caro
@seaexcursion.itch.io
game designer and theatremaker • under construction
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Ssssssss -- The 2025 Golden Cobra Challenge winners announced at Metatopia:
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November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Ssssssss -- The 2025 Golden Cobra Challenge winners announced at Metatopia:
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October 31, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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I'm still wrapping my head around the concept of Party of One being 10 years old. But damnit if we're not going to celebrate in style.
Starting Monday, Party of One is celebrating its 10th anniversary with not just one episode, but 5 special episodes.
It's a big anniversary. It deserves a big celebration. A party, if you will.
It's a big anniversary. It deserves a big celebration. A party, if you will.
October 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I'm still wrapping my head around the concept of Party of One being 10 years old. But damnit if we're not going to celebrate in style.
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we didn't mean to, but conner and I wrote a book. it's available now. i am so proud of what we've made and can't wait for people to uncover what's inside it
The Beasts and Blessings of the Hallow’d Hall digital compendium is out now and available on my itch!
badbucket.itch.io/the-beasts-and-blessings-of-the-hallowd-hall
A bestiary of sixty five strange things and their grim fables written by me and @notquitereal.bsky.social
badbucket.itch.io/the-beasts-and-blessings-of-the-hallowd-hall
A bestiary of sixty five strange things and their grim fables written by me and @notquitereal.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
we didn't mean to, but conner and I wrote a book. it's available now. i am so proud of what we've made and can't wait for people to uncover what's inside it
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The Beasts and Blessings of the Hallow’d Hall digital compendium is out now and available on my itch!
badbucket.itch.io/the-beasts-and-blessings-of-the-hallowd-hall
A bestiary of sixty five strange things and their grim fables written by me and @notquitereal.bsky.social
badbucket.itch.io/the-beasts-and-blessings-of-the-hallowd-hall
A bestiary of sixty five strange things and their grim fables written by me and @notquitereal.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Beasts and Blessings of the Hallow’d Hall digital compendium is out now and available on my itch!
badbucket.itch.io/the-beasts-and-blessings-of-the-hallowd-hall
A bestiary of sixty five strange things and their grim fables written by me and @notquitereal.bsky.social
badbucket.itch.io/the-beasts-and-blessings-of-the-hallowd-hall
A bestiary of sixty five strange things and their grim fables written by me and @notquitereal.bsky.social
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Absolutely loved this game. Weird-as-you-want worldbuilding, characters you instantly care about, and all building towards an almost (but not quite!) guaranteed tragic ending. Get it.
Ithaca in the Cards: Second Expedition is out now on digital release! You can get the PDF at ehronlime.itch.io/ithaca-in-th... for $15. This GM-less blackjack driven storygame has you playing as doomed travelers on a perilous journey home, pitting your hand and hearts against Fate.
Ithaca in the Cards: Second Expedition by ehronlime
A blackjack-driven storygame about doomed travelers on a perilous journey home.
ehronlime.itch.io
October 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Absolutely loved this game. Weird-as-you-want worldbuilding, characters you instantly care about, and all building towards an almost (but not quite!) guaranteed tragic ending. Get it.
THE TIME WE HAVE is a poignant, affective game that uses every element of its design to resounding success. elliot has made a real gem — it was a pleasure to be a stretch goal writer on this one
October 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
THE TIME WE HAVE is a poignant, affective game that uses every element of its design to resounding success. elliot has made a real gem — it was a pleasure to be a stretch goal writer on this one
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"i'm in love with my own reflection, i'm in love with the fruited earth."
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"i'm in love with my own reflection, i'm in love with the fruited earth."
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For you hungry hogs who demand a promotional image, here you are! In three hours, it's The Dovecote with Caro Asercion.
October 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
For you hungry hogs who demand a promotional image, here you are! In three hours, it's The Dovecote with Caro Asercion.
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Three TTRPGs: one hundred swords, five missing matriarchs, and a very little lover. Our campaign for Cosmic Century Knights (@oneshotrpg.bsky.social & @worldstoforge.bsky.social), Homecoming (@meghanlynnftw.bsky.social), and Chuck is live NOW through September 26! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
PWG Presents: Cosmic Century Knights, Homecoming, and Chuck
Three TTRPGs: one hundred swords, five missing matriarchs, and a very little lover.
www.kickstarter.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Three TTRPGs: one hundred swords, five missing matriarchs, and a very little lover. Our campaign for Cosmic Century Knights (@oneshotrpg.bsky.social & @worldstoforge.bsky.social), Homecoming (@meghanlynnftw.bsky.social), and Chuck is live NOW through September 26! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
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Presently panicking between airports but ICYMI I wrote a thing
if nothing we touch is ever pure — touch everything
if nothing we touch is ever pure — touch everything
Contributor @therisingtithes.bsky.social digs their fingers deep into complicated feelings around erotic games. Half personal introspection, half vociferous endorsement of art in peril.
