Chris Longhurst
potatocubed.bsky.social
Chris Longhurst
@potatocubed.bsky.social
The best game designer you've never heard of.
https://potatocubed.carrd.co/
He/him.
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Hello. My name is Chris (or potatocubed if you're From The Internet), I design games.

I am good at designing games.

Marketing, not so much.

Buy my stuff.

potatocubed.itch.io
potatocubed
potatocubed.itch.io
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WITCHCRAFT*

*this is a positive
this is mesmerizing
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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VOID_SHIFT is a solo deckbuilder where you build a space repair crew to complete a job with a time limit. Games take like 20-40 minutes. The physical edition contains the deck, five dice, and instructions in the lovely package above.

Get it here: shop.binarystar.games/products/voi...
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Coming to #Dragonmeet this weekend?

Bring cash!

I hear the wifi at the Excel centre is dogshit so I foresee a lot of stallholders having trouble with their card readers, and you don't want to miss out on a great game because your electronic money is temporarily indisposed!
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Have you tried looking at trains? It might cure your Not Autism. 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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There are four days until Dragonmeet and I'm getting excited, if by excited you mean "Wondering if I've forgotten anything".

I'm on booth E15, just behind Chaosium. Come and say hello. Here's an amazing map of where I am by @jogbrogzin.bsky.social.
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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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...
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
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November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
#Dragonmeet on Saturday! I will be present at stall K28 with hard copies of Crucible, Threadcutters, and most other things I make.
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Challenge: Go through every post and either identify a game that already does that or make one yourself.
I actually am at PAXU and I went to all the secret cool girl events and the secret dance party you saw a pic of and I'm posting vaguely about what sounds like a trans girl room party that I won't confirm also I got to play Brace Hufferia's new experimental erotic cassette mixing ttrpg aha it's chill
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm terrible at getting jobs so I just sort of bounce around doing whatever I can get.
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I am choosing this one post to advertise this thread because it's the one that had me nodding along most vigorously, but you should read the whole thing.
But to get there, we not only have to get past the dogwhistle aspect of "we never even touched the dice", we also have to teach ourselves to look closely at our own good feelings, to examine WHY we like them instead of just accepting "yeah, feels good, let's chase it" and even embrace discomfort.
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Made a page on my website with instructions on how to disable AI features for a variety of services (mainly the ones I encounter at the moment, will append to the list as I go).

The list so far includes Github, Google Services, Firefox and DuckDuckGo.

kokorobot.ca/site/remove_...
Rek Bell — remove ai
kokorobot.ca
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A short thread of posts about which Pokemon most resemble the playbooks in the game I'm currently crowdfunding. I'm sticking to Gen I for now because otherwise I'd have to look through about 3000 pokes and I don't want to do that.
Gravity: A Roleplaying Game
A one-shot TTRPG about powerful people in a bad situation.
www.kickstarter.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Only £580 left to fund this game!

I was going to do a thread on which Pokémon exemplify the various playbooks but I got stuck on the Faithful because Pokémon are beyond the light of God.
Gravity: A Roleplaying Game
A one-shot TTRPG about powerful people in a bad situation.
www.kickstarter.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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When I'm asked what kind of friend groups I have:
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”

www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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November 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Hey folks, I often do posts calling for indie developers to link me their games so I can signal boost them. Today I want to do something similar for all trans creatives.

If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I think a lot of my personal game design theory boils down to "systems are inescapable, and if you think you're not using one you're just using one you can't or won't acknowledge".
God help me I'm thinking about game design theory again. 🙄
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
On the one hand, academic writing from the 1940s sucks ass. It's all digressions and bald assertions, some of which are utter nonsense upon which crucial arguments rest--
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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It hits different reading this whole thread.
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I have way too many things to promote. I'm going to end up diluting my message! 😓

Let's start with the Kickstarter for GRAVITY, shall we, which is doing much better since the self-pity boost last weekend. Still need £640 to fund though -- that's 32 more hard copy sales!
Gravity: A Roleplaying Game
A one-shot TTRPG about powerful people in a bad situation.
www.kickstarter.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I've never really clicked with Scrivener as a writing tool, but I'm happy to give credit to a company which isn't using AI at all.
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Change one letter and ruin a candy.

Mark
change one letter and ruin a candy

Spittles
change one letter and ruin a candy

zit kat
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.

Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM