demi
@cuddlepunk.bsky.social
they / them
supposedly in possession of pretty handwriting
award-winning toy maker ✦ digital humanist
luddite
supposedly in possession of pretty handwriting
award-winning toy maker ✦ digital humanist
luddite
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demi
@cuddlepunk.bsky.social
· Nov 7
an introduction for new followers (since there's so many of you now!)
I’m a small-time game designer with a love for making smaller bespoke interface games
my games have been exhibited all over the world, and I’m currently in the middle of a doctorate in the digital humanities 🌻🌱✨
I’m a small-time game designer with a love for making smaller bespoke interface games
my games have been exhibited all over the world, and I’m currently in the middle of a doctorate in the digital humanities 🌻🌱✨
I've really enjoying Tom Smith's small game series
they're such a joy to stumble upon, and they always give me so much to think about
they're such a joy to stumble upon, and they always give me so much to think about
I like how interactivity makes me feel, even when I know it doesn’t actually change anything. #gaming #1000xresist
January 3, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I've really enjoying Tom Smith's small game series
they're such a joy to stumble upon, and they always give me so much to think about
they're such a joy to stumble upon, and they always give me so much to think about
maybe one of my favourite photos I took last year
January 2, 2026 at 11:57 PM
maybe one of my favourite photos I took last year
games are about the poetics of play and doing
January 2, 2026 at 9:56 AM
games are about the poetics of play and doing
the prettiest friends in the world
January 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
the prettiest friends in the world
my friend @amilanuh.bsky.social has been making a small board game this year and it’s been such a joy seeing their vision come to life
game design is about making up your own rules for making games
game design is about making up your own rules for making games
Beep beep move over for Nico! | Bus Game Depot
Get more from Bus Game Depot on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
my friend @amilanuh.bsky.social has been making a small board game this year and it’s been such a joy seeing their vision come to life
game design is about making up your own rules for making games
game design is about making up your own rules for making games
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little terrain study thing
December 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
little terrain study thing
the secret ingredient to game design is love
December 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
the secret ingredient to game design is love
going camping in the coromandel with my loved ones and my crush for new years and I simply can’t wait ☺️🌿✨
December 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
going camping in the coromandel with my loved ones and my crush for new years and I simply can’t wait ☺️🌿✨
what is memory but a geography of the past
December 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
what is memory but a geography of the past
please admire this chaise lounge my friends and I are thinking of getting
December 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
please admire this chaise lounge my friends and I are thinking of getting
this may genuinely be one of the most breathtaking moments I've ever experienced in a game, in a game simply brimming with them
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
this may genuinely be one of the most breathtaking moments I've ever experienced in a game, in a game simply brimming with them
despelote is making me tear up in ways I'm not even certain I have words for
but maybe that's what games are for, for those moments when words alone no longer suffice
but maybe that's what games are for, for those moments when words alone no longer suffice
December 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
despelote is making me tear up in ways I'm not even certain I have words for
but maybe that's what games are for, for those moments when words alone no longer suffice
but maybe that's what games are for, for those moments when words alone no longer suffice
meri kirihimete kaitākaro☺️🌿✨
December 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
meri kirihimete kaitākaro☺️🌿✨
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Changing of seasons.
September 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Changing of seasons.
