My life at the moment is phone calls, scheduling, and estimates. I can't wait to lie on the couch and not make decisions.
Helen Hey (she/her)
@inkyfingertips.bsky.social
Canadian editor/indexer for TTRPGs, websites, textbooks, and academic works. Hire me! https://trellisediting.com/ Likes: Video games, ecology, art, classic literature, geology, fantasy, food, history, anime, and folklore Anti-LLM/AI
Pocket Birds is live! Come get your #bird zines! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...
Pocket Birds - Mail Club!
Showcasing new artists and writers each month, Pocket Birds doesn't just teach you about a new bird in each issue, but sparks your creativity and encourages you to share your creations with the commun...
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The art on Suppose looks awfully familiar... 🤔
Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries@dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 2d agopreview copies are in! gotta figure out who i’m sending these to…
Sorry yall, im about to be insufferable while i loudly talk about how proud i am of this game I helped make 😜
Kitten Cup Studio@kittencupstudio.bsky.social · 2d agoY'all we are SO CLOSE to 100k 🥹🫣 If we can hit that number before THURSDAY, Saffron will animate Capy breakdancing. i repeat. break. dancing. capybara.
A big difference between corporate editing and TTRPG editing is I'm so very invested in seeing people enjoy the TTRPGs I've worked on. Right now I'm glowing from all the GenCon haul pictures. If you'd like to contribute to my glow, I'm available from November onward! #editor #indexer #freelancer
A couple of weeks ago I rode to Newburyport MA and saw this COVID memorial and realized this is the only one I have ever seen anywhere. And the fact that I nearly broke down seeing it is something I still think about.
I'm watching my partner play Winter Burrow and we're pretty sure the toad is meant to have a Geordie accent. (The developer is Danish but the dialogue quirks + flat cap are giving very strong vibes.) Kinda reminds me of playing Ni no Kuni 2 and realizing there was a whole village with Hull accents.
Hello I have made this due to a mutual having issues with some folks on here forgetting this fact and shouting at him for it. Feel free to use it as a handy PSA x
Now that it's been officially announced at GenCon, I can now finally share that the @plotweaver.bsky.social setting @anarisis.dylangrinder.com and I have been hard at work on is named ✨Erstwild✨ If you want to get a sneak peek, open alpha starts August 5th for everyone!
I got Covid for the *first time* a few weeks ago and let me tell you, please fucking test before you go to an event. Don't be that asshole. And if you are positive stay the fuck home. Some performers and event folks can't mask. The least we can do is test, the best we can do is mask. ✨
BigolasClitoras ✨📕📘📗✨@burstofhope.itch.io · 6d agoThere's always a non-negligible number of folks that go from SDCC to GenCon. I hate to break it to you, but COVID is still a thing, conventions are still super spreaders, and you should still test and wear masks if you care about community at all!
Super excited that @kiennas.bsky.social and I can now share the title of the game we're making with the @plotweaver.bsky.social team: Erstwild! It's coming along super well, and we hit open alpha in just under a week so you'll get to see even more very soon!
Dylan Grinder | Erstwild is in open alpha now!!@anarisis.dylangrinder.com · last wk.Get to change the bio again soon :)
Hello! For a potential piece on Eurogamer, I would love to know what cool little things people in and around games are working on. Not full games, but fun, interesting, weird projects or side projects. Things you're noodling around with, things you just think are neat. Replies/reposts very welcome!
My own friends are through the wedding phase but my partner is younger than me and SO MANY of his friends and family members are getting engaged and married. Next year there are two couples getting married in the same week! At least it makes it easier to decide when to go to England.
why do we live in a world with so many bad fonts
That day when I was looking through a 14th-century romance. First impression: That's not a very good stag, is it... Closer look: OMG LOOOOOL #medievalmanuscripts
Ten years ago today 🌿 Ipomopsis globularis, our endemic Hoosier Pass Ipomopsis, blooming above Hoosier Pass #nativeplants. This specimen has blooms just opening and without any purple pollen stains yet on its pure white flowers.
Client management is not something I ever thought I'd do, yet here I am negotiating contracts and advising on efficiency. It's the exact kind of skill expansion that happens when you say "sure, I can do that" to your busy boss.
The Ghost in the Shell RPG, based on the original manga, has just gone live on Backerkit. I co-wrote and co-designed this game alongside Alessio. I’ve seen quite a bit of buzz around the Synthesis Conflict system which is really great as that was one of my main contributions 😄 Check it out:
The Ghost in the Shell: Tabletop Roleplaying Game
Join Section 9 in the official The Ghost in the Shell Tabletop RPG, based on the original manga.
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Now that we no longer have our BFF's @romanpalace.bsky.social we have decided to get back out there. Apparently this is "not how hinge works"? 🤷
If you run a festival, a convention, a regular event or an organisation, & you'd like me to give a talk on one of my nonfiction books' topics (tabletop games, anxiety, creative writing) or do a poetry set or teach a creative writing workshop, please message me here or via my website. I'd love to.
It's here, it's here! 🌟 V2 of Hire Human Artists is now live. We make it easier than ever to find artists who have pledged not to use generative AI in their workflow. HireHumanArtists.com Use the directory to find artists for your project type, that do a certain style, and more! Now with images!
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Looking for an artist for your next project? Our human artist directory is full of over 400 artists who have pledged not to use gen AI.
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One of my favorite parts of creating Ahu Tiiko was the complex web of NPCs and their interconnections. It was important for them not just to feel like real people, but also for them to have real relationships. bit.ly/4e95p4c I'm going to talk about them a bit... 🧵 #PeopleOfAhuTiiko
This is not a dig at this reporter or this story, which is fine, but the Canadian media as a whole has transitioned seamlessly from decades of mostly ignoring and downplaying the climate emergency to ”here’s how to cope with the apocalypse.” It’s infuriating.
Climate anxiety caused her to switch career paths. How this existential angst is affecting young Canadians
Existential eco distress is affecting Canadians’ life decisions, and can spiral into hopeless ‘doomerism.’ Experts share how to manage it.
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Dreaming about home décor is way more fun than scheduling contractors and filling out paperwork. I would like to move to that stage, please. Completely unrelated, but I will happily take reading recommendations for architecture and décor within Art Nouveau/Arts and Crafts/Liberty Style/Jugendstil.
I watched the second season of Kakuriyo this week and it remains the worst-looking anime I've cried to.
Agh, there was a single dastardly cat hair in my tea!!!
