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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · 29d

Admittedly we might see some local baby bubbles, but those are unlikely to affect the baby market as a whole, as long as the proportion of subprime babies in the financial products remains limited. Which I’m sure will never become a problem! 👍

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · 29d

Can you securitize large numbers of babies into collateralized baby derivatives (CBDs) in order to hedge against individual underperforming babies?

(I profoundly apologize for writing that sentence.)

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Sep 4

The intersection between “murder mystery adventure game” and “19th century German history” is straight down the middle of my particular areas of interest, so I’m immensely looking forward to playing this! 🔍

Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders 📯 OUT NOW @homonarransstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

🗞️🗞️ANNOUNCEMENT!🗞️🗞️
Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
🔴OUT NOW on Steam and GOG🔴

🇩🇪Explore 1899 Leipzig, Germany
🕵️‍♂️Quiz suspects. Draw conclusions
😮Get things wrong. Live with it.

👉👉 s.team/a/1841190

Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders 📯 OUT NOW @homonarransstudio.bsky.social · Aug 7

📯📯📯ANNOUNCEMENT📯📯📯
Casebook 1899: The Leipzig Murders
🗓️ Launching Sep 4th 2025

🔍 Search clues and quiz suspects
🔀 Draw your own conclusions
🔪 Choices affect multiple endings
⛪️ Explore late 19thC pixel-art Leipzig
🇩🇪 Authentic German voicing

Wishlist on Steam!
👉👉 s.team/a/1841190

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Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders 📯 OUT NOW @homonarransstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

🗞️🗞️ANNOUNCEMENT!🗞️🗞️
Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
🔴OUT NOW on Steam and GOG🔴

🇩🇪Explore 1899 Leipzig, Germany
🕵️‍♂️Quiz suspects. Draw conclusions
😮Get things wrong. Live with it.

👉👉 s.team/a/1841190

Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders 📯 OUT NOW @homonarransstudio.bsky.social · Aug 7

📯📯📯ANNOUNCEMENT📯📯📯
Casebook 1899: The Leipzig Murders
🗓️ Launching Sep 4th 2025

🔍 Search clues and quiz suspects
🔀 Draw your own conclusions
🔪 Choices affect multiple endings
⛪️ Explore late 19thC pixel-art Leipzig
🇩🇪 Authentic German voicing

Wishlist on Steam!
👉👉 s.team/a/1841190

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