Alex Kain
@tdcpresents.bsky.social
Lead Narrative Designer at WB/Avalanche! Writer for Armello, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Salt & Sanctuary/Sacrifice, and more
Co-Creator & Writer of comic series "Beyond the Western Deep" and making the hand-animated adventure “War of the Western Deep”!
Co-Creator & Writer of comic series "Beyond the Western Deep" and making the hand-animated adventure “War of the Western Deep”!
Well, this was a fun surprise to wake up to!
My "Nintendo in the 80's" screenplay took the prize for Best Historical/Period Script in @finaldraftinc.bsky.social's 2025 Big Break Screenwriting Contest!
My "Nintendo in the 80's" screenplay took the prize for Best Historical/Period Script in @finaldraftinc.bsky.social's 2025 Big Break Screenwriting Contest!
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Well, this was a fun surprise to wake up to!
My "Nintendo in the 80's" screenplay took the prize for Best Historical/Period Script in @finaldraftinc.bsky.social's 2025 Big Break Screenwriting Contest!
My "Nintendo in the 80's" screenplay took the prize for Best Historical/Period Script in @finaldraftinc.bsky.social's 2025 Big Break Screenwriting Contest!
The Armello #Kickstarter I'm running with @leagueofgeeks.com just smashed its first stretch goal! EVERY BACKER is getting an upgraded book with gorgeous endsheets and a ribbon bookmark.
And our next stretch goal? A full set of COVER ART PRINTS for every backer! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
And our next stretch goal? A full set of COVER ART PRINTS for every backer! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The Armello #Kickstarter I'm running with @leagueofgeeks.com just smashed its first stretch goal! EVERY BACKER is getting an upgraded book with gorgeous endsheets and a ribbon bookmark.
And our next stretch goal? A full set of COVER ART PRINTS for every backer! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
And our next stretch goal? A full set of COVER ART PRINTS for every backer! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
We're so close to locking in our first big #Kickstarter stretch goal!
Less than $900 to go before every copy of The Founding and the Fall gets upgraded to include these gorgeous printed endsheets and a ribbon bookmark!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
Less than $900 to go before every copy of The Founding and the Fall gets upgraded to include these gorgeous printed endsheets and a ribbon bookmark!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We're so close to locking in our first big #Kickstarter stretch goal!
Less than $900 to go before every copy of The Founding and the Fall gets upgraded to include these gorgeous printed endsheets and a ribbon bookmark!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
Less than $900 to go before every copy of The Founding and the Fall gets upgraded to include these gorgeous printed endsheets and a ribbon bookmark!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
We're even closer to this first incredible stretch goal! Less than $2k to go before EVERY BOOK gets upgraded and we unveil the next amazing stretch goal!
Less than $4k away from unlocking the first stretch goal of the campaign; brilliantly painted endsheets by @tycarey.bsky.social of the King's rise and fall, as well as a golden bookmark ribbon to save progress in your adventure.
Share the good word far and wide!
kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
Share the good word far and wide!
kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We're even closer to this first incredible stretch goal! Less than $2k to go before EVERY BOOK gets upgraded and we unveil the next amazing stretch goal!
Reposted by Alex Kain
Congratulations, Armellians! Another legendary artifact from the Kingdom Armello has been brought into the real world.
Big love to our friend @tdcpresents.bsky.social on a successful campaign!
First stretch goal has been announced and is almost there!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
Big love to our friend @tdcpresents.bsky.social on a successful campaign!
First stretch goal has been announced and is almost there!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Congratulations, Armellians! Another legendary artifact from the Kingdom Armello has been brought into the real world.
Big love to our friend @tdcpresents.bsky.social on a successful campaign!
First stretch goal has been announced and is almost there!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
Big love to our friend @tdcpresents.bsky.social on a successful campaign!
First stretch goal has been announced and is almost there!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
WHOA hey! THANK YOU everyone! We hit our Kickstarter goal in under four hours!
Now we get to unlock some SUPER FUN STUFF! Check out our first stretch goal: printed endsheets and a gold ribbon bookmark!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
Now we get to unlock some SUPER FUN STUFF! Check out our first stretch goal: printed endsheets and a gold ribbon bookmark!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
WHOA hey! THANK YOU everyone! We hit our Kickstarter goal in under four hours!
Now we get to unlock some SUPER FUN STUFF! Check out our first stretch goal: printed endsheets and a gold ribbon bookmark!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
Now we get to unlock some SUPER FUN STUFF! Check out our first stretch goal: printed endsheets and a gold ribbon bookmark!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
It's been about 3 hours and we're now... 98% FUNDED!
