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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 4h

Took a lot of inspo from Darkest Dungeon for my game Girl by Moonlight.
The tension of a character hitting their stress limit and usually breaking, but sometimes triggering their virtue was something I tried to replicate with my Eclipse rules.

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 10h

Doing game design...

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Art Movements
Folk Materialism - low status, crafts, emphasis on process
Mother Panacea Tapestries by Janka Hollholm
Pensees Colonielles, a ceramic decollage triptych by Marielle Detonne
Scientific Mysticism - clean, symbolic, non-representational
The Augury of Celestial Alignments by Dietrich Mills
Aria III by Lubo Chereneskye
Academic Formalism - high status, regulated, inspiring
The Palace of Administration for the City of Eutopea and Its Environs
The Pantheon in Mourning, by Rosetta Saint-Marche
Rejuvanism - recycled, unconventional, nostalgic
The Child Remade, assemblage in refuse and chrysanthemum blossoms by Biancella Marionetti
Every Cycle is Beginning, installation in silk cuttings, oil, and clay by Neetu Grewal
Brutal Frugalism - direct, massive, iconoclastic
The Time Is Now, granite and steel by James and Aletta Wainthrop
Central Streetcar Service Roundhouse by Helmet, Warrick, and Figarelo
Base Realism - grotesque, confronting, emphasis on class
The Forest, a play by Yuri Abelev
Harpies of Saint Claimant, by Julie-Marta Svensen
Post-momentism - abstract, transgressive, emphasis on colour
Yellow 3 by 'toulon'
What the Sea Brings a novel by Isabel Soeira
Baroque Abundists - luxury, scale, gallery shows
The Pantheon In Bronze collected works of Arturo MacMillan as presented in the Meyer Gallery
Tenebria, a triumphalist opera by Hans Noymann
Alchemical Cynicism - emergent, parodic, experiential
The Master of Industry, by Frederico Aguilar and Ernesta Ruiz
Letters, a collection of forged currency and fabricated correspondences, by Linda Wong
Street invocation - illegal, loud, emphasis on spectacle
Dupont Mural Defacement by 2grate (photographed by Henri Lenton)
Spontaneous Gathering in Dance and Folk Music, Summer '29 by Grand Sunset Art Collective

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 10h

If the game weren't so self serious, I might actually do so (also, the legal implications of using a still from a TV show as the title of my game are beyond my ability to comprehend).

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 11h

Working title for my new game is this image.

TV still of a man in a hotdog with the subtitle: "We're all trying to find the guy who did this"

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 6d

might bring some portion of it to playtest zero this week...

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 6d

more video games should end with musical numbers

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 6d

First playtest of new project went well. Play-storming works.

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 8d

eggbug too beautiful for this world...

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 9d

As I’m typing these words, Israel is illegally intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla that is trying to break the siege on Gaza.

This is an illegal enforcement of an illegal blockade.

So I reached out to the Canadian government to see what they would do for the six Canadians on board:

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 10d

New project is gonna have lots of fiction and pictures, I promise.

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Adam Bell @adambell.games · 11d

Uneasy Lies the Head is out on itch! Embroil yourself in royal court intrigue with this competitive, GMless roleplaying game where you get to play the monarchs and nobles squabbling to shape the realm in their image.

adambell.itch.io/uneasy-lies-...

Uneasy Lies the Head by adambell

adambell.itch.io

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 12d

Are people discovering Hole?
I am a big fan of Hole.

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 12d

Call for recommendations: I'm starting a new project, and I'm looking for things to read (or watch, I suppose, but mostly read). My starting point is Ambergris by Vandermeer, City & the City by Mieville, The Raven Tower by Leckie.
Would love recs of things that are in convo with those

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 13d

So I just kinda made one circle around the perimeter of the event and then left. Very disappointed, would have liked to check out some games and talk to some cool designers.

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 13d

which meant that no one would notice me trying to thread through the crowd in my wheelchair, and I would need to yell at someone for every meter of progress through the aisle, which I'm just not interested in doing.
Couldn't even watch other people play due to crowds etc. as well.

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 13d

It was pretty standard, rows of tables with computers and screens, chairs for people to sit while demoing, and the devs/whoever sitting/standing on the other side for the most part.
The aisles ended up being full of people waiting their turn, all looking at the screens as you might expect...

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 13d

Tried to attend Game Garden today, which is a local video games expo/demo thing, and I had a frustrating experience.
Short version: while technically accessible, I was basically unable to do anything at the event as a wheelchair user because of how everything was laid out + crowd of people

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 14d

This is coin madness.

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 20d

I humbly submit my game We Contain Solitudes: sevencrowsgames.itch.io/we-contain-s...

We Contain Solitudes by Seven Crows Games

A 2 player TTRPG about troubled souls trapped in a time loop that plays out in prose and soliloquies.

sevencrowsgames.itch.io

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 21d

You can count on me to stay focused on what really matters.

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 24d

So, you know we've a new print mag out in a hot minute but that also means we can finally spend some time on our new website too

Kicking things off @macreadymusings.bsky.social speaks to @andrewgillis.bsky.social about Girl By Moonlight (@evilhat.bsky.social), hope, transcendence & transformation

Girl By Moonlight: Hope, Transcendence, Transformation

Ben Macready speaks to Andrew Gillis about Girl By Moonlight, a game of tragic struggles, defiant triumphs and personal transformation.

wyrd.science

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Ben Macready @macreadymusings.bsky.social · 23d

Here's a piece that means a lot to me. I spoke to @andrewgillis.bsky.social to discuss Girl By Moonlight, their Magical Girl RPG (published by @evilhat.bsky.social). The game is full of magic, heartbreak, and bittersweet hope.

Massive thanks to @wyrdscience.bsky.social for publishing this.

Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 24d

So, you know we've a new print mag out in a hot minute but that also means we can finally spend some time on our new website too

Kicking things off @macreadymusings.bsky.social speaks to @andrewgillis.bsky.social about Girl By Moonlight (@evilhat.bsky.social), hope, transcendence & transformation

Girl By Moonlight: Hope, Transcendence, Transformation

Ben Macready speaks to Andrew Gillis about Girl By Moonlight, a game of tragic struggles, defiant triumphs and personal transformation.

wyrd.science

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 26d

Or this one about air quality and health and the economy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=efM2...

The Air We Breathe

YouTube video by Unlearning Economics

www.youtube.com

Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 26d

You could learn a bit about accents from: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRZi...

Why Do Shakespearean Accents 'Sound Irish'?

YouTube video by Simon Roper

www.youtube.com

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · Sep 8

For real, if you've ever been considering reviewing / interviewing / etc. someone but stopped yourself because the book was released months ago... do it! We love getting coverage after pub day.

Justin Taylor @justintaylor.bsky.social · Sep 8

Worst thing to happen to book crit was getting mercilessly synced to pub dates. writer gets 97% of the coverage they're ever getting by the end of week 2, & if the book is widely reviewed (positive or not) in prestige places some of your would-be audience burns out on takes & skips the book itself.

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