Darren Kumka
@alchemyandink.bsky.social
Actual internet gremlin. NB. He/They. Owner of a noisy void named Mia. Writer/Editor at Worlds of Ink.
I'm here now!
I'm here now!
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Using ChatGPT
What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?
August 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Using ChatGPT
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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The 37th Sermon of Vivec is gonna be the DSM-6
November 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The 37th Sermon of Vivec is gonna be the DSM-6
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Welp, Im a casualty from last weeks Stockholm Gamedev Bloodbath
10+yrs makin stuff, "an unstoppable creative force" & "patient, clear, & deft at design"
Here for creative leadership, game design, narrative, & good-trouble-making roles so reach out if you need me
linkedin.com/in/acegiak & acegiak.net
10+yrs makin stuff, "an unstoppable creative force" & "patient, clear, & deft at design"
Here for creative leadership, game design, narrative, & good-trouble-making roles so reach out if you need me
linkedin.com/in/acegiak & acegiak.net
October 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Welp, Im a casualty from last weeks Stockholm Gamedev Bloodbath
10+yrs makin stuff, "an unstoppable creative force" & "patient, clear, & deft at design"
Here for creative leadership, game design, narrative, & good-trouble-making roles so reach out if you need me
linkedin.com/in/acegiak & acegiak.net
10+yrs makin stuff, "an unstoppable creative force" & "patient, clear, & deft at design"
Here for creative leadership, game design, narrative, & good-trouble-making roles so reach out if you need me
linkedin.com/in/acegiak & acegiak.net
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Until we give a crow adderall we will never know their full potential
August 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Until we give a crow adderall we will never know their full potential
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Not enough Anarchists put out the vibe of sober, sensible, workable self-governance.
Too many Anarchists put out the vibe of "You can't tell me what to do, DAD!"
Mother Anarchy wants her sons to grow the fuck up and stop romanticizing themselves.
Too many Anarchists put out the vibe of "You can't tell me what to do, DAD!"
Mother Anarchy wants her sons to grow the fuck up and stop romanticizing themselves.
August 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Not enough Anarchists put out the vibe of sober, sensible, workable self-governance.
Too many Anarchists put out the vibe of "You can't tell me what to do, DAD!"
Mother Anarchy wants her sons to grow the fuck up and stop romanticizing themselves.
Too many Anarchists put out the vibe of "You can't tell me what to do, DAD!"
Mother Anarchy wants her sons to grow the fuck up and stop romanticizing themselves.
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Hey folks, in addition to having a new release out this month, it is also the anniversary of my birth... And it's car registration season.
My car is my home and it is expensive to keep it roadworthy.
So if you'd like to help me out, please buy my game? Or even just share it?
Thx, love & rage
My car is my home and it is expensive to keep it roadworthy.
So if you'd like to help me out, please buy my game? Or even just share it?
Thx, love & rage
Assault Fleet Centauri is a fleet command TTRPG set in an anarchist future.
The game puts each player in command of their own space warship, on a joint mission to destroy capitalism!
The quickstart is out today, and marks the debut of the new beta version rules.
raycox.itch.io/assault-flee...
The game puts each player in command of their own space warship, on a joint mission to destroy capitalism!
The quickstart is out today, and marks the debut of the new beta version rules.
raycox.itch.io/assault-flee...
Assault Fleet Centauri: Quickstart Edition by Reizor
A Fleet Command TTRPG in the Anarchist Future
raycox.itch.io
August 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Hey folks, in addition to having a new release out this month, it is also the anniversary of my birth... And it's car registration season.
My car is my home and it is expensive to keep it roadworthy.
So if you'd like to help me out, please buy my game? Or even just share it?
Thx, love & rage
My car is my home and it is expensive to keep it roadworthy.
So if you'd like to help me out, please buy my game? Or even just share it?
Thx, love & rage
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If you're a Canadian dev directly affected by these changes on Itch or Steam, I want to talk to you.
July 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
If you're a Canadian dev directly affected by these changes on Itch or Steam, I want to talk to you.
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quickly! kiss me so these cops/guards don't think we're up to anything nefarious!! no--i fear no other ruse could possibly fool them it's gotta be the kissing thing
Favorite romance microtrope, go!
Mine: someone gets pushed into a pond or fountain.
Mine: someone gets pushed into a pond or fountain.
July 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
quickly! kiss me so these cops/guards don't think we're up to anything nefarious!! no--i fear no other ruse could possibly fool them it's gotta be the kissing thing
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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This is the premise for Monsters and Other Childish Things the #TTRPG from @arcdreampublishing.bsky.social and it's an amazing game that you should play (and buy my books that I wrote for it)
July 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This is the premise for Monsters and Other Childish Things the #TTRPG from @arcdreampublishing.bsky.social and it's an amazing game that you should play (and buy my books that I wrote for it)
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I made a new game zine with my beloved @uselrei1500.bsky.social! 💖🥰🐦
I have a new game out today, a solo bird watching LARP that @raewhite.bsky.social and I made for Sticky Institutes Winter Game Zine Jam!
