Mara Whitefish, the most realistic character to ever be in a video game

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Hi new followers! If you don't already know I have a new game coming out on January 22nd! It's a narrative adventure set in the year 2003 where you are a young writer trying to make sense of the world: store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

An infinitesimally thin line in the layers of history is multiple podcasts in august-september talking about crazy frog's penis.

I made my first game ever with @mdehdashti.bsky.social and @loreydoor.bsky.social ! Slut Machine is a social deduction game where your spins affect your dialogue results. Sus out the Nice Guy from the F Boys. Inspired by trashy reality tv. 💕 Play for free: kitfoxgames.itch.io/slut-machine

Why We're Boycotting Xbox: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj1...

On the blog: Speed, games, academia, and AI. The annoyance is building to inescapable levels. stuckness.ghost.io/ai-is-speed-...

If you use generative AI to "explore ideas" you are mentally weaker than even the smallest child. If you feel that you need generative AI to "structure your thoughts" you lack the confidence of an 8 year old. If you feel shame about your diminished inner world, you should. You're bad at daydreaming

DON DRAPER: Magic isn't just about being a wizard - It's about being a magician. It's a performance. Every card should delight the player ... and their opponent. PETE: Here's an idea - no blue cards. Only fruits play blue anyway. LANE: back at exeter it was quite common to splash blue PETE: See?

new (?) game (?) by me (kinda) just dropped please enjoy Eating Through The Week (2025), a web port of a DVD menu game from The Very Hungry Caterpillar And Other Stories (2006) based on an animated short (1993) based on a book (1969) by the late Eric Carle iznaut.itch.io/very-hungry-...

Merry Steam Winter Sale! ❄️ All our Steam games are now discounted 'til January 5th, including 33% off The Banished Vault. Now's the perfect time to play Lunar Division's first title while we get our next game, Amberspire, ready for you 🌙🌇 https://store.steampowered.com/developer/BithellGames

the matter of norfydd, part five brendanmcleod.dev/the-matter-o...

Vizier's Private Reserve

this coq au vin is alllllll cock and no van

I recently finished reading Trammell's Repairing Play and I would strongly recommend it to anyone remotely interested in games and games studies. Been thinking about it pretty much nonstop!

it is funny when someone admonishingly says "You gotta pick your battles" in response to people picking their battles

Nudging this again – a few positive reviews would help put us in the 80% bracket.

if I were you I'd keep a very close watch on this upcoming @modality.bsky.social game

New by me at The A.V. Club! I got to do my first ~Preview~ piece and take a look at the playtest for ABOUT FISHING, the new super atmospheric game from the developer who brought us the inimitable Arctic Eggs! Go read it!!

BIG NEWS: Rosewater has been nominated for Best Performance in the IndieCade Festival 2025! The festival will be online, and the award ceremony is January 17th! More info here: www.indiecade.com/festival-202...

Nudging this again – a few positive reviews would help put us in the 80% bracket.

New blog post (and email newsletter): azhdarchid.com/designing-fo...

this site doesn't have the juice

Last bit of The Banished Vault posting: I wrote fifteen design diaries during and after development! Everything from simulation, complexity, dice, art design, teaching, art, and more. People have told me they found them interesting and helpful! Find them all here: lunardivision.net/the-banished...

Last bit of The Banished Vault posting: I wrote fifteen design diaries during and after development! Everything from simulation, complexity, dice, art design, teaching, art, and more. People have told me they found them interesting and helpful! Find them all here: lunardivision.net/the-banished...

The Banished Vault is amazing and you should absolutely check it out. It nails its atmosphere so perfectly. Going to replay it today, because who among us is not occasionally in the mood for desperate space monks running from death

The Auriga Vault Exiles made it home to write the chronicles of their journey, thanks to you. We hope. The Banished Vault was the first game from our Lunar Division label. Our next title, Amberspire, is in the works, but there's time for a bit more space monks appreciation first.

Sale ends in a few hours!

The Banished Vault has had two free content updates since launch: In 'Salvage', scavenge through the ruins of abandoned ships to find resources that could aid your journey across space ⚙️ In 'Androids', add cybernetic travelers to your crew as pilots, navigators, and passengers 🤖

@mode7games.bsky.social and DREAMTRAK absolutely killed on the music for The Banished Vault. go pick it up here nervoustestpilot.bandcamp.com/album/the-ba...

And hey, wishlist Amberspire! tell a friend! store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/...

about to go back into my special hole

@mode7games.bsky.social and DREAMTRAK absolutely killed on the music for The Banished Vault. go pick it up here nervoustestpilot.bandcamp.com/album/the-ba...

A reminder that my free deduction/horror/parser game KINOPHOBIA is now available in its final, more polished version. Explore a haunted movie studio; research its history; identify the wretched souls trapped by a curse inscribed in celluloid. brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia

I wonder what Nina Pasadena is up to these days

Nic & I wrote hundreds of events for Amberspire, so I can say (with some bias) that the game’s world is so considered & interesting, but allows the player to form their own narrative that is reflected back at them in the cities they build. I’m proud to work on it, and everyone should wishlist it!!

amberspire is the sort of inspired, unorthodox fantasy project which i love most, please check it out if you appreciate my work!

As I was saying the other day folks, grab the game but also nab yourself the physical manual as a treat.

run_app_build ..\scripts\simple_app_build.vdf would make a beautiful name for a baby girl

making a tiktok for this game was tricky radiatoryang.itch.io/rainbows

Halfmoon, Twaincut. Done for Realis. I just put up a post for my $1 tier talking about the process for Halfmoon Twaincut, as well as a layered PSD of what my layer stack madness looks like if you're at the $5 tier. www.patreon.com/posts/145625...

We've finally made a Steam developer page for Lunar Division 🌙 Give it a follow so that you can stay updated on Amberspire in the new year! 🔗⬇️

This game is so beautiful and so, so maddening to play. @nictringali.bsky.social and @garin.bsky.social are at the absolute top of their game here

do you enjoy Side Story? please tell your most influential or loudest friend

Some of the most distinct and beautiful art to ever exist in a video game 👌

I can say with complete certainty that you will lose nothing by just ignoring The Game Awards. You do not need to give it any cultural power. It is purely a vehicle for marketing, and an ongoing insult to the people and craft we all take part in.

And hey, wishlist Amberspire! tell a friend! store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/...

Praise for The Banished Vault almost always mentions the beauty of @garin.bsky.social 's art. garin captured the tone of the game perfectly in their work: the interstellar-gothic design, the unforgiving beauty of space, and the plight of Exiles facing ever-slimming chances of survival.

this is SO sick

The work @garin.bsky.social did on the game is incredible, and in my opinion a great reason to pick up the physical copy of the manual. Seeing the line work in print is incomparable. Links here: www.bithellgames.com/the-banished...