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Chris Klimas
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I like stories and user interface design and nonlinearity and code. I created Twine (https://twinery.org) and continue to work on it.
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delaneyking.bsky.social
With the passing of Rebecca Heineman today, I wanted to share some images from her last, now forever unfinished project. She was working on amazing stuff right up until the end.

It was Dragon Wars remastered.

Jennell Jaquays was art directing.
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
chrisklimas.com
Huge influence on me.
Tass Times in Tonetown screenshot
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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davatron5000.bsky.social
What a great post about community, the people, the narcissists, governance, funding, overtakes, political backwaters, change, loss, and feeling lost.

okayfail.com/2025/in-prai...
In Praise of dhh
A reflection on Ruby's past, present, and future.
okayfail.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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patientrock.bsky.social
Murderworld is now available!

A text adventure where you play as the 1989 lineup of the X-Men as they fight to win back their weekend. It's got several playable characters over the course of multiple hours-worth of grand adventure and superhero drama.

patientrock.itch.io/murderworld 🦹🏼‍♀️
October 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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gcbaccaris.itch.io
VN-like Twine template progress: more UI tweaks + hover over a sprite to bring it into the foreground #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev art by @saltycryptid.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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porchweathergames.com
You can grab Station Zeta right now in the Steam Autumn Sale for less than the price of a tariff-adjusted cup of coffee. Run, jump, and puzzle your way through the worst station in space today!

store.steampowered.com/app/2950320/...
Save 50% on Station Zeta on Steam
Run, jump, shoot, and think your way to safety in this retro-inspired 2D puzzle-platformer. Station Zeta is out of control, and you'll have to deal with crazed robots, terribly designed station machin...
store.steampowered.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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patientrock.bsky.social
Crab Crawl is always inexpensive but its even cheaper right now.

How about a game that you can finish on a weeknight? Is cheerful? Has got great music? Steam Deck friendly? Play as a crab!

🦀 s.team/a/3254550
Save 10% on Crab Crawl on Steam
A short, cheerful action-adventure game where you guide a crab in search of food. Avoid a variety of predators, sea-born obstacles, litterers, rival crustaceans, and explore the hostile waters to find...
s.team
September 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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patientrock.bsky.social
I've entered a game into IFComp for the first time! It's a text adventure called Murderworld and it's about the X-Men. (Though, you don't need to know anything about the characters to play.)

Superhero drama, action, and above all: teamwork!
The game art for my text adventure, Murderworld. It features the title and my name. It's styled like the X-Men uniform with the team's badge serving as the "O" in the Murderworld name.
September 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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itep.org
The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program.

We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful.

The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
IRS asks for public input on free tax filing options to inform congressional report | Internal Revenue Service
IR-2025-85, Aug. 21, 2025 — The IRS invites the public to participate in an anonymous feedback survey on tax preparation and filing options, which will run through Sept. 5, 2025.
www.irs.gov
August 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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jhaddock.bsky.social
Station Zeta is still half off for just a bit longer

🔹 Save the crew, though they don't deserve it!

🔹 Shoot some robots and question whether they deserve it!

🔹 Push some crates knowing full well they totally deserve it!

#indiegame #thinkygame #indiedev

store.steampowered.com/app/2950320/...
Save 50% on Station Zeta on Steam
Run, jump, shoot, and think your way to safety in this retro-inspired 2D puzzle-platformer. Station Zeta is out of control, and you'll have to deal with crazed robots, terribly designed station machin...
store.steampowered.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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porchweathergames.com
Less than 24 hours left to grab Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer during our Steam launch sale! Don't miss your chance to grab the perfect game for beating back the mid-summer blues at a 15% launch discount! #indiegame #turnbased #indiedev

store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...
Save 15% on Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...
store.steampowered.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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jhaddock.bsky.social
Hey folks - I am super excited to announce Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer has a release date - July 14th! What better way to spend the height of summer (or winter, hemisphere-dependent) than by diving into the deep, dark forest and keeping terrible monsters at bay! #indiedev #indiegame #turnbased
porchweathergames.com Porch Weather Games @porchweathergames.com · Jun 23
Hold on to your ballcaps, campers - Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is officially releasing this July 14th!

The dark forest is calling, and boy is it angry! Get your crack team of counselors ready to save as many campers as you can! #indiegame

Wishlist today: store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...
store.steampowered.com
June 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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videlais.bsky.social
Chris and I have even more Twine Cookbook postcards. If you are at @narrascope.org and want one, please talk to me or @chrisklimas.com.

