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@alphachar.bsky.social
making Sparrow Warfare with @martinpi ~ writing games ~ teaching writing & yoga ~ 'when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro' ~ alphachar.com
I am so honoured to officially host this week's #TurnBasedThursday on Bluesky!
🗣
INDIE DEVS!
Show off your turn-based games in this thread with the hashtag!
PLAYERS!
Come on in & 💬comment, ❤️like, 🔁repost & ✨wishlist all the great games in the thread!
🗣
INDIE DEVS!
Show off your turn-based games in this thread with the hashtag!
PLAYERS!
Come on in & 💬comment, ❤️like, 🔁repost & ✨wishlist all the great games in the thread!
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I am so honoured to officially host this week's #TurnBasedThursday on Bluesky!
🗣
INDIE DEVS!
Show off your turn-based games in this thread with the hashtag!
PLAYERS!
Come on in & 💬comment, ❤️like, 🔁repost & ✨wishlist all the great games in the thread!
🗣
INDIE DEVS!
Show off your turn-based games in this thread with the hashtag!
PLAYERS!
Come on in & 💬comment, ❤️like, 🔁repost & ✨wishlist all the great games in the thread!
It's #BirdArtWeek2026! Here are some of my collage homages to amazing bird art that I am including in our game Sparrow Warfare, where your magnificent bird army frees the world!
January 19, 2026 at 11:39 AM
It's #BirdArtWeek2026! Here are some of my collage homages to amazing bird art that I am including in our game Sparrow Warfare, where your magnificent bird army frees the world!
You know what feels really really really good? Feeding the birds. It's cold out there, & most of us have the ability to walk outside with a few fistfuls of bird seed and absolutely make the day of scores of beautiful, talkative, feathered friends. Makes my day too!
January 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
You know what feels really really really good? Feeding the birds. It's cold out there, & most of us have the ability to walk outside with a few fistfuls of bird seed and absolutely make the day of scores of beautiful, talkative, feathered friends. Makes my day too!
Facebook memories tells me that today 15 years ago I posted this image. Back then I was working in Facebook, longing for a creative life. Here I am, many many many mistakes later: still alive, creating, making mistakes. Life is so wonderful: as long as we breathe, we can always choose our next step.
January 6, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Facebook memories tells me that today 15 years ago I posted this image. Back then I was working in Facebook, longing for a creative life. Here I am, many many many mistakes later: still alive, creating, making mistakes. Life is so wonderful: as long as we breathe, we can always choose our next step.
Hello from frozen Copenhagen!
January 5, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Hello from frozen Copenhagen!
Feast YOUR EYES upon the glory I had last year! Crispy roast pork, spiced red cabbage, roast potato, in a bun with verrrrrrrrrrry rich gravy.
December 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Feast YOUR EYES upon the glory I had last year! Crispy roast pork, spiced red cabbage, roast potato, in a bun with verrrrrrrrrrry rich gravy.
A few years ago we (@joonturbo.bsky.social, @polclarissou.bsky.social, @torfi.bsky.social, @muuutsch.bsky.social & I) made a cool game about squirrels - it's on sale on Steam now & people are still enjoying it. What a delightful feeling!! ❤️
December 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A few years ago we (@joonturbo.bsky.social, @polclarissou.bsky.social, @torfi.bsky.social, @muuutsch.bsky.social & I) made a cool game about squirrels - it's on sale on Steam now & people are still enjoying it. What a delightful feeling!! ❤️
I like my little emoji clump, looks like a good spell
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I like my little emoji clump, looks like a good spell
Honourable mentions: Grady Hendrix, Joyce Carol Oates, Irene Sola, Mariana Enriquez.
AND to finish with an old fave, in case you haven’t read it yet, you really need “Negative Space” by BR Yeager in your life. A black hole that will rearrange your entire perception, doesn’t that sound delightful?
AND to finish with an old fave, in case you haven’t read it yet, you really need “Negative Space” by BR Yeager in your life. A black hole that will rearrange your entire perception, doesn’t that sound delightful?
