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Matthew Gravelyn

@mrmatthew.bsky.social

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Once-upon-a-time writer and game designer, knitting & crochet 🧶 aspiring tarot, outdoorsy PNW, wife guy and dad. Games: https://mr-matthew.itch.io Knitting: https://ravelry.com/people/mrmatthew

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Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · Nov 18

New introduction post! I'm Matthew, a seasonal crafter, coffee enthusiast, PNW outdoor boy, and once-upon-a-time game writer. I love chatting about hobbies (mine or yours) and connecting with folks.

A white man with a short, dark hair and a beard with grey in it. He is wearing a pink hoodie with an illustration of ballet slippers on it and wearing simple black glasses. He is holding up a knitting project, a scarf featuring black and multicolored yarn.

A pour over coffee brewing setup, including a kitchen scale, black coffee mug with a multicolored indigenous American design and a translucent purple pour over on top. Beside it is a bag of coffee beans from Left Coast Coffee Company.

A marketing image of two table top game zines called Clever Girl, one the Human Edition and one the Raptor Edition. On top of the zines are two six-sided dice in green and red. Nearby are other game components, including dinosaur themed playing cards and tumbling block tower blocks.

A man is sitting on the right side a paddle board floating in the water. On the other side is a small boy wearing a life jacket.

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Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 3d

Y'ALL.

Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 4d

Clever Girl can be found on this amazing list, in case solo/duet dinosaur survival games are your jam.

SoloRPGList @solorpglist.com · 9d

Looking for an amazing solo or duet #TTRPG?
We have over 400 titles listed in our index over at solorpglist.com

#SoloRPG #DuetRPG #TTRPGfolks #GMless #Worldbuilding #Journaling #DungeonCrawl #TabletopRPG

Solo RPG List - Find Solo and Duet TTRPGs

Discover amazing solo and duet tabletop role-playing games that can be played with—or without—dice, tarot cards, playing cards, pen and paper, etc.

solorpglist.com

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SoloRPGList @solorpglist.com · 9d

Solo RPG List - Find Solo and Duet TTRPGs

Discover amazing solo and duet tabletop role-playing games that can be played with—or without—dice, tarot cards, playing cards, pen and paper, etc.

solorpglist.com

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Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for sharing! I don't actively work on my games anymore, but if you have an idea for a low-effort way to translate Mall Kids, I'd be happy to make the translated version available.

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Party of One Podcast @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social · 4d

NEW EPISODE: HUNT(ER/ED) WITH CATE OSBORN
@catieosaurus.bsky.social @superdillin.bsky.social @meghanlynnftw.bsky.social

You'll dig this episode if you like: Supernatural, backyard concerts, Mosh Pit Security Guards, magical crowbars, Daisy Jones & the Six

www.partyofonepodcast.com/2025/10/07/4...

This week on Party of One
HUNT(ER/ED)
Feat. Cate Osborn
Host, Sorry I Missed This
Author, The ADHD Field Guide for Adults

Something is stalking the punk shows of Manhattan. Musicians are turning up missing. Blood in the streets.

Someone needs to go hunting.

partyofonepodcast.com

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Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 5d

The cider said it was 6.5% but I'm not so sure but now I'm drunkenly playing Overwatch and having a great time so it's probably fine

Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 9d

Yes!! Kaitlin and I talked to a shop owner about it last week and it reminded me how good it is. Make sure to send me some of those good pics!

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Jon Boo-yle 👻 🔜 Gamehole Con @residentbard.bsky.social · 9d

Going to Gamehole Con means that I can spring an off-the-cuff Tapestry game (by @mrmatthew.bsky.social) on more people. I love this game so much

mr-matthew.itch.io/tapestry

Tapestry by Matthew Gravelyn

Any story, anywhere with this mint tin storytelling game

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Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 18d

My game client crashes and I get a temp suspension from queueing, meanwhile I haven't had a game in a week where someone didn't leave in a huff, but sure, I'm the problem.

Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 19d

Apparently everyone is taking a quick break from work to play Overwatch.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 23d

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

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Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 22d

A desperately needed delightful read.

saffron shipper ⚓️ @saffship.bsky.social · 22d

The only reason I still have the NYT sub: obits, games & cooking.

Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral, Dies at 99

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Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 23d

Just in case we wanted coffee, bananas, or cookies with our burgers. (Ok, cookies do sound good!)

Screenshot of a DoorDash notification for DoubleDash.

Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 23d

I’m glad you tried it! Honestly I can’t imagine playing regular OW anymore. This is the game I want!

Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 24d

Are you playing Stadium? It seems like the mini bolas build is pretty standard, but you can also just build for general take aim boosts. Either way, you simply need to master the dash/take aim mechanics to make anything work.

Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 24d

This is where you'd put me if you ever want to torture me for information.

The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 24d

There is an artist named Mr Doodle and he coveres his house in doodles and its kind od impressive but it also fills me with extreme anxiety. There is no where for your eyes to rest. Its so overstimulating to me. Its like the visual equivilant of loud music you can never turn off.

Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 24d

Yeah, it's a huge damage output boost and a movement utility buff as well. If you're not utilizing the take aim refresh, you are literally not playing Freja. :P

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Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 24d

Plus, added bonus, doing a mid-air dash resetting take aim means you can do the scope slow fall thing up to 3 (sometimes 4 if you time them right) pauses in midair, which makes her much more mobile and maintains her height advantage.

Still need decent aim, but this is what I was struggling with.

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Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 24d

The interaction was that her dash resets take aim, which I wasn't utilizing, so i was using take aim 66% less than I could have, and that's her big damage dealer (plus what a lot of her stadium powers are for). So I was getting no elims because I'd do one take aim burst and then HOPE to land shots.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 24d

thirteen hours left to go, help me make a puppet show

www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...

The Last Fifteen Minutes

A marionette opera and short film about having dinner together before a giant kaiju steps on you.

www.kickstarter.com

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Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 25d

That original video came across my feed a week or so back and within seconds I knew what it was going to be and what it was going to cause. How do creators get so far in the process without having ANY awareness? Wild!

Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 26d

OK, Freja is not happening. Playing some alternative builds of Soldier. AP Rockets is fun, very bursty, not sure it's better than the mini visor build.

Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 26d

13 out of 17

Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 26d

12 out of 16

Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · 26d

11 of the last 15 games have been 3-0 wins or loses. 3 games were 3-1 wins/loses, and only 1 games was a 3-2 win. This matchmaking fucking blows chunks...