Lauryn Ash
@espressocat.bsky.social
Writer, Narrative Director, & Game Designer • Reverting to my base form: espresso, cats, and secrets 🤫 ✍🏼 • I make games and drink coffee and dance ✨
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Lauryn Ash
@espressocat.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Alright new followers and friends 👏🏼👏🏼✨ let’s get enough of these so I can share some awesome games 😎
Everything the programmers wanted to tell their partners….but never got the chance because corporations demanded they cash out their PTO instead of use it.
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Everything the programmers wanted to tell their partners….but never got the chance because corporations demanded they cash out their PTO instead of use it.
Today marks a day where I have finished a tv pilot script for the first time for myself. While I don’t expect anything to come from it, having a fully finished script (30 pages, dramady) is an accomplishment in of itself. I’m glad I believed in me!
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Today marks a day where I have finished a tv pilot script for the first time for myself. While I don’t expect anything to come from it, having a fully finished script (30 pages, dramady) is an accomplishment in of itself. I’m glad I believed in me!
It’s come to my attention that my best writing happens when I stop self editing and start embracing that I am in fact a British comedian disguised as a bog witch. Wait. Those are the same things.
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It’s come to my attention that my best writing happens when I stop self editing and start embracing that I am in fact a British comedian disguised as a bog witch. Wait. Those are the same things.
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“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
As always a mystery, a little bit of fun, and a wild story
Today is the day to tell a strange story.
The long version we'll tell later, but the short version is this. In an attic, in his late great-uncle's house, @jon.inkle.co found a locked trunk. It took twenty years to open. Last summer he did.
Inside was a wiring diagram, and a stack of books.
The long version we'll tell later, but the short version is this. In an attic, in his late great-uncle's house, @jon.inkle.co found a locked trunk. It took twenty years to open. Last summer he did.
Inside was a wiring diagram, and a stack of books.
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
As always a mystery, a little bit of fun, and a wild story
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It took a little longer than we'd hoped for @espressocat.bsky.social and I to infiltrate Outer Heaven, but we're to report that the danger to humanity is... us?
Join us for the first game installment of... THE YEAR OF METAL GEAR!!!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Join us for the first game installment of... THE YEAR OF METAL GEAR!!!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
135. Metal Gear (1987) | Year of Metal Gear | S6E02
Podcast Episode · Furidashi Game Design Academy · 11/20/2025 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It took a little longer than we'd hoped for @espressocat.bsky.social and I to infiltrate Outer Heaven, but we're to report that the danger to humanity is... us?
Join us for the first game installment of... THE YEAR OF METAL GEAR!!!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Join us for the first game installment of... THE YEAR OF METAL GEAR!!!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
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Another set of interviews from the archive - including @hazelmonforton.com et al on Writing Supernatural Games - open.substack.com/pub/gregbuch...
