Raul Carvajal
@hallcarver.bsky.social
Senior Project Manager @weareagog.bsky.social, Founding Advisor @anima-interactive.com, Former Director of Production at Games for Change
I produce games/XR to support my cooking habit. 🎲🍲🍘🎮
Banner image from SABLE by Shedworks
I produce games/XR to support my cooking habit. 🎲🍲🍘🎮
Banner image from SABLE by Shedworks
Trans Academy is doing some INCREDIBLE community building in VRChat. I'm so pleased to be presenting them as part of our next Community Meetup. See you in Agog House on Wednesday!
Join Agog’s Nov 19 Community Meetup for a live VRChat conversation with Trans Academy—exploring how virtual worlds foster safety, creativity, and belonging across identities.
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#VRChatCommunity #XRforGood
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#VRChatCommunity #XRforGood
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Trans Academy is doing some INCREDIBLE community building in VRChat. I'm so pleased to be presenting them as part of our next Community Meetup. See you in Agog House on Wednesday!
Freeman giving me a HEART ATTACK OVER HERE
October 28, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Freeman giving me a HEART ATTACK OVER HERE
Just picked up 3 copies of this, and they'll be here for the holidays! Can't wait to get these dinos to the table with friends and fam. Thanks @sabrinac.bsky.social !!
Don't be nervous, dinos! There's still one week left to back Uh Oh, Dino! on Kickstarter. Adorable dinos, shifting board, drawbag of danger, and 100% scientifically accurate*
*±90%
*±90%
October 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Just picked up 3 copies of this, and they'll be here for the holidays! Can't wait to get these dinos to the table with friends and fam. Thanks @sabrinac.bsky.social !!
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Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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I am looking to chat with people who have been disparagingly featured in Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt’s content.
I would like to see how this affected you, especially if you can provide ample receipts and clear timelines. Please signal boost this anywhere you’d like, as I’m not on Twitter anymore.
I would like to see how this affected you, especially if you can provide ample receipts and clear timelines. Please signal boost this anywhere you’d like, as I’m not on Twitter anymore.
September 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I am looking to chat with people who have been disparagingly featured in Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt’s content.
I would like to see how this affected you, especially if you can provide ample receipts and clear timelines. Please signal boost this anywhere you’d like, as I’m not on Twitter anymore.
I would like to see how this affected you, especially if you can provide ample receipts and clear timelines. Please signal boost this anywhere you’d like, as I’m not on Twitter anymore.
Friends at Anima Interactive are still getting harassed left and right by gamergate losers. If you haven't pledged yet, now is a great time to show some solidarity for this kind of storytelling in games. Even $1 helps!!
I just backed Take Us North on because it's a great project—but also because the team is currently being harassed by a Gamergate mob who are donating $1 en masse to fill the comments with their toxic garbage, which I want to counteract.
Feel free to do the same.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
Feel free to do the same.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
Take Us North
A narrative adventure/survival game that follows the journeys of migrants and asylum seekers on their way to cross the US-Mexico border
www.kickstarter.com
August 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Friends at Anima Interactive are still getting harassed left and right by gamergate losers. If you haven't pledged yet, now is a great time to show some solidarity for this kind of storytelling in games. Even $1 helps!!
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The aftermath of an immigration raid at one Long Beach car wash lbpost.com/news/immigra...
The aftermath of an immigration raid at one Long Beach car wash
What happens after the masked agents leave and the news coverage subsides?
lbpost.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The aftermath of an immigration raid at one Long Beach car wash lbpost.com/news/immigra...
Some absolute gems in here. Get it!
It’s live!
The Game Devs of Color Support Bundle is here!💚🩵
🎮 100+ items from 70+ creators
💰 Just $10 (worth ~$409)
🫶🏾 Save 97% + support GDoC programs
Every purchase helps fund events, grants, scholarships & more that uplift #gamedev of color!
👉 Grab the bundle now: itch.io/b/3171/game-...
The Game Devs of Color Support Bundle is here!💚🩵
🎮 100+ items from 70+ creators
💰 Just $10 (worth ~$409)
🫶🏾 Save 97% + support GDoC programs
Every purchase helps fund events, grants, scholarships & more that uplift #gamedev of color!
👉 Grab the bundle now: itch.io/b/3171/game-...
August 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Some absolute gems in here. Get it!
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Here's the August edition of Thinky Third Thursday, the monthly roundup of thinky puzzle games that have caught our eye: thinkythirdthursday.com/august-2025
Thinky Third Thursday - August 2025
Monthly game recommendations from the puzzle experts at Draknek & Friends
thinkythirdthursday.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Here's the August edition of Thinky Third Thursday, the monthly roundup of thinky puzzle games that have caught our eye: thinkythirdthursday.com/august-2025
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We partnered with @gamesforchange.bsky.social to present the Accessibility Award at the Games for Change Festival 2025!
