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Justin Bortnick
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Working academic and video game maker. President, @iftechfoundation.org. Founder, @allfatherprod.bsky.social. Writer/Designer/Producer/Whatever, Frog Fractions 2; Static Sky; Reality Games; Hiveswap; other projects. Host, Red Pages Podcast.
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Justin Bortnick @lordhuffnpuff.allfatherproductions.com · Feb 25
My new game came out today. It's very different from my past work and is more of a museum installation/experience type thing. Explore a dreamlike world that has been taken over by generative AI where reality and hallucination have become indistinguishable.
allfather-productions.itch.io/static-sky
Static Sky: And Yet It █████ by Allfather Productions, Rhett Tsai
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hiveswap.bsky.social
Hiveswap Act 3 Preview is out NOW for free download! Can you survive Jeevik Week? Check it out here: hiveswap.itch.io/hiveswap-act...
Hiveswap Act 3 Preview by Hiveswap
Available for Windows
hiveswap.itch.io
December 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Static Sky was featured at the ICIDS 2025 conference art exhibition, held at the Valetta Chamber of Commerce in Malta. Thank you to everybody who came out to see it, play it, and enjoy it.
Static Sky being displayed on a desktop computer. The monitor is on a small table with two chairs. A photograph of the interior of the Valetta Chamber of Commerce. The walls are white, with a large gilded clock topped with a bird hanging from the wall. A second-floor balcony overlooks the exhibition room.
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Red Pages Podcast Episode 165: 1000x Resistance is Futile with special guest @remysiu.com is here to upend society. Check it out for discussion of 1000xRESIST and art in Vancouver, plus WorldCon 2025, Heretic, Beast Wars, Elden Ring Nightreign and Silent Hill f. redpagespodcast.com/listen/1000x...
Red Pages Podcast Episode 165: 1000x Resistance is Futile
Special Guest Remy Siu joins the Red Pages to discuss 1000xRESIST and art in Vancouver, plus WorldCon 2025, Heretic, Beast Wars, Elden Ring Nightreign and Silent Hill f.
redpagespodcast.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Static Sky will be screened at ENNOVA Art Museum from Sep. 23 through Oct. 19 as part of the series "To the Image: A Correspondence." The series is an experimental public program centering on contemporary Chinese video art and designed for audience interaction.
A poster promoting Static Sky's showing at the event named in the post. It is a screenshot of the game, a ghostly man dressed in white stands in a server room.
September 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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I will be on several panels at WorldCon in Seattle (@seattlein2025.org) next month. Which panels, you ask? The following panels: jabortnick.com/2025/07/30/m...

Please stop by and say hello! There are many cooler people than me on these panels, so it will be a great excuse to meet them too.
July 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Red Pages Podcast Episode 164: Coffee Cop with special guest @ayshaufarah.bsky.social is being poured into your podcast software at this very moment. Check it out: redpagespodcast.com/listen/coffe...
Red Pages Podcast Episode 164: Coffee Cop
Special Guest Aysha U. Farah joins the Red Pages to discuss Life is Strange: Double Exposure, Pathologic, Pantheon, Baldur's Gate III, Blue Prince and Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour.
redpagespodcast.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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I regret to inform the world that six years after its release, some poor soul has paid $3 for "Tidying Your Computer With Carrie Mondo," our joke game that destroys your computer if you play it. Godspeed to this person.

(Game is here: allfather-productions.itch.io/tidying-your...)
Tidying Your Computer With Carrie Mondo by Allfather Productions, LordHuffnPuff
Computer too cluttered? Tidy it up the Mondo way!
allfather-productions.itch.io
June 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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iftechfoundation.org
The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation has launched a Patreon! Now there's a new way to support us and all we do (Narrascope, Twine, IFComp, IFDB, IF Wiki, IntFiction, and so much more!)
Announcing the IFTF Patreon
IFTF has joined Patreon, a new way to support the organization!
blog.iftechfoundation.org
June 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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narrascope.org
A message from IFTF's president about this year's event (don't panic!):
Hello fellow IF fans, game writers, players and story enjoyers! Our annual conference on narrative games, NarraScope, is less than a month away. As the event draws closer, I wanted to turn your attention to the trademark Big Thermometer on narrascope.org, which tracks fundraising for the event. We are currently at $15,005, which is 60% of our $25,000 goal. To be clear: NarraScope is not in danger of going under or being canceled. However, we rely on donations from both sponsors and individuals to make sure that we don't need to dig so deep into IFTF's treasury that it could impact our other programs you love – things like IFComp, IFDB, the Twine committee, and more. This year, contributions from both individuals and institutions have been lower than in the past, for reasons we can likely deduce by looking at the world around us. These contributions are what allow us to offer attendance at a significantly lower price point than many other conferences. The conference team is working as always to continue to fundraise, but we wanted to ask that if you have the stability and ability to do so, to consider sending IFTF a small donation. You can do so at iftechfoundation.org/give/, and if you want, put a note indicating that it is directed at NarraScope and how you would like to be credited, if you so desire. Additionally, if you know any institutions that may be interested in a sponsorship, please email sponsorship@narrascope.org with the details. This year's event looks to be our largest yet, with more programming, attendees and events than any in the past! Your support helps keep NarraScope and IFTF sustainable and ensures that the event goes off without a hitch. Our in-person tickets have totally sold out, but passes to stream talks live are still available through 18 June 2025. As always, we appreciate your support, and I’m excited to see many of you next month in Philadelphia! - Justin Bortnick, President, Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation
May 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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allfatherprod.bsky.social
As of May 22, Static Sky: And Yet It █████ will be screened at the Hive Center for Contemporary Art in Shanghai as part of the exhibition "Hive - AI Utopia." Please take a look if you are visiting!
May 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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You can hear me walking around the GDC expo floor with @ellaguro.bsky.social, @maxkriegervg.bsky.social @hellojed.bsky.social and @tys.work in this episode.
May 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Starting today, Static Sky: And Yet It █████ will be displayed as part of the "Rear Window and Real Wonder" exhibition at the HOW Art Museum in Shanghai, China. The show runs through August 17, 2025. Please check it out if you have the opportunity!
A poster describing the event The game booth, a computer with headphones on a table A projected screen of the protagonist examining an AI teapot
April 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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allfatherprod.bsky.social
Our new game, Static Sky: And Yet It █████ released today! Now available for $6.99 on itch or Steam.

allfather-productions.itch.io/static-sky
store.steampowered.com/app/3228950/...

Explore a world ruled by AI where reality and hallucination are indistinguishable. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
Static Sky: And Yet It █████ by Allfather Productions, Rhett Tsai
allfather-productions.itch.io
February 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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allfatherprod.bsky.social
How Deep is the Dark Water?, the award-winning game from @rhetttsai.bsky.social, is now available for purchase. The player, guided by a fleeing man, slowly wanders through memories and visions constructed by the context of the war and individual experiences. store.steampowered.com/app/3568480/...
How Deep Is the Dark Water? on Steam
"How Deep Is the Dark Water?" is a literary computer game. The player, guided by a fleeing man, slowly wanders through memories and visions constructed by the context of the war and individu...
store.steampowered.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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This month we will publish How Deep is the Dark Water? from @rhetttsai.bsky.social, winner of the 2023 Lumen Prize's HUA Award and Independent Games Festival finalist. The game has been unavailable for purchase, and we are thrilled to once again make it available. Please stay tuned for more details.
Screenshot of the game's title screen depicting a black-and-white image of a man running away from the camera. An ocean is to his left and a row of bushes to his right. Many spikes protrude from the bushes.
March 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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lordhuffnpuff.allfatherproductions.com
My new game came out today. It's very different from my past work and is more of a museum installation/experience type thing. Explore a dreamlike world that has been taken over by generative AI where reality and hallucination have become indistinguishable.
allfather-productions.itch.io/static-sky
Static Sky: And Yet It █████ by Allfather Productions, Rhett Tsai
allfather-productions.itch.io
February 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
lordhuffnpuff.allfatherproductions.com
My new game came out today. It's very different from my past work and is more of a museum installation/experience type thing. Explore a dreamlike world that has been taken over by generative AI where reality and hallucination have become indistinguishable.
allfather-productions.itch.io/static-sky
Static Sky: And Yet It █████ by Allfather Productions, Rhett Tsai
allfather-productions.itch.io
February 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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The annual mid-week Game Writer's dinner at GDC 2025 is now open for registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/igda-game-... #GDC #gamedev
IGDA Game Writing SIG Discord Dinner 2025
Come hang out with fellow game writers at the IGDA Game Writing SIG Discord Dinner 2025!
www.eventbrite.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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@fadeinpro.com Hey Kent! Our emails to the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation advisory board aren't getting to you, we're being told your email is kaput with a bounce. If you want to keep getting these please feel to drop me a message and I'll get things sorted out!
January 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Sometimes I see people posting about how ha ha it'd be funny if Frog Fractions 3 got revealed and I don't have the heart to tell them that Frog Fractions 4 released almost half a decade ago, so if another were to get made it'd be 5.
January 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Static Sky will be shown at the "Game Om: Social Play × TANK Shanghai" event!

"Game Om" is an examination of how video games can reflect the society around them.

Exhibition Opens: December 31, 6:00 PM

Organizer:
TANK Shanghai
2380 Longteng Avenue, Shanghai
A poster with the information for the event mentioned in the post.
December 20, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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It's the most GOTY-est time of the year. Our annual write-up is live so please direct your eyes to: redpagespodcast.com/goty.html
Red Pages Podcast Games of the Years
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December 17, 2024 at 4:06 PM
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Hello friends. My new game has a Steam page now. It would be lovely if you put it on your wishlist. Thank you for caring.
store.steampowered.com/app/3228950/...
Static Sky: And Yet It █████ (██落在夜空生成以前) on Steam
Static Sky: And Yet It █████ is an experimental video game based on the fear of and resistance to artificial intelligence. It imagines a future ruled by AI world models, where everything is generated ...
store.steampowered.com
November 2, 2024 at 3:10 AM
lordhuffnpuff.allfatherproductions.com
Hello friends. My new game has a Steam page now. It would be lovely if you put it on your wishlist. Thank you for caring.
store.steampowered.com/app/3228950/...
Static Sky: And Yet It █████ (██落在夜空生成以前) on Steam
Static Sky: And Yet It █████ is an experimental video game based on the fear of and resistance to artificial intelligence. It imagines a future ruled by AI world models, where everything is generated ...
store.steampowered.com
November 2, 2024 at 3:10 AM
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My new game, "Static Sky: And Yet It █████ (██落在夜空生成以前)," was exhibited this past weekend at Guan Shanyue Art Museum as part of the exhibition "The Upcoming Trend: Poetry and Thoughts in the Age of Artificial Intelligence." Please enjoy these photos from the event.
The flyer describing the event in Chinese. The booth in low lighting. There is a large screen showing off the game and a small station to sit and play. A bonsai is on a pedestal between the large screen and the station. The wall behind the booth has two large black Xs at an angle above the bonsai. Detail of the bonsai and the large Xs. Another photo of the booth with different images onscreen.
October 21, 2024 at 5:43 PM