Seren Briar
@faefatalegames.bsky.social
they/them | 31 | TTRPG designer
https://faefatale.itch.io
Current Project: SWALLOW RPG, a 1-2 player splatterpunk game about consent and cannibalism
https://faefatale.itch.io
Current Project: SWALLOW RPG, a 1-2 player splatterpunk game about consent and cannibalism
I wrote a video game!! With an amazing team!
I can’t believe we did this all in 3 weeks, huge ups to @spacedani2.bsky.social (music), @abyssalaquarist.bsky.social (art), and Jergling (programming)!!
jergling.itch.io/uncle-henry-...
I can’t believe we did this all in 3 weeks, huge ups to @spacedani2.bsky.social (music), @abyssalaquarist.bsky.social (art), and Jergling (programming)!!
jergling.itch.io/uncle-henry-...
Uncle Henry Isn't Home by Jergling, Seren Briar, spacedani2, Francisco del Valle
Find Uncle Henry. Lose yourself.
jergling.itch.io
October 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I wrote a video game!! With an amazing team!
I can’t believe we did this all in 3 weeks, huge ups to @spacedani2.bsky.social (music), @abyssalaquarist.bsky.social (art), and Jergling (programming)!!
jergling.itch.io/uncle-henry-...
I can’t believe we did this all in 3 weeks, huge ups to @spacedani2.bsky.social (music), @abyssalaquarist.bsky.social (art), and Jergling (programming)!!
jergling.itch.io/uncle-henry-...
But creators have not provided you the games yet. Your marketing implies all the games were submitted to you and the creators are affiliated. This is not the case and is misleading.
Kindly remove my games from your beta and marketing.
Kindly remove my games from your beta and marketing.
September 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
But creators have not provided you the games yet. Your marketing implies all the games were submitted to you and the creators are affiliated. This is not the case and is misleading.
Kindly remove my games from your beta and marketing.
Kindly remove my games from your beta and marketing.
Using the dataset to carry on the torch in an archival format strikes me as distinctly different from a storefront to profit off of.
September 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Using the dataset to carry on the torch in an archival format strikes me as distinctly different from a storefront to profit off of.
I and no one I’ve spoken to consented to having our work used as marketing for this, which we didn’t even know existed. Though two of my games are featured, I am not affiliated with this beta storefront.
September 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I and no one I’ve spoken to consented to having our work used as marketing for this, which we didn’t even know existed. Though two of my games are featured, I am not affiliated with this beta storefront.
Something mystery/investigative might work, but definitely not a horror investigation game.
August 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Something mystery/investigative might work, but definitely not a horror investigation game.
Must be beginner friendly, one session, simpler rules, and preferably something lighter in tone. My mother doesn’t really like fantasy or scifi at all. Neither of them are into horror whatsoever.
August 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Must be beginner friendly, one session, simpler rules, and preferably something lighter in tone. My mother doesn’t really like fantasy or scifi at all. Neither of them are into horror whatsoever.
Visiting my parents in a couple months and they want to try a game so they have a better sense of what I do lol. I don’t think any of my own games would really fit the bill, so I’m taking suggestions!
August 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Visiting my parents in a couple months and they want to try a game so they have a better sense of what I do lol. I don’t think any of my own games would really fit the bill, so I’m taking suggestions!
Reposted by Seren Briar
Credit to my gamedev buddy Annabel who doesn't have a social media account
August 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Credit to my gamedev buddy Annabel who doesn't have a social media account
And now I’m leaving the open Internet so I don’t get Weapons spoilers before seeing it tonight :p
August 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
And now I’m leaving the open Internet so I don’t get Weapons spoilers before seeing it tonight :p
This has blown the game wide open.
August 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This has blown the game wide open.
(And of course, because gothic horror protags are by and large emotionally immature, they’re going to cause more problems for themselves even as they deal with the overarching “plot” level conflict)
August 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
(And of course, because gothic horror protags are by and large emotionally immature, they’re going to cause more problems for themselves even as they deal with the overarching “plot” level conflict)
So yes, there will be supernatural occurrences. But the point isn’t to discover that or why something is occult. It’s about solving the problem.