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Honourable mentions: Grady Hendrix, Joyce Carol Oates, Irene Sola, Mariana Enriquez.
AND to finish with an old fave, in case you haven’t read it yet, you really need “Negative Space” by BR Yeager in your life. A black hole that will rearrange your entire perception, doesn’t that sound delightful?
AND to finish with an old fave, in case you haven’t read it yet, you really need “Negative Space” by BR Yeager in your life. A black hole that will rearrange your entire perception, doesn’t that sound delightful?
“Coffin Moon” by Keith Rosson
It’s almost illegal to recommend a book I haven’t finished yet but this one is such a banger that I am compelled. Vibes like Straub’s “Koko” with a pace that’ll leave you breathless.
It’s almost illegal to recommend a book I haven’t finished yet but this one is such a banger that I am compelled. Vibes like Straub’s “Koko” with a pace that’ll leave you breathless.
December 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“Coffin Moon” by Keith Rosson
It’s almost illegal to recommend a book I haven’t finished yet but this one is such a banger that I am compelled. Vibes like Straub’s “Koko” with a pace that’ll leave you breathless.
It’s almost illegal to recommend a book I haven’t finished yet but this one is such a banger that I am compelled. Vibes like Straub’s “Koko” with a pace that’ll leave you breathless.
“Pilgrim” by Mitchell Luthi
Crusaders, demons, alternate realms, this bad boy has it all. Mercilessly sweeps you along with a malevolent undercurrent. Historical fiction with a lot of twists.
Crusaders, demons, alternate realms, this bad boy has it all. Mercilessly sweeps you along with a malevolent undercurrent. Historical fiction with a lot of twists.
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“Pilgrim” by Mitchell Luthi
Crusaders, demons, alternate realms, this bad boy has it all. Mercilessly sweeps you along with a malevolent undercurrent. Historical fiction with a lot of twists.
Crusaders, demons, alternate realms, this bad boy has it all. Mercilessly sweeps you along with a malevolent undercurrent. Historical fiction with a lot of twists.
“A Short Stay In Hell” by Steven Peck
Is it fiction or philosophy? This takes about one hour to read, ten hours to talk about with your partner, & a hundred plus hours of rumination. Incredible mental bang for the buck, and absolutely what I recommend if you’re having a meh day. Sit, read, better!
Is it fiction or philosophy? This takes about one hour to read, ten hours to talk about with your partner, & a hundred plus hours of rumination. Incredible mental bang for the buck, and absolutely what I recommend if you’re having a meh day. Sit, read, better!
December 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“A Short Stay In Hell” by Steven Peck
Is it fiction or philosophy? This takes about one hour to read, ten hours to talk about with your partner, & a hundred plus hours of rumination. Incredible mental bang for the buck, and absolutely what I recommend if you’re having a meh day. Sit, read, better!
Is it fiction or philosophy? This takes about one hour to read, ten hours to talk about with your partner, & a hundred plus hours of rumination. Incredible mental bang for the buck, and absolutely what I recommend if you’re having a meh day. Sit, read, better!
“The Lesser Dead” by Christopher Buehlman
I liked this book a lot when I read it, but the more time passes the more I LOVE it. A real damn good vampire story with so many little moments that will linger with you. Buehlman’s humour and heart like friends keeping you company the whole way.
I liked this book a lot when I read it, but the more time passes the more I LOVE it. A real damn good vampire story with so many little moments that will linger with you. Buehlman’s humour and heart like friends keeping you company the whole way.
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“The Lesser Dead” by Christopher Buehlman
I liked this book a lot when I read it, but the more time passes the more I LOVE it. A real damn good vampire story with so many little moments that will linger with you. Buehlman’s humour and heart like friends keeping you company the whole way.
I liked this book a lot when I read it, but the more time passes the more I LOVE it. A real damn good vampire story with so many little moments that will linger with you. Buehlman’s humour and heart like friends keeping you company the whole way.
“Come Closer” by Sara Gran
Losing it step by tiny horrifying step into total loss of control. Read it in one frenzied sitting and then stare at the wall for an hour or two. No matter how tough things are in life, they are not THIS bad & that we can celebrate.
