i've been working on relieving some of the pressure on myself and killing sacred cows i've created around my work over the years. this is all, of course, early -- maybe this will flop, but life is effort and the only exit is death, so for now -- effort.

I just ate a full-blown fruit danish the size of my hand in front of a captive audience in LAX, I have nothing left to lose. It's like giving birth in front of a room full of medical professionals staring down the barrel...fuck it, we've all seen some shit here, and I'll never see any of you again.

I've had to accept a lot of AI as part of keeping my job, and even at that level , there is such a deep disconnect between what they're telling me is useful to me and what actually is. None of this resembles my workflow, it's just not grounded whatsoever.

It's comforting (in a bittersweet way) to see someone else having a similar experience. It's my first time here and I have been truly mystified at how empty it feels.

I did an activity where you leave some creative advice for a stranger on a postcard and receive one in return for inspiration. Mine just said "use templates" lmaoooooo

Slickly-produced stages headed by a host who is loudly announcing how unfamiliar she is with the industry she's presenting to. Completely baffling.

This truly might have been one of the most bizarre experiences of my life. Booth after booth stuffed with AI buzzwords. Spots highlighting AI films. Galleries stuffed with AI artwork.

This is historical levels of lame, critical levels of cringeitiude -- creative activities all terminate in Firefly, every demo ends in Firefly, every keynote is Firefly.

(i write this with some bitter irony, but both of these things are also still very true, we contain multitudes!!!)

grateful for this work, i manifest into the universe as every muscle cramps

i dreamed of this job, i cope, as teams fills up with messages

!!! oh hell yeah, i can't wait to see what you've been cooking

Polished up here! I had a lot of improvisations on dungeon traversal (A mouth opening up underfoot! A corpse that comes to life when examined and coughs ichor in your face!), but the core ideas/fight mechanics are present.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Total homebrew for Discord! It's an extremely lightweight system at the core so the disgusting boss/horror mechanics can shine. I can clean up the sheet and shoot it over if you're interested?