jason grinblat
@jfg.land
creative head at freehold games co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹 he/him
Liveposting thread of the Beyond Quality Awards in the 20th Anniversary Celebration! If you want to follow along, you can read this thread or listen yourself and see who/what wins the hearts of dwarf fortresses: www.twitch.tv/kitfoxgames www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q5z...
I'm at the tier of design problem where the solution is an empty trait called "Nominal Dogness" that you must rank up but does nothing, except contain reminder text that you are a dog in name only. After 12 hours deep in the tank, I'm convinced this is the right solution.
Ostranauts 1.0 is out NOW! 📖New endgame story 🕵️♀️ Bounty System: Make money catching criminals ⛏ Steam Workshop Support: Over 68 community mods already available! 🚀 New Station Maps 🏆Achievements 👨🏫Tutorial Improvements and much more! store.steampowered.com/app/1022980/...
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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ok, super satisfied with the overall generation results and assets. here is a mountaintop labyrinth.
The first time I won a big all-in pot at a poker table the dealer reached out to indicate he needed to count my chips and I shook his hand
it is really something special. appreciate you pointing out how it handles children; that was an aspect that really landed with me upon a replay (and I later wrote about) www.crossplay.news/p/pentiment-...
My Newborn Slept on My Chest While a Game Helped Me Understand the Passage of Time
Many of us have probably played video games with a sleepy newborn draped over our bodies. Sometimes, that experience is a little more profound.
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I think about Pentiment all the time. I really liked it when I played it but I didn't anticipate how much it'd stick
Sam Barlow 🔥@mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 4w agoPentiment was such a blessing
it's okay to take a graham platner doubter victory lap today — most pointedly because a victory lap in this case means simply walking normally without stepping on the giant rakes labelled with totenkopfs
Post-hoc synthesis of multiple signals into "obvious" conclusions is facile, unless one of those signals is a nazi tattoo
ANNOUNCEMENT Forget Starlight is a tabletop rpg set on an infinite feudal space station. Written by me, edited by @deptofmeteors.bsky.social. Out this summer with a print version available as well. More info here: enceledean.itch.io/forget-starl...
In the world of posting, much valor is given to the great posts of history (and the natural born posters who post them), but I want to call attention to their silent sib: the no-post
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
I too am constantly forced to disclose my 2022 engagement to Curtis Yarvin, and to be frank it's getting kind of annoying
Nathan Edwards@grackle.space · last mo.absolutely incredible aside here
In the world of posting, much valor is given to the great posts of history (and the natural born posters who post them), but I want to call attention to their silent sib: the no-post
I'm an archeologist. My career is in ruins. 🤣😜 It's because funding has necrotized
icymi last week, we opened preorders for the Caves of Qud original soundtrack as a 3LP vinyl. we showed off some art, but it's hard to capture just how exquisite @stvulture.bsky.social's signature digital clay sculpture art is
icymi last week, we opened preorders for the Caves of Qud original soundtrack as a 3LP vinyl. we showed off some art, but it's hard to capture just how exquisite @stvulture.bsky.social's signature digital clay sculpture art is
Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts.
Burgeoning Jam for #cavesofqud is this month, so I wanted to get back into the vibe with a new character portrait! "Sebilant Glow, Radiant Hexa Titan of the Cerastium Salts"
"BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS" The award-winning game/glitchy art program @smestorp.bsky.social and I made in 2013 has now been rereleased on Itch for modern OSes. Try it out!, and make sure to tell any friends you want to play a weird prank on mermaidindustries.itch.io/become-a-gre...
the past ~6 months I've been working on StarBourne: a trad. roguelike with deep tactical deckbuilding combat set on a dark fantasy planet that is secretly a cosmic prison. Think Shandalar meets Caves of Qud. Still early. Playtests will happen soon in my discord. Would you play?
I live by three rules with the media I consume 🙅 NO sex scenes in movies 🙅 NO big words in books 🙅 NO characters that aren't purple dinosaurs
my husband is doing fantasy baseball for the first time. he does not follow baseball. his team is run entirely by our 10yo neighbor, who gets a split of his winnings if she helps my husband defeat the rest of the league. they’re in 1st place! but now, a problem: today she left for sleepaway camp
