A wild @allworms.bsky.social appears!
A wild @allworms.bsky.social appears!
Cover of Strangened Narratives course. A hand with Strangened Narratives written over it with multiple eyes flying around it.
Cover of Narrative Crash Course. Title in the middle and a bunch of simple birds surrounding it.
Cover of Dialogue Design course. A woman is yelling with words coming out.
A bit late into Black Friday but hey I got three courses worth of Narrative Design lessons up on sale for half price.
That's right I've published lessons from Narrative Crash Course and Strangened Narratives course online. Plus Dialogue Design!
itch.io/s/171366/nar...
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Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
First place Iβd look is the Ultima series. Hazy memories of Ultima 3 having crafting.
I know Ultima Underworld had crafting (and a few other interesting mechanics). That launched β92.
If you see this, quote the energy your bring to Blueksy
Never considered myself a painter, by any means. Shaky hands, subpar fundamentals.
A friend stopped by and had the patience to teach slapshot, a bit of color theory, and a lot of brush technique.
After 5 hours, I think we did a pretty decent job. I did Cthulhu and Shoggoth.
Exploring the world of Eschaton by @archongames.bsky.social. Fun first play through. Loved the theme and (potentially) quick play.
Self hosting is a deep, dark, rabbit hole. But it does keep my mind sharp.
If you were interested in hosting your own sync service for Brave, this pretty much sums up what needs to happen to keep everything on your own server.
It is really that useful? Debatable.
mechanus.org/adventures-i...
Interesting nonetheless!
Often, when we're experimenting & iterating toward a product vision, we forget that there are externalized costs of those efforts.
Some of these costs are insidious, only showing up when the bill due is very high. Others seem cheap but cost us a lot in the long run.
mechanus.org/why-fail-fas...
Narrative courses are accepting applications again!
Three 4-week courses:
Narrative Crash Course! July 4th!
Breakneck Narratives! Aug 1st!
Strangened Narratives! Aug 29th!
All are available as a bundle at a massive discount!
Share and APPLY!
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Exactly this. I might be able to see the value in brainstorming ideas or blank-to-first-draft type scenarios for a lot of people.
But feeling seen or heard by it speaks loudly how much impact loneliness has had on people.
Show us your writing process in a gif
AI when I was a kid
Gratz @destinythegame.bungie.net for the reveal of the Edge of Fate. Excited to see what you have cooked up! Keep it up!
If you see this post your getaway vehicle
Movie youβve watched more than six times using gifs.
(βHard modeβ no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
Excited for Marathon. Really interested in how the story develops and what happened to the colonists. PvP isnβt my strong suit, so if youβre in my team, from right now, sorry.
Iβm almost afraid to askβ¦ but the lore nerd wants to know.
Quote with a title screen that is important to you.
If you see this, post a vampire and pass it on.
The story is top notch. Exploring the dreadnaught in explore mode has been lots of fun (and MM as well). The court has that right level of hecticness.
Met you at GIG and every time I see a post from you I always smile and think: hey! Thatβs the guy with ridiculously long game names. Love it.
Hopefully weβll run into each other at GDC!
When are too many docker containers for hosted services too much?
Been having a lot of fun reconnecting with that side of my brain.
Choices we make early in development have knock on effects. Donβt think about them in isolation, visualize how theyβre interrelated.
mechanus.org/strategy-cho...
A movie youβve watched more than six times, using only GIFs
A (positive) consequence of thinking about this metric as the guiding light is the organic marketing that comes from it. Players are going to recommend the game to others because of the experience. We all have examples of this - GRIS, Disco Elysium, Control come to mind.
βStanley stood there, contemplating the signs that clearly lead to the exit.β