Jes (Dark Mirror Media)
@darkmirrormedia.bsky.social
TTRPG designer. Lead writer, player, and GM at Let's Be Legendary Podcast. I make games about struggle, revenge, and painful revelations.
Find community, find love, keep living.
https://www.darkmirrormedia.com
https://darkmirrormedia.itch.io
Find community, find love, keep living.
https://www.darkmirrormedia.com
https://darkmirrormedia.itch.io
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Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
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I'm currently working on a game called The Crying Court that fits the bill. You play a girl stolen by the fae to be a daughter. It's a game of courtly tactics and feminine cruelty.
Let me know if you'd like an invite to the playtest discord. I'll be starting another wave of playtesting next month
Let me know if you'd like an invite to the playtest discord. I'll be starting another wave of playtesting next month
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I'm currently working on a game called The Crying Court that fits the bill. You play a girl stolen by the fae to be a daughter. It's a game of courtly tactics and feminine cruelty.
Let me know if you'd like an invite to the playtest discord. I'll be starting another wave of playtesting next month
Let me know if you'd like an invite to the playtest discord. I'll be starting another wave of playtesting next month
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"Don't Test My Love" is a game about misogyny, sexual violence, suicidality and trauma... and the violent need to be some great and powerful girl despite all of it.
Itch removed this game, and only returned it after public pressure and my making it free.
darlingdemoneclipse.itch.io/dont-test-my...
Itch removed this game, and only returned it after public pressure and my making it free.
darlingdemoneclipse.itch.io/dont-test-my...
Don't Test My Love by Darling Demon Games
A trans apotheosis
darlingdemoneclipse.itch.io
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Don't Test My Love" is a game about misogyny, sexual violence, suicidality and trauma... and the violent need to be some great and powerful girl despite all of it.
Itch removed this game, and only returned it after public pressure and my making it free.
darlingdemoneclipse.itch.io/dont-test-my...
Itch removed this game, and only returned it after public pressure and my making it free.
darlingdemoneclipse.itch.io/dont-test-my...
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if you pirate my games, yayy!! hope you have fun playing :)
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
if you pirate my games, yayy!! hope you have fun playing :)
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Are you looking to step up your #TTRPG writing and take things to the next level? With Shadomain Studios by @shadomain.bsky.social, you can do exactly that! Check out the link in the post below to see what services may help you get your game into the right hands!
#TTRPG creators, let our experience help you.
We opened Shadomain Studios to help other creators with editing, layout, graphic design and such. Check it out here shadomain.com/shadom...
and contact us!
We opened Shadomain Studios to help other creators with editing, layout, graphic design and such. Check it out here shadomain.com/shadom...
and contact us!
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Are you looking to step up your #TTRPG writing and take things to the next level? With Shadomain Studios by @shadomain.bsky.social, you can do exactly that! Check out the link in the post below to see what services may help you get your game into the right hands!
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It's that time again!
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
Solo But Not Alone 5 Signup
If you have a singleplayer TTRPG you've never submitted to Solo But Not Alone before, this is the place!
Solo But Not Alone is a bundle of singleplayer TTRPGs of all kinds, sold for $10 to benefit m...
forms.gle
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It's that time again!
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
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Been chipping away at this for a while, my half of an art trade with the very esteemed @buntglas.bsky.social featuring their gorgeous oc Misam 🌙🌟🌌
#art
#art
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Been chipping away at this for a while, my half of an art trade with the very esteemed @buntglas.bsky.social featuring their gorgeous oc Misam 🌙🌟🌌
#art
#art
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Visited an antique store with a booth half-dedicated to erotic media, and I'm so upset I couldn't just sweep the damn thing and take all of it home. This "no personal spending" thing SUCKS lol
I wish the store had a site, but they're only on Instagram. 😩
I wish the store had a site, but they're only on Instagram. 😩
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Visited an antique store with a booth half-dedicated to erotic media, and I'm so upset I couldn't just sweep the damn thing and take all of it home. This "no personal spending" thing SUCKS lol
I wish the store had a site, but they're only on Instagram. 😩
I wish the store had a site, but they're only on Instagram. 😩
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one favorite of mine (and a sort of self-portrait)
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
one favorite of mine (and a sort of self-portrait)
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ENSHITTIFICATION NEWS ALERT
Yesterday, Google Maps took me to a sponsored result instead of to the location I needed to go for a meeting.
First I tapped the location I needed to go, as shown in my calendar. I was going to Universal City, which I didn't really know how to get to.
Yesterday, Google Maps took me to a sponsored result instead of to the location I needed to go for a meeting.
First I tapped the location I needed to go, as shown in my calendar. I was going to Universal City, which I didn't really know how to get to.
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
ENSHITTIFICATION NEWS ALERT
Yesterday, Google Maps took me to a sponsored result instead of to the location I needed to go for a meeting.
First I tapped the location I needed to go, as shown in my calendar. I was going to Universal City, which I didn't really know how to get to.
Yesterday, Google Maps took me to a sponsored result instead of to the location I needed to go for a meeting.
First I tapped the location I needed to go, as shown in my calendar. I was going to Universal City, which I didn't really know how to get to.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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New!
Prequel is a tactical storytelling game of heroic sacrifice for 3-5 players.
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Preque...
Prequel is a tactical storytelling game of heroic sacrifice for 3-5 players.
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Preque...
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
New!
Prequel is a tactical storytelling game of heroic sacrifice for 3-5 players.
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Preque...
Prequel is a tactical storytelling game of heroic sacrifice for 3-5 players.
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Preque...
