Absolutely blown away by this print that just arrived from @romanhyacinths.bsky.social ! this is getting framed ASAP!

made some themed #snailmail inspired by Ancient Pompeii! custom vellum paper, a fictional field note, a holographic sticker sheet w/ food items from Pompeii, a recipe card featuring Ancient Roman sourdough bread, and an illustrated postcard of a "thermopolium," or Ancient Roman fast food joint 🌞📫

My two favorite snail mails I’ve sent this year ✨ April & November! patreon.com/thesunxix #snailmail #art #humanart #illustration

making a lot of art on my week off of work! just illustrated this holographic sticker sheet for a penpal with a fish tank 🐡🫧

Finished up some WIPs from 2025 this week, including the painting to the right, inspired by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social's wonderful solo journaling game "directionless" to the left!

May I reworked As Long as the Cicadas Sing into a 1-page game. This was for a project we did with the local Designed in the DMV collective (more to come in the June post). I also got a lovely piece of art inspired by Wither & Grow from @romanhyacinths.bsky.social !

illustrated a yellow crowned night heron over lunch 🪶🌲

Designed and printed my first #TTRPG — a 1-2 player game set in the Wild West — for @onepagerpgjam.bsky.social's TTRPG Bookmark Jam! You can download and play it for free here: roman-hyacinths.itch.io/a-western-de...

I dropped this prelaunch page a few weeks ago without getting into many more details. And now I have some pretty spreads too. So: 🧵 NULL_SPACE is itchfunding for Zine Month (Feb 2026)! Smash that "notify me" button and I'll let you know when: binary-star-games.itch.io/null-space-p...

Starting UI integration with dialogues and interactions 💬

icymi it's no longer my birthday, but my games are still on sale all week

in NYC visiting friends for the week — and will be co-working at GUMBO a couple days! mutuals, feel free to message if you want to cross paths while I'm here 🤭

Sharing some of my favourite smear frames in my handmade game, Scrabdackle! It's coming out TUESDAY! Dec 2! Would love if y'all took a look! 😊💙 store.steampowered.com/app/1578720/... #game #videogame #indiegame #cutegame #animation

Friends, we're back to self-publishing (which is both fun and scary). We'd be really happy if you wishlist the Simogo Legacy Collection if you have any interest in it! store.steampowered.com/app/3817040/...

Put together my first photography #zine tonight, featuring photos I took on different weekend trips to Cape Cod, mid-coast Maine, and lakeside New Hampshire this fall! 💫

"Roman Hyacinths" has been my handle since I started making art and videogames half a decade ago... and last week I got a thigh tattoo of hyacinth flowers in a Roman-esque bowl 🪻🏺✨

Scrabdackle's new Act 1 trailer is out!! I'm SO excited about it, it was really fun to put together! You can check it out on the Steam page below - it's really finally looking like a real game ready to launch!! 😊 store.steampowered.com/app/1578720/... #indiegames #godotengine #indiedev #gamedev

⚔️TIME ⚔️ TO ⚔️ RECLAIM ⚔️ YOUR ⚔️ BRAIN⚔️ Blanksword's Steam Demo & Kickstarter Campaign just launched as of RIGHT NOW! Play the Demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/... Preorder the game on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/283... Join the Discord: discord.gg/ftmCfsupyv

pretty pictures from a weekend on #CapeCod — probably going to make a small photography zine of New England spots once I free up a bit!

stoked to vote in local city elections! :) #Somerville

BIG NEWS! Moon Rings playing card decks are available now! Edition of 100, standard 52-card deck. Can be used for playing Moon Rings or for any reason you'd use a card deck. Get them from the game's itch page. Shipping to the U.S. only atm Please share! junkfoodgames.itch.io/moon-rings

This is just a test room I set up while debugging yesterday. It's not even in the game. But the VIBES... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #GodotEngine

An epistolary visual novel I made for my mom last year is in this wonderful #indiegame anthology! Check it out ☺️

Dive again into the world of indie games with Indiepocalypse #68! -10 curated games for $15! -Zine! -Newly commissioned game by olszoj​​ (olszoj.mmm.page) -Cover by CharleyJadeIllustrations (charleyjadeartistry.com) pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-68

Incredibly grateful to @pcgamer.com for sharing about our Games for Palestine charity bundle. Thank you so much for the coverage!! ❤️ www.pcgamer.com/games/you-ca...

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Played this analog mystery game by @smolghost.bsky.social last night! Had a blast figuring out what happened as we explored envelopes, sketches, floor plans, photos, newspaper clippings etc., getting increasingly sucked in and excited as the story unfolded. Tight game design all around!

What a handy little mouse you are! Restore your burrow and decorate it how you like 🐭🔨🪑

branding for the pixel doodle zine with a new score: Bates 56 with a 4.25” reach for binding 8.5” wide pages in half. 
#art #1bit #blackandwhite #oc #pixels #pixelart #doodle #pixelicons #icons #digitalart #illustration #artist #dada #fluxus #zines #perzine #dotchke #60grid #webapp #solodev #stapler

@azurexis.bsky.social's game Paper Animal Adventure just launched on Steam! I was honored to make 3 songs for this wonderful project (2 remixes from the charming original OST by Mothense, plus a short action theme) - and I can say the game is REALLY fun! store.steampowered.com/app/1982120/...

I'm doing GMTK Jam this year! In my game you play as a drifter musician who finds a genie. You wish for your music to change the world, so the genie creates a banjo that has the power to warp space into loops (and therefore "change the world") #gmtk #gamejam #indiedev #gamedev #unity3d

Ah yes, the first video game AIs: Blinky, who chases Pac-Man, Pinky, who tries to get in front of him, Inky, who tries to flank you, and Claude, who generates a trail of bullet points and em-dashes and occasionally veers into white supremacist rhetoric.

The Wholesome Games Celebration on Steam will return August 7-14! Now in its third year, this event features world premiere game announcements, new releases, discounts, and demos ⬇️

I often look at and admire this mini poster made by @romanhyacinths.bsky.social that was inspired by my game Wither & Grow! I need to get a frame for it!

today i painted an alpine dam 💧 #alps #painting #gouache #summeralpschallenge #mountainart

I just backed The APWOT Trilogy Reprint by @apwot.bsky.social on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...

@dodoot.bsky.social's Kabuto Park is delightful. It honestly reminds me of what summers used to feel like as a child — especially the unbridled joy of being able to lose track of time exploring the knuckle of woods in my sun-soaked backyard, filling my pockets with cool rocks and leaves.

Increase your wisdom score with The Explorateur, my rpg newsletter for designers, writers, and layout artists. This issue has some meaty reviews, a treasure trove of inspirational resources, and a pile of links you'll bookmark if you haven't already. www.explorersdesign.com/the-explorat...

🪲🌻🌲 Kabuto Park is OUT NOW! 🐞🪷🎉 🪲 Catch the cutest and strongest bugs 🐞 Win the tiniest sumo fights 🐝 Collect, upgrade and enjoy summer I am so proud of this little game, it means so much to me 💕 Share with your friends 💌 #indiedev #indiegame

Check out this amazing mini poster that @romanhyacinths.bsky.social made for my solo game, Wither & Grow! A very lovely gift! Also! Their zine Dirt Cheap Wands is really cool! It has a vellum paper cover, which I love to see used in zines.

went on a beautiful day trip to Plum Island today and hiked to Julia Street! 🦪

I just backed Galactic & Going Rogue: Two TTRPGs of War Among the Stars by @jumpgategames.itch.io Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...

I just backed Knapsack Magazine, Volume 2: Butter by @luckypocketpress.bsky.social on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/luc...

I might have been the only games grantee, but it was great to meet folks with different creative practices at @masscultural.bsky.social's event! Would highly recommend MA-based #gamedev / #TTRPG folks to look into the grant for future years — it's a completely unrestricted $5,000 award!

New zine in hand. @romanhyacinths.bsky.social ‘s Dirt Cheap Wands is so fun and my daughter claimed it immediately. A trade for my three doodle zines. A bargain, really, the production value of this is 🔥 #zine #zines #fanzine #fanzines #writingcommunity #booksky #indie

Made a limited batch of iridescent business cards! Going to be bringing some of these to the @masscultural.bsky.social creative individuals grants celebration later today 🥳

Do you make weird, artsy, short-form videogames? Or know someone who does? Check out this new zine project I've been working on (intended to kind of bridge poetry/academia/art world/indie games) - and consider submitting a game for the first issue! www.gamepoems.org

clearly had no choice but to dress up as my indie game jam group's bird mascot for my roommate's bird-day party 😌💅

A bunch of cool stuff just dropped over at Knave of Cups today! One of those cool things is our latest solo game, Moon Rings! Go check it out!

I just wrote a short tutorial/review of how I delivered the Jukebox PDF to 688 backers and set up community copies on itch: jarofeyes.substack.com/p/jukebox-pd... Also, 223 Jukebox community copies, funded by the immense generosity of Jukebox backers, were just released ✨🎤 (see 🧵)