Andrew Sears
@searsandrew.bsky.social
My Substack: https://substack.com/@sears
My Podcasts: https://jamr.fun/podcasts/rebooted/ & https://jamr.fun/podcasts/iflm/
My Games: https://jamrfun.square.site
Stellar Empire: https://stellarempire.wiki
My Podcasts: https://jamr.fun/podcasts/rebooted/ & https://jamr.fun/podcasts/iflm/
My Games: https://jamrfun.square.site
Stellar Empire: https://stellarempire.wiki
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Wilderness Dice Duel
How taking one of my most popular games back to the drawing board has been a rejuvenating spark for its brand.
open.substack.com
It's my birthday, so we're soft announcing our plans to release Wilderness Dice Duel as a follow up to our Wilderness Dice game.
You can read more about the game, our reasoning behind it, and our potential crowd-funding campaign for it. Available on my Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/sears/p/...
You can read more about the game, our reasoning behind it, and our potential crowd-funding campaign for it. Available on my Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/sears/p/...
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This was such a fun chapter to write. Taking a break from the war to visit Declanian home life was something I really wanted to do and combining it with Kele’s dismissal was perfect timing for it.
Check it out, and let me know what you think!
Check it out, and let me know what you think!
SCI-FI SHORT STORY SERIES 👾📖
Republic Ascendant — Chapter Eight “Homefires” by
@searsandrew.bsky.social
stellarempire.substack.com/p/republic-a...
#SciFi #SciFriday #ScienceFiction #StellarEmpire
Republic Ascendant — Chapter Eight “Homefires” by
@searsandrew.bsky.social
stellarempire.substack.com/p/republic-a...
#SciFi #SciFriday #ScienceFiction #StellarEmpire
Republic Ascendant — Chapter Eight
Book two in the Empirefall Chronicles follows the story of the fall of the Rew Confederacy and the rise of the Rogers Republic.
stellarempire.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This was such a fun chapter to write. Taking a break from the war to visit Declanian home life was something I really wanted to do and combining it with Kele’s dismissal was perfect timing for it.
Check it out, and let me know what you think!
Check it out, and let me know what you think!
2 - 2 Full Time for Arsenal … so close, so close! @arsenalfc.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
2 - 2 Full Time for Arsenal … so close, so close! @arsenalfc.bsky.social
The best thing about starting a new month? Putting in a new pair of contacts…
November 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The best thing about starting a new month? Putting in a new pair of contacts…
@pronskiy.bsky.social I started trying out Junie after we talked at Laracon. I still feel like it struggles some, but I’ll keep trying it. I signed up for the paid one after all so I might as well, ha ha.
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
@pronskiy.bsky.social I started trying out Junie after we talked at Laracon. I still feel like it struggles some, but I’ll keep trying it. I signed up for the paid one after all so I might as well, ha ha.
I need to look around Bluesky more, I was wondering if @jetbrains.com was here -- they are. And if @pronskiy.bsky.social is here -- he is. This is starting to really feel like the Twitter replacement I wanted it to be.
October 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I need to look around Bluesky more, I was wondering if @jetbrains.com was here -- they are. And if @pronskiy.bsky.social is here -- he is. This is starting to really feel like the Twitter replacement I wanted it to be.
It's my birthday, so we're soft announcing our plans to release Wilderness Dice Duel as a follow up to our Wilderness Dice game.
You can read more about the game, our reasoning behind it, and our potential crowd-funding campaign for it. Available on my Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/sears/p/...
You can read more about the game, our reasoning behind it, and our potential crowd-funding campaign for it. Available on my Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/sears/p/...
Wilderness Dice Duel
How taking one of my most popular games back to the drawing board has been a rejuvenating spark for its brand.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It's my birthday, so we're soft announcing our plans to release Wilderness Dice Duel as a follow up to our Wilderness Dice game.
You can read more about the game, our reasoning behind it, and our potential crowd-funding campaign for it. Available on my Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/sears/p/...
You can read more about the game, our reasoning behind it, and our potential crowd-funding campaign for it. Available on my Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/sears/p/...
Looking for a science fiction story released weekly? Check out my novella Republic Ascendant on Substack. My first novella, Born of Ash and Iron is there too!
stellarempire.substack.com/p/republic-a...
stellarempire.substack.com/p/republic-a...
Republic Ascendant — Chapter Four
Book two in the Empirefall Chronicles follows the story of the fall of the Rew Confederacy and the rise of the Rogers Republic.
stellarempire.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Looking for a science fiction story released weekly? Check out my novella Republic Ascendant on Substack. My first novella, Born of Ash and Iron is there too!
stellarempire.substack.com/p/republic-a...
stellarempire.substack.com/p/republic-a...
ICYMI, over the last 3 weeks I covered the "Camp" in SciFi Camp, along with how 'Camp' turns into 'Cult' classics. Wednesday I finished off with 'Cult' turning into 'Cheese'. Give all three a read, and subscribe if you love SciFi or you like the cut of my jib.
scificamp.substack.com/p/from-scifi...
scificamp.substack.com/p/from-scifi...
September 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
ICYMI, over the last 3 weeks I covered the "Camp" in SciFi Camp, along with how 'Camp' turns into 'Cult' classics. Wednesday I finished off with 'Cult' turning into 'Cheese'. Give all three a read, and subscribe if you love SciFi or you like the cut of my jib.
scificamp.substack.com/p/from-scifi...
scificamp.substack.com/p/from-scifi...
If you like Science Fiction and Short Stories, I have one going live at noon. This was kinda a last-minute decision to write this yesterday as an apology to our subscribers for missing SciFriday on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/stellare...
open.substack.com/pub/stellare...
