80 & 81 songs packs are back on sale because we a) need money b) want you to have cool commercial use music for $20 itch.io/s/197592/161... (borrowed @chequered.ink's format but its ok cause I told them to post imgflip memes)

Spoiler alert the actual developers in the trenches are not the most expensive part of making a game www.productionalchemist.com/p/inever-see...

I Have Never Seen a Game Fail Because the Artists Were Too Slow

AI is optimising the cheapest part of production

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hard to believe I've been on Patreon for 7 years — use code 77777 to get my archive of 20+ Twine tutorials, monthly game & template devlogs, and over 50,000 words of prose for less than $5 patreon.com/gcbaccaris

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The good news: I verbally pitched a duology version of Disaster Lesbian Goes To Hell (working title) and I think I like it. These are not the soft romance lesbians I promised but it is definitely still a love story. The bad news: in too much pain to finish the plotting or work or sit up honestly.

psst, the demons (and by "demons" I mean @jordanshiveley.bsky.social) provide The Calamities tour shirts, baybee GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE HOT they're hot because they come from hell

The Demons Provide: Tour Shirts Have Arrived

(And by “the demons,” I mean, my excellent merch designer, Jordan Shiveley.) So! The Calamities tour — henceforth known as the BEST FIENDS FOREVER tour — is gonna start kick…

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Please help my friend and immensely talented artist get a very needed MRI. Our country is broken so let's help each other as best we can 💕

c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics@portaltohades.bsky.social · 7d ago

Alright, it was suggested to me that I actually crowdfund the out of pocket cost for the lumbar MRI since my insurance keeps denying the day before the appt even w/ it as an important order. I will have more info in the replies as well. I was honestly hesitant but... ko-fi.com/portaltohades

As a reminder, in 2020, more than 60 people accused Warren Ellis of grooming and sexual impropriety, coming together to create the website somanyofus.com. In its most recent update, in 2023, the site posted: "To the best of our knowledge, Warren Ellis took none of the steps we hoped he would."

Putting out early feelers for casting I'll be doing in Sept/Oct for 4 characters: - Vietnamese, female - East African (other African regions ok but East would be precise), any gender - Irish, male - and the last one's weird but I'd love to hear from streamers who got acting chops

BOOTH E-09, BABY! Me and @zoewithasword.bsky.social will be rocking out there all weekend long!!!!

Flame Con@flamecon.bsky.social · 13h ago

Jadzia is signing on Sunday, but catch her at her booth E-09 all weekend. Cait and Emery are signing on Saturday. Anthony is signing on Sunday. @meakoopa.bsky.social @planetx.bsky.social @caitsbooks.bsky.social @emwrobin.bsky.social Grab your tickets today at flamecon.org , and invite a friend!

I'm terrible at promoting but... Did you know I write a little serial format horror romcom web novel thing over at ParaPoly.gay? Because I do. Its first early access update goes out on Thursday morning. BookTok would call it high spice. If you wanna support me going to #WorldCon, that's one way.

Paranormal Polycule & Friends

18+ paranormal/urban fantasy horror fiction stories, published at least weekly.

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I fought Unreal and maybe won, I am so fucking proud of myself.

I’m open for speedy editing!

Danny Lore@weredawgz.blacksky.app · 2d ago

Okay so here's how this will work: - 48hr turn over -I will be editing: *single issue comic script up to 30 pages *Comic pitches from 3 pages up (I don't think I'll be useful for less! *Short Story length prose *Novelette turnover may be slightly longer -Sensitivity reads doable with discussion

Something terrible is coming. (this week)

Don Hertzfeldt was BIG when I was in college for animation and at least some of that cautiously optimistic nihilism in his films definitely rubbed off. Not the humor though. Mostly. I'm mid-low brow at best. ... Right? Anyways, go watch some Hertzfeldt.

Josh Scherr@joshscherr.bsky.social · yesterday

So hey, Don Hertzfeldt is one of my favorite filmmakers & I'm thrilled more people will have a chance to see his work: youtu.be/fS4aHNB5WRo?...

I'm terrible at promoting but... Did you know I write a little serial format horror romcom web novel thing over at ParaPoly.gay? Because I do. Its first early access update goes out on Thursday morning. BookTok would call it high spice. If you wanna support me going to #WorldCon, that's one way.

Paranormal Polycule & Friends

18+ paranormal/urban fantasy horror fiction stories, published at least weekly.

parapoly.gay

Read it here if you haven't yet. Today is the very best day of all days to read it for the first time. short-stories.co/@raybradbury...

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…

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Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · 2d ago

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

My friend @lexluddy.xyz is struggling right now with the death of her dad. She could use all the hugs you have to spare. 💕🫂 Her dad's request was that folks donate to Médecins Sans Frontières' continued vital work in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Egypt She'd really appreciate both. 🩷

Death Notice of Liam Gerard Luddy (Glounthaune, Cork) | rip.ie

The death has occurred of Liam Gerard Luddy of Glounthaune, Cork Ireland, on 01/08/2026. You can view the full death notice and add your condolences here.

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my clients have all been thrilled and keep coming back for more of that good shit.

Mags Visaggio - Writer and Writing Coach for Hire 🏳️‍⚧️@magsvisaggio.com · 2w ago

Oh look, the GFM is almost at its final goal of $25K with just $448 remaining to hit the goal. gofund.me/d120eaa3c

Donate to Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt., organized by Tanya DePass

Update: I initially had no plan to up the goal or change anyt… Tanya DePass needs your support for Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt.

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I hate to have to do this again, but starting another (hopefully smaller) GFM. We are trying to start new endeavors, but we need to stay housed until then. gofund.me/f1aa8129f

Donate to Support Danny and Nathalie's Financial Recovery, organized by Danielle Lorick

Hello, my name is Danny Lore, and I'm raising funds to catch up for … Danielle Lorick needs your support for Support Danny and Nathalie's Financial Recovery

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Honestly, there is nothing I love more than to talk about the craft of writing. I CRAVE more opportunities to demystify it and game dev. I am literally chewing at the bars of my fucking enclosure to yap about how lines come to be and get remembered or forgotten and performance and EVERYTHING.

Antony Johnston@antonyjohnston.bsky.social · 2d ago

Seeing complaints online that authors 'gatekeep' information…! Absolute nonsense. There is no industry or craft in the world which is so comprehensively written about, studied, and discussed as fiction writing, and every author I know welcomes new writers who are serious about giving it a go.

Finally, my @laworldcon.bsky.social / #WorldCon schedule! Thanks again to WorldCon for choosing me for the Community Fund, as that is the only way I'm able to attend. See you in Anaheim in a few weeks!

So, uhhhh, I'm suddenly going to WorldCon/LACon if anyone wants to help fund this wild adventure (or meet up while I'm in the LA area). Meanwhile, let's see if I can finish plotting and drafting a whole ass novel between now and then like a very normal person who writes at a very normal speed.

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Watching JJK s3 and hearing the EXACT LINE I WROTE IN THE EXACT SITUATION and I just…

Denzel Washington Angry Reaction at Desk

Alt: Denzel Washington in a suit with an undone tie and glasses slams his hand on a desk covered in books and papers before tiredly pulling off and dropping his glasses. He’s tired. I’m tired. This sucks.

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Y'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.

Saffron Aurora@saffronaurora.bsky.social · last wk.

listen, if your game hits 100k wishlists before launch, I will animate Capy breakdancing

Entropy is the one I'm perhaps most looking forward to this month that I don't see too many people talking about, the demo was extremely neat, so it you've not heard of it? Give it a look!

Entropy on Steam

Entropy is a tactical turn-based RPG inspired by classic JRPGs. Assemble your party of mercenaries and forge your own path towards an expedition into hell to stop the demonic incursion. Choices you ma...

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Hesster@hesster56.bsky.social · 2d ago

Best game coming this fall that no one is talking about? Or waffles vs pancakes if that’s easier.

The newest book in the Tabletop Games series is here! In "Their System, Our Game: Homebrew and the Worlds of Pathfinder" Scott DeJong and Marc Lajeunesse discuss what happens when players write their own rules. Find it (and the free, downloadable campaigns) at press.umich.edu/Books/T/Thei...

1/3 of the game industry has been laid off. We are offering a helping hand. Grab 100+ games in the Game Industry Hardship Fund on itch.io and help support impacted devs. 🔗 itch.io/b/3802/game-... #gamedev #indiegames #costarica #gameindustry #videogames

The Writhing, Verdant End features what I would describe as the perfect story for sinister, strange horse girls. If that's you, consider picking up this anthology of dark, weird, wonderful ecohorror: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...

The Writhing, Verdant End paperback | Cursed Morsels Press

An ailing community traverses a chasm of nightmare animal amalgams to reach the lush paradise beyond. Lovers in a plant apocalypse fight for survival and search for meaning in the face of immeasurable...

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So, uhhhh, I'm suddenly going to WorldCon/LACon if anyone wants to help fund this wild adventure (or meet up while I'm in the LA area). Meanwhile, let's see if I can finish plotting and drafting a whole ass novel between now and then like a very normal person who writes at a very normal speed.

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