Reconnected with a longtime RP friend to get me back into the RP saddle....... unleashing my inner 20 year old again and going buckwild on the page
Emma Kidwell
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Award-nominated writer | Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, Civilization VII, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Hindsight | Opinions my own | ForbesUnder30 2021 | TGA Future Class 2023| BAFTA Connect | https://www.emmkid.info/ |🇺🇸/🇯🇵
Has anyone else been using Ellipsus for writing? I'm trying to move away from Google Docs/Word because of its annoying AI popups/prompts and I've been liking it a lot so far. Spellcheck is even off by default so you can just write with reckless abandon! ellipsus.com
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After talking to a young writer last night, I want to remind you all that it's okay to write without an assignment or goal. Write to explore a new technique, get an idea out of your head, or as emotional exhalation. Write for the raw joy of it. For you alone. It doesn't need to go into a portfolio
This month, five new people pledged on the IFTF Patreon (www.patreon.com/c/IFTF) at $10/month or less. Over a year their pledges fund about half of a grant (iftechfoundation.org/committees/g...). IFTF funds diverse education, history and engineering projects. Small numbers make a big difference!
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Indies w performance in their games (+ all indies of course) - submit!! There is a cohort of games-native performers and folks who touch/love game performance HUNGRY for your submissions! There are only so many awards for game performance awarded by true peers - get in there and get those nods!!
IndieCade@indiecade.bsky.social · 5d agoMissed the original deadline? Good news!🎉 We're reopening submissions for the 20th Annual IndieCade Festival! We welcome indie games of all genres, platforms, and formats. We'd love to see what you've been creating.💜 www.indiecade.com/submissions/ Sale is for 1 week only, don't miss your chance!
new Community Dev newsletter is out! 📰🔥 how do u keep players engaged in ur community space? what keeps them from leaving?? CHURN RATE??? that's the topic of today's post, plus 13 links for community/marketing-related job openings~ read now 👇 thevtran.kit.com/posts/gettin...
Getting players to stick around ✨ Community Dev Newsletter #49
Learn about churn rate and increasing player retention in community spaces.
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Read it here if you haven't yet. Today is the very best day of all days to read it for the first time. short-stories.co/@raybradbury...
There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…
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Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterdayToday, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
I'm looking for more work in the upcoming months! Here's a couple games I've worked on but I also provide the following complimentary services: 👑Your teams biggest cheerleader ✨Can work booths 🎤Speaker 💬My job requires a lot of networking -> Found opportunities for my games that way
Hindsight Venba 🤝🏽 Games that will really make you want to call your mom.
Next on Post Games: The Love & Deepspace controversy International romantasy in-fighting! Canceled werewolf sex! The Chinese government! Mass Effect 3 would blush at the scale of this fan revolt Ft. @heartimecia.bsky.social & @adashtra.bsky.social Subscribe for free on your fave podcast app!
Hindsight is 4 years old today happy birthday to my child that makes me cry
If we could ask a quick favour of any Yarn Spinner user, it would be for those who have purchased YS+ to leave a review. Less than 1% of purchases have left a review. Y'all game devs know how much reviews make a difference, and tools are no different. Help us stand out among AI-coded slop 🙏
me drinking coffee on an empty stomach the moment i wake up: why do i feel anxious
i know i'm a good writer because even though i don't want to make a new sample (i'm working on it slowly okay) i'd much rather bitch and moan and write a line a day instead of using chatgpt or any other word-stealing machine
Show off your game to a bunch of really cool people!
GeekGirlCon@geekgirlcon.bsky.social · 3d ago📣 Applications for the GeekGirlCon 2026 Gaming Floor are closing soon - get your apps in before August 15 🔗http://geekgirlcon.com/.../tabletop-game-host-application/ #SeattleIndies #IndieGaming #GameDevs #IndieGameDevs
It's Ambrosia Sky: Act Two launch week! 🎉 We've got two whole weeks of blogs, streams, and other goodies planned to celebrate the end of Dalia's journey. 💜 Take a look at our schedule below, and for more info, check out our latest blog post! 📖: tiny.cc/acttwo-schedule
1/3 of the game industry has been laid off. We are offering a helping hand. Grab 100+ games in the Game Industry Hardship Fund on itch.io and help support impacted devs. 🔗 itch.io/b/3802/game-... #gamedev #indiegames #costarica #gameindustry #videogames
Where our character creator started vs. where our character creator is today! ✨ Young Suns has had a HUGE glow up in the past year, and we can’t wait to show y’all what we’ve been cooking up! store.steampowered.com/app/4149610/...
You’ve helped us raise over 80k for laid off gamedevs in need so far, and we still have plenty of time left in the bundle’s drive. Everyone who organized this effort was doing so on their own time for the benefit of others. If these companies wanted to, they would. They don’t. We do. Join us. ✊
Hey comics people, The Dark Horse union needs your support right now. Senior editors do more work than most of you can possibly imagine and they deserve to be apart of the union. Some of them have been waiting a long time for this. Stand with them! Please sign and share this petition!
Jimmy Presler 🐴@jimmypresler.bsky.social · 4d agoSign this petition to show your support for keeping Senior Editors in the Dark Horse Workers Union. actionnetwork.org/petitions/dh...
spider-man brand new day: we're so back (get him off da computer though)
Devs, pay attention to who is actually, practically offering support to our laid off colleagues. It’s not the companies, it’s not the ESA, it’s the union, it’s us.
United Videogame Workers-CWA@videogameworkers.bsky.social · 6d ago🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...
happy august aka phoebe bridgers album release month aka all of my problems being fixed
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
if you follow me and haven't played Venba, fix that, and then call your mom
Visai Games | Venba is Available now!!@visaigames.bsky.social · 5d agoToday is Venba's three year anniversary!!! 🍰🍰🍰 To celebrate, we're on our biggest sale yet and you'll notice we're also on the front page of Steam!!!? 3.75 USD to get emotional gut punched! If you're looking to jump in or gift it to a friend, this is the best time!