Losing it step by tiny horrifying step into total loss of control. Read it in one frenzied sitting and then stare at the wall for an hour or two. No matter how tough things are in life, they are not THIS bad & that we can celebrate.
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“Come Closer” by Sara Gran
Losing it step by tiny horrifying step into total loss of control. Read it in one frenzied sitting and then stare at the wall for an hour or two. No matter how tough things are in life, they are not THIS bad & that we can celebrate.
Losing it step by tiny horrifying step into total loss of control. Read it in one frenzied sitting and then stare at the wall for an hour or two. No matter how tough things are in life, they are not THIS bad & that we can celebrate.
“Old Soul” by Susan Barker
One of those glorious books that travels around the world with different people yet has a very specific seed that grows everywhere: there is no escape. Will make you flinch at photographs and look at the night sky through your fingers.
One of those glorious books that travels around the world with different people yet has a very specific seed that grows everywhere: there is no escape. Will make you flinch at photographs and look at the night sky through your fingers.
December 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“Old Soul” by Susan Barker
One of those glorious books that travels around the world with different people yet has a very specific seed that grows everywhere: there is no escape. Will make you flinch at photographs and look at the night sky through your fingers.
One of those glorious books that travels around the world with different people yet has a very specific seed that grows everywhere: there is no escape. Will make you flinch at photographs and look at the night sky through your fingers.
“The Buffalo Hunter Hunter” by Stephen Graham Jones
You’ll never feel quite warm enough or quite full enough reading this. A cold that gets into your bones as the story slides in through your eyeballs and squeezes your heart. Go in without reading anything about it, you will not regret it!
You’ll never feel quite warm enough or quite full enough reading this. A cold that gets into your bones as the story slides in through your eyeballs and squeezes your heart. Go in without reading anything about it, you will not regret it!
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“The Buffalo Hunter Hunter” by Stephen Graham Jones
You’ll never feel quite warm enough or quite full enough reading this. A cold that gets into your bones as the story slides in through your eyeballs and squeezes your heart. Go in without reading anything about it, you will not regret it!
You’ll never feel quite warm enough or quite full enough reading this. A cold that gets into your bones as the story slides in through your eyeballs and squeezes your heart. Go in without reading anything about it, you will not regret it!
Yesterday I finished the shawl I’ve been knitting since July! It’s the Glowhair Frost shawl designed by Stephen West. Thanks to @torillelvira.bsky.social for the inspiration & @martinpi.bsky.social for the colour scheme, support & help blocking!!
#showmeyourknits
#showmeyourknits
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Yesterday I finished the shawl I’ve been knitting since July! It’s the Glowhair Frost shawl designed by Stephen West. Thanks to @torillelvira.bsky.social for the inspiration & @martinpi.bsky.social for the colour scheme, support & help blocking!!
#showmeyourknits
#showmeyourknits
Yeaaaahhhhhhh! Thanks @caseyexplosion.bsky.social!
Me & @martinpi.bsky.social are making SPARROW WARFARE, a mahjong-inspired deckbuilder with a ton of birds! We'll have a playtest coming next week, so excited to welcome folks into our bird kingdom 🙌🦜🦉🦤🦆🕊️
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Me & @martinpi.bsky.social are making SPARROW WARFARE, a mahjong-inspired deckbuilder with a ton of birds! We'll have a playtest coming next week, so excited to welcome folks into our bird kingdom 🙌🦜🦉🦤🦆🕊️
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
November 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Yeaaaahhhhhhh! Thanks @caseyexplosion.bsky.social!
Me & @martinpi.bsky.social are making SPARROW WARFARE, a mahjong-inspired deckbuilder with a ton of birds! We'll have a playtest coming next week, so excited to welcome folks into our bird kingdom 🙌🦜🦉🦤🦆🕊️
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Me & @martinpi.bsky.social are making SPARROW WARFARE, a mahjong-inspired deckbuilder with a ton of birds! We'll have a playtest coming next week, so excited to welcome folks into our bird kingdom 🙌🦜🦉🦤🦆🕊️
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
I really enjoyed this Halloween spooky bird collection from the @rspb.bsky.social, so I had to share one from our Sparrow Warfare coop: world, meet Howl!