INTERVIEWS: Writing Supernatural Games
Featuring Hazel Monforton (Destiny 2, Dishonored: DOTO), Rebecca Haigh (Fable, Du Lac and Fey: Dance of Death, Atone, Sundown), and Cash DeCuir (Disco Elysium, Fallen London, Sunless Sea/Skies)
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Another set of interviews from the archive - including @hazelmonforton.com et al on Writing Supernatural Games - open.substack.com/pub/gregbuch...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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psst, no one is struggling with this - we are trying to create singular things that resonate with a huge audience or resonate hugely with a specific audience. We "struggle" with how tech and VC funding has broken almost every creative economy we have. So thanks but no thanks
November 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
psst, no one is struggling with this - we are trying to create singular things that resonate with a huge audience or resonate hugely with a specific audience. We "struggle" with how tech and VC funding has broken almost every creative economy we have. So thanks but no thanks
My best friends are the ones who know we’re old Victorian pen pals too eccentric to keep in touch but too neurotic to let go
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My best friends are the ones who know we’re old Victorian pen pals too eccentric to keep in touch but too neurotic to let go
Bringing out the winter jacket for my brisk 7pm dinner in 53° hours weather. So cold ~~
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Bringing out the winter jacket for my brisk 7pm dinner in 53° hours weather. So cold ~~
I have to constantly remember I have a lot to be grateful for because otherwise the reality gets to me. But ya’ll I’m tired. For dinner I talked about the dumpling “fur” instead of dumpling skin and that is a new level of exhaust
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I have to constantly remember I have a lot to be grateful for because otherwise the reality gets to me. But ya’ll I’m tired. For dinner I talked about the dumpling “fur” instead of dumpling skin and that is a new level of exhaust
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Can you believe it's been ONE WHOLE WEEK since Malys, our demonic deckbuilder dropped? 👀
Us either!🤯
Major thank you to everyone playing and reviewing and logging bugs - we couldn't do this without your support! 🖤
Us either!🤯
Major thank you to everyone playing and reviewing and logging bugs - we couldn't do this without your support! 🖤
Malys on Steam
Expose, endure and expel evil from innocents on your hunt through a corrupted city. As Noah, former priest turned demon-hunter, you'll perform exorcisms, forge precarious alliances and strengthen your deck of arcane tricks in this unholy roguelite deckbuilder.
bit.ly
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Can you believe it's been ONE WHOLE WEEK since Malys, our demonic deckbuilder dropped? 👀
Us either!🤯
Major thank you to everyone playing and reviewing and logging bugs - we couldn't do this without your support! 🖤
Us either!🤯
Major thank you to everyone playing and reviewing and logging bugs - we couldn't do this without your support! 🖤
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If any of my lead-level narrative designer pals are up for moving to Boston, my old job is open! It's a lovely team and a very cool project! (And it's not open due to churn but due to my replacement getting promoted and the narrative team expanding!)
www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2064...
www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2064...
CD PROJEKT RED — Award-Winning Creator of Story-Driven RPGs
As the team behind The Witcher 4, Cyberpunk 2077, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, we create revolutionary RPGs with memorable stories that inspire gamers.
www.cdprojektred.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If any of my lead-level narrative designer pals are up for moving to Boston, my old job is open! It's a lovely team and a very cool project! (And it's not open due to churn but due to my replacement getting promoted and the narrative team expanding!)
www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2064...
www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2064...
Everytime I walk on the treadmill my Fitbit lists it as “treadmill run” and I’m not sure how I feel. Proud? Offended? A mix of both?
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Everytime I walk on the treadmill my Fitbit lists it as “treadmill run” and I’m not sure how I feel. Proud? Offended? A mix of both?
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An angel meets a demon hunter, now in jacket form 🍂🪽 WAYWARD goes live this Friday, have you seen the whole collection yet? hushfallarchives.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
An angel meets a demon hunter, now in jacket form 🍂🪽 WAYWARD goes live this Friday, have you seen the whole collection yet? hushfallarchives.com
Spooky real facts: when you rotate your head to the left, your eyes actually rotate to right
October 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Spooky real facts: when you rotate your head to the left, your eyes actually rotate to right
Videos talking about the heist are longer than the actual heist.
Movies which recreate the heist will be longer than the heist.
It begs the question: what was the planned duration of the heist? Could it have been shorter?
Movies which recreate the heist will be longer than the heist.
It begs the question: what was the planned duration of the heist? Could it have been shorter?
October 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Videos talking about the heist are longer than the actual heist.
Movies which recreate the heist will be longer than the heist.
It begs the question: what was the planned duration of the heist? Could it have been shorter?
Movies which recreate the heist will be longer than the heist.
It begs the question: what was the planned duration of the heist? Could it have been shorter?
Things that weren’t on my meeting @scalzi.com bingo card
1. Thinking the Romantasy genre for existing 🙏🏼
2. Having Golden from kpop demon hunters on his DJ set
3. Naming his new kitten Saja 👀 and we all know why
1. Thinking the Romantasy genre for existing 🙏🏼
2. Having Golden from kpop demon hunters on his DJ set
3. Naming his new kitten Saja 👀 and we all know why
October 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Things that weren’t on my meeting @scalzi.com bingo card
1. Thinking the Romantasy genre for existing 🙏🏼
2. Having Golden from kpop demon hunters on his DJ set
3. Naming his new kitten Saja 👀 and we all know why
1. Thinking the Romantasy genre for existing 🙏🏼
2. Having Golden from kpop demon hunters on his DJ set
3. Naming his new kitten Saja 👀 and we all know why
For the first time in over a decade I will now have a dictionary that’s not on my phone. Ty @merriam-webster.com when the dystopia hits I’ll be there to as one of the few keepers of the word
October 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
For the first time in over a decade I will now have a dictionary that’s not on my phone. Ty @merriam-webster.com when the dystopia hits I’ll be there to as one of the few keepers of the word
An in fact will now be purchasing this game for weekend play instead of whatever else I was going to do
We banned a guy on the Steam forums for repeatedly saying there were “too many women” in our game
So he flipped his positive review to negative
Still totally worth it
So he flipped his positive review to negative
Still totally worth it
October 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
An in fact will now be purchasing this game for weekend play instead of whatever else I was going to do
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Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:
October 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:
With the advent of AI in search engines, women now have more solutions than ever that all tell us “have you tried deep breathing” when looking up hormonal issues.
No, I haven’t Gemini! So 👏🏻 glad 👏🏻 you 👏🏻 asked 👏🏻
No, I haven’t Gemini! So 👏🏻 glad 👏🏻 you 👏🏻 asked 👏🏻
October 10, 2025 at 5:11 AM
With the advent of AI in search engines, women now have more solutions than ever that all tell us “have you tried deep breathing” when looking up hormonal issues.
No, I haven’t Gemini! So 👏🏻 glad 👏🏻 you 👏🏻 asked 👏🏻
No, I haven’t Gemini! So 👏🏻 glad 👏🏻 you 👏🏻 asked 👏🏻
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🔥 EXORCISTS! 🔥
Important news for hunters who have been playing our roguelite Malys in Early Access: your EA saves will not pass over into full release.
For the story and meta progression systems to function correctly in 1.0 we must begin the hunt anew.
Important news for hunters who have been playing our roguelite Malys in Early Access: your EA saves will not pass over into full release.
For the story and meta progression systems to function correctly in 1.0 we must begin the hunt anew.
October 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🔥 EXORCISTS! 🔥
Important news for hunters who have been playing our roguelite Malys in Early Access: your EA saves will not pass over into full release.
For the story and meta progression systems to function correctly in 1.0 we must begin the hunt anew.
Important news for hunters who have been playing our roguelite Malys in Early Access: your EA saves will not pass over into full release.
For the story and meta progression systems to function correctly in 1.0 we must begin the hunt anew.
me before cats: will my adhd even let me take care of something that is not me
me with 1 cat: aww so fluffy
me with 2 cats: aww so cute WAIT DON'T STEP ON THE HOT STOVE .. phewt still so fluffy!!!
me with [my partner cuts in] NO TWO CATS
me still with 2 cats: ... perfect
me with 1 cat: aww so fluffy
me with 2 cats: aww so cute WAIT DON'T STEP ON THE HOT STOVE .. phewt still so fluffy!!!
me with [my partner cuts in] NO TWO CATS
me still with 2 cats: ... perfect
October 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
me before cats: will my adhd even let me take care of something that is not me
me with 1 cat: aww so fluffy
me with 2 cats: aww so cute WAIT DON'T STEP ON THE HOT STOVE .. phewt still so fluffy!!!
me with [my partner cuts in] NO TWO CATS
me still with 2 cats: ... perfect
me with 1 cat: aww so fluffy
me with 2 cats: aww so cute WAIT DON'T STEP ON THE HOT STOVE .. phewt still so fluffy!!!
me with [my partner cuts in] NO TWO CATS
me still with 2 cats: ... perfect