Jacob Marks
@jacobmarks.bsky.social
I make rpgs, programs, 3d art, and other weird things...
My largest projects are the Vaarn Atlas, Exalted Order Of The Mystic Moose, and Penumbral Oasis.
Find those, and my other games at: https://siofragames.itch.io/
Blog at: https://jacobmarkshasablog
My largest projects are the Vaarn Atlas, Exalted Order Of The Mystic Moose, and Penumbral Oasis.
Find those, and my other games at: https://siofragames.itch.io/
Blog at: https://jacobmarkshasablog
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All the main land masses are in place, so I'm adding some more details to the map now, this part is fun.
#GameDev #LevelDesign #CRPG #Lovecraft
#GameDev #LevelDesign #CRPG #Lovecraft
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
All the main land masses are in place, so I'm adding some more details to the map now, this part is fun.
#GameDev #LevelDesign #CRPG #Lovecraft
#GameDev #LevelDesign #CRPG #Lovecraft
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Working on a #PROCJAM 2025 entry. Reusing a bunch of my Archipelago of Monsters code to create a polar expedition game. Gonna get weird with it and take a lot of inspiration from The Iron Coral from Into the Odd.
November 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Working on a #PROCJAM 2025 entry. Reusing a bunch of my Archipelago of Monsters code to create a polar expedition game. Gonna get weird with it and take a lot of inspiration from The Iron Coral from Into the Odd.
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PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is back for another year! Join us on itch.io this November for another week of making something that makes something - a bskybot, a videogame, a digital artwork, a dice table or something else!
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
PROCJAM - The Procedural Generation Jam
A game jam from 2025-11-21 to 2025-12-01 hosted by PROCJAM. Let's Make Something! PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is a creative coding jam about making things that make things. This normally...
itch.io
October 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is back for another year! Join us on itch.io this November for another week of making something that makes something - a bskybot, a videogame, a digital artwork, a dice table or something else!
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
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Einfühlung: A Liminal Horror Starter Scenario is out now!
This new starter adventure gathers everything you need to bring the horror straight to the table! It also acts as a companion adventure to our free starter: Stopover at the Shelterwood Inn
goblinarchives.itch.io/liminal-horr...
This new starter adventure gathers everything you need to bring the horror straight to the table! It also acts as a companion adventure to our free starter: Stopover at the Shelterwood Inn
goblinarchives.itch.io/liminal-horr...
Einfühlung: A Liminal Horror Starter Scenario by Goblin Archives, Unenthuser
An Introductory Scenario for Liminal Horror
goblinarchives.itch.io
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Einfühlung: A Liminal Horror Starter Scenario is out now!
This new starter adventure gathers everything you need to bring the horror straight to the table! It also acts as a companion adventure to our free starter: Stopover at the Shelterwood Inn
goblinarchives.itch.io/liminal-horr...
This new starter adventure gathers everything you need to bring the horror straight to the table! It also acts as a companion adventure to our free starter: Stopover at the Shelterwood Inn
goblinarchives.itch.io/liminal-horr...
This article is really making me question whether I intend to put dialogue trees in my game because I want to, or because I'm following a cargo cult. Will have to give it a think 🤔
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games
think of this as me trying to find out what parts of dialogue choices are load bearing game design and what else can be done with dialogue.
docseuss.medium.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This article is really making me question whether I intend to put dialogue trees in my game because I want to, or because I'm following a cargo cult. Will have to give it a think 🤔
This is giving me chills and I'm only 11 pages in!
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This is giving me chills and I'm only 11 pages in!
Working on Pthalo Jackal behavior and a new reload animation for my Vaults of #Vaarn #PSX game.
#HauntedPSX #PS1 #Unity
#HauntedPSX #PS1 #Unity
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Working on Pthalo Jackal behavior and a new reload animation for my Vaults of #Vaarn #PSX game.
#HauntedPSX #PS1 #Unity
#HauntedPSX #PS1 #Unity
Normal dog behavior.
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Normal dog behavior.
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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
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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
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Those who would cross the desert wastes with their purse and body intact had better keep a keen eye on the dunes and a quick hand on their powder horn.
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Those who would cross the desert wastes with their purse and body intact had better keep a keen eye on the dunes and a quick hand on their powder horn.
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The British version of basic D&D with the Blanche cover goes hard
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The British version of basic D&D with the Blanche cover goes hard
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"Hijacking of Agor's Savage Avatar"
This is my 3rd Southeast Asian medieval mech!
Also, hello! I'm back for a bit, trying to post weekly until the end of the year, which is like 8 weeks? I can do this!
(lol probably not)
This is my 3rd Southeast Asian medieval mech!
Also, hello! I'm back for a bit, trying to post weekly until the end of the year, which is like 8 weeks? I can do this!
(lol probably not)
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"Hijacking of Agor's Savage Avatar"
This is my 3rd Southeast Asian medieval mech!
Also, hello! I'm back for a bit, trying to post weekly until the end of the year, which is like 8 weeks? I can do this!
(lol probably not)
This is my 3rd Southeast Asian medieval mech!
Also, hello! I'm back for a bit, trying to post weekly until the end of the year, which is like 8 weeks? I can do this!
(lol probably not)
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Some Over the Garden Wall for this month’s riso print subscription, because I would love to have a frog sing to me
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Some Over the Garden Wall for this month’s riso print subscription, because I would love to have a frog sing to me
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if you go through the historical game studies record, you'll find attempts to strictly define games (generally around "goals" or "struggle") to be entwined with systemic racism, imperialism, and the enshrinement 19th/20th century patriarchal values
for games its especially important to understand the legacy of what games have historically been called not-games (i.e those made by non-men) and that when you call a game "not a game" youre building on that affect; its the equivalent of calling art "degenerate"
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
if you go through the historical game studies record, you'll find attempts to strictly define games (generally around "goals" or "struggle") to be entwined with systemic racism, imperialism, and the enshrinement 19th/20th century patriarchal values