September 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you like Science Fiction and Short Stories, I have one going live at noon. This was kinda a last-minute decision to write this yesterday as an apology to our subscribers for missing SciFriday on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/stellare...
open.substack.com/pub/stellare...
Do you think they have a water shortage!? 😂🤣😂
September 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Do you think they have a water shortage!? 😂🤣😂
We're a third of the way through our planned chapters! We're working hard to keep the weekly pace.
TO YOUR BATTLE STATIONS, EVERYONE. 🚨⚠️🚀
Chapter 5 of BORN of ASH and IRON - by @searsandrew.bsky.social - has arrived!
https://stellarempire.substack.com/p/born-of-ash-and-iron-chapter-5
Chapter 5 of BORN of ASH and IRON - by @searsandrew.bsky.social - has arrived!
https://stellarempire.substack.com/p/born-of-ash-and-iron-chapter-5
403 Forbidden
searsandrew.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We're a third of the way through our planned chapters! We're working hard to keep the weekly pace.
Let me know if you like these kinds of posts, and I can do more dives into our creative process and what it looks like to not only build games, but a universe as well.
Building the Stellar Empire Universe, one lore conversation at a time. Enjoy Andrew's recent post "ALL THUMBS" in which series creators tackle the question:
What if all thumbs?
https://stellarempire.substack.com/p/all-thumbs
#StellarEmpire #SciFi #LORE
What if all thumbs?
https://stellarempire.substack.com/p/all-thumbs
#StellarEmpire #SciFi #LORE
All Thumbs
Making an alien is more than just adding prosthetics, we wanted to give biological reasoning behind what makes them unique.
stellarempire.substack.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Let me know if you like these kinds of posts, and I can do more dives into our creative process and what it looks like to not only build games, but a universe as well.
You should always get rescue golfers.
May 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
You should always get rescue golfers.
Reposted by Andrew Sears
BORN of ASH and IRON
This sci-fi novella is live on our Stellar Empire substack!
Read chapter 1 NOW and subscribe for Chapter 2 coming THIS FRIDAY!
stellarempire.substack.com
This sci-fi novella is live on our Stellar Empire substack!
Read chapter 1 NOW and subscribe for Chapter 2 coming THIS FRIDAY!
stellarempire.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
BORN of ASH and IRON
This sci-fi novella is live on our Stellar Empire substack!
Read chapter 1 NOW and subscribe for Chapter 2 coming THIS FRIDAY!
stellarempire.substack.com
This sci-fi novella is live on our Stellar Empire substack!
Read chapter 1 NOW and subscribe for Chapter 2 coming THIS FRIDAY!
stellarempire.substack.com
The message of this trailer seems to be don't play outside with your friends with toys. Also, don't look before entering a road...
Why is the construction game trailer filmed like a Life is Strange trailer
May 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The message of this trailer seems to be don't play outside with your friends with toys. Also, don't look before entering a road...
So thankful for @robfike.com's ability to turn the vision in my head into an illustration. After much discussion and further refinement, we took a simple description into a really cool looking alien. There is more about their biology on our Stellar Empire wiki!
substack.com/@fike/note/c...
substack.com/@fike/note/c...
Robert R. Fike on Substack
Meet the Declanian, a new alien species in the Stellar Empire universe. Hope you enjoy this little shallow dive into the SE pool as you read BORN OF ASH and IRON!
substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
So thankful for @robfike.com's ability to turn the vision in my head into an illustration. After much discussion and further refinement, we took a simple description into a really cool looking alien. There is more about their biology on our Stellar Empire wiki!
substack.com/@fike/note/c...
substack.com/@fike/note/c...
OVI TIES GRETZKY!!!
April 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
OVI TIES GRETZKY!!!
So McDonalds is worried we're trying to feed the Mogwai?
February 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
So McDonalds is worried we're trying to feed the Mogwai?
It's Sci-Friday over on Substack, and I have started a new short story. Chapter One is available now! Follow Lucas Loverso as he learns about managed Democracy!
sears.substack.com/p/diving-dee...
sears.substack.com/p/diving-dee...
Diving Deep, Chapter 1
Diving Deep is a Helldivers 2 Fan Fiction. It follows the hapless Lucas Loverso as he tries to discover who he truly was while fighting for managed Democracy.
sears.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It's Sci-Friday over on Substack, and I have started a new short story. Chapter One is available now! Follow Lucas Loverso as he learns about managed Democracy!
sears.substack.com/p/diving-dee...
sears.substack.com/p/diving-dee...
It's no secret that I'm a big fan of @headandtheheart.bsky.social ... I know I'm like a week late, but their new single 'Time With My Sins' is _so good_! I also found out (by actually searching) that they're on Bluesky!
February 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It's no secret that I'm a big fan of @headandtheheart.bsky.social ... I know I'm like a week late, but their new single 'Time With My Sins' is _so good_! I also found out (by actually searching) that they're on Bluesky!
Just finished my book on Audible, and the preview for Andy Weir's 'Project Hail Mary' came on ... read by Ray Porter ... I'm sorry, but Ray Porter will always be Joseph Bridgeman to me. 😂
January 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just finished my book on Audible, and the preview for Andy Weir's 'Project Hail Mary' came on ... read by Ray Porter ... I'm sorry, but Ray Porter will always be Joseph Bridgeman to me. 😂
January 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Reposted by Andrew Sears
@robfike.com and @searsandrew.bsky.social are BACK for their first episode of I Freaking Love That Movie in 2025 with BLACK HAWK DOWN:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
#movies #podcast
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
#movies #podcast
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Podcast Episode · I Freaking Love That Movie · 01/01/2025 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
January 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
@robfike.com and @searsandrew.bsky.social are BACK for their first episode of I Freaking Love That Movie in 2025 with BLACK HAWK DOWN:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
#movies #podcast
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
#movies #podcast