Don't miss out! Get your hands on a copy of the city building game that took Gaelcon by storm! 28 games and 29 players over the course of 4 days at a convention filled to the brim with boardgame choices.
Back now at:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jem...
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The Kickstarter is officially live! Head on over and back it now! The sooner we fund, the more likely stretch goals are to be reached! The first pledges are already in!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jem...
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The City Skylines Kickstarter is launching on Oct 1st! Spread the word!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jemstonegames/city-skylines
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Hey folks, just a quick post to tell those who mightn't already know, that I have a TikTok account which you can follow to see some more casually formatted and frequent updates about me and my creations.
Check it out via this link: www.tiktok.com/@jemstonegames
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I'm taking part in the SideQuest Podcast tomorrow at 15:00(GMT+1):
sidequests.buzzsprout.com/2242118/about
I'll be talking about City Skylines and what it's like to be an indie dev in the tabletop gaming space. Come and check it out!
#podcast #indiedev #indiegames #irishgames
Trovve has gotten a major upgrade as a platform. You can now follow along with City Skylines on the platform with polls, videos, multiple images per post and check out the game gallery on the site!
Join via this link:
trovve.co?ref=Jemstone...
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedesign
We're going to Gaelcon 2025. Come along and join us for some City Skylines at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dublin. The event runs from the 24th-27th October.
Tickets: iga.ie/gaelcon/
Game Sign-ups: warhorn.net/events/gaelc...
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The people who make your games are real people who often labor under difficult circumstances to do what they do. Thank a game developer or publisher today for the joy they've given you. Thanks for doing what you do, Alan!
Come check out Trovve, a place where indie tabletop game devs have gathered to talk with one another about their craft!
I'm on there and have found great success with getting people to engage with my game City Skylines on the site.
trovve.co?ref=Jemstone...
#indiedev #gamedev
Finished board state of a game of City Skylines, with playing cards arranged to look like skyscrapers in city skylines. Each player that sits around the table has an example of a skyline constructed in this manner.
City Skylines, a playing card based city builder I made is on Kickstarter! Come and check it out!
Link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jem...
Kickstarter Preview: vm.tiktok.com/ZNHsor1TBMHx...
Picture of the end of a game of City Skylines
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
These are the platforms I will be monitoring for additions to the HypeSquad, so if you share elsewhere, then you will have to notify me of such on one of these platforms.
- Discord (`@jemstone`)
- Trovve (`@JemstoneGames`)
- BlueSky (`@jemstonegames`)
- TikTok (`@jemstonegames`)
- X (`@JemstoneGamez`) {*I don't really have much of a presence on X as I focussed on BlueSky instead, but I am technically there lol*}
What's the HypeSquad?:
- You'll get the HypeSquad role on the JemstoneGames/Cyberwars discord server.
[Discord Server Link](discord.gg/vF8Mcwz8WB)
- You'll get your social handle added to a list of mentions that will be added to the rulebook.
Then, when you've secured your ticket for the City Skylines hype train... Shout it out to the world and spread the word about the City Skylines Kickstarter! Tag @jemstonegames.bsky.social to notify me that you have and I'll add you to the HypeSquad!
Kickstarter Pre-Launch Announcement:
That's right, it's real, it's happening and it's your time to shine! Head on over to the Kickstarter's Pre-Launch Page(www.kickstarter.com/projects/jem...) and hit "Notify Me On Launch".
incredible depth, great work Damn flexible system that allows you to make some of the most off the wall noir detectives you've every thought of. If I weren't swamped with other projects I'd be seeking out a group to play it with right now. hmmmm..... good game. mama like. nom nom nom. I really enjoyed reading through it! Can't wait to get it to the table.
A bunch of reviews for Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy. It helps us immensely if you leave a 5-star review for Eureka by going to the top-right of the store page, and it would really help us out! Just note that this is one of the rating systems where anything below a 5-star counts as negative.
Come on over to my ko-fi page to check out the latest art updates and get a sneak peek behind the curtain as to how aspects of how my card-based city building game City Skylines is being developed!
My Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/jemstonegames
#GameDesign #CitySkylines #KofiExclusiveChallenge
Cover art for the City Skylines rulebook. Features cracked and shattered stained glass shards that each reflect different aspects of a modern city. Average playtime is specified to be 30 minutes for games of 2-5 players.
Got my first in person impromptu pre-order for City Skylines! Was a little surreal to tell you the truth, but sometimes these things just happen. Here's hoping that such fortune continues into the future :)
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Your periodic reminder that I make a really cool print-only quarterly game design zine. It's available via subscription. Four issues. No pesky auto-renew. Start any time!
