Everest Pipkin
@everest.bsky.social
Games, software tools, ttrpgs, the handmade web - Barnacle Goose Experiment, World Ending Game - Program Coordinator at Pratt Game Arts - long live the postal service.
https://everest-pipkin.com
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this is the platonic ideal of a wikipedia gif, to me en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olbers%...
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 AM
this is the platonic ideal of a wikipedia gif, to me en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olbers%...
Our students are making (variously) clever, strange, beautiful and funny work and it's honestly a delight to get to show it off. A lot of their projects are collected on the Pratt Game Arts itch too pratt-game-arts.itch.io
August 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Our students are making (variously) clever, strange, beautiful and funny work and it's honestly a delight to get to show it off. A lot of their projects are collected on the Pratt Game Arts itch too pratt-game-arts.itch.io
I'm at PlayNYC for the rest of the day with students from Pratt Game Arts!
They're showing their work from the last year, demoing projects... we had Hatsune Miku get a high score... so you have 3 more hours of showroom floor to come through and try to beat Hatsune Miku. Booth 1B-123!
They're showing their work from the last year, demoing projects... we had Hatsune Miku get a high score... so you have 3 more hours of showroom floor to come through and try to beat Hatsune Miku. Booth 1B-123!
August 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'm at PlayNYC for the rest of the day with students from Pratt Game Arts!
They're showing their work from the last year, demoing projects... we had Hatsune Miku get a high score... so you have 3 more hours of showroom floor to come through and try to beat Hatsune Miku. Booth 1B-123!
They're showing their work from the last year, demoing projects... we had Hatsune Miku get a high score... so you have 3 more hours of showroom floor to come through and try to beat Hatsune Miku. Booth 1B-123!
gonna be talking adapting filmic endings to games, but especially about trope grafting, and why applying cliches from one medium can be tools for telling new kinds of story in another
June 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
gonna be talking adapting filmic endings to games, but especially about trope grafting, and why applying cliches from one medium can be tools for telling new kinds of story in another
June 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
rss feed update - 6/3/25 - In an era of slop / make aalittle thing out of clay
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June 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
rss feed update - 6/3/25 - In an era of slop / make aalittle thing out of clay
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The games look so good and we’re so proud! Congratulations to all of our graduates and thank you for hosting us @wonderville.nyc
May 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The games look so good and we’re so proud! Congratulations to all of our graduates and thank you for hosting us @wonderville.nyc
Come play the capstone games made by Pratt Game Arts first class of graduating seniors! Stage a train heist against the gods, make rent as an unemployed taoist monk, experience clown trauma, explore accursed citadels, and more. Today at Wonderville, now till 6 pm www.wonderville.nyc/events/pratt...
May 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Come play the capstone games made by Pratt Game Arts first class of graduating seniors! Stage a train heist against the gods, make rent as an unemployed taoist monk, experience clown trauma, explore accursed citadels, and more. Today at Wonderville, now till 6 pm www.wonderville.nyc/events/pratt...
Earlier this spring, me and 20-odd other people spent 10 weeks thinking and talking about The Browser as a place that is ALREADY A GAME ENGINE at @sfpc-study.bsky.social
Well, we made some freak web games - and you can play them at LARPA in Brooklyn next week. Come through!!
Well, we made some freak web games - and you can play them at LARPA in Brooklyn next week. Come through!!
April 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Earlier this spring, me and 20-odd other people spent 10 weeks thinking and talking about The Browser as a place that is ALREADY A GAME ENGINE at @sfpc-study.bsky.social
Well, we made some freak web games - and you can play them at LARPA in Brooklyn next week. Come through!!
Well, we made some freak web games - and you can play them at LARPA in Brooklyn next week. Come through!!
except with maybe like 50% more of this energy
March 31, 2025 at 11:25 PM
except with maybe like 50% more of this energy
unfortunately, this is still how i feel
March 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
unfortunately, this is still how i feel
Pratt is a part of the NY State Pavilion, which is at South Hall 1327 on the showroom floor. We'll be here till Friday!
And if you want to catch me, in particular, I'll be here till close tonight before I scoot back home.
