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Arcane Grain - John Riccardi
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meishali.bsky.social
🩸 The demo of IVRESANG is now out on itch. It's a dark gothic supplement for the game #Ironsworn allowing you to make vampyrical heroes. I've been working on it since Oct. 2024, and this is a micro-preview of all the wonderful things to come.

⚰️🥀 Get it here: meishali.itch.io/ivresang
Ivresang: The Ashen Kingdoms (Demo) by Meishali
A Vampirical supplement for IRONSWORN
meishali.itch.io
July 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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alephnaught2tog.bsky.social
Reminder: International Women's Day celebrates **women** (ALL women).

By all means, wish the women in your life a happy IWD!

Remember tho that non-binary folks are not women-lite*, and trans men are not women (you may be shocked to hear that they are, in fact, men).
March 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
arcanegrain.dev
Finally got a release of my Knave character generator up on NPM. I’ll be adding a lot more generators, but finally figured out how to package it up!

https://github.com/riccjohn/osr-generators

https://www.npmjs.com/package/osr-generators
February 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
arcanegrain.dev
When I have my bath robe on, I'm constantly knocking things over with these sleeves and getting them wet. Wizards must have been having a rough time with those robes too.
February 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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jremsikjr.bsky.social
Had a great conversation with @bjessbrown.com and @jeremysmith.co on the @indierails.com podcast!

Listened to this on the way home and I'm happy they pulled the takeaway up front. 😅
February 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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planet4589.bsky.social
Starlink 5693 appears to have reentered over the southern Wisconsin/Michigan area at about 0303 to 0305 UTC Jan 29 (9.03 to 9.05pm CST) and was widely observed from neighbouring regions including Chicago
January 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
arcanegrain.dev
I haven't heard anyone really talking about how the inability for Americans to get software updates for TikTok is going to create a security nightmare for users. "Preventing" the full ban of TikTok in the US and leaving partial infrastructure is leaving users extremely vulnerable to attack.
January 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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theouterzone.bsky.social
After almost four years of development
you can finally play
#DeathHowl - a soulslike deckbuilder

Our DEMO is available for a limited time
here on Steam: re.11bits.com/2dj

Please share, play and wishlist 🦌
It would mean the world to us ❤️

#indiegame #gamedev #pixelart
January 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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traaa.sh
oh and a direct link to the full #dungeon23 video
drawing a stream of consciousness megadungeon, one room every day
👀 a peek behind the scenes of penultimate month of my #dungeon23 megadungeon project which i definitely did right on schedule! coming soon to kickstarter :0...
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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https://mobilize.us/s/mYKGgP
January 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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eleanormorton.bsky.social
Literally every company now

youtube.com/shorts/hL9pl...
Literally every company now
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
youtube.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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arstechnica.com
By exploiting Adobe Acrobat's robust support for JavaScript, one coder has managed to get Doom up and running within the usually static confines of a PDF file: arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...

[📸: Ading210]
January 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
arcanegrain.dev
I've definitely been stuck in "preparing mode" for playing OSE solo, but I'm going to push through and actually start! Getting my characters set up on index cards today, then it's straight into Tomb of the Serpent Kings this week 🤞

#osr #ose #solorpg
January 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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dremenec.com
Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs.

However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!
An infographic. There are six panels. 1. "Slow internet. Alt text is shown in place of unloaded images." a drawing shows a phone with poor signal, and alt text is visible where the image should have loaded. 2. "Findabillity. Alt text helps to search content." A drawing shows someone searching 'dog with banana' and a post is shown underneath without the words 'dog' or 'banana'. It is implied to be part of the alt text. 3. "Screen readers. Alt is read out to people using text-to-speech software". There is a drawing of the output a screen-reader would show when viewing an image with alt text on bluesky. 4. "Translation. Alt text can be translated". A drawing shows a post being translated. The alt text is also translated into german. 5. "Readability. Text in images can be made legible" There is a drawing of some truly awful handwriting inside a speech bubble. The alt text clarifies what the text is supposed to say. 6. "Disambiguation. Description helps clarify intent." There is a drawing of a post with a picture of a creature. This is styled after the famous optical illusion of a rabbit and a duck. The alt text clarifies that the animal is a rabbit. It definitely looks more like a duck.
October 28, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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jfg.land
Caves of Qud arguably makes more extensive use of the Z axis and could thus be called "3D Skyrim"
unormal.bsky.social 🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · Dec 7
An entire-ass massive RPG some are calling "2D Skyrim" in palm your hand? Yes it is.

store.steampowered.com/app/333640/C...
Best traditional rogue game in the market today. Some highlights: - Steam Deck/Controller friendly. A majority of my playtime has been handheld. Low battery draw so this is my favorite airplane game. - High variance and replayability - Brilliant world and writing. There's simply nothing like this game in the market today. - Deep and complex mutation, item system, and quirks. - Excellent new player experience. With a modern UI and quality of life features. It's a lot easier to jump into this game blind to rogues and similar titles. - Music slaps. Devs are responsive and care a lot about this game. Without a doubt, it's a roguelike--but it's best in class within this genre.
December 9, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/u...
Hacker Is Said to Have Gained Access to File With Damaging Testimony About Gaetz
The computer file is said to contain testimony from the woman who said she had sex with Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general, when she was 17.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:47 PM
arcanegrain.dev
I just got my first split keyboard, so if I type like I'm drunk, I assure you it's the keyboard
November 19, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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3d6downtheline.com
Ep 55 of Arden Vul with 3d6 DTL!
C-Team is caught between slavers on the Long Stair, with no hope of escape. Alarms blaring, one PC down, bodies everywhere, and time is ticking. But -- they have a plan, and it. is. a. doozy.

#OSE #OSR #DnD #TTRPG
Links below!
January 23, 2024 at 12:36 PM