It's been fun reading responses to this, especially since I just threw it out there and went on with my day. Some people are answering very different versions of this question than I had in mind, and that's OK! But here's what I was thinking with this:

Cool to see more people running @munkao.bsky.social’s Kala Mandala

The struggle, when wanting to post a quip about a satirical movie, between feeling secure knowing I'm not famous enough to break containment and knowing one takes one's life into one's own hands posting one-line opinions on social media. Anyway, Mickey 17 is the squeaky rubber mallet of satire.

🏝️Islands of Weirdhope is a game about fighting monsters 🌊Islands of Weirdhope is a game about navigating choppy waters ❤️Islands of Weirdhope is a game about finding friends & discovering community 👈Islands of Weirdhope is about game about today. 👀Follow it: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Best part about having a vague at best sense of time is when you spend the whole day thinking it's Wednesday when it's actually Tuesday and you suddenly get a magical whole extra day in your week.

Hey hey all! It's WMWAC stream day tomorrow! I'm trying to get a bunch of outline on the page, so we're doing coworking!. Bring a project, we'll do some chatting about creativity and the WMWAC project, some timed working sprints. 10am AEST, Friday 26th Sep. twitch.tv/whimsyandmet...

It is with mild to moderate disappointment that my quest to keep a Google-free phone ended today. Several mission-critical apps won't work on the phone because they have a security check that is tied inherently to Google Play's systems. Still not putting e-mail on the damn thing though.

Just gave myself a mini-heart-attack by accidentally shifting all the dates one day of the week forward on my paper month planner, so that's how *my* day is going.

Decided to ignore my responsibilities and play Kentucky: Route Zero. I'm like five minutes in but I'm kind of loving the map navigation system?

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! @mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and myself have combined our collective brains and written a wide-reaching introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Game Studies in this forthcoming book for Polity. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

Jay Dragon, Possum Creek founder and Lead Game Designer at Steve Jackson Games, will present a FREE lecture at Auburn University's College of Liberal Arts! You can hear her presentation on September 4 beginning 4:00pm CST. Visit Auburn's website to learn more. #possumcreek #stevejacksongames

🎉BIPOC Artists in TTRPGs Starter Pack!🎉 This time we're highlighting POC artists who showcase TTRPG related artworks covering a many areas: characters, creatures/monsters, items, maps & more! Share around + tag artists not already listed💜 Feel free to share your work below! go.bsky.app/46s3i4J

When I first considered creating this itch jam (hmm that doesn't sound tasty) I honestly thought it'd maybe get 20 people, at best, interested in joining. 18 days left before it begins and there are 50 folks down for it! I am honestly so exicted to see what cosy whimsy things people will make! 💚

Best part of moving to a new area is when there are local markets for a diaspora you haven't lived near before, and the subsequent experience of going a little bit silly in the imports, preserves, and cheese aisles..

I see some familiar names short-listed for the ARPIAs! Best Stream: CASTLETON @winterstalesco.bsky.social Best Emerging Creator: @davidwaldron.bsky.social Best Scenario: 'RESORT', BY @katclay.com Game of the Year: 'CARTOGRAPH', BY @ravensridgeco.bsky.social www.arpia.org/arpia-2025-s...

A while back I made a "textbook" zine about zine folding. AKA breaking the preconception that a zine has to be done in that 8 page manner! Mostly encouraging different folding techniques, and light paper engineering!

Ohey! Did you know these exist in both physical and digital forms? And that you can get them at ko-fi.com/whimsyandmet...? Did you also know that it's the last few days when you can get discounted bundles of The Ferryman's Apprentice books, via that same link? Do with this info what you will.

My one-page ttrpg is now an #arpia nominated game :o Check it out: joieyong.itch.io/prehistoric-... #ttprg #tabletop

Had some Interesting Times this week, but my little ray of sunshine for the day is that the glazier fixing my windows has been an absolute delight. 10/10 human, very lovely, showed me pictures of his cat and the cat is also 10/10.

📣 Hey Australian gamemakers! Screen Australia's Games grants close in 6 days! A reminder to get your applications in! 💪 🛠 Games Production Fund - up to $100k 🎨 Emerging Gamemakers Fund - up to $30k 📆 Applications close Thu 28 Aug, 5pm (AEST) 👉 www.screenaustralia.gov.au/funding-and-...

What's this? Me, keeping a promise? House is moved and computer is at least working well enough for now, so stream starts in half an hour! I can't promise we won't start with connection troubleshooting, but I can promise there will be chatting while it happens! www.twitch.tv/whimsyandmet...

Fight with Spirit is on bundle of holding for the next 7 days! You can get this SXSW Sydney award-winning game in digital form for 60% off aw yeh 😁 bundleofholding.com/presents/Fig... bundleofholding.com/presents/Fig...

Stream tomorrow has also been cancelled due to an Ongoing Issue with my computer. I am hoping to get it solved over the next week or so. If it's fixed by next Friday, I'll stream, but it may be that I can't fix it until that weekend for logistical reasons, so ... let's just see how this goes.

i wrote an article about that stupid little question i asked a couple weeks ago, why i asked it, and how the answer to the question can be tremendously beneficial for ttrpg designers possumcreek.medium.com/does-super-m...

That’s me

Link to the video is here youtu.be/541wEEMfmpQ?...

In case you aren't subscribed to the YouTube channel: WMWAC Episode dropped last night! By which I mean like five minutes ago when I realised I'd made an error scheduling it! I go on a big rant about first chapters, so if you're interested, this might be the ep to jump in on 👀 youtu.be/isSZcjfs6t8

Little pastel demon portraits #art #illustration

Most disappointing feeling: Stayed up til irresponsible hours of the morning in order to finish a game, but it wasn't even satisfying because the game wasn't that great? (Title not mentioned here because it wasn't a bad game, it was just not particularly unique in a genre I consume a lot of)

Also, let's have an earnest discussion here if y'all are up for it: What is a sex or intimacy mechanic that you find really fucking cool? You can talk about any kind of game here. I for one recently learned about a "find the safety pin" sex mechanic in LARP and it galaxy brained me.

Hi all - it is with a mild to moderate frustration that I announce no stream tomorrow. My computer has Acquired Issues such that I am unable to plug in my headphones and mouse simultaneously, to say nothing of a webcam. I'll let folks know when we're up and running again.

Hate coming up with snappy three-word alliterative frameworks to explain things. The third word just never seems to want to work right. Opt-in, Open-Ended ... Ominous? Opt-in, Open-Ended ... Obstetrics???

💙📚 Someone asked me this today, and it STRESSED ME OUT enough to make this handy graphic that I will save on my phone so that this travesty of a conversation never happens again. #booksky

No one will be surprised to hear, but I have to move again in September. That comes with a lot of expenses, and I'm also going to have to buy a car 🫠 My pricing thread says 2024, but all prices are the same for 2025! Thanks<3

For anyone who is following the WMWAC saga: Due to circumstances entirely of my choosing (resuming studies), I am dropping the schedule of WMWAC to once a month. Hopefully temporary; once things settle I'll go back to fortnightly. But atm, sanity requires this. Next video drops on the 30th.

The Kickstarter-exclusive editions of DANCE WITH ME just arrived, and that means one thing: fulfilment will soon begin!

Reblurble for the morning crowd

Grasp, based off the Pillars of Creation photo taken by the Hubble telescope in the 90s

Hi! Do you like stickers, reading, and/or discounts? Good. Click my blog link. And go shower @juimon.bsky.social with praise for the cover art. And did I mention stickers? They're adorable, done by Whispatchet (cara.app/whispatchet) who also deserves praise. whimsyandmetaphor.com/2025/07/16/r...

Man, I would Dearly Love to be concentrating on making these slides for my class right now, but every time I look at my notes, the first line jumps out at me and my brain starts singing 'Balthazar, Impresario' on a loop and I forget what I was going to write.

Younger me: Hey, so what's it actually like to set up a writing career? You know, the thing where we make words about imaginary worlds for a living? Me now:

Love is in the air 💞 Magabala Books is excited to announce a call for submissions of short works of romance fiction by First Nation writers for a world-first anthology, edited by Melanie Saward, Ambelin Kwaymullina, and Kate Cuthbert. Read more here: bit.ly/4eOr2W5

Every few years I am reminded of this fact: Monsterparts---a game / ruleset where you play prepubescent children, and something is *wrong*, and no adults can see it---was one of the best horror TTRPGs ever written. A waking night terror. gameswithothers.blogspot.com/2013/08/mons... 1/

Is it a book? Is it a picture? No, it's an amalgamation of both! Comics books are one of the most exciting and engaging ways to tell a story, and this month we are excited to welcome local legend Brendon Dann to speak to the Guild about his life and work running [...] https://csfg.org.au/?p=8356

Congrats on new job!

The wizard hat carries a lot for me here amongst so many talented Mob!!! www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/screen-ne...

... I'm sure the cat licking my computer's Wi-fi adapter's antenna won't cause any problems whatsoever.

Attn: Hivemind I need a phone game brain off-switch - I've used match-3 and colour-by-number games before. Microtransactions OK, but they MUST be 100% optional. Simple puzzles preferred; not into idle games. Story/no story both OK. Give unto me your recs, that I may peruse and select of them!

We're delighted to have the fantastic @premeemohamed.com as our guest on the latest episode of The Writing Worlds Podcast. Our topic this time is terraforming and how it can be used in sci fi world building + stories Join Premee, Chris and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social here 👇 pod.link/1812994751 🎧