Mad Jay

My first five ttrpgs in the order I played them (or how old am I!): 1. Moldvay D&D 2. AD&D 3. Traveller 4. Champions 1E 5. FASERIP (IYKYK)

Got that spark of inspiration while working on the current Muses of Play episode. IYKYK... #ZeroDays #indiegamedev

What if “writer’s block” is really “too many dishes”? @scorchadoom.bsky.social & I talk with @bggameworks.bsky.social on longhand drafting, leaving the house to create, and why a Panera can beat a perfect office. Listen and tell us where you do your best work? www.patreon.com/madjayzero/p... #ttrpg

It's #ScreenshotSaturday, and I've been updating Zero Day's UI, trying to get that retro-cyberpunk feel. Coming to a Steam Page near you!! #indiegamedev

What is the movie that came out before you were born that you've watched the most times?

I am IMMORTAL!!! also, I'm outta coffee beans...🤷🏾‍♂️ #zerodays #indiegamedev

My offering up to the #ScreenshotSaturday spirits! Zero Days: a single-player hacking deckbuilder where your deck IS your cyberdeck. Netrunner-inspired. Been working on New chrome. New ICE-breaking mechanics. Steam page imminent. #indiegamedev

“How did you get into ttrpgs” My first hit was free, from another 5th grader.

Thanks psychicsoftware.com for hosting #TurnBasedThursday! So much inspiration in these threads! Here's a WIP PEEK at Zero Days: a single-player hacking deckbuilder where your hand IS your cyberdeck. New chrome. New ICE breaking mechanics. Steam Page SOON! Finishing the year STRONG! 💪🏾 #indiegamedev

It's LIVE! Get In the Pines either on my Patreon or Itch. I really appreciate it. www.patreon.com/sarahdoom/po... sarahdoom.itch.io/in-the-pines

Hey KC gamers, I’m trying something new next month: a hands-on workshop for new and newer GMs. For folks thinking about running their first RPG, getting ready for their first session, or you want to get more comfortable with prep, improvisation, pacing, and handling players being players.

Mothership distress signals.... If you run this game AND haven't listened to these, BRUHHHHH. 🙀

Lavender Hack kickstarter is live here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lav... It's a short campaign, running for 10 days. Check it out for an interesting take on handling resources in fantasy exploration games!

All this time, I thought He went gunning for his stolen woman...and nearly hung for it...🤠 It was water. 🙃 And now I'm out lunch and a song.

"I bundle, amongst you cold mother-uckers The world is bitter, like baby mothers Look how far El Dorados and wine bottles drug us Least God and the sun love us, it's the Sun God" — The Sun God, Hi-Tek #codeJamz

It's Friday. I'm off today. —and back on some 🐴 💩 🤣

E2 of the Indie Game Talk Club is live! Available wherever you get your podcasts. If you get our newsletter emailed to you when I post, I discovered you don't get a link to the episode, just the show notes without context. We're learning so much. 😳 indiegamereadingclub.com/making-and-b...

🤯 "don't know why it's been yapping on about goblins, and cheese, and kitty-location"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I will be IMMORTAL!! #zerodays

We wrapped up an epic IRL 10+ session run of Monster of the Week in the Occulted Kansas City! Dive into the mysteries of the Frog Monsters, the Fae Circus, and Curse Speakers! Would play again!! #TabletopRPG #MonsterOfTheWeek #PlayFearless

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HAHAHAHAHAHA! So that's how it is?!

At CIGS yesterday I had a person refer to Velvet Glove as a "unicorn" - a game they desperately wanted to buy and haven't been able to. Velvet Glove is currently under development with a publisher. Which means the official version will be coming out! We're currently in editing, but more news soon!

@Badger Knight Castle A halfling knight on a donkey with a lance pulls a goblin hat-trick! Then strips off armor to climb a ruined tower for recon, in the pouring rain! And a goblin with the right initiative card draws can outrun a halfling on a donkey...just not forever! #dragonbane-sundays

WE called it 'Tops' in Jersey City. My first street game.

CROWNBREAKERS! Thx for hosting #TurnBasedThursday Y'all keep me AMPED!! 🤘🏾 I'm coding away on Zero Days, my Netrunner + Gibson Sprawl inspired hacking deckbuilder where your deck is your deck and you're running the ICE Follow along: madjayzero.itch.io/zero-days Run the ICE. 🧊

My list is up to 119 names. Did I miss one? Did I miss you? Please comment if you're a female game designer and I'll add you to the list. www.patreon.com/sarahdoom/po...

This is great and you should read it and then make a zine: commonplacezines.substack.com/p/why-every-... I’m thinking about what the version for ttrpg designers would be, but maybe the manifesto jam already covered it?

Like the good book says: To do it, ya gotta do it.

Do you remember The 21st night of September? #indiegamedev #ttrpg www.patreon.com/madjayzero/p...

Date yourself with an image of your first ever computer. (my mom saved it)

Started a campaign of Dragonbane today IRL, forgot pics! We've got a dwarf artisan, a halfling knight, and an old-ass elf mage! They discovered the death of their mentor/employer/client, Aldric Tolliver, and accidentally let his bound harpy escape!! Next week: Harpy Hunt! Gotta find a Harpy mini!!

I'll be running 2 games of Velvet Glove at the Chicago Indie Games Showcase on Sept 13th - including the all new playbooks moves and revised basic moves! If you've played Velvet Glove before, no you haven't.

Paid subscribers to my Patreon got an early copy of the PDF for In the Pines. You can subscribe here if you want your copy! www.patreon.com/sarahdoom?ut...

Saw a thing IRL that inspired me, got me working a node-graph view of the network map today — trying to figure out if its better than grid-card view. Cute, might delete later 🤷🏾‍♂️ Anybody else fighting with "does this UI actually communicate anything" this week? #sologamedev #gamedev #zerodays

New post up where I start my thoughts on which game designers get to be named: www.patreon.com/sarahdoom/po...

Excited to host this week's official #TurnBasedThursday thread! 🎮 If you're a #gamedev with a turn-based game, showcase it in the replies, and use the hashtag #TurnBasedThursday. We're all boosting this thread! ♖ If you love turn-based #Gaming: ❤️, 🔁, & follow your faves!

I’ll be demoing both In the Pines and Velvet Glove there. And go listen to @cyborgurl.bsky.social’s talk!

Mad-Dice 🤬 The Tiny VTT. Been building Mad-Dice for a few games. Now it's getting a real launch. Say it out loud: Very Tiny Table. Dice-forward. Minimalist. Sociable web app. This next iteration adds cards, safety & comm tools. Zero config. You know what to do👇🏾 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mad...

Zero Days demo proof-of-concept Unlocked!! Imma have to start thinking about art soon now! #indiegamedev

ICYMI: Challenge Accepted!! 🚀 Mad Jay takes the Spelljammer DM helm! Dive into the zany world of Spelljammer with no initiative & fixed combat phases and 5-6 new XP milestones. www.playfearless.games/p/challenge-... #DND #Spelljammer #PlayFearless

And there I was, deep in the middle of a client's Rails and Tailwind code, trying to make a dollar outta 15 cents... And UI inspiration. 'Zero Days' is @70% set on gameplay, but 0% on art direction. I got some thoughts now! (pay no attention to the data behind that left panel!!) #indiegamedev

New (to me) free public domain art resource just dropped: fineartfree.com No login!

🚀 Challenge Accepted!! 🚀 Mad Jay takes the Spelljammer DM helm! Dive into the zany world of Spelljammer with no initiative & fixed combat phases. Curious? Check out the full adventure on Play•Fearless 🤬 And a peek at some new Mad Dice... #DND #Spelljammer #PlayFearless

Appreciation post! ❤️🎲 To the creators uploading games, joining bundles & trusting us with their work. To the players coming back, discovering new games & supporting indie creators. And to everyone sending messages, sharing ideas & cheering us on - thank you. We genuinely love this community. ❤️

ICYMI 🎲 Dive into "Solo vs. Collaborative Game Design" with Sarah Doom on Muses of Play Ep04! Discover the magic of creative feedback loops and more. Listen now: www.playfearless.games/p/solo-vs-co... #GameDesign #TabletopRPG

"Everything's changin' around me and I wanna change too It's one thing I know, it ain't cool bein' no fool I feel different today, I don't know what else to say But I'ma get my shit together, it's now or never" —Now or Never I love both song&video you're welcome #codejamz youtu.be/nWhIayQL8YY?...