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They did it! Felicitations on these fully funded froggos!

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Like a loquacious (wordy) caboose it's time for Steam's VN FEST! Tonight at 7:30pmEST @hjacksonwrites.bsky.social and @mirm.bsky.social will be sharing progress on our new bespoke narrative game engine: https://m.mtrbio.com/vzqzgyaegv

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so, I got a bit sick of people asking me about generative AI and @yarnspinner.dev, so I wrote some LinkedIn-style (sorry) thought leadership on the matter hey.paris/posts/genai/

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Anne Carson delivers an uppercut.

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Grooving with this gorgeous game? Gain your own glamorous grenouille with glorious glutes. Grievously gone by March 3rd unless greater goods grabbed. Go!

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This week in my game design class, students examined particular narrative elements in delightful, surreal farming / danceoff Sim Ooblets. I had the pleasure of asking for student 'oobservations' and thankfully no-one quit class on the spot.

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Please listen when I tell you that you do not want freelance and contract work to become the norm in games. Especially when studios are still forcing people to uproot their lives to be in-office on demand.

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

YOU PATENTED THE NEMESIS SYSTEM AND FOR WHAT? TO JUST KILL THE STUDIO THAT GAVE IT TO YOU AAAAAAAAAAA

submitted 6 days ago • 27 comments

I've learned (and I am still learning) how to run a game studio for the last seven years doing both creative and biz. Here's a list of guidelines that work for us and might be useful for others that were lessons I've incorporated with our experience and guidance from others. 🧵

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

I spoke with trans and genderqueer developers about working in games in the US amid an anti-trans administration and harassment from online communities. Many feel left behind by the companies they work for. “Can’t piss off the bigots, because they spend money.” www.wired.com/story/game-d...

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it's unfortunate that for various reasons Polaris Game Design Retreat can only be attended by ~30 people every year, but it's EXTREMELY fortunate that those people tend to write up their findings and learnings, and give it away FOR FREE, check it out: polarisgamedesign.com/reports/

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

And I would add, learning something about how we each think. Normalize writing as an encounter (between persons), and not a product

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My refusal to play with the Random rule aside, I do really love FF8’s Triple Triad card game as a worldbuilding device. A common play activity with different regional rules that spread and morph based on visitors from other regions is full of mechanical and narrative texture

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Hi, I made a new game! It's called deep breath A Post-Apocalyptic Dinner Party in Purgatory with a Dysfunctional Polycule: squinky.itch.io/purgatory-pa... I also wrote a blog post about it here: comradery.co/softchaos/po...

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In stock now. Get your library to order it. Share and reskeet and stuff. @doc-steffi.bsky.social and I did the thing. www.bloomsbury.com/us/bloomsbur...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Oh also, shout outs to the Realis Moon Jam! itch.io/jam/realis-m...

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

Curious about what Soft Chaos members have been up to creatively? This month, check out a post from @prairieeyes.bsky.social on her personal practice and current projects. comradery.co/softchaos/po... And get ready for an update from @squinkifer.bsky.social next month!

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Announcing.... Trans Joy Jam 2025, a short game jam about creating a brighter future! Any kind of game or fiction about trans & gender queer identities with an optimistic or happy outlook on the future are accepted 💙 This event runs until February 15th! Sign up: itch.io/jam/trans-jo...

submitted 34 days ago • 24 comments

Trans people are here to stay. No matter what, the world is and will continue to be a better and more beautiful place because it has trans folks in it. We are all going to keep fighting to live in a better world. Donations to the Transgender Law Center are open through the link for another 9 hours!

submitted 34 days ago • 8 comments

It's time for #tinyworldjam! Join me and @vidityavoleti.bsky.social in making #TTRPG micro settings that can fit within a few pages - worldbuild on a small scale, keep the scope easy, and have fun with it Submissions open from now until January 31st at 11:59 pm ET itch.io/jam/tiny-wor...

submitted 46 days ago • 27 comments

Narrative is a glass cannon. It can be powerful and yield huge results, but it's fragile. The more hits it takes, the harder it is for it to be effective. When I play a game that I don't think has very strong writing, I don't think "these writers are bad", I wonder what they were up against.

submitted 37 days ago • 36 comments

We're looking into ways of raising more funds for our writers (and the artist who created our logo!) We have a Patreon and you can also donate directly or through LGBT+ Consortium. But would you also perhaps be interested in something like enamel pins of our logo and Trans Writes stickers?

submitted 37 days ago • 4 comments

⚠️GOOD NEWS//BONNES NOUVELLES⚠️ We have decided to offer a deadline extension to Tuesday, December 17 at 11:59 PM PT. Let's go! Nous avons décidé d’offrir une extension pour la remise des soumissions jusqu’au mardi 17 décembre à 23 h 59 (HP). Allons-y ! cgsaacej202.uwaterloo.ca/openconf.php

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The aggressively upscale, totally overwhelming food court at Toronto's The Well is a Total Perspective Vortex of food. Buying something is your only defense against the sheer variety.

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Debating the least insecure way of showing I have a PhD in my profile: I've narrowed it to a title, post-nominal, or a picture of myself in full regalia. Picture feels like the winner, due to hat.

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