Austin Auclair
banner
patientrock.bsky.social
Austin Auclair
@patientrock.bsky.social
Quest and narrative designer. Location-based game expert and geocacher. I have too many hobbies. He/him.

www.PatientRock.com
Pinned
Murderworld is now available!

A text adventure where you play as the 1989 lineup of the X-Men as they fight to win back their weekend. It's got several playable characters over the course of multiple hours-worth of grand adventure and superhero drama.

patientrock.itch.io/murderworld 🦹🏼‍♀️
It's this shit why I don't pop into Fortnite more often. Weekly huge updates. 25 minute download? Nah, that's my whole lunch break.
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Reposted by Austin Auclair
steam machine de la abuela
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Random people in my office, who know I like and make video games, have been coming up to me to ask about the Steam Cube. I feel like this one might break containment.
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Skin Deep
Fill in the blank:

Before you pick your Game of the Year, make sure you play _______
November 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Me, throwing my credit card number at all these excellent indie games coming out that I’ll never have time to actually play.
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A clown in full regalia was doing a comedy magic act at one of the most dangerous intersections in Washington, D.C. and I was so mad to not have any cash on me. She was so good!
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Our weekend with no internet meant some board games like Hot Streak were finally played. It’s a game where you bet on a mascot race and it’s lovely because everyone ends up yelling at the silly pieces. Highly recommend as it’s a quick play that also can accommodate a lot of players.
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Reposted by Austin Auclair
IT LIVES!

I AM THE LAW with the help of @cuntersthompson.bsky.social who so graciously was let out of her cave by @2000ad.bsky.social. Podcasting is the crime, the sentence is listening. 🤯

Promos from @comicbookclub.bsky.social and @patientrock.bsky.social

playcomics.com/judge-dredd-...
Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death with Chloe Maveal (In Orbit Every Wednesday, TRASH HUMPER)
Chloe Maveal from In Orbit Every Wednesday and TRASH HUMPER comes by to take a look at Judge Dredd and throw shade at Judge Death.
playcomics.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Our home internet has been down all day and we get no cell service in our house so I have to step outside to do anything on my phone like I’m taking a cigarette break.

It feels appropriate because like smoking, the internet is slowly killing me.
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Simpsons Fortnite lured me back in. Listen, ya’ll, Fortnite is silly fun. It just is.
November 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Reposted by Austin Auclair
We’re stoked to bring this project back and cant wait to share it with y’all 🍃 #ttrpg #ttrpgs #thequietyear #CapCut
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Reposted by Austin Auclair
Windows 98 Plus: Mystery screensaver
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
hey siri where can we stream ghostbusters one no ray stantz ghost blowjob version?
October 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
An excellent album!
Oh, and what's that? You wish you could listen to the Camp Keepalive soundtrack even when you aren't playing the game to really keep you in the spooky season mood? #indiegame #gamemusic

GREAT NEWS: joelhaddock.bandcamp.com/album/camp-k...
Camp Keepalive, by Joel Haddock
13 track album
joelhaddock.bandcamp.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Reposted by Austin Auclair
'The "uncle" who Frodo said got rich by adventuring with Dwarves is actually a distant cousin, he clarified on Monday.' - Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, The Shire Post
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Reposted by Austin Auclair
It's Spooky Season, and Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is on sale now as part of the Steam Scream Fest! Get cozy, get creepy, and get yourself out in the woods to save those campers this Halloween! #indiegame #indiedev

store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...
October 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We had 400+ people attend District Arcade yesterday (over 30 devs showing their games!) and I don’t think the library quite understood what we were summoning until it happened. lol.
District Arcade is tomorrow!

If you have questions leading up to (or during) the event, our Discord is the best place to reach the organizers.

Details: mailchi.mp/3197619959f5...

See ya'll soon!
October 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Diving back into Crab Crawl to fix a few bugs and reacclimate to Unity for my next project. I'm still charmed by my squid friend I added late game. It just follows you around harmlessly for a while, and if you get too close... ✒️⬛
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Reposted by Austin Auclair
ignore that the preview says september 27! this weekly roundup is fresh and topical
IF Weekly Roundup, Sept 27 2025
This week's IF news
tabitha-if.neocities.org
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Murderworld is now available!

A text adventure where you play as the 1989 lineup of the X-Men as they fight to win back their weekend. It's got several playable characters over the course of multiple hours-worth of grand adventure and superhero drama.

patientrock.itch.io/murderworld 🦹🏼‍♀️
October 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Reposted by Austin Auclair
staring blankly at this wild fucking eula for a steam demo
October 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Reposted by Austin Auclair
Who is going to save the life of every narrative designer on earth and create a CSV word processor so no one has to write a script in google sheets ever again?
October 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reposted by Austin Auclair
I've added a post on IntFiction asking for feedback on Snowman 2.1.0 and Snowman 1.5.0.

intfiction.org/t/snowman-up...

If you are currently using Snowman for a project, please let me know if my code breaks anything. I've added many more tests, but it could still break things.
Snowman Updates (October 2025): Snowman 2.1.0 and Snowman 1.5.0
After a very long delay, I have finally updated both Snowman 1.X and Snowman 2.X branches with new builds. While there are no API changes in Snowman 1.5.0, the build process has been updated and autom...
intfiction.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The show Millennium never made it to the millennium.
What meaningless thing/experience are you still mad about? Like it should not matter at all, DOES not matter at all. But you’re still MAD.

And how long has it been?

I bought some bagels at Hy-Vee four years ago. So bad. Too big. Hard. Bland. WORTHLESS.

I’m still FURIOUS.
October 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Reposted by Austin Auclair
Next week is huge for us! District Arcade plus October's game dev meetup:

mailchi.mp/dfeedc43d2db...
October 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM