so i spent the weekend fucking around with the latest chatgpt build working through its text analysis/synthesis capabilities and hoooooooo boy i have a bunch of complicated thoughts.

folio - 004 - unplugged survivor 01 - with HB & darling demon eclipse | RSS.com link to the episode transcriptcontent notes for this series: apocalypse, body horror (human & non-human animals), death, mutation, torture (off-screen, some details/consequences mentioned on-scree...

episode one of our unplugged survivor game

gasp awake into the post-apocalypse. keep a diary about it. pass your diary along to inspire future survivors.

rss.com/podcasts/fol...

Late to the party, but I was #379,418!

Deal of the Day over on DriveThruRPG?
Sherwood!

Get it now for just $3.

How to make a playset for Good Society (+ Advanced Tips!) In this video I take you through my step by step process for making playsets for Good Society, and then jump into some tips for weird and wonderful playsets....

If you enjoy Good Society, and want to know how to make your very own playsets, I made a video for that! It goes from beginner to advanced tips.

Hello! My name is Helen and I'm an editor by trade. I'm here to network and look at good stuff. My background is in educational publishing, but I'd like to break into TTRPGs, cookbooks, and gardening books. So if you have a project that needs an editor, please reach out!

So me and @mishagw.bsky.social have been working on this game for aaaages and ITS FINALLY DONE! You can play it! It’s called Sound Check and it’s a game about being in a band! mishagw.itch.io/sound-check

Sound Check by mishagw, Green with Envi a game about being in a band

I've been working on a game about being in a band with @envi.bsky.social for almost two years, and it's finally out! mishagw.itch.io/sound-check take a look why don't you? It's the weekend anyway

I'm still waiting for the ability to soft-block before I try to migrate roleplay accounts over to here. It's a vital feature.

But I'm sure once the ecosystem is right, roleplay will thrive, haha.

A red flag with a cat or deerlike creature poking its head out of a barrel with the words "COME OUT YOU CUCKOLD" next to it. The flag is captioned "A flag used in the English Civil War by Horatio Cary referring to the Earl of Essex's notorious marital problems"

this would hurt me

Oh shit our PDF is live! If you missed our kickstarter now is a good time to grab it.

A crop of a digital illustration of a two fluffy kitties, one tabby and one calico who are covered in yellow flowers sprouting from their bodies. They look like they are posing for a photo. One has its tongue out.

Yellow Wildflower Kitties - Botanimal Pet Portrait

The same character drawn from three different angles. It is an old lady with fluffy grey hair and muscular arms. She is dressed in a blue-green outfit with a knee-length skirt, tan trousers tied at the knee, and a white apron. She carries a variet of knives and spice-jars. The drawing is labelled "monster chef"

Drawing of an old lady wearing a blue-green outfit and a white apron sawing the tail end of a sea serpent into slices. The tool she is using is a giant saw-blade on a stick, stained with sea-serpent blood.

A collection of tools used by the monster chef. It includes a brass cauldron on little mechanical legs, a tool-belt filled with spice jars, a very big wok, and a collection of knives and an honing steel made out of dragon-scales.

A variety of dishes using monster ingredients. It includes an electro-jelly pie with whipped cream, a fire-fruit stewed cockatrice egg, dungeon creature sushi rolls, and minotaur tacos with enigma mango juice.

It's finally done! My backers wanted me to draw a monster chef - and at long last, she's done! And because I'm me, I of course went a little bit overboard

Additional sketches and closeups of the food over on Patreon:

www.patreon.com/posts/charac...

Opened headshot commissions!!

RTs are appreciated

Meme. Photograph of a person standing on the ice of a frozen lake, under a purple sky. The sun seems to be either setting or rising in the distance, behind the trees. The figure is standing still, looking away from the camera with their hands in their pockets. There is a worrisome area of lighter ice just beneath them, where their weight is registering on the ice. There are also several fault lines in the ice, including one running between the figure's feet. This picture makes me slightly uneasy for the figure's safety. Why is this person standing alone, in peril, on the ice? The answer is unknown, but I like to think that this isn't a person at all, but rather is the personification of Night. They are walking out into the frozen world to challenge the rising sun to a battle of wits, with the winner to control the space of the day. I assume this happens every morning and evening; an endless game of riddles between two ancient foes. Meme text reads: "Everyone needs a guardian angeel"

The 10th century Norwegian skald Eyvindr Finnsson used "eel heaven" (álhimins) as a kenning for ice, describing people from Iceland as álhimins lendingar (eel-heaven's-landers).

