Alex Higgins
@alexandrah.bsky.social
Game developer. Made Danger Zone Friends and Jailbird Nocturne. she/her
https://alexandrah.neocities.org/
https://alchiggins.itch.io/
https://alexandrah.neocities.org/
https://alchiggins.itch.io/
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Alex Higgins
@alexandrah.bsky.social
· Dec 5
Jailbird Nocturne is out!!!
alchiggins.itch.io/jailbird-noc...
Full-length turn-based RPG sequel to Danger Zone Friends with fun characters in a surreal contemporary fantasy setting.
#gamedev #indiedev
alchiggins.itch.io/jailbird-noc...
Full-length turn-based RPG sequel to Danger Zone Friends with fun characters in a surreal contemporary fantasy setting.
#gamedev #indiedev
Jailbird Nocturne by Alexandra Higgins
Return to Interzonal Space. Available for Windows
alchiggins.itch.io
Now that everyone has migrated to Bluesky, I am just now realizing that I should *probably* post about my RPG Maker epic again.
Animals! Devils! Escape a prison! Sassy banter! Destroy a prison! Confront the past! Fight a totally normal horse! Your apartment has four floors this time!
Animals! Devils! Escape a prison! Sassy banter! Destroy a prison! Confront the past! Fight a totally normal horse! Your apartment has four floors this time!
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A brief defence of dialogue choices (286 words):
A brief defence of dialogue choices
In games, the player needs to have something to do.
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A brief defence of dialogue choices (286 words):
I released Jailbird Nocturne just over a year ago! So I wrote a 30 page retrospective on just about anything about it I could think of - design, characters, narrative, themes, production, scale, reception, etc. Hopefully you find something in there of interest!
A Jailbird Nocturne Post-Mortem
alexandrah.neocities.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I released Jailbird Nocturne just over a year ago! So I wrote a 30 page retrospective on just about anything about it I could think of - design, characters, narrative, themes, production, scale, reception, etc. Hopefully you find something in there of interest!
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I made a GRAPHIC NOVEL with @madjesters1.bsky.social!
BONES OF THE VOYAGER follows Nina, an indie director dealing with problems on set and her depression—which is embodied by a sarcastic skeleton named Vincenzo
Get it on Amazon: bit.ly/4pkcVfV
#BookSky #IndieBooks #IndieAuthors #WritingCommunity
BONES OF THE VOYAGER follows Nina, an indie director dealing with problems on set and her depression—which is embodied by a sarcastic skeleton named Vincenzo
Get it on Amazon: bit.ly/4pkcVfV
#BookSky #IndieBooks #IndieAuthors #WritingCommunity
September 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I made a GRAPHIC NOVEL with @madjesters1.bsky.social!
BONES OF THE VOYAGER follows Nina, an indie director dealing with problems on set and her depression—which is embodied by a sarcastic skeleton named Vincenzo
Get it on Amazon: bit.ly/4pkcVfV
#BookSky #IndieBooks #IndieAuthors #WritingCommunity
BONES OF THE VOYAGER follows Nina, an indie director dealing with problems on set and her depression—which is embodied by a sarcastic skeleton named Vincenzo
Get it on Amazon: bit.ly/4pkcVfV
#BookSky #IndieBooks #IndieAuthors #WritingCommunity
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They've lost the 9yos
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
They've lost the 9yos
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sometimes you gotta draw a political cartoon #696969
"The Sad And Regrettable War"
"The Sad And Regrettable War"
September 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
sometimes you gotta draw a political cartoon #696969
"The Sad And Regrettable War"
"The Sad And Regrettable War"
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4️⃣2️⃣ You have 42 hours left to buy Queer Games Bundle 2025. Get over 600 radical, heartfelt games and projects for $60 (or $10+), less than the price of one AAA game. This morning, we've passed $80,000 for queer artists.
itch.io/b/3062
itch.io/b/3062
September 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
4️⃣2️⃣ You have 42 hours left to buy Queer Games Bundle 2025. Get over 600 radical, heartfelt games and projects for $60 (or $10+), less than the price of one AAA game. This morning, we've passed $80,000 for queer artists.
itch.io/b/3062
itch.io/b/3062
Life's finally stabilized enough and I have *just* enough assets made that I can share a screen of my current project!
Working title: Motor Oil and Sword.
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #rpgmaker #solodev
Working title: Motor Oil and Sword.
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #rpgmaker #solodev
August 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Life's finally stabilized enough and I have *just* enough assets made that I can share a screen of my current project!
Working title: Motor Oil and Sword.
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #rpgmaker #solodev
Working title: Motor Oil and Sword.
