3 May 2026 devlog: thanks to a dedicated community member, Chapbook docs now have a Simplified Chinese translation! If you'd like to contribute a translation in another language, drop me a line and I can explain how the process can work. www.patreon.com/posts/3-may-...

NEW TWINE TEMPLATE‼️ 💬 DIALECTIC A fully customizable, visual novel inspired template for the SugarCube format Demo & Download: gcbaccaris.itch.io/template4

Sorry to be overly sincere for a second, but here's why we decided to persevere through all of the bullshit and take over InfoWars. There's just gotta be a line somewhere. Thank you @pablo.show for letting me talk so openly about this.

19 April 2026 devlog: considering where to work on next after the Twine 2.12.0 release. (Which happened last week, ICYMI!) www.patreon.com/posts/156043...?

So yesterday was the 2-year anniversary of when I walked away from my 20+ year career and set off to become a full-time #indiedev #solodev. This was, by most normal evaluations, an insane thing to do! But at this 2-year mark, I thought I'd look back at how it's gone so far. 🧵

Twine 2.12.0 is now out! Major highlights include a new way to see tags in the story map and a better tag autocomplete. www.patreon.com/posts/155317...

Twine devlog: wrapping up a new, but not dramatically different, ways tags will show up in the story map. www.patreon.com/posts/154878...

My post-GDC report. Twine! Visible Zorker! The Botanical Garden! The Letterform Archive! (That last one was totally new to me.) blog.zarfhome.com/2026/03/twin...

wow this fan-made Marathon Timeline website is incredible timeline.bumgie.org

I belong to a different generation--my own experience was more Apple II than Mac--but I felt this essay in my bones.

This year's Game Developer's Conference, GDC Festival of Gaming, will be held March 9-13, 206 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. For the first time ever, the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation will be represented! IFTF will have a booth on the show floor Wed-Fri so please stop by.

This was the first time I’ve done a game jam with other people and shout-out to @jhaddock.bsky.social and @chrisklimas.com for leading the way! I think we landed on something super fun.

Here it is: Block by Frozen Block is a short, interactive poem I made in Twine as a vessel for ... all the stuff roiling around in my head as everyone here is fighting for our neighbors in big ways and small. adeniro.itch.io/block-by-fro...

This woman was murdered. poets.org/2020-on-lear...

🦊 “Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.” I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky. ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...

With the passing of Rebecca Heineman today, I wanted to share some images from her last, now forever unfinished project. She was working on amazing stuff right up until the end. It was Dragon Wars remastered. Jennell Jaquays was art directing.

Huge influence on me.

What a great post about community, the people, the narcissists, governance, funding, overtakes, political backwaters, change, loss, and feeling lost. okayfail.com/2025/in-prai...

Murderworld is now available! A text adventure where you play as the 1989 lineup of the X-Men as they fight to win back their weekend. It's got several playable characters over the course of multiple hours-worth of grand adventure and superhero drama. patientrock.itch.io/murderworld 🦹🏼‍♀️

VN-like Twine template progress: more UI tweaks + hover over a sprite to bring it into the foreground #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev art by @saltycryptid.bsky.social

You can grab Station Zeta right now in the Steam Autumn Sale for less than the price of a tariff-adjusted cup of coffee. Run, jump, and puzzle your way through the worst station in space today! store.steampowered.com/app/2950320/...

Crab Crawl is always inexpensive but its even cheaper right now. How about a game that you can finish on a weeknight? Is cheerful? Has got great music? Steam Deck friendly? Play as a crab! 🦀 s.team/a/3254550

I've entered a game into IFComp for the first time! It's a text adventure called Murderworld and it's about the X-Men. (Though, you don't need to know anything about the characters to play.) Superhero drama, action, and above all: teamwork!

The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program. We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful. The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs. www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...

Station Zeta is still half off for just a bit longer 🔹 Save the crew, though they don't deserve it! 🔹 Shoot some robots and question whether they deserve it! 🔹 Push some crates knowing full well they totally deserve it! #indiegame #thinkygame #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/2950320/...

Less than 24 hours left to grab Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer during our Steam launch sale! Don't miss your chance to grab the perfect game for beating back the mid-summer blues at a 15% launch discount! #indiegame #turnbased #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...

Hey folks - I am super excited to announce Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer has a release date - July 14th! What better way to spend the height of summer (or winter, hemisphere-dependent) than by diving into the deep, dark forest and keeping terrible monsters at bay! #indiedev #indiegame #turnbased

Chris and I have even more Twine Cookbook postcards. If you are at @narrascope.org and want one, please talk to me or @chrisklimas.com. (I'll also be at @eliterature.bsky.social in a few weeks with some.)

A message from IFTF's president about this year's event (don't panic!):

Today is the last day for in-person registration for NarraScope. (Registration for remote attendance is open until June 18th.) narrascope.org

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

As part of the ongoing job hunt, I set up a software portfolio page: zarfhome.com/portfolio/

Great news for your weekend: the demo for Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is now live on Steam! Get a head start on your summer and save some campers today! #indiegame #indiedev #demo #gaming store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...

On Saturday, June 7 I'll be at Indie Game Fest at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore showing off my game, Crab Crawl! Cool lineup of speakers, great indie games to play, and more: calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/indie_... 🦀

For anyone in the Maryland area, we'll be at the Enoch Pratt Library Indie Game Fest this upcoming June 7th showing both Station Zeta and the first public demo of Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer. Stop by and see us, along with a ton of other amazing indie devs! #indiegame #indiedev

my new Twine template is looking tastier

Does the box have feelies? No. Does the box even exist? Of course not - it's digital. Should you wishlist it today anyway? Absolutely - you don't want to miss out on this year's one and only camp-based horror strategy game, do you? #indiegame #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...

Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family. I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.

You might have missed it, but it's not all bad news this week - Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is coming soon, and you can wishlist it right now on Steam! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #strategygame #turnbased store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...

This year's Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction is open for judging. There are 34 new games entered this year, a mix of choice, parser and more. All entries are well worth checking out. The festival runs until 9th May. www.springthing.net/2025/play.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.

A reminder for this Transgender Day of Visibility: Trans people have always existed, and we always will.  No president, politician, or court can change that.

ROSEWATER IS OUT! A Wild West adventure about friendship, storytelling, and found family. It's been a journey making this game. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. 🤠🌵 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/... GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/rose...

A longer look at some of the early gameplay in Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer. It's a peaceful night at the lake until it very much isn't. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZJS... #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

It's Spring, and Station Zeta is on sale for its lowest price ever! Why not greet the season with some puzzle-platformer fun? Because remember, in space, no one can hear you come in like a lion or leave like a lamb - that's just science! store.steampowered.com/app/2950320/... #indiegame #indiedev

This is what happens when 18F goes away: beta.weather.gov has been deactivated, “due to the loss of critical federal staff, which leaves this project without the resources to continue its development or for routine monitoring and maintenance.” 18f.org/projects/#:~...

I wrote a feature for @eurogamer.bsky.social about my experience at the Disco Elysium LARP, 97 Poets of Revachol! www.eurogamer.net/surviving-a-...

former colleagues from 18F have asked me to share this open letter widely - please pass on 🙏 🇺🇸 💻💪 18f.org

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.