Pat Holleman
@patmakesrpgs.bsky.social
Freelance RPG director, writer, designer. (Quartet, My Familiar, Threads of Time, others.) Author of the Reverse Design series of books: http://thegamedesignforum.com/books/books.html
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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This game has freaking Maimonides in it?!
September 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This game has freaking Maimonides in it?!
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This Way Madness Lies is a great game and barely anybody bought it. It should be played by more people. If everybody here on @bsky.app banded together and bought a Steam copy and played it, well, that'd be a miracle and I would be forever grateful.
store.steampowered.com/app/1318970/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1318970/...
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This Way Madness Lies is a great game and barely anybody bought it. It should be played by more people. If everybody here on @bsky.app banded together and bought a Steam copy and played it, well, that'd be a miracle and I would be forever grateful.
store.steampowered.com/app/1318970/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1318970/...
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Thank you Dumplings for all the launch love!!
🚮Sanitation Department is standing by -
Currently working on:
-Fixing some triggers on Sidequests in Act IV
-Some boundary issues on edges of maps
-Audio crackling for some users
-Unstuck Button if you get snagged in the trash
🚮Sanitation Department is standing by -
Currently working on:
-Fixing some triggers on Sidequests in Act IV
-Some boundary issues on edges of maps
-Audio crackling for some users
-Unstuck Button if you get snagged in the trash
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Thank you Dumplings for all the launch love!!
🚮Sanitation Department is standing by -
Currently working on:
-Fixing some triggers on Sidequests in Act IV
-Some boundary issues on edges of maps
-Audio crackling for some users
-Unstuck Button if you get snagged in the trash
🚮Sanitation Department is standing by -
Currently working on:
-Fixing some triggers on Sidequests in Act IV
-Some boundary issues on edges of maps
-Audio crackling for some users
-Unstuck Button if you get snagged in the trash
You can take artistic risks in games. For about 20-30 minutes. Then you need 6 hours of cooldown time doing normie stuff.
For the most part, don't take artistic risks unless you're already famous.
For the most part, don't take artistic risks unless you're already famous.
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 AM
You can take artistic risks in games. For about 20-30 minutes. Then you need 6 hours of cooldown time doing normie stuff.
For the most part, don't take artistic risks unless you're already famous.
For the most part, don't take artistic risks unless you're already famous.
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The funny thing about this business is you can be just some guy with no game dev experience and no track record, but can be granted trust in your product because you had the money to hire great art.
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The funny thing about this business is you can be just some guy with no game dev experience and no track record, but can be granted trust in your product because you had the money to hire great art.
The last two episodes of Severance deal (really persuasively) with all EXACT things that Expedition 33 just hand-waved away.
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The last two episodes of Severance deal (really persuasively) with all EXACT things that Expedition 33 just hand-waved away.
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📣KINGDOMS OF THE DUMP AVAILABLE NOW ON STEAM!!!
19.99 + 10% discount
✨17.99✨
Come explore the magical Lands of the Fill!
#indiegame
RTs appreciated 💪🗑️
store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...
19.99 + 10% discount
✨17.99✨
Come explore the magical Lands of the Fill!
#indiegame
RTs appreciated 💪🗑️
store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...
Save 10% on Kingdoms of the Dump on Steam
A SNES styled JRPG set in a fantasy world of garbage, created by two janitors. Join Trash Can Knight, Dustin Binsley, as he fights his way through the Five and a Half Kingdoms of the Dump!
store.steampowered.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
📣KINGDOMS OF THE DUMP AVAILABLE NOW ON STEAM!!!
19.99 + 10% discount
✨17.99✨
Come explore the magical Lands of the Fill!
#indiegame
RTs appreciated 💪🗑️
store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...
19.99 + 10% discount
✨17.99✨
Come explore the magical Lands of the Fill!
#indiegame
RTs appreciated 💪🗑️
store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...
If you like Pluribus, you should read the book that (pretty clearly) inspired it: The Genius Plague, by David Walton. Different tone, but STRIKING similarities, throughout.
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
If you like Pluribus, you should read the book that (pretty clearly) inspired it: The Genius Plague, by David Walton. Different tone, but STRIKING similarities, throughout.
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Oh THAT'S why it's called Quartet @somethingclassic.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Oh THAT'S why it's called Quartet @somethingclassic.bsky.social
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#30: Quartet from @somethingclassic.bsky.social
It's no secret that FF6 is my favorite game. I play it every year. Quartet may join that rotation. Plus, we had to put down our dog the week I reviewed the game and this game kept me in a good place so bonus points.
www.deargamers.net/reviews/quar...
It's no secret that FF6 is my favorite game. I play it every year. Quartet may join that rotation. Plus, we had to put down our dog the week I reviewed the game and this game kept me in a good place so bonus points.
www.deargamers.net/reviews/quar...
