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Claus
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I love spiders, zombies, space and quirky stuff. I'm here to talk about having fun with tRPGs, videogames, media and programming, and sometimes life. Take a seat […]

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Hello people! #introduction

This is an alt account I've made to talk about my hobbies: indie gaming, weekly trpg sessions, #pico8 programming, media, and all that good stuff. Probably a lot of trpg thoughts, and maybe some more personal mh, and personal stuff from time to time. Pull up a chair! […]
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Thanks for @mtrc reminding me, I got started with Genuary. Day 1 was a nice and easy warmup (and made me use rrect for the first time). Day 2 was a bit harder, and I decided to cut a lot of corners.

As an extra bit of challenge, I'm making a single pico8 cart […]

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January 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
[pt-br meme]

I don't know why, buy I find this funnier than it has any right to be.
December 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Reposted by Claus
It’s always a nice feeling seeing somebody on the train playing a game I’ve worked on.

But it’s an even better feeling stumbling across online erotic fan art of characters from a game I’ve worked on. Really makes my job feel meaningful.

#gamedev
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/115752796876142030

Nice article interviewing several game concept artists about their views on GenAI for concept art. My favorite quote:

“one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references,” after which “they find us and […]
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December 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
More #pico8 advent games! The music in the schmup was pretty good! The "black jack balatro" was also interesting.

You can play them all here: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153178
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Halls of #ardenvul , session 22. For the last session of the year, the party heads back to the surface and then to Gosterwick, after learning that Thoth laid a heavy curse at them.

The temple of Mitra does it best, but they can't easily remove their curse. They propose petitioning the god […]
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December 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I used to snark on people using Brave, because it was a try-hard browser developed by a crypto enthusiast.

But Firefox is not so different now, is it? 😥 I hate the enshittification of everything.

Mozilla's new CEO: "[Firefox] will evolve into a modern AI browser"; "Our work must advance our […]
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wandering.shop
December 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Games have been a huge part of my life since I was very little. And yet, when joining conversations online about the history of gaming, it always felt very alien for me.

This article about how the history of games is different around the world illustrates this very well […]
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wandering.shop
December 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A friend asked for a list of mastodon instances. Anyone has a favorite list they go to in this situation?

I know of joinmastodon.org/servers, but there are some weird choices there, so I wonder if there are other, more curated, lists.
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Three more little games this Sunday on #pico8 's advent calendar. A cute snake game, a hell platformer, and a nice set of sokoban levels!

You can play the pico8 advent calendar on the link below:

lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153178

Each of the games will take […]

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December 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
How about a good dose of tiny #pico8 games for your weekend?

Every year, the folks at the pico-8 bbs put together an "Advent Calendar", revealing one fun, tiny cart every day. You can play it here:

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153178

Help a cat climb […]

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December 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
RE: https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/115700943703010093

This is a really amazing video, of a non-technical take on the AI hype. Worth of your 20 minutes (only 20 minutes!) spent watching it.

My favorite quote:

"The problem with the extinction argument is that there is no clear, actionable […]
December 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This week I was re-watching Stranger Things S1, and it got me thinking about how the 70ies, the 80ies, and the 90ies all have a recognizable "look" for me, but from 2000 to 2025 it all kinda merges in a blur.

I'm happy to concede that this is mostly because of my own social isolation, so my […]
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wandering.shop
December 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
[Eurovision, Genocide at Palestine]

Iceland joins Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands in boycotting Eurovision this year over Israeli participation.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/1210/1548288-iceland-joins-eurovision-2026-boycott-over-israel/
December 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Is there in Mastodon / Fediverse or any related software a concept of a "reverse filter"?

For example, I want to see posts from acount "Foo" that contain the word "bar", but none of their other posts.

I guess it is kinda similar to following tags -- but not exactly the same? If I follow a tag […]
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wandering.shop
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Got myself in the #picotron bandwagon.

I'm still not quite sure what's going on, but I made an animated wallpaper.

You can download it, or see more, in the link below:

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/edit.php?pid=178910
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This week I saw three instances of people sharing something, and them taking it back because "it was AI".

And it got myself thinking about how "is AI" is now a synonymous to "is fake". (just like "this is a Photoshop" was back in the 90ies)

For someone who grew up on scifi stories about AI […]
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December 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A few days after finishing Caves of Qud with a very busted mutant, I decided to try again, this time with a True Kin. Will try to play just a little bit each night, and narrate the progress here.

Goals for this run is to fill my gills with cybernetics, fully […]

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November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Turning up that shitpost dial on my #pico8 presentation slides
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
TRPG thought of the day: The more time you have, the less prep you do.
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The ending of #cavesofqud surprisingly reminds me of the ending of Phantasy Star 2.

Now that I think of it, there are a lot of things in CoQ that reminds me of Phantasy Star 2.

This is a good thing!
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
My #cavesofqud game entered its "total silliness" phase, even more than before.

(1) I'm going through this large dungeon, full of enemies, flame spewers, crushing traps and industrial ventilators. After almost getting my ally burnt to a crisp, I noticed that I could just... dig a new, safe […]
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wandering.shop
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I'm still playing that many-armed mutant character in #cavesofqud, should be posting about it more here.

A few days ago, I found myself in a fungus forest, looking for a fungus genius to help my mutant bear friends. The fungus nerd agreed, but asked me to spread his spores to a robot.

Well, it […]
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wandering.shop
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@zep/115547732806258989

This is why we can't have nice things 😞
mastodon.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I've been in a bit of a #cavesofqud binge this week. I can semi-reliably clear the early game, and I'm now exploring the mid tiers of the game.

My current character has three heads (one of which a fungus) and four arms, shoots webs and can do photosynthesis. It wields four daggers and two […]
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November 14, 2025 at 5:12 AM