Noah Kuhn
@noahkuhn.bsky.social
Seattle-based software engineer, indie game dev, and general maker of things.
worked on PUNCHERMAN!
currently workin' on The Tedium and You (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2373020/The_Tedium_and_You/)
https://linktr.ee/noahkuhn
worked on PUNCHERMAN!
currently workin' on The Tedium and You (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2373020/The_Tedium_and_You/)
https://linktr.ee/noahkuhn
#OctoberWorldbuilders 4
I haven't kept up bc I don't have much developed wrt deserts, but! I do have some desert flora/fauna :)
Enormous scorpions grow to >1m & have hallucinogenic venom.
'Akkaks are barrel cacti w/ a high water retention.
Frizz cacti are chollas that like hanging from high places.
I haven't kept up bc I don't have much developed wrt deserts, but! I do have some desert flora/fauna :)
Enormous scorpions grow to >1m & have hallucinogenic venom.
'Akkaks are barrel cacti w/ a high water retention.
Frizz cacti are chollas that like hanging from high places.
October 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
#OctoberWorldbuilders 4
I haven't kept up bc I don't have much developed wrt deserts, but! I do have some desert flora/fauna :)
Enormous scorpions grow to >1m & have hallucinogenic venom.
'Akkaks are barrel cacti w/ a high water retention.
Frizz cacti are chollas that like hanging from high places.
I haven't kept up bc I don't have much developed wrt deserts, but! I do have some desert flora/fauna :)
Enormous scorpions grow to >1m & have hallucinogenic venom.
'Akkaks are barrel cacti w/ a high water retention.
Frizz cacti are chollas that like hanging from high places.
friendly neighborhood #indiegamedev here to say: never make weird games. writing up marketing materials and steam store page descriptions is needlessly difficult. i'm only making normal, marketable games with easy-to-describe gameplay and features from now on. i'll never make a weird game again (/j)
September 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
friendly neighborhood #indiegamedev here to say: never make weird games. writing up marketing materials and steam store page descriptions is needlessly difficult. i'm only making normal, marketable games with easy-to-describe gameplay and features from now on. i'll never make a weird game again (/j)
it's hard to get good screenshots (and make a decent trailer) for my weird #indiegamedev project, "FOR GOD'S SAKE, HELP HIM!", but I managed to capture one good image encapsulating the whole game here
September 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
it's hard to get good screenshots (and make a decent trailer) for my weird #indiegamedev project, "FOR GOD'S SAKE, HELP HIM!", but I managed to capture one good image encapsulating the whole game here
you've played too many good games recently. i'm an #indiegamedev who's been cooking up a small, weird #indiegame that will give you a much-needed break from enjoyable, high-quality experiences.
FOR GOD'S SAKE, HELP HIM!. free on steam. soon.
FOR GOD'S SAKE, HELP HIM!. free on steam. soon.
September 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
you've played too many good games recently. i'm an #indiegamedev who's been cooking up a small, weird #indiegame that will give you a much-needed break from enjoyable, high-quality experiences.
FOR GOD'S SAKE, HELP HIM!. free on steam. soon.
FOR GOD'S SAKE, HELP HIM!. free on steam. soon.
exhibit a. youtube what the hell is this. why'd you baby-proof the corners off of every possible aspect of your ui i'm not going to hit my head on your pixels. so unreasonably mad about circles rn
July 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
exhibit a. youtube what the hell is this. why'd you baby-proof the corners off of every possible aspect of your ui i'm not going to hit my head on your pixels. so unreasonably mad about circles rn
Finished my #artfight refs right on time!
TEAM CRYSTALS....... you better watch out, i'm coming for your fantasy humanoid/partial-human blorbos >:D
i generally try to revenge btw :3
artfight.net/~nk-ultra
TEAM CRYSTALS....... you better watch out, i'm coming for your fantasy humanoid/partial-human blorbos >:D
i generally try to revenge btw :3
artfight.net/~nk-ultra
June 30, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Finished my #artfight refs right on time!
