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Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)

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Kienna Shaw · nbi she/they · game writer/designer · co-lead Erstwild @plotweaver.bsky.social · writer on VtM: Eternal Whispers · co-curator of ENnie winning TTRPG Safety Toolkit @ttrpgsafetytoolkit.com · goosetuber on Twitch · kiennashaw@gmail.com

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Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)@kiennas.bsky.social · 5h ago

How I wish to be

A tuxedo cat snoozing on a cat tree platform, her cheek resting on the ledge and squishing her face

Dylan Grinder | Erstwild is in open alpha now!!@anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 6h ago

The Erstwild open alpha is here! You can read it! You can play it! I urge you to do both because I am immensely proud of what we've made even at this early stage— and it really is a fully playable game at this point!

Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)@kiennas.bsky.social · 7h ago

Erstwild open alpha is live ✨right now✨ So very proud of what I, @anarisis.dylangrinder.com, and the rest of the @plotweaver.bsky.social team has pulled together, and I can't wait to see what folks do in our setting 💖 Join the playtest here: discord.gg/jgqZWwcmHm

A spiritfolk (a person with an inky void-like body and a mask for a head) crouches in front of a trio of people approaching an ancient mural. Text reads, "Erstwild Open Alpha"

Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)@kiennas.bsky.social · 7h ago

Jillian Schumacher @jillianschumacher.bsky.social · 8h ago

Congratulations to @kiennas.bsky.social, @anarisis.dylangrinder.com, @mericmoir.bsky.social, and the rest of the Plotweaver team for starting the Open Alpha playtesting on Erstwild! Exciting times for an amazing system. If you haven't tried out Plotweaver yet, now is the time!

Plotweaver RPG@plotweaver.bsky.social · 8h ago

Erstwild, previously known as Project Folio, enters open alpha testing TODAY! ✨ Interested in getting a feel for Plotweaver and providing feedback? Join the Plotweaver RPG Discord server! https://discord.gg/jgqZWwcmHm Help us Weave the Tapestry 🪡

Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Extremely bold hand lettering in weathered white on an orange background reading ‘ALL MY FRIENDS HATE AI’.

Dylan Grinder | Erstwild is in open alpha now!!@anarisis.dylangrinder.com · yesterday

Open alpha tomorrow :)

Plotweaver RPG@plotweaver.bsky.social · 6d ago

We are so excited for Erstwild Open Alpha, starting on August 5th! Join the Discord server for updates! discord.gg/jgqZWwcmHm

Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)@kiennas.bsky.social · yesterday

Sooooo stealthy, sneakiest hunter

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A calico cat's butt sticking out from the curtains on a window sill

We're just normal men @wejustinnocentmen.bsky.social · yesterday

We’re just normal men

Chase Taylor-Carter @chasecarter.bsky.social · 2d ago

Some radical transparency: we may only have a year left at our current pace. If you'd like to help us survive to reach our full potential, consider subscribing, donating, or buying a gift subscription.

Rascal News@rascal.news · 2d ago

State of the Rascal: August 2026 www.rascal.news/state-of-the...

United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 2d ago

A statement from our union president on the amazing turnout of support for the Game Industry Hardship Fund itch.io bundle 🙏 👇 The bundle is live for 10 more days to support devs in need, but a long-term difference can be made by joining UVW-CWA directly. ✊ uvw-cwa.org itch.io/b/3802/game-...

A message from United Videogame Workers, a Code-CWA Union, part 1: A statement from Aurelia Augusta - President, UVW-CWA Local 9433:

The response to the Hardship Fund has been so awe-inspiring and so great that it's honestly made it difficult to write a statement because every time I look away, the total amount raised by the itch bundle leaps forward yet again and I find a few more tears of joy on my face.

A message from United Videogame Workers, a Code-CWA Union, part 2: As I'm writing this, we've just passed $97,000 that will go directly into the pockets of struggling game workers, raised at a truly incredible speed, in addition to the $25K already dispersed by UVW-CWA.

I want to start with a massive thanks to players who have bought the bundle, signal-boosted it, or otherwise supported this effort.

A message from United Videogame Workers, a Code-CWA Union, part 3: To our allies in the labour movement who have supported this effort, everyone in UVW-CWA continues to be awed by and thankful for your solidarity and ever proud to be standing up to fight for workers alongside you.

And to all game workers, I want to highlight that this is just small example of what's possible when we stand together as workers. Together in solidarity, we can make sure that this is far from just a one-off reprieve.

A message from United Videogame Workers, a Code-CWA Union, part 4: We can make an industry where workers don't have to choose between fighting for their rights and paying their bills.

It will take time, it will take winning the many fights to come, but I adamantly believe that one day we can make an industry and a world where we won't need a hardship fund.

Join us today in that fight at uvw-cwa.org.

In Solidarity,
Aurelia Augusta - President,
UVW-CWA Local 9433

Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 3d ago

btw this has options to sign if you don't make comics but are a fan or colleague of people who do! make number go up, support the union!