I love horny games but I'm also afraid of them
What are we losing if we let people censor the perverted stuff?
www.rascal.news
July 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Presently panicking between airports but ICYMI I wrote a thing
if nothing we touch is ever pure — touch everything
if nothing we touch is ever pure — touch everything
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something something write faggot games now more than ever, now even if you don't usually write erotica, now for all of us, for those that need to remember we're human despite being banned, delisted, and erased.
Faggot Games: An Urgent Warning — Darling Demon Eclipse
How do I express this to you, the faggot game designer who is most likely to read a blog about TTRPGs with such an aggressive name? You have to do it now, and loudly, and into the future. You have to ...
www.eclipse.gay
July 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
something something write faggot games now more than ever, now even if you don't usually write erotica, now for all of us, for those that need to remember we're human despite being banned, delisted, and erased.
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Having a hard time reconciling exactly what these policies will mean for game designers who sell on itch.io in any capacity. So many games "contain" these themes and topics without having them as part of the narrative... the line isn't in the sand, it's somewhere underwater and constantly moving.
July 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Having a hard time reconciling exactly what these policies will mean for game designers who sell on itch.io in any capacity. So many games "contain" these themes and topics without having them as part of the narrative... the line isn't in the sand, it's somewhere underwater and constantly moving.
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My cover for Last Train to Bremen by @seaexcursion.itch.io produced by @possumcreekgames.com
Crowdfunding for the game’s reprint just wrapped! A huge thanks to all who made it happen
Crowdfunding for the game’s reprint just wrapped! A huge thanks to all who made it happen
July 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My cover for Last Train to Bremen by @seaexcursion.itch.io produced by @possumcreekgames.com
Crowdfunding for the game’s reprint just wrapped! A huge thanks to all who made it happen
Crowdfunding for the game’s reprint just wrapped! A huge thanks to all who made it happen
we are heading into the final 24 hours of the backerkit campaign for LAST TRAIN TO BREMEN, the award-winning storygame about a band on the run, with @possumcreekgames.com. dont get left at the station bit.ly/bremen_bk
Last Train to Bremen
A storytelling game of four doomed musicians and their poor decisions.
bit.ly
July 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
we are heading into the final 24 hours of the backerkit campaign for LAST TRAIN TO BREMEN, the award-winning storygame about a band on the run, with @possumcreekgames.com. dont get left at the station bit.ly/bremen_bk
the my first dungeon crew coming out swinging here. dont write this one off
Last Train to Bremen | Side 1
Four doomed musicians try to outrun a deal with The Devil...
Ft. @moreblueberries.bsky.social @shenuque.bsky.social @brianflaherty.bsky.social @strautmaskreplica.bsky.social
Sponsored by @possumcreekgames.com
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Four doomed musicians try to outrun a deal with The Devil...
Ft. @moreblueberries.bsky.social @shenuque.bsky.social @brianflaherty.bsky.social @strautmaskreplica.bsky.social
Sponsored by @possumcreekgames.com
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
July 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
the my first dungeon crew coming out swinging here. dont write this one off
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I write about game design, starting out, and broadening your palette. idlecartulary.com/2025/07/09/d...
Don’t wait to create, don’t wait to learn
A prominent game designer recently said in a Dice Exploder thread, that breaking down design paradigms before you design games is self-limiting and unproductive. This was interpreted by many as “yo…
idlecartulary.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I write about game design, starting out, and broadening your palette. idlecartulary.com/2025/07/09/d...
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Would you like to be notified about my new project, crowdfunding in August? It is a short film and marionette musical about the residents of a shitty apartment in Los Angeles grieving and eating together before a giant kaiju crushes them.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
Coming soon: The Last Fifteen Minutes
A marionette opera and short film about having dinner together before a giant kaiju steps on you.
www.kickstarter.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Would you like to be notified about my new project, crowdfunding in August? It is a short film and marionette musical about the residents of a shitty apartment in Los Angeles grieving and eating together before a giant kaiju crushes them.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
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WHOA NEW VIDITYA VOLETI GAME???
This is my small Star Wars heartbreaker I love making sci-fi systems and STAR CRASH has been one in my drafts for YEARS
SO happy to finish it up for indiepocalyse hope you like it!
This is my small Star Wars heartbreaker I love making sci-fi systems and STAR CRASH has been one in my drafts for YEARS
SO happy to finish it up for indiepocalyse hope you like it!
!NEWLY COMMISSIONED FOR INDIEPOCALYPSE!
