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making Sparrow Warfare with @martinpi ~ writing games ~ teaching writing & yoga ~ 'when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro' ~ alphachar.com

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · Oct 31

OK I’m really here now! For folks who don’t know me yet, I’m Char! Writing video games for the last 10 years, making weird experiments with writing & tech, teaching writing & yoga too. I want to believe that we can have a great time on the internet again 🙏

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 1d

🍂 A few autumn joys:
- Reading "The Tainted Cup"
- Doing cryptic crosswords with @martinpi.bsky.social
- Martin's lemon chicken
- Making our game
- Remembering that swimming is great
- Bottle of Alvaro Palacios Priorat in the corner for when we hit 500 wishlists
- Knitting a huge shawl with 6 yarns

Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 1d

OMG that's always my first thought about Machen too 😀

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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 2d

[David Lynch looking awesome in sunglasses] i hope you all are having a lot of fun working on your favorite projects

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 2d

André Breton, Surrealist Manifesto ❤️

Surrealism is the “invisible ray” which will one day enable us to win out over our opponents. “You are no longer trembling, carcass.” This summer the roses are blue; the wood is of glass. The earth, draped in its verdant cloak, makes as little impression upon me as a ghost. It is living and ceasing to live which are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere.

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 3d

This looks super fun!

D6 Learning @d6learning.bsky.social · 3d

Find out *everything* about our forthcoming "Build An Interactive City In Text using ink" #gamedev & #worldbuilding course, in our live course presentation and intro to textual cities event!

🎯 22 October, 17:00 CET

🎫 Reserve your free ticket ⇢ www.eventbrite.com/e/build-an-i...

Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 4d

Of course! I’m in the same boat - always have been & likely always will be. I also think that stability & security are hard things to get: even people who do have eg. a house or a pension can get trapped into thinking they need more more more, and we have no idea where the world will be in 10 years

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 4d

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 4d

ENJOY your life! If it’s not fun, change it. You only get one ride on the rollercoaster. In my early 30s I had a job I didn’t enjoy & I kind of thought “well that’s how it is” but it’s really not. You get to make choices about your path in life. If the word “should” is involved… well…

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 4d

when you look at the things people are doing now on their phones it makes you wonder if there was some new kind of virus a few years ago that makes people dumber every time they catch it

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martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social · 10d

The inspiration for our colour scheme in Sparrow Warfare was Purple Saturn Day, by the way, a game I've never played but always adored. store.steampowered.com/app/1255410/...

Purple Saturn Day on Steam

In this psychedelic sci-fi Olympiad, athletes from planets across the galaxy gather to compete in the Purple Saturn Day games.

store.steampowered.com

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 10d

I want to do a replay on the couch with a controller one of these days!

Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 10d

Oooh how do we get added to the list?!

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 10d

Excited to see PepperHead trying out the playtest build of Sparrow Warfare live in a few hours as part of their "Finding the Next Big Roguelike" series!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob4T...

FINDING THE NEXT BIG ROGUELIKE

YouTube video by PepperHead

www.youtube.com

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NEON AURELIUS @neonaurelius.bsky.social · 12d

#ScreenshotSaturday #GodotEngine #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames

Arson 666!
Get wild with the tiles in Sparrow Warfare - our playtest is live on Steam right now!

A screenshot from the game Sparrow Warfare, where the player is playing 3 tiles of value 666, which will put an insanely huge amount of fire damage on the boss of the level, The Poacher.

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks so much!

Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 13d

Me too! Took a lot to get that 8th guardian!!

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 13d

Coooooooooooome visiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttt usssssssssss I swear it is nice and fun in Copenhagen!

Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 13d

1. "Negative Space" by BR Yeager
2. Commander Keen 4
3. The Garden of Eden as interpreted by Philo of Alexandria, Ibn-Ezra, and St. Ephrem

Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.bsky.social · 14d

list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1. Single season ‘90s TV shows
2. Hamlet through the ages as an avatar for emotional repression and later the healing process of mental health.
3. The secret life of Jack Traven aka Johnny Utah aka John fucking Wick

wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 14d

list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1. the portrayal of women in renaissance poetry
2. the portrayal of women in big r romantic poetry
3. the trans spec fic renaissance we're currently in

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 14d

Oh I would like to be added please! I always have a few hours for freelance work 🙇‍♀️

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks so much for featuring us! 🦚🦉🕊️🦅🦜

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#TurnBasedThursday - Turn-Based Game Showcases @turnbasedthursday.bsky.social · 15d

Our first look at so many games in last week's #TurnBasedThursday showcase!

◻️ Deep sandbox RPG in a living, procedural world
✏️ Whimsical hand-drawn dungeon crawler
🐦 Bird-filled deckbuilder w/ crazy combos
💥 Turn-based 80's action boomer shooter in EA

& many more! ⤵
#Gaming #TurnBased #IndieGames

A Kobold Story : Trenchcoat Adventurer, by @richardstampdev.bsky.social

Sparrow Warfare, by @martinpi.bsky.social

Eye of the Commando, by @madjackmcmad.bsky.social

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 15d

It's going great so far - we have folks actually battling each other to top the leaderboard at the moment, which is so much fun to watch! Fixing tons of bugs & gathering lots of ideas for the next playtest too 😀

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 15d

Hello Alasdair! @martinpi.bsky.social & I are making a deckbuilder game with LOTS of birds called Sparrow Warfare. We've a playtest on Steam right now. Think: Wingspan meets Slay The Spire. The leaderboard is HOPPING & we'd love to welcome more folks in!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...

Sparrow Warfare on Steam

Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...

store.steampowered.com

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 15d

Ahhh, time to relax in the evening after working hard all day - and what could be more relaxing than the nonstop adrenaline fest of Black Rabbit?! I think, much like Ozark, a key draw is the feeling “I could be doing soooooo much worse” 😅

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 15d

Take a look at this little talisman that we brought back from our trip to China earlier this year. We're doing it! And, every now and then it's nice to look back and see the path we forged to get to here. It makes looking ahead into the unknown jungle of the future a tiny bit less scary.

Chinese new year talisman for the Year of the Snake: "keep the things that we enjoy, move forward towards our goals"

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