Hit the link and check out the campaign early to grab some of those limited reward pledge tiers :)
Hit the link and check out the campaign early to grab some of those limited reward pledge tiers :)
Already >50% funded in less than 30 mins! Spread the word and get in there! 🦁👑📔📈
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
📣The Kickstarter is now LIVE for The Founding and the Fall, a premium hardcover collection of Armello novellas by author, @tdcpresents.bsky.social.
There are some limited number pledge tiers with some pretty special Armello merch, so get in there early!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
There are some limited number pledge tiers with some pretty special Armello merch, so get in there early!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It's been about 3 hours and we're now... 98% FUNDED!
Hit the link and check out the campaign early to grab some of those limited reward pledge tiers :)
Hit the link and check out the campaign early to grab some of those limited reward pledge tiers :)
Reposted by Alex Kain
📣The Kickstarter is now LIVE for The Founding and the Fall, a premium hardcover collection of Armello novellas by author, @tdcpresents.bsky.social.
There are some limited number pledge tiers with some pretty special Armello merch, so get in there early!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
There are some limited number pledge tiers with some pretty special Armello merch, so get in there early!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📣The Kickstarter is now LIVE for The Founding and the Fall, a premium hardcover collection of Armello novellas by author, @tdcpresents.bsky.social.
There are some limited number pledge tiers with some pretty special Armello merch, so get in there early!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
There are some limited number pledge tiers with some pretty special Armello merch, so get in there early!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
Our Armello: The Founding and the Fall novella omnibus Kickstarter is live!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Our Armello: The Founding and the Fall novella omnibus Kickstarter is live!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
Reposted by Alex Kain
The man, the myth, the legend. 🦁📝👑
It's happening! The Kickstarter I'm running with @leagueofgeeks.com for the hardcover omnibus ARMELLO: THE FOUNDING AND THE FALL launches November 4th at 6am Pacific/9am Eastern!
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The man, the myth, the legend. 🦁📝👑
It's happening! The Kickstarter I'm running with @leagueofgeeks.com for the hardcover omnibus ARMELLO: THE FOUNDING AND THE FALL launches November 4th at 6am Pacific/9am Eastern!
October 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It's happening! The Kickstarter I'm running with @leagueofgeeks.com for the hardcover omnibus ARMELLO: THE FOUNDING AND THE FALL launches November 4th at 6am Pacific/9am Eastern!
Look I’m not asking for a lot, I just need a magic spell or maybe a very strategic cranial injury that erases the Resident Evil games from my memory every October so I can play through them all again for the very first time each year.
October 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Look I’m not asking for a lot, I just need a magic spell or maybe a very strategic cranial injury that erases the Resident Evil games from my memory every October so I can play through them all again for the very first time each year.
My #PRGE haul from yesterday! That NES console is a complete-in-box test market console from the initial 1985 US launch--something I'd been trying to find for YEARS.
The physical Sierra catalogue was a fun bonus!
The physical Sierra catalogue was a fun bonus!
October 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My #PRGE haul from yesterday! That NES console is a complete-in-box test market console from the initial 1985 US launch--something I'd been trying to find for YEARS.
The physical Sierra catalogue was a fun bonus!
The physical Sierra catalogue was a fun bonus!
Well hey, this is cool! Leave Luck to Heaven is now a finalist in Final Draft’s Big Break Screenwriting Contest!
October 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Well hey, this is cool! Leave Luck to Heaven is now a finalist in Final Draft’s Big Break Screenwriting Contest!
Got that new Kojima credit card and uh--
September 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Got that new Kojima credit card and uh--
Reposted by Alex Kain
🚨The demo for War of the Western Deep IS NOW ON STEAM!🚨
It’s been so much fun helping bring Mirren to life & hear about all the great #TheWesternDeep feedback after PAX West.
Well, now EVERYONE gets to play the demo!
Download today! https://f.mtr.cool/folllezkeo
It’s been so much fun helping bring Mirren to life & hear about all the great #TheWesternDeep feedback after PAX West.
Well, now EVERYONE gets to play the demo!
Download today! https://f.mtr.cool/folllezkeo
September 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🚨The demo for War of the Western Deep IS NOW ON STEAM!🚨
It’s been so much fun helping bring Mirren to life & hear about all the great #TheWesternDeep feedback after PAX West.
Well, now EVERYONE gets to play the demo!
Download today! https://f.mtr.cool/folllezkeo
It’s been so much fun helping bring Mirren to life & hear about all the great #TheWesternDeep feedback after PAX West.
Well, now EVERYONE gets to play the demo!