Fight for good, seize destiny for yourself, and let your Glimmer shine bright!
STAR CRASH! by @vidityavoleti.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-66
#indiedev #indiegames #gamedev
Fight for good, seize destiny for yourself, and let your Glimmer shine bright!
STAR CRASH! by @vidityavoleti.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-66
#indiedev #indiegames #gamedev
July 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
WHOA NEW VIDITYA VOLETI GAME???
This is my small Star Wars heartbreaker I love making sci-fi systems and STAR CRASH has been one in my drafts for YEARS
SO happy to finish it up for indiepocalyse hope you like it!
This is my small Star Wars heartbreaker I love making sci-fi systems and STAR CRASH has been one in my drafts for YEARS
SO happy to finish it up for indiepocalyse hope you like it!
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Celebrate the thriving world of independent games with this month's Indiepocalypse #66!
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @vidityavoleti.bsky.social
-Cover by @pimientosdulces.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-66
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @vidityavoleti.bsky.social
-Cover by @pimientosdulces.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-66
July 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Celebrate the thriving world of independent games with this month's Indiepocalypse #66!
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @vidityavoleti.bsky.social
-Cover by @pimientosdulces.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-66
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by @vidityavoleti.bsky.social
-Cover by @pimientosdulces.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-66
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Since I'm taking a little bit of a break, I want to talk about the work I've done over the last three months at Rascal.
I've done interviews, criticism, reportage, and stuff that's hard to classify. I'm incredibly proud of all of it and want to take some time and lay it out in one thread:
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I've done interviews, criticism, reportage, and stuff that's hard to classify. I'm incredibly proud of all of it and want to take some time and lay it out in one thread:
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July 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Since I'm taking a little bit of a break, I want to talk about the work I've done over the last three months at Rascal.
I've done interviews, criticism, reportage, and stuff that's hard to classify. I'm incredibly proud of all of it and want to take some time and lay it out in one thread:
1/
I've done interviews, criticism, reportage, and stuff that's hard to classify. I'm incredibly proud of all of it and want to take some time and lay it out in one thread:
1/
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in an age of what feels like perpetual war and infinite cultural replications and homages to it, check out a game that turns a classic war game on its head to invite players to ask thoughtful questions and explore a radical vision of disarmament as not a possibility but an inevitability
I just posted an update to The Ship Sinks Here, my anti-war sequel to battle ship. It's gotten a complete rewrite, a new print at home layout, and an a remodeled itch page with the best banner I've ever made. This game was one of my favs, now its even better. You can read about the update here:
The Ship Sinks Here 5th Anniversary Update
This week I updated my game The Ship Sinks Here , an anti-war sequel to battleship, with a full second edition. It's been five years since I originally published it, and looking back it's still some o...
itch.io
June 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
in an age of what feels like perpetual war and infinite cultural replications and homages to it, check out a game that turns a classic war game on its head to invite players to ask thoughtful questions and explore a radical vision of disarmament as not a possibility but an inevitability
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I just posted an update to The Ship Sinks Here, my anti-war sequel to battle ship. It's gotten a complete rewrite, a new print at home layout, and an a remodeled itch page with the best banner I've ever made. This game was one of my favs, now its even better. You can read about the update here:
The Ship Sinks Here 5th Anniversary Update
This week I updated my game The Ship Sinks Here , an anti-war sequel to battleship, with a full second edition. It's been five years since I originally published it, and looking back it's still some o...
itch.io
June 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I just posted an update to The Ship Sinks Here, my anti-war sequel to battle ship. It's gotten a complete rewrite, a new print at home layout, and an a remodeled itch page with the best banner I've ever made. This game was one of my favs, now its even better. You can read about the update here:
thirteen years of retribution, paid in full
The fifth and final of my five chapter illustrations for @possumcreekgames.com upcoming release of Last Train to Bremen by @seaexcursion.itch.io
The funding campaign is going strong, go give it a look!
The funding campaign is going strong, go give it a look!
June 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
thirteen years of retribution, paid in full
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Y'all. The final, full color digital version of the Griot Anthology is live!
If you've already bought it, you should get an e-mail. If you haven't bought it... you should. An incredible collection of games from incredible black designers and artists.
thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol...
If you've already bought it, you should get an e-mail. If you haven't bought it... you should. An incredible collection of games from incredible black designers and artists.
thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol...
June 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Y'all. The final, full color digital version of the Griot Anthology is live!
If you've already bought it, you should get an e-mail. If you haven't bought it... you should. An incredible collection of games from incredible black designers and artists.
thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol...
If you've already bought it, you should get an e-mail. If you haven't bought it... you should. An incredible collection of games from incredible black designers and artists.
thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol...