Bez: Interactive Fiction, Visual Novels, & Writing
@norbezjones.bsky.social
XYZZY-nominated narrative designer: http://norbez.itch.io . Writes news, reviews, stories, games. Agender, Transmasc Boything. E/He. Icon by @jimikatdraws.bsky.social . https://norbezjones.carrd.co/
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I've decided to add some writing commission tiers to my Patreon! I don't usually open writing coms on this account, so if you want something special (even a lyric game!) this is your chance!
Also, please look forward to some behind-the-scenes posts on Patreon soon!
www.patreon.com/norbezjones
Also, please look forward to some behind-the-scenes posts on Patreon soon!
www.patreon.com/norbezjones
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Welcome to The Sprawl. Everything sucks and the rich live eternal via instant reincarnation. An upset, hungry salarygnoll accidentally learned that gutslop can’t reincarnate.
For the #GnollTTJam I’m writing Vorare Eternum - a game where you must Eat The Rich.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
For the #GnollTTJam I’m writing Vorare Eternum - a game where you must Eat The Rich.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Welcome to The Sprawl. Everything sucks and the rich live eternal via instant reincarnation. An upset, hungry salarygnoll accidentally learned that gutslop can’t reincarnate.
For the #GnollTTJam I’m writing Vorare Eternum - a game where you must Eat The Rich.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
For the #GnollTTJam I’m writing Vorare Eternum - a game where you must Eat The Rich.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Theater kid.
I'd always been into games but listening/watching actual play turned the tides as I went "Wait, you can play games like that??"
I'd always been into games but listening/watching actual play turned the tides as I went "Wait, you can play games like that??"
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
The moment I was born, TTRPGs pinned my shadow to the earth with a large brass nail and tore it from me. This is my first memory, the seed of many hours of therapy to come.
The moment I was born, TTRPGs pinned my shadow to the earth with a large brass nail and tore it from me. This is my first memory, the seed of many hours of therapy to come.
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
i got hit by a truck and woke up here
i got hit by a truck and woke up here
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Theater kid.
I'd always been into games but listening/watching actual play turned the tides as I went "Wait, you can play games like that??"
I'd always been into games but listening/watching actual play turned the tides as I went "Wait, you can play games like that??"
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May 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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I made my first game jam!
It's the 'No Thanks Given' jam
Create a TTRPG within 10 days exploring the negative feelings/aspects surrounding the upcoming holidays.
#NoThanksGivenJam
itch.io/jam/no-thank...
It's the 'No Thanks Given' jam
Create a TTRPG within 10 days exploring the negative feelings/aspects surrounding the upcoming holidays.
#NoThanksGivenJam
itch.io/jam/no-thank...
No Thanks Given
A game jam from 2025-11-17 to 2025-11-27 hosted by Felix (@withfatedbreath). A 10-day TTRPG jam about the negative feelings surrounding the holidays. Not feeling very grateful? Not feeling the U.S. Am...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I made my first game jam!
It's the 'No Thanks Given' jam
Create a TTRPG within 10 days exploring the negative feelings/aspects surrounding the upcoming holidays.
#NoThanksGivenJam
itch.io/jam/no-thank...
It's the 'No Thanks Given' jam
Create a TTRPG within 10 days exploring the negative feelings/aspects surrounding the upcoming holidays.
#NoThanksGivenJam
itch.io/jam/no-thank...
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Broken Boner, our first game, is out now!!
This game was made as an entry for the Yaoi Game Jam 2025!
You can check our game here >>>
emptypool.itch.io/broken-boner
And more awesome entries are at your disposal on the Jam site <3 >>>
itch.io/jam/yaoi-gam...
#YaoiJam2025 #YaoiJam #YaoiGameJam
This game was made as an entry for the Yaoi Game Jam 2025!
You can check our game here >>>
emptypool.itch.io/broken-boner
And more awesome entries are at your disposal on the Jam site <3 >>>
itch.io/jam/yaoi-gam...
