One of the things I'm currently finding difficult about my job is the disconnection between what my curricular responsibilities are and where my artistic interests are. How are all the academics navigating this divide? Do other people just get to teach what they are passionate about?

Played some Gallows Corner today and it does some interesting things but moreso brought up a conversation/thoughts about when something should be a game or just a setting/supplement. What are some examples of games that *can't* be ripped about?

New interview episode of RTFM! @snaxwell.bsky.social and I talk to @prismaticwasteland.com about bootleg Pokemon and "heistfunding" a new game, Into the Oddish. open.spotify.com/episode/4wnX...

Dear Toronto, and everywhere this show is going, get to it. What a great night!

Is it a bad idea to try and make a himbos tactics zine in time for breakout con?

Anyone, like, figured out how to turn an Xbox into just a computer?

they are killing xbox so fast its making it extremely difficult to boycott them

Just call every guy you meet Daddy It will stick eventually

Those breakout con games really filled up fast. I know it's 4 days now but it also feels like there are less offerings?

What even is a good looking video game?! (Making games is hard)

Any Unity pals used Microverse? I have unfortunately decided to make a wilderness game and don't want to become uninspired by the built in terrain tools.

My Helldivers-like microgame FIREDROP and my Mothership horror comedy one shot THERE IS A GOBLIN ON ICARUS STATION are both a part of this 1,400+ item bundle raising funds entirely for Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Buy this. Get years worth of cool stuff. Fuck ICE. itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

Get it get it get it get it

This is a better cyberpunk game than all the other ones people talk about. Reading it made me have some really big thoughts about both game design and the point of genre so while it didn't hit in all cylinders for me, it was a very valuable read.

Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum. Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.

Toronto! I'm starting up a thing! It's not a giant space, but my studio is big enough to start gathering around some games. If you wanna join us, lmk!

So: this BHM I will be pointing you at the work of other Black TTRPG creatives (I also do this the rest of the year!). Your job: Turn up and support these folks, and keep supporting them after BHM has passed! Let's do this.

I've just released ROVKALL, a monospaced font you can use in your personal and commercial projects. I originally made this for Thousand Empty Light (where you'll find it being used for sub-headings) alfredvalley.itch.io/rovkall

*young me, developing a strong sense of justice* This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane

It's not that girls are weapons, actually. It's that weapons, as objects coveted by men who view the possession and conspicuous use of them as intrinsically demonstrative of their masculinity, are a type of woman.

The No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle submission period is now open: itch.io/jam/no-ice-i... All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February

i hope this happens to more people

I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.

I was gonna make a little video game this week but I might make a ttrpg instead

We're back! My mic was hot and I learned new software to get away from AI, be nice.

Anyone out there know any good online drawing classes? I do not want to learn *all* the fundamentals as I have done those and find it hard to motivate. Ideally something about little guys/fantasy bullshit/fun stuff?

YES YES YES. This is also why we should talk about players rather than consumers in game dev. We need to change the discourse so that we can start thinking about new sustainable ways of being a game creator.

emulate games play indie games buy dvds/blu rays/cds MAKE dvds/blu rays/cds get an antenna listen to the radio play/watch/listen/read old favorites make/visit personal websites use linux use foss create get familiar with inconvenience theres plenty to do dont give Them anything

It's the year of getting off shitty tech. Which means I need to find replacements for Adobe Audition, Riverside and probably Discord. How are people recording and editing their podcasts these days?

Video games could never

Spending the holidays painting some rats.

It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic. It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today. Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.

It's only PBTA if it has sex moves, otherwise it's just sparkling FITD

I wanna do some serious puzzle design, who's got the good example/supplements/resources?

Having a very "if people put a fraction of the work they put into fixing DnD culture into learning other games we could could probably all sustain ourselves" kind of morning

Anyone have good game design video recommendations about mechanics *not* by a dude?

I spent a lot of yesterday chatting with a local arts org about showing and supporting art games and how we build value and community within the arts as game makers and I think everyone who is worried about that should log off and go talk to a local artist run org (or start one)

i don't think you can be a linkedin grindset guy or gal and also argue for the value of what you're doing as socially transformative, important art. i don't think those two things are ultimately compatible or can be reconciled.

It's so nice of these folks to give me this birthday present. (The demo of this game is great!)

MORE ODDNESS! This is great!

Oddfolk, to me, was love at first sight. It's very charming and very, very clever.

Eeeeeeeee I'm late to the excitement on this but it's honestly just so lovely to read! I let OddFolk be messy because it's what I needed creatively and emotionally and it's great to hear that being met with enthusiasm!!

I think society was lost the second people started watching their phones on transit without headphones

This is like my theory that the people who are worried about other people pissing in the swimming pool are the only people who are pissing in the swimming pool.

We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA. Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.

Less in common with one another

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