👏 A massive congratulations to the eight teams selected for IndieDev 2025!
Each team will receive €15,000/£15,000 in funding & take part in a 12-week structured training programme designed to further develop their game prototypes.
Read more ➡️ www.screenireland.ie/news/indiede...
Top text reading: "The European Citizens' Initiative is OPEN!" A speedometer showing progress on the Stop Killing Games Initiative, with the dial showing 1.401503 million signatures, a filled blue bar for the 1 million signature threshold, and 4 filled smaller yellow bars representing 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 million signatures passed. A button below reads "Sign the EU Petition"
1 million to 1.4 million in 17 days! Incredible! Push for 1.5-1.6 million to have politicians pay more attention to us and build our buffer!: eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public
Come on gamers, gamer allies and relatives of gamers! Let's fight against "own nothing and be happy" and #StopKillingGames !
The City Skylines Playtest went well! Got some great feedback and have added in some more graphical elements to break up the rules text and to clarify a couple of common misinterpretations.
If you also want to help proofread via playtest, then follow this link: trovve.co?ref=Jemstone...
A promo image of the CAPERS ttrpg featuring mockups of the core rule book both opened and closed as well as a character sheet and a custom deck of cards.
A mockup of multiple open copies of the Omega Horizon core rule book open to 3 different spreads. The first features a reptilian alien race know as the Dachians. The left page contains a full page illustration of one of these characters with an overlay containing some basic information. The facing pafe contains more details about this race. The second book is open to the Chapter 7 intro spread. It features a full-spread, colorful, and chaotic illustration of some kind of sci-fi motorcycle race with a vehicle crashing and exploding in the background. There is a small overlay on the bottom of the right page that contains the beginning paragraph of the intro fiction for this chapter. The final book is open to one of the planet spreads. It features a full page illustration of space with a green and ochre colored planet centered on the left page. There is an overlay with more details about this planet but it is obscured by the first book which sits on top of this one. The right page contains further info about the planet.
Mockup of of the cover and an interior spread of of Shadow Over SoL 2nd edition Quickstart Guide. The cover features illustration of an astronaut waving from inside a dark corridor to other's approaching from a ship across a barren landscape with no atmosphere. The interior features a spread from the section entitled "Memories" containing information about the setting and a dark, gritty illustration of a closed bulkhead door. The pages are bordered with a texture that looks like sci-fi paneling with wires and displays showing the page numbers and the section title The book mockups sit on a blood splattered metal surface with a bloody wrench and astronauts arm for horror ambience.
A spread from Entromancy: Definitive Edition featuring a photo-collage illustration on the left page of a robotic hand, and dimensional geometric shapes super imposed over an image of a shadowy figure with glowing eyes. The right page features a double column informational text layout describing the class known as "The Bionic"
It's #portfolioday!
I'm a freelance Graphic Designer working in the #tabletop gaming space. I've got 20 years experience heavily specializing in print of all kinds. I'm currently open for new projects and I'd love to hear about yours!
Hey folks! City Skylines is ready and raring to go, but I'm going to be running some final public play throughs for the rulebook itself. The idea is to use these as both a way of getting reviews and making sure that the rulebook is written as clearly as possible.
Join in: trovve.co/playtests/cm...
Brickwork themed playing cards splayed to reveal the ten of hearts, four of hearts and the ace of hearts. The Jemstone Games logo of a coiled dragon wraps around the heart symbol on the ace card.
three splayed playing cards show the clubs suit, wood themed and green tinged. The eight, the two and the ace are shown. The Jemstone Games logo of a coiled dragon wraps around the clubs symbol on the ace card.
Here's some of the custom card art for City Skylines. Let me know what you think.
If you want to stay up to date on all things JemstoneGames, consider checking out the discord and the ko-fi!
Discord: discord.gg/vF8Mcwz8WB
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/jemstonegames
A birds eye view of a city street. On the roof tops of two buildings a street artist spraypaints a purple dragon logo on the side of a UFO saucer shaped spaceship. Meanwhile on the second building rooftop, two men in builders work attire look over a blueprint for a new story extension of the building they are standing on. Building materials and minimal scaffolding can be seen behind the two men.
The image is divided in two by a side on view of a pavement that cuts through the centre of the image. On top of the pavement walks a red headed woman in a blue coat. She walks between shops that flank her on either side of a narrow alleyway. Below the pavement is a basement room with a couch and three guys playing a card game on a wooden table.
Here's some of the artwork for the rulebook of City Skylines, a playing-card based city building game I've designed.
If the art has sparked your interest and you want to check it out and help make it a reality you can do so here:
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/jemstonegames