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I really enjoyed this Halloween spooky bird collection from the @rspb.bsky.social, so I had to share one from our Sparrow Warfare coop: world, meet Howl!
Thank you for hosting #TurnBasedThursday!
We're working on Sparrow Warfare, a wild little deckbuilder with a hell of a lot of birds. We'll have a new playtest coming very soon, so looking forward to sharing with folks ❤️
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
We're working on Sparrow Warfare, a wild little deckbuilder with a hell of a lot of birds. We'll have a new playtest coming very soon, so looking forward to sharing with folks ❤️
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Thank you for hosting #TurnBasedThursday!
We're working on Sparrow Warfare, a wild little deckbuilder with a hell of a lot of birds. We'll have a new playtest coming very soon, so looking forward to sharing with folks ❤️
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
We're working on Sparrow Warfare, a wild little deckbuilder with a hell of a lot of birds. We'll have a new playtest coming very soon, so looking forward to sharing with folks ❤️
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
This one always gets me:
October 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This one always gets me:
Hi there @GOG.com & #TurnBasedThursday friends!
If you:
🦜 love birds
🤺 love strategic shenanigans
🪷 love getting your brain in white-noise mode
Sparrow Warfare might be for you! We're not on GOG yet (out mid 2026), but you can keep up with development here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
If you:
🦜 love birds
🤺 love strategic shenanigans
🪷 love getting your brain in white-noise mode
Sparrow Warfare might be for you! We're not on GOG yet (out mid 2026), but you can keep up with development here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
October 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Hi there @GOG.com & #TurnBasedThursday friends!
If you:
🦜 love birds
🤺 love strategic shenanigans
🪷 love getting your brain in white-noise mode
Sparrow Warfare might be for you! We're not on GOG yet (out mid 2026), but you can keep up with development here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
If you:
🦜 love birds
🤺 love strategic shenanigans
🪷 love getting your brain in white-noise mode
Sparrow Warfare might be for you! We're not on GOG yet (out mid 2026), but you can keep up with development here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Hi folks! & thanks for hosting today's #TurnBasedThursday!
We're working on our next playtest for Sparrow Warfare: daily flight mode with different modifiers. Here's today's results from our 2-person team (ahem, I am literally last in the world right now).
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
We're working on our next playtest for Sparrow Warfare: daily flight mode with different modifiers. Here's today's results from our 2-person team (ahem, I am literally last in the world right now).
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Hi folks! & thanks for hosting today's #TurnBasedThursday!
We're working on our next playtest for Sparrow Warfare: daily flight mode with different modifiers. Here's today's results from our 2-person team (ahem, I am literally last in the world right now).
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
We're working on our next playtest for Sparrow Warfare: daily flight mode with different modifiers. Here's today's results from our 2-person team (ahem, I am literally last in the world right now).
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
100%! We're a team of two with no artist working on our game Sparrow Warfare at the moment & I'm having the BEST fun remixing, collaging, recolouring & vectorising public domain art to make our bird tiles! It also feels like bringing little fragments of the past into the future.
October 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
100%! We're a team of two with no artist working on our game Sparrow Warfare at the moment & I'm having the BEST fun remixing, collaging, recolouring & vectorising public domain art to make our bird tiles! It also feels like bringing little fragments of the past into the future.
Our gameplay (super weird deckbuilder) isn't retro, but our art sure is: 2-person team, no artist, so I've been making our bird tiles by collaging, remixing, recolouring, & vectorising old public domain pics of birds. Sparrow Warfare: new playtest up next week:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
October 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Our gameplay (super weird deckbuilder) isn't retro, but our art sure is: 2-person team, no artist, so I've been making our bird tiles by collaging, remixing, recolouring, & vectorising old public domain pics of birds. Sparrow Warfare: new playtest up next week:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...