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #rpgmaker #solodev
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"[T]his article is in revolt against the puritanical notions of pornography as a monolithic evil, a space of degeneration and moral rot."
An anonymous contributor affirms the value of NSFW content in a world that's increasingly becoming more hostile to it: unwinnable.com/2025/08/11/t...
An anonymous contributor affirms the value of NSFW content in a world that's increasingly becoming more hostile to it: unwinnable.com/2025/08/11/t...
August 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"[T]his article is in revolt against the puritanical notions of pornography as a monolithic evil, a space of degeneration and moral rot."
An anonymous contributor affirms the value of NSFW content in a world that's increasingly becoming more hostile to it: unwinnable.com/2025/08/11/t...
An anonymous contributor affirms the value of NSFW content in a world that's increasingly becoming more hostile to it: unwinnable.com/2025/08/11/t...
Jailbird Nocturne is in the Queer Games Bundle! So, like, get it!
itch.io/b/3062/queer...
itch.io/b/3062/queer...
July 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Jailbird Nocturne is in the Queer Games Bundle! So, like, get it!
itch.io/b/3062/queer...
itch.io/b/3062/queer...
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✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.
itch.io/b/3062/
itch.io/b/3062/
July 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.
itch.io/b/3062/
itch.io/b/3062/
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wrote my final thoughts (for now) on itch.io removing and shadowbanning adult queer games and what i'd like to see more of in the near future: mimidoshima.neocities.org/main/posts/2...
Mimidoshima
On itch.io removing adult games and what to learn from it
mimidoshima.neocities.org
July 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
wrote my final thoughts (for now) on itch.io removing and shadowbanning adult queer games and what i'd like to see more of in the near future: mimidoshima.neocities.org/main/posts/2...
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“A source that cannot be verified or remain consistent is useless.”
Shout this sentence from on high.
Shout this sentence from on high.
So Google AI is no longer telling us Mary Shelley and Jane Austen were sisters. That doesn't mean it's now 'right' or 'better'. It's just different, and there's no way to know why. New stolen material uploaded? Manual intervention? A source that cannot be verified or remain consistent is useless.
July 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“A source that cannot be verified or remain consistent is useless.”
Shout this sentence from on high.
Shout this sentence from on high.
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Very cute lil relationship story by @alexandrah.bsky.social 💖 alchiggins.itch.io/bug-mystery-...
Bug Mystery? The Explosion Speaks! by Alexandra Higgins
Find your ex's bugs alongside sentient explosion
alchiggins.itch.io
June 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Very cute lil relationship story by @alexandrah.bsky.social 💖 alchiggins.itch.io/bug-mystery-...
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I want to repeat the phrase "being forced to undergo the wrong puberty" until every remotely persuadable cis person in the world sees it: denying gender-affirming care to trans teens isn't neutral or default, it's forced body modification.
A lot of us older trans people didn't even have the conceptual vocabulary to articulate to ourselves that we *were* trans when we were teens. That's a very different experience from living now, in a much more aware society, knowing exactly who you are, and being forced to undergo the wrong puberty.
June 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I want to repeat the phrase "being forced to undergo the wrong puberty" until every remotely persuadable cis person in the world sees it: denying gender-affirming care to trans teens isn't neutral or default, it's forced body modification.
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Something the Skrmetti decision drives home: "Puberty blockers" should be abandoned as a goal; the goal should be HRT for any minor that wants it; puberty blockers should be a tool for minors who choose themselves they need more time to decide and *nothing else*.
Compromising achieved nothing, here
Compromising achieved nothing, here
June 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Something the Skrmetti decision drives home: "Puberty blockers" should be abandoned as a goal; the goal should be HRT for any minor that wants it; puberty blockers should be a tool for minors who choose themselves they need more time to decide and *nothing else*.
Compromising achieved nothing, here
Compromising achieved nothing, here
My radio silence up to this point has mostly been because I hadn't made enough art assets for my current project to show anything off, but at this particular moment, I'm also moving, starting a new job, and running a D&D campaign, so game development is just straight-up not happening! :(
June 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
My radio silence up to this point has mostly been because I hadn't made enough art assets for my current project to show anything off, but at this particular moment, I'm also moving, starting a new job, and running a D&D campaign, so game development is just straight-up not happening! :(
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TRUMP SHREDS SKIN TO REVEAL TRUE FORM AS BELETH, KING OF HELL, DRAWING CRITICISM FROM DEMOCRATS
Oval Office incident raises possible ethical issues, say some constitutional scholars.
Oval Office incident raises possible ethical issues, say some constitutional scholars.
May 25, 2025 at 5:24 AM
TRUMP SHREDS SKIN TO REVEAL TRUE FORM AS BELETH, KING OF HELL, DRAWING CRITICISM FROM DEMOCRATS
Oval Office incident raises possible ethical issues, say some constitutional scholars.
