People are making a version of Star Wars animated entirely in ASCII art, and I wish I knew about this sooner

In Bug & Claw's 44th #ttrpg #devlog, I dive into some of the Learning and research I've been doing the last year to help flesh out the world of Entomara, the mechanics of the game, and to become a better writer and designer. ⬇️⬇️ 1/2

In The Wilds, games are played by traveling along a path of cards. 1/2

Day 21 with Tosti in Kinless #ttrpg, and things are finally going OK! I may even be armoured enough to fight a bear now.

In Bug & Claw's 35th #ttrpg #devlog, we look at some of the general items and equipment, as well as some of the rare ones. ⬇️ 🔨🪓 #ttrpgs #gamedev

Are you running a Curse of #Strahd or other game set in Barovia? Have some curious players or looking for new ways of keeping things interesting yourself? 1/2

Solo Surveyor's alpha is out! 🎉🎉 What started as a tool for my own solo roleplaying is now available to you! This took me a LOT of a trial and error the last few days to get working. http://solo-surveyor...

Grit represents a hero's resolve, fortitude, guts, moxie, courage– their fighting spirit that keeps them going. Once that's whittled away, however, is when that hero starts to have their literal flesh damaged. It may incur severe injuries and penalties. #ttrpgs 1/2

I made a map tool to help my solo #ttrpg play, and now you can use it, too! Check out Solo Surveyor to track your journey. :) http://solo-surveyor...

Titans are arthropods that, on the outside, resemble their original ancestors, except they are much bigger. Much, much bigger. Titans - Bug & Claw devlog 46. bugandclaw.com/titan...

When a stat or skill is needed: • If the simulation requires it • If it thematically makes sense • If there is a difference that could and should be defined These were lessons I absorbed and re-absorbed when designing the first pass on Bug & Claw's character sheets. 1/2

The Breach is one of the oldest guilds, its members devoting themselves to preventing the breaking or rupturing between bug-kin land and the infected lands and wastes. 1/2

Editing and reviewing your rules goes a long way. I keep getting frustrated playing a little indie game because it says things like "small items do not count" toward your carry capacity, but then it does not specify which items are large or small! *grumble grumble*

A job site wanted a photo. I uploaded one. I guess it was too low resolution because... It used AI to scale it up and add extra details?! I'm not opposed to wearing make-up in the least, but it could have done a better job applying mascara and lipstick. Delete. Not a feature I need/want.

Exploring world legacy mechanics in Bug & Claw #devlog 50.

The little map navigator thing I made for my solo play may be something I can easily offer for others, with the ability to add your own maps. Hmm. Wonder how hard.

Bug & Claw devlog 45 is all about wisps– chaotic creatures descended from moths and butterflies. bugandclaw.com/wisps...

We watched the Bone Temple. Not sure how I feel about it. I love the lore additions, but I really don't like body horror, which there was a lot of. Ralph Fiennes and Jack O'Connell were certainly great.

Wonderful spot illustrations by Hodag, featured in Bug & Claw devlog #34 You know you want to see them all!

My first Kinless #ttrpg character did not last very long. I had amassed a lot of rabbit pelts and some walrus tusks but otherwise a broken arm, broken shoulder, broken armour, and a wolverine ate me.

Lethality vs balance, grid vs row vs narrative, number crunching vs flow of play? Exploring battle abstractions - Bug & Claw devlog 42

As I prepare more Bug & Claw pieces, I've been experimenting around with digital character sheets. Like anything else I do, I make smaller projects for myself or tools for existing games in order to learn and then iterate on my own projects.

I’ve done so many things that people told me I couldn’t do, but the thing is that I let those few naysayers get to me enough that I dragged my feet starting out and faced years of doubt and now regret. I don’t want that to happen to other folks. I want to enable you. 1/2

Did you know arthropods shed their exoskeletons as they grow? It's a process called ecdysis, but most of us just call it moulting. It's also how characters level up, pass time, evolve, or mutate in #ttrpg Bug & Claw! 1/2

OK, mission accomplished. No need to play anymore.

For years the populace of Patient Watch avoids Stagbay proper because of a giant shrew living nearby, biding their time until they can take it and its kin down for good-- which is where their namesake comes from. 1/2

When creating Grim Accoutrements I had a lot of fun with the artwork in particular. I was having drawing tablet issues and did most of the art with just my trackpad. Honestly, it helped loosen me up! 1/2

1. Like something, even through childhood. 2. Learn it or the creator are problematic. 3. Realize you can still like that thing and experience from before while not supporting further, especially monetarily. 4. Experience growth.

Silkhold is one of Bug & Claw's first main towns in the fiction and #ttrpg campaign. • Pink hue of silkworm silk • A glow worm's mansion lit up brightly • Potholes and dilapidated streets • An emerald-topped commemorative obelisk • A shadowy naval base 1/2

🐹♻️🐷 One of my favourite parts of #worldbuilding is creating ecosystems of creatures that I can see intermingling with one another. 1/2

It me

Some of the aimed playable areas at launch for Bug & Claw. These are the Provinces of Western Entomara. They may seem familiar, yet different. Places like: Two-Vash Arthos Bombilly Ganzai New Kinship Shrouded Steppes The Kamerakais Or the dangerous: The Bivarak The Barrens 1/2

GUYS have you seen this. antarctica on google maps. go look at it. this is tech struggling to process the Sublime

Can't believe how many great games are in here, not to mention supporting anti-authoritarianism!

Daggerfall Unity: Retro Revival is a lore-friendly mod list for Daggerfall Unity (the classic Elder Scrolls game rebuilt in Unity).

Show me how you treat other people and I'll tell you what you believe

💧Water was soaked through everything. The very walls seeped to the touch. Mattresses were piled up, soaking in knee-deep water... 🌊 1/2

this is honestly the only way forward. We cannot do it ourselves without being completely shut out. Other men have to be there to normalize that respect. I truly believe that the backsliding is because men are getting too scared of rejection by other men to stand up for women vocally. I'm tired

“Stop looking at her like that.” “Why’d you assume she was a student?” “Why’d you say that, dude?” Little comments like that send a strong message and take no effort. A better game industry culture starts with you!

Women in the games industry already have to put up with a lot, but we shouldn’t have to do it alone. Men in the industry: if you see one of your fellow men doing behaving this way towards a woman at a professional conference, please speak up and tell them to CUT IT OUT.

AI filmmaking is completely unserious. You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.

Bug & Claw is being built to be solo-first. Oracles and generators are part of the tools used to make that happen. But what makes a good oracle? What goals guide a generator? 1/2

What's your "stress" game? Mine is generally anything in the Fallout series. Here, I talk about some of my setup and the mods I have tried. monkeyslunch.com/wha...

In Bug & Claw's 33rd devlog, I explore: 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 Exploring character bonds 🎲 Lowering RNG to increase player agency 🪳 And little symbiotic mites ⬇️

Meta plan to use political turmoil as cover for new surveillance tech rollout 🥾👅

Starting a game design document doesn't need to be overly complex. Begin with a few of the key parts that flow, like: • Story • World • General play structure 1/2

you guys, I met a porcupine today

🧠✌🏼📘🏝️ Alone In Wellness is a trio of solo journalling games utilizing Takuma Okada's Alone system. 1/5