*Raymond Vermeulen
@crapcyborg.bsky.social
🖋️ 🎮 Story-type games person 🫖🗡️ Game Narrative & Roleplaying Researcher 🔥 Narrative Designer/Writer 🔥 WGGB Games #BAFTAConnect @LBMentorship 🔥
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The website is live and tickets are now available for Jubensha Con 2026, the world's first convention about English-language jubensha!
London, 8-9 May, just £15!
Co-organised with the amazing @arlohoward.bsky.social @chronicinsanity.bsky.social, and Suspense Studio (KMS Games)
London, 8-9 May, just £15!
Co-organised with the amazing @arlohoward.bsky.social @chronicinsanity.bsky.social, and Suspense Studio (KMS Games)
Jubensha Con 2026
The world's first convention about jubensha
jubenshacon.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:19 AM
The website is live and tickets are now available for Jubensha Con 2026, the world's first convention about English-language jubensha!
London, 8-9 May, just £15!
Co-organised with the amazing @arlohoward.bsky.social @chronicinsanity.bsky.social, and Suspense Studio (KMS Games)
London, 8-9 May, just £15!
Co-organised with the amazing @arlohoward.bsky.social @chronicinsanity.bsky.social, and Suspense Studio (KMS Games)
Spectacular work
January 24, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Spectacular work
Entire crew of gay paladin murderhobos, exquisite
Thirsty Sword Lesbians tonight!! Time to get messy and dramatic and have a gay old time
January 24, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Entire crew of gay paladin murderhobos, exquisite
Thirsty Sword Lesbians tonight!! Time to get messy and dramatic and have a gay old time
January 23, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Thirsty Sword Lesbians tonight!! Time to get messy and dramatic and have a gay old time
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Institutional memory is very important, and we keep losing it all due to layoffs and career instability. Heck, the average career is still only 5-7 years
With proper mentorship, institutional memory can be maintained and we wouldn't have to tell jonnie blow to go fck himself every 5 years
With proper mentorship, institutional memory can be maintained and we wouldn't have to tell jonnie blow to go fck himself every 5 years
January 23, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Institutional memory is very important, and we keep losing it all due to layoffs and career instability. Heck, the average career is still only 5-7 years
With proper mentorship, institutional memory can be maintained and we wouldn't have to tell jonnie blow to go fck himself every 5 years
With proper mentorship, institutional memory can be maintained and we wouldn't have to tell jonnie blow to go fck himself every 5 years
Unpacking boxes. Might need to sort out more bookcase.
January 21, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Unpacking boxes. Might need to sort out more bookcase.
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Gaming doesn’t count as screen time. Gaming is books. Unless it’s on your phone - that is screen time. Movies are books unless they are Marvel, who produce screen time. Television is screen time.
January 20, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Gaming doesn’t count as screen time. Gaming is books. Unless it’s on your phone - that is screen time. Movies are books unless they are Marvel, who produce screen time. Television is screen time.
All of you are actual narrative designers and game writers! If I wanted to know about your aspirations I'd ask about your dream house!!
Mine's a castle with a wizard tower, obviously.
Mine's a castle with a wizard tower, obviously.
Throughout a career in publishing, the commonest problem I’ve found in authors trying to break into the business is their fear of taking themselves seriously. If that’s you, try this. (Little thread follows.)
1. Remove “aspiring” or “would-be writer” from your bio. Replace it with “writer.”
1. Remove “aspiring” or “would-be writer” from your bio. Replace it with “writer.”
January 20, 2026 at 5:38 PM
All of you are actual narrative designers and game writers! If I wanted to know about your aspirations I'd ask about your dream house!!
Mine's a castle with a wizard tower, obviously.
Mine's a castle with a wizard tower, obviously.
I swear to fuck US Letter size being different from A4 is gonna murder me while trying to print and bind TTRPG systems one of these days
January 20, 2026 at 11:27 AM
I swear to fuck US Letter size being different from A4 is gonna murder me while trying to print and bind TTRPG systems one of these days
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Are you a writer or narrative designer attending GDC? For the first time, GDC is hosting a Narrative Portfolio Review Workshop! I've assembled a literal dream team of Senior/Lead narrative folks to review portfolios, so bring your materials!
Deets: schedule.gdconf.com/session/narr...
Deets: schedule.gdconf.com/session/narr...
January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Are you a writer or narrative designer attending GDC? For the first time, GDC is hosting a Narrative Portfolio Review Workshop! I've assembled a literal dream team of Senior/Lead narrative folks to review portfolios, so bring your materials!
Deets: schedule.gdconf.com/session/narr...
Deets: schedule.gdconf.com/session/narr...
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"We’re growing our team; look at our current openings:
- Lead...
- Expert...
- Senior...
- Senior...
- Senior..."
shut up, ffs
this is not "expanding", this is grabbing people from other studios
you should elevate your current staff to the needed positions, and hire people on lower and entry levels
- Lead...
- Expert...
- Senior...
- Senior...