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
#30: Quartet from @somethingclassic.bsky.social
It's no secret that FF6 is my favorite game. I play it every year. Quartet may join that rotation. Plus, we had to put down our dog the week I reviewed the game and this game kept me in a good place so bonus points.
www.deargamers.net/reviews/quar...
It's no secret that FF6 is my favorite game. I play it every year. Quartet may join that rotation. Plus, we had to put down our dog the week I reviewed the game and this game kept me in a good place so bonus points.
www.deargamers.net/reviews/quar...
It's been a minute since I played a new game that had all the necessaries of a good story:
-Good plot
-Good prose
-Good pacing
-Good characters
Plenty of examples of a game having 1 or 2 of those, but the last time I saw all 4 was maybe Hades 1? LISA the Painful?
-Good plot
-Good prose
-Good pacing
-Good characters
Plenty of examples of a game having 1 or 2 of those, but the last time I saw all 4 was maybe Hades 1? LISA the Painful?
November 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It's been a minute since I played a new game that had all the necessaries of a good story:
-Good plot
-Good prose
-Good pacing
-Good characters
Plenty of examples of a game having 1 or 2 of those, but the last time I saw all 4 was maybe Hades 1? LISA the Painful?
-Good plot
-Good prose
-Good pacing
-Good characters
Plenty of examples of a game having 1 or 2 of those, but the last time I saw all 4 was maybe Hades 1? LISA the Painful?
the movie Limitless but it's just a guy who finally started taking his concerta and wellbutrin on a regular basis
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the movie Limitless but it's just a guy who finally started taking his concerta and wellbutrin on a regular basis
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Happy Veterans Day!
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Happy Veterans Day!
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I made a pixel art upscaling/rotation algorithm called cleanEdge! It makes rotating pixel art as clean as possible
torcado.com/cleanEdge
I made a tool for it too! drop your sprites in and get some nice rotated or upscaled versions :)
torcado.com/cleanEdge
I made a tool for it too! drop your sprites in and get some nice rotated or upscaled versions :)
October 24, 2024 at 8:20 PM
I made a pixel art upscaling/rotation algorithm called cleanEdge! It makes rotating pixel art as clean as possible
torcado.com/cleanEdge
I made a tool for it too! drop your sprites in and get some nice rotated or upscaled versions :)
torcado.com/cleanEdge
I made a tool for it too! drop your sprites in and get some nice rotated or upscaled versions :)
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Never thought I'd see the day that some of these would be available in pure asset files...
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Never thought I'd see the day that some of these would be available in pure asset files...
I just got the general/tactician character in Ball x Pit. WHAT.
WHAAAAT.
WHAAAAT.
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I just got the general/tactician character in Ball x Pit. WHAT.
WHAAAAT.
WHAAAAT.
This, but also books.
The difference between really great music and mediocre music is not linear, it's exponential.
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This, but also books.
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The difference between really great music and mediocre music is not linear, it's exponential.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The difference between really great music and mediocre music is not linear, it's exponential.
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God bless everyone who does content on niche indie games like “Quartet”. I know all of y’all would get better numbers covering the big triple A hits. We appreciate y’all
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
God bless everyone who does content on niche indie games like “Quartet”. I know all of y’all would get better numbers covering the big triple A hits. We appreciate y’all
Somewhat predictable finish to British Bake Off, but a solid season overall.
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Somewhat predictable finish to British Bake Off, but a solid season overall.
As far as the story goes, is EX33 an example of the triumph of topic over execution? (I had fun with the battle system... on easy)
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
As far as the story goes, is EX33 an example of the triumph of topic over execution? (I had fun with the battle system... on easy)
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🏰KINGDOMS OF THE DUMP🏰
An indie turn-based RPG set in the "Lands of Fill"
🗑️Made by real janitors
♻️6+ Years of work
📢RELEASING IN DAYS (NOV. 18)
I finally hung up the broom after years of janiteering to focus on our launch.
Help us out by wishlisting now!
#PitchYaGame
An indie turn-based RPG set in the "Lands of Fill"
🗑️Made by real janitors
♻️6+ Years of work
📢RELEASING IN DAYS (NOV. 18)
I finally hung up the broom after years of janiteering to focus on our launch.
Help us out by wishlisting now!
#PitchYaGame
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🏰KINGDOMS OF THE DUMP🏰
An indie turn-based RPG set in the "Lands of Fill"
🗑️Made by real janitors
♻️6+ Years of work
📢RELEASING IN DAYS (NOV. 18)
I finally hung up the broom after years of janiteering to focus on our launch.
Help us out by wishlisting now!
#PitchYaGame
An indie turn-based RPG set in the "Lands of Fill"
🗑️Made by real janitors
♻️6+ Years of work
📢RELEASING IN DAYS (NOV. 18)
I finally hung up the broom after years of janiteering to focus on our launch.
Help us out by wishlisting now!
#PitchYaGame