Another perfect spring day! I ended up walking 35km this weekend. I have missed the sun, and I can feel myself recharged by it. Now I spring to life like a thorny weed in the garden - unexpected and strange, and full of vigour.

If today is the best day I get all to myself this spring, at least I know I did not squander it.

Devlog 19: Building gameplay. ben304.blogspot.com/2025/09/devl...

Also, friends, I think Red Mars might be the Moby-Dick of hard science fiction. I'm enjoying it so much.

Spring is coming, and every day I check on the budding leaves to see their progress. It's magical to watch how fast it happens, but also wonderful inspiration for the alien world I am drawing.

The visual design of the amphitheater was before we figured out how to (vaguely) show people in the city, but the scalloped tent is one of my favorite details across all the buildings.

A quick mockup of a rock made from 4 rock, 3 bush, and 3 leafy bushel assets. The assets can be used in different palettes to create more depth easily. 2nd image is the parts used and their palette variants. #gamedev #pixelart

Some days, progress is just fixing one stubborn bug. That’s enough. You’re still further than yesterday. #gamedev #indiedev

Cry Out Loud is officially OUT! Some announcements coming later this week but you can now get it in shops near you! Or if you fancy, I have a special doodled hardcover edition up in the shop if you want to buy from me directly! ko-fi.com/s/6bbde422a2

This scene had been waiting for me to paint the details in properly for forever. I finally got there last week. :)

This scene had been waiting for me to paint the details in properly for forever. I finally got there last week. :)

1 more day 'til CRY OUT LOUD! See what the critics are saying! In addition to great reviews from Kirkus and Bulletin, Cry Out Loud got its first starred review from School Library Journal!

That strange term, ‘magical realism’. As if the reality of being a symbiotic cluster of countless cells and electrical impulses that exists cohesively enough to assume an identity and hold opinions, all while hurtling around a ball of life-giving plasma, isn’t ‘magical’ enough.

It is too windy to go walking today. Time to fill myself with coffee and strange books.

You awaken on a white shore, unsure what you’ve lost. Dark rites brought me, @ratcasket.itch.io , and @puppiesandanime.bsky.social together. Something stirs. More soon. #indiedev #gamedev #conceptart

Something beautiful for the weekend! An extraordinary Acheulean handaxe knapped around a fossil shell c. 500,000-300,000 years ago! The shell’s central display has been described as an example of aesthetic intention by the toolmaker. West Tofts, Norfolk. 📷 MAA Cambridge University #Archaeology

I've been interested in the SFF novelist obsession with Catholicism (Dune, Book of the New Sun, A Canticle for Leibowitz) for a while, then last night read the first of this book's Canterburian tales and it's such a fun/awful twist on this.

No, like a CRPG gamer! From Wizardry's "Werdna" and "Trebor", to Baldur's Gate's "Semaj" and "Koveras", and the ultimate - Might & Magic VI's "KCOPS", "ULUS", "ARUHU", "TYYOCS" "YOCCM" and "KRIK", I have been trained to look for this for years!

For months I had been vaguely trying to track down a very old book that I had seen some great illustrations from, knowing it had some impossible to remember exotic name. I finally tracked it down tonight and the title is “Etidorhpa” - literally just “Aphrodite” in reverse.

KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?" BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao" 1. "It, um, doesn't say anything." 2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe." 3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."

Hexapucchu, the beautiful, modern 8-bit text adventure with CYOA-like elements, has been updated and ported to modern PCs ❤️ brocantygames.itch.io/hexapucchu

Beautiful dawn this morning. Jupiter and Venus still visible in the rising glow of the sun, the moon high overhead to the west, birds passing by silently. Just for a moment things felt calm.

Every day I stop by this bobtail and say hello to it. At first it was very wary of me but it's gotten quite used to me now. Today it was so warm and sleepy in the sun that it just opened one eye a tiny bit and then went straight back to dozing.

Say what you will about algorithms - YouTube knows exactly what I want to see.

Another 1-bit official wallpaper for PicoTron

Here's an example of a sketched version of a scene from my game vs the final paint. Most of the problems are already solved, but it takes hours of work to get the colours, details and balance just right.

Here's an example of a sketched version of a scene from my game vs the final paint. Most of the problems are already solved, but it takes hours of work to get the colours, details and balance just right.

This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?

[night chough voice] good man

hard to believe that x . com missed

After a year of work I've finally released my adventure game. It's called Maura and Ash, and it's designed for MS-DOS. You can download it or play it in the browser right now! moralrecordings.itch.io/mauraash #msdos #pointandclick #adventuregame

I'm making a point & click adventure game about unusual places and unusual ideas.

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I'm making a point & click adventure game about unusual places and unusual ideas.

it used to be so simple

Trying out Neyyah the way you knew I would - doing all the maps and notes myself. So far the puzzles have been satisfying to solve.

NEW VIDEO! Today marks 20 years since the #PSP launched in PAL regions, and well… I couldn't help but feel like it'd be neat to dive into some of the catalogue to show off some neat examples of what made it kinda cool in that mid-2000s kind of way. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifzP...

let the flesh gently caress those access cards. they will be warm and safe

Planetfall is funny because you can take off your uniform and walk around and the only consequence so far is that Floyd says that you look funny naked. But I just realised I'm carrying all this stuff around with pockets, somehow...

Too tired to do anything productive tonight so I'm playing a text adventure in bed. Planetfall this time. So far I'm enjoying it, mapped out most of Kalamontee Kompleks and have started exploring Lawanda Kompleks.

A beautiful evening, so I filled my oil lantern and sat out with a guitar to enjoy the sunset. It's been a lovely day even though I just broke a b string. 😌

I can’t remember who created this writer’s note but it is great.

*gently to my cat*: you cant be a little fucker. You have to be good. No more being a little fucker. *My cat, purring*: the Being a Fucker hour draws near

Periodically it's useful for me (and you) to share what Amberspire is – a city builder with lots of dice, and a unique science fantasy history. It will, of course, have a manual.

It’s nice to go out at midnight and look up at the Milky Way. Uncountable titans of plasma undergoing violent fusion at scales and temperatures I can’t even begin to imagine. And from where I stand it all looks so gentle and serene, so quiet all I hear are the frogs calling.

It's finally here! This is the gory, bizarre game we've been working on for the past year and a half! If you happen to play it and leave a review, you'll be my favorite person ever and I'll love you very very much 🥰 #indiegame

My favorite non-bird picture I’ve taken is this befungused log

I’ve been quietly mourning the passing of Brent Hinds this week. I’ve been a fan of his work for 20 years. He wrote many great parts for many great songs but his work at the end of Jaguar God always captures my imagination. I listen to it all the time. RIP youtu.be/yvSPWG_mE4c?...

the walls are watching #indiegame banquet for fools