JSRVarma - Solo Dev
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He/him. Indy sff Author ⭐ Indy TTRPG content ⭐ pixel art ⭐ Light Youtuber ⭐ cozy vibes ⭐ lots of nonsense ⭐ Former Lead Designer @Roll7 ⭐ Former all seniorities designer @Ubisoft
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🎙️Heyo Bsky!
You may know me from such things as Lead Designer on the Bafta nominated OlliOlli Worlds DLC🛹 and at some point the main designer on every mobile game in the biggest series you've never heard of, Hungry shark🦈
Follow me for dumb opinions, dumb fantasy writing and dumb indie dev nonsense😘
You may know me from such things as Lead Designer on the Bafta nominated OlliOlli Worlds DLC🛹 and at some point the main designer on every mobile game in the biggest series you've never heard of, Hungry shark🦈
Follow me for dumb opinions, dumb fantasy writing and dumb indie dev nonsense😘
Goblins. It had to be goblins. Can Cal and the team make it before all the caravaners are killed? Find out in this weeks chapter of Blade Song on #RoyalRoad
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#SwordAndSorcery #webnovel #indieauthor #fantasy
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#SwordAndSorcery #webnovel #indieauthor #fantasy
Chapter 20 - Goblin Tracks - Blade Song
Cal was an average tracker, he had a little skill from, his time in the Black Blades watching Edwin their ranger, but he was far from an expert. Which was why it was so lucky that goblins - and whatev...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Goblins. It had to be goblins. Can Cal and the team make it before all the caravaners are killed? Find out in this weeks chapter of Blade Song on #RoyalRoad
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#SwordAndSorcery #webnovel #indieauthor #fantasy
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#SwordAndSorcery #webnovel #indieauthor #fantasy
This month I've been regularly posting chapters of a noir-ish urban fantasy detective novel called winds of the hunt on #RoyalRoad it's on chapter 39 and we're going into the final stretch now!
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www.royalroad.com/fiction/1382...
Winds of the Hunt
Jim Hunter is a private detective in a world of elemental magic. His daughter has it, his friends have it, the federal agents who keep sniffing around have it, however he has none.
Jim uses his intell...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This month I've been regularly posting chapters of a noir-ish urban fantasy detective novel called winds of the hunt on #RoyalRoad it's on chapter 39 and we're going into the final stretch now!
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1382...
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1382...
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Check out this short clip from the recent ‘what is game design’ video about systems designers!
#gamedev #gamedesigning #educational
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#youtube #short #newvideo #clip
#gamedev #gamedesigning #educational
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#youtube #short #newvideo #clip
What is a Systems Designer? #gamedev #gamedesigning #educational
YouTube video by Other Pixel Games
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November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Check out this short clip from the recent ‘what is game design’ video about systems designers!
#gamedev #gamedesigning #educational
youtube.com/shorts/s0irv...
#youtube #short #newvideo #clip
#gamedev #gamedesigning #educational
youtube.com/shorts/s0irv...
#youtube #short #newvideo #clip
As our ‘heroes’ awaken one mourning of their journey something seems awfully wrong. What happened last night? Find out in the latest chapter of Blade Song over on #RoyalRoad
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#SwordandSorcery #fantasy #indieauthor #webnovel #highfantasy #sff #sciencefictionfantasy
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#SwordandSorcery #fantasy #indieauthor #webnovel #highfantasy #sff #sciencefictionfantasy
Chapter 19 - Raiders in the Night - Blade Song
Chapter 19 - Raiders in the Night
Over the next few days conversation came easier between everyone. Even Teth deigned to speak with Kaila from time to time, though neither of them exchanged many words...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
As our ‘heroes’ awaken one mourning of their journey something seems awfully wrong. What happened last night? Find out in the latest chapter of Blade Song over on #RoyalRoad
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#SwordandSorcery #fantasy #indieauthor #webnovel #highfantasy #sff #sciencefictionfantasy
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#SwordandSorcery #fantasy #indieauthor #webnovel #highfantasy #sff #sciencefictionfantasy
I know this isn’t a big deal but my first non-short on YouTube reached 100 views so I’m happy 😊
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I know this isn’t a big deal but my first non-short on YouTube reached 100 views so I’m happy 😊
Check out this brand new video about how I nearly quit my second solo game jam!
youtu.be/WxEPhhKe7_0?...
#youtube #gamedev #indiedev #screamjam2025 #newvideo
youtu.be/WxEPhhKe7_0?...
#youtube #gamedev #indiedev #screamjam2025 #newvideo
I almost quit scream jam25!!!
YouTube video by Other Pixel Games
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November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Check out this brand new video about how I nearly quit my second solo game jam!
youtu.be/WxEPhhKe7_0?...
#youtube #gamedev #indiedev #screamjam2025 #newvideo
youtu.be/WxEPhhKe7_0?...
#youtube #gamedev #indiedev #screamjam2025 #newvideo
Just finished Dispatch. I enjoyed it very much, would not be surprised if the story won it the beset narrative at the game awards.
That said a part of me would have rather watched it as a tv show.
That said a part of me would have rather watched it as a tv show.
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Just finished Dispatch. I enjoyed it very much, would not be surprised if the story won it the beset narrative at the game awards.
That said a part of me would have rather watched it as a tv show.
That said a part of me would have rather watched it as a tv show.
Boooooooo I just got all my work done early so I could play the last chapters of dispatch only to find the chapters release at 5pm 30 mins after I leave for the evening 😭
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Boooooooo I just got all my work done early so I could play the last chapters of dispatch only to find the chapters release at 5pm 30 mins after I leave for the evening 😭
So I think I need to do more game dev list videos XD
I just checked and I have 20 valid watch hours across all my long videos since starting a couple months ago. 12.9 hours of which were from the list video week before last XD
Vids are all made for next 3 weeks but after that… lists?
I just checked and I have 20 valid watch hours across all my long videos since starting a couple months ago. 12.9 hours of which were from the list video week before last XD
Vids are all made for next 3 weeks but after that… lists?
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
So I think I need to do more game dev list videos XD
I just checked and I have 20 valid watch hours across all my long videos since starting a couple months ago. 12.9 hours of which were from the list video week before last XD
Vids are all made for next 3 weeks but after that… lists?
I just checked and I have 20 valid watch hours across all my long videos since starting a couple months ago. 12.9 hours of which were from the list video week before last XD
Vids are all made for next 3 weeks but after that… lists?
Latest chapter of Blade Song is now live of #RoyalRoad! Let’s return to Chell, Sid and Leni and the infiltration, back where this all began.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#indieauthor #Swordandsorcery #fantasy #webnovel
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#indieauthor #Swordandsorcery #fantasy #webnovel
Chapter 18 - Traps - Blade Song
Chapter 18 - Traps
5 months two weeks Earlier
"Found it!” Chell announced and Cal spun to look at her, taking his eyes off the guards and the knight.
Cal looked over, eager to get a move only to fin...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Latest chapter of Blade Song is now live of #RoyalRoad! Let’s return to Chell, Sid and Leni and the infiltration, back where this all began.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#indieauthor #Swordandsorcery #fantasy #webnovel
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#indieauthor #Swordandsorcery #fantasy #webnovel
Okay here’s my hot take. (A thread)
Outer Worlds 2, is a very good if not excellent game of its type. (Its type = the fallout/elder scrolls type) the problem is that that type is very outdated, hadn’t made any significant advancements since fallout 3, and so it doesn’t feel new or interesting.
Outer Worlds 2, is a very good if not excellent game of its type. (Its type = the fallout/elder scrolls type) the problem is that that type is very outdated, hadn’t made any significant advancements since fallout 3, and so it doesn’t feel new or interesting.
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Okay here’s my hot take. (A thread)
Outer Worlds 2, is a very good if not excellent game of its type. (Its type = the fallout/elder scrolls type) the problem is that that type is very outdated, hadn’t made any significant advancements since fallout 3, and so it doesn’t feel new or interesting.
Outer Worlds 2, is a very good if not excellent game of its type. (Its type = the fallout/elder scrolls type) the problem is that that type is very outdated, hadn’t made any significant advancements since fallout 3, and so it doesn’t feel new or interesting.
It's been like 5 years since I last streamed on twitch. trying to decide if it's worth it to stream while I'm working on game dev stuff and/or while I'm getting footage for youtube stuff...
November 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It's been like 5 years since I last streamed on twitch. trying to decide if it's worth it to stream while I'm working on game dev stuff and/or while I'm getting footage for youtube stuff...
I'm currently writing chapter 14/ 51... so still a long way to go for completion, but if I keep at this pace I'll finish it within the month... of course 2 of the chapters written so far are extra ones I added while writing so if i keep doing that then maybe I'll go over by just a bit...
Today I decided that since its the weekend I don't need to do the full 4k over achiever thing with the writing. I could do the bare minimum and hit 1667 words... then proceeded to write 3511...
words today: 3511 (1667 required)
words to date: 31654 (13334 required by today)
22 days to go.
words today: 3511 (1667 required)
words to date: 31654 (13334 required by today)
22 days to go.
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I'm currently writing chapter 14/ 51... so still a long way to go for completion, but if I keep at this pace I'll finish it within the month... of course 2 of the chapters written so far are extra ones I added while writing so if i keep doing that then maybe I'll go over by just a bit...
Today I decided that since its the weekend I don't need to do the full 4k over achiever thing with the writing. I could do the bare minimum and hit 1667 words... then proceeded to write 3511...
words today: 3511 (1667 required)
words to date: 31654 (13334 required by today)
22 days to go.
words today: 3511 (1667 required)
words to date: 31654 (13334 required by today)
22 days to go.
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Today I decided that since its the weekend I don't need to do the full 4k over achiever thing with the writing. I could do the bare minimum and hit 1667 words... then proceeded to write 3511...
words today: 3511 (1667 required)
words to date: 31654 (13334 required by today)
22 days to go.
words today: 3511 (1667 required)
words to date: 31654 (13334 required by today)
22 days to go.
Check out this short that covers just the Gameplay Design section of my Game Design video!
What is a Gameplay Designer? #gamedev #gamedesigning #educational
youtube.com/shorts/7zsFS... #youtube #newvidro #indiedev
What is a Gameplay Designer? #gamedev #gamedesigning #educational
youtube.com/shorts/7zsFS... #youtube #newvidro #indiedev
What is a Gameplay Designer? #gamedev #gamedesigning #educational
YouTube video by Other Pixel Games
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November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Check out this short that covers just the Gameplay Design section of my Game Design video!
What is a Gameplay Designer? #gamedev #gamedesigning #educational
youtube.com/shorts/7zsFS... #youtube #newvidro #indiedev
What is a Gameplay Designer? #gamedev #gamedesigning #educational
youtube.com/shorts/7zsFS... #youtube #newvidro #indiedev
wrote this line abotu 10 years ago, oh how the world has proved me wrong in that time
...For the most part people aren’t likely to fire, it’s just not natural for one man to kill another. People have to be trained to do it...
...For the most part people aren’t likely to fire, it’s just not natural for one man to kill another. People have to be trained to do it...
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
wrote this line abotu 10 years ago, oh how the world has proved me wrong in that time
...For the most part people aren’t likely to fire, it’s just not natural for one man to kill another. People have to be trained to do it...
...For the most part people aren’t likely to fire, it’s just not natural for one man to kill another. People have to be trained to do it...
Not a bad day today by any means, but not a good day for me, I was exhausted after a a bunch of manual work, so instead of my normal more than double i only did abotu 1.8 x what i needed.
today I wrote 2867 (out of necessary 1667)
I am at 19872 words with 30128 to go
25 days left
today I wrote 2867 (out of necessary 1667)
I am at 19872 words with 30128 to go
25 days left
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Not a bad day today by any means, but not a good day for me, I was exhausted after a a bunch of manual work, so instead of my normal more than double i only did abotu 1.8 x what i needed.
today I wrote 2867 (out of necessary 1667)
I am at 19872 words with 30128 to go
25 days left
today I wrote 2867 (out of necessary 1667)
I am at 19872 words with 30128 to go
25 days left
Ah it’s clearly close to Christmas, my echo no longer tells me what item is about to arrive.
November 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Ah it’s clearly close to Christmas, my echo no longer tells me what item is about to arrive.
Storage unit companies come on too strong. I just wanted a quote for a unit to compare and now I'm getting calls and texts from them like 'hey baby, come check out our deep cavernous storage.' jfc
November 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Storage unit companies come on too strong. I just wanted a quote for a unit to compare and now I'm getting calls and texts from them like 'hey baby, come check out our deep cavernous storage.' jfc
Best and worst part of dnd dming is knowing some of the absolute nonsense going on in your world that the players will probably never see.
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Best and worst part of dnd dming is knowing some of the absolute nonsense going on in your world that the players will probably never see.
Hey all! over on Royal Road I'm publishing a new story for their writeathon!
The Story is called Winds of the Hunt.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1382...
#indieauthor #webnovel #royalroad #urbanfantasy
The Story is called Winds of the Hunt.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1382...
#indieauthor #webnovel #royalroad #urbanfantasy
Winds of the Hunt
[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]
Jim Hunter is a private detective in a world of elemental magic. His daughter has it, his friends have it, the federal agents who keep sniffing aro...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Hey all! over on Royal Road I'm publishing a new story for their writeathon!
The Story is called Winds of the Hunt.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1382...
#indieauthor #webnovel #royalroad #urbanfantasy
The Story is called Winds of the Hunt.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1382...
#indieauthor #webnovel #royalroad #urbanfantasy
Day three and still good to go!
had more edits than usual today, even had to change a previous book. but its all good.
wrote 4397 words of a required 1667.
I'm at 12956 and should be at 5k today.
27 days to go.
had more edits than usual today, even had to change a previous book. but its all good.
wrote 4397 words of a required 1667.
I'm at 12956 and should be at 5k today.
27 days to go.
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Day three and still good to go!
had more edits than usual today, even had to change a previous book. but its all good.
wrote 4397 words of a required 1667.
I'm at 12956 and should be at 5k today.
27 days to go.
had more edits than usual today, even had to change a previous book. but its all good.
wrote 4397 words of a required 1667.
I'm at 12956 and should be at 5k today.
27 days to go.
Just realised I had to change the name of a character from 2 books since they are interacting a lot more with the lead of the new book and their names are Coal and Cal... was too easy to mix up.
So please, welcome Ash and Cal to the stage.
So please, welcome Ash and Cal to the stage.
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Just realised I had to change the name of a character from 2 books since they are interacting a lot more with the lead of the new book and their names are Coal and Cal... was too easy to mix up.
So please, welcome Ash and Cal to the stage.
So please, welcome Ash and Cal to the stage.
A new chapter of Blade Song is now live over on #RoyalRoad!
Lets see who's a better fighter in a controlled setting, will it be Teth or Cal? Strength or Dexterity?
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#indieauthor #webnovel #lightnovel #swordandsorcery #selfpublished #DexVsStr
Lets see who's a better fighter in a controlled setting, will it be Teth or Cal? Strength or Dexterity?
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#indieauthor #webnovel #lightnovel #swordandsorcery #selfpublished #DexVsStr
Chapter 17 - Evening Training - Blade Song
Chapter 17 - Evening Training
Teth stabbed his sword down into the ground in the nearby clearing and stretched his arms. He cracked his neck to each side then pulled the sword back out. “Come on boy...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A new chapter of Blade Song is now live over on #RoyalRoad!
Lets see who's a better fighter in a controlled setting, will it be Teth or Cal? Strength or Dexterity?
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#indieauthor #webnovel #lightnovel #swordandsorcery #selfpublished #DexVsStr
Lets see who's a better fighter in a controlled setting, will it be Teth or Cal? Strength or Dexterity?
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1310...
#indieauthor #webnovel #lightnovel #swordandsorcery #selfpublished #DexVsStr
With game awards coming up I think the funniest thing that could happen is they give #Charliecox voice actor award for gustave.
He is so uncomfortable with the praise he gets for that game 🤣
He is so uncomfortable with the praise he gets for that game 🤣
November 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
With game awards coming up I think the funniest thing that could happen is they give #Charliecox voice actor award for gustave.
He is so uncomfortable with the praise he gets for that game 🤣
He is so uncomfortable with the praise he gets for that game 🤣