nic tringali
@nictringali.bsky.social
game? designer??
Amberspire ~ s.team/a/3350750
The Banished Vault ~ s.team/a/2341070
design diaries, newsletter ~ lunardivision.net/
blogs ~ blog.enceledean.com
analog games ~ enceledean.itch.io
design chats ~ paperlabyrinths.com
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Amberspire ~ s.team/a/3350750
The Banished Vault ~ s.team/a/2341070
design diaries, newsletter ~ lunardivision.net/
blogs ~ blog.enceledean.com
analog games ~ enceledean.itch.io
design chats ~ paperlabyrinths.com
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nic tringali
@nictringali.bsky.social
· Dec 3
I am thrilled to present Amberspire, a science-fantasy dice city builder. In the glow of a gas giant, roll dice to build a city in harmony with an alien ecology atop the ruins of an abandoned moon.
Wishlist here! store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/...
Wishlist here! store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/...
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What do I HAVE to pick up at PAX UNPLUGGED?
I am especially interested in zines out of people’s bags and the most grungy DIY stuff people have.
I am especially interested in zines out of people’s bags and the most grungy DIY stuff people have.
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
What do I HAVE to pick up at PAX UNPLUGGED?
I am especially interested in zines out of people’s bags and the most grungy DIY stuff people have.
I am especially interested in zines out of people’s bags and the most grungy DIY stuff people have.
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Celebrating the end of an INCREDIBLE Kickstarter campaign with a playtest of An Infamous Traffic: Second Edition. Come join! @colewehrle.bsky.social
WehrlegigGames - Twitch
Publishing beautiful history board games. New projects coming soon and sporadic streams every once in a while. Pax Pamir ✧ John Company ✧ Molly House
www.twitch.tv
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Celebrating the end of an INCREDIBLE Kickstarter campaign with a playtest of An Infamous Traffic: Second Edition. Come join! @colewehrle.bsky.social
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azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
Against 'Metroidbrania': a Landscape of Knowledge Games
What are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and which ones might be implied?
azhdarchid.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
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Hi I had my first lesson with a new composition/theory student today and it was a nice reminder that I rly enjoy teaching people how to make music! And good news, I have room for a few new students! Feel free to email or DM me to learn more 🩷🎼
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Hi I had my first lesson with a new composition/theory student today and it was a nice reminder that I rly enjoy teaching people how to make music! And good news, I have room for a few new students! Feel free to email or DM me to learn more 🩷🎼
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We're sending out VOLUME Steam keys to creators who want to play the game on their channels this week. There's still time to get involved if you want to be one of them!
Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️
Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We're sending out VOLUME Steam keys to creators who want to play the game on their channels this week. There's still time to get involved if you want to be one of them!
Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️
Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️
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Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
putting 'Telvanni DNI' in my dating profile
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
putting 'Telvanni DNI' in my dating profile
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Hello. This is probably the best episode of The Safe Room podcast. Give it a listen and tell your pals. Thank you
Episode 39: Silent Hill f www.abnormalmapping.com/the-safe-roo...
Episode 39: Silent Hill f — Abnormal Mapping
Rose and Grace discuss the first (good) Silent Hill game since SH4! We talk over its deeply felt depiction of growing up, its introduction of real ensemble dynamics to the franchise, and its exhaustin...
www.abnormalmapping.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hello. This is probably the best episode of The Safe Room podcast. Give it a listen and tell your pals. Thank you
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nice introduction, but I've already depicted you as the frivolous psychic Robert Lees and myself as the stern and serious Sir William Gull
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
nice introduction, but I've already depicted you as the frivolous psychic Robert Lees and myself as the stern and serious Sir William Gull
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When I have the time I’ll write a little more about applying historical perspectives to narrative and world building… people seem to enjoy this design diary
And if you’re like “I’m a game dev & I don’t see how a narrative person who is also a historian is helpful for me and my non-historical game”
Then you can read my design diary about some of the work I’ve done for Amberspire (which has a fantasy sci-fi setting)
lunardivision.net/micro-and-ma...
