☕️ hoopy frood 🍵

i code, write sf/fantasy, and blog about books, the Internet, and my enormous cat Samwise 🦋@thearchduke.bsky.social

[☕️ hoopy frood 🍵 @TynanPants]

I'm VERY excited to announce that I've got a new short story out. What would treatment look like for magic addiction? Follow along as mild-mannered actuary Dennis Howell finds out.
https://t.co/yIEob9FMZc

[Starspawn: A Miskatonic Mystery @Starspawn_game]

Seven days left 😱 we’re already funded but can we make it to a nice round number?? $20 gets you the game (when it’s done) and a Kickstarter exclusive story collection—and the exclusives only get better from there

Come help our weird little game! https://t.co/33ncLUpVEK

[Starspawn: A Miskatonic Mystery @Starspawn_game]

Your scholarship is in danger, your friends aren't human, and something ancient is awakening in the dreamlands. Just another finals week at Miskatonic University...

Demos are now live for our new adventure game/dating sim! (See bio)

[☕️ hoopy frood 🍵 @TynanPants]

Hey check out this thing we made

[Starspawn: A Miskatonic Mystery @Starspawn_game]

Your scholarship is in danger, your friends aren't human, and something ancient awakens in the dreamlands. Just another finals week at Miskatonic U...

Demos are now live! Follow us on Kicksarter, if you dare
https://t.co/Kk9ro5wVdQ

https://t.co/Z9IEP0qWtg

[Starspawn: A Miskatonic Mystery @Starspawn_game]

Hello game dev folks and horror writers! We are still open for submissions 😃

#writing #mswl #gamedev

[Starspawn: A Miskatonic Mystery @Starspawn_game]

Using ren'py for the game. Nice engine, if you don't need too many fancy things. Easy to pick up, great built-in stuff for a VN/adventure game, and easy to extend. Here we see the abstraction around point-and-click mode, and the rendered equivalent. #visualnovel #gamedev

[Starspawn: A Miskatonic Mystery @Starspawn_game]

#amwriting in-game lore you find. (Dr. William Dyer's arctic expedition did not end as... happily for us.) Torn, gameplay-wise, on how much to make players read for "detective game" mode (in a notes app, not VN dialogue), but, it's fun to write, tho the style's too long-winded

[☕️ hoopy frood 🍵 @TynanPants]

Howdy, weekend #writers

I #amwriting the script for this game right now

It’s a pretty fun exploration of the #lovecraft mythos, but then, I would think so

And we’re buying stories set in the universe! Even if we don’t pick it up, you’re free to reuse the story but w/o our IP!

[Starspawn: A Miskatonic Mystery @Starspawn_game]

🚨 🔊 Call for submissions

SFF writers! We'd like to buy some short stories from YOU 🫵
(Set in our video game's Lovecraft-mythos universe)
Anthology to be published as a Kickstarter reward, with snippets in-game

Please share and enjoy!
https://t.co/MRWXTm6Npz
#mswl #lovecraft

[☕️ hoopy frood 🍵 @TynanPants]

My friend and I are making a game! It's a Lovecraft-mythos visual novel/dating sim/exploration-adventure game! And we are buying short stories set in our universe!

Shog says to check this out, and follow this account for updates, or sign up for our newsletter!

[Starspawn: A Miskatonic Mystery @Starspawn_game]

🚨 🔊 Call for submissions

SFF writers! We'd like to buy some short stories from YOU 🫵
(Set in our video game's Lovecraft-mythos universe)
Anthology to be published as a Kickstarter reward, with snippets in-game

Please share and enjoy!
https://t.co/MRWXTm6Npz
#mswl #lovecraft

[☕️ hoopy frood 🍵 @TynanPants]

anybody know a good typescript-based event store manager

[☕️ hoopy frood 🍵 @TynanPants]

I guess they’re just probing rn?

[☕️ hoopy frood 🍵 @TynanPants]

How’s Ukraine doing? Ok so far right? Are we in fog of war mode or can I just not find good sources

[☕️ hoopy frood 🍵 @TynanPants]

“AI is theft” coexists with “the internet archive did nothing wrong by offering books for unlimited download” and “you should pirate tv shows because Netflix has upset me” in a surprising number of minds

[☕️ hoopy frood 🍵 @TynanPants]

My favorite artifact of the unabomber saga is this picture of his cabin in government storage like some sort of SCP

[☕️ hoopy frood 🍵 @TynanPants]

Reading the Chainsaw Man manga and I have a suggestion for the showrunners

[☕️ hoopy frood 🍵 @TynanPants]

Time to get these bad boys in the ground

[☕️ hoopy frood 🍵 @TynanPants]

Having a house is insane. You can just put plants in the ground. Any plants