#YaoiJam2025 #YaoiJam #YaoiGameJam
Broken Boner by EmptyPool Studio
Two ends of the same wound
emptypool.itch.io
September 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Broken Boner, our first game, is out now!!
This game was made as an entry for the Yaoi Game Jam 2025!
You can check our game here >>>
emptypool.itch.io/broken-boner
And more awesome entries are at your disposal on the Jam site <3 >>>
itch.io/jam/yaoi-gam...
#YaoiJam2025 #YaoiJam #YaoiGameJam
This game was made as an entry for the Yaoi Game Jam 2025!
You can check our game here >>>
emptypool.itch.io/broken-boner
And more awesome entries are at your disposal on the Jam site <3 >>>
itch.io/jam/yaoi-gam...
#YaoiJam2025 #YaoiJam #YaoiGameJam
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It's that time again!
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
Solo But Not Alone 5 Signup
If you have a singleplayer TTRPG you've never submitted to Solo But Not Alone before, this is the place!
Solo But Not Alone is a bundle of singleplayer TTRPGs of all kinds, sold for $10 to benefit m...
forms.gle
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It's that time again!
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
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NOT MINE but my friend @boxen.bsky.social is working on this as an artist!
with 15 days left and only at 25% funding we need to get these numbers up folks!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
with 15 days left and only at 25% funding we need to get these numbers up folks!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
Infinite Paths
A solo TTRPG system
www.kickstarter.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
NOT MINE but my friend @boxen.bsky.social is working on this as an artist!
with 15 days left and only at 25% funding we need to get these numbers up folks!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
with 15 days left and only at 25% funding we need to get these numbers up folks!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...
Realized there's something important I do that I don't talk about enough: I run TTRPGs in the @eternaljam.bsky.social server that people make for the jams! I've been doing this since August if memory serves, and I run at least 2 games every month (usually more). You should come!
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November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Realized there's something important I do that I don't talk about enough: I run TTRPGs in the @eternaljam.bsky.social server that people make for the jams! I've been doing this since August if memory serves, and I run at least 2 games every month (usually more). You should come!
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November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Here's the #NaGaDeMon2025 Week 3 summary! Wrapped up the Character Creation section for The Amazing Digital Roleplaying Game and am now on stuff for GMs (or AMs, as we call them).
Link to read in replies! The game is coming out soon!
#TADC #TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADCttrpg
Link to read in replies! The game is coming out soon!
#TADC #TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADCttrpg
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Here's the #NaGaDeMon2025 Week 3 summary! Wrapped up the Character Creation section for The Amazing Digital Roleplaying Game and am now on stuff for GMs (or AMs, as we call them).
Link to read in replies! The game is coming out soon!
#TADC #TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADCttrpg
Link to read in replies! The game is coming out soon!
#TADC #TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADCttrpg
We have a logo by our artist, Tricks! The game's ashcan is coming before the end of the month!
#TADC #TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADCttrpg #NaGaDeMon2025 #eternalttrpgjam
#TADC #TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADCttrpg #NaGaDeMon2025 #eternalttrpgjam
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We have a logo by our artist, Tricks! The game's ashcan is coming before the end of the month!
#TADC #TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADCttrpg #NaGaDeMon2025 #eternalttrpgjam
#TADC #TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADCttrpg #NaGaDeMon2025 #eternalttrpgjam
Did you know I have 3 new TTRPGs out, and a WIP in the works? You can read more about them and find links to them here: www.patreon.com/posts/3-new-...
#ttrpg #lyricgame #200wordrpg
#ttrpg #lyricgame #200wordrpg
3 new releases: STEAM CLOWNS, Quadrilateral Quiz Dungeon & Hoarding Multiplayer Supplement. Also, a WIP! | Bez Is Always Writing
Get more from Bez Is Always Writing on Patreon
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November 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Did you know I have 3 new TTRPGs out, and a WIP in the works? You can read more about them and find links to them here: www.patreon.com/posts/3-new-...
