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Ben M | Periapt Games

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🦆 New Zealand indie thing-maker, he/him 🦆 TTRPG, RPG, D&D, art 🦆 I make #devlog posts! 🦆 I blog! bit.ly/periaptb 🦆 Weird wizards from wiki articles! bit.ly/weirdwiz 🦆 Psychic detective puzzle duo game! bit.ly/SMAL 🦆 Games, books, resources! bit.ly/periaptg

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Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · Sep 4

Here's my submission for September's #eternalttrpgjam!

HOARDING: a one-page game about cramped and cluttered space. Somewhat appropriately, I designed it entirely within the notes for another game I was working on. 96 fonts on one page. Check it out for free on Itch.

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Hoarding by Periapt Games

Tread carefully.

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Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 1h

How it started:
"I think I might write it up into a little one-pager"

How it's going:
45 pages and counting

Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 3h

Delving my own dudgeon

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 1d

And now, an idea I'm working on: A game that revolves around paranormal underwater exploration

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ceej @ceej.online · 7h

for a henchman, there’s nothing better after a long day of guarding a small chest than standing with your back to a field of waving grass just tall enough to hide a crouching human being

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Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 1d

Granular surrealist Stanley Parable RPG with character optimisation focus

Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 1d

Okay but I thought it was a universal human experience to have called in some just-in-time hairdressing in our squandered youth

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 2d

"meme" is short for memento mori

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Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 1d

Same reason gyres are only ever widening

Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 1d

"prayer to the great pipe"

Me opening my browser first thing in the morning

Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 1d

prayer to the great pipe

Sheng Lam @8bitwizard.bsky.social · 1d

pipe explorations and other bits. smth smth big pipe worshipping core smth idk yet exactly what. same world as the sensor pod thing

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 1d

Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Scientists have discovered some stupid shit. They were dripping little drops out of their fucking gizmos when they learned about it.

Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 1d

I mixed up reading Riyadh as R'lyeh for a moment and the sentence just barely didn't parse

Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 1d

I love when an article is titled "Scientists Finally Reveal The Reason For X". Like these experts knew why X the whole time and have been hauling tight on the conceptual pursestrings, eyes inscrutably atwinkle

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Rob Donoghue @rdonoghue.bsky.social · 4d

Unfamiliar Jenna Moran game on Bundle of Holding? YES PLEASE!

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Far Roofs Special

Adventurer! This new Far Roofs Special presents The Far Roofs, the tabletop roleplaying game by Jenna Moran (Nobilis, Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine) about talking rats, god-monsters, and you...

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Scott Murderhouse @voxparlour.bsky.social · 3d

Having a baby and need a name? I got you covered

Mournbellow
Smock
Rhubarbie
10 Gallon Johnny
Drumstick
Soggy
Margot Martendale

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⛧ Víctor J. Merino ⛧ 🏆 Technically ENNIE winner 🏆 @victor-el-dm.bsky.social · 3d

Post a mage!

A gold dwarf and her little phoenix familiar inspecting a gem.

A stocky black woman of short stature and curly hair in fantasy teal clothes with golden details inspect a shining egg shaped amber gem. She is holding a white staff with a perch with an orange bird with long feathers also staring at the gem mouth agape.

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ceej @ceej.online · 2d

I voted for Zarmok the Irrational because I thought his unique approach to governance could bring a refreshing dose of rationality to "politics at usual." But his recent performance has been anything but

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Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 3d

Note to self: Remember to stop fakin it once you start makin it

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Kiyone @kiyonescarlet.bsky.social · 4d

lol

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Kingdoms of the Dump @kingdomsofthedump.bsky.social · 5d

'The Laundromancer and his Foamiliar'

The Loomsayers bring young Garmentians before the Sewing Circle. There, a mystical entity forms a bubble bond to those with a strong connection to the Wash.

Learn all the laundro-lore this November on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...

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Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 5d

🥛smooth🥛 vs 🥜chunky🥜 game design principles, put together as an honest-to-god blogpost as if it were the year 2010:

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#gamedev #blogpost #Overzealous

Smooth vs Chunky game design

Sometimes it helps to look at game design through the " Smooth or Chunky " lens. What do these terms mean? Well, they encapsulate certain ...

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Gen LR @cimmerianco.bsky.social · 5d

Tiny rogue mouse painting 🐁🍓🗡️🍃 Acrylic paint, 2025. First time painting in years, I’m pretty proud. #painting #dnd #fantasyart #cottagecore

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Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 6d

Anyway that is how game design elements can feel Smooth or Chunky, brought to you by the toast I just ate

Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 6d

The 'best' strategy is much less clear. The feeling is more one of running around putting out fires. The player is tempted to push things, scrambling towards completing the ritual even if their bad stats are pretty high, knowing that a couple of rolls might mean their success or downfall.