The Aleks (they/them)
@thealeks.bsky.social
I make art, video games, tabletop roleplaying games, that kind of thing. Very cool. The Poochie of social media. https://thealeks.itch.io https://unverifiedpersonalgnosis.neocities.org https://ko-fi.com/feedthealeks https://patreon.com/atelier_aleks
Y’ever notice how nobody talks about a “trans loneliness epidemic”, an “autistic loneliness epidemic”, an “I can’t afford essentials so I can’t go into paid spaces to meet people loneliness epidemic”? Funny how bad feelings only matter when they happen to cis men lol
I wonder if I still sometimes talk in my sleep? The other day I dreamt that I was singing Karaoke for some reason and had chosen to perform a very, very spirited rendition of "Chocolate Jesus" by Tom Waits. I hope that, in the waking world, I was barking out slurred bits of it between CPAP pumps.
You know what's really hard and largely thankless? Well ... a lot of things, actually ... I was going to say, like, "art" and / or "tabletop roleplay game design, especially solo" ... but I guess kind of everything is hard and thankless? Life, for one ... I'm feeling okay, though, just tired.
I want to be loved. I think that is a pretty normal affliction, however. All things pass in time.
I'm suddenly feeling real tired and hopeless. I think I might have overdrawn at the spoon bank. That's why I'm posting on social media, I guess. It's rarely a good sign when I do...
Adventure Time characters are allowed to cuss now. We truly live in a golden age.
Not to be a filthy capitalist, but if you want to help transgender people you have to hire or buy goods from transgender people directly. This will be the case so long as the average transgender person makes 60 cents on the dollar to a cis white guy (lower for trans women of color).
The one positive thing to come from the fucking murderous "work requirements" the regime has attached to medicaid is that, after having set up an internal record keeping system, I now can't beat myself up for not working enough - turns out I work full time ... I just don't get paid full-time wages.
I'm getting increasingly suspicious of spellcheck, or, more specifically, the shallowness of the internal "dictionary" databases that run it ... You're telling me these corpos have data centers and "large language models" but their products don't know how to spell "Monad" or "dimensionality"?
Oh, and if you were a backer at one of the higher tiers, your copy is probably in the mail, assuming you've already provided your shipping info and all that. Thank you for making this thing possible. It has made me very happy to be able to work on this.
The Aleks (they/them)@thealeks.bsky.social · 3mo agoHowdy. It is me, the Aleks. I'm popping in to let y'all know that physical copies of This Town Is Full Of Monsters - Second Edition are now available via print on demand. I am sorry they're a bit pricey. The economy sucks. But they're cool and good! #ttrpg www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Howdy. It is me, the Aleks. I'm popping in to let y'all know that physical copies of This Town Is Full Of Monsters - Second Edition are now available via print on demand. I am sorry they're a bit pricey. The economy sucks. But they're cool and good! #ttrpg www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
This Town Is Full of Monsters - Second Edition - Cloud Monster Press | DriveThruRPG
Overview This Town Is Full of Monsters is a tabletop storytelling/roleplaying game about a smallish community beset by mysterious, eldritch forces. There’s always a Town. There are always townsfolk. A...
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Infinite Citadel is an indie TTRPG co-op making anti-ordinary games of infinite expression. Check out our latest Kickstarter campaign - The Beckoning Dream - launching in 2026!
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RPG Trader@rpgtrader.bsky.social · 3mo agoRPG TRADER IS NOW LIVE. FOR REAL. 🔥 Tell your friends, fellow creatives, imaginary dragons and your followers! We’ve already got: ⚔️ 250+ creators 📚 1,500+ RPG products live (and more on the way) 🌍 A marketplace built for indie RPG chaos in the best way 👉 RPG Trader is officially open.
So, the first proof of This Town Is Full of Monsters (my GMless #ttrpg of supernatural melodrama set in mysterious small towns / uncommon communities) just came in yesterday! It turned out ok for the most part, but I have opted to make some adjustments. Gotta wait a BIT longer. Still, though!
The digital version of This Town Is Full Of Monsters (Second Edition - now with #art), the GMless tabletop roleplaying game of small towns and supernatural melodrama (think #twinpeaks) is now live on itch. Check it the heck out. thealeks.itch.io/ttifom2e #ttrpg #selfpromosaturday
The digital version of This Town Is Full Of Monsters (Second Edition - now with #art), the GMless tabletop roleplaying game of small towns and supernatural melodrama (think #twinpeaks) is now live on itch. Check it the heck out. thealeks.itch.io/ttifom2e #ttrpg #selfpromosaturday
You ever just wanna spend all your time writing really pretentious and kind of smutty "lit-fic" that nobody but you is every going to read, but you have to, like, do other stuff, stuff which might actually make you a tiny bit of money, instead? No shade on the other stuff. This might be "burn out."
I just want everyone to know that , as of this hour, and for the duration of this one hour only, there are 69 hours left to go in my Kickstarter campaign, which I am told is very saucy and quite sensual. #ttrpg www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
Shores Of Night - Redux
The essential core of Shores Of Night, the Surreal / Weird / Cosmic Horror TTRPG without ableist sanity systems.
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"Artists peak at 30", "30 under 30", "by 30 you should" ridiculous. Arts industries capital craves young people to exploit and burn out. It doesn't want older artists thriving and guiding the young. It also doesn't want artists to exist. Stop letting cannibals tell you you only matter on a plate.
I am SO tired of having to justify my zero tolerance anti-AI stance over and over again on an interpersonal basis (like it isn't already draining enough just to live in a world where that shit exists) that I'm thinking of just putting together a pamphlet Zine and handing it out to anyone that asks.
Just had a call with ionos because they tried to invoice me again for services cancelled a year ago, and the guy was like "what is the main reason, is it just the cost," and I was like "that, and the AI stuff" And the dude ACTUALLY TRIED TO DEBATE AI WITH ME: "Sir, you can't hold back technology."
Days to go in the Shores Of Night Redux Kickstarter campaign. We're onto the 2nd stretch goal (1500): "Dwellers On The Shores Of Night" - This is basically the "monster manual" module. Just a lot of freakazoids, hand-drawn and written up by yours truly. #ttrpg www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
Days to go in the Shores Of Night Redux Kickstarter campaign. We're onto the 2nd stretch goal (1500): "Dwellers On The Shores Of Night" - This is basically the "monster manual" module. Just a lot of freakazoids, hand-drawn and written up by yours truly. #ttrpg www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
10 days to go in the Shores Of Night Redux kickstarter campaign. We're onto the 2nd stretch goal: "Dwellers On The Shores Of Night" - This is basically the "monster manual" module. Just a lot of hand-drawn freakazoids, written up by yours truly. www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
Still a few hundred short and rent's due tomorrow at midnight ;-;
Roxxie Moth, Yiff Lord 🐾@roxxiemoth.bsky.social · 6mo agoNeed money for food and rent, badly Venmo: @roxie-moth I have other payment methods if neccessary
What if Honey Heist but a sleazy John Waters flick? That's You Can Be Trash Too! Be your best trash self: www.drivethrurpg.com... #TTRPG #IndieGame
10 days to go in the Shores Of Night Redux kickstarter campaign. We're onto the 2nd stretch goal: "Dwellers On The Shores Of Night" - This is basically the "monster manual" module. Just a lot of hand-drawn freakazoids, written up by yours truly. www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
it's all just art. "porn" is just art that makes you horny, in precisely the way that "horror" is art that makes you scared and "metroidvania" is art that makes you write video essays
