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@hurlgreytea.bsky.social

Designer/Programmer/CEO of Generic Lake Monster, currently: Quarterstaff, previously: South Park: Stick of Truth, Tyranny, Fallout: New Vegas, Alpha Protocol, & more

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Midwest Game Guy@midwestgameguy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

6/2: We return to a fun turn-based strategy game that we haven't seen on the channel in few months in Quarterstaff by @hurlgreytea.bsky.social @genericlakemonster.bsky.social! This fantasy action game truly excels at combining accessibility and challenge. store.steampowered.com/app/2134060/...

Quarterstaff on Steam

Often outnumbered, never outmatched – carefully plan your moves to single-handedly save a besieged fantasy realm from the clutches of a sorcerous conqueror.

store.steampowered.com

Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · 8mo ago

Ashley Fairbanks @ziibiing.com launched Stand With Minnesota standwithminnesota.com, a mutual aid repository supporting residents under ICE's siege, in early Jan. in the weeks since, it's facilitated covering people's rents and flown folks detained back home from Texas. she can help you do it, too.

She’s raised almost $20m to help Minnesota – she thinks you can do it too

Ashley Fairbanks launched Stand with Minnesota as ICE raids rocked her home town – now donations are pouring in, and families’ rent is being paid

theguardian.com

Jacob Geller@jacobgeller.com · 8mo ago

When they make movies about this in the future they will tone down the cruelty of ICE and border patrol, like Spielberg did with Goeth in Schindler's List, because no one will believe they were actually this monstrous.

Mike Hixenbaugh@mikehixenbaugh.com · 8mo ago

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.
Jan Rosenow@janrosenow.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Industrial heat is one of the hardest parts of the energy transition. This sand battery is now delivering fossil-free heat for industry, storing renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and releasing it when needed. Simple idea, big impact.

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Musicology Duck@musicologyduck.bsky.social · 8mo ago

the thing i'm waiting for with the ai romance novel lady is for another scammer to figure out that purely ai-generated material w no human authorship is generally not considered to be protected by copyright in the US rn, and saving themselves the 45 mins per book by reselling hers

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 8mo ago

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.” What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.
Matt -> GDC@hurlgreytea.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This is tonight, 8pm Central! I'll be there to answer question about Quarterstaff, indie game development, game design, and maybe a rant or two about how accessibility and challenge are not mutually exclusive. There will be codes to give away, and there's a FREE DEMO if you want to follow along.

Midwest Game Guy@midwestgameguy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

2/4: We have three Steam keys to the indie turnbased strategy game Quarterstaff from indie dev @hurlgreytea.bsky.social @genericlakemonster.bsky.social This giveaway highlights a 2D action fantasy that is made accessible for players of all motor control levels! store.steampowered.com/app/2134060/...

Haley MacLean@haleyfax.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Begging AI dude bros to learn even 1% of IP law or even just google copyright at this point to understand why this is such an utterly fatuous horse to place your bets on jesus christ. It’s NFTs all over again. Trend jumpers who cosplay zuckerberg flip flop hoodie realness.

Shinobi602@shinobi602.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Video game stocks are suddenly crashing today with the launch of Google's Project Genie as investors think games will start magically getting made with AI ➡️ ca.investing.com/news/stock-m... #GoogleGemini #TakeTwo #CDProjektRED #Roblox #videogames

Matt -> GDC@hurlgreytea.bsky.social · 9mo ago

“It’s rare to find a tactics game this simple that stays compelling, which this has accomplished in spades. Honestly, the best compliment I can give it is that I’m going to go right back to playing it after I finish this review.” -IndieGameReviewer #SteamSale #IndieGame #Strategy #TurnBased #NoAI

@genericlakemonster.bsky.social · 9mo ago

1/2 off 1/4Staff! Quarterstaff is ON SALE! Turn-based tactics with no dice, just strategy. Accessible Gameplay meets intense challenge! No Quick Time Events, no timed challenges, colorblind-friendly! NO AI Slop, NO microtransactions! FREE DEMO on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2134060/...

Giada Zavarise ➡️ AdvX@cheerfulgoth.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Small, free act you can do to bring some good in this world: add positive reviews to ALL you Steam games, especially the small indies. You don't need to write anything smart, just "game good" is enough. Every positive steam review tips the algorithm and helps your fav artists get more sales

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Eternal Skies TCG RPG@eternalskies.neocities.org · 9mo ago

Currently taking all the smallest indie games in my Steam library and letting them run for a few minutes (if I haven't played them) so I can leave a positive review. Review your indie games! Even if it doesn't say much. I'm just copying and pasting.

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MinnMax@minnmax.com · 9mo ago

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

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Matt -> GDC@hurlgreytea.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Wonder if the new Fable will continue using the morality system that flags you as evil for eating meat, good for eating veggies, but has absolutely nothing to say when you buy up every house in a village and become a slumlord. Homeless and forced to hunt = evil, but rent-seeking parasite = ok.

Matt -> GDC@hurlgreytea.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I've posted about what Quarterstaff offers, let's talk about what it DOESN'T have... No generative AI slop No tracking your activity or data No quick time simon-says tedium 'gameplay' No unskippable cutscenes No Jared Leto Check out the FREE DEMO on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2134060/...

Quarterstaff on Steam

Often outnumbered, never outmatched – carefully plan your moves to single-handedly save a besieged fantasy realm from the clutches of a sorcerous conqueror.

store.steampowered.com