THE DEMO IS LIVE! Happy Friday, gamers. To get your weekend started, I've just released the demo for my upcoming game Nostos on Steam (PC+Mac). It's a pocket-sized card + dice dungeon crawler with a horror sci-fi theme. Have a play & let me know how it feels. store.steampowered.com/app/4871240/...

If you're into solo, mint-tin card games, dungeon crawlers, sci-fi horror, chucking dice or procedural story generators, take a look at my new game - Nostos. Mac + Windows versions coming soon. iOS version + physical card version (!) to follow. Please wishlist! store.steampowered.com/app/4871240/...

🧵 I heard a lot of friends and podcasters talking about how the Mandolorian and Grogu movie 'felt like an episode of a TV show' and 'didn't seem to have proper stakes'. For science, I decided to do a little thought experiment where I treated Mando + Grogu as a story I had been tasked with breaking.

@jeanofmarc.bsky.social I just booted up One Deck Galaxy for the first time and minutes later I can't bring myself to start the game because I can't handle a future where the menu music stops for even a minute. Well done sir!

This news hit hard. Not just because John and Brenda are legends but also because I was senior narrative designer on this game early on and I am still incredibly excited to play it as a fan. Publishers, do not sleep on this one. 😉

I used to collect examples of 'environmental storytelling in the real world' on Twitter. I found it gave me ideas for environmental storytelling in games and demonstrated how 'on the nose' those real vignettes can be. I thought I'd recreate the thread here in the hope that others will contribute.

@gamedevlist.bsky.social Hi there, senior AAA game writer and narrative designer here, reporting for Bluesky duty! 👋