This has been a labor of love! What started as a small game hack has expanded over two years into a 200-page horror tome with a TON of moving pieces. It's our most ambitious game and it's not done, but this is a milestone. It's creepy and unsettling and I hope folks will read and play it!

Turtlebun@turtlebun.com · last wk.

Hi! We have been super not active on Bluesky 1. Because we’re bad at it & 2. Because we’ve been working on the public beta rules for our uncanny horror game, Escape from Wonderland. They’re ready! Read! Play! We’d love feedback and are thrilled to finally share them. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I am going to trick him and construct 4-inch tall fake furniture that can be easily lifted up so Walter doesn’t keep getting stuck.

Join us for an online playtest of Escape from Wonderland! We're running a four-session campaign on the following dates: Sunday 3/1, 12pm Thursday 3/5, 6pm Sunday 3/15, 12pm Saturday 3/21, 6pm (all times in EST) Send us a DM or reply if you're interested and available!

This is what gaming is all about

The old joke misses the point that money is made up and borrowed, it's a circle of life thing, but stupid and not real, that's why it stops working when billionaires get paid, an economy is not a measure of how much money is had, it's a measure of how much money moves, it's hoarded, no economy

Hannah Shaffer@hanbandit.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The thing about the artists/indie game designers passing around the same $10 joke is that sometimes you need the $10, the next time someone else will and you’ll have $10 to give. In this way we uplift each other and get to keep making art.

The more classic films I watch the more references I can see in other films and by the time I am old I will be very knowledgeable and also completely insufferable

The thing about the artists/indie game designers passing around the same $10 joke is that sometimes you need the $10, the next time someone else will and you’ll have $10 to give. In this way we uplift each other and get to keep making art.

It's a new year, and I am begging y'all to put captions on your streams. Don't know how? I got you. Here's a thread of captioning options for your streams. With the exception of Meld that does not have a caption plug in (yet). These should work on other stream software.

I think the latest episode of Design Doc from @hanbandit.bsky.social and @adrawnnovel.bsky.social at @turtlebun.com is a fantastic little lesson about game design. What is an epiphany in game design, and how do you set yourself up for one? pca.st/podcast/9dd9...

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Come along with Hannah and Evan in a living documentation of the game design process, from the first spark of an idea, to every disastrous surprise. It’s not an instruction manual, but a travel guide,...

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New episode of Design Doc before 2025 is a wrap! We talk about New Year's resolutions and why they're pretty great, actually—one Skill, one Mastery, and three Experiences to round out every year. Thank you everyone for listening! We will see you in 2026. pod.link/1298080097/e...

A horror game i can never play.

Hannah Shaffer@hanbandit.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A roleplaying game where you have to close every one of your 200 open browser tabs one by one, gradually giving up parts of yourself until you are reborn as an egg.

The most excruciatingly painful lyric game / LARP of 2025

Hannah Shaffer@hanbandit.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A roleplaying game where you have to close every one of your 200 open browser tabs one by one, gradually giving up parts of yourself until you are reborn as an egg.

I do think the key for things like Home Alone, Muppet Christmas Carol, etc. is that the actors fully commit to the bit I feel like similar films made now lean too heavily into doing it ironically

Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.

This game is really fucking good and you should play it!

Tabletop Bookshelf@tabletopbookshelf.com · 8mo ago

Thieves of the Tome from @firstpancake.studio is an explosive TTRPG played using real books. You read that right, real books! You will bring a book from your shelf and turn it into a spellbook for another player to cast from. tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/news/n...

Luna is hype! Get on this.

Luna P.@satelitesnaturales.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Okay let's do this again. Emergency graphic design commissions. Simple stuff only (i.e. title treatments), starting at 30 US dollars without revisions. Buy me almond milk and keep my heart unexploded 👍

A roleplaying game where you have to close every one of your 200 open browser tabs one by one, gradually giving up parts of yourself until you are reborn as an egg.

I like petting my cat when he is staring out the window twitching his tail at birds. He purrs but also is angry. I say, “you are a hunter and also a baby. This is your cross to bear.”

PSA: Itch is running its Winter Sale, so go make your favorite creators' (and yours!) holiday season happier! 💞 I have all my games at 30% off (or all in a bundle for an insane 61% off) I even made this high-budget, hand-crafted promo visual for you itch.io/s/174877/win...

HOMELESSNESS IS NOT A DRUG PROBLEM IT'S A HOUSING PROBLEM I'm so sick of y'all in my mentions with this talking point, just stop. PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD RENT. Half of renters are paying over 30% of their income on rent, another quarter are paying over 50%!!! People need homes they can afford!

'I can't believe they turned Star Trek into a teen drama, it's gotten so far from what made it good, wah wah wah' Meanwhile Star Trek in 1993:

Can you believe this cat came from the trash? (I mean from this pic yeah kind of)

indie ttrpg twitter was wild. You used to be able to post things like "I wish there was a Baywatch Nights ttrpg" and then a week later there would be a Baywatch Nights game jam

I can think of no version of D&D I want to play as much as this, whatever it turns out to be.

Hannah Shaffer@hanbandit.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I’ve still never played D&D and I’m working on designing an OSR-style game based on vibes only and I’ve never been so excited to release something.

If you missed Griot Anthology at Pax Unplugged, dont worry! We are working with @plusoneexp.bsky.social @sidequestbooks.bsky.social and @ipr.bsky.social to make physical copies available soon!

I’ve still never played D&D and I’m working on designing an OSR-style game based on vibes only and I’ve never been so excited to release something.

MUD GHOST ESTATE REDUX is 50% funded and we have announced the stretch goals! ✨ More illustrations would be added to the game at £3000 and @ginkgogoes.bsky.social would be joining the project at £4500! 👻 www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...

Update 1: 50% funded and stretch goal announcement · Mud Ghost Estate Redux—A Spooky Tumbling Tower TTRPG

Thanks for your support, we are halfway to our funding goal of £1500!Here are the stretch goals for Mud Ghost Estate Redux if we can go beyond 100%:£3000—Extra illustrations by Weird SlimeWeird Slime ...

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Wanna get some of my art as prints for the holidays? Visit my inprnt store! www.inprnt.com/profile/sony...

I bought Walter a fountain and he doesn’t drink from it but does stare into it for hours like a scrying pool.