Day 6 is for the Yellow and Red Coreopsis. Look at that symmetry!

Thanks Ruel! Playing it at 2 players is super snappy but it can also get pretty snippy (my flower puns are coming out 🤣).

PS. That was a close game!

Day 5 is a orchid my friend gave me as a house warming present. It looks so gorgeous, I just love white flowers.

The games I've designed that comes to mind are my in memoriam game, a handwriting game, and a game that uses rubberbands (couldn't get that one to work though)

Day 4: a Christmas Cactus. It supposedly blooms around Christmas time, but don't tell the plant.

I almost killed it by over watering it but it came back to life!

Day 3 and here are some pink dianthus

Two white peonies

Day 2 calls for 2 peonies!

Collecting two peonies score you 8 points in Pressed 😁

You can now watch @connievdc.bsky.social's 2026 Unpublished Games Festival for yourself:

youtu.be/0bGs8WSxZE0

This is one video where you can't listen at 1.5x speed because it's PACKED FULL OF GOOD STUFF

Oo I just had a fun idea! I'm going to post a picture of a flower around my house every day for the next 20 days until the campaign starts. Here's a picture of a beautiful
Clematis the other day.

I'm so excited for people to see her art. They are "stop the game" gorgeous

Pressed is published by @playtozgames.bsky.social with art by @bethsobel.bsky.social and developed by Ben J./Safer and Nikki Valens with graphic design by Forever Stoked.

Thanks Phil! I did not press flowers for this one but it was around the same time. This is art by Beth.

Get Ready for Pressed From Play to Z - Get Ready for Pressed

Exciting news everyone! My next game is coming to Backerkit in a few weeks. Pressed is a long time coming since 2021 but it is finally here.

If you love an interesting, beautiful card game, I think you will enjoy it. I would appreciate it if you gave it a follow.

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Coming soon: Out of Sorts - 2nd Edition Work together to sort the strange books in an alien's library before time runs out!

Excited to announce that Out of Sorts second edition is launching this August!

All new books to sort, challenges to face and a mini expansion all in a shiny new box.

Follow now on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...

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postrait of gloomy cyborg man

Raevsky

#ocsky #artsky #oc #scifi #cyberpunk

Reminder that applications for the indie tabletop market at PaxWest close on the 19th!

Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. From the crew’s perspective, the Moon appears large enough to completely block the Sun, creating nearly 54 minutes of totality and extending the view far beyond what is possible from Earth. The corona forms a glowing halo around the dark lunar disk, revealing details of the Sun’s outer atmosphere typically hidden by its brightness. Also visible are stars, typically too faint to see when imaging the Moon, but with the Moon in darkness stars are readily imaged. This unique vantage point provides both a striking visual and a valuable opportunity for astronauts to document and describe the corona during humanity’s return to deep space. The faint glow of the nearside of the Moon is visible in this image, having been illuminated by light reflected off the Earth. [alt text from NASA]

The #Artemis II astronauts said they needed more superlatives to describe their view of the eclipse, when the Sun was behind the Moon and its near surface was faintly illuminated by Earthshine

How to pitch games to Taco Cat Games and what we’re looking for | Notion We’re thrilled you’re considering pitching to us! First we’ll describe what we’re looking for, then how to submit your game and what to expect after.

Taco Cat Games is now taking pitches from outside designers.

We've sold over 13 million games, through all major US retailers.

Read about what we're looking for and how to submit here: bit.ly/pitch-taco-cat

This thread also covers it so you don't have to click through.

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Got a chance to playtest my tree decorating game tonight. Guess which one was mine 😅

It was great to have you there. I heard you had some awesome playtests as well!

5 questions (and answers) from the Small Publisher Diaries Q&A Panel I was invited to be part of the Small Publisher Diaries Q&A Panel at Unpub Festival 2026. Here are five of the questions from the panel and my responses.

I was invited to be part of the Small Publisher Diaries Q&A Panel hosted by @tonytran.bsky.social at Unpub Festival 2026.

Here are 5 of the questions (and my answers) from the panel: omnes.exeunt.press/p/small-pub-...

#ttrpg #boardgames #publishing #unpub

sales shelf showing diplomacy the golden blade card game

Surreal to see my first published design in final production form at GAMA .. A lot of people have already received their preorder copies of Diplomacy: The Golden Blade .. Much excite!! 😀

Need a moment of peace while at PAX East? Stop by the Indie Press Revolution booth 12109 on the expo floor (near the PAX Arena) and pick up The Bonsai Diary. Just a few minutes caring for a little tree can be therapeutic!
#PAXEast #journalinggame

In Memory Of :: Boxed Games :: IPR Indie Press Revolution (IPR) is a direct sales network of quality independent publishers, dedicated to bringing you the best of small press tabletop roleplaying and storytelling games.

You can pick it up on IPR: www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/In-Mem...

It is available IRL at PaxEast this weekend if you are there!

30 Minutes Of Emotional Storytelling While Playing In Memory Of YouTube video by Loren makes videos

I just stumbled on a a video play through of In Memory Of on the IPR page. I loved watching it, thank you Loren for the video and the glowing review.

Here is the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2XA...

At the Guildhall in San Jose CA, a cameraman for ABC 7 captured the indie game design scene at @gamemarketwest.bsky.social

Source: abc7news.com/videoClip/18...

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It's Friday, time to start drafting those emails and updating those prototypes!

The publisher panel was well recieved, keynote was great (go Connie!), got some leads on pitching, finished up dev for Super Chonk, bartender bought us a round drinks, pitched some games for friends (so fun, would recommend if you never done it before) and overall made some wonderful memories. 😊😊😊

I got to meet Caleb irl after playtesting with him on BMG for a year.

Playtesting my tree decorating bingo-like game at 2:30am the last night of the con

The handwriting party game was a success, I was overwhelmed that it did so well.

I arrived at Unpub nervous and underprepared. But I left feeling that this was the best Unpub yet. I'm so glad for the amazing people in this community. I didn't get to take as many pictures as I hoped but I'm fulfilled that me and my games resonated with friends and strangers alike.