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Hi, this started and there’s already four submissions! This is probably the best way I can ask anyone celebrates my birthday, so join folks in making games!
Ends on my birthday, December 17th!
Ends on my birthday, December 17th!
It’s time for the #JellyfishBirthday Jam! Make a ttrpg (or lil vidya game) for my birthday!
itch.io/jam/jellyfis...
itch.io/jam/jellyfis...
Jellyfishlines Birthday TTRPG Jam
A game jam from 2025-11-17 to 2025-12-18 hosted by Jellyfishlines. Hi, I'm Jellyfishlines and I'm turning 25 on December 17th, 2025! Instead of being Sad and Having A Quarter Life Crisis about it, I'm...
itch.io
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Hi, this started and there’s already four submissions! This is probably the best way I can ask anyone celebrates my birthday, so join folks in making games!
Ends on my birthday, December 17th!
Ends on my birthday, December 17th!
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The weight of living through genocide is unimaginable, but every day Sama'a gets up, cares for her children, and does the grueling work of survival.
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The weight of living through genocide is unimaginable, but every day Sama'a gets up, cares for her children, and does the grueling work of survival.
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
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New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
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I thought this might warrant it's own post.
I quit my job. Free time starting the end of December.
I do have some ideas on what I want to do next (no tech anymore, that's for sure), but first a bit of time off. Which does mean, more writing time!
I quit my job. Free time starting the end of December.
I do have some ideas on what I want to do next (no tech anymore, that's for sure), but first a bit of time off. Which does mean, more writing time!
Also, I quit my job, which means I have a lot of free time starting January.
So, this kickstarter might come pretty soon:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
So, this kickstarter might come pretty soon:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
Coming soon: Pine Shallows
Strange things keep happening in town. It's up to you meddlesome kids to get to the bottom of things.
www.kickstarter.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I thought this might warrant it's own post.
I quit my job. Free time starting the end of December.
I do have some ideas on what I want to do next (no tech anymore, that's for sure), but first a bit of time off. Which does mean, more writing time!
I quit my job. Free time starting the end of December.
I do have some ideas on what I want to do next (no tech anymore, that's for sure), but first a bit of time off. Which does mean, more writing time!
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Update.
So. There are 38 days left in 2025.
I am 39 books away from selling 2000 books this year. What in the actual hell. This is so far to have come. Thank you all.
(That only works out to about $1400 because of sales & stuff, but that's still my best year ever.)
So. There are 38 days left in 2025.
I am 39 books away from selling 2000 books this year. What in the actual hell. This is so far to have come. Thank you all.
(That only works out to about $1400 because of sales & stuff, but that's still my best year ever.)
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Update.
So. There are 38 days left in 2025.
I am 39 books away from selling 2000 books this year. What in the actual hell. This is so far to have come. Thank you all.
(That only works out to about $1400 because of sales & stuff, but that's still my best year ever.)
So. There are 38 days left in 2025.
I am 39 books away from selling 2000 books this year. What in the actual hell. This is so far to have come. Thank you all.
(That only works out to about $1400 because of sales & stuff, but that's still my best year ever.)
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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Talking a bit about the difference between the corporate and the independent process of designing TTRPGs, and the importance of Chilling the Fuck Out and Going Outside for creative output
www.tiktok.com/@araukanamed...
www.tiktok.com/@araukanamed...
on the importance of rest and chilling out as part of the creative process for #TTRPGs and art in general. it's good to avoid grindset traps and to give yourself time, and to rid oneself of the idea t...
TikTok video by Araukana Media
www.tiktok.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Talking a bit about the difference between the corporate and the independent process of designing TTRPGs, and the importance of Chilling the Fuck Out and Going Outside for creative output
www.tiktok.com/@araukanamed...
www.tiktok.com/@araukanamed...
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DREAMSCAPES by Jellyfishlines
a dream logic dungeon
jellyfishlines.itch.io
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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It's day 3 of PAX Unplugged and your last chance to swing by @ipr.bsky.social. I want to highlight a few special games for your consideration:
If you have a young person in your gaming life, get a copy of Making a Tabletop RPG for Your Particular Kid by @ttrpgkids.com...
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If you have a young person in your gaming life, get a copy of Making a Tabletop RPG for Your Particular Kid by @ttrpgkids.com...
1/▶️
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It's day 3 of PAX Unplugged and your last chance to swing by @ipr.bsky.social. I want to highlight a few special games for your consideration:
If you have a young person in your gaming life, get a copy of Making a Tabletop RPG for Your Particular Kid by @ttrpgkids.com...
1/▶️
If you have a young person in your gaming life, get a copy of Making a Tabletop RPG for Your Particular Kid by @ttrpgkids.com...
1/▶️
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Wheatpasted outside the Metro in #OccupiedDC
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Wheatpasted outside the Metro in #OccupiedDC
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I will be interviewed by the Choson History Society to talk about Korean folklore in gaming! Do watch us this Monday, 4PM Pacific.
www.chosonhistorysociety.org/events/korea...
www.chosonhistorysociety.org/events/korea...
Korean Folklore and Mythology in Tabletop RPGs: Minki Kim and Nine Heavens Press — Chosŏn History Society
Please join Chosŏn History Society for an online conversation with Minki Kim, the lead writer and project manager of Nine Heavens Press, which has published two East Asian and Korean folkore-inspired ...
www.chosonhistorysociety.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I will be interviewed by the Choson History Society to talk about Korean folklore in gaming! Do watch us this Monday, 4PM Pacific.
www.chosonhistorysociety.org/events/korea...
www.chosonhistorysociety.org/events/korea...