simply adored how critical this piece is
artificial intelligence is at heart about the fantasy of slavery, without the woes of ever mistaking them as human, and I see it all the time in how willingly friends embrace it
artificial intelligence is at heart about the fantasy of slavery, without the woes of ever mistaking them as human, and I see it all the time in how willingly friends embrace it
AI Is A Slavery Fetish
The wet dreams of our overlords
aeoncollective.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
simply adored how critical this piece is
artificial intelligence is at heart about the fantasy of slavery, without the woes of ever mistaking them as human, and I see it all the time in how willingly friends embrace it
artificial intelligence is at heart about the fantasy of slavery, without the woes of ever mistaking them as human, and I see it all the time in how willingly friends embrace it
spent the weekend celebrating an early Christmas with my found family and I’m still blushing about it ☺️
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
spent the weekend celebrating an early Christmas with my found family and I’m still blushing about it ☺️
until
with bird song
breaks the dawn
and I give myself over
to you once more
with bird song
breaks the dawn
and I give myself over
to you once more
December 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
until
with bird song
breaks the dawn
and I give myself over
to you once more
with bird song
breaks the dawn
and I give myself over
to you once more
so moved by this writing
what a truly intimate and real bit of critical writing, my adoration of Tolkien has only grown even more through it
what a truly intimate and real bit of critical writing, my adoration of Tolkien has only grown even more through it
Opinion | Why I Keep Returning to Middle-Earth
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
so moved by this writing
what a truly intimate and real bit of critical writing, my adoration of Tolkien has only grown even more through it
what a truly intimate and real bit of critical writing, my adoration of Tolkien has only grown even more through it
I regret to inform you I’ve begun watching For All Mankind, and it’s all my feral little heart can think about
December 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I regret to inform you I’ve begun watching For All Mankind, and it’s all my feral little heart can think about
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you've got to learn to move like a
forest, straight for the sun thousands
of times over, every limb yearning
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šo i dropped my phone on my face
whatever it's not embarrassing
i'm an entire forest reaching skyward
no-
i don't know what that means
but this is part of it,
even if it hurts right now.
you've got to learn to move like a
forest, straight for the sun thousands
of times over, every limb yearning
-
šo i dropped my phone on my face
whatever it's not embarrassing
i'm an entire forest reaching skyward
no-
i don't know what that means
but this is part of it,
even if it hurts right now.
December 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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you've got to learn to move like a
forest, straight for the sun thousands
of times over, every limb yearning
-
šo i dropped my phone on my face
whatever it's not embarrassing
i'm an entire forest reaching skyward
no-
i don't know what that means
but this is part of it,
even if it hurts right now.
you've got to learn to move like a
forest, straight for the sun thousands
of times over, every limb yearning
-
šo i dropped my phone on my face
whatever it's not embarrassing
i'm an entire forest reaching skyward
no-
i don't know what that means
but this is part of it,
even if it hurts right now.
simply adored this piece by @leena.reuben.games
all about the fascism of nostalgia, and how much of modern politics is driven by bureaucrats erasing the present to fabricate their own fantasies of an unbegotten past
all about the fascism of nostalgia, and how much of modern politics is driven by bureaucrats erasing the present to fabricate their own fantasies of an unbegotten past
The Restorative Past fantasy
The belief that there was once a coherent, pure, morally legible past, and that the present is a fallen copy.
hetconned.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
simply adored this piece by @leena.reuben.games
all about the fascism of nostalgia, and how much of modern politics is driven by bureaucrats erasing the present to fabricate their own fantasies of an unbegotten past
all about the fascism of nostalgia, and how much of modern politics is driven by bureaucrats erasing the present to fabricate their own fantasies of an unbegotten past
designing a small interface
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
designing a small interface
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“We don’t have to be kind, anymore” is a sentiment that seems to be manifesting explicitly and implicitly all over the place. An alarming number of people seem to be relishing the opportunity.
December 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“We don’t have to be kind, anymore” is a sentiment that seems to be manifesting explicitly and implicitly all over the place. An alarming number of people seem to be relishing the opportunity.
simply adore this piece
it’s so surreal watching this unfold while running a poetry space, watching people genuinely struggle to reach for any kind of honesty or personal vulnerability in their writing
it’s so surreal watching this unfold while running a poetry space, watching people genuinely struggle to reach for any kind of honesty or personal vulnerability in their writing
Everyone is numbing out
The dark side of ironic detachment and possible antidotes for our apathetic world
catherineshannon.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
simply adore this piece
it’s so surreal watching this unfold while running a poetry space, watching people genuinely struggle to reach for any kind of honesty or personal vulnerability in their writing
it’s so surreal watching this unfold while running a poetry space, watching people genuinely struggle to reach for any kind of honesty or personal vulnerability in their writing