liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social
I am a transgender science teacher from the UK, amateur game designer, writer and sometimes artist. My passion is existential horror.
Current main project: https://liz-shrikestudio.itch.io/you-will-die-in-this-place-free-preview
You Will Die In This Place
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We really are...
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Your writing certainly left an impression. We didn't even have a PC when I started reading it.
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Did you write the original PC Gamer review for it? I remember marvelling over that as a child.
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What if I secretly want the players to do a thing but don't want to help them get there?
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I often find that a detailed character backstory tells me who a character was but not what they're actually like. Whereas even writing something short in their voice really helps me pin them down.
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docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I'll let you be the judge.
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She also has a manifesto - I may have gotten overexcited and carried away.
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I'm playing an anarchistic former hacktivist (and possibly eco-terrorist) who brushed up against things-that-should-not-be-seen and stumbled into a server that turned out to not actually belong to the CIA. She now finds herself unwillingly under the thumb of Delta Green.
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What would Herbert West do? Reanimate those old ideas!
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The best review of my work that I've ever been lucky enough to receive starts with a bit about how shit my marketing copy was. I'm now writing a crowdfunding preview page with a short essay about my complicated feelings towards crowdfunding. Sometimes, I feel like I'm actively trying to fail.
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I am potentially interested, albeit with reservations about inflicting some of my writing on others.
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I loathe the very idea of having to be marketable, and yet, without some kind of endorsement, all creative efforts are destined to be unread and ignored.
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It likely would have improved it, but it had larger issues that needed fixing.
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Why would you say that, I hadn't noticed.
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Haha, what? This is literally the plot of one of my games.
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I've downloaded it, I'll give it a read on the weekend.
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Sounds interesting, I'll check it out when I've got a bit of time.
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See, it's hard to explain, isn't it? It's not just me. 😅
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In no particular order and not necessarily the best, just what came to mind:
Possessor - 2020 Brandon Cronenberg
The Substance - 2024 Coralie Fargeat
The Lighthouse - 2019 Robert Eggers
The Menu - 2022 Mark Mylod
Civil War - 2024 Alex Garland
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Now, I'm questioning myself over whether that should have been 'fewer than' instead of 'less than'. Weeks are a countable noun, but I was referring to an amount of time.
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Thanks, that's helpful. I think I'll try using something I've previously sold through DriveThru as a test and see how it comes out in comparison.
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I don't have a shopify currently, but that sounds interesting. I'll have a look into it.
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You Will Die In This Unenforceable One-Way System
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If just half of our bluesky followers were Friendly NPC subscribers, we would be able to pay all four full time journalists a living wage, hire another journalist, and increase our contributor pool. Every single subscriber counts.
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Thanks! However, I don't appear to be able to DM you, do you mind shooting me a message?
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Leaning more modern, although aiming to evoke a bit of a combination of submarine warfare and modern naval combat.
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Awesome! I'll give it a read, thanks.
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Mostly looking for opinions on quality, which settings/options to use for a TTRPG and any potential pitfalls to be aware of.
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Now I just need London After Midnight to re-issue Psycho Magnet, and I'll have finally collected my top 5 albums on vinyl.
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These were the notes I scribbled down at the time, which seems to be about determining hit locations for direct fire and vertical/missile attacks.
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Yes, I think that's the thing. I have no problem with crunchy rules, but it has to be to fulfil a purpose. It has to communicate what the game is really about and what it isn't.
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Starfish by Peter Watts - If you want a bleak and utterly crushing sci-fi dystopia with a marine biology twist.
Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman - If you want a bleak but darkly comedic sci-fi dystopia with a marine biology twist.
I might have a type.
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Oh, nice. This is the one I've wanted for a while.
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Thanks! I really struggle with organic modelling, but I was determined to do them.
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So, I hadn't played it until well after I'd designed the models, but I was definitely aware of it. I painted the first test print in Highfleet inspired colours after someone else pointed it out, and I finally got around to playing it. Some art by Chris Foss was the original inspiration.