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8.4K
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$47 – $76 / sponsored post
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🧰 Free analysis for Jay Tholen
Known for
141 views
the HypnOS year 2000 update splash animation was made in Bryce and took 500 years to render. also back then (2018?) i hadn't *really* learned how to 3D model so the y2k Hypnospace logo seen here is just a bunch of simple overlapping shapes extruded one at a time from a .svg
107 views
one of the themes for my new solo game. lots of 5/8 in this project.
📊 Post engagement
94
Avg engagement / post
1.1%
Engagement vs followers
Apr 2023
On Bluesky since
🔥 Top post: attention all iPad kids and sickos who use mobile devices to pla · 338 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
11.1 / week
Posts daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 8 text · 2 image · 2 video.
Follower / following
6.2×
Follows 1.3K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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link is here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/syn...
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the HypnOS year 2000 update splash animation was made in Bryce and took 500 years to render. also back then (2018?) i hadn't *really* learned how to 3D model so the y2k Hypnospace logo seen here is just a bunch of simple overlapping shapes…
1) Spinning Away is an incredible tune. The bass is needlessly all over the dang place but it still manages to be beautiful.
2) This album art rules, I will defend it forever.
bad timing given the recent news but idSoft should hire us to make Hypnospace: Doomscroll wherein doomguy is browsing whatever his cartoony hell's version of Geocities looks like
I won an album of the year award in 2010 from a Chiptune blog. I was stealthily watching the livestream of the live awards show up in the projector booth of my church during a worship service. The speaker (Bud Melvin) announced my winning …
heck with a fancy DAC. buy used CDs and play them on this thing like me. you get almost as much bass as a phone.
oh actually it's live NOW! enjoy!
this game looking rad
last minute decision but I'm going to Gamescom/devcom! who else gonna be there?
I'm posting on Instagram now I guess. follow me there.
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one of the themes for my new solo game. lots of 5/8 in this project.
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the HypnOS year 2000 update splash animation was made in Bryce and took 500 years to render. also back then (2018?) i hadn't *really* learned how to 3D model so the y2k Hypnospace logo seen here is just a bunch of simple overlapping shapes…
1) Spinning Away is an incredible tune. The bass is needlessly all over the dang place but it still manages to be beautiful.
2) This album art rules, I will defend it forever.
bad timing given the recent news but idSoft should hire us to make Hypnospace: Doomscroll wherein doomguy is browsing whatever his cartoony hell's version of Geocities looks like
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one of the themes for my new solo game. lots of 5/8 in this project.
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@jaytholen.net
The handle is the domain jaytholen.net. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real jaytholen.net account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Apr 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 94 views per post.
📤Posts about 11.1× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
89/100
Excellent
Credibility score
99%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~1.1% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
https://jaytholen.net lead designer, writer, artist, & composer for Dropsy, 1999 web sim Hypnospace Outlaw, & Slayers X. Clickteam software oldhead. follower of Jesus. husband of Katie. dad. 70s prog/fusion/zeuhl guy. Braunschweig, DE / Florida
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