And if you want to catch me, in particular, I'll be here till close tonight before I scoot back home.
March 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Pratt is a part of the NY State Pavilion, which is at South Hall 1327 on the showroom floor. We'll be here till Friday!
And if you want to catch me, in particular, I'll be here till close tonight before I scoot back home.
And if you want to catch me, in particular, I'll be here till close tonight before I scoot back home.
And finally, ZOOM (from @3aliensinasaucer.bsky.social) is a fast-paced, silly FPS with bouncy speedrun mechanics. Play as an FBI (Feeding Beasts Intelligence) Agent scanning and satiating animals with your state-of-the-art goo-feeding gun!
Demo here -> calamanshark.itch.io/zoom
Demo here -> calamanshark.itch.io/zoom
March 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
And finally, ZOOM (from @3aliensinasaucer.bsky.social) is a fast-paced, silly FPS with bouncy speedrun mechanics. Play as an FBI (Feeding Beasts Intelligence) Agent scanning and satiating animals with your state-of-the-art goo-feeding gun!
Demo here -> calamanshark.itch.io/zoom
Demo here -> calamanshark.itch.io/zoom
The Red Garnet Adventure (by lmonplay) is a retro-classic narrative and action fantasy adventure with switching-protagonist gameplay and platforming elements.
March 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Red Garnet Adventure (by lmonplay) is a retro-classic narrative and action fantasy adventure with switching-protagonist gameplay and platforming elements.
In November, a thinky puzzle game by Jiajun Yao, Mr. Rabbit's home has been swallowed by a sudden flood. By finding the mechanisms that lower the water level, you can uncover more and more of your mountain home... but strange creatures and traps also lurk under the floodwaters.
March 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In November, a thinky puzzle game by Jiajun Yao, Mr. Rabbit's home has been swallowed by a sudden flood. By finding the mechanisms that lower the water level, you can uncover more and more of your mountain home... but strange creatures and traps also lurk under the floodwaters.
MUTAGEN (@organzola.games) is a procgen living biome game.
Unearth the mysteries of a shifting alien world. Discover mutations that change the way you move through the environment. Survive diverse ecosystems teeming with life and rich with history.
Steam -> store.steampowered.com/app/3507690/...
Unearth the mysteries of a shifting alien world. Discover mutations that change the way you move through the environment. Survive diverse ecosystems teeming with life and rich with history.
Steam -> store.steampowered.com/app/3507690/...
March 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
MUTAGEN (@organzola.games) is a procgen living biome game.
Unearth the mysteries of a shifting alien world. Discover mutations that change the way you move through the environment. Survive diverse ecosystems teeming with life and rich with history.
Steam -> store.steampowered.com/app/3507690/...
Unearth the mysteries of a shifting alien world. Discover mutations that change the way you move through the environment. Survive diverse ecosystems teeming with life and rich with history.
Steam -> store.steampowered.com/app/3507690/...
Fish Outta Water (@thedevbug.bsky.social @astarsor.bsky.social @cat-acne.bsky.social Jay Bradley, Sam Funk) is a 3D action beat ‘em up. You play as Gil, a mild-mannered aspiring fighter– with his parents' legacy (and his sister's... management style) on his shoulders
catacne.itch.io/fish-outta-w...
catacne.itch.io/fish-outta-w...
March 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fish Outta Water (@thedevbug.bsky.social @astarsor.bsky.social @cat-acne.bsky.social Jay Bradley, Sam Funk) is a 3D action beat ‘em up. You play as Gil, a mild-mannered aspiring fighter– with his parents' legacy (and his sister's... management style) on his shoulders
catacne.itch.io/fish-outta-w...
catacne.itch.io/fish-outta-w...
In Feng the Taoist (devon-chan.itch.io, ykzz.itch.io) you play as a young, unemployed, wanna-be Taoist Monk taking odd jobs for even odder locals. Solve hauntings, cook meals, and butt heads with your cat landlord– who has given you four whole days to make rent.
March 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In Feng the Taoist (devon-chan.itch.io, ykzz.itch.io) you play as a young, unemployed, wanna-be Taoist Monk taking odd jobs for even odder locals. Solve hauntings, cook meals, and butt heads with your cat landlord– who has given you four whole days to make rent.
