Rain (They/Them)
@linkstrikedev.bsky.social
Board member of @diversitysaves.bsky.social. Thinking about how games can create a better world 🌺🍉
I'm also a freelance sensitivity consultant, editor, and game developer. DM me any inquiries! Working on my own game too; working title: Heretics All.
I'm also a freelance sensitivity consultant, editor, and game developer. DM me any inquiries! Working on my own game too; working title: Heretics All.
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Apparently I should plug the fact that I'm a #freelancer lol. I do sensitivity consultation, editing, and #TTRPGdev work!
- A variety of lived marginalized experience
- 10+ years of #creativewriting, incl. college experience
- 5 years of #gamedesign, incl. college experience
DMs open for inquiries!
- A variety of lived marginalized experience
- 10+ years of #creativewriting, incl. college experience
- 5 years of #gamedesign, incl. college experience
DMs open for inquiries!
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I'm so very thankful for all the help i've received already, it has helped a lot!! But, i'm reminding y'all my fundraiser is still going, and any sharing or donating would be deeply appreciated!
Hey! I need some help!
My sister and cousin are struggling intensely with mental health, while my father is struggling at work. So to help my family out, i'm opening sketch commissions!
Donate any ammount to my kofi (link is in the replies) and you can ask for a sketch, SFW and NSFW requests allowed
My sister and cousin are struggling intensely with mental health, while my father is struggling at work. So to help my family out, i'm opening sketch commissions!
Donate any ammount to my kofi (link is in the replies) and you can ask for a sketch, SFW and NSFW requests allowed
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I'm so very thankful for all the help i've received already, it has helped a lot!! But, i'm reminding y'all my fundraiser is still going, and any sharing or donating would be deeply appreciated!
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Two things need to happen simultaneously:
1) A rapid mobilization and expansion of mutual aid networks to protect, feed, and care for each other
2) A tireless effort to elect progressive politicians looking to oust these fascists and their spineless enablers
1) A rapid mobilization and expansion of mutual aid networks to protect, feed, and care for each other
2) A tireless effort to elect progressive politicians looking to oust these fascists and their spineless enablers
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Two things need to happen simultaneously:
1) A rapid mobilization and expansion of mutual aid networks to protect, feed, and care for each other
2) A tireless effort to elect progressive politicians looking to oust these fascists and their spineless enablers
1) A rapid mobilization and expansion of mutual aid networks to protect, feed, and care for each other
2) A tireless effort to elect progressive politicians looking to oust these fascists and their spineless enablers
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BIPOC creators in TTRPGs! We want to spotlight YOU! 🎲
@pocketdragonpub.bsky.social & @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social are hosting a BIPOC Networking Event during PAXU, and we want to shout you out!
Share your links so we can feature your work! 💪🏽✨
📎shorturl.at/Sk8ni
@vixiebelle.bsky.social
@pocketdragonpub.bsky.social & @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social are hosting a BIPOC Networking Event during PAXU, and we want to shout you out!
Share your links so we can feature your work! 💪🏽✨
📎shorturl.at/Sk8ni
@vixiebelle.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
BIPOC creators in TTRPGs! We want to spotlight YOU! 🎲
@pocketdragonpub.bsky.social & @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social are hosting a BIPOC Networking Event during PAXU, and we want to shout you out!
Share your links so we can feature your work! 💪🏽✨
📎shorturl.at/Sk8ni
@vixiebelle.bsky.social
@pocketdragonpub.bsky.social & @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social are hosting a BIPOC Networking Event during PAXU, and we want to shout you out!
Share your links so we can feature your work! 💪🏽✨
📎shorturl.at/Sk8ni
@vixiebelle.bsky.social
My day job is as a tipped worker, and tips are starting to slow down with the winter season, so I wanna remind everyone that I’m a #freelancer! I work in #TTRPGs and #books!
And if you’re a marginalized person low on funding, I’d love to meet you halfway and figure something out. Cheers!
And if you’re a marginalized person low on funding, I’d love to meet you halfway and figure something out. Cheers!
Apparently I should plug the fact that I'm a #freelancer lol. I do sensitivity consultation, editing, and #TTRPGdev work!
- A variety of lived marginalized experience
- 10+ years of #creativewriting, incl. college experience
- 5 years of #gamedesign, incl. college experience
DMs open for inquiries!