Jimmy Presler 🐴@jimmypresler.bsky.social · 4d ago

Sign this petition to show your support for keeping Senior Editors in the Dark Horse Workers Union. actionnetwork.org/petitions/dh...

Really Playing Games @reallyplayinggames.bsky.social · 3d ago

Beginner's luck has carried our hosts far in Blue Prince, but is today the day that luck turns? Come find out! LIVE NOW on: twitch.tv/anarisis twitch.tv/itsjustasummerjob

Blue Prince
Two cartoon faces labeled "Dylan" and "Summer" sit on either side of the main text, with blue bubbles making up the background.
On twitch now at twitch.tv channels Anarisis and itsjustasummerjob

Dylan Grinder | Erstwild is in open alpha now!!@anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 3d ago

Just finished Final Fantasy XVI and god *damn* was that a good game! A great FF in general, but also just a really good video game in its own right. Highly recommend!

Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)@kiennas.bsky.social · 3d ago

✨29✨ Did all the big birthday stuff over the week (seeing family, seeing the Odyssey, getting a Switch 2), so today is just relaxing, playing Pokopia, and having a nice dinner

Kienna with shoulder length hair, a grey shirt with neon red swan and orca on it

Thomas 🚀 SFF180 @sff180.bsky.social · 4d ago

There is a huge difference between engaging with art via critique, and simply feeling superior to art. Trope-spotting is a particularly noxious form of faux criticism. Tropes are not innately good or bad; they are simply tools. You aren’t a genius for noticing that your carpenter uses a hammer.

David Sims@davidlsims.bsky.social · 4d ago

if I ever taught film criticism lesson one would be “you being smarter than the movie is not interesting to anyone”

Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)@kiennas.bsky.social · 4d ago

It's now my birthday 😊

Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)@kiennas.bsky.social · last wk.

my birthday is on Sunday so everyone has to be nice to me this week

Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)@kiennas.bsky.social · 4d ago

It's now my birthday 😊

Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)@kiennas.bsky.social · last wk.

my birthday is on Sunday so everyone has to be nice to me this week

SouzaGM @asouzagm.bsky.social · 4d ago

👋🏼 Are you looking for a brand new episode of Melanin Mythos? Is it cooler if this episode saw us joined by @byconniechang.bsky.social, @kiennas.bsky.social, and @akinomiiart.bsky.social to talk Tian Xia. Well, have I got the episode for you! Out now, where you catch your pods at! 👋🏼 link 👇

Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)@kiennas.bsky.social · last wk.

my birthday is on Sunday so everyone has to be nice to me this week

thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 5d ago

Using lists of three is not an "AI tell." It's a common trait in human writing because our brains biologically want to make sure there's always one thing to marry, one thing to fuck, and one thing to murder.

Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash!@standplaatskrk.pl · 5d ago

hymnsofheresy on Tumblr: ""we live in an uncaring universe"

false. i care very deeply. am i not a part of this infinite universe?"

existennialmemes: ""We live in an uncaring universe" factoid is actually a statistical error. Most conscious beings in the universe care a lot. Capitalism Georg who runs on suffering and eats the hopes and dreams of the entire earth is actually an outlier and should not have been counted."

Vana 🍉@havanarama.bsky.social · last wk.

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Binary @binarystar.games · 6d ago

In case you missed it: if you uploaded something to DTRPG before they instituted their policy in mid-2023 and didn't pointedly set the "created by humans" flag, *go check it and make sure it's set right.*

Chase Taylor-Carter@chasecarter.bsky.social · 6d ago

Looking to speak with tabletop designers whose DriveThruRPG products were recently and erroneously tagged as containing AI-generated content. Apologies if this is how you find out it's happened to you lol DMs open; email works too: chase@rascal.news

Chase Taylor-Carter @chasecarter.bsky.social · 6d ago

Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)@kiennas.bsky.social · 6d ago

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!

A mossy tree grows around an ancient stone structure that glows with latent magic. Tex treads:
Erstwild
Magic, spirits, and adventures course through this world. These are lands of wonder and danger, spirits and magic, connection and change. You might come from an idyllic village or a bustling city—or you may be one of the brave few who roam the borders of the threadbarrens or spiritlands. Whoever you are, you are resolute against the epic scale of the world’s environments and adversaries. What adversaries are those? Ancient technologies brought to restless life, malevolent spirits with enigmatic aims, and more

Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)@kiennas.bsky.social · 6d ago

Lucy a moment before and a moment after seeing a bug outside the window

A black and white cat laying down on a cat bed platform, her eyes and ears alert to the window, pupils narrowed from the sunlight

A black and white cat laying down on a cat bed platform, her eyes and ears alert to the window, pupils now wide

Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)@kiennas.bsky.social · 6d ago

My boy!! What have they done to my boy??

Kienna is making Erstwild (in open alpha now!!)@kiennas.bsky.social · 6d ago

Plotweaver RPG @plotweaver.bsky.social · 6d ago

We are so excited for Erstwild Open Alpha, starting on August 5th! Join the Discord server for updates! discord.gg/jgqZWwcmHm

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Dylan Grinder | Erstwild is in open alpha now!!@anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 6d ago

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!