Doll Parts (@dollpartsstudio.bsky.social) is a narrative 3D platformer about the horrors of girlhood. You play as a doll navigating a home and trying to protect her owner from the experience of growing up.
Steam page -> store.steampowered.com/app/3588590/...
Steam page -> store.steampowered.com/app/3588590/...
March 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Doll Parts (@dollpartsstudio.bsky.social) is a narrative 3D platformer about the horrors of girlhood. You play as a doll navigating a home and trying to protect her owner from the experience of growing up.
Steam page -> store.steampowered.com/app/3588590/...
Steam page -> store.steampowered.com/app/3588590/...
In Darkspire Citadel (@adriannamnzy.bsky.social, Tea Maxwell, Luca Cosica, Percy Davis), you play as Nyx- stripped, bare, and struggling to reclaim stolen memories, organs, and limbs in a narrative based RPG set in a rotted city.
percydavis.itch.io/darkspire-ci...
percydavis.itch.io/darkspire-ci...
March 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
In Darkspire Citadel (@adriannamnzy.bsky.social, Tea Maxwell, Luca Cosica, Percy Davis), you play as Nyx- stripped, bare, and struggling to reclaim stolen memories, organs, and limbs in a narrative based RPG set in a rotted city.
percydavis.itch.io/darkspire-ci...
percydavis.itch.io/darkspire-ci...
From the team behind Clownz Frownz-
"Travel with our troupe of clowns as they uncover the dark secrets within their own traveling circus and their ringleader! All the while, they must dazzle the audience through their act as they travel to London!"
The itch! coffey-bean-games.itch.io/clownz-frownz
"Travel with our troupe of clowns as they uncover the dark secrets within their own traveling circus and their ringleader! All the while, they must dazzle the audience through their act as they travel to London!"
The itch! coffey-bean-games.itch.io/clownz-frownz
March 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
From the team behind Clownz Frownz-
"Travel with our troupe of clowns as they uncover the dark secrets within their own traveling circus and their ringleader! All the while, they must dazzle the audience through their act as they travel to London!"
The itch! coffey-bean-games.itch.io/clownz-frownz
"Travel with our troupe of clowns as they uncover the dark secrets within their own traveling circus and their ringleader! All the while, they must dazzle the audience through their act as they travel to London!"
The itch! coffey-bean-games.itch.io/clownz-frownz
While in Ativium (@megken.dev, @koobdoov.bsky.social, @nietozz.bsky.social), you play as a knight unraveling his relationships with kingdom, king, and country in a card battler tricktaking RPG.
March 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
While in Ativium (@megken.dev, @koobdoov.bsky.social, @nietozz.bsky.social), you play as a knight unraveling his relationships with kingdom, king, and country in a card battler tricktaking RPG.
Annota Line (@bombylls.com) is a narrative point-and-click adventure game about a futuristic train heist, in a city where the gods are playing tug-of-war with the fabric of reality...
Steam -> store.steampowered.com/app/3526440/...
Steam -> store.steampowered.com/app/3526440/...
March 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Annota Line (@bombylls.com) is a narrative point-and-click adventure game about a futuristic train heist, in a city where the gods are playing tug-of-war with the fabric of reality...
Steam -> store.steampowered.com/app/3526440/...
Steam -> store.steampowered.com/app/3526440/...
hundreds of people at the rally for trans kids tonight in the shadow of NYU Langone, one of the only hospitals in the country that has decided to preemptively withhold healthcare for trans children in the wake of Trump’s unenforced executive order
February 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
hundreds of people at the rally for trans kids tonight in the shadow of NYU Langone, one of the only hospitals in the country that has decided to preemptively withhold healthcare for trans children in the wake of Trump’s unenforced executive order
spent a day making a custom (if slightly broken) json-> html converter for my cohost archive, which will now live in perpetuity here, on my website; everest-pipkin.com#archives/coh...
December 26, 2024 at 8:45 PM
spent a day making a custom (if slightly broken) json-> html converter for my cohost archive, which will now live in perpetuity here, on my website; everest-pipkin.com#archives/coh...