Rae and I made this in about two weeks, our design brief was "DIY art, with minimal scope." I'm pretty damn proud of it too.
raycox.itch.io/seeking-the-...
Rae and I made this in about two weeks, our design brief was "DIY art, with minimal scope." I'm pretty damn proud of it too.
raycox.itch.io/seeking-the-...
Seeking The Wisdom of the Scavenger King by Reizor, Rae White
A solo bird watching fantasy LARP
raycox.itch.io
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I made a new game zine with my beloved @uselrei1500.bsky.social! 💖🥰🐦
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June 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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June 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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This is super-important, so have a little alt text:
June 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is super-important, so have a little alt text:
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The public was 100% ready for trans rights just a few years ago.
What we’re seeing now is a massive shift in public opinion after a coordinated and expensive propaganda blitz, one that Dems happily ignored.
Trans rights aren’t new. We had them for years and everything was cool.
What we’re seeing now is a massive shift in public opinion after a coordinated and expensive propaganda blitz, one that Dems happily ignored.
Trans rights aren’t new. We had them for years and everything was cool.
I just don't get it.
The United States is doing every single step one would need to do for a soft genocide.
And this congresswoman goes "maybe the public just isn't ready for trans rights, we have to consider that"
NO.
THE FUCK.
WE DO NOT.
The United States is doing every single step one would need to do for a soft genocide.
And this congresswoman goes "maybe the public just isn't ready for trans rights, we have to consider that"
NO.
THE FUCK.
WE DO NOT.
June 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The public was 100% ready for trans rights just a few years ago.
What we’re seeing now is a massive shift in public opinion after a coordinated and expensive propaganda blitz, one that Dems happily ignored.
Trans rights aren’t new. We had them for years and everything was cool.
What we’re seeing now is a massive shift in public opinion after a coordinated and expensive propaganda blitz, one that Dems happily ignored.
Trans rights aren’t new. We had them for years and everything was cool.
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What I mean when I say I want masculinity without toxicity
June 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
What I mean when I say I want masculinity without toxicity
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Hey hivemind my boss wants me to figure out a display of games for Pride, and I could use help. RPGs are easy, but I am struggling on board games. Any games by queer designers I should know about?
I’ll save you naming anything by Nikki Valens—I’ve got all those covered! 💙
I’ll save you naming anything by Nikki Valens—I’ve got all those covered! 💙
June 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hey hivemind my boss wants me to figure out a display of games for Pride, and I could use help. RPGs are easy, but I am struggling on board games. Any games by queer designers I should know about?
I’ll save you naming anything by Nikki Valens—I’ve got all those covered! 💙
I’ll save you naming anything by Nikki Valens—I’ve got all those covered! 💙
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As Amin Maritza, Harris Yulin delivered a searing performance of a man unable to live with the ghosts of his memories. His Cardassian was at times terrifying, and heartbreaking, in one of DS9's greatest episodes.
An all time guest star and an all time role.
RIP Harris Yulin - sleep well sir
An all time guest star and an all time role.
RIP Harris Yulin - sleep well sir
June 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
As Amin Maritza, Harris Yulin delivered a searing performance of a man unable to live with the ghosts of his memories. His Cardassian was at times terrifying, and heartbreaking, in one of DS9's greatest episodes.
An all time guest star and an all time role.
RIP Harris Yulin - sleep well sir
An all time guest star and an all time role.
RIP Harris Yulin - sleep well sir
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i think this would change me permanently
June 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
i think this would change me permanently
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asking to spend more time with my nieces and nephew so I can radicalize them
June 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
asking to spend more time with my nieces and nephew so I can radicalize them
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I don't read a whole lot of blogs these days, but @bankuei.bsky.social's is a deep well that seems to never run dry. This post from fifteen years ago (💀) is one of the most useful things I've read about how to write a ttrpg in the last several years. bankuei.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/p...
Procedures vs. Directives
Thinking more about general game design and how rules are communicated. Most games use both of these to different degrees, but the question is what parts should be procedural? What parts should be …
bankuei.wordpress.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I don't read a whole lot of blogs these days, but @bankuei.bsky.social's is a deep well that seems to never run dry. This post from fifteen years ago (💀) is one of the most useful things I've read about how to write a ttrpg in the last several years. bankuei.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/p...
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sick that they're going to let us be gay for an entire month
June 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
sick that they're going to let us be gay for an entire month
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Happy pride month eve to all, even the haters and losers
May 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Happy pride month eve to all, even the haters and losers
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No seriously, you should read this story
dragon lady next to me at the second life rave was too close and her wings kept clipping through my player model. I didn't mind but she apologied each and every time it happened. chat was filled with hundreds of variations of "oop sowwie >_<!! xoxo" and "uaah! not again! orz" by the end of the night
May 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
No seriously, you should read this story