I feel similarly.

"We're going to establish a moon base" got me excited, but "so that China doesn't" took all my enthusiasm. Of course they're doing it for imperialism.

Thiago Ávila, coordinator of Global Sumud Flotilla, deported from Argentina : Peoples Dispatch According to Ávila’s account, the ban on his entry came from the highest levels of the government of Javier Milei, a staunch ally of Israel and the United States.

peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/01/t...

Death Commodified: The Necropolitics of Duskpunk In his 2003 essay “Necropolitics”, the Cameroonian historian and political theorist Achille Mbembe posits that the “ultimate expression of sovereignty resides, to a large degree, …

Greatly enjoyed the political philosophy of @jamespatton.bsky.social ‘s Duskpunk. Drawing from Mbembe’s Necropolitics, in this blogpost I explain why the game’s resource of plasm is such a great narrative mechanic. Check out the game on steam! codedmass.com/2026/04/04/d...

There are plans for ports to Switch and PS5. it's early days but I'm pretty confident it'll happen!

Coming soon: Crownbreakers - Tactical Deckbuilding-Brawler for Steam! A fast-paced, single-player video game for PC that mixes deckbuilding with turn-based combat and dynamic battlefields.

Time to yell about the upcoming CROWNBREAKERS CROWDFUNDER! Help me make the game better!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha...

I recently learned that it made z targeting mainstream, and seriously innovated contextual buttons (eg. The action button does different actions based on what you're close to. And you can map item buttons to different items.)

Was this a giant step forward? Yes! Do I want to play it? No!

Hello Bluesky. I'm working on an animated short and just launched a Kickstarter for it. Please take a look and share with anyone you think will like it! 🙏
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I mean, he does play a Good Cop in The Rookie. I have to assume he lives in a liberal paradise where if only everyone was nice to each other then society would work just fine.

Damn, I just finished the one-two punch of @chrisbodegard.bsky.social's Esoteric Ebb and @jamespatton.bsky.social's Duskpunk. Dice-based videogames are BACK babeyy

thank you @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social for bringing the cold, hard facts about Israeli genocide & Microsoft’s complicity to their audience in covering our @nogamesforgenocide.com pledge. we love to see courageous reporting in games, and we are so grateful for the support from our community 💪🏽

Österreichische Spielestudios im Porträt - Special - Teil 4 - Clockwork Bird aus Wien: Dystopische Welten Der Brite James Patton lebt seit Langem in Wien und entwickelt dort Computerspiele. Sein neuestes Werk "Duskpunk" ist Ende letzten Jahres erschienen. Ein Interview über Einflüsse wie "Citizen Sleeper"...

#Duskpunk, #cyberpunk and more: An interview with James Patton (Clockwork Bird), a British indie game developer based in Vienna (paywall). #RPG #SiliconDreams #TheHiddenIsle #Spinnortality #indiegames #games #gamedev @jamespatton.bsky.social @subotron.bsky.social www.games.ch/austria-game...

Last chance to pick up a gorgeous gilded Tarot deck plus bonus items!
🪙 Divination coins
🌏 Deck travel bag
🦭 Seal and wax
🕯️ Scented candles
and more!

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This sounds crazy, but one time I accidentally saw only the last half hour of a movie, and it acted like a teaser encouraging me to watch it from the beginning

I've got my copy! Looking forward to it.

📖 THE GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ is out NOW!

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100+ essays on writing & narrative design, with articles from the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Control, Call of Duty, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Sam and Max...

ALSO the Kaleidoscope Podcast with 2 full eps!

This is why it's ok if my games don't blow up on launch day.

Even if my games don't make tons of money, there will be a handful of players who absolutely love each one. None of them are failures.

Absolutely horrendous, I am so sorry

Every day is shut the fuck up Friday

ONE. THIRD.
and countless lives destroyed because of it.

I'm writing a Tarot book, now on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cau...

✨ Inspired by esoteric Tarot wisdom
🃏 Delves into the mysteries of the cards...
📜 ...and the traditions of Dioscoria!

🚨 Our Gilded Legacy Tarot deck is live! 🚨

✨ Gold-foiled, queer-friendly deck
🪶 Inspired by a magic Renaissance setting
📖 With new guidebook delving into Tarot wisdom and setting lore

Plus, there's early bird discounts for the next 48 hours!

a screenshot of a long winding brutalist staircase. there is a poem written on the wall. light comes through the windows. paint splats are on the stairs.

a screenshot of a tree that looks like a human bowing. the tree is large and covered in dandelion whisps. there is a poem at the base of the screen.

a screenshot looking up at old brutalist buildings. the buildings are abandoned.

a screenshot of a desert filled with dead trees. the dead trees almost look human. there is a poem at the base of the screen.

🌼My new game is here!🥀
"She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died."
alienmelon.itch.io/flower
A game poem and interactive fiction about The End.
You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil.
#IndieGame #VideoGame #GamePoem #Game

What a start to our Gilded Legacy campaign! 🏅 A new card has been unlocked already, and you only have another ⏲24 hours left⏲ to get three juicy early bird discounts:

- Reduced Opus Aureum Guidebook
- Reduced Gilded Legacy deck
- Reduced Deck and Guidebook bundle

oh, and if you haven't looked into Wildermyth, you should, it's definitely relevant to the field.

Versu Character AI for Interactive Stories

then you should look at versu.com, the engine behind Blood and Laurels.

A very interesting experiment, but the plug was pulled rather suddenly. But there are some research papers and descriptions of the system still available that I've found fascinating.

Expelled and Overboard have a certain level of procedural assembly and arrangement of pre-written scenes. Not sure I'd call it full procgen.

I wish Blood and Laurels hadn't been discontinued, it looked like a fascinating procgen experiment.

The "Opus Aureum" guidebook is not the same as the Sefirot art book: it's a totally new book of Tarot information and Dioscorian lore! 😀

My friends and I just launched this Kickstarter! I get to write a Tarot book! And create a coin oracle!

Very excited!

Thank you!! I worked pretty hard on it, it has a lot of me in it.

hey guys this looks good AF?!?!