Ben M | Periapt Games
@periaptgames.bsky.social
🦆 New Zealand indie thing-maker, he/him
🦆 TTRPG, RPG, D&D, art
🦆 I make #devlog posts!
🦆 I blog! bit.ly/periaptb
🦆 Weird wizards from wiki articles! bit.ly/weirdwiz
🦆 Psychic detective puzzle duo game! bit.ly/SMAL
🦆 Games, books, resources! bit.ly/periaptg
🦆 TTRPG, RPG, D&D, art
🦆 I make #devlog posts!
🦆 I blog! bit.ly/periaptb
🦆 Weird wizards from wiki articles! bit.ly/weirdwiz
🦆 Psychic detective puzzle duo game! bit.ly/SMAL
🦆 Games, books, resources! bit.ly/periaptg
A golden era, of sorts
(okay not all of these were shareware I guess but anyway)
(okay not all of these were shareware I guess but anyway)
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A golden era, of sorts
(okay not all of these were shareware I guess but anyway)
(okay not all of these were shareware I guess but anyway)
Things to do today: Manifest oneself in reality.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/periaptgames/overzealous-your-cult-has-no-chill/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/periaptgames/overzealous-your-cult-has-no-chill/
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Things to do today: Manifest oneself in reality.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/periaptgames/overzealous-your-cult-has-no-chill/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/periaptgames/overzealous-your-cult-has-no-chill/
Why is wired dot com threatening me
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Why is wired dot com threatening me
I've been listening to a lot of classic Canadian folk rock for their upbeat island themes
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I've been listening to a lot of classic Canadian folk rock for their upbeat island themes
Oh no sorry I'm not pondering you, I just have resting wizard face
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Oh no sorry I'm not pondering you, I just have resting wizard face
It's new look November
#newmayornewme
#newmayornewme
![Cartoon of new retro neon pfp throwing old black and white pfp in the garbage can. Text says 'upgrabe' [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uayuqvjm5kx773n5sdmytmzq/bafkreiavlljow5fliobp73pescsgxsrapyg6baotz34cr2ogn7kzfemauy@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
It's new look November
#newmayornewme
#newmayornewme
Some pages in progress from #Overzealous for #WIPWednesday. I'm going for minimalist colour & maximalist cartoon mayhem!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
#Kickstarter #devlog
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
#Kickstarter #devlog
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Some pages in progress from #Overzealous for #WIPWednesday. I'm going for minimalist colour & maximalist cartoon mayhem!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
#Kickstarter #devlog
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
#Kickstarter #devlog
Overzealous: The game where it's tough to be a benevolent god just trying to become manifest in reality
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Overzealous: The game where it's tough to be a benevolent god just trying to become manifest in reality
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
Did some work on the stat tracker for Overzealous (my cartoonish cult mayhem game). Really trying to find that line between 'busy' and 'preposterous'
#Overzealous #devlog
#Overzealous #devlog
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Did some work on the stat tracker for Overzealous (my cartoonish cult mayhem game). Really trying to find that line between 'busy' and 'preposterous'
#Overzealous #devlog
#Overzealous #devlog
Example 2
After these changes, you had three bad stats (Fervour, Divergence, and Monstrosity) which you want to keep a lid on and two good stats (Imminence, Cultists) which you need to get high enough that your cult can manifest you in reality.
If a bad stat exceeded 20, it's game over. They crept
After these changes, you had three bad stats (Fervour, Divergence, and Monstrosity) which you want to keep a lid on and two good stats (Imminence, Cultists) which you need to get high enough that your cult can manifest you in reality.
If a bad stat exceeded 20, it's game over. They crept
October 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Example 2
After these changes, you had three bad stats (Fervour, Divergence, and Monstrosity) which you want to keep a lid on and two good stats (Imminence, Cultists) which you need to get high enough that your cult can manifest you in reality.
If a bad stat exceeded 20, it's game over. They crept
After these changes, you had three bad stats (Fervour, Divergence, and Monstrosity) which you want to keep a lid on and two good stats (Imminence, Cultists) which you need to get high enough that your cult can manifest you in reality.
If a bad stat exceeded 20, it's game over. They crept
More fun from the 1892 font catalogue
September 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
More fun from the 1892 font catalogue
Type foundry catalogue from 1892 having a giggle
September 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Type foundry catalogue from 1892 having a giggle
Messing around colourising grays with gradient maps.
September 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Messing around colourising grays with gradient maps.
We need to Bing back the Crosbytop
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We need to Bing back the Crosbytop
Spring has sprung.
(Peach blossom ✅, plum blossom ✅, plumcot blossom ✅)
(Peach blossom ✅, plum blossom ✅, plumcot blossom ✅)
September 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Spring has sprung.
(Peach blossom ✅, plum blossom ✅, plumcot blossom ✅)
(Peach blossom ✅, plum blossom ✅, plumcot blossom ✅)
I recently made HOARDING, a one-page RPG about being a hoarder and maybe finding what you were looking for: periapt-games.itch.io/hoarding
I also currently have a 33% off sale running on lots of game books and resources! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
#selfpromosaturday
I also currently have a 33% off sale running on lots of game books and resources! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
#selfpromosaturday
September 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I recently made HOARDING, a one-page RPG about being a hoarder and maybe finding what you were looking for: periapt-games.itch.io/hoarding
I also currently have a 33% off sale running on lots of game books and resources! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
#selfpromosaturday
I also currently have a 33% off sale running on lots of game books and resources! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
#selfpromosaturday
September 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
September 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
In the accompanying adventure, goblins are stealing brainwaves to fuel up a spaceship in a warlock's lair.
This takes place in the game's setting: "Vanth, a fantasy world of adventure". It comes, of course, with a map.
This takes place in the game's setting: "Vanth, a fantasy world of adventure". It comes, of course, with a map.
September 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
In the accompanying adventure, goblins are stealing brainwaves to fuel up a spaceship in a warlock's lair.
This takes place in the game's setting: "Vanth, a fantasy world of adventure". It comes, of course, with a map.
This takes place in the game's setting: "Vanth, a fantasy world of adventure". It comes, of course, with a map.
But it does let us have character sheets like this
September 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
But it does let us have character sheets like this
There are persnickety pot shots at house rules and game styles. The text describes its spells as "correctly balanced", snubs spell levels, and says the authors prefer "a more science fiction approach where a spell is a spell". (I love that a SF game has a spell that lets you travel... 500 miles.)
September 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
There are persnickety pot shots at house rules and game styles. The text describes its spells as "correctly balanced", snubs spell levels, and says the authors prefer "a more science fiction approach where a spell is a spell". (I love that a SF game has a spell that lets you travel... 500 miles.)