I don’t “network,” I make friends. Other artists are not my competition, they’re my beloved peers and sources of inspiration. We all have the same goal; to share our art. I’m not gonna corporatize my human relationships with them. I am in my sandbox playing and I hope they join me.
i’ve started just running with the idea that i’ll be campaigning for president in 2028. i’m telling everyone about it , even coworkers. so far everyone has said they’d vote for me. is that statistically significant? well no. but neither are kamala’s chances, so we might as well try
REALIS, the science fantasy TTRPG I’ve been working on for the last five years, is now live on Kickstarter!
55 Player Classes
150+ NPC Classes
29 Factions
20 Example Moons of Realis
GMing and Prep Guidance
Over 100 incredible illustrations from 17 artists!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
Screenshot of text from the fan translation of the tabletop roleplaying game Sword World 1st Edition, Complete Edition. The text says: "Scenario 1. There is a trap, the find trap check is successful → There is a trap at the door. Senario 2. There is a trap, the find trap check is a failure → You don't find any traps. Scenario 3. There is no trap, the find trap check is successful → You don't find any traps. Scenario 4. There is no trap, the find trap check is a failure → You don't find any traps. In the case of Scenario 2, if you assume there are no traps, you will have a terrible time."
listlessly rereading Sword World 1e complete edition as i often do when overcome by Sexy Designer Ennui (it's like regular ennui but exclusive to game designers).
this passage/digression in the skill check chapter never fails to make me gawp bcz there are like 500 blog posts about this exact thing.
My not-so-tinfoil-hat conspiracy theory is that the spellcheck and auto-suggestions built into Google Drive Suite is getting worse and more aggressive thanks to the slop machine
you know what? this feels like evangelion episode 26
that's how i feel about it
i hear that
I don’t know man, I like it when people can do the thing they’re trained for and afford to eat at the same time.
i don't even know how to feel about chainsaw man pt 2
that was certainly something
man fuck a layoffs we gotta do something else about this shit
how many of those 20% relocated? remote work *is* possible, we proved that during the pandemic. so it's weird to me that we're still requiring devs to be onsite. I see a lot of hybrid listings, but those require being within commuting distance.
it hurts everyone to be exclusionary, dorks
Tweet from @dandouglas – “i'm the CEO of an AAA games studio, and as you might guess, we're pretty psyched about making games! but we never let making games get in the way of our true passion: laying off loads of staff fucking constantly”
I'm sorry but if you have 4,000 employees and your revenue is 6 billion, you make 1.5 million per employee and if you can't make a profit margin there, you are simply embezzling it.
Cover of The Knight Errant: Expanded Edition. The Knight Errant is holding a sword, frozen in place. Behind him are two astronauts, a ghoul, and a shoggoth. Written by IsaacIsaAfraid Art by Citaaticat Published by Copy/Paste Co-op Made for Mark of the Odd
A spread showing Table of Contents, Credits, and premise for The Knight Errant: Expanded Edition.
Isometric map of the locations in The Knight Errant: Expanded Edition.
A spread. The left side shows the Travel, Portents, and Random Encounters explanation. The right side shows Area A. Crashed Saucer, with the flying saucer illustration and Portents table.
A DEAD PLANET, A FORSAKEN KNIGHT AND A GROUP OF STRANDED SPACEFARERS
The Knight Errant: Expanded Edition is now available on itch! A science fantasy old school Tabletop RPG adventure, designed for any Mark of the Odd games.
Published by @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social Copy/Paste Co-op.
Link below!
why don’t they just travel via strait of deez?
Narratively having Ever Given getting stuck in 2021 to set up Hormuz in 2026 is great foreshadowing. You want your audience to understand the basics of international shipping in a lower stakes context so you drop the real plot without a lot of saggy exposition about the minutiae of cargo logistics.
good point
U.S. Fentanyl Command
(FENTCOM)
it's gonna happen right at the end
There's a bunch of other folk that need celebrating out there too!
@camdon.bsky.social is a personal hero of mine
@thoughtcrimegames.bsky.social is the big homie for sure, I still need to make that Ozzie hack of Mixtape Dungeon. RIP \m/
@gwaja.bsky.social is a name ya'll should look out for!
it got me too
Ya'll got 4 more days of Black History Month left, #ttrpg. Play a game by a Black dev.
My favorites are Fight City by @pocgamer.com and CyberPunk Red by @rtalsoriangames.bsky.social.
I want to try Haunted West by @darkerhue.bsky.social and Plot Armor by @oriondblack.bsky.social among others.
super battle golf is the best video game ever made
Been a bit nervous about announcing this, but I was the Lead Writer on this week long game jam that turned into a YEAR LONG GAME JAM. 😅 From many of the same freaks that brought you OnlyCans!
Date your guns! Meditate on the nature of isolation! Fight the deep state! Get divorced! Love a worm!
i need to read some weird text with a game in it somewhere
i need to find more games made by sickos
The myth that "video games make you violent" is very funny to me, because in my experience video games make you a freelance writer
it's genuinely stunning to me you'd keep a game in the hopper for a decade and then do huge layoffs after a single month. a month is nothing in live service terms. less than nothing.
holy shit LJ my beloved
