Wrote this as part of a game design consultation follow-up report, and I'm feeling really happy with how these words fit together.

I regret to inform7 you ma'am but your son is dead. Your son is found in the Grey Hallway. The description of your son is "a poor soul who died in these hallowed halls." The son is wearing a backpack. The backpack is openable and closed.

How to fix soccer: 1. The field is too big, shrink it. 2. Too many players on the field. Limit it to two. 3. Paint the field in a black-and-white grid. 4. The ball is replaced by pure positional advantage. 5. Pawns everywhere.

🦃🎮 Creator Day returns this Friday with the start of our Black Friday 2025 Sitewide Sale. For 24 hours we'll waive our free on all transactions. Over 15,000 projects to be on sale from this Friday through December 3rd. More details here itch.io/blog/1124058/creator...

This looks really clever and visually stylish. I'd expect nothing less from Postmark! Great job team, I'll see you in December

Happy Halloween!

Jackson has been running these Wednesday posts for a long time. I hope to see the indie game crafter community flourish on bsky as it once did in The Old Place

It's #CraftWednesday! Do you have a game-related crafting project in progress? It could be a prototype, print and play, upgrading the components of a favourite game, making an accessory or even something larger like a table or games room. Share a picture and join in! Please RP!

O-Kay, I'll be trying again this year to hit up PAX Unplugged! I won't make it all three days so if you know me and want to see my face, let me know what days you'll be there.

I am always so curious when itch shows me unexpected activity on my old games. What are you up to, gamers....

I'm happy to announce to anyone not already in the know that I'm striking out on my own once more! I'm a free agent of game design. I have some projects and contracts already in the works that I'm really excited about.

Had to take a break but gettin back to it. Anyone have recs for indie spooky games on itch?

It is the second day of fall and Way Too Hot. If you are trying to escape incineration, I've put LAVA WURM on the steepest sale it's ever been on. Now is the time! itch.io/s/160587/it-is-too-hot-sale

Every year around this time I log into itch and start playing the latest in indie horror game technology. Thought I'd give shout-outs to my favorites as I go along! ->

Cheat Sheet v.2 nothing from the prior version is incorrect, but ive made it a little easier to read, plus included a bit more helpful information imgur link: imgur.com/a/wWaLY2i more comprehensive info can be found here: stop-paypros.neocities.org yellat.money MAKE YOUR CALLS!!!

If you think what's happening to itch is no good, you can take a couple quick clicks to at least sign a petition about it: action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

I love when I come up with a game idea in a dream. The 'game' is always momentarily exciting and then, upon examination, a befuddling disaster. Fun mental exercise for me when I wake up.

Do I have any comrades who are RenFest-ers or cosplayers? Looking for advice on where to get some pieces for a RenFest outfit I want to put together! I need: * YELLOW FEST CLOTHES. Doesn't have to be custom work, just bright, bold yellow in a masculine or androgynous fest-appropriate cut />

It is HOT here today. In celebration of sweltering temperatures, I'd like to remind everyone that my game LAVA WURM can be played for ~free~ on screentop. If you dig it, you can also rate it on itch or BGG. But mostly you can play it for ~free~! screentop.gg/@Cloaked-in-...

In today's video I talk about game design as a craft, and the consequences of how that shift in thinking can influence your own game design journey. youtu.be/z5teC9KriYQ 🎲✂️

First EVO Japan, now C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER-- this is my first year watching fights live. I Get It Now. I feel the connection to the games. It's different live. I have yearn to pick a game and go for a tourney next year. I'd be on Soul Calibur if anyone still ran it... perhaps Tekken 8 calls me

Grrrrr I want to be at the Tokyo Game Market... one day! To everyone presenting, great work, the games look amazing !

Check it! My first-ever blueberries are coming in! I spent a long time cultivating this plot to be a good place for them to live; very glad to watch them thrive

PRIME 4 NEWS, LET'S GO!!!

My package arrived from Japan! Trike is such a smooth game that even the abstract-haters in my family will play it with me. Thanks @kanare-abstract.bsky.social !

Free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for use in prototypes

"Pyramidian". Adjective. Used when describing a piece of game design that is of, relating to, or would go really good with the Looney Pyramids. Invented last night* while talking to my wife. *this claim is unsubstantiated and has not been fact-checked at all

Wishing my fellow DMV creators well with this endeavor! I hope this helps our FLGSs discover the juicy indie scene brewing right on their doorsteps

Hello everyone! I've accrued some account-watchers somewhere along the way. I haven't been a frequent poster in the past, but that doesn't mean I don't like to chat! If you're here for games, I'm always happy to receive an @ from someone who wants to talk, new or old. See you around!

Goodbye to Waffle. She was truly a cat of all cats. She is missed.

INDIE GAMES NIGHT MARKET IS TONIGHT Pax Unplugged Hall C Queue Hall 7 PM Unique small batch games from US designers, many hand-made and/or assembled www.newmillindustries.com/ignm

I am going to miss the Night Market because my cat is being put to sleep. Pretty devastating turn of events. I hope everyone has a fantastic time and it goes so well that we hold another one every year and I get to make it next time

Gamers! DriveThruRPG.com put together a package of amazing TTRPG PDFs to raise money for James, the young son of my friend Amber Cook (who passed away last month). It includes a copy of my Brave New World supers RPG, plus many other great games.

Anybody I know headed to PAX Unplugged this year? I'll be at the Night Market if you want to say hello and play games!

Filled up a notebook page with enough conflicting ideas that I added "✨newest!✨" onto a section of the page to remind me to start there tomorrow

Well that's an interesting statistic

The Traitor, Baru Cormorant may be the best book I've ever read.

@bskyttrpg.bsky.social reroll

Just actually finished the campaign in Puzzle Quest for the first time. I absolutely love that game

Oh hey this site works on my phone again. Good work, developers!

Hey I know that Rowan person... renegadegamestudios.com/blog/team-re...

Love the feeling of filling up a whole whiteboard from a single very good conversation

Got myself a fresh, crisp new job, ripe for the autumn time. I'd love to do The Big Reveal now, but I should wait. In the meantime, thank-you to everyone who has ever said something kind to me! I'm going forward.

Elden Ring is old enough now that I can safely share my correct opinion about the final boss fight: The first half with Radagan should stay. But the second half should have been Marika the Shatterer, exploding forth from Radagan's corpse like an angelic chestburster

[strums guitar] This here website iiiiiis.... [strums guitar] Really really quiet what's up

I'm excited for Gen Con and all, but I was recently gifted a beautiful collector's set of the full run of Claymore and I haven't had any time to read it. This fact contributes each passing day to my growing collection of Agonies

While doing yard work for my parents today, I discovered a tulip poplar sapling trying to grow through and destroy their fence. So now the fence is safe, and I have a free tulip poplar sapling for my porch. An excellent day!

I'm lighting the signal pyre! I'm a board game designer and developer (game author if you're European)! I've got new games on the way! I'm cramming keywords into a post to draw in connections, like moths to flame! #boardgames #tabletop #gamedesign

To anyone getting odd notifications from me: yes, I'm following my Playtest Instincts and hitting all the buttons. Just gotta.

It's so quiet here. So peaceful. It feels like really screaming into the void, instead of the false void of sharp and indifferent teeth over yonder.