Mike Berg, We 🧡 Games

Sometimes you make a dumb joke about a chess card game and then actually make the game and then somehow it ends up in @senetmagazine.bsky.social … 🤯🤩 “The game is achingly stylish.“ Thank you @danthurot.bsky.social !

Hey #Winnipeg! I made a video about my heroic hunt for the greatest public bench in the city. I think you'd get a laugh out of it.

We (Open Democracy Manitoba) built a #Winnipeg Election microsite where you can find your candidates and read CBC/Freep ward and candidate profiles. Search your address: www.winnipegelection.ca Let me know if you run into any issues. 🗳️

100 days of bird art

This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times. (1/3)

I just finished my second session of Earthborne Rangers with a friend. It lives up to the hype. such a rich world with so much texture, waiting to be explored. Interesting and varied decision spaces… and it’s never about “kill all the bad guys to progress”. So excited to play again next week.

If you use ai generators, I hate you.

Once again creators covering my games on refusing to simply *say my name*. It feels intentional at this point. As creators, it’s your due diligence to say the name of the designer of a game you’re covering. Would you do this for a book?? And as viewers, we should call out those that don’t.

"How do you get eyes on your games? 👀" The most requested topic I got, by far. Third video in my series on how I make a living with TTRPGs. This one, an hour-long dive into all the methods I know of, with lessons learned, and a bunch of tips. I think you'll like it ☺️

Kenney has done more for the profession than any billionare -- great place to start if you want to get into making your own games.

I've made 6 open-source @godotengine.org projects perfect for as a base for your first or next game. Completely human-made and easy to understand code & comments. All visuals and sounds included, CC0! kenney.nl/starter-kits

I finally had the chance to read this article. By the end I was nearly in tears. I’d call it a must-read piece. This is not at all about the Campaign for North Africa. It is about the role games fill in our lives, the human connections we make and maintain through play. And it’s brilliant.

If you like me, my designs, or my philosophies on play—you’ll be delighted by this set of three games! I put my heart into making these games. Maybe my best so far! These games are a proper step forward for me to show the world I’m capable of making (and will continue to make 👀) larger games too!

Our Fall Micro Game campaign is live on Kickstarter! With our next Scott Almes simply solo game, the our next 18-card deckbuilder, a 2P head to head tile layer with downloadable solo mode, and the next in the Opolis line. Pick up one or all! www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...

You know, boardgames have gotten incredibly good over the last few decades. You should check them out.

New GameTek! The unexpected side of expectation value. gametek.substack.com/p/horse-race...

Keep creating. 🧡

Men, please watch this, then pass it on. A problem caused by men must include men's action to solve it.

It may not be that the game is unfun—here are some common reasons a publisher might reject a game they’re pitched

✨I’m back on the market as a game designer/developer!✨ After a year of collaborating with TeeTurtle/Unstable Games on three games for the Ordinary Magic line, we decided to part ways as friends due to differences in long-term goals. 🧵(1/5)

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

So I married an axe murderer, for tax purposes.

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

Charley in a storm

Two friends are beginning a game their future selves may still be playing 20 years from now. This is a surprisingly beautiful story about friendship, commitment, and who we become while we're busy playing. www.meeplemountain.com/articles/a-b... #BoardGames #Wargame #Community

"why can you not just enjoy AI art?"

There are 237 posts in the Skeleton Code Machine archive. All for free. Nothing paywalled. Enjoy! Make weird games! www.skeletoncodemachine.com

Canadian graffiti can get pretty edgy...

It seems that publishers can ask for their game to rightfully be taken down. “Aviary” / Wingspan has already been taken down. Please contact the proper publishers to request their games to be taken down. We’ll also need help identifying all of the games so the correct people can be informed.

I fear we’re ignoring the reality that there are people who think it’s a fine idea to throw our rulebooks into an LLM and have it spit out a vibe-coded version of our games Players will take advantage of opportunities to “try the game” and form their opinions based on these… things

Sat1200, another flying car classic for the classics flying car collection.

And not only this, skip Amazon 24/7 over 365.25 days of the year

Introducing the BrumbleCast, a 3 part series that's an excuse for me to chat with cool 🎲✂️ folks like @dxdydz.northsky.social who create games as experiences and art first instead of as products. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR3L...

Incredible diorama of 1997 NYC: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

I made a book to learn animation by actually moving stuff on activity pages! www.stopmotionbook.com It's a digital download so you can print it at home :)

A touch of frost this morning, here in Manitoba... #FarmLife

Yes! PAXU joins UK Games Expo in banning AI material! Another reason this has become Earthborne's favorite North American show. unplugged.paxsite.com/philly/en-us...

"whatever it is that makes me me...gone in the instant I use a [AI] tool like that" ALL OF THIS. All of it. Rodney mentions how the algorithmically generated suggested replies can often be worded in your voice, and I want to speak a bit on how insidious that is in particular...

Happy Over the Garden Wall rewatch month to all who celebrate!

Just heard #PaxUnplugged is going full Human Made. Proud of em, it's my favorite gaming con. And it's nice to know they'd prefer to present the works of real creative human beings. That's one less sign booths need to make, but if you'd like to anyways, here's a free icon hinokodo.itch.io/human-made

A good thread on the motivations to use (or not use) AI tools:

If, like me, you also struggle to actually see the interesting stuff on bluesky, this feed has been fantastic last few days for me. Bluesky got a lot more engaging. I try to avoid twitter, sometimes I just wanna look at cool stuff, and this place... Struggles there. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Our full app version of Fivefold is now available! Fivefold is a Sudoku-inspired game where the rules change every puzzle. It's a free download, NO ADS, tons of free puzzles, and a puzzle pack if you want more. That's it! iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/fivef... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

2 days left to grab all my solo games on sale!

A little reminder. #art #illustration