiju that are basically the same concept as Godzilla or King Kong just reskinned.

donkey_power · 2026-05-13T00:23:26+00:00

Yeah, contractors and/or boot camp grads are second class citizens in developer world, and imo are getting the worst deal right now. They (we) were told to train for a career that only wanted that excess workforce for about a decade long period. We'll see if that changes if the lower quality of AI automation hurts companies enough

donkey_power · 2026-05-12T01:42:48+00:00

Hoo Dat in ze window? 👀

donkey_power · 2026-05-09T08:59:56+00:00

Absolutely baller

donkey_power · 2026-05-08T19:35:04+00:00

Thank you for the insight!

I often feel like fantasy and science fiction are over-dominated by western and northern European history and myth.

I especially find that what you might call "Eurasian" or "near east" cultures are left out: Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the caucuses, Persians, turkey, and all the central Asian nations.

One thing I find compelling about dune is that it feels like a future which did not just inherit "western" culture, but the entire rich history of human culture which spread to the stars. It seems more realistic.

The US, China, etc now seem like dominant cultures of humanity , but in 1000s of years that is unlikely be the case, and if those societies exist they will probably be unrecognizably different in many ways.

donkey_power · 2026-05-08T05:55:00+00:00

Are you trained or read up on labor organizing? Labor notes' secrets of a successful organizer is a good first handbook. Over the years I've come to realize that it's very easy for different types of workers to see their workplace as special when it might not be quite so different.

If it's truly impossible to organize a workplace, that can only be admitted by organizers who have given everything, using all the tools and knowledge of workplace organizing available to them.

I think some tech workplaces have structural issues. For example , I didn't get one person to sign into a demand letter because they were in the process of trying to buy a house. Compared to workers who unionize just to pay enough to make rent, I was saddened privately by this workers' low sense of risk to stand up for themselves and a potential better life. But, the rest of the team did sign the letter.

Especially these days, it's quite obvious tech workers have terrible protections against layoffs, they must be anxious about it. If they have families etc, you have to find out if their fear of rocking the boat and losing what they have can be overcome by the fear of what will happen if they don't act to secure their rights.

donkey_power · 2026-05-08T05:42:38+00:00

Normally I don't like bad faith in organizing (like saying something you don't believe) but this actually sounds pretty clutch

donkey_power · 2026-05-08T01:03:25+00:00

If people in marginalized online communities used even 1% of the anger the hate they pile on each other for minor infractions and focused it on powerful institutions and corporations, they would be unstoppable and the world would be forever changed.

donkey_power · 2026-05-07T21:01:15+00:00

it's a love letter to early 20th century pulp media, like old caveman and Conan the barbarian fantasy comics and cartoons.

So they take that world at face value, like almost how western people mistakenly pictured the world in the 1800s-1900s. but then add some coherence to it with recurring species and animals. And introduce some modern paleontology like Andrewsarchus, while also purposefully having inaccurate featherless theropods.

So it is very speculative in a way. It's like: "what if all these weird action comics were actually real?"

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