happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day

The joy of ttrpgs, to me, is that anyone can hack them. After years of hearing people say "wouldn't it be cool if" about digital games and then sighing at the sheer ludicrousness of work involved, a medium where someone can suggest something at the table and then you can just do it, is bliss.

New game release! Do you want a tactical, fast-paced combat game with no prep time and no GM needed? Do you want to beat the everliving shit out of a mech that is also a church? ko-fi.com/s/3bddaba1b7

waiiit it's actually fun as hell to deconstruct your own art

In a better world, in a more just world, there'd be a dedicated soda fountain in every Taco Bell with ALL of the Baja flavors on demand. You'd have one soda fountain with the standard pepsi assortment, and one with just 12-15 mountain dew varieties, each lab-tested to taste good with taco bell.

constantly always thinking about the rooftop scene in daredevil s2

thinking about player behavior and what's not necessary to communicate. in MotM, the text never asks players to make their own character, or to even give them a name. yet it happens. it's what we expected of TTRPGs though, so it doesn't need to be communicated. that doesn't always work though!

Always worth looking at how an artist approaches his script. Here's Gibbons' annotation for Watchmen's panel 1.

there's a big problem with the culture here on bluesky, and it's that not nearly enough people are posting about the 10 year anniversary of Carly Rae Jepsen's groundbreaking and timeless album EMOTION being this year and how awesome that is

The modern equivalent of a heartbreaker isn’t some D&D clone with a couple interesting ideas that the creator splurged their life savings on. For better or worse, digital distribution makes it so that you don’t have to go bankrupt to make a game. (For better imho)

The modern equivalent of a heartbreaker is some game that no one has ever heard about that has amazing design principles that are innovative or elegant or just really well done, but that are languishing on itch because no one has ever thought to read it.

Art about artists making art about artists making art about artists making art about artists making art about artists

"This game's rules is frustrating to players" not as a failure state, but as a fecund site of intentional design / artistic possibility. I do think people have a hard time with this. It goes against orthodox, deeply held assumptions that friction between rules and players is Bad Design. 1/

The correct way to do a Plastic Man movie in the DCU would be to make it entirely 2D, hand-dawn animation, and then have the character appear in any live action projects as a Roger Rabbit-esque cartoon character. No one EVER remarks upon this fact, and it is NEVER explained.

good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...

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-...

little study I did of the Masks recently. love to play with shapes ✨

This is a story about violence. This is a story about failure. This is a story about vigilantes. This is NOT a story about superheroes. Coming soon to Kickstarter. @sailorsctaustin.bsky.social @catlinggun.bsky.social @malloyable.bsky.social @puja.bsky.social @beezelda.com @decovulous.bsky.social

hey @jdragsky.bsky.social the pallet grid is pretty great, and reading this made it click pretty hard and wonder when this has happened at tables I've been present in. good shit, implementing it at the table tomorrow.

Batgirl

In 2021 I warned itchio could one day face payment processor censorship. Many people thought I was creating drama by “attacking” the company Four years later, here we are. I was right, unfortunately archive.is/nxbzh

there's a list of influential trans women in ttrpgs over on tumblr and all the reblogs are people going "im surprised no one mentioned this other trans woman" and its crazy how much the indie ttrpg world is held together by dolls

The No ICE in California Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 560 games to discover for a $10+ donation supporting @raicestexas.bsky.social and @immdef.bsky.social Support the bundle here: itch.io/b/3110/no-ic...

my next game btw :)

🔥Charity Bundle for Ukrainian Hospitals on itch io is live! 💸Get 250 games worth 1200$ for an 8$ donation here - itch.io/b/2613/bundl... 🏥All funds raised will go for hospitals impacted by russian attacks. 🗣Share your word! More👇 #Ukraine #ttrpg #dnd #rpg #indiegame #gamedev #нрі #нрг

That's right, y'all. The @plusoneexp.bsky.social Pride Catalog is up, with 34 games from LGBTQ+ creators (five featured that focus on queer themes and media), and a special link for retailers. plusoneexp.com/collections/...

#rpgtheory It might be tempting for us as game designers to think that games' rules "constrain" gameplay, or that gameplay "enacts" the game's rules, but I really think it's the opposite. A game's rules wait inert for you to reach out, in the moment of gameplay, and choose to bring them to bear.

TTRPGs for Trans Rights: Ohio is live on @itch.io! For as low as $5, get over $1700 worth of games, zines, digital accessories, and more! All proceeds benefit @kycohio.bsky.social and @transohio.bsky.social, two organizations doing important work for LGBTQ+ folks in Ohio! itch.io/b/2946/ttrpg...

The temptation to hand-make a zine about the devil I have a lino for the cover even.

One week left on the HRT Harm Reduction Bundle! Already we've raised enough money to supply thousands of trans people with needles and other needed supplies this year; let's see if we can beat $15,000! itch.io/b/2889/hrt-h...

My dear #ttrpgcommunity, I have written another blog post about why, to me, Settings matter more than systems. It also includes my top picks for games you can use with your own setting. Hope you like it! #TTRPGs #worldbuilding #NSR

If you want to write heroes in the year 2025, you have to decide what they stand for, and then stand for it. The mealy-mouthed, offend-no-one approach no longer works. People respond to the Walter Whites bc you can put truth in their mouths. So put truth in the mouths of the good guys.

Hey Gang! The incredible people at @distributeaid.org are putting together kits providing desperately needed supplies for trans people across the country. Me and 19 others have bundled some outstanding games together to raise money for this incredibly necessary project! itch.io/b/2889/hrt-h...

LAST CALL!! LAST HOUR TO SUPPRT TRANS RIGHTS AND INDIE TTRPG CREATORS BUY HERE itch.io/b/2847/best-...

Solo But Not Alone 5 is still going strong! 8k raised so far for @takethisorg.bsky.social and hundreds of bundles sold! Check out solo games and help Take This provide much- needed mental health supports in our spaces! itch.io/b/2865/solo-...

made a little blog post about The Paragon from Masks of the Masks. and btw i love deconstructing my own art in retrospect decovulous.tumblr.com/post/7749131...

a post with a typo in it is like a beautiful wild beast in its natural habitat and when you reply to someone else's post pointing out a typo you are an invasive corporate machine poisoning the eatrh

Submissions are open through March 3rd for #TransRightsBundle2025! This year's bundle benefits Trans Ohio and the Kaleidoscope Youth Center! Submit your games here: itch.io/jam/ttrpgs-f...

🌙 MOON KNIGHT🌙

Thinking about a new story. Creative work is a loop. Once you get to the end of a project, you find yourself back in the beginning of the next project, with the same steps ahead of you. But it’s also a spiral, you have learned a lot, there are new thoughts, you are evolving, on a journey somewhere.

i think the greatest honor and biggest relief as a game designer is when someone sits down with something youve made and analyzes it as artwork. because it *is* art, and it's meant to be thought about!

streetlight solace 🌙✨ #pixelart

Happy Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to those who celebrate.

peachgardengames.itch.io/unspeakable-... It's ready. A whole new kind of artifact creation game. You know how Sacred Forge lets you build a weapon for your other games? What about building a model? What about building a gate to a nightmare realm, and losing yourself to that realm as you go?

#BATOBER Day 24: STORM #batober2024

I hand-painted these frames for a special shot in Across the Spiderverse - blink and you’ll miss it!

6. Mountain Dew Baja Blast. Hits every time. Can't miss drink. One for the ages.

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