#ttrpg #lyricgame #200wordrpg
#ttrpg #lyricgame #200wordrpg
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praise the hawkmoth king will be available on BACKERKIT in the fall — free pawjobs to the first dozen backers
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Praise the Hawkmoth King Returns to Life
From Luck of the Harbor - Praise the Hawkmoth King Returns to Life
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August 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
praise the hawkmoth king will be available on BACKERKIT in the fall — free pawjobs to the first dozen backers
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
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Ritual Deck is out now!!
In Ritual Deck, play as moody teenage card duelists, possessed by amnesiac spirits, solving mysteries and resolving threats both supernatural and mundane to recover their lost memories and stop the return of an ancient evil.
plusoneexp.com/products/rit...
In Ritual Deck, play as moody teenage card duelists, possessed by amnesiac spirits, solving mysteries and resolving threats both supernatural and mundane to recover their lost memories and stop the return of an ancient evil.
plusoneexp.com/products/rit...
Ritual Deck
PREPARE TO DUEL!!! In This Supernatural Trading Card TTRPG. In Ritual Deck, play as teenage card duelistspossessed by amnesiac spirits, solvingmysteries and resolving threats both supernatural and mun...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Ritual Deck is out now!!
In Ritual Deck, play as moody teenage card duelists, possessed by amnesiac spirits, solving mysteries and resolving threats both supernatural and mundane to recover their lost memories and stop the return of an ancient evil.
plusoneexp.com/products/rit...
In Ritual Deck, play as moody teenage card duelists, possessed by amnesiac spirits, solving mysteries and resolving threats both supernatural and mundane to recover their lost memories and stop the return of an ancient evil.
plusoneexp.com/products/rit...
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Thank you to Wes, and Zine Club overall, for believing in this weird scrappy little game!
Ritual Deck combines the intensity of anime like Yu-Gi-Oh and the vibes of Atlus games with a foundation of the Carved from Brindlewood in a unique and, frankly, badass way!
Thanks to @drlemons.itch.io for trusting us to release RD through Zine Club. Check it out:
plusoneexp.com/products/rit...
Thanks to @drlemons.itch.io for trusting us to release RD through Zine Club. Check it out:
plusoneexp.com/products/rit...
Ritual Deck
PREPARE TO DUEL!!! In This Supernatural Trading Card TTRPG. In Ritual Deck, play as teenage card duelistspossessed by amnesiac spirits, solvingmysteries and resolving threats both supernatural and mun...
plusoneexp.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Thank you to Wes, and Zine Club overall, for believing in this weird scrappy little game!
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Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
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The Good Omens ‘Beloved Omens’ AU is my personal pet project about the Ineffable Husbands learning how to work together via loving partnerships with humans throughout history. I am hoping to reopen a discord for this project if people would like to contribute! Be sure to share!!
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Good Omens ‘Beloved Omens’ AU is my personal pet project about the Ineffable Husbands learning how to work together via loving partnerships with humans throughout history. I am hoping to reopen a discord for this project if people would like to contribute! Be sure to share!!
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This feature can be disabled by going to Invoicing -> Feedback and toggling 'Collect feedback' off there (on a business account, at least)
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Weekly progress! Missed last week, so we're back to 1st week in a row.
-- #NaGaDeMon2025 and the #TADCttrpg are going good! I was a bit behind, but am getting back on track.
#vndev #vnlink
-- #NaGaDeMon2025 and the #TADCttrpg are going good! I was a bit behind, but am getting back on track.
#vndev #vnlink
Weekly progress! This is the 3rd week in a row.
-- #omegajam game, Omegaverse IRL?!, is out! Link in replies!
-- Doing the #RAISEJAM to finally recast FR3AK from Cthulhu's Son Is A Scene Kid!