TEAM CRYSTALS....... you better watch out, i'm coming for your fantasy humanoid/partial-human blorbos >:D
i generally try to revenge btw :3
artfight.net/~nk-ultra
TEAM CRYSTALS....... you better watch out, i'm coming for your fantasy humanoid/partial-human blorbos >:D
i generally try to revenge btw :3
artfight.net/~nk-ultra
#MayWorldbuilders 26
For the snippet including "dead/die/dying", here's my wiki article on scatterance, the "instantly-kill-any-living-thing" spell:
For the snippet including "dead/die/dying", here's my wiki article on scatterance, the "instantly-kill-any-living-thing" spell:
May 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
#MayWorldbuilders 26
For the snippet including "dead/die/dying", here's my wiki article on scatterance, the "instantly-kill-any-living-thing" spell:
For the snippet including "dead/die/dying", here's my wiki article on scatterance, the "instantly-kill-any-living-thing" spell:
#MayWorldbuilders 25
Oh boy oh boy! Violet's mothers, Baxin's grandfather, and the twins' uncle are all presumed dead after a [REDACTED CATACLYSMIC EVENT] a decade ago, as well as someone from Jane's coven whom she admired. Baxin's parent also died in the line of duty when he was quite young.
Oh boy oh boy! Violet's mothers, Baxin's grandfather, and the twins' uncle are all presumed dead after a [REDACTED CATACLYSMIC EVENT] a decade ago, as well as someone from Jane's coven whom she admired. Baxin's parent also died in the line of duty when he was quite young.
May 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#MayWorldbuilders 25
Oh boy oh boy! Violet's mothers, Baxin's grandfather, and the twins' uncle are all presumed dead after a [REDACTED CATACLYSMIC EVENT] a decade ago, as well as someone from Jane's coven whom she admired. Baxin's parent also died in the line of duty when he was quite young.
Oh boy oh boy! Violet's mothers, Baxin's grandfather, and the twins' uncle are all presumed dead after a [REDACTED CATACLYSMIC EVENT] a decade ago, as well as someone from Jane's coven whom she admired. Baxin's parent also died in the line of duty when he was quite young.
#MayWorldbuilders 22
Gah! This one is such an interesting prompt but alas I once again haven't thought of it much. It varies by religion and culture, but death is generally seen as natural, inevitable, and a way of returning energy to the world. People still mourn, of course. Burials are rarer.
Gah! This one is such an interesting prompt but alas I once again haven't thought of it much. It varies by religion and culture, but death is generally seen as natural, inevitable, and a way of returning energy to the world. People still mourn, of course. Burials are rarer.
May 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
#MayWorldbuilders 22
Gah! This one is such an interesting prompt but alas I once again haven't thought of it much. It varies by religion and culture, but death is generally seen as natural, inevitable, and a way of returning energy to the world. People still mourn, of course. Burials are rarer.
Gah! This one is such an interesting prompt but alas I once again haven't thought of it much. It varies by religion and culture, but death is generally seen as natural, inevitable, and a way of returning energy to the world. People still mourn, of course. Burials are rarer.
#MayWorldbuilders 19
The theme of the week may be marriages, but the kind of bond I've actually got some details fleshed out on is the bond between a witch and their familiar, so that's the snippet you get!
The theme of the week may be marriages, but the kind of bond I've actually got some details fleshed out on is the bond between a witch and their familiar, so that's the snippet you get!
May 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#MayWorldbuilders 19
The theme of the week may be marriages, but the kind of bond I've actually got some details fleshed out on is the bond between a witch and their familiar, so that's the snippet you get!
The theme of the week may be marriages, but the kind of bond I've actually got some details fleshed out on is the bond between a witch and their familiar, so that's the snippet you get!
#MayWorldbuilders 12
Pretty much a follow-on to day 10, and the only example of the word "gesture" I could find in my organizational wiki
Pretty much a follow-on to day 10, and the only example of the word "gesture" I could find in my organizational wiki
May 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
#MayWorldbuilders 12
Pretty much a follow-on to day 10, and the only example of the word "gesture" I could find in my organizational wiki
Pretty much a follow-on to day 10, and the only example of the word "gesture" I could find in my organizational wiki
#MayWorldbuilders 9
typical options range from free local post to expensive cross-continent couriers. but, iff you have an in, the best option is going to be the Exchange—think Grand Budapest Hotel's Society of Crossed Keys, Incan chaskis, flag semaphore, smoke signals, and structured P2P networks.
typical options range from free local post to expensive cross-continent couriers. but, iff you have an in, the best option is going to be the Exchange—think Grand Budapest Hotel's Society of Crossed Keys, Incan chaskis, flag semaphore, smoke signals, and structured P2P networks.