Oval Office incident raises possible ethical issues, say some constitutional scholars.
farting while blowing your nose
May 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
farting while blowing your nose
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I have said for years that polite, ostensibly supportive liberals quietly think in private that transition is a lifestyle choice, not medicine - a nice to have, ultimately boutique luxury that must be shelved during hard times. and they're going to shrug sadly and tell us that these are hard times.
The House Republican reconciliation bill will now ban both surgeries and HRT prescription under Medicaid for all Americans.
Earlier, I posted that it wouldn’t affect HRT. This is incorrect.
I was mistaken, because the bill refers to medications for trans people… as “procedures.”
Earlier, I posted that it wouldn’t affect HRT. This is incorrect.
I was mistaken, because the bill refers to medications for trans people… as “procedures.”
May 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I have said for years that polite, ostensibly supportive liberals quietly think in private that transition is a lifestyle choice, not medicine - a nice to have, ultimately boutique luxury that must be shelved during hard times. and they're going to shrug sadly and tell us that these are hard times.
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this is like worse case scenario for me and many other trans people on medicaid. i will likely not be able to access life saving care if this goes through. can't state it any more - they're trying to eliminate us from existing. please call your reps now
The House Republican reconciliation bill will now ban both surgeries and HRT prescription under Medicaid for all Americans.
Earlier, I posted that it wouldn’t affect HRT. This is incorrect.
I was mistaken, because the bill refers to medications for trans people… as “procedures.”
Earlier, I posted that it wouldn’t affect HRT. This is incorrect.
I was mistaken, because the bill refers to medications for trans people… as “procedures.”
May 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
this is like worse case scenario for me and many other trans people on medicaid. i will likely not be able to access life saving care if this goes through. can't state it any more - they're trying to eliminate us from existing. please call your reps now
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you ever noticed how the far-right won in america, and trans people are losing all their rights, and the far-right lost in the UK, and trans people are losing all their rights
May 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
you ever noticed how the far-right won in america, and trans people are losing all their rights, and the far-right lost in the UK, and trans people are losing all their rights
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1. I am raising the alarm: If you are a transgender adult, your care is under threat by President Trump.
You should prepare for severe supply disruptions and policies that amount to potential bans.
The latest CMS letter indicates an expansion to target adults.
Subscribe to support my reporting.
You should prepare for severe supply disruptions and policies that amount to potential bans.
The latest CMS letter indicates an expansion to target adults.
Subscribe to support my reporting.
The Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speed
Many transgender adults have wondered when their care would be banned by the Trump administration. Now, we are seeing the first vectors to do so.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
1. I am raising the alarm: If you are a transgender adult, your care is under threat by President Trump.
You should prepare for severe supply disruptions and policies that amount to potential bans.
The latest CMS letter indicates an expansion to target adults.
Subscribe to support my reporting.
You should prepare for severe supply disruptions and policies that amount to potential bans.
The latest CMS letter indicates an expansion to target adults.
Subscribe to support my reporting.
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Submissions to QGB2025 are open now.
Queer Games Bundle 2025 Submissions
A game jam from 2025-04-02 to 2025-05-01 hosted by Queer Games Bundle. Find all of our social media accounts and our new mailing lists here: https://queergamesbundle.carrd.co/ Welcome, or welcome back...
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April 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Submissions to QGB2025 are open now.
There's a few fun things I found in Monsterpunk's project file:
1) Early art assets for Danger Zone Friends! At the start of DZF's development, I was most comfortable making pixel art in Game Maker's image editor, so I made the original character portraits of Agnes and Lulu in Monsterpunk's file.
1) Early art assets for Danger Zone Friends! At the start of DZF's development, I was most comfortable making pixel art in Game Maker's image editor, so I made the original character portraits of Agnes and Lulu in Monsterpunk's file.
March 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
There's a few fun things I found in Monsterpunk's project file:
1) Early art assets for Danger Zone Friends! At the start of DZF's development, I was most comfortable making pixel art in Game Maker's image editor, so I made the original character portraits of Agnes and Lulu in Monsterpunk's file.
1) Early art assets for Danger Zone Friends! At the start of DZF's development, I was most comfortable making pixel art in Game Maker's image editor, so I made the original character portraits of Agnes and Lulu in Monsterpunk's file.
Surprise release! After 11 years, you can finally play Monsterpunk.
alchiggins.itch.io/monsterpunk
alchiggins.itch.io/monsterpunk
March 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Surprise release! After 11 years, you can finally play Monsterpunk.
alchiggins.itch.io/monsterpunk
alchiggins.itch.io/monsterpunk