Then you can read my design diary about some of the work I’ve done for Amberspire (which has a fantasy sci-fi setting)
lunardivision.net/micro-and-ma...
Micro and Macro History
Hello! I’m Holly Nielsen, a historian, writer and narrative designer. I’m lucky enough to be working on Amberspire, and Nic has kindly offere...
lunardivision.net
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
When I have the time I’ll write a little more about applying historical perspectives to narrative and world building… people seem to enjoy this design diary
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Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!!
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
Ambrosia Sky 🪐 | Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Soft Rains Games
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!!
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
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Our legacy game celebration continues with Volume! 🔇
Our second game was all about robbing from the rich with pure stealth action. Uncover, then unravel, the exploitative plots of Gisborne Industries by using the Volume to pull off increasingly ambitious heists over 100 levels.
Our second game was all about robbing from the rich with pure stealth action. Uncover, then unravel, the exploitative plots of Gisborne Industries by using the Volume to pull off increasingly ambitious heists over 100 levels.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Our legacy game celebration continues with Volume! 🔇
Our second game was all about robbing from the rich with pure stealth action. Uncover, then unravel, the exploitative plots of Gisborne Industries by using the Volume to pull off increasingly ambitious heists over 100 levels.
Our second game was all about robbing from the rich with pure stealth action. Uncover, then unravel, the exploitative plots of Gisborne Industries by using the Volume to pull off increasingly ambitious heists over 100 levels.
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I will be at PAX Unplugged, but Danni will not be. I'll be doing mobile podcasting and checking out people's cool projects. If you have a cool project to show me (or just want to hang out), please let me know!
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I will be at PAX Unplugged, but Danni will not be. I'll be doing mobile podcasting and checking out people's cool projects. If you have a cool project to show me (or just want to hang out), please let me know!
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Can’t thank Esther enough for inviting me to contribute to this collection! It was a real treat to contribute to an academic book from the perspective as both a historian and a game developer.
I think this book is going to be an essential one for anyone interested in historical game studies
I think this book is going to be an essential one for anyone interested in historical game studies
A project that started with a DiGRA23 workshop is finally, nearly out in the world! Coming May 2026 from Bloomsbury’s Writing History series, Writing Games Histories is a collection of essays on historical game studies methods&approaches. Find the ToC here:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
Writing Game Histories
This book offers an accessible introduction to the dynamic intersection between history and games, and the flourishing discipline of Historical Game Studies. Fr…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Can’t thank Esther enough for inviting me to contribute to this collection! It was a real treat to contribute to an academic book from the perspective as both a historian and a game developer.
I think this book is going to be an essential one for anyone interested in historical game studies
I think this book is going to be an essential one for anyone interested in historical game studies
I can say with complete certainty that you will lose nothing by just ignoring The Game Awards. You do not need to give it any cultural power. It is purely a vehicle for marketing, and an ongoing insult to the people and craft we all take part in.
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I can say with complete certainty that you will lose nothing by just ignoring The Game Awards. You do not need to give it any cultural power. It is purely a vehicle for marketing, and an ongoing insult to the people and craft we all take part in.
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One of the most political and contested works going right now. A year of us engaging with this complex, weird series of books and figuring out what it’s all about. Subscribe now to Shelved By Genre to come along!
Let's make it official:
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
Shelved By Genre
These are books discussed on the podcast Shelved by Genre!
bookshop.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
One of the most political and contested works going right now. A year of us engaging with this complex, weird series of books and figuring out what it’s all about. Subscribe now to Shelved By Genre to come along!
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Holly is cool, you should hire Holly to make your game world feel properly placed within its own history.
And if you’re like “I’m a game dev & I don’t see how a narrative person who is also a historian is helpful for me and my non-historical game”
Then you can read my design diary about some of the work I’ve done for Amberspire (which has a fantasy sci-fi setting)
lunardivision.net/micro-and-ma...
Then you can read my design diary about some of the work I’ve done for Amberspire (which has a fantasy sci-fi setting)
lunardivision.net/micro-and-ma...
Micro and Macro History
Hello! I’m Holly Nielsen, a historian, writer and narrative designer. I’m lucky enough to be working on Amberspire, and Nic has kindly offere...
lunardivision.net
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Holly is cool, you should hire Holly to make your game world feel properly placed within its own history.
today marks the first day I'm using my Amberspire manual proofs while testing the game, confirmed the book will be helpful
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
today marks the first day I'm using my Amberspire manual proofs while testing the game, confirmed the book will be helpful
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I'm currently doing contract work but I'm still looking for more – contract or full-time. I'm a narrative designer, writer, systems designer, and game designer with a decade of game dev experience, on projects ranging from indie games, to IP support for a major studio, to interactive video.
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm currently doing contract work but I'm still looking for more – contract or full-time. I'm a narrative designer, writer, systems designer, and game designer with a decade of game dev experience, on projects ranging from indie games, to IP support for a major studio, to interactive video.
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And if you’re like “I’m a game dev & I don’t see how a narrative person who is also a historian is helpful for me and my non-historical game”
Then you can read my design diary about some of the work I’ve done for Amberspire (which has a fantasy sci-fi setting)
lunardivision.net/micro-and-ma...
Then you can read my design diary about some of the work I’ve done for Amberspire (which has a fantasy sci-fi setting)
lunardivision.net/micro-and-ma...
Micro and Macro History
Hello! I’m Holly Nielsen, a historian, writer and narrative designer. I’m lucky enough to be working on Amberspire, and Nic has kindly offere...
lunardivision.net
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
And if you’re like “I’m a game dev & I don’t see how a narrative person who is also a historian is helpful for me and my non-historical game”
Then you can read my design diary about some of the work I’ve done for Amberspire (which has a fantasy sci-fi setting)
lunardivision.net/micro-and-ma...
Then you can read my design diary about some of the work I’ve done for Amberspire (which has a fantasy sci-fi setting)
lunardivision.net/micro-and-ma...
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Reminder that from the beginning of next year I’m available for work!
Writing, narrative design, historical & narrative consultancy, research, teaching.
I’m particularly fond of applying historical approaches to worldbuilding & storytelling in interactive mediums
Writing, narrative design, historical & narrative consultancy, research, teaching.
I’m particularly fond of applying historical approaches to worldbuilding & storytelling in interactive mediums
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Reminder that from the beginning of next year I’m available for work!
Writing, narrative design, historical & narrative consultancy, research, teaching.
I’m particularly fond of applying historical approaches to worldbuilding & storytelling in interactive mediums
Writing, narrative design, historical & narrative consultancy, research, teaching.
I’m particularly fond of applying historical approaches to worldbuilding & storytelling in interactive mediums
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Let’s go!
Very excited to share this with folks. If you like the idea of a duelling game like Magic or Flesh and Blood, but played with a standard poker deck, then I implore you to hit that get notified button.
Very excited to share this with folks. If you like the idea of a duelling game like Magic or Flesh and Blood, but played with a standard poker deck, then I implore you to hit that get notified button.
youtu.be/ciIa0usT7wM?...
FIGHT WITH PLAYING CARDS. Introducing 52 Duels, a 1 or 2 player duelling game coming to kickstarter next month.
Sign up to get notified when we launch! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...
FIGHT WITH PLAYING CARDS. Introducing 52 Duels, a 1 or 2 player duelling game coming to kickstarter next month.
Sign up to get notified when we launch! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...
52 DUELS - A fight with playing cards for 1-2 players
YouTube video by Roll Them Bones
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Let’s go!
Very excited to share this with folks. If you like the idea of a duelling game like Magic or Flesh and Blood, but played with a standard poker deck, then I implore you to hit that get notified button.
Very excited to share this with folks. If you like the idea of a duelling game like Magic or Flesh and Blood, but played with a standard poker deck, then I implore you to hit that get notified button.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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Hands down one of my favorite games.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Hands down one of my favorite games.
thrilled for you, nyc. gonna luxuriate in the cope
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
thrilled for you, nyc. gonna luxuriate in the cope