literally any time i take a break from programming for more than a single minute

personally i packed an entire narrative arc into the last week things that happened on weds feel like another lifetime, linear time no longer has meaning

session 1 --> session 3

Signal boost.

Immeasurably satisfying to look back at my work from the semester and realize that my first game and last presentation were - coincidentally - about the same thing, right down to the specific mention of brother ant.

Every time I watch moonstruck I find something new to appreciate it. This time, the plaintive shopgirl at the bakery and olympia dukakis’ sheer range of disgusted expressions. Seeing it with a big crew @boshis.place giggling along made it even better! 🌕

maybe this is just the monkey's paw delivering on those "precedented times" we were asking for.

Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.

at some point i started saying "missnake" instead of mistake as a bit, but then it stuck, and honestly? it's a lot easier to deal with a missnake than a mistake.

Waking up to news of illegal us military actions in Venezuela isn’t how I wanted 2026 to start.

top slot has to go to this perfect 90s slacker time capsule

"Everything the GM “Gets To” Do is Something the GM Must Do" had me tearing up a bit ngl 🥲 ty for standing up for us overburdened dms who "get to" have all the fun of fleshing out vaguely written scenarios

According to my records I played 89 different games this year! That # includes board games, video games and RPGs and is probably incomplete. Next year I’m aiming for 100 😎

well, 1/20 is a start i guess! (it's actually embarrassing that i haven't played consume me yet)

today is my birthday! the xmas/bday combo is always a bit hard for me, but this year im mostly feeling happy about all the changes the last 365 days brought me. new work, new routine, new people -- all things i've wanted for years, and so this birthday feels like an optimistic one.

Merry Xmas eve from me and my dog who does NOT want to be in a photo 🙅🏼

Baby’s first coop game in god knows how long was pretty delightful all around! ty @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social (I’m the purple one on the right)

it's hard to really *astonish* me w a bad take but they managed! to look the moral quandary of humanizing "monsters" right in the eye and decide to actively steer your design away from that in favor of having a convenient killable target is deeply fucked up.

First day of break: * hatched a game jam scheme w @axjacobs.bsky.social * "played" (watched) most of horses * prof meeting * started learning bitsy * checkin w multiplayer group (now w bonus programmer!) ...it IS break, right?

When a dog 🥺

Final assignment of the semester and I think I succeeded in identifying the topic that no one else in class (and possibly anywhere else) was going to discuss:

since other people are doing it, here's a 50 indie game recommendation thread (entirely separate from the 50 indie games i have enjoyed thread i made a few days ago, which is here - bsky.app/profile/ella...). feel free to mute the thread if it's annoying

"This game is gonna ruin families over Christmas" is probably the highest praise I could ask for! Awesome to watch people having fun playing this at the student showcase tonight. We're going to keep working on it to iron out the bugs and make it even better!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Aq... Leslie Feinberg and Kate Bornstein talking movingly and articulately about the trans liberation movement all the way back in 1996. I think in a time of such rampant transphobia legislatively and culturally it's important to remember what we're fighting for and why.

you think the internet has it all, until you need one specific screen from the ending of a 10hr game for a project.

Uh oh, you have billions invested in generative AI: aftermath.site/generative-ai-...

multiplayer game isn't totally done but i'm sharing the itch page now because LOOK at the ART!!! im so proud of my team's work on this and can't wait for people to play it :)

hey:

silver lining to the whining: his post lined up nicely with our reading for this week so i get credit for debating his bad takes.

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oh wow i pulled up That Tiresome Post to get more context and he's not even complaining about the game itself, but like, the fact that people are out here writing and talking about them seriously?? what a sad weirdo (derogatory).

After a few weeks of climbing I ticked two boxes today! ✅ did a fun v3 first try ❌ fell weird and immediately knew I’d be feeling it later

Sure, we could make a regular multiplayer platform fighting game.... But what if it was about a bunch of millennials who left earth in 2006 to form a new utopia on a distant planet, only to lose their minds when cryosleep malfunctioned and awaken with murder in their hearts?

ive got that queer kid problem where no pix of me actually look like me, but that doesn't mean i can't mark the passage of time! ty picrew <3 (please does anyone know where i can get a "gay worms" shirt irl?? 🏳️‍🌈🪱)

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It's the last day of the month and my first blog post in a while... so, how do you paint November? A blog about Pentiment, creativity and game development. florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/11/30/h...

This makes me think I should put together a winter break RPG club…all one shots, low prep, see how many we can play.

task: design a game result:

Arcadia.

i get asked with extreme regularity (literally abt 3x/wk) if i've seen "arrival" and today @roseofember.bsky.social suggested we watch it! unfortunately for the movie, by sheer coincidence i read the original short story this morning and they are worlds apart.

my body has sensed that we've made it to a vacation and all systems are breaking down. can't wait to be a sleepy slug at fam thanksgiving 👍🏼

Not only an amazing artist but also one of my personal “too weird to be bothered with gender and/or sexuality” icons

I think this was my favorite pax unplugged yet :3

If you're still at PAX and looking for afternoon plans, come to Crab God 🦀 theater at 3:30 where I'll be talking about why more special education teachers should be teaching game design!

I really need to play this (zombies are scary but i will be brave!)

pax unplugged is awesome i love talking to all my friends who live in new york and like five other people

PAX day 2!! I have no real plans except the #over/under meetup at 1:30 and will probably swing by games on demand at some point. Say hi if you see me!

“It’s like if you mixed a fish and an anemone to make a worse squid.” Playing “Exquisite Biome” and getting a lil goofy. 🐟

"get __ jobs with no teaching experience" is one of those phrases that instantly sends me through the stratosphere anything that helps prospective educators learn to do it well is a benefit to everyone involved

Parachutes!!! Games!!! Tea!!!