(I'll also be at @eliterature.bsky.social in a few weeks with some.)
Pile of postcards for The Twine Cookbook
June 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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narrascope.org
A message from IFTF's president about this year's event (don't panic!):
Hello fellow IF fans, game writers, players and story enjoyers! Our annual conference on narrative games, NarraScope, is less than a month away. As the event draws closer, I wanted to turn your attention to the trademark Big Thermometer on narrascope.org, which tracks fundraising for the event. We are currently at $15,005, which is 60% of our $25,000 goal. To be clear: NarraScope is not in danger of going under or being canceled. However, we rely on donations from both sponsors and individuals to make sure that we don't need to dig so deep into IFTF's treasury that it could impact our other programs you love – things like IFComp, IFDB, the Twine committee, and more. This year, contributions from both individuals and institutions have been lower than in the past, for reasons we can likely deduce by looking at the world around us. These contributions are what allow us to offer attendance at a significantly lower price point than many other conferences. The conference team is working as always to continue to fundraise, but we wanted to ask that if you have the stability and ability to do so, to consider sending IFTF a small donation. You can do so at iftechfoundation.org/give/, and if you want, put a note indicating that it is directed at NarraScope and how you would like to be credited, if you so desire. Additionally, if you know any institutions that may be interested in a sponsorship, please email sponsorship@narrascope.org with the details. This year's event looks to be our largest yet, with more programming, attendees and events than any in the past! Your support helps keep NarraScope and IFTF sustainable and ensures that the event goes off without a hitch. Our in-person tickets have totally sold out, but passes to stream talks live are still available through 18 June 2025. As always, we appreciate your support, and I’m excited to see many of you next month in Philadelphia! - Justin Bortnick, President, Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation
May 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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eblong.com
Today is the last day for in-person registration for NarraScope. (Registration for remote attendance is open until June 18th.)

narrascope.org
Narrascope 2025 | Celebrating Narrative Games
NarraScope 2025 at Drexel University is an event that supports interactive narrative, adventure games, and interactive fiction by bringing together writers, developers, and players.
narrascope.org
May 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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authorkaraj.bsky.social
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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eblong.com
As part of the ongoing job hunt, I set up a software portfolio page:

zarfhome.com/portfolio/
Andrew Plotkin: Portfolio
zarfhome.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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porchweathergames.com
Great news for your weekend: the demo for Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is now live on Steam!

Get a head start on your summer and save some campers today!

#indiegame #indiedev #demo #gaming

store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...
store.steampowered.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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patientrock.bsky.social
On Saturday, June 7 I'll be at Indie Game Fest at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore showing off my game, Crab Crawl!

Cool lineup of speakers, great indie games to play, and more:

calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/indie_... 🦀
Promo graphic that reads, “Indie Game Fest. Saturday, June 7, 11am to 4pm”.
May 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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porchweathergames.com
For anyone in the Maryland area, we'll be at the Enoch Pratt Library Indie Game Fest this upcoming June 7th showing both Station Zeta and the first public demo of Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer. Stop by and see us, along with a ton of other amazing indie devs! #indiegame #indiedev
A flyer for the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Indie Game Fest, happening on Saturday June 7th from 11am to 4pm
May 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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gcbaccaris.itch.io
my new Twine template is looking tastier
April 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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jhaddock.bsky.social
Does the box have feelies?

No.

Does the box even exist?

Of course not - it's digital.

Should you wishlist it today anyway?

Absolutely - you don't want to miss out on this year's one and only camp-based horror strategy game, do you? #indiegame #indiedev

store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...
The cover image of the virtual box of Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer
April 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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vanhollen.senate.gov
Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family.

I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.
April 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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jhaddock.bsky.social
You might have missed it, but it's not all bad news this week - Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is coming soon, and you can wishlist it right now on Steam! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #strategygame #turnbased

store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...
April 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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vivdunstan.bsky.social
This year's Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction is open for judging. There are 34 new games entered this year, a mix of choice, parser and more. All entries are well worth checking out. The festival runs until 9th May. www.springthing.net/2025/play.html
The 2025 Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction
Spring Thing is an annual online festival celebrating new interactive fiction from all kinds of people.
www.springthing.net
April 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM