Gregory Avery-Weir
@gregoryaveryweir.bsky.social
I make games and write. I don't care for kyriarchy. I'm part of @futureproofgames.bsky.social.
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I'm Gregory! I make games and write queer.
My website is: ludusnovus.net
You can check out my personal work, including all of my old Flash games, at: gregoryaveryweir.itch.io
I'm half of @futureproofgames.bsky.social, and you can see our stuff at: futureproofgames.com
My website is: ludusnovus.net
You can check out my personal work, including all of my old Flash games, at: gregoryaveryweir.itch.io
I'm half of @futureproofgames.bsky.social, and you can see our stuff at: futureproofgames.com
People sharing mediocre work by AI and saying "It's coming for your job!" is like when someone shows you their kid's work and is like, "You better watch out!" I'm not worried, Dave. I'm pretty sure I can draw better than your eight-year-old, and quite frankly he should maybe have a backup plan.
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
People sharing mediocre work by AI and saying "It's coming for your job!" is like when someone shows you their kid's work and is like, "You better watch out!" I'm not worried, Dave. I'm pretty sure I can draw better than your eight-year-old, and quite frankly he should maybe have a backup plan.
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“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
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the thing about extreme content in video games is that the most appalling taboo porn game on the internet is still more artstically valid and has more reason to exist than Roblox
December 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
the thing about extreme content in video games is that the most appalling taboo porn game on the internet is still more artstically valid and has more reason to exist than Roblox
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We are recruiting game makers affected by the 'NSFW' policy changes on Steam and itch.io for a survey. This survey is part of a broader project on the factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of porn games. More info about the project and survey at www.pppproject.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We are recruiting game makers affected by the 'NSFW' policy changes on Steam and itch.io for a survey. This survey is part of a broader project on the factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of porn games. More info about the project and survey at www.pppproject.com
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Ugh they were right, this game is obscene
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Ugh they were right, this game is obscene
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humble bundle continues to be weak shit
what's happening with Horses is a natural outcome of the payment processor censorship that happened earlier this year and we're going to see many more cases of this as the five platforms that exist all agree it's not worth rocking the boat any more
what's happening with Horses is a natural outcome of the payment processor censorship that happened earlier this year and we're going to see many more cases of this as the five platforms that exist all agree it's not worth rocking the boat any more
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
humble bundle continues to be weak shit
what's happening with Horses is a natural outcome of the payment processor censorship that happened earlier this year and we're going to see many more cases of this as the five platforms that exist all agree it's not worth rocking the boat any more
what's happening with Horses is a natural outcome of the payment processor censorship that happened earlier this year and we're going to see many more cases of this as the five platforms that exist all agree it's not worth rocking the boat any more
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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Chiitan Knight will continue to spread his message until there are no more transgender people who are subjected to unjustified criticism and slander♡
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
December 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Chiitan Knight will continue to spread his message until there are no more transgender people who are subjected to unjustified criticism and slander♡
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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strangely inspirational
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
strangely inspirational
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MILF and tentacles getting pulled alongside loli and shota reinforces what I and others have said since the summer: If you empower Mastercard to censor a little, you empower them to take everything away. The problem is the capacity for a credit card to censor
Call them
Call them
Really weird seeing MILF in that list considering how commonplace and inoffensive that category is
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
MILF and tentacles getting pulled alongside loli and shota reinforces what I and others have said since the summer: If you empower Mastercard to censor a little, you empower them to take everything away. The problem is the capacity for a credit card to censor
Call them
Call them
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hello bsky! our game was taken down due to a false DMCA which completely killed our momentum at launch. our studio is in a very precarious position right now. please share and spread the word, steam has been little help to our situation.
noplayersonline.net/statement
noplayersonline.net/statement
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
hello bsky! our game was taken down due to a false DMCA which completely killed our momentum at launch. our studio is in a very precarious position right now. please share and spread the word, steam has been little help to our situation.
noplayersonline.net/statement
noplayersonline.net/statement
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Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
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experiments with multi-tile variants to reduce 'gridding'
all permutations tile seamlessly, each tile is 20 pixels^2
for a yet unreleased project in ~2022
all permutations tile seamlessly, each tile is 20 pixels^2
for a yet unreleased project in ~2022
November 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
experiments with multi-tile variants to reduce 'gridding'
all permutations tile seamlessly, each tile is 20 pixels^2
for a yet unreleased project in ~2022
all permutations tile seamlessly, each tile is 20 pixels^2
for a yet unreleased project in ~2022
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Did you know that Yarn Spinner tests and deploys all our software on some old PCs a friend found in a dumpster? 🗑️🔥
We entered a competition to win $5000 to buy better gear, so we can test and deploy to more storefronts and platforms. Now we need YOUR VOTE 🫵 Help us out? 💚 woobox.com/fw8p3z/galle...
We entered a competition to win $5000 to buy better gear, so we can test and deploy to more storefronts and platforms. Now we need YOUR VOTE 🫵 Help us out? 💚 woobox.com/fw8p3z/galle...
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Did you know that Yarn Spinner tests and deploys all our software on some old PCs a friend found in a dumpster? 🗑️🔥
We entered a competition to win $5000 to buy better gear, so we can test and deploy to more storefronts and platforms. Now we need YOUR VOTE 🫵 Help us out? 💚 woobox.com/fw8p3z/galle...
We entered a competition to win $5000 to buy better gear, so we can test and deploy to more storefronts and platforms. Now we need YOUR VOTE 🫵 Help us out? 💚 woobox.com/fw8p3z/galle...
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We're live! Come chat with us about censorship and game design.
In honor of those organizing against paypro and storefront censorship, I'm streaming the very problematic "The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories" at 3 EST for Future Proof Plays! www.twitch.tv/gregoryavery... Join me in about two and a half hours for a game about queer self-harm.
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We're live! Come chat with us about censorship and game design.
In honor of those organizing against paypro and storefront censorship, I'm streaming the very problematic "The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories" at 3 EST for Future Proof Plays! www.twitch.tv/gregoryavery... Join me in about two and a half hours for a game about queer self-harm.
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
In honor of those organizing against paypro and storefront censorship, I'm streaming the very problematic "The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories" at 3 EST for Future Proof Plays! www.twitch.tv/gregoryavery... Join me in about two and a half hours for a game about queer self-harm.
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Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
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Game Poems is coming soon! A free online 'magazine' featuring new short-form videogames in a playable format. Add your email to our Substack to be notified when issue 1 is available online: gamepoems.substack.com/subscribe
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Game Poems is coming soon! A free online 'magazine' featuring new short-form videogames in a playable format. Add your email to our Substack to be notified when issue 1 is available online: gamepoems.substack.com/subscribe
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this entire thread is a must read.
I wonder what they think of the rest of the content if they believe sending the trailer alone to a "gray-suited centrist dad type" wouldn't garner the same reaction. But it's not a new idea! The past decade has been governed by the idea that there's a normie threshold it's irresponsible to cross.
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
this entire thread is a must read.
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people pirate most stuff when they're broke as shit and buy all they can when they're not, except for all the shit you can't see without piracy 'cause no one sells it. people pay when they have the cash and, increasingly, they have no cash. blame The End Of Mass Prosperity In The Imperial Core.
piracy discourse is so exhausting and passe, but i will observe that every truly great collector of physical media I know has a big harddrive of pirated books and movies. you literally cannot have one without the other
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
people pirate most stuff when they're broke as shit and buy all they can when they're not, except for all the shit you can't see without piracy 'cause no one sells it. people pay when they have the cash and, increasingly, they have no cash. blame The End Of Mass Prosperity In The Imperial Core.
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As Valve will never admit wrongdoing or their own cartoonish, well-documented inconsistency (because they'd have to re-review SO much and nobody at the company wants to do that), the only option left is to ensure Santa Ragione doesn't go bust. Which means buying games somewhere other than Steam.
HORSES
Fourteen days, a horse farm, and a few rules to follow...
Take a break from you
www.gog.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
As Valve will never admit wrongdoing or their own cartoonish, well-documented inconsistency (because they'd have to re-review SO much and nobody at the company wants to do that), the only option left is to ensure Santa Ragione doesn't go bust. Which means buying games somewhere other than Steam.
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i won't explicitly evoke my goofy as fuck catchphrase but there is something really insidious to me about this unheaded cultural movement towards an aesthetic of having no-one be responsible, and as a result creating and submitting to obfuscated systems of control
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
i won't explicitly evoke my goofy as fuck catchphrase but there is something really insidious to me about this unheaded cultural movement towards an aesthetic of having no-one be responsible, and as a result creating and submitting to obfuscated systems of control
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
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you can nominate squeakross for the "Sit back and relax" Steam award!!
NOMINATE=> store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...
NOMINATE=> store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
you can nominate squeakross for the "Sit back and relax" Steam award!!
NOMINATE=> store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...
NOMINATE=> store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...
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still looking for new gigs! pay a disabled former indie luminary to speak remotely at your school, write for your project, or design a game for you! my new portfolio site isn't up yet but w.itch.io is chock full of my work (and also contains my contact info)
collectfruit@gmail.com
w.itch.io
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
still looking for new gigs! pay a disabled former indie luminary to speak remotely at your school, write for your project, or design a game for you! my new portfolio site isn't up yet but w.itch.io is chock full of my work (and also contains my contact info)