Hand drawing all these beans was a blast. Honestly surprised people have been enjoying my artwork. Never really considered myself capable of doing such a thing before, but Joe posed the idea to me and I thought it could be my wheelhouse to draw a bunch of stinky cartoony beans. 😆

24 Hours remain! Don't miss your chance to catch these unique experiences! Games of harsh votes and reluctant concessions. Divisions and misdirection. Flashy duels of action, resource, & goal management. Introspective hunts for evils among friends. Silly competitions of pushing your luck and toots.

2 days left to shop indie games in Lunarpunk’s pop-up online market! The 2025 lineup: 🫘 Tootin’ & Hollerin’ 🎆 Pyrotechnics 🦆 Duck, Duck, Choose + What Does My Rival Desire? 💌 What if I’m the Devil? Only 50 copies available for each, and they’re going fast! 🎲✂️

Duck Duck Choose is special to me because it concisely captures the push/pull, give/take, conflict/collaborate dichotomy of multivictor games. It can be really abrasive among some groups, yet it challenges those same abrasive people to see the world beyond a dog-eat-dog lens to even engage with it.

The Midnight Market by @lunarpunk.games is now open and you can buy some awesome indie games! Check the comments for an outline of each game available. #boardgames #indie

We got such an awesome collection of games. Three of which are unranked! Now's your chance to give em a whirl!

A little under 3 hours until the Midnight Market opens. It's a waning gibbous moon tonight, which means the games offered will be especially spectacular.

Hey, everybody! Twelve hours from now marks the launch of @lunarpunk.games's Midnight Market where you can pick up a limited run of five (six?) #boardgames by indie creators! I mention it because Pyrotechnics will be available, alongside some other GREAT games! Check it out! 11:59 p.m EST!

It's almost time lil guy

HELL YEAH THIS GANE IS AWESOME!!!!!!

🔴Live now! @coo.games and @xoe.gay join me to talk about Midnight Market from @lunarpunk.games What is is and what games will be sold! Come ask your questions and get ready for the sale! #SupportIndie #boardgames 📺 www.twitch.tv/panda8... 📺 www.youtube.com/@Pan... www.lunarpunk.games/...

October Vlog - I share lessons learned from assembling a small print runs for upcoming indie markets. - The Midnight Market games become available *this weekend*! www.lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket - Unranked Highlight: Thieves Dilemma by Zach Sockol. youtu.be/72RlygLm11g

What If I'm the Devil? by Jamie Sabriel is a tense, unsettling social deduction game where you and your community must plumb the depths of darkness to eliminate the Devil while it corrupts and forces your community to do its bidding. It's our 4th Midnight Market game, available this weekend.

Happy KPop Demon Hunters day

Pyrotechnics, designed by Michael Sprague and published by @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social, will be available at the Midnight Market! It's a two-player card duel that fits right in your pocket and plays in ten-minute bursts. 🎆🎆🎆 Snag it November 7th at www.lunarpunk.games/midnight-mar...

I’m thrilled to share we have a special video going through *every* game at the 2025 Indie Games Night Market (at PaxU)! We’re working with @dnlnwmn.bsky.social, some awesome designers, playing some games, all to give you a thorough set of previews & reviews to see the games you won’t want to miss~

It's been oddly satisfying assembling these! I've got a little personal assembly line for them in my room.

We had a great chat with Ben Hammer, creator of We All Take From the River, on how to model coexistence and nature in games, as well as using multivictor framework to help capture those themes. You can watch it here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCw_...

Today at 2pm EST We'll be chatting with Ban Hammer, designer and publisher of We All Take From the River, to discuss modeling coexistence and nature, as well as using multivictor framework to help capture those themes. Find it right on our discord: discord.gg/pxZduDfKNZ Hope to see you there! 🌙

September Vlog • youtube.com/shorts/3k5iD...

