Char
@alphachar.bsky.social
making Sparrow Warfare with @martinpi ~ writing games ~ teaching writing & yoga ~ 'when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro' ~ alphachar.com
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Char
@alphachar.bsky.social
· Oct 31
OK I’m really here now! For folks who don’t know me yet, I’m Char! Writing video games for the last 10 years, making weird experiments with writing & tech, teaching writing & yoga too. I want to believe that we can have a great time on the internet again 🙏
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Anita is streaming now!
www.twitch.tv/anita_was_here
www.twitch.tv/anita_was_here
Anita_was_here - Twitch
Indie Game: Sparrow Warfare (Developer is in the chat!)
www.twitch.tv
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Anita is streaming now!
www.twitch.tv/anita_was_here
www.twitch.tv/anita_was_here
Yesterday I finished the shawl I’ve been knitting since July! It’s the Glowhair Frost shawl designed by Stephen West. Thanks to @torillelvira.bsky.social for the inspiration & @martinpi.bsky.social for the colour scheme, support & help blocking!!
#showmeyourknits
#showmeyourknits
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Yesterday I finished the shawl I’ve been knitting since July! It’s the Glowhair Frost shawl designed by Stephen West. Thanks to @torillelvira.bsky.social for the inspiration & @martinpi.bsky.social for the colour scheme, support & help blocking!!
#showmeyourknits
#showmeyourknits
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For the past year I've been building up an astrophotography rig.
Clear nights are few and far between here, but I managed to get a full session in last night for the first time and had a first go a processing the images.
This is the Pacman Nebula (NGC 281), in the Hubble palette.
Clear nights are few and far between here, but I managed to get a full session in last night for the first time and had a first go a processing the images.
This is the Pacman Nebula (NGC 281), in the Hubble palette.
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
For the past year I've been building up an astrophotography rig.
Clear nights are few and far between here, but I managed to get a full session in last night for the first time and had a first go a processing the images.
This is the Pacman Nebula (NGC 281), in the Hubble palette.
Clear nights are few and far between here, but I managed to get a full session in last night for the first time and had a first go a processing the images.
This is the Pacman Nebula (NGC 281), in the Hubble palette.
We've been posting our daily flights for our latest playtest, and I can't bear to watch my own ones but I love watching @martinpi.bsky.social play!
Our players are now so good that we cannot take 1st place in our own game anymore - which is actually a great feeling!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjE_...
Our players are now so good that we cannot take 1st place in our own game anymore - which is actually a great feeling!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjE_...
Flight 006 - Sparrow Warfare Daily Flight 16th Nov 2025 | Roguelike Deckbuilder
YouTube video by NEON AURELIUS
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We've been posting our daily flights for our latest playtest, and I can't bear to watch my own ones but I love watching @martinpi.bsky.social play!
Our players are now so good that we cannot take 1st place in our own game anymore - which is actually a great feeling!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjE_...
Our players are now so good that we cannot take 1st place in our own game anymore - which is actually a great feeling!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjE_...
Enjoyable non-work things right now:
- reading “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter”
- playing “Oaken Tower”
- cooking lots of delicious things with @martinpi.bsky.social
- knitting the laaaaaaast few rows of my giant shawl
- morning practice back in gear
- reading “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter”
- playing “Oaken Tower”
- cooking lots of delicious things with @martinpi.bsky.social
- knitting the laaaaaaast few rows of my giant shawl
- morning practice back in gear
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Enjoyable non-work things right now:
- reading “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter”
- playing “Oaken Tower”
- cooking lots of delicious things with @martinpi.bsky.social
- knitting the laaaaaaast few rows of my giant shawl
- morning practice back in gear
- reading “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter”
- playing “Oaken Tower”
- cooking lots of delicious things with @martinpi.bsky.social
- knitting the laaaaaaast few rows of my giant shawl
- morning practice back in gear
A lovely Monday morning to start the week! We were featured in Tiny Gaming's Demo Dive, and this morning I got to join The Gamemaster Brown on Twitch to chat our way through a daily flight of Sparrow Warfare:
www.twitch.tv/videos/26207...
www.twitch.tv/videos/26207...
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A lovely Monday morning to start the week! We were featured in Tiny Gaming's Demo Dive, and this morning I got to join The Gamemaster Brown on Twitch to chat our way through a daily flight of Sparrow Warfare:
www.twitch.tv/videos/26207...
www.twitch.tv/videos/26207...
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Thanks so much to Hubert at Tiny Gaming for trying out our playtest for the latest Demo Dive!
www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/demo-d...
www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/demo-d...
DEMO DIVE #3 - November 2025
The middle of November is here and I can feel it in my bones. In the frozen north, where I live, the days are so short I live in eternal darkness. Cold starts seeping through the walls. Only ungodly a...
www.tiny-gaming.net
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thanks so much to Hubert at Tiny Gaming for trying out our playtest for the latest Demo Dive!
www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/demo-d...
www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/demo-d...
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making something that can comfort or excite or surprise you in this world, and the world to come, is like hitting a moving target. and the target is shapeshifting, and so is your instrument, and so are you. so past assumptions about what you must or must not do are less relevant than ever.
November 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
making something that can comfort or excite or surprise you in this world, and the world to come, is like hitting a moving target. and the target is shapeshifting, and so is your instrument, and so are you. so past assumptions about what you must or must not do are less relevant than ever.
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i have a lot of trouble with self-promotion, but i lost my insurance and SNAP benefits a few months ago due to federal level hijinx, and am really struggling with the day to day right now. i could really use your help! i'm trying to get back up to $1000.
www.patreon.com/vacuumflowers
www.patreon.com/vacuumflowers
Get more from Loren Schmidt on Patreon
creating video games + other digital art
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November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
i have a lot of trouble with self-promotion, but i lost my insurance and SNAP benefits a few months ago due to federal level hijinx, and am really struggling with the day to day right now. i could really use your help! i'm trying to get back up to $1000.
www.patreon.com/vacuumflowers
www.patreon.com/vacuumflowers
Vine reboot called diVine has been launched 📱
• Funded by Jack Dorsey
• Includes over 100K videos from Vine's archive
• Users can upload 6-second videos
• AI-generated content is not allowed
• Funded by Jack Dorsey
• Includes over 100K videos from Vine's archive
• Users can upload 6-second videos
• AI-generated content is not allowed
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
You walk home in the rainy dark and every light turns green for you, for YOU: open.spotify.com/track/6pomim...
Everything Always Goes Wrong
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November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
You walk home in the rainy dark and every light turns green for you, for YOU: open.spotify.com/track/6pomim...
Started reading "The Buffalo Hunter Hunter" last night and it's so good I'm just excited for bedtime to roll around so I can get cosy and keep reading 🙏
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Started reading "The Buffalo Hunter Hunter" last night and it's so good I'm just excited for bedtime to roll around so I can get cosy and keep reading 🙏
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.... and number 2 is up! Genuinely shocked with the score at the end of this one!!
youtu.be/53V9-l5GqQs
youtu.be/53V9-l5GqQs
Flight 002 - Sparrow Warfare Daily Flight 12th Nov 2025
YouTube video by NEON AURELIUS
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
.... and number 2 is up! Genuinely shocked with the score at the end of this one!!
youtu.be/53V9-l5GqQs
youtu.be/53V9-l5GqQs
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Sunrise in Copenhagen.
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Sunrise in Copenhagen.
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New lil YouTube series where we play the Daily Flight and talk through play choices!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dKL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dKL...
Flight 001 - Sparrow Warfare Daily Flight 11th Nov 2025
YouTube video by NEON AURELIUS
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
New lil YouTube series where we play the Daily Flight and talk through play choices!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dKL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dKL...
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technology that makes people more productive is inherently used to perpetuate capitalism, that’s why I make videogames, technology that makes people less productive
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
technology that makes people more productive is inherently used to perpetuate capitalism, that’s why I make videogames, technology that makes people less productive
Big same - @martinpi.bsky.social & I have lowered our heartrates by several beats surely through our new cryptic crossword addiction
i’m actually finally getting better at cryptic crosswords and it remains one of the most satisfying things i do on a daily basis
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Big same - @martinpi.bsky.social & I have lowered our heartrates by several beats surely through our new cryptic crossword addiction
As soon as we shared the new build with folks, I felt the energy back in my veins again! There is NOTHING like seeing people battle it out on our leaderboard, a little digital euphoria manifesting - come join! ✨
Playtest 2 has just kicked off. We'd be excited if you put Sparrow Warfare through the wringer – even if you break the game! As long as you give us feedback, of course. store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As soon as we shared the new build with folks, I felt the energy back in my veins again! There is NOTHING like seeing people battle it out on our leaderboard, a little digital euphoria manifesting - come join! ✨
We're prepping here for streaming in a few hours: we'll have Don't Wake The Beast, Uazo, and of course, Sparrow Warfare!
Super excited to promote some awesome indie games on Steam for Animal Fest tomorrow through @neonaurelius.bsky.social's Migration Route!
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We're prepping here for streaming in a few hours: we'll have Don't Wake The Beast, Uazo, and of course, Sparrow Warfare!
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Up at 5am to watch someone halfway around the world stream Quail Crossing for the Migration Route! 😅😴☕️
Shoutout to @alphachar.bsky.social and @neonaurelius.bsky.social for putting on the event!
Happy Animal Fest!
#gamedev #indiegame #indielife
Shoutout to @alphachar.bsky.social and @neonaurelius.bsky.social for putting on the event!
Happy Animal Fest!
#gamedev #indiegame #indielife
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Up at 5am to watch someone halfway around the world stream Quail Crossing for the Migration Route! 😅😴☕️
Shoutout to @alphachar.bsky.social and @neonaurelius.bsky.social for putting on the event!
Happy Animal Fest!
#gamedev #indiegame #indielife
Shoutout to @alphachar.bsky.social and @neonaurelius.bsky.social for putting on the event!
Happy Animal Fest!
#gamedev #indiegame #indielife
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Playtest 2 has just kicked off. We'd be excited if you put Sparrow Warfare through the wringer – even if you break the game! As long as you give us feedback, of course. store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Playtest 2 has just kicked off. We'd be excited if you put Sparrow Warfare through the wringer – even if you break the game! As long as you give us feedback, of course. store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
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Super excited to promote some awesome indie games on Steam for Animal Fest tomorrow through @neonaurelius.bsky.social's Migration Route!
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Super excited to promote some awesome indie games on Steam for Animal Fest tomorrow through @neonaurelius.bsky.social's Migration Route!
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
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Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
Looking forward to a bit of streaming on Monday afternoon!
Aaaaaaand also to kick off Steam's Animal Fest next week we're going to be streaming with a bunch of indie friends, so if you like games and animals then join our migration route...
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Looking forward to a bit of streaming on Monday afternoon!
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@alphachar.bsky.social evidently i'd rather do any hacking rather than be actually writing anything - i made a toy using @britishlibrary.bsky.social images and a list of nouns: ghostweather.com/apps/flickr-...
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
@alphachar.bsky.social evidently i'd rather do any hacking rather than be actually writing anything - i made a toy using @britishlibrary.bsky.social images and a list of nouns: ghostweather.com/apps/flickr-...