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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · 2d

@nyugamecenter.bsky.social So I got an email approving me to attend the Thursday playtest. It implies that it's only good for today, but I recall it saying I needed to fill out the form only once per semester. Do I need to fill the form again?

zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · 5d

In time for Halloween, here are 3 FANTASTIC horror (or creepy) games:

The Exit 8
Platform 8
Twisted Gallery

store.steampowered.com/app/2653790/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2903560/...
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Twisted Gallery 异馆 on Steam

You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.

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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · 7d

@dvcgames.bsky.social Shout out to DVC, your game submissions guide is A+. Wish every publisher had one of these.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Bookmark Series Style Guide 2025

Bookmark Series VISION STATEMENT 2025 If you have any questions, we turned on commenting. Purpose The following is a style guide and submissions rubric for our ongoing Bookmark Series of physically ...

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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · 7d

@bluedevilduke.bsky.social Do you think you'll do another solo game design panel at Unpub next year?

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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · 13d

Sheet's been updated, slightly better formatting, and our friend @stoichamster.bsky.social helped fill in some ??? entries.

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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · 13d

Updated! Sounds like you've been busy lately :)

zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · 13d

As long as you think it's reached enough that they didn't change their minds

zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · 13d

Hey board game designers I made a list of Pax Unplugged publishers: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

"Would need to ask", means website and maybe contact, but their site doesn't mention submissions.

Leave a comment if I need to fix something up.

Pax Unplugged Publisher List 2025

docs.google.com

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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · 15d

www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant

By using their authority to define what corporations are—and what powers they hold—states can end the era of corporate and dark money in U.S. politics.

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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · 26d

it will always be QUEEN OF HORDE

zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · 28d

So I'm starting to do a rough write up of a designer diary for a upcoming project. Does anyone have a favorite one from BGG? I've read a few, but I don't think I've read enough to know what makes them great.

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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · 29d

Queen of Horde?

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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · Sep 11

I'll look into it. It sounds like it's 80% there and I would need to figure out how to translate markdown to CSV or excel.

Someone else mentioned Twine, and that'll be the other one I look into.

Thanks!

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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · Sep 11

Is this more of a custom job? Like did you write your own program to hold all the data?

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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thanks for the suggestion! I didn't know Twine could ship a CSV at the end.

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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · Sep 11

I'm trying to avoid a situation where I map out all the content in one tool and then have to manually transfer that into the spreadsheet format to make the cards.

zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · Sep 11

My challenge is that with narrative games the content gets rather complicated, so I'm trying to find other ways to plot out the card content in an organized way (like a network graph), but then still be able to make cards. So turning that graph into a spreadsheet, or turn the nodes into images.

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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · Sep 11

So big picture is that I'd like some methodology that allows me to plot out a bunch of related content; locations, characters, etc... and then be able to turn those into cards.

My usual workflow is a spreadsheet and templating software; data and image names go in, cards come out.

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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · Sep 11

Any game designers on here have tips for working on narrative driven tabletop games? I'm currently trying to build a card game which is kind of choose-your-own-adventure, but the format you have to keep the cards (spreadsheets) is not really conductive of branching storylines.

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zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social · Sep 10

@renegadegamestudios.com so I have a game design question. When designing a narrative game, maybe using cards, how do you keep track of all the content?

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NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · Sep 4

Playtest Thursday RETURNS next Thursday, Sept. 11th at the NYU Game Center!

Our weekly in-house playtesting event where you can get feedback on work-in-progress games is back for the Fall 2025 semester!

External guests of NYU who wish to join, please fill out this form: forms.gle/3EdgXVDe95P7...