- Senior..."
shut up, ffs
this is not "expanding", this is grabbing people from other studios
you should elevate your current staff to the needed positions, and hire people on lower and entry levels
January 15, 2026 at 1:53 PM
"We’re growing our team; look at our current openings:
- Lead...
- Expert...
- Senior...
- Senior...
- Senior..."
shut up, ffs
this is not "expanding", this is grabbing people from other studios
you should elevate your current staff to the needed positions, and hire people on lower and entry levels
- Lead...
- Expert...
- Senior...
- Senior...
- Senior..."
shut up, ffs
this is not "expanding", this is grabbing people from other studios
you should elevate your current staff to the needed positions, and hire people on lower and entry levels
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numbers are losers and closely related to the fictional concept of ’money’ which is also for losers
January 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
numbers are losers and closely related to the fictional concept of ’money’ which is also for losers
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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
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I've been commissioned to write a piece about games based on real places that changed peoples' perception of that place or had some kind of local impact - are you a dev who made a game like this? Or are you a player who has a story about a game that inspired you to visit somewhere? Let me know!
January 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I've been commissioned to write a piece about games based on real places that changed peoples' perception of that place or had some kind of local impact - are you a dev who made a game like this? Or are you a player who has a story about a game that inspired you to visit somewhere? Let me know!
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greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
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The "traditional" structure of TTRPGs puts an enormous amount of pressure on the GM to learn/refine & very little on the players.
Which is somehow seen as more reasonable than spreading the load of learning/contribution across the whole table.
Broader implications about community in there, y'all.
Which is somehow seen as more reasonable than spreading the load of learning/contribution across the whole table.
Broader implications about community in there, y'all.
January 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The "traditional" structure of TTRPGs puts an enormous amount of pressure on the GM to learn/refine & very little on the players.
Which is somehow seen as more reasonable than spreading the load of learning/contribution across the whole table.
Broader implications about community in there, y'all.
Which is somehow seen as more reasonable than spreading the load of learning/contribution across the whole table.
Broader implications about community in there, y'all.
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This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
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Every "AI Haters" list I'm added to makes me stronger
January 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Every "AI Haters" list I'm added to makes me stronger
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the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
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friends! acquaintances! help!
i'm looking to hire a game designer (living in the Netherlands) to help build games in The Hidden Folks Universe, starting with a sequel to the indie hit game Hidden Folks.
know someone who's a good fit? pls forward this, ty!
hiddenfolks.com/job-opening/...
i'm looking to hire a game designer (living in the Netherlands) to help build games in The Hidden Folks Universe, starting with a sequel to the indie hit game Hidden Folks.
know someone who's a good fit? pls forward this, ty!
hiddenfolks.com/job-opening/...
Job opening: game designer @ Hidden Folks
We're looking for a game designer in the Netherlands to help build games in The Hidden Folks Universe, starting with a sequel to the indie hit game Hidden Folks.
hiddenfolks.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
friends! acquaintances! help!
i'm looking to hire a game designer (living in the Netherlands) to help build games in The Hidden Folks Universe, starting with a sequel to the indie hit game Hidden Folks.
know someone who's a good fit? pls forward this, ty!
hiddenfolks.com/job-opening/...
i'm looking to hire a game designer (living in the Netherlands) to help build games in The Hidden Folks Universe, starting with a sequel to the indie hit game Hidden Folks.
know someone who's a good fit? pls forward this, ty!
hiddenfolks.com/job-opening/...
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5 minutes into the new year and I'm dodging exploding fireworks at my balcony 20 stories up. 2026 gonna be something huh
Sickkk views tho
Sickkk views tho
December 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
5 minutes into the new year and I'm dodging exploding fireworks at my balcony 20 stories up. 2026 gonna be something huh
Sickkk views tho
Sickkk views tho
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Here's your free RPG for #FreeRPGDay:
You are a housecat. Whenever you attempt to pull a fast one on your humans, roll 1d6.
1: Spectacular failure; what do you destroy?
2-3: Marginal failure; what do you destroy?
4-5: Marginal success; what do you destroy?
6: Critical success; what do you destroy?
You are a housecat. Whenever you attempt to pull a fast one on your humans, roll 1d6.
1: Spectacular failure; what do you destroy?
2-3: Marginal failure; what do you destroy?
4-5: Marginal success; what do you destroy?
6: Critical success; what do you destroy?
June 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Here's your free RPG for #FreeRPGDay:
You are a housecat. Whenever you attempt to pull a fast one on your humans, roll 1d6.
1: Spectacular failure; what do you destroy?
2-3: Marginal failure; what do you destroy?
4-5: Marginal success; what do you destroy?
6: Critical success; what do you destroy?
You are a housecat. Whenever you attempt to pull a fast one on your humans, roll 1d6.
1: Spectacular failure; what do you destroy?
2-3: Marginal failure; what do you destroy?
4-5: Marginal success; what do you destroy?
6: Critical success; what do you destroy?
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...