Download today! https://f.mtr.cool/folllezkeo
Like a broken record--I'll get a TV, watch a few YouTube videos where people flawlessly install their wall mounts, then go "Hey, yeah, I can do that myself!"
Two hours later I've got four mounting screws half-stuck in the wall, nothing is level, and I'm covered in dust screaming.
Two hours later I've got four mounting screws half-stuck in the wall, nothing is level, and I'm covered in dust screaming.
September 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Like a broken record--I'll get a TV, watch a few YouTube videos where people flawlessly install their wall mounts, then go "Hey, yeah, I can do that myself!"
Two hours later I've got four mounting screws half-stuck in the wall, nothing is level, and I'm covered in dust screaming.
Two hours later I've got four mounting screws half-stuck in the wall, nothing is level, and I'm covered in dust screaming.
I just backed Broken Relic - A Fantasy Point-and-Click Comedy Adventure on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bro...
We adventure game devs gotta stick together! :)
We adventure game devs gotta stick together! :)
Broken Relic - A Fantasy Point-and-Click Comedy Adventure
Save the world from the chaos you unleashed in this pixel-art point & click comedy adventure. Demo playable now!
www.kickstarter.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I just backed Broken Relic - A Fantasy Point-and-Click Comedy Adventure on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bro...
We adventure game devs gotta stick together! :)
We adventure game devs gotta stick together! :)
Oh man I was a designer on the iPod version of Monopoly so this is wild to see! The click wheel was an amazing input for scrolling around the game board—I wish more folks had gotten to experience it.
arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity
Finding working copies of the last few titles was an “especially cursed” journey.
arstechnica.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oh man I was a designer on the iPod version of Monopoly so this is wild to see! The click wheel was an amazing input for scrolling around the game board—I wish more folks had gotten to experience it.
arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
We're collecting all of my novellas into a single gorgeous hardcover omnibus to celebrate Armello's ten-year anniversary!
And as an added bonus, I also wrote a new 150+ page tale: THE BANDIT CLAN!
Check out the link for more details:
And as an added bonus, I also wrote a new 150+ page tale: THE BANDIT CLAN!
Check out the link for more details:
Ten years ago, Armello brought tabletop adventures to life. Now, delve into its lore-rich depths with this gorgeous anniversary hardcover omnibus of tales both old and new! Coming soon to Kickstarter!
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September 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We're collecting all of my novellas into a single gorgeous hardcover omnibus to celebrate Armello's ten-year anniversary!
And as an added bonus, I also wrote a new 150+ page tale: THE BANDIT CLAN!
Check out the link for more details:
And as an added bonus, I also wrote a new 150+ page tale: THE BANDIT CLAN!
Check out the link for more details:
Today was my last day at ArenaNet, but new adventures await! It's been an absolutely incredible 8 years, and I couldn't be more excited by what this team is building.
I'll be taking a short break in September, but if you're coming to PAX, be sure to say hello at the Sunsgrove Studios booth, #662!
I'll be taking a short break in September, but if you're coming to PAX, be sure to say hello at the Sunsgrove Studios booth, #662!
August 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Today was my last day at ArenaNet, but new adventures await! It's been an absolutely incredible 8 years, and I couldn't be more excited by what this team is building.
I'll be taking a short break in September, but if you're coming to PAX, be sure to say hello at the Sunsgrove Studios booth, #662!
I'll be taking a short break in September, but if you're coming to PAX, be sure to say hello at the Sunsgrove Studios booth, #662!
How did I not know THE Howard Phillips wrote a book about his experiences at Nintendo... and it's styled like the world's longest issue of Nintendo Power Magazine??
I guess it's digital only, but MAN this would be a gorgeous physical volume: www.kickstarter.com/projects/437...
I guess it's digital only, but MAN this would be a gorgeous physical volume: www.kickstarter.com/projects/437...
Gamemaster Classified
An Insider's Guide to Nintendo's Coming of Age
www.kickstarter.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
How did I not know THE Howard Phillips wrote a book about his experiences at Nintendo... and it's styled like the world's longest issue of Nintendo Power Magazine??
I guess it's digital only, but MAN this would be a gorgeous physical volume: www.kickstarter.com/projects/437...
I guess it's digital only, but MAN this would be a gorgeous physical volume: www.kickstarter.com/projects/437...
I’ve made it to San Diego! Just exploring the area at the moment, but if anyone’s got an extra Comic Con pass I’d love to head to the show floor to say hi to some folks!
July 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I’ve made it to San Diego! Just exploring the area at the moment, but if anyone’s got an extra Comic Con pass I’d love to head to the show floor to say hi to some folks!