why are some of the old language poets leaning so hard into AI. is it just because they felt on the cutting edge back when timing text animations in Flash was the thing and are scrambling to get that feeling back. feels like a real spit in the face.
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Brendan Allen
Профиль Vivelypoet / little gamemaker / doctoral student "bibliomancer" when wearing my gamer pants https://bibliomancer.itch.io/ https://brendan-allen.com/
WHAT 2000s SKATE VIDEO ARE YOU? by @saltedslug.net is a Decker masterpiece. I've never encountered a deck that feels this crunchy/tactile. i'm clicking for the joy of it. i'm finding secret tapes. hell yeah ( #decker fantasy camp is jammed full of inspiring stuff) saltedslug.itch.io/what-2000s-s...
What 2000s Skate Video Are You? by Salty P. SlugA skateboarding personality quiz made in Decker.saltedslug.itch.ioOne of my all time favorite bitsy games, which manages to actually accomplish an unsettling play experience (hard to do in bitsy!)
JohnLee Cooperbeen slacking in the social media department and i will continue to but best believe you will hear about it here when my unreleased stuff releases. in the meantime, check out Blindspot, my recent Narrative game with probably my best writing and game music so far! ergman.itch.io/cosmicbackgr...
The newest update to The Tiny Toy Theatre Imagination Kit is now playable on Itch: bibliomancer.itch.io/the-tiny-toy.... Featuring new character sheets from an adaptation of Dumas's The Corsican Brothers -- and some design improvements. Glad to get it in shape for the Decker Fantasy Camp jam!
The Tiny Toy Theatre Imagination Kit by bibliomancerMake your own nineteenth century toy theatre diorama!bibliomancer.itch.ioCongratulations!!!! Happy first day of work, Raccoon Shopkeep! id like 55 potions, 55 swords, 55 cloaks, c'mon keep up
Raccoons to Riches 🦝 Out Now!Hi everyone! Got an exciting announcement for you this morning: 🦝🦝 Raccoons to Riches is OUT NOW! 🦝🦝 Go get it! -> store.steampowered.com/app/3778620/... #indiegames #gaming #gamedev
It's been rad watching iterations of this game grow and refine over the last year-or-so of going to my local game dev night -- congrats on the upcoming release!
Raccoons to Riches 🦝 Out Now!Ahoy! Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday! Raccoons to Riches comes out next Monday!! It's a roguelike deckbuilding/shopkeeping game where you play as a raccoon. Manage your stocks, decorate your shop, and make tons of profit to stay in business for a whole month! Wishlist -> s.team/a/3778620
in 2026 i have finally mastered DOMAIN FORWARDING so now you can simply type centoquest.com into your browser of choice and go on a poetry adventure instantaneously, whenever and wherever the dire need for interactive procedural poetry strikes you (subway line, bathroom, subway sandwich line, etc.)
CentoQuestcentoquest.comlook at what graduate school did to my boy
videogame historyworkboy, game boy peripheral, cancelled, displayed at the consumer electronics show (1992) 'a pda-style, keyboard addon for the game boy with calendar, phone book & convert measurement functions.' archive.org/details/mico... gamehistory.org/ep-16-the-el...
The folks at @narrascope.org very kindly uploaded talks from last week's excellent conference to YouTube -- here's mine, where I meander through my bitsy piece in @gamepoems.bsky.social, citational modernist poetry, intertextual game materials, and a bit more www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzR7...
NarraScope 2026: The Intertextual Materials of a Narrative Game PoemYouTube video by Interactive Fiction Technology Foundationwww.youtube.comwarming up my brain most mornings by incrementally fiddling with a little GB Studio driving game. I'm also trying out working with another person's asset pack for the first time, I really fell in love with piiixl's 1-bit designs: piiixl.itch.io