Philip Harris
@solitarymindset.com
Game Designer and writer. By day, I develop video games. By night, I write urban fantasy and horror novels and screenplays. He/him. Co-chair of Greater Vancouver Chapter of HWA. All opinions my own. http://www.solitarymindset.com
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Philip Harris
@solitarymindset.com
· Feb 10
Serial Killer Z
Amazon.com: Serial Killer Z eBook : Harris, Philip: Kindle Store
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Welcome new followers!
I’m a video game developer and horror writer, sometimes at the same time. I mostly post about horror, video games, and cats.
The first book in my serial killer vs zombies series, Serial Killer Z, is currently on sale for 0.99c. www.amazon.com/dp/B075ZXJM14 #booksky
I’m a video game developer and horror writer, sometimes at the same time. I mostly post about horror, video games, and cats.
The first book in my serial killer vs zombies series, Serial Killer Z, is currently on sale for 0.99c. www.amazon.com/dp/B075ZXJM14 #booksky
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If anyone's got a moment to give indie authors feedback on what does/ doesn't work for you as a reader re. Itch book bundles, please answer these 9 questions.
(They're mostly multiple choice 😉).
(They're mostly multiple choice 😉).
Book Bundle Questionnaire
Help organizers improve indie book bundles!
If you've ever considered buying a book bundle on itch.io, but decided NOT to, let us know why!
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November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If anyone's got a moment to give indie authors feedback on what does/ doesn't work for you as a reader re. Itch book bundles, please answer these 9 questions.
(They're mostly multiple choice 😉).
(They're mostly multiple choice 😉).
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Today I trapped a badly wounded stray cat I've been feeding & took him to the vet. The estimate to fix the gaping neck wound & neuter him, plus boarding to Monday is just under 1k. So...
gofund.me/9c82532d1
gofund.me/9c82532d1
Donate to Help OB the Stray Cat Heal and Find a Home, organized by Nancy Collins
Hi, my name is Nancy A. Collins. Some of you might know me as a novelist and … Nancy Collins needs your support for Help OB the Stray Cat Heal and Find a Home
gofund.me
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Today I trapped a badly wounded stray cat I've been feeding & took him to the vet. The estimate to fix the gaping neck wound & neuter him, plus boarding to Monday is just under 1k. So...
gofund.me/9c82532d1
gofund.me/9c82532d1
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Early Access Patrons can watch the first episode of our Disco Elysium series right now, while also supporting our independent team during this challenging period for YouTube creators.
www.patreon.com/posts/early-...
www.patreon.com/posts/early-...
[EARLY ACCESS] The Making of Disco Elysium - Part One: Foundations | /noclip
Get more from /noclip on Patreon
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November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Early Access Patrons can watch the first episode of our Disco Elysium series right now, while also supporting our independent team during this challenging period for YouTube creators.
www.patreon.com/posts/early-...
www.patreon.com/posts/early-...
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I'm getting real tired of not being able to trust that a video game doesn't have AI crap in it:
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I'm getting real tired of not being able to trust that a video game doesn't have AI crap in it:
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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Enjoy picking up some incredible Canadian-made games in the Games from Vancouver Steam event. 100+ titles made in and around Vancouver.
And find some great discounts for THE LONG DARK, the TALES DLC, and soundtracks. Perfect gifts for the coming winter!
store.steampowered.com/sale/gamesfr...
And find some great discounts for THE LONG DARK, the TALES DLC, and soundtracks. Perfect gifts for the coming winter!
store.steampowered.com/sale/gamesfr...
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Enjoy picking up some incredible Canadian-made games in the Games from Vancouver Steam event. 100+ titles made in and around Vancouver.
And find some great discounts for THE LONG DARK, the TALES DLC, and soundtracks. Perfect gifts for the coming winter!
store.steampowered.com/sale/gamesfr...
