Happy A Product In Your Industry Is Doing Well So Your Peers Are Taking Turns Shitting On It Without Knowing Anything About It Day everybody Remember that creativity is a competition and if somebody is winning it means YOU are losing and it's their fault or - worse - their audience's

Wonderful seeing our Accelerate fellows taking the next steps with their capstone presentations. Check out this Mental Health Toolkit for Game Producers to see one example of many!

The end of every Curse of Strahd campaign

Finally revealing some big news this week, please sign up to my newsletter so you don't miss it all! #writing #indiedev www.lucasjwjohnson.com/newsletter-s...

The stuff going around about how conservative art isn’t good/doesn’t exist is interesting because what it means, which is true, is that the American conservative wing 2026 is completely incapable of making good art. There are several reasons for this but they boil down to the absence of vision 1/3

Since 2017, Take This has hosted an AFK Room at MomoCon. This year, our Events Manager Liz finally got a chance to check out the con herself! The event was a spectacular success, and Liz wrote up some thoughts about her experience. Check out our latest blog post here:

THIS is how you cover a protest.

This is TODAY!!! There's still time to reserve your seat for this evening's workshop. It's free to attend, but if you're able, there is a $25 suggested donation. Come hear @drhayspsyd.bsky.social discuss burnout in the games industry and how to manage it! givebutter.com/mental-healt...

Hey creatives: Folks will remember. If you were aggressively against AI, like Gutierrez was as recent as last year, and then suddenly turn around and go NO I GET IT NOW IT'S AMAZING as soon as you get a project with a big payday? Your peers will not forget that. You will never be trusted again.

Our workshop on how to manage burnout for game devs is TOMORROW! Reserve your seat now to attend. It's a free event with a suggested donation of $25, with options for individuals (or orgs!) to sponsor seats and further support Take This. Sign up and make your donation at givebutter.com/menta...

Apparently they’re out in the wild! Yay!!!

My partner: how’s the resume coming along? Me, 2 hours into writing “Sgt. Shortlegs, The Crime-Fighting Corgi”: Oh, right, THAT’S why I opened Word.

It was grea seeing many of you last week at MomoCon! Now that it's done, it's easy to fall into a post-con slump, physically & mentally. If youneed a little extra help today, check out an oldie but a goodie on our website: How to Handle Con Crash Like a Pro.

Stop engaging the shittiest people on the internet. Stop talking about bubbles. Starve them of attention ffs. Instead, spread THIS story. Talk about THIS story and stories like THIS.

So, a quick story. I have been at @comicpalooza.bsky.social, been swamped with long lines almost the entire weekend so far, and there was this very nice gentleman named Jin (not sure of the spelling). He came the first day and said he was bringing books the next day to get signed. 1/

MomoCon Day 3!!! We've passed the halfway mark, MomoFriends. It's been an amazing convention so far, and we've got 2 days left! Make sure you have the best experience possible this weekend by taking care of yourself. Water, food, and of course, a break in the AFK Room when you need it!

Block this shit if you haven't already

Our full schedule is now up on our website! gameworkersconference.org/2026-program

Oh also sign our petition to tell Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast that they could, if they wanted to, and SHOULD stop this anti-union campaign TODAY and voluntarily recognize the UWOTC-CWA union! ✊ actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcl...

The NAACP is urging Black athletes and fans to “withhold athletic and financial support” from public universities in states that “have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation”

One of the reasons people get sneery at indie artists or authors is because we're living in an age where you have to hock your wares, but we still mentally inhabit a world where PR is supposed to that for you, and self-marketing is associated with the lower classes. It sucks.

LIVE NOW! It's time for this week's Work & Chill stream. The tech gremlins have been vanquished (thanks awesome devs at @silverstringmedia.bsky.social), and Sarah's ready to show off the full version of Greenhearth Necromancer. Come garden with us!

The “we don’t have the votes” excuse for refusing to force a vote on impeachment is conceding the point and saying even the opposition party doesn’t think this high crime merits removal from office. It’s not being politically astute and pragmatic, it’s self-defeating in its cowardice.

📣 GAMEDEVS 📣 Did you know the @gameworkerscon.bsky.social is officially ONE WEEK FROM TODAY? ...And that it's FREE and ENTIRELY REMOTE? 👇👇👇 gameworkersconference.org

These are really cool additions to your D&D game, whether you’re playing Greenhearth Necromancer or not. Who am I kidding, you really SHOULD be playing Greenhearth Necromancer!

If you've left Greenhearth Necromancer a review on Steam: thank you!!! Reviews can make a huge difference for games on Steam, and we appreciate your support! Here are just a few of our favourites from the last few days. 💚 If you haven't left a review yet, the next best time is right now!

Every time I turn on the radio to listen to a ballgame, I hear one of these godsbedamned ads.

game devs, if I'm looking for rigorous (practical and/or academic) analysis of game and systems design concepts like initiative/turn order, inventory management, resource math, and other nitty-gritty elements, where is the best place to go? I'm having a beast of a time trying to find this.

A little action for NYC and New York state folks today. Quick, simple, and now you've done something.

Few things in this world can get me to smile like a gregarious MTA conductor who spices up their station announcements. Why yes, subway conductor, I am beautiful and having a good evening, thanks for noticing!

I am going live, streaming Greenhearth Necromancer on the @silverstringmedia.bsky.social twitch channel to celebrate launch week! Come say hi! www.twitch.tv/silverstring...

No, I have not started reading the new DCC book because I have a deadline tomorrow and I didn't plan ahead very well but I'm fine why do you ask it's just a book I'M TOTALLY FINE WAITING AN ADDITIONAL 48 HOURS IT'S FINE

Heya gamedev folks! We're on the hunt for game codes to help fund donations at the Hope Booth. We had a very successful PAX East this year, and as a result are running low on codes! Want to help support the work of @takethis.org? Drop us a line! Reskeets much appreciated!

Good morning all, I'm #fundraising with @msfusastreaming.bsky.social to benefit @doctorswithoutborders.org and encourage folks to get to their local stores for #FreeRPGDay! Pop by my streams and keep an eye out for #TTRPG posts about the Free RPG Day publishing partners and offerings! 🧵 (1/2)

IN ONE HOUR! Sarah is hosting a very special Work & Chill stream featuring @silverstringmedia.bsky.social's most recent release: Greenhearth Necromancer! Thanks so much for the game key, Silverstring! Come Work & Garden with us! 11am ET/8am PT

More Greenhearth love! Sarah’s gonna play some tomorrow morning if anyone would like to see a bit!

It's here! I'm so excited to check out the full game. Go check out this incredible game by this awesome studio!

Workshop Registration Open! Our Mental Health Starts at Work workshop on burnout is on 5/28! $25 suggested donation. There are options to sponsor others' seats too! We don't want cost to be a barrier, so we especially appreciate those who can support financially. Register:

Deepfakes are everywhere, but digital forensics investigators are fighting back. Learn more: https://scim.ag/42dMPBg

If you want to support trans indie game devs, maybe wishlist my team & I's love letter to Cowboy Bebop: ✨🔫 BITTER SILVER! ✨🔫 It's an original sci-fi world that has queer romance, lots of choice & consequence, space jazz & a cute cat! Wishlist 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/1906930/...

WOW! We broke Kickstarter! 😂 Neon Odyssey was funded in seconds with $2.25 raised in an hour! Watch the music video featuring the Midnight: youtu.be/JOGdEIaa_V4?... #dnd #ttrpg #dnd5e

If you've played our demo, you've only scratched the surface of the narrative. 🌱💀 Greenhearth Necromancer has a deep story that unfolds about the nature of magic, your relationship with your grandmother, and your growing bond to community. 🐝🏳️‍🌈 Out on May 11! store.steampowered.com/app/2127570/...

Live for 30 minutes, already blown past $1.5M. Y’all are the best, I’m so excited for people to see all the amazing work the Avantris team and the incredible writers are putting into these books. Go check it out! (Bc one of my designs is still locked behind a stretch goal 😉😉)

Can’t believe this launches TOMORROW!

Oh no, I am consumed by Vampire Crawlers.

And yet… look at what some of our so-called “allies” are focused on. Wrong moment. Wrong fight. Wrong priorities. There’s a reason the Right has been so determined to erase history. Because this ain’t new. We’ve seen this movie before.

Get you a robot BFF with this subclass I designed for the upcoming Neon Odyssey Kickstarter!

In a city of over 8 million, just 400 people showed up to speak at the last Rent Guidelines Board hearing — where decisions about rents are made. We can do better. The next hearings are this June — show up and make your voice heard. Visit ORGANIZE.NYC.GOV to get involved.

Very cool offering from @takethis.org next month for #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth. We don’t do public workshops too often, so take advantage of this one if you’re able. Even better, sponsor someone else’s seat if you can!