- A variety of lived marginalized experience
- 10+ years of #creativewriting, incl. college experience
- 5 years of #gamedesign, incl. college experience
DMs open for inquiries!
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My day job is as a tipped worker, and tips are starting to slow down with the winter season, so I wanna remind everyone that I’m a #freelancer! I work in #TTRPGs and #books!
And if you’re a marginalized person low on funding, I’d love to meet you halfway and figure something out. Cheers!
And if you’re a marginalized person low on funding, I’d love to meet you halfway and figure something out. Cheers!
I just published my first game - a prototype of a game I've been working on for a long time. I'm so excited to continue working on this; this is NOT a closed book, so it'd make me really happy if y'all checked it out. It's free too!
#ttrpg #ttrpgdev
linkstrikedev.itch.io/heretics-all...
#ttrpg #ttrpgdev
linkstrikedev.itch.io/heretics-all...
Heretics All (Prototype) by Rain (linkstrikedev)
A minimalist TTRPG based on Caltrop Core. Play as unholy rebels fighting against oppressive institutions.
linkstrikedev.itch.io
October 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I just published my first game - a prototype of a game I've been working on for a long time. I'm so excited to continue working on this; this is NOT a closed book, so it'd make me really happy if y'all checked it out. It's free too!
#ttrpg #ttrpgdev
linkstrikedev.itch.io/heretics-all...
#ttrpg #ttrpgdev
linkstrikedev.itch.io/heretics-all...
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look I'm one person trying to keep myself fed and housed & help people where and how I can, maybe don't expect me to single-handedly do a revolution
"can you believe this useless trans woman has a *job* making board games?!"
"can you believe this useless trans woman has a *job* making board games?!"
The right break out the windows of the Capitol and beat the shit out of police officers when they’re outraged. The left makes themed boardgames.
September 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
look I'm one person trying to keep myself fed and housed & help people where and how I can, maybe don't expect me to single-handedly do a revolution
"can you believe this useless trans woman has a *job* making board games?!"
"can you believe this useless trans woman has a *job* making board games?!"
I’ve been reading The Afro-Indigenous History of The United States recently, and a key point of that book is that different forms of resistance can and should exist alongside each other. Further, it’s so silly to glorify violence in particular as the only path forward.
The right break out the windows of the Capitol and beat the shit out of police officers when they’re outraged. The left makes themed boardgames.
September 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I’ve been reading The Afro-Indigenous History of The United States recently, and a key point of that book is that different forms of resistance can and should exist alongside each other. Further, it’s so silly to glorify violence in particular as the only path forward.
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People in our space need to start listening to Asian people when they tell you why media and games like Obojima are orientalist. And I don’t just mean white people.
Because a lot of my fellow POC are just as guilty about gleefully supporting culturally appropriative media as white people.
Because a lot of my fellow POC are just as guilty about gleefully supporting culturally appropriative media as white people.
August 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
People in our space need to start listening to Asian people when they tell you why media and games like Obojima are orientalist. And I don’t just mean white people.
Because a lot of my fellow POC are just as guilty about gleefully supporting culturally appropriative media as white people.
Because a lot of my fellow POC are just as guilty about gleefully supporting culturally appropriative media as white people.
Someone who uses AI just followed me, so here's my #noAI rant, and it's an angle I don't see anyone else discuss. Thesis: AI is fundamentally opposed to #diversity. 1/7
August 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Someone who uses AI just followed me, so here's my #noAI rant, and it's an angle I don't see anyone else discuss. Thesis: AI is fundamentally opposed to #diversity. 1/7
Apparently I should plug the fact that I'm a #freelancer lol. I do sensitivity consultation, editing, and #TTRPGdev work!
- A variety of lived marginalized experience
- 10+ years of #creativewriting, incl. college experience
- 5 years of #gamedesign, incl. college experience
DMs open for inquiries!
- A variety of lived marginalized experience
- 10+ years of #creativewriting, incl. college experience
- 5 years of #gamedesign, incl. college experience
DMs open for inquiries!
August 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Apparently I should plug the fact that I'm a #freelancer lol. I do sensitivity consultation, editing, and #TTRPGdev work!
- A variety of lived marginalized experience
- 10+ years of #creativewriting, incl. college experience
- 5 years of #gamedesign, incl. college experience
DMs open for inquiries!