This year’s winner is Botany Manor (@botanymanor.bsky.social), recognized for making accessibility bloom. 💐🏡
This year’s winner is Botany Manor (@botanymanor.bsky.social), recognized for making accessibility bloom. 💐🏡
Teaming Up for Change: How AbleToPlay Partnered with Games for Change to Curate the 2025 Accessibility Award
We teamed up with Games For Change to curate the 2025 Accessibility Award. Here's the story behind it!
abletoplay.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We partnered with @gamesforchange.bsky.social to present the Accessibility Award at the Games for Change Festival 2025!
This year’s winner is Botany Manor (@botanymanor.bsky.social), recognized for making accessibility bloom. 💐🏡
This year’s winner is Botany Manor (@botanymanor.bsky.social), recognized for making accessibility bloom. 💐🏡
Believe the hype, this game is a trip and a half!
Had some time to play through Öoo this weekend - extremely good game, awesome work! Definitely recommend.
"Öoo" the bomb caterpillar exploration puzzle platformer, is out now! 🎉
Dive into an adventure packed with discovery and clever puzzles, we hope you enjoy it!
👇
store.steampowered.com/app/2721890/...
Dive into an adventure packed with discovery and clever puzzles, we hope you enjoy it!
👇
store.steampowered.com/app/2721890/...
August 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Believe the hype, this game is a trip and a half!
Come work with me!!
Agog is hiring a Director of Programs!
Lead a team working at the intersection of immersive media + social change.
Ideal candidate:
✅ Loves strategy
✅ Builds culture
✅ Can out-organize a whiteboard
#Jobs #XR #SocialImpact #ImmersiveTech
Lead a team working at the intersection of immersive media + social change.
Ideal candidate:
✅ Loves strategy
✅ Builds culture
✅ Can out-organize a whiteboard
#Jobs #XR #SocialImpact #ImmersiveTech
August 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Come work with me!!
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it speaks to the technology's hideous and primal appeal, which is that in cases of uncertainty many people would rather be told to do something than to choose to do it
there was a commercial for a phone touting its new AI capabilities, demonstrated through a scenario in which a woman asks her phone how to launder a particular item of clothing, as if all of that is not information available on the clothing item's tag
August 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
it speaks to the technology's hideous and primal appeal, which is that in cases of uncertainty many people would rather be told to do something than to choose to do it
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This #screenshotsaturday, check out a rendering of Nogales, Mexico (a border town) in Take Us North. TUN follows migrants and asylum seekers crossing the US-Mexico border. Learn more and back our KS here: shorturl.at/E3gMR
Join our movement to humanize migrant stories.
#indiegamedev
Join our movement to humanize migrant stories.
#indiegamedev
August 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This #screenshotsaturday, check out a rendering of Nogales, Mexico (a border town) in Take Us North. TUN follows migrants and asylum seekers crossing the US-Mexico border. Learn more and back our KS here: shorturl.at/E3gMR
Join our movement to humanize migrant stories.
#indiegamedev
Join our movement to humanize migrant stories.
#indiegamedev
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"In principle, apocalypse might imply a clean, sudden ending, but in practice, it’s a drawn-out and uneven descent. I can think of few works of art that understand this better than THE LEFTOVERS."
- @sophiastewart.bsky.social
- @sophiastewart.bsky.social
Why Wouldn’t I Believe You? - The Leftovers | BW/DR
The Leftovers makes two competing claims: that other people are mostly what gives life meaning; and that, despite guaranteed loss, we have to invest in them anyway.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:38 AM
"In principle, apocalypse might imply a clean, sudden ending, but in practice, it’s a drawn-out and uneven descent. I can think of few works of art that understand this better than THE LEFTOVERS."
- @sophiastewart.bsky.social
- @sophiastewart.bsky.social
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Fuck AI, support Palestine. It’s not that hard.
July 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Fuck AI, support Palestine. It’s not that hard.
