Fergus Doyle 🛸 AdventureX
@mrfergusdoyle.bsky.social
Brittunculus. A frightful hobgoblin stalking throughout Europe. Something Yorkshire in the state of Denmark. I write games and sometimes I put them online.
Narrative Designer, Sea of Rifts: https://www.seaofrifts.com/
Website: https://mrfergusdoyle.com
Narrative Designer, Sea of Rifts: https://www.seaofrifts.com/
Website: https://mrfergusdoyle.com
We're at G-Star! Come and see our booth in the indie showcase if you are, by some chance, in Busan
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
We're at G-Star! Come and see our booth in the indie showcase if you are, by some chance, in Busan
I also bought a danish copy of B S Johnson's The Unfortunates, a "novel in a box" made up of 17 loose chapters which you're supposed to shuffle the order of each time you read it. Proc-gen by way of 60s experimentalist literature
October 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I also bought a danish copy of B S Johnson's The Unfortunates, a "novel in a box" made up of 17 loose chapters which you're supposed to shuffle the order of each time you read it. Proc-gen by way of 60s experimentalist literature
We had a fun one on Sea of Rifts where the player character could have a Disco Elysium moment and abandon their own ship
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We had a fun one on Sea of Rifts where the player character could have a Disco Elysium moment and abandon their own ship
What's it like inside your head?
October 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What's it like inside your head?
Saw this one the other day - made me laugh that they'd also taken the logo off the back
October 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Saw this one the other day - made me laugh that they'd also taken the logo off the back
Sea of Rifts, my current gig, is very much a sickos game and this quote is a much better worded version of how I describe my narrative design work on it (I usually say I get the player to do the hard work of constructing a story for me)
October 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Sea of Rifts, my current gig, is very much a sickos game and this quote is a much better worded version of how I describe my narrative design work on it (I usually say I get the player to do the hard work of constructing a story for me)
Decided to take the "Big Switch" prompt for #inkJam literally and make a game with... A big (light) switch. Took some time implementing it in Godot, but happy with the tech - now to write the damn thing
September 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Decided to take the "Big Switch" prompt for #inkJam literally and make a game with... A big (light) switch. Took some time implementing it in Godot, but happy with the tech - now to write the damn thing
Fajita & fascist both come from the Latin for bundle, which makes sense, but the other pair is a bit weirder
![After tasting the snack, Finan asked what it was called. Anaya responded, "Well, I guess we can just call them Nacho's Special."[14] In Spanish, "Nacho" is a common nickname for Ignacio.[14]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nnpmu44skoehov6lo7zgyc4v/bafkreibwpqqqyil4rajbdif3zyoeg2xbgvff6bomnt7cch4kal3qjhcypa@jpeg)
August 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Fajita & fascist both come from the Latin for bundle, which makes sense, but the other pair is a bit weirder
Also found a book by Tuesday Lobsang Rampa, real name Cyril Hoskin, a white English guy who claimed to be the reincarnation of a Buddhist Lama and did things like write books from the perspective of his cat
August 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Also found a book by Tuesday Lobsang Rampa, real name Cyril Hoskin, a white English guy who claimed to be the reincarnation of a Buddhist Lama and did things like write books from the perspective of his cat
One of the canonical Ancient Aliens texts for 20kr
August 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
One of the canonical Ancient Aliens texts for 20kr
Love the headline from when they announced they were cancelling letter deliveries that just says "POSTSHIT"
August 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Love the headline from when they announced they were cancelling letter deliveries that just says "POSTSHIT"
We love an acrostic folks. My favourite:
August 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We love an acrostic folks. My favourite:
The Worshipful Company of Management Consultants is a real guild in London, not a throwaway gag from a Pratchett novel
July 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The Worshipful Company of Management Consultants is a real guild in London, not a throwaway gag from a Pratchett novel
Been going for a while - this was on the Christmas campaign for Illum, a Danish department store, which is even wilder since they have actual products they sell which they could be advertising
June 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Been going for a while - this was on the Christmas campaign for Illum, a Danish department store, which is even wilder since they have actual products they sell which they could be advertising
Been offline all evening, no idea what's going on apart from this
June 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Been offline all evening, no idea what's going on apart from this
Watching baseball
May 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Watching baseball
Different causes, but this feels relevant to our own indies
May 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Different causes, but this feels relevant to our own indies
It's their emotional support truck - also a lot of people who didn't see the original post that it's about why noone buys them in Europe and think it's about why they're needed in NA
May 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
It's their emotional support truck - also a lot of people who didn't see the original post that it's about why noone buys them in Europe and think it's about why they're needed in NA
Another lovely A Maze, time to go home and sleep for a week
May 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Another lovely A Maze, time to go home and sleep for a week
Out of context, the ads aimed at marathon runners seem like a cry for help from the marketing team
May 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Out of context, the ads aimed at marathon runners seem like a cry for help from the marketing team
Played around with Godot and mocked up an Obra Din-style flow for a mystery/investigative journalism game idea I've had for a while. No idea if I'll do anything else with it (and please excuse the placeholder text in the second half of the video)
May 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Played around with Godot and mocked up an Obra Din-style flow for a mystery/investigative journalism game idea I've had for a while. No idea if I'll do anything else with it (and please excuse the placeholder text in the second half of the video)
I like this needlessly smouldering edition of Notes from Underground
April 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I like this needlessly smouldering edition of Notes from Underground
"Look, we're from the Wheel and we facilitate trade. It's not our fault that it means something else in your language."
April 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
"Look, we're from the Wheel and we facilitate trade. It's not our fault that it means something else in your language."