- A variety of lived marginalized experience
- 10+ years of #creativewriting, incl. college experience
- 5 years of #gamedesign, incl. college experience
DMs open for inquiries!
When pushing against the right, be careful of rhetoric that leans into attacking poverty. A lot of ‘dumb southerner’ tropes in particular have little to do with social justice and more to do with mocking a lack of resources like healthcare, education, and decent housing. Be wary, please. 1/4
July 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
When pushing against the right, be careful of rhetoric that leans into attacking poverty. A lot of ‘dumb southerner’ tropes in particular have little to do with social justice and more to do with mocking a lack of resources like healthcare, education, and decent housing. Be wary, please. 1/4
Join us on Twitch July 20th at 2pm PST! Host @linkstrikedev.bsky.social is sitting down with @blerdydisposition.bsky.social live
And don't forget to drop some questions in the comments or during the live stream in chat!
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And don't forget to drop some questions in the comments or during the live stream in chat!
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July 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I'M SO EXCITED
Our next Community Showcase is July 20th at 2pm PST! Host Rain @linkstrikedev.bsky.social is sitting down with @blerdydisposition.bsky.social live on Twitch. You can drop some questions in the comments or during the live stream in chat!
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July 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I'M SO EXCITED
If you've been wondering where I've been: dealing with workplace harassment towards me, the ensuing fallout, and trying to land on my feet. It's a lot. If you could help me out, I'd really appreciate it. There's more details on my Ko-fi page. It's all bullshit. Thanks.
ko-fi.com/rainnovella/...
ko-fi.com/rainnovella/...
Support Rain Novella
Support Rain Novella
ko-fi.com
July 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If you've been wondering where I've been: dealing with workplace harassment towards me, the ensuing fallout, and trying to land on my feet. It's a lot. If you could help me out, I'd really appreciate it. There's more details on my Ko-fi page. It's all bullshit. Thanks.
ko-fi.com/rainnovella/...
ko-fi.com/rainnovella/...
Please help out a great person if you can 🙏
I really need help with bills for tomorrow. I hate asking again but my mom (the only breadwinner) had Covid and hasn’t worked in over a week. We’re just barely scraping. Anything helps.
ko-fi.com/jellyfishlines
ko-fi.com/jellyfishlines
Support Jellyfishlines
Support Jellyfishlines
ko-fi.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Please help out a great person if you can 🙏
'Link-strike' is the name of a mechanic in Final Fantasy XV where you can trigger combo attacks with your teammates.
I make games that inspire a dynamic sense of camraderie, and I'm also very influenced by RPG buildcraft/progression mechanics rather than full narrative-style games.
I make games that inspire a dynamic sense of camraderie, and I'm also very influenced by RPG buildcraft/progression mechanics rather than full narrative-style games.
'Eclipse' is a name I've used in queer and online spaces for a few years.
'Demon', I knew I wanted to be a demon type character.
'Darling', it creates alliteration and a sort of arc across the sounded-out vowels - a, e, e, i.
'Demon', I knew I wanted to be a demon type character.
'Darling', it creates alliteration and a sort of arc across the sounded-out vowels - a, e, e, i.
Explain your @!
I love frogs and my name is Cass ᵕ̈
Thankfully I chose something new when I transitioned, because before that my username had “Mr” in it LMAO
I also go by Ember ᵕ̈
I love frogs and my name is Cass ᵕ̈
Thankfully I chose something new when I transitioned, because before that my username had “Mr” in it LMAO
I also go by Ember ᵕ̈
June 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
'Link-strike' is the name of a mechanic in Final Fantasy XV where you can trigger combo attacks with your teammates.
I make games that inspire a dynamic sense of camraderie, and I'm also very influenced by RPG buildcraft/progression mechanics rather than full narrative-style games.
I make games that inspire a dynamic sense of camraderie, and I'm also very influenced by RPG buildcraft/progression mechanics rather than full narrative-style games.
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A new layer of the citadel opens.
We refuse to apologize for the mess.
#ttrpg #lgbtq #indiegaming
infinitecitadel.itch.io/spill-your-f...
We refuse to apologize for the mess.
#ttrpg #lgbtq #indiegaming
infinitecitadel.itch.io/spill-your-f...
May 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A new layer of the citadel opens.
We refuse to apologize for the mess.
#ttrpg #lgbtq #indiegaming
infinitecitadel.itch.io/spill-your-f...
