Jess Rowan Marcotte
@jessromarcotte.bsky.social
game designer, narrative designer, researcher, maker, writer. 1/3 of Soft Chaos Cooperative. 🌈35. Queer, trans, Mi'kmaw g Eurosettler mix. Organizer of @qgcon.bsky.social & other queer COVID-cautious events.
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Independent Games Summit: Funding a Sustainable Cooperative Indie Studio in the Apocalypse | 2025 Schedule | Game Developers Conference (GDC)
Attend 750 sessions for game designers, programmers, artists, producers, audio, business, and marketing professionals over 5 days at GDC.
schedule.gdconf.com
Squinky (@softchaos.bsky.social), Ty and I are giving a talk about alternative, cooperative structures for resilience and survival at GDC this year! Check it out! schedule.gdconf.com/session/inde...
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Check out some of the GAMERella teams fav spooky games to get you in the spirit:
🎃 Psychroma by Rocket Adrift and Until Dawn by Supermassive Games ~ @jessromarcotte.bsky.social
👻 Signalis by rose-engine ~ @missmystie.bsky.social
Check out some of the GAMERella teams fav spooky games to get you in the spirit:
🎃 Psychroma by Rocket Adrift and Until Dawn by Supermassive Games ~ @jessromarcotte.bsky.social
👻 Signalis by rose-engine ~ @missmystie.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Check out some of the GAMERella teams fav spooky games to get you in the spirit:
🎃 Psychroma by Rocket Adrift and Until Dawn by Supermassive Games ~ @jessromarcotte.bsky.social
👻 Signalis by rose-engine ~ @missmystie.bsky.social
Check out some of the GAMERella teams fav spooky games to get you in the spirit:
🎃 Psychroma by Rocket Adrift and Until Dawn by Supermassive Games ~ @jessromarcotte.bsky.social
👻 Signalis by rose-engine ~ @missmystie.bsky.social
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Strangers on the Net by @softch by @softchaos.games is awesome enough it made me sign up for Gamefound, which I'd been avoiding—not on principal, but because I don't need one more platform. But here we are. I find it preposterous that it hasn't already funded.
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Strangers on the 'Net by Soft Chaos - Gamefound
Get ready to gossip, roleplay, flirt, fight, fall in love, confess your secrets, explore your identity, and confront what it meant to be a teenager online in the 90s.
gamefound.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Strangers on the Net by @softch by @softchaos.games is awesome enough it made me sign up for Gamefound, which I'd been avoiding—not on principal, but because I don't need one more platform. But here we are. I find it preposterous that it hasn't already funded.
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
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Thank you to everyone who has supported our Strangers on the 'Net campaign so far! 🌈💖
Can you help us keep the momentum going? Please share the campaign with people you think might love it and vote in our latest poll about what you'd like to see in our next updates!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Can you help us keep the momentum going? Please share the campaign with people you think might love it and vote in our latest poll about what you'd like to see in our next updates!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Strangers on the 'Net by Soft Chaos - Thanks Netizens, ttys! - Gamefound
We share an actual play of the game, and thank you for your support.
gamefound.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Thank you to everyone who has supported our Strangers on the 'Net campaign so far! 🌈💖
Can you help us keep the momentum going? Please share the campaign with people you think might love it and vote in our latest poll about what you'd like to see in our next updates!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Can you help us keep the momentum going? Please share the campaign with people you think might love it and vote in our latest poll about what you'd like to see in our next updates!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
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Throwback to last weekend's @qgcon.bsky.social, where I got to moderate a discussion with a wonderful group of organisers.
October 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Throwback to last weekend's @qgcon.bsky.social, where I got to moderate a discussion with a wonderful group of organisers.
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Still thinking about how lovely @lackingceremony.bsky.social was on Friday @qgcon.bsky.social when I showed up at the presenters dinner feeling super shy and not knowing anyone. Then I got to see her talk on TTRPG "loose, touchable design for leaky, excitable creatures" which was so fucking good!!!
Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony (@lackingceremony.bsky.social)
I'm a queer game designer hailing from Amiskwaciy-wâskahikan. I care about make believe and liberation. www.buriedwithoutceremony.com
lackingceremony.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Still thinking about how lovely @lackingceremony.bsky.social was on Friday @qgcon.bsky.social when I showed up at the presenters dinner feeling super shy and not knowing anyone. Then I got to see her talk on TTRPG "loose, touchable design for leaky, excitable creatures" which was so fucking good!!!
🌈💖 Hey y'all, coming @qgcon.bsky.social this weekend online? Want to? @metaparadox.bsky.social is running Ship of Theseus on Friday and still has some player slots! You can join on the QGCon discord! It sounds like an incredible larp -- it reminds me of "Here is my Power Button", which I loved!!!
September 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
🌈💖 Hey y'all, coming @qgcon.bsky.social this weekend online? Want to? @metaparadox.bsky.social is running Ship of Theseus on Friday and still has some player slots! You can join on the QGCon discord! It sounds like an incredible larp -- it reminds me of "Here is my Power Button", which I loved!!!
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Putting the finishing touches on my deck for my talk about asexual and aromantic characters/relationships in games for @qgcon.bsky.social 🥰
I used to be like "people don't put asexual romances into their games because they don't think they'll be marketable" but now I'm just like "people don't put asexual romances into their games because they are cowards"
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Putting the finishing touches on my deck for my talk about asexual and aromantic characters/relationships in games for @qgcon.bsky.social 🥰
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If you're attending @qgcon.bsky.social and want in on the 2-hr session of this that I'm running of this, give me a holler!
Heading to Montreal for @qgcon.bsky.social!
Showing off AUGURS OF GLAMOUR, made with @nerdypupgames.bsky.social & L Kahn.
Check out our game of drag-queen wizards driving through the US in a spray-painted van looking for legendary party-city Atlantis!
www.nerdypupgames.com/augurs-of-gl...
Showing off AUGURS OF GLAMOUR, made with @nerdypupgames.bsky.social & L Kahn.
Check out our game of drag-queen wizards driving through the US in a spray-painted van looking for legendary party-city Atlantis!
www.nerdypupgames.com/augurs-of-gl...
Augurs of Glamour — Nerdy Pup Games
www.nerdypupgames.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If you're attending @qgcon.bsky.social and want in on the 2-hr session of this that I'm running of this, give me a holler!
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Heading to Montreal for @qgcon.bsky.social!
Showing off AUGURS OF GLAMOUR, made with @nerdypupgames.bsky.social & L Kahn.
Check out our game of drag-queen wizards driving through the US in a spray-painted van looking for legendary party-city Atlantis!
www.nerdypupgames.com/augurs-of-gl...
Showing off AUGURS OF GLAMOUR, made with @nerdypupgames.bsky.social & L Kahn.
Check out our game of drag-queen wizards driving through the US in a spray-painted van looking for legendary party-city Atlantis!
www.nerdypupgames.com/augurs-of-gl...
Augurs of Glamour — Nerdy Pup Games
www.nerdypupgames.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Heading to Montreal for @qgcon.bsky.social!
Showing off AUGURS OF GLAMOUR, made with @nerdypupgames.bsky.social & L Kahn.
Check out our game of drag-queen wizards driving through the US in a spray-painted van looking for legendary party-city Atlantis!
www.nerdypupgames.com/augurs-of-gl...
Showing off AUGURS OF GLAMOUR, made with @nerdypupgames.bsky.social & L Kahn.
Check out our game of drag-queen wizards driving through the US in a spray-painted van looking for legendary party-city Atlantis!
www.nerdypupgames.com/augurs-of-gl...
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La conférence QGCon arrive! Venez voir notre présentation (en anglais) GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU samedi 26 à 14h dans l'auditorium pour apprendre pourquoi les travailleureuses queer doivent se lancer dans l'aventure syndicale dès maintenant! bsky.app/profile/qgco...
Please have a look at our schedule for #QGcon including our streaming sessions, which will be on our discord!
September 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
La conférence QGCon arrive! Venez voir notre présentation (en anglais) GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU samedi 26 à 14h dans l'auditorium pour apprendre pourquoi les travailleureuses queer doivent se lancer dans l'aventure syndicale dès maintenant! bsky.app/profile/qgco...
One of the most exciting designers and storytellers around is in their last hour of funding for a very meaningful puppet animation project that I can't wait to see! Now's your chance to support that! 💖
LAST HOUR LAST POST.
(seriously, I am exhausted, thank you all for your support and I can't wait to make this and i appreciate you so much and there is one hour left to get in on the handmade miniatures tier!)
(seriously, I am exhausted, thank you all for your support and I can't wait to make this and i appreciate you so much and there is one hour left to get in on the handmade miniatures tier!)
September 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
One of the most exciting designers and storytellers around is in their last hour of funding for a very meaningful puppet animation project that I can't wait to see! Now's your chance to support that! 💖
I'll be running the Buffy game with Squinky if you want to join us!
Interested in playing an online RPG that takes place on a fandom forum in 1999? Curious about Strangers on the 'Net?
Get ready to gossip, roleplay, flirt, fight, fall in love, confess your secrets, explore your identity, and confront what it meant to be a teenager online in the 90s.
Get ready to gossip, roleplay, flirt, fight, fall in love, confess your secrets, explore your identity, and confront what it meant to be a teenager online in the 90s.
September 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I'll be running the Buffy game with Squinky if you want to join us!
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Any of you 90s kids up for a #ttrpg game night? -> check this out!
Interested in playing an online RPG that takes place on a fandom forum in 1999? Curious about Strangers on the 'Net?
Get ready to gossip, roleplay, flirt, fight, fall in love, confess your secrets, explore your identity, and confront what it meant to be a teenager online in the 90s.
Get ready to gossip, roleplay, flirt, fight, fall in love, confess your secrets, explore your identity, and confront what it meant to be a teenager online in the 90s.
September 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Any of you 90s kids up for a #ttrpg game night? -> check this out!
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A big thank you to our second sponsor, Montreal's own Pixelles! None of this would be possible without our sponsors' generous support. Please give them a follow at @pixellesmtl.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A big thank you to our second sponsor, Montreal's own Pixelles! None of this would be possible without our sponsors' generous support. Please give them a follow at @pixellesmtl.bsky.social
I'm so excited to welcome Dr. TreaAndrea Russworm to Montreal for QGCon!!! 🌈💖✨
Here is some more information about our Sunday keynote speaker, TreaAndrea Russworm! #qgcon
September 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I'm so excited to welcome Dr. TreaAndrea Russworm to Montreal for QGCon!!! 🌈💖✨
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For the next 48hrs for each re-post this gets, I'll add a free community copy of Gentlemages on Itch.
Want to prepare your skills for the ritual of Before the Bog God and help support a full-time Game Dev who just got hit with a huge utility bill and has two kids and a partner to support?
Go pick up a copy Bog God's symmetrical sister, Gentlemages for only $5! infinitecitadel.itch.io/gentlemages
Go pick up a copy Bog God's symmetrical sister, Gentlemages for only $5! infinitecitadel.itch.io/gentlemages
September 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For the next 48hrs for each re-post this gets, I'll add a free community copy of Gentlemages on Itch.
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Hello, hello! Check out our latest Gamefound update to listen to a series of cool Character Creation Cast episodes featuring Strangers on the 'Net character creation and to have a chance to play in a game of Strangers hosted by the Soft Chaos team!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Strangers on the 'Net by Soft Chaos - Podcasts and Games!
Want to know more about how Strangers on the 'Net plays? You can listen to our guest feature on the Character Creation Cast or even join us for some exclusive runs of the game!
gamefound.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Hello, hello! Check out our latest Gamefound update to listen to a series of cool Character Creation Cast episodes featuring Strangers on the 'Net character creation and to have a chance to play in a game of Strangers hosted by the Soft Chaos team!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
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Next stop Montreal! So excited to go to @qgcon.bsky.social the Queerness and Games Conference
This is an event I've wanted to go to for years, so to go there *and perform* there is a dream come true 😀
Look who's on-stage 3pm Sunday!! ✨😁✨
This is an event I've wanted to go to for years, so to go there *and perform* there is a dream come true 😀
Look who's on-stage 3pm Sunday!! ✨😁✨
Resharing to add the Sunday #QGCon schedule of events as well!
September 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Next stop Montreal! So excited to go to @qgcon.bsky.social the Queerness and Games Conference
This is an event I've wanted to go to for years, so to go there *and perform* there is a dream come true 😀
Look who's on-stage 3pm Sunday!! ✨😁✨
This is an event I've wanted to go to for years, so to go there *and perform* there is a dream come true 😀
Look who's on-stage 3pm Sunday!! ✨😁✨
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We are committed to keeping all of our attendees as safe and healthy as possible! Flip through for some basics of our COVID policy, and visit our website for complete details.
September 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
We are committed to keeping all of our attendees as safe and healthy as possible! Flip through for some basics of our COVID policy, and visit our website for complete details.
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✨🌈Who’s excited for QGCon!?!? 🌈✨
We made these cute graphics for you to share to show your support!
Please join us!
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-queern...
We made these cute graphics for you to share to show your support!
Please join us!
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-queern...
September 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
✨🌈Who’s excited for QGCon!?!? 🌈✨
We made these cute graphics for you to share to show your support!
Please join us!
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-queern...
We made these cute graphics for you to share to show your support!
Please join us!
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-queern...
Time to get excited!
Curious about what sorts of unique experiences are in store for you at #qgcon? Here is a first small peek behind the curtain!
September 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Time to get excited!
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say
Almost 90% of leading academics on subject back resolution stating that Israel’s actions meet legal definition
An overwhelming majority of members of the world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has backed a resolution stating that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of the crime.
Eighty-six percent of those who voted in the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) supported the motion. The resolution states that “Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948).” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say