Timing didn't work for getting to AdventureX this year - I was in hospital for surgery last week and though recovery is going well, I'm not up for travel yet - but to everyone going, have fun and I hope to be there and hang out next time!

Trying to be off here a lot more, on account of posting is the worst human invention and the root of all suffering Follow my newsletter at buttondown.com/HTHR to keep abreast of my goings-on even as i return to the world of emails

The @adventurex.bsky.social Steam event is on! There's a collection of fantastic narrative games that are part of it, including @gutefabrik.bsky.social 's Saltsea Chronicles, which I had the privilege to work on, at a 50% discount. store.steampowered.com/sale/adventu...

Doing my AdventureX prep! Business cards all done. Last moment shopping, done! All that's left is to pack. If you're looking to hire a writer/narrative designer and want to catch up over the weekend, then please drop me a message. #advxconf #advx25 #adventurex

I missed this but am so looking forward to diving in!!!

If you can, please help my friend help his dad stay housed:

Paul Wang's Hunter: The Reckoning — A Time of Monsters is out now!

Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!! 15% off on both Steam & Epic!! store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/... store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...

November’s early darkness enfolds us. The smell of applewood fires and rot is a constant companion at twilight. We hurry between home and evensong, home and pub. Ghosts crowd the lanes, our folklore becomes filled with tales of cold teeth. Winter begins to growl. - #CLNolan

🎂 inkle is 14 years old today! 🎉

I! LOVE! INTERACTIVE! FICTION!!!

just finished reading Will Not Let Me Go by Stephen Granade. holy shit, what an incredible work.

The demo for Elemental Flow is out now☀️That's ~3hours of conversation-centric Solarpunk RPG for you to play with. Whether you like it or not, leave us a review so we know what works for you and what doesn't! And if you do like it, a wishlist would be amazing =) store.steampowered.com/app/4004580/...

Q-UP is OUT NOW and BUNDLED with UNFAIR FLIPS!!!

It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us

Author interview is up with Paul Wang, whose new game, Hunter: The Reckoning — A Time of Monsters, comes out November 13th!

A fanart tribute to the fantastic game that is Disco Elysium ✨

‘Special thanks’ is for people’s dogs and cats. Not for people who spent five years of their lives actively developing a videogame for you

Explore a haunted movie studio. Learn the fates of the tormented souls bound to it. End a 50-year curse inscribed in blood and celluloid. KINOPHOBIA, my first piece of noncommercial interactive fiction in eight years, is now available to play. brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia

You don't hate sex scenes, you hate couples without a drop of chemistry shoehorned into Ikea erotica

Just finished (first playthrough of) NOBLESSE OBLIGE by @hpowellsmith.bsky.social! Atmospheric and masterfully characterized Gothic romance, perfect for romantic Spooky Times. Gotta play at least twice more. Also, Pascha is Baby. 💚💚💚 www.choiceofgames.com/noblesse-obl...

but an important balancing act is also to let the player be annoying in return.

games writers. your mission is to write as many annoying characters as possible. i believe in you

what’s this then www.deadstaticdrive.com/releases remember remember the 5th of november 👀

went to see frankenstein this weekend 🫀 #art #frankenstein2025

We just released the demo for Sea of Rifts, our systems-driven naval roguelike RPG! Take the helm as Captain, assemble a motley crew, and engage in tense, ship-to-ship combat as you explore a shattered reality. RimWorld meets Sunless Sea, with a dash of Dredge thrown in ⛵🐙 youtu.be/qh2nfllI8fg?...

🔥 Malys is OUT NOW in 1.0! 🔥 For a game about demons, you've all been absolute angels - thank you for your support along the way & we're so happy to share Malys' full release with you 🖤 Check out the launch trailer and then get exorcising below!

Hi everyone, I'm urgently looking for any work. I'm a writer and narrative designer, I offer game consultations and mock reviews, I localise between German and English, I can write copy. If it needs words, I'll do it! Here's some games I've written on in the past:

Two games I've worked on, Oddsparks and Tiny Bookshop, are nominated at the Deutsche Entwicklerpreis (German Development Awards)! Congrats to my fellow devs :)

Back on the chapter-planning train after the fun of editing, and looking forward to setting future me up for misery by outlining a bunch of deliciously complicated stuff

If we can't have dragons as pets, what about impossibly large bearded vultures?

My brain started getting back into gear post-covid and I get to do revisions which are a treat (even when my editor says I need to describe fifteen variants of the player character's outfit. as always she's right, it'll make it better)

Please wishlist anything from Choice of Games you might want to get; to most algorithms, CoG is "shaped like" bottom-tier choiceslop of the "save cheating boyfriend/push him into the mud" variety, but each game is hand-crafted, written and coded by a single author.

IFComp results are up, and so is the IFComp feedback survey. blog.zarfhome.com/2025/10/ifco...

I worked on this! Please play it right now or else! 👁

The 31st Annual IFComp has wrapped! 🎉 Results drop tonight at 7pm Eastern on ifcomp.org If you missed the stream, check it out at www.twitch.tv/interactivef... We’re already planning for IFComp 2026, and your feedback is critical! forms.gle/uzCX1MUQ8mUS...

One week remains.  Malys is imminent. https://bit.ly/playmalys

I think it should remain possible to work professionally on video games without having to move

📚 My current contract is coming to an end in Dec so I am now looking for new work! ⭐ I am an award-winning & expert/lead game writer & narrative designer. 🌎 I am interested in long & short term contracts & consultancy, ideally remote. Let's chat! hannahnicklin.com linkedin.com/in/hannah-nicklin

We're releasing Ambrosia Sky: Act One next month!!!! NEXT?? MONTH?????

The Nighthawks demo has arrived! During Steam Next Fest, seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts. Your second life begins tonight! store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/...

I'm holding a NaNoWriMo event in my narrative discord again this year, and I'm seeking prizes for the winners' raffle. I'm chipping in a book and game, but more prizes are needed. If you have any work (books, games, papers, etc.) you'd be willing to donate, please let me know. Thank you!

New Hunter: The Reckoning game coming from Paul Wang! If you liked Night Road or Book of Hungry Names you'll want to wishlist A Time of Monsters.

The news is official! I can finally tell you that my next romcom Reality Check will be out in April next year!

I have a big backlog project written in Ink, which stalled a while back as I couldn't quite get everything I wanted working. I was looking through the InkJam resources list and this web template was listed. Does pretty much everything I need! remy-vim.itch.io/ink-template

The year withers. Dead paths across the ghost soil are revealed. Colder magics rise. Our boots are muddied, we begin to breath like dragons. Our witcheries turn with the season and our ancestors talk a little louder. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

some day someone with both big money and creative control is going to finally yank the mass effect dating sim genre up by the roots and figure out how to replant their audience somewhere they can scope more reasonably - like a AAA visual novel, or a fighting game or something, and make SO much money

Just announced! I've been working on an interactive novel in the Hunter: The Reckoning franchise! Day For Night lets you play as a veteran Hunter fighting back against the monsters of Hollywood over one blockbuster summer. store.steampowered.com/app/3133670/...

Ohhhh soon it's time for me to get Pathologic brained again (jk I never stopped)

Six years ago, I wrote most of the Tragedian dialogue for Pathologic 2 in iambic pentameter. I'm back now doing the same for Pathologic 3. I figured it was helpful to write a guide on *how* I did it – in case I get hit by a bus and the team has to carry on without me. azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...