May 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
#MayWorldbuilders 9
typical options range from free local post to expensive cross-continent couriers. but, iff you have an in, the best option is going to be the Exchange—think Grand Budapest Hotel's Society of Crossed Keys, Incan chaskis, flag semaphore, smoke signals, and structured P2P networks.
typical options range from free local post to expensive cross-continent couriers. but, iff you have an in, the best option is going to be the Exchange—think Grand Budapest Hotel's Society of Crossed Keys, Incan chaskis, flag semaphore, smoke signals, and structured P2P networks.
i hate the ct ligature. there is no universe where it needs to be doing all that
May 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
i hate the ct ligature. there is no universe where it needs to be doing all that
#MayWorldbuilders 7
well, time to reveal just how insane i can be about inventing fictional etymologies for actual words. None of this is quite set in stone yet, but I did manage to pull the terms ethics, ethnic, clique, eclectic, ecclesiastic, gala, and gallant out of a single ancient term. neat!
well, time to reveal just how insane i can be about inventing fictional etymologies for actual words. None of this is quite set in stone yet, but I did manage to pull the terms ethics, ethnic, clique, eclectic, ecclesiastic, gala, and gallant out of a single ancient term. neat!
May 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
#MayWorldbuilders 7
well, time to reveal just how insane i can be about inventing fictional etymologies for actual words. None of this is quite set in stone yet, but I did manage to pull the terms ethics, ethnic, clique, eclectic, ecclesiastic, gala, and gallant out of a single ancient term. neat!
well, time to reveal just how insane i can be about inventing fictional etymologies for actual words. None of this is quite set in stone yet, but I did manage to pull the terms ethics, ethnic, clique, eclectic, ecclesiastic, gala, and gallant out of a single ancient term. neat!
i also wrote up a template to support inline rendering of my silly made-up scripts on my wiki which is super fun and cool imo
![Text from my wiki reading:
This line is purposefully left inline foreign script-less to show how a line with a script in it doesn't necessarily upset line height.
In its native Ajmek script, Sakk is written as [the same sample text written in Ajmek script from the original post above] -- isn't that neat?
the Ajmek script text is set inline with the standard Latin script, inserted in relatively seamlessly without causing formatting issues.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:phmtn5zfs6wnhqkcsvjvlffw/bafkreic765fex7mfw4rkmucm5egripnvkblfpmbdppnhu5uqxbtmcpfj6u@jpeg)
May 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
i also wrote up a template to support inline rendering of my silly made-up scripts on my wiki which is super fun and cool imo
#MayWorldbuilders 6
Ooh! An excuse to post script concepts! I keep accidentally developing alphabets and LTR scripts, but in fairness some of these are related to Modern (i.e. Latin) script, so it would make sense for them to be.
Ooh! An excuse to post script concepts! I keep accidentally developing alphabets and LTR scripts, but in fairness some of these are related to Modern (i.e. Latin) script, so it would make sense for them to be.
May 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
#MayWorldbuilders 6
Ooh! An excuse to post script concepts! I keep accidentally developing alphabets and LTR scripts, but in fairness some of these are related to Modern (i.e. Latin) script, so it would make sense for them to be.
Ooh! An excuse to post script concepts! I keep accidentally developing alphabets and LTR scripts, but in fairness some of these are related to Modern (i.e. Latin) script, so it would make sense for them to be.
#MayWorldbuilders 5
I don't write much in terms of actual plot -- but I do have this snippet from my wiki explaining how an ancient word led to some terms in Modern. Modern is just English, but obviously can't have the same history, so I come up with alternate etymologies like these all the time.
I don't write much in terms of actual plot -- but I do have this snippet from my wiki explaining how an ancient word led to some terms in Modern. Modern is just English, but obviously can't have the same history, so I come up with alternate etymologies like these all the time.
![Snippet from a wiki article reading as follows:
Header: Diesi
Text: The Ancient Platonic word diesi [da͡jˈɛs.i͡j] literally translates to 'handful' and refers to the first subdivision of the Platonic culture's unit cube (a cube that fits in the palm of one's hand). This spawned a number of Modern terms:
- The Modern prefix deci-, the first subdivision of a unit of measure (though Modern systems use base 10 where the Platones used base 8)
- The verb decimate originally meant "break into smaller pieces" and eventually took on the more general meaning of "destroy"
- The term dice, both as a verb and a noun:
- Like decimate, the verb dice meant "cut into smaller pieces"; where the former got more general over time, dice got more precise and eventually became used primarily in cooking
- The noun dice and its back-singularization die refers to the size and shape of standard cubic dice, which approximately match the Platonic understanding of diesi cubes
- In music, a diesis is the smallest interval between two notes of a tuning system; originally synonymous with the more common terms half step and semitone (which have a similar "halving" relation to the whole step and whole tone as a diesi cube has to the Platonic unit cube), it eventually became more useful as a technical term meaning any very small interval](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:phmtn5zfs6wnhqkcsvjvlffw/bafkreih74q2vookiej4maox2wsvd27simrgrs3yqmalt5dpaehpnvutrk4@jpeg)
May 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
#MayWorldbuilders 5
I don't write much in terms of actual plot -- but I do have this snippet from my wiki explaining how an ancient word led to some terms in Modern. Modern is just English, but obviously can't have the same history, so I come up with alternate etymologies like these all the time.
