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🎮 Video Game Narrative/Quest Design | 🍞 Proud Sourdough Maintainer
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Been doing a morning gaming news show. Come join me live right now! www.twitch.tv/nickpasta_

@tomatoanus.bsky.social I'm wondering if you'd be willing to do an interview for a "Glitch Hunting Guide" article I'm writing. I'm a small solo newsletter that releases articles every Monday, and I'm a huge fan of your work.

Is No Man's Sky Worth Playing in 2025? I talk about that in my article for this week! bitsnpixels.org/p/no-mans-sk...

www.twitch.tv/nickpasta_ live editing my article for next week

Jesus christ.

Live #Co-Working on #Twitch! www.twitch.tv/nickpasta_

Works as advertised

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What are your favorite city builders? Our most popular article of the year so far is a list of @nickpasta.bitsnpixels.org’s favorite city builders! open.substack.com/pub/nickpast...

Need someone to do work with? I'm live right now while I work on writing my weekly articles! www.twitch.tv/nickpasta_

What happened to Oregon Trail like games? If you're looking for a fun new one though I can't recommend keep driving enough! bitsnpixels.org/p/keep-drivi... #gaming #newsletter #writing #writersky #review #keepdriving #driving #substack #oregontrail #organtrail

Just released this weeks article/review! This time I reviewed Foundation. I had a few issues with it, but I did really enjoy it!

I wrote this article while reading @brandonstosuy.bsky.social’s book how to fail successfully. Thank you for your inspiring work!

New article out tomorrow! I wanted to share my favorite article I’ve written to help all those stuck in a creative rut! open.substack.com/pub/nickpast...

Doing a live co-working creative writing stream! Come join me for some pomodoros! www.twitch.tv/nickpasta_

Wanted to take a second to share the work of one of my friends. It feels especially relevant right now. open.substack.com/pub/nickpast...

Hey yall! Big proponent of #ADHD #Co-Working! Come join my stream to get some work done! #writing #substack #writingsky www.twitch.tv/nickpasta_

Hey yall! If you've been liking my writing posts I made an official page that you can follow!

If you guys haven't played 🔔Bellwright and you're looking for a great Co-op survival city builder I highly recommend it. Check out my review of it here: open.substack.com/pub/nickpast...

Super cool announcement With the first post of February coming up I'd like to share that Bits and Pixels accrued over 1,000 views in January. With 33 subscribers and counting. Big thanks to everyone who's subscribed and reading!

I spend way to much time looking at analytics. Interestingly of all the stuff I've written my most popular article (on google) is my Chants of Sennar review. bitsnpixels.org/p/chants-of-...

Anyone have any good tips for turning written articles into video essays? I know how to edit audio, but I'm trash at video editing especially with non-adobe tools.

Sad news Bluesky. Right now LinkedIn is beating you for traffic to my work. How could this happen?

The last thing I want is to be some annoying marketer, but the sad thing is that all this substack posting kinda works.

I don’t want to be a doomer, but it feels like every social media is just a pyramid scheme. The website keeps you around by claiming you can be just as popular as the big accounts, while driving all the traffic to those accounts. IDK seems kinda sad for people who just want to do a thing.

I play a lot of city builder games. I wrote an article of the best ones you can play right now in 2025! bitsnpixels.org/p/best-city-... #Bellwright #ManorLords #Timberborn #CivilizationVII #CitiesSkylines #EarlyAccessCityBuilders #News #GamingNews #Writers

@jacobgeller.com @errant-signal.com @razbuten.bsky.social @anyaustin.bsky.social @writingongames.bsky.social @adammillard.bsky.social @thorhighheels.bsky.social I love your guys' work! I'd be honored if y'all could give me some feedback on my writing and how to transition to video! shorturl.at/psf0m

👻 What makes a good co-op experience? Find out in my new article about #OutlastTrials @redbarrels.bsky.social bitsnpixels.org/p/nothing-el...

New article release tomorrow. If you need something to read right now let me plug my article on Cooldowns vs Consumables. I really like it! open.substack.com/pub/nickpast...

How's everyone doing?

The article released today! Go check it out! My writing could use as much feedback as possible!

Had to evacuate from the fires in LA. Don't worry I'm ok. I wrote an article about it that will be out on Monday! Share your fire pics bitsnpixels.org/p/evacuated?... #fire #lafires #losangeles #wildfire #plan #update #palisades #evacuation #evacuate #wildfire #sylmar #containment #hurst #palisades

bitsnpixels.org/p/2025-the-y... I'm committing this year to releasing a new article every monday on different gaming/game dev topics as well as a few others. Check it out, and subscribe to the newsletter to get every article!

Been toying with the idea of writing playtest notes for smaller devs working on their games! Just finished writing a review for Ale and Tale tavern with a ton of notes and feedback. If you're a small game dev send me your game for feedback! steamcommunity.com/id/NickShock...

I think the only thing that could have a more positive effect on my mental health than therapy, psychiatry, and pills is a stable full time income.

Just saw Coke’s AI Christmas advert in the wild. Truly the peak of AI generated slop. I feel bad for the artists who didn’t get hired for this. 😱 youtu.be/4RSTupbfGog?...

For the first time in a while I wrote a little something. I sent a message to my younger self just in case there are any younger me’s out there right now. bitsnpixels.org/p/sending-a-...

I’m so curious what comes up with these genre names

Hi! Not #The1MonthGame update, just wanted to let you know that I created a new game devs starter pack for awesome indies to follow. Includes indie devs with +1K followers, so the 150 limit isn't filled right away. Let me know to be added. Feel free to repost & suggest devs! 🎮 go.bsky.app/Hjfup3r

I’m working with #construct3 I’m gonna make a server based game and want to know what databases the game engine supports for that?

I made a design for those of you with diabetes who aren’t afraid to share it. I think this would go great on a shirt.

This one goes out to all my game devs moonlighting as minimum wage workers.

I’m working on an MMO where everyone is a snail. You go really slow. Give me your ideas.