I have yet to playtest this, but based on an initial read, it looks fantastic! I very much want to play this game someday. Really compelling mechanics, tone, and layout

Commisson I did for Marie ! 🌿 #digitalart #originalcharacter #artdigital #doodle #sketch #draw #artfight #illustration #art #digital #artist #drawing #artwork #doodling #artoftheday #commissionnedart #artcommisions #commissions

It's here! A free demo version of MERELY PLAYERS, highlighting the core gameplay elements. Mechanics for creating characters for campaigns/seasons and creating travelng companies, as well as lists of magical items and special skills, will come later.

Who are your favorite indie animators on YouTube?

Thanks for doing the Lord's work, @solorpglist.com!

Honored and excited that my game HEART THROUGH STOMACH is featured on this list!

They may have just discovered a new portrait of Shakespeare, the week before Chloe Zhao's Hamnet is released. And I've been thinking of releasing a demo of Merely Players... www.bbc.com/news/article...

This play ruled, by the way. All five hours of it.

Not sure if I'm going to jump from Canva, yet, but this is a good read.

Are there any other people making/playing #TTRPG who also come from a #theater/ #theatre background?

lol

I'm curious what folks think about approaching rules as expressive of theme. It seems like one needn't necessarily come first - perhaps you're creating rules to support theme, sometimes you're building a story to contain a rule - but it does feel important to me that thought is put into uniting them

There has never been any continuity between these depictions!

this is literally never not accurate

A conversation with @200proofgames.bsky.social is responsible for this Devlog. I'm genuinely interested in your feedback here, though!

What do you think makes a good TTRPG demo?

A really fascinating, vital exercise. Great use of Twine. Pass it on.

This kind of reminds me of the Love Death + Robots episode "How Zeke Got Religion," which is one of the shorts I actually liked a lot...

🌞 #ersatz

In which I talk about the launch, about @cuchi.bsky.social's "chorrijuegos" (loosely: silly-ass games) philosophy and how @binarystar.games' minimalist jam inspired the mechanics I created for this game, as well as the challenges I've faced playing.

Something I’ve noticed is there seems to be a sort of pervasive assumption that the status quo has gravity. That there’s a natural, comfortable way things should be and that deviations from the normal state of the world will correct themselves in time. But as a paleontologist, I know this is false.

No one was gonna tell me that the last Jurassic Park movie opens near me in Brooklyn, of all places?

Aquí tenéis más juegos para la #ChorrijuegoJAM Un rol en vivo en solitario, ¿qué puede salir mal?

Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night. He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.

There's been a few posts here recently about how difficult it is to get any feedback in this space, so I want to say that today I got a number of reposts here, a spike in views on my new project, a comment on that same project, and 2 whole upvotes on it in the itch "Release Announcements" forum.

Not to step on Rob's toes, here, but I relate to this feeling a lot as a theater artist. What I'll offer is that something I like about games is being able to just make something and put it into the world without waiting for approval from others to bring it to life. The players are my collaborators.

How about a little solo, uh, LARPG for your commute? As a F.R.E.N.D. you must use your special powers to help The Cause by defending fellow commuters from the energy vampire F.O.E.s. #MinimalistJam #chorrijuegoJAM

Good resource!

The itch Halloween sale is going for two more days and all my projects (and their community copies too, yes) are up!

And now we're typing. #LARP #TTRPG #MinimalistJam #chorrijuegoJAM

I cannot emphasize enough that I am having so much fun writing this weird LARP/RPG thing freehand.

“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten

Anyone else get past writers' block by switching modes? Opening up a notebook and writing freehand with a pen really helps.

I remember playing this! I don't think I ever beat it.

i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times

I've actually been surprised by how rare it is to get ratings, comments, and reviews on itch.io. On the flipside, the game that does have more comments on it is easily the most downloaded one. If you like something, review it! Leave a comment! It will help other people find it.

We hope that everyone who plays a solo or duet #TTRPG writes a review. It not only helps with discovery but also makes a creator feel a little joy so they will continue to make the games you enjoy!

This is easily my most downloaded game. Very cool to see that it connected.

What are your tips for even organizing a playtest? Do I have to just suck it up and make a Google Form?

Amazing resource.

Final week of my Spooky Bundle Sale! Both games half off, which means buying both is BoGo... or is that BooGo?! Eh? Or BooGoo??!! Goo is scary, too.... itch.io/s/161373/spo...

A few days ago an itch.io user added my game HEART THROUGH STOMACH to a collection called "Possibly Therapy" and I think that's very fitting.

A few days ago an itch.io user added my game HEART THROUGH STOMACH to a collection called "Possibly Therapy" and I think that's very fitting.

NYC I'm excited about this, and there's some cool friends-of-friends involved.

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness) As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

Only four community copies of I CAST YOU OUT! remaining.

Misty Copeland took her final bow as an American Ballet Theatre principal dancer on Wednesday, a role she's had for the past 10 years.

Check out this game, just in time for church tomorrow. gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/mysterious-w...