I don't write much in terms of actual plot -- but I do have this snippet from my wiki explaining how an ancient word led to some terms in Modern. Modern is just English, but obviously can't have the same history, so I come up with alternate etymologies like these all the time.
linguists everywhere quiver when i (a linguistic hobbyist at best) make a new 3D vowel space diagram that is more informed by formants. im gonna make a youtube video to show this off i think, and release it in the public domain so anyone can use it if they find it useful
#linguistics
#linguistics
![A 3-axis (3D) diagram of the vowel space, designed based on the IPA's vowel chart. the space is a tetrahedron with a flat triangular face at the top. The triangular face is shaded pure white, while the other side that can be seen from this angle is a gradient, gray to lighter gray, from top (edge connecting to top face) to bottom (point opposite the top face). There's also a triangular shadow beneath the tetrahedron to help with seeing as 3D.
Section: Axes and Labels.
Two axes (F1 on the left and F2 on the right) lie coplanar with the top face of the tetrahedron, meeting at a point at the top (of the image) and making a roughly 120-degree angle opening downward. Both have seven evenly-spaced labels, reading from highest (and center-most) point to lowest (and outward-most) point: Low, Lowish, Low-mid, Mid, High-mid, Highish, High. At the rightmost point of the F2, the rightwards axis, a third axis F3 points straight downward, forming another roughly 120-degree angle. From top to bottom, three evenly-spaced labels on axis F3 read: High, Mid, Low. For the rest of this description, points will be notated (F1, F2) or (F1, F2, F3) when necessary (assuming High F3 when F3 coordinate is not present).
Section: Vowels.
The triangular face at the top has points [u] (Low, Low), [i] (Low, High), and [a] (High, Mid). The other point of the tetrahedron is schwar [ɚ] at roughly (Mid, Mid, Low-mid). All remaining labeled vowels have a High F3 and lie on the top face; notable among these are [e] at (Low-mid, High), [o] at (Low-mid, Low), and schwa [ə] at (Mid, Mid).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:phmtn5zfs6wnhqkcsvjvlffw/bafkreibu4owif2thm5a5wpffzt5t7dck6p3ezi6zjrebrwqmhazsdzstr4@jpeg)
May 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
linguists everywhere quiver when i (a linguistic hobbyist at best) make a new 3D vowel space diagram that is more informed by formants. im gonna make a youtube video to show this off i think, and release it in the public domain so anyone can use it if they find it useful
#linguistics
#linguistics
maybe i'd get more action on the dating apps if i included my wikipedia user page
![My Wikipedia user page, username offscreen. It reads:
Hey, my name's Noah.
I go to lots of random pages for research into various niche hobbies and interests and just make minor clean-up and grammar edits when I notice something. I don't really know what I'm doing, but I like to think I'm pretty harmless when it comes to my edits.
I also uploaded my attempt at a pronunciation of the voiceless alveolar approximant (the relevant IPA symbol for this, good luck screen readers: [ɹ̥]) to MediaWiki Commons but have no clue how to actually update the IPA symbol/data module to include it lol (maybe I'll get to that someday)
Then, under a subheading reading "Some areas of interest", I have eight badges with images of the formula "This user is interested in X", where X is:
1) the International Phonetic Alphabet [image: IPA written in the IPA]
2) Moons of the Solar System [image: Earth and the Moon]
3) worldbuilding [image: a fictional planet]
4) conlanging [image: conlang flag -- black stylized Tower of Babel against a rising yellow sun with a purple background]
5) non-Euclidean and impossible geometries [image: Poincaré disk model of the (6,4,2) triangular hyperbolic tiling]
6) vexillology [image: flag of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations, depicting a yellow sheet bend over a blue background]
7) copyleft, FOSS, and the public domain [image: copyleft symbol]
8) MediaWiki (and wikis in general) [image: MediaWiki logo]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:phmtn5zfs6wnhqkcsvjvlffw/bafkreihf23qkt3zlkyqqyauhrzazv64f6pf46akkptvv7eh6hwzlvuodz4@jpeg)
May 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
maybe i'd get more action on the dating apps if i included my wikipedia user page
dont mind me, just making synthesizers say "yo how are you" to get a better idea on how formants and vowels work
May 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
dont mind me, just making synthesizers say "yo how are you" to get a better idea on how formants and vowels work
#MayWorldbuilders 3
I'm nonbinary and hate the terms "nibling" and "pibling" so naturally Modern has words to replace them. I also wholesale stole the term "grep" from Unix and mutated it because modern computers haven't been developed yet (late 1800s tech level). Have some phrases, too.