And find some great discounts for THE LONG DARK, the TALES DLC, and soundtracks. Perfect gifts for the coming winter!
store.steampowered.com/sale/gamesfr...
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The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
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Expelled! is 40% off in the @adventurex.bsky.social sale this week, but in case that's still too dear, you should at least take a minute to enjoy the opening theme.
Expelled! Official trailer - release date announcement
YouTube video by inkleStudios
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Expelled! is 40% off in the @adventurex.bsky.social sale this week, but in case that's still too dear, you should at least take a minute to enjoy the opening theme.
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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.
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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.
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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My survival RPG Duskpunk is OUT NOW on PC!!
The war left you with two assets: your life and your sanity. Keeping both will prove a challenge.
youtu.be/EcXl0rwyjWo
The war left you with two assets: your life and your sanity. Keeping both will prove a challenge.
youtu.be/EcXl0rwyjWo
Duskpunk release trailer
YouTube video by Clockwork Bird
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My survival RPG Duskpunk is OUT NOW on PC!!
The war left you with two assets: your life and your sanity. Keeping both will prove a challenge.
youtu.be/EcXl0rwyjWo
The war left you with two assets: your life and your sanity. Keeping both will prove a challenge.
youtu.be/EcXl0rwyjWo
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The Adventure X sale has started - and there are a tonne of inkle games in it (and many other games besides!)
We’ll be there all weekend too so come say hi if you’re around!
We’ll be there all weekend too so come say hi if you’re around!
AdventureX 2025 Event
AdventureX - The Narrative Games Convention
store.steampowered.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Adventure X sale has started - and there are a tonne of inkle games in it (and many other games besides!)
We’ll be there all weekend too so come say hi if you’re around!
We’ll be there all weekend too so come say hi if you’re around!
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WE OPENED THE DINER!
The Diner at the End of the Galaxy, the game we've been working on for the last 3 years, has been released in Steam Early Access.
It costs less than a Big Mac Meal!
$8.99
store.steampowered.com/app/2577420/...
The Diner at the End of the Galaxy, the game we've been working on for the last 3 years, has been released in Steam Early Access.
It costs less than a Big Mac Meal!
$8.99
store.steampowered.com/app/2577420/...
Save 10% on The Diner at the End of the Galaxy on Steam
Influence the fate of the Nusa star system through your clientele’s stomachs. Grow exotic ingredients, create a menu that appeals to intergalactic palates, and discover treasures in the outer worlds. ...
store.steampowered.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
WE OPENED THE DINER!
The Diner at the End of the Galaxy, the game we've been working on for the last 3 years, has been released in Steam Early Access.
It costs less than a Big Mac Meal!
$8.99
store.steampowered.com/app/2577420/...
The Diner at the End of the Galaxy, the game we've been working on for the last 3 years, has been released in Steam Early Access.
It costs less than a Big Mac Meal!
$8.99
store.steampowered.com/app/2577420/...
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We have 2 BONUS VIDEOS on the noclip_2 Patreon - bonus scenes from our chat with @brandon.insertcredit.com and a tour of his incredible games and media collection.
REMEMBER - all the funds we get on noclip_2 go to us highlighting amazing new games from all types of developers.
patreon.com/noclip2
REMEMBER - all the funds we get on noclip_2 go to us highlighting amazing new games from all types of developers.
patreon.com/noclip2
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We have 2 BONUS VIDEOS on the noclip_2 Patreon - bonus scenes from our chat with @brandon.insertcredit.com and a tour of his incredible games and media collection.
REMEMBER - all the funds we get on noclip_2 go to us highlighting amazing new games from all types of developers.
patreon.com/noclip2
REMEMBER - all the funds we get on noclip_2 go to us highlighting amazing new games from all types of developers.
patreon.com/noclip2
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Videogames are always capable of surprising you. By which I mean I can never tell which settings submenu I’m going to find subtitles under.
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Videogames are always capable of surprising you. By which I mean I can never tell which settings submenu I’m going to find subtitles under.
