Folks are still catching up to @armaanautomatic.itch.io's brilliant piece on The Ultimates #17 and ADHD:
comicsxf.com/2025/10/26/d...

post brought to you by Cosmic Frog, a board game I just grabbed by Jenna Felli, which opens with a creation myth of the cosmology of the game, and from there only goes harder with mechanics like "leap into the Aether and disgorge your gullet of vast tracts of land into your inter-dimensional vault"

I think the gap between those two is not as large as you imply here- for a lot of publishers, without secured preorders that provide production funds a smaller riskier project might not make it to physical form.

The advice for that is ultimately the same though- don’t crowdfund until core deliverables are ready for production, and keep scope considered and achievable

One of the things I took away from the analyses @gigantic-spider.bsky.social does is that the prospects for a small project with good outreach and a well considered funding goal are pretty decent- I think the other concern here is delivering not just one, but essentially multiple projects.

That person is @gigantic-spider.bsky.social , and they’re actually monthly posts! Really useful analysis that they put a lot of work into

What. What is the play on words supposed to be. Is it “hypnotized”? But that’s not how that word ends. What.

Derelict Delvers is a really cool one by @capacle.bsky.social capacle.itch.io/derelictdelv...

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.

I can acknowledge that maybe my terminology or specific example (Masks) are not communicating this clearly, but I do genuinely experience those two as being different approaches to character, and I'd love to know a way to frame that which would make more sense to you.

Is there an example from another game that you feel conveys the difference in experience I have between being told my character has a job and a wife and being told my character feels angry at the world and always wants to rebel against it?

excellent taste tbh, but mangoes and oranges are lovely too! this is making me want to eat more fruit

can we get a top three list of favorite fresh fruit types

and to @calebzane.bsky.social and @seanireland.bsky.social for designing this incredible game, which you can buy here!

shop.hauntedtable.games

Many thanks to @jdragsky.bsky.social for the manifesto, which you can read here,

possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressionist-games-manifesto-122d8afd1fe2