Is there an MMORPG with a story that does *not* revolve around the drama and growth of some NPCs where you show up as the legendary thembo to slay god for them? Is there one where the narrative embraces the fact that you are just one lil pogchamp in a sea of pogchamps?

I don't usually make appeals like this, but, team cherry please I really need a game where you play as Sherma. It could be a prequel, a sequel, hell I'd settle for a short side segment, but I need to play as this chipper hopeful gal somehow navigating a harsh, vicious, treacherous world.

Omg, tis a very sad day. Amelie has been such a crucial part of my design journey. Going to really miss her presence in the space.

I have a lot, but think about this one often

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That's in 30 minutes!

I know it's hard to tell because of how high fidelity this quality is, but these are in fact hand drawn by me.

If your courtship game has you competing with other players to have a higher stat to attract the attention of an automated partner, then your courtship game has the ideology of incels. Maybe it isn't as sexist, but it shares the same mindset as people who think dating is a metrics game you can win.

I spent all morning drawing bean people, about half of which are soiling themselves. This isn't exactly what I imagined running a small business would be like.

In Silksong I brute forced past a tough guy and now I'm waist deep in ant territory am I fucked? I keep finding shortcut openers to areas I've never been to before, but some of them look one way but also I can't progress further I don't have any mobility unlocks yet like what are these gusts for lol

The Midnight Market shall offer games from worlds unknown, starting on November 7th, at 11:59 pm EST. It will feature f̴i̴v̴e̴ four amazing games made by indie creators. After that, who knows if you'll be able to discover these games again . . . Follow along here: www.lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket

August Vlog • Balancing with Flavor Text • Unranked spotlight: Hermit Hustle • Vibes 2nd edition delayed • Conviction required role play setup • Some Bread art • Unraveled pacing planning to be changed • Everything is okay www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Gb... 🎲✂️

We're excited to announce the Games for Palestine charity page is now LIVE on Itch. Over 300+ games with proceeds going to UNRWA USA in support of Gaza relief. Thank you to everyone for your support. The bundle launches on Sept 2nd 9am PST. Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...

Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑

help things have escalated and they have taken over my computer I had to post this from my phone

I feel like I don't shitpost enough

Hey, if you found me because of the recent discourse about board games and their place in political/artistic expression, check out my video about how competitive games and victory points funnel the human experience through a colonialist/capitalist lens. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTKf... 🎲✂️

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.

this is about how some ttrpg designers see board game designers but is also, depressingly, about how many board game designers see board game designers it's changing, albeit slowly, and gosh I'm glad for that

Beautiful essay and a reminder about the thin and fragile importance of recognizing each other's humanity

That's now!!

now that we're clearing out the backlog, I've updated the schedule for the rest of the year, and am preparing for our first new release since May. Unfortunately Rayroads gets pushed to 2026 as a result but I promise it will be worth the wait.

I'm not a metric A consumable number I'm much too alive

In a [digital] market incredibly focused on visuals and appearance, game design is a strange art. It's difficult to capture what it evokes through video or photos. Even words can't quite capture the energy and emotion a game can evoke in a person. Games are a moment, a conversation, a relationship.

STOP BEING AFRAID OF BEING CRINGE AND START BEING AFRAID OF BEING BORING!!!! EXPRESS YOURSELF OR YOU'LL DIE

If you're looking for great board game stuff: go.bsky.app/Jy7qWD4 Let me know who I missed!

The dialogue is now available on YouTube! There was talk of morality and games, made up rules, and Matthew rudely stopped us from brainstorming a paperdoll game where you design fashion for rodents. youtu.be/7A2t2YbUQEg

What a great resource for anyone interested in prototyping or producing small batches of board games! #boardgamedesign

Join us as we chat with @vickilanger.dev all about designing games that break conventions in ways that help players learn. We'll also dig into what working on unranked games has taught them. Tune in right on our Discord tomorrow (August 12th) at 3pm EST: discord.gg/RUKkAUEQ6g See you there! ✨