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#Dispatch devs have no interest in using AI for game development 🎮
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
#Dispatch devs have no interest in using AI for game development 🎮
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
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We're sending out SUBSURFACE CIRCULAR Steam keys to creators who want to play the game on their channels this week. There's still time to get involved if you want to be one of them!
Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️
Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We're sending out SUBSURFACE CIRCULAR Steam keys to creators who want to play the game on their channels this week. There's still time to get involved if you want to be one of them!
Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️
Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️
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The 20th annual Short Story Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social takes place on January 23rd! I'm signing up. (Get a discount code by posting to social media.) Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ssc
The Short Story Challenge — nycmidnight
The Short Story Challenge is an annual creative writing competition that challenges writers around the world to create short stories based on genre, subject, and character assignments in as little as ...
nycmidnight.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The 20th annual Short Story Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social takes place on January 23rd! I'm signing up. (Get a discount code by posting to social media.) Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ssc
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It really should be easy for a video game studio CEO to have faith in their team, which has been making games very successfully with real human artists until now.
Looking at your own success and deciding to "wait out the courts" on using LLM theft is wild behavior and so disrespectful to your devs
Looking at your own success and deciding to "wait out the courts" on using LLM theft is wild behavior and so disrespectful to your devs
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It really should be easy for a video game studio CEO to have faith in their team, which has been making games very successfully with real human artists until now.
Looking at your own success and deciding to "wait out the courts" on using LLM theft is wild behavior and so disrespectful to your devs
Looking at your own success and deciding to "wait out the courts" on using LLM theft is wild behavior and so disrespectful to your devs
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In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
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The GAMES FROM VANCOUVER 🍁 Steam sale goes live Nov 21-30 with over 50 discounted games!
We've partnered with @bbigames.bsky.social to present a digital showcase of talent from Greater Vancouver.
Mark your calendar to snag a great deal and discover hits you might not have known were made here!
We've partnered with @bbigames.bsky.social to present a digital showcase of talent from Greater Vancouver.
Mark your calendar to snag a great deal and discover hits you might not have known were made here!
November 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The GAMES FROM VANCOUVER 🍁 Steam sale goes live Nov 21-30 with over 50 discounted games!
We've partnered with @bbigames.bsky.social to present a digital showcase of talent from Greater Vancouver.
Mark your calendar to snag a great deal and discover hits you might not have known were made here!
We've partnered with @bbigames.bsky.social to present a digital showcase of talent from Greater Vancouver.
Mark your calendar to snag a great deal and discover hits you might not have known were made here!
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Our All Fonts Pack is on sale again for 30 days! All 1200+ fonts we've ever made, commercial use, one low price. Pay once and use the fonts forever for game dev, TTRPGs, web comics, videos, streams, merchandise, whatever! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #gamedev #fonts
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our All Fonts Pack is on sale again for 30 days! All 1200+ fonts we've ever made, commercial use, one low price. Pay once and use the fonts forever for game dev, TTRPGs, web comics, videos, streams, merchandise, whatever! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #gamedev #fonts
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Doing my AdventureX prep! Business cards all done. Last moment shopping, done! All that's left is to pack.
If you're looking to hire a writer/narrative designer and want to catch up over the weekend, then please drop me a message.
#advxconf #advx25 #adventurex
If you're looking to hire a writer/narrative designer and want to catch up over the weekend, then please drop me a message.
#advxconf #advx25 #adventurex
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Doing my AdventureX prep! Business cards all done. Last moment shopping, done! All that's left is to pack.
If you're looking to hire a writer/narrative designer and want to catch up over the weekend, then please drop me a message.
#advxconf #advx25 #adventurex
If you're looking to hire a writer/narrative designer and want to catch up over the weekend, then please drop me a message.
#advxconf #advx25 #adventurex
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I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
writerbeware.blog
November 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
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when in doubt: movies 🧡
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
when in doubt: movies 🧡