hazel
@hzl-exe.bsky.social
artist, writer, ttrpg designer, cosplayer, tragedy enjoyer, comics girl, lesbian
(she/her)
decovulous.itch.io
(she/her)
decovulous.itch.io
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hazel
@hzl-exe.bsky.social
· Oct 12
Masks of the Masks by hazel amber goswick
decovulous.itch.io
A GM-less mystery game,
masked as a comic book.
The clock is ticking...
masked as a comic book.
The clock is ticking...
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happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day
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The joy of ttrpgs, to me, is that anyone can hack them. After years of hearing people say "wouldn't it be cool if" about digital games and then sighing at the sheer ludicrousness of work involved, a medium where someone can suggest something at the table and then you can just do it, is bliss.
idk i think one of my big goals as a designer is that if you read my book and spend enough time playing , you can absolutely understand and deconstruct the philosophy that was used to make the game. it's not that hard to approach games with a game designer mindset! it's odd to try and gatekeep it
November 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The joy of ttrpgs, to me, is that anyone can hack them. After years of hearing people say "wouldn't it be cool if" about digital games and then sighing at the sheer ludicrousness of work involved, a medium where someone can suggest something at the table and then you can just do it, is bliss.
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New game release!
Do you want a tactical, fast-paced combat game with no prep time and no GM needed?
Do you want to beat the everliving shit out of a mech that is also a church?
ko-fi.com/s/3bddaba1b7
Do you want a tactical, fast-paced combat game with no prep time and no GM needed?
Do you want to beat the everliving shit out of a mech that is also a church?
ko-fi.com/s/3bddaba1b7
Devilition Crew Digital Download - Peach Garden Games's Ko-fi Shop
Finally, own the microgame first debuted in the Leonthology!
A combat game for 2-4 players with or without a GM.
Play as Wreckers, people who play h...
ko-fi.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
New game release!
Do you want a tactical, fast-paced combat game with no prep time and no GM needed?
Do you want to beat the everliving shit out of a mech that is also a church?
ko-fi.com/s/3bddaba1b7
Do you want a tactical, fast-paced combat game with no prep time and no GM needed?
Do you want to beat the everliving shit out of a mech that is also a church?
ko-fi.com/s/3bddaba1b7
waiiit it's actually fun as hell to deconstruct your own art
October 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
waiiit it's actually fun as hell to deconstruct your own art
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In a better world, in a more just world, there'd be a dedicated soda fountain in every Taco Bell with ALL of the Baja flavors on demand. You'd have one soda fountain with the standard pepsi assortment, and one with just 12-15 mountain dew varieties, each lab-tested to taste good with taco bell.
I don't trust that the non-Baja Blast "Baja" flavors of Mountain Dew were chemically tested in a lab to be delicious when paired with Taco Bell. This is why they are an ideological failure in my eyes.
October 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In a better world, in a more just world, there'd be a dedicated soda fountain in every Taco Bell with ALL of the Baja flavors on demand. You'd have one soda fountain with the standard pepsi assortment, and one with just 12-15 mountain dew varieties, each lab-tested to taste good with taco bell.
constantly always thinking about the rooftop scene in daredevil s2
October 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
constantly always thinking about the rooftop scene in daredevil s2
thinking about player behavior and what's not necessary to communicate. in MotM, the text never asks players to make their own character, or to even give them a name. yet it happens. it's what we expected of TTRPGs though, so it doesn't need to be communicated. that doesn't always work though!
September 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
thinking about player behavior and what's not necessary to communicate. in MotM, the text never asks players to make their own character, or to even give them a name. yet it happens. it's what we expected of TTRPGs though, so it doesn't need to be communicated. that doesn't always work though!
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Always worth looking at how an artist approaches his script. Here's Gibbons' annotation for Watchmen's panel 1.
September 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Always worth looking at how an artist approaches his script. Here's Gibbons' annotation for Watchmen's panel 1.
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there's a big problem with the culture here on bluesky, and it's that not nearly enough people are posting about the 10 year anniversary of Carly Rae Jepsen's groundbreaking and timeless album EMOTION being this year and how awesome that is
September 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
there's a big problem with the culture here on bluesky, and it's that not nearly enough people are posting about the 10 year anniversary of Carly Rae Jepsen's groundbreaking and timeless album EMOTION being this year and how awesome that is
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The modern equivalent of a heartbreaker isn’t some D&D clone with a couple interesting ideas that the creator splurged their life savings on. For better or worse, digital distribution makes it so that you don’t have to go bankrupt to make a game. (For better imho)
September 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The modern equivalent of a heartbreaker isn’t some D&D clone with a couple interesting ideas that the creator splurged their life savings on. For better or worse, digital distribution makes it so that you don’t have to go bankrupt to make a game. (For better imho)
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The modern equivalent of a heartbreaker is some game that no one has ever heard about that has amazing design principles that are innovative or elegant or just really well done, but that are languishing on itch because no one has ever thought to read it.
September 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The modern equivalent of a heartbreaker is some game that no one has ever heard about that has amazing design principles that are innovative or elegant or just really well done, but that are languishing on itch because no one has ever thought to read it.
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Art about artists making art about artists making art about artists making art about artists making art about artists
September 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Art about artists making art about artists making art about artists making art about artists making art about artists
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"This game's rules is frustrating to players" not as a failure state, but as a fecund site of intentional design / artistic possibility.
I do think people have a hard time with this. It goes against orthodox, deeply held assumptions that friction between rules and players is Bad Design.
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I do think people have a hard time with this. It goes against orthodox, deeply held assumptions that friction between rules and players is Bad Design.
1/
September 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
"This game's rules is frustrating to players" not as a failure state, but as a fecund site of intentional design / artistic possibility.
I do think people have a hard time with this. It goes against orthodox, deeply held assumptions that friction between rules and players is Bad Design.
1/
I do think people have a hard time with this. It goes against orthodox, deeply held assumptions that friction between rules and players is Bad Design.
1/
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The correct way to do a Plastic Man movie in the DCU would be to make it entirely 2D, hand-dawn animation, and then have the character appear in any live action projects as a Roger Rabbit-esque cartoon character. No one EVER remarks upon this fact, and it is NEVER explained.
September 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The correct way to do a Plastic Man movie in the DCU would be to make it entirely 2D, hand-dawn animation, and then have the character appear in any live action projects as a Roger Rabbit-esque cartoon character. No one EVER remarks upon this fact, and it is NEVER explained.
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good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
The Expressionist Games Manifesto
“Work! Intoxication! Brain-racking! Chewing, eating, gorging, rooting up! Rapturous birth pangs! Jabbing of the brush, preferably right…
possumcreek.medium.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
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We're excited to announce the Games for Palestine charity page is now LIVE on Itch.
Over 300+ games with proceeds going to UNRWA USA in support of Gaza relief. Thank you to everyone for your support. The bundle launches on Sept 2nd 9am PST.
Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
Over 300+ games with proceeds going to UNRWA USA in support of Gaza relief. Thank you to everyone for your support. The bundle launches on Sept 2nd 9am PST.
Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
August 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We're excited to announce the Games for Palestine charity page is now LIVE on Itch.
Over 300+ games with proceeds going to UNRWA USA in support of Gaza relief. Thank you to everyone for your support. The bundle launches on Sept 2nd 9am PST.
Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
Over 300+ games with proceeds going to UNRWA USA in support of Gaza relief. Thank you to everyone for your support. The bundle launches on Sept 2nd 9am PST.
Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
little study I did of the Masks recently. love to play with shapes ✨
August 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
little study I did of the Masks recently. love to play with shapes ✨
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This is a story about violence. This is a story about failure. This is a story about vigilantes. This is NOT a story about superheroes.
Coming soon to Kickstarter.
@sailorsctaustin.bsky.social @catlinggun.bsky.social @malloyable.bsky.social @puja.bsky.social @beezelda.com @decovulous.bsky.social
Coming soon to Kickstarter.
@sailorsctaustin.bsky.social @catlinggun.bsky.social @malloyable.bsky.social @puja.bsky.social @beezelda.com @decovulous.bsky.social
Masks of the Masks: An Actual Play Audio Drama - Coming Soon to Kickstarter
YouTube video by GM Jeff Stormer
www.youtube.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is a story about violence. This is a story about failure. This is a story about vigilantes. This is NOT a story about superheroes.
Coming soon to Kickstarter.
@sailorsctaustin.bsky.social @catlinggun.bsky.social @malloyable.bsky.social @puja.bsky.social @beezelda.com @decovulous.bsky.social
Coming soon to Kickstarter.
@sailorsctaustin.bsky.social @catlinggun.bsky.social @malloyable.bsky.social @puja.bsky.social @beezelda.com @decovulous.bsky.social
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hey @jdragsky.bsky.social the pallet grid is pretty great, and reading this made it click pretty hard and wonder when this has happened at tables I've been present in. good shit, implementing it at the table tomorrow.
August 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
hey @jdragsky.bsky.social the pallet grid is pretty great, and reading this made it click pretty hard and wonder when this has happened at tables I've been present in. good shit, implementing it at the table tomorrow.
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In 2021 I warned itchio could one day face payment processor censorship. Many people thought I was creating drama by “attacking” the company
Four years later, here we are. I was right, unfortunately
archive.is/nxbzh
Four years later, here we are. I was right, unfortunately
archive.is/nxbzh
July 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
In 2021 I warned itchio could one day face payment processor censorship. Many people thought I was creating drama by “attacking” the company
Four years later, here we are. I was right, unfortunately
archive.is/nxbzh
Four years later, here we are. I was right, unfortunately
archive.is/nxbzh
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there's a list of influential trans women in ttrpgs over on tumblr and all the reblogs are people going "im surprised no one mentioned this other trans woman" and its crazy how much the indie ttrpg world is held together by dolls
July 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
there's a list of influential trans women in ttrpgs over on tumblr and all the reblogs are people going "im surprised no one mentioned this other trans woman" and its crazy how much the indie ttrpg world is held together by dolls
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The No ICE in California Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 560 games to discover for a $10+ donation supporting @raicestexas.bsky.social and @immdef.bsky.social
Support the bundle here: itch.io/b/3110/no-ic...
There are 560 games to discover for a $10+ donation supporting @raicestexas.bsky.social and @immdef.bsky.social
Support the bundle here: itch.io/b/3110/no-ic...
July 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The No ICE in California Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 560 games to discover for a $10+ donation supporting @raicestexas.bsky.social and @immdef.bsky.social
Support the bundle here: itch.io/b/3110/no-ic...
There are 560 games to discover for a $10+ donation supporting @raicestexas.bsky.social and @immdef.bsky.social
Support the bundle here: itch.io/b/3110/no-ic...
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