I'm nonbinary and hate the terms "nibling" and "pibling" so naturally Modern has words to replace them. I also wholesale stole the term "grep" from Unix and mutated it because modern computers haven't been developed yet (late 1800s tech level). Have some phrases, too.
![First two rows of a table with columns "Word"; "Pronunciation"; "Part of speech"; "Meaning"; and "History, etymology, origin".
The first row is: Nieph (pl. nieves); [ni͡jf] ([ni͡jvz]); n.; The child of a sibling (gender-neutral term for niece or nephew); Fèllych
The second row is: Avunct; [əˈvəŋkt] (less commonly, [ˈɛ͡jˌvəŋkt]); n.; The sibling of a parent (gender-neutral term for aunt or uncle); Archipelagan](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:phmtn5zfs6wnhqkcsvjvlffw/bafkreidbxe7xa4mqtbhc25eas3z6ixutvq4efp3su4xfyjbczatqlfspoq@jpeg)
![Another row of the same table as before (column names not visible):
(To) grep; [gɹɛp]; tr./intr. v.; To search for and attempt to obtain something specific, especially from a large search set; From Garrick, from the same root as grab](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:phmtn5zfs6wnhqkcsvjvlffw/bafkreiehbpzjedmzmicy7mnh26rbsh7al3lqslnuj326jf4btynk4lxvcu@jpeg)
May 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#MayWorldbuilders 3
I'm nonbinary and hate the terms "nibling" and "pibling" so naturally Modern has words to replace them. I also wholesale stole the term "grep" from Unix and mutated it because modern computers haven't been developed yet (late 1800s tech level). Have some phrases, too.
I'm nonbinary and hate the terms "nibling" and "pibling" so naturally Modern has words to replace them. I also wholesale stole the term "grep" from Unix and mutated it because modern computers haven't been developed yet (late 1800s tech level). Have some phrases, too.
#MayWorldbuilders 2
he/they
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they/them
she/her
she/her
he/him
next question
(icons by the lovely @/bubblyernie on instagram)
he/they
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(icons by the lovely @/bubblyernie on instagram)
May 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#MayWorldbuilders 2
he/they
he/him
she/her
he/him
they/them
she/her
she/her
he/him
next question
(icons by the lovely @/bubblyernie on instagram)
he/they
he/him
she/her
he/him
they/them
she/her
she/her
he/him
next question
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im out here constructing new sigils
April 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
im out here constructing new sigils
i should be banned from all game dev production related tasks. they should keep me locked in a dark room with a hamster feeder and give me treats when i actually push code instead of agonizingly shuffling around arbitrary labels
April 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
i should be banned from all game dev production related tasks. they should keep me locked in a dark room with a hamster feeder and give me treats when i actually push code instead of agonizingly shuffling around arbitrary labels
you can now officially wishlist my weird #indiegame, The Tedium and You, on Steam. here was how i broke the news to my friends.
I swear I'll do some actual proper promotion at some point. But for now, if you wanna wishlist it anyway, here's the link.
store.steampowered.com/app/2373020/...
I swear I'll do some actual proper promotion at some point. But for now, if you wanna wishlist it anyway, here's the link.
store.steampowered.com/app/2373020/...
![discord screenshot. a message from me (nicknamed "General Nausea") linking the steam page for my game, The Tedium and You, along with that meme of the guy who says "YOU SHOULD KILL YOURSELF... NOW!", except it's poorly written over to say "YOU SHOULD [wishlist The Tedium and You]... NOW!" instead. then there's an embed for the link. then my buddy nicknamed "General Red" responds with "YESSS" and "I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY FOR YEARS"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:phmtn5zfs6wnhqkcsvjvlffw/bafkreidtt4ybfyje7ndnpnupffasxxwbkb4lkfmpifwvm7gyrqmtrvdyya@jpeg)
March 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
you can now officially wishlist my weird #indiegame, The Tedium and You, on Steam. here was how i broke the news to my friends.
I swear I'll do some actual proper promotion at some point. But for now, if you wanna wishlist it anyway, here's the link.
store.steampowered.com/app/2373020/...
I swear I'll do some actual proper promotion at some point. But for now, if you wanna wishlist it anyway, here's the link.
store.steampowered.com/app/2373020/...