So: as you wander through the world, remember that we are angels to eels. Act accordingly. 🗃️🧪

Con idea: Every game writer who comes brings a game they made and someone who isn't one of the creators runs it.

Brought to you by hoping I can get someone run Roseville Beach and Sherwood for me.

I studied book sales for my dissertation, and a large Twitter following was more important to sales than any other social network I tested, with sales increasing proportionally with followers at a rate nearly as high as fame/size-of-author-advance

Loosing Twitter is a really big loss for writers

What's been the most valuable advice you've received working in the games industry?

Something you read online, or a bit of wisdom from a mentor, what's been some advice that's helped you on your professional journey?

I wrote a blog about getting your foot in the door as an author at Paizo (or your game company of choice). In brief: build a portfolio, have a strong writing sample, and show that you know the ins and outs of the game (style, formatting, rules, setting).

www.luisloza.com/post/getting...

Just a week or two away from releasing Sound Check 1.0, the game about being in a band that I've been working on with my friend @envi.bsky.social for over a year. I'm so excited to share it, and also to be done lol, it's the longest project I've ever worked on

Want more Roseville Beach?

You can get 50 pages of goodies for GMs and players in the 1st Roseville Beach Zine Bundle!

r-rook.click/roseville-zi...

Mixed Success Issue#1: Negative Space by Mixed Success Magazine First issue of Mixed Success, a literary magazine/gamejam hybrid.

i have a short game in this zine! the theme of the issue is "negative space", which is such an amazing theme for game design and writing. mixed-success.itch.io/issue1
check it out!

Donations and Outreach - Coyote & Crow Donation Mission One of our goals at Coyote & Crow Games is to get as many copies of our game into the hands of kids and folks who couldn’t otherwise afford to buy the game, especially Indigenous yo...

Reminder that if you would like your Canadian school, library or community center to have a copy of Coyote & Crow, free of charge, send them to this page:
coyoteandcrow.net/donations-an...

In regards to the current discussion regarding racism in Baulder's Gate and D&D in general, me and others have said our specific piece about mixed race representation in media and these games on two episodes of
@aznsrepresent

(links below)

a medieval drawing of three beehives, each with a straight line of bees arcing down toward its entrance. Each bee resembles a hand grenade with wings

bees, england, ca. 1200

Alright, the bundle has finally launched! The Blue Skies bundle is $20 for 50+ games from some of the finest creators here in the blue skies! We'll be advertising on here without the aid of X/Twitter, so I'm curious to see how it goes!

itch.io/b/2007/blue-...

Promo image for TTRPGs for Maui. The logo is hand drawn, featuring the green outline of the island of Maui with the words TTRPGs for Maui on top. A d20 and a wave fill the extra space. Text: Raising funds for: Hawai'i community foundation (maui strong fund) and Maui food bank. Donate at ko-fi.com/ilananight

🌺 TTRPGs for Maui MEGA THREAD 🌺

Join @transplanarrpg.bsky.social and @aznsrepresent.bsky.social this weekend for a 2-day fundraising event benefitting the people of Maui. All proceeds will be split between the Maui Strong Fund and the Maui Food Bank.

DONATE: http://ko-fi.com/ilananight

Curious Minds The Science Factory is a global literary agency that specializes in stimulating nonfiction including popular science, technology, philosophy, history, business, and self-help.

Thrilled to announce that I'll be continuing on the book beat as a Literary Agent at The Curious Minds Agency (curiousmindsagency.com). Scholars and journalists, send me your stylish, argument-driven nonfiction. Editors, let's talk! 👋 Can't wait to spark debate and start some conversations together.