-- #NaGaDeMon2025 is going well! #TADC TTRPG is looking promising!
#vndev #vnlink
-- #omegajam game, Omegaverse IRL?!, is out! Link in replies!
-- Doing the #RAISEJAM to finally recast FR3AK from Cthulhu's Son Is A Scene Kid!
-- #NaGaDeMon2025 is going well! #TADC TTRPG is looking promising!
#vndev #vnlink
2nd time in a row for weekly progress! Yahoo!
-- I did #HollowJam! Link in replies to play my and everyone's submissions!
-- That #omegajam game is coming soon!
-- Gonna do #NaGaDeMon2025 with a TTRPG! Is it ok to share TTRPG stuff in this? Oh well, my post my rules.
#vndev #vnlink
-- I did #HollowJam! Link in replies to play my and everyone's submissions!
-- That #omegajam game is coming soon!
-- Gonna do #NaGaDeMon2025 with a TTRPG! Is it ok to share TTRPG stuff in this? Oh well, my post my rules.
#vndev #vnlink
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Weekly progress! Missed last week, so we're back to 1st week in a row.
-- #NaGaDeMon2025 and the #TADCttrpg are going good! I was a bit behind, but am getting back on track.
#vndev #vnlink
-- #NaGaDeMon2025 and the #TADCttrpg are going good! I was a bit behind, but am getting back on track.
#vndev #vnlink
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NYT: "It seems like after people used Garry's Mod to bypass age restrictions earlier this year photo based age guessing isn't gonna cut it"
David Roblox: "Oh no don't worry, we're gonna surveil the shit out of your kids. We're gonna be taking photos & telemetry of your kids all the time."
David Roblox: "Oh no don't worry, we're gonna surveil the shit out of your kids. We're gonna be taking photos & telemetry of your kids all the time."
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
NYT: "It seems like after people used Garry's Mod to bypass age restrictions earlier this year photo based age guessing isn't gonna cut it"
David Roblox: "Oh no don't worry, we're gonna surveil the shit out of your kids. We're gonna be taking photos & telemetry of your kids all the time."
David Roblox: "Oh no don't worry, we're gonna surveil the shit out of your kids. We're gonna be taking photos & telemetry of your kids all the time."
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ok that's the hardest thing i have to do today done
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
ok that's the hardest thing i have to do today done
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Contributing by drawing a dnd character while she writes
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Contributing by drawing a dnd character while she writes
Almost done with the Character Creation section of the #TADCttrpg, yahoo! And I'm at over 12k words this month overall! I should reach my 15k goal very soon! C:
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#tadc #pillowrimo #NaGaDeMon2025
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#tadc #pillowrimo #NaGaDeMon2025
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Bez's Pillowrimo Progress: November 20th, 2025 · November 20th, huh? Geez, does time fly!
Wrote some good stuff for the TADC TTRPG (almost done with the Character Creation chapte…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Almost done with the Character Creation section of the #TADCttrpg, yahoo! And I'm at over 12k words this month overall! I should reach my 15k goal very soon! C:
www.tumblr.com/norbezjones/...
#tadc #pillowrimo #NaGaDeMon2025
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#tadc #pillowrimo #NaGaDeMon2025
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Hey console cowboys.
Ready to slot some drives?
I’m making a cyberpunk rogue-like deck building TTRPG.
It’s coming December 2nd.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/not...
Ready to slot some drives?
I’m making a cyberpunk rogue-like deck building TTRPG.
It’s coming December 2nd.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/not...
Coming soon: Card Drives
Turn playing cards into a cyberdeck in this cyberpunk rogue-like deckbuilding solo RPG!
www.kickstarter.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hey console cowboys.
Ready to slot some drives?
I’m making a cyberpunk rogue-like deck building TTRPG.
It’s coming December 2nd.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/not...
Ready to slot some drives?
I’m making a cyberpunk rogue-like deck building TTRPG.
It’s coming December 2nd.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/not...