August 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
So yes, there will be supernatural occurrences. But the point isn’t to discover that or why something is occult. It’s about solving the problem.
In Dracula or Frankenstein, no one’s going on a mission to figure out that the count is a vampire, no one cares that the modern Prometheus was created by Frankenstein. It’s all about handling the situation regardless of the origin.
August 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In Dracula or Frankenstein, no one’s going on a mission to figure out that the count is a vampire, no one cares that the modern Prometheus was created by Frankenstein. It’s all about handling the situation regardless of the origin.
I was talking to my design friends and suddenly realized: it’s not about *finding* the problem, it’s about *solving* the problem.
August 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I was talking to my design friends and suddenly realized: it’s not about *finding* the problem, it’s about *solving* the problem.
Something I’ve been struggling with for a long time is the core loop/character motivation. A lot of horror games veer investigative, and I understand why, but that was never going to be the right fit for gothic horror.
August 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Something I’ve been struggling with for a long time is the core loop/character motivation. A lot of horror games veer investigative, and I understand why, but that was never going to be the right fit for gothic horror.
HUGE breakthrough on In the Night today
August 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
HUGE breakthrough on In the Night today
Oh geez it’s me!!
The next entry of Five Minutes, Not 5e ( #5mn5e) is out! In this one I discuss decay., a one-page horror party game about mushrooms with teeth, with its designer, @faefatalegames.bsky.social !
youtu.be/R7gzMA3zWfQ
youtu.be/R7gzMA3zWfQ
decay. - Role-Playing Game Rundown | Five Minutes, Not 5e
YouTube video by Five Minutes, Not 5e
youtu.be
August 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Oh geez it’s me!!
Another cool thing about GenCon is that it actually made me feel better about my art rather than worse :) sorry little people in my phone, social media makes me sad and touching grass works
August 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Another cool thing about GenCon is that it actually made me feel better about my art rather than worse :) sorry little people in my phone, social media makes me sad and touching grass works
I did a postmortem write-up on my tumblr about attending #GenCon this year! Heads up that it's super long, but it does cover all four days, the con's amenities, and the various panels I attended.
www.tumblr.com/trashprinxe/...
www.tumblr.com/trashprinxe/...
August 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I did a postmortem write-up on my tumblr about attending #GenCon this year! Heads up that it's super long, but it does cover all four days, the con's amenities, and the various panels I attended.
www.tumblr.com/trashprinxe/...
www.tumblr.com/trashprinxe/...
Gencon was amazing and I am so bone tired
August 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Gencon was amazing and I am so bone tired
The cosplayers here are braver than any US marine. It’s so hot and you’re walking around in long sleeves and layers?? Mad respect. Also please drink water
August 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The cosplayers here are braver than any US marine. It’s so hot and you’re walking around in long sleeves and layers?? Mad respect. Also please drink water
Arriving at GenCon tomorrow and so excited! It’s my first one and I just looked at the map.
I think I’m gonna get lost
I think I’m gonna get lost
July 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Arriving at GenCon tomorrow and so excited! It’s my first one and I just looked at the map.
I think I’m gonna get lost
I think I’m gonna get lost
I’ll never forget when I saw Andrea Gibson live in college.
Rest in peace and power. Your poetry will have always changed my life.
Rest in peace and power. Your poetry will have always changed my life.
July 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I’ll never forget when I saw Andrea Gibson live in college.
Rest in peace and power. Your poetry will have always changed my life.
Rest in peace and power. Your poetry will have always changed my life.
PSA to not forget your meds, lest you realize at 3pm that you never took them today and that’s why you feel like throwing hands
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
PSA to not forget your meds, lest you realize at 3pm that you never took them today and that’s why you feel like throwing hands
Giving myself permission to word things like absolute dogshit is such a freeing way to draft
June 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Giving myself permission to word things like absolute dogshit is such a freeing way to draft