We refuse to apologize for the mess.
#ttrpg #lgbtq #indiegaming
infinitecitadel.itch.io/spill-your-f...
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Catch our Community Showcase live on Twitch May 14th and 6:30pm PST when our host Nekola @nekolathedruid.bsky.social will sit down with the cast of The Wildfire Club @tainotales.bsky.social . And don't forget to sign up to be featured in our showcase!
diversitysaves.org/c...
diversitysaves.org/c...
May 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Catch our Community Showcase live on Twitch May 14th and 6:30pm PST when our host Nekola @nekolathedruid.bsky.social will sit down with the cast of The Wildfire Club @tainotales.bsky.social . And don't forget to sign up to be featured in our showcase!
diversitysaves.org/c...
diversitysaves.org/c...
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You might know that Diversity Saves is a nonprofit in the #TTRPG industry working to platform marginalized creatives, but did you know we have a discord server? Check us out at diversitysaves.org. Scroll down a bit and you'll find the link next to our newsletter.
Come say hi!
Come say hi!
Diversity Saves
A charitable organization focused on promoting diversity and inclusivity in tabletop gaming.
diversitysaves.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
You might know that Diversity Saves is a nonprofit in the #TTRPG industry working to platform marginalized creatives, but did you know we have a discord server? Check us out at diversitysaves.org. Scroll down a bit and you'll find the link next to our newsletter.
Come say hi!
Come say hi!
I've never done the #promosky thing so here goes:
I'm a #ttrpgdev and fellow board director of Diversity Saves. My primary interests are games, politics/social issues, and how they intersect. How play and group storytelling makes us better people and helps us imagine better futures.
I'm a #ttrpgdev and fellow board director of Diversity Saves. My primary interests are games, politics/social issues, and how they intersect. How play and group storytelling makes us better people and helps us imagine better futures.
April 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Someone asked about the mugging referenced. I *remember* TWO times. Once in confused state I got lost and someone talked me out of my wallet convincing me it was for my emergency contact info. Another time someone took my money and cards out of my pocket when I was down on the sidewalk out cold.
Public transit shouldn’t be a boss fight. Help me stop rolling saving throws vs. confusion and sidewalk naps. I need an e-bike for safe, independent travel. And I’m making weird little games as thanks!
Join in now:
fundrazr.com/revneed...
#MutualAid #TTRPGCommunity #Disabled
Join in now:
fundrazr.com/revneed...
#MutualAid #TTRPGCommunity #Disabled
Help Rev Casey Regain Mobility & Independence by Rev Casey
Help Rev Swap Seizure Bus Roulette + Uber Surges for Safe Travel: Epilepsy/PTSD traps Rev in unsafe transit. Solution: Neurospicy-friendly e-bike + armor. Barrier: Systems said "not disabled enough." Hero Move: Fund the bike, make Rev make more RPGs.
fundrazr.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Someone asked about the mugging referenced. I *remember* TWO times. Once in confused state I got lost and someone talked me out of my wallet convincing me it was for my emergency contact info. Another time someone took my money and cards out of my pocket when I was down on the sidewalk out cold.
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Public transit shouldn’t be a boss fight. Help me stop rolling saving throws vs. confusion and sidewalk naps. I need an e-bike for safe, independent travel. And I’m making weird little games as thanks!
Join in now:
fundrazr.com/revneed...
#MutualAid #TTRPGCommunity #Disabled
Join in now:
fundrazr.com/revneed...
#MutualAid #TTRPGCommunity #Disabled
Help Rev Casey Regain Mobility & Independence by Rev Casey
Help Rev Swap Seizure Bus Roulette + Uber Surges for Safe Travel: Epilepsy/PTSD traps Rev in unsafe transit. Solution: Neurospicy-friendly e-bike + armor. Barrier: Systems said "not disabled enough." Hero Move: Fund the bike, make Rev make more RPGs.
fundrazr.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Public transit shouldn’t be a boss fight. Help me stop rolling saving throws vs. confusion and sidewalk naps. I need an e-bike for safe, independent travel. And I’m making weird little games as thanks!
Join in now:
fundrazr.com/revneed...
#MutualAid #TTRPGCommunity #Disabled
Join in now:
fundrazr.com/revneed...
#MutualAid #TTRPGCommunity #Disabled
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Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
April 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...