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Mads Mackenzie 💀 narrative game dev, mundane birdwatcher, sometimes cosplayer 💀 co-director @ Freeplay 💀 they/them, icon by Penta

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · Oct 18

since my bio on here didn't have enough space and I have some new-new followers

hi, I'm Mads, I'm director/narrative designer at @fine-fiends.bsky.social and co-director at Freeplay

outside games work I'm into cosplay, and I love horror and birdwatching

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 1m

I have an object (non-dangerous) ('beware' in the spiritual sense) that I will wield against speakers who run overtime. They have been warned.

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 56m

this year at Parallels... beware The Device

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 2h

shout out to all the gay goths out there!!

Jam Walker @jamwa.bsky.social · 6h

Making my @qualbert.com debut with a chat with @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social about indies and games events. :)

Freeplay’s Mads Mackenzie Talks Indies at Games Events

We spoke with Drăculești designer and Freeplay co-head Mads MacKenzie in the lead-up to Parallels, and discussed the impact of physical events on indie games.

www.qualbert.com

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 4h

There's a chain here called Market Lane that does two, that's my go-to

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 13h

also let's all hope the shoe repair place got my nice boots fixed in time so i'm not in sneakers

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 13h

i'm doing the most important task of all: washing my nice shirt so i can wear my nice suit. it had better dry in time! stay tuned.

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 13h

it's parallels tomorrow... wait technically it's parallels today. waow.

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats!! 🎉🎉🎉

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 3d

it turned out I only had ten minutes left when I set it aside, too

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 3d

nothing like a longstanding rivalry to get you to stop procrastinating on something

(I started Ace Attorney several years back and got so fed up with 1-5 that I never finished it, but last night @itsalex.bsky.social told me he'd started and finished it in a single day. SO,)

The end of case 1-5! A successful defense!

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 3d

I'm just kind of going ❓️❔️❓️ at it, Lal asks 'do you want to DM it sometime'

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 4d

Now the fall fronts just need buttons! So many buttons...

In the meantime, I'm making the shirt, which is a repeat of the pattern I used for Moriarty but wayyy more straightforward since I'm not embroidering any of the pieces and there are no pintucks to account for. It's so easy it feels wrong.

The front and back of a currently armless shirt

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ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 4d

🌷✨ shortboxcomicsfair.com ✨🌷

comic by @weisanboo.bsky.social

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations!! 🎊🎉🎆

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 5d

i hope kingdom hearts 4: sora experiences modernity includes this as a minigame

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 5d

Did You Know the predecessor to Illbleed, Blue Stinger, is about an offshore evil science micronation. so basically I'll be doing a Big Boss but for the ideals of cult classic Dreamcast games.

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 5d

i climb onto the boat and set off a round of fireworks! MADSWORLD is now open for business! in international waters where no-one can say 'your evil theme park is in violation of several local laws'!

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 5d

you can find me at migw by prying up the floorboards. how long has this building had a basement? and it connects to the sewers... how deep does it go? where does it end? the water runs to the sea. the sunset shines on the surface. backlit by the orange sky, i flip over the waves, and then i'm gone.

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 5d

'somewhere around fed square' i am anticipating real wizards roaming punklike about the area and throwing real elemental curses, beyond anyone's control

common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 5d

thank you for making such a cool comic!! so many good jokes in there, but the Dungeon Syndrome 'what if Killing Stalking was also 50 First Dates/Memento' premise was just perfect. and also that final page.

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 6d

writing more nice Bride scenes today that people will totally miss if they are relentlessly pursuing Dracula. however. this just means these scenes are like delicious truffles, hidden below the loam, where only true connoisseurs will find them. a sumptuous snack for discerning foragers.

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 8d

Poster I made for the Great Midwest Crane Fest!

Flat, graphic poster of a Whooping Crane standing in the negative space of many Sandhill Cranes. The poster reads "The Great Midwest Crane Fest - Nov. 15-16, 2025 Baraboo, Wisconsin.

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 6d

so far, my favourite shortbox comic! a delightful sex comedy about a pair of dysfunctional fujoshi that has some really, really funny fake yaoi comics in it. if you've ever been around BL culture or the women that inhabit it, this is written with a lot of love for and fond jokes about both.

Ana Two @anatwocomics.bsky.social · 7d

❤️ My comic "GIRL YAOI" is debuting
@shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social
❤️ Link in bio to buy, or here: www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

BLURB: Aster Zhao is a yaoi girl in a yaoi world––a strait-laced dental hygienist by day, and a passionate fujoshi by night. (CONT'D)

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 6d

🔔 your

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common-or-garden Mads 🦆 @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social · 7d

(addendum: there were other 'reincarnated wife' takes before Coppola but given Besson's thing is calling the wife Elisabeta - and that name is a Coppola invention - it's clear it's the one that matters here)