dani >:3
@scareoset.gay
she/they | 27 | queer gothic scholar | game designer
👩🏻🏫 game design lecturer @ UCSC
🎓 BA Art & Design: Games & Playable Media @ UCSC
🎓 MFA Digital Art & New Media: Experimental Play @ UCSC
🔗 scareoset.com
✉️ scareoset@gmail.com
👩🏻🏫 game design lecturer @ UCSC
🎓 BA Art & Design: Games & Playable Media @ UCSC
🎓 MFA Digital Art & New Media: Experimental Play @ UCSC
🔗 scareoset.com
✉️ scareoset@gmail.com
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Log 1....is this on?
Hello! We are Studio T12, a small indie game development team out to make creepy, artistic, and narrative-focused games!
Playtest demo for "Silent Numbers" is available NOW!
studio-t12.itch.io/silent-numbe...
#indiegame #indiedev #visualnovel #gamedev #gamedevelopment
Hello! We are Studio T12, a small indie game development team out to make creepy, artistic, and narrative-focused games!
Playtest demo for "Silent Numbers" is available NOW!
studio-t12.itch.io/silent-numbe...
#indiegame #indiedev #visualnovel #gamedev #gamedevelopment
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Log 1....is this on?
Hello! We are Studio T12, a small indie game development team out to make creepy, artistic, and narrative-focused games!
Playtest demo for "Silent Numbers" is available NOW!
studio-t12.itch.io/silent-numbe...
#indiegame #indiedev #visualnovel #gamedev #gamedevelopment
Hello! We are Studio T12, a small indie game development team out to make creepy, artistic, and narrative-focused games!
Playtest demo for "Silent Numbers" is available NOW!
studio-t12.itch.io/silent-numbe...
#indiegame #indiedev #visualnovel #gamedev #gamedevelopment
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I forgot about my novelette 'Breaking Water', which was nominated for the Shirley Jackson Awards in 2016, and follows a journalist and a cook who becomes a 'dead charmer' as they grapple with the spiritual fallout of an epidemic of the undead in Kolkata:
October 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I forgot about my novelette 'Breaking Water', which was nominated for the Shirley Jackson Awards in 2016, and follows a journalist and a cook who becomes a 'dead charmer' as they grapple with the spiritual fallout of an epidemic of the undead in Kolkata:
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VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR, my book, is one of the best video game history books around
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October 17, 2024 at 10:15 PM
VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR, my book, is one of the best video game history books around
linktr.ee/jordanwminor
linktr.ee/jordanwminor
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It is so, so important to learn to understand the difference between A Gross Thing That Freaks Me Out, versus A Thing Which Causes Actual Harm In The World
because as long as you can't navigate the difference, your disgust is a lever that can be used to manipulate you
because as long as you can't navigate the difference, your disgust is a lever that can be used to manipulate you
This remains evergreen.
July 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It is so, so important to learn to understand the difference between A Gross Thing That Freaks Me Out, versus A Thing Which Causes Actual Harm In The World
because as long as you can't navigate the difference, your disgust is a lever that can be used to manipulate you
because as long as you can't navigate the difference, your disgust is a lever that can be used to manipulate you
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hi folks 👋🏽 i'm Sara (they/she), an angry brown dyke writing political analysis of media, mostly games. my latest video, which i'd love you to watch, is "Navigating Palestine in Assassin's Creed" 🇵🇸
check my articles here: muckrack.com/sara-khan-9
& video essays here: youtube.com/@gameassist?...
check my articles here: muckrack.com/sara-khan-9
& video essays here: youtube.com/@gameassist?...
October 18, 2024 at 9:21 PM
hi folks 👋🏽 i'm Sara (they/she), an angry brown dyke writing political analysis of media, mostly games. my latest video, which i'd love you to watch, is "Navigating Palestine in Assassin's Creed" 🇵🇸
check my articles here: muckrack.com/sara-khan-9
& video essays here: youtube.com/@gameassist?...
check my articles here: muckrack.com/sara-khan-9
& video essays here: youtube.com/@gameassist?...
visdev 2 part 1/2
i wanted to focus on simple geometric designs that were inspired by the both Bauhaus design and the fascist Italian Futurist movement's ideals of speed, machinery, violence, youth, and industry. i needed to create simple building blocks that felt more fluid and dynamic than squares
i wanted to focus on simple geometric designs that were inspired by the both Bauhaus design and the fascist Italian Futurist movement's ideals of speed, machinery, violence, youth, and industry. i needed to create simple building blocks that felt more fluid and dynamic than squares
August 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
visdev 2 part 1/2
i wanted to focus on simple geometric designs that were inspired by the both Bauhaus design and the fascist Italian Futurist movement's ideals of speed, machinery, violence, youth, and industry. i needed to create simple building blocks that felt more fluid and dynamic than squares
i wanted to focus on simple geometric designs that were inspired by the both Bauhaus design and the fascist Italian Futurist movement's ideals of speed, machinery, violence, youth, and industry. i needed to create simple building blocks that felt more fluid and dynamic than squares
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The Steam page for Cartomantic is now live!
Wishlisting and sharing is greatly appreciated. 💖
#godot #indiegame #tarot #roguelite #deckbuilder
Wishlisting and sharing is greatly appreciated. 💖
#godot #indiegame #tarot #roguelite #deckbuilder
Cartomantic on Steam
Take control of fate in this Tarot roguelite deckbuilder. Wield powerful Aspects of Humanity and Divinity, weave explosive chain reactions, and collect hundreds of cards inspired by both Minor and Maj...
store.steampowered.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The Steam page for Cartomantic is now live!
Wishlisting and sharing is greatly appreciated. 💖
#godot #indiegame #tarot #roguelite #deckbuilder
Wishlisting and sharing is greatly appreciated. 💖
#godot #indiegame #tarot #roguelite #deckbuilder
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Fantasies of Nuremberg
On justice, punishment, and the Earth crying out for vengeance. youtu.be/n9Ay5tzHIBU
On justice, punishment, and the Earth crying out for vengeance. youtu.be/n9Ay5tzHIBU
July 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Fantasies of Nuremberg
On justice, punishment, and the Earth crying out for vengeance. youtu.be/n9Ay5tzHIBU
On justice, punishment, and the Earth crying out for vengeance. youtu.be/n9Ay5tzHIBU
thinking about the right to revolt and what happens when the State refuses to protect the rights of the People and instead prioritizes the wishes of Oligarchs and Tyrants.
August 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
thinking about the right to revolt and what happens when the State refuses to protect the rights of the People and instead prioritizes the wishes of Oligarchs and Tyrants.
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Personally I think reading old books ('classics' or not) is good, actually, as is reading new books, and you can and should read both, and not make a virtue out of not reading one or the other. Art is contiguous with history, and readers/writers should have an awareness of what came before.
August 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Personally I think reading old books ('classics' or not) is good, actually, as is reading new books, and you can and should read both, and not make a virtue out of not reading one or the other. Art is contiguous with history, and readers/writers should have an awareness of what came before.
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My new video, Notes on Vanishing, is out now.
I keep returning to an unthinkable question: is it time for trans people to make ourselves disappear?
Enjoy 🌃
youtu.be/cqhiup5qSY8
I keep returning to an unthinkable question: is it time for trans people to make ourselves disappear?
Enjoy 🌃
youtu.be/cqhiup5qSY8
Notes on Vanishing
YouTube video by Lily Alexandre
youtu.be
May 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
My new video, Notes on Vanishing, is out now.
I keep returning to an unthinkable question: is it time for trans people to make ourselves disappear?
Enjoy 🌃
youtu.be/cqhiup5qSY8
I keep returning to an unthinkable question: is it time for trans people to make ourselves disappear?
Enjoy 🌃
youtu.be/cqhiup5qSY8
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Hey btw you can hire me to do layout on magazines and rpgs. Here is just a small collection of my works. More examples in the thread to come.
August 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hey btw you can hire me to do layout on magazines and rpgs. Here is just a small collection of my works. More examples in the thread to come.
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yay here is something very cool i can finally announce!!
i’m part of a book project that explores liminal spaces in popular culture, especially horror. the book is a collection of essays.
i’m talking about video games!
it’s currently only being teased on instagram www.instagram.com/p/DM75ojjtlf...
i’m part of a book project that explores liminal spaces in popular culture, especially horror. the book is a collection of essays.
i’m talking about video games!
it’s currently only being teased on instagram www.instagram.com/p/DM75ojjtlf...
August 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
yay here is something very cool i can finally announce!!
i’m part of a book project that explores liminal spaces in popular culture, especially horror. the book is a collection of essays.
i’m talking about video games!
it’s currently only being teased on instagram www.instagram.com/p/DM75ojjtlf...
i’m part of a book project that explores liminal spaces in popular culture, especially horror. the book is a collection of essays.
i’m talking about video games!
it’s currently only being teased on instagram www.instagram.com/p/DM75ojjtlf...
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Hades style Harrow, maybe I'll do some more of these.
#tlt #harrowhark #harrow #thelockedtomb #fanart
#tlt #harrowhark #harrow #thelockedtomb #fanart
June 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Hades style Harrow, maybe I'll do some more of these.
#tlt #harrowhark #harrow #thelockedtomb #fanart
#tlt #harrowhark #harrow #thelockedtomb #fanart
i'm working on a prototype of a game about corporate horror, fascism, and bureaucracy. here's some preliminary visual direction and style guide documentation
August 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
i'm working on a prototype of a game about corporate horror, fascism, and bureaucracy. here's some preliminary visual direction and style guide documentation
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VILE: Exhumed may be banned for sale, but I refuse to let that stop people from playing the game.
It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM
Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.
It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM
Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.
August 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
VILE: Exhumed may be banned for sale, but I refuse to let that stop people from playing the game.
It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM
Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.
It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM
Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.
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There's a direct line from "no kink at Pride" and "no sex in movies and books unless it Serves The Plot" to payment processors feeling completely empowered to censor art globally
July 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
There's a direct line from "no kink at Pride" and "no sex in movies and books unless it Serves The Plot" to payment processors feeling completely empowered to censor art globally
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Now on bluesky: the ✨game design wiki✨!
It includes:
🌱 The career progression of a game designer
💼 How to hunt for game design jobs
💡 Detailed run through of the game design process
🖼️ Many handy resources
And more!
rosacarbo.notion.site/Game-design-...
It includes:
🌱 The career progression of a game designer
💼 How to hunt for game design jobs
💡 Detailed run through of the game design process
🖼️ Many handy resources
And more!
rosacarbo.notion.site/Game-design-...
November 20, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Now on bluesky: the ✨game design wiki✨!
It includes:
🌱 The career progression of a game designer
💼 How to hunt for game design jobs
💡 Detailed run through of the game design process
🖼️ Many handy resources
And more!
rosacarbo.notion.site/Game-design-...
It includes:
🌱 The career progression of a game designer
💼 How to hunt for game design jobs
💡 Detailed run through of the game design process
🖼️ Many handy resources
And more!
rosacarbo.notion.site/Game-design-...
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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Available to download for free, Full Spectrum Resistance is the radical’s guide to activist work—the manual we need at this crucial moment to organize against the fascist creep and fight against the increasingly militarized industry of repression. sevenstories.com/blogs/377-fr...
June 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Available to download for free, Full Spectrum Resistance is the radical’s guide to activist work—the manual we need at this crucial moment to organize against the fascist creep and fight against the increasingly militarized industry of repression. sevenstories.com/blogs/377-fr...
got called a “yuri angel” today at my bookstore job because i was determined to get yuri in the hands of the people
June 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
got called a “yuri angel” today at my bookstore job because i was determined to get yuri in the hands of the people
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here’s a small curation of games that exist outside the urge to be understood.
“Digital art: I want to be confused. I don’t want to understand. I want to see something for the first time again. Rarely a game does that, and when it does it’s a precious thing.”
www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/not...
“Digital art: I want to be confused. I don’t want to understand. I want to see something for the first time again. Rarely a game does that, and when it does it’s a precious thing.”
www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/not...
Not Quite A Game (Games that go beyond the need to be understood) – The Candybox Blog
www.nathalielawhead.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
here’s a small curation of games that exist outside the urge to be understood.
“Digital art: I want to be confused. I don’t want to understand. I want to see something for the first time again. Rarely a game does that, and when it does it’s a precious thing.”
www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/not...
“Digital art: I want to be confused. I don’t want to understand. I want to see something for the first time again. Rarely a game does that, and when it does it’s a precious thing.”
www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/not...