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Lex Luthor doing callouts like they’re Tekken combo notations
July 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Lex Luthor doing callouts like they’re Tekken combo notations
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🚨 ONLY A FEW HOURS LEFT 🚨 in our KS campaign! Can you help us get closer to our $60k stretch goal and bring more vital migrant stories to life? This is also the LAST CHANCE to get a DISCOUNTED TRAILBLAZER PACK, which includes a gorgeous handcrafted ukulele.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
July 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨 ONLY A FEW HOURS LEFT 🚨 in our KS campaign! Can you help us get closer to our $60k stretch goal and bring more vital migrant stories to life? This is also the LAST CHANCE to get a DISCOUNTED TRAILBLAZER PACK, which includes a gorgeous handcrafted ukulele.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
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Only 5 DAYS LEFT in our KS campaign! We've added more 🧵 Weaving Stories Packs and have discounted our 🕊️ Trailblazer Pack. By supporting Take Us North, you're supporting a diverse dev team AND programs that provide aid to migrants and asylum seekers. Pledge now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
July 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Only 5 DAYS LEFT in our KS campaign! We've added more 🧵 Weaving Stories Packs and have discounted our 🕊️ Trailblazer Pack. By supporting Take Us North, you're supporting a diverse dev team AND programs that provide aid to migrants and asylum seekers. Pledge now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
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Help us reach our $50k stretch goal to localize VO and honor migrant stories in their original language! We've interviewed dozens of migrants throughout our dev process. By backing TUN on KS, you can help bring these vital stories to life. Pledge now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
July 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Help us reach our $50k stretch goal to localize VO and honor migrant stories in their original language! We've interviewed dozens of migrants throughout our dev process. By backing TUN on KS, you can help bring these vital stories to life. Pledge now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
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When I played Despelote I had the impression "this is an *important* game". Atuel was the one game that gave me that feeling before!
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
ATUEL is out NOW on Steam & Google Play for free! 🙌✨
🌄 Explore dreamlike landscapes
🦊 Shapeshift into different animals
📻 Listen to real testimonies
Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game about the climate crisis.
Help us out with a RT! 🙏
store.steampowered.com/app/2794330/...
🌄 Explore dreamlike landscapes
🦊 Shapeshift into different animals
📻 Listen to real testimonies
Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game about the climate crisis.
Help us out with a RT! 🙏
store.steampowered.com/app/2794330/...
June 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
When I played Despelote I had the impression "this is an *important* game". Atuel was the one game that gave me that feeling before!
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
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We met our initial pledge goal! THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who has supported 💜!
If we meet our stretch goals, we'll add more unique characters, art, VO, gameplay features, music, and create a special printed art book! 13 days left! Take Us North ⬆️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
If we meet our stretch goals, we'll add more unique characters, art, VO, gameplay features, music, and create a special printed art book! 13 days left! Take Us North ⬆️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
June 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We met our initial pledge goal! THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who has supported 💜!
If we meet our stretch goals, we'll add more unique characters, art, VO, gameplay features, music, and create a special printed art book! 13 days left! Take Us North ⬆️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
If we meet our stretch goals, we'll add more unique characters, art, VO, gameplay features, music, and create a special printed art book! 13 days left! Take Us North ⬆️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
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people ask me how to make an org or an event (Pixelles, Polaris, Kitfox, etc). over time, it's become clear the steps can't be broken down past
1 - decide on a goal
2 - figure out how to reach that goal
3 - find a trusted collaborator
4 - take it slow, it's a marathon
(anecdata to follow in thread)
1 - decide on a goal
2 - figure out how to reach that goal
3 - find a trusted collaborator
4 - take it slow, it's a marathon
(anecdata to follow in thread)
June 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
people ask me how to make an org or an event (Pixelles, Polaris, Kitfox, etc). over time, it's become clear the steps can't be broken down past
1 - decide on a goal
2 - figure out how to reach that goal
3 - find a trusted collaborator
4 - take it slow, it's a marathon
(anecdata to follow in thread)
1 - decide on a goal
2 - figure out how to reach that goal
3 - find a trusted collaborator
4 - take it slow, it's a marathon
(anecdata to follow in thread)
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From our G4C speech:
“There is always doubt. Will people connect with experiences that are not their own? As we came out onto the other side, we feel the answer is yes.
Games provide such an opportunity to spend time. With others. With The Other.”
@nhitendo.bsky.social on site!
“There is always doubt. Will people connect with experiences that are not their own? As we came out onto the other side, we feel the answer is yes.
Games provide such an opportunity to spend time. With others. With The Other.”
@nhitendo.bsky.social on site!
June 27, 2025 at 4:22 AM
From our G4C speech:
“There is always doubt. Will people connect with experiences that are not their own? As we came out onto the other side, we feel the answer is yes.
Games provide such an opportunity to spend time. With others. With The Other.”
@nhitendo.bsky.social on site!
“There is always doubt. Will people connect with experiences that are not their own? As we came out onto the other side, we feel the answer is yes.
Games provide such an opportunity to spend time. With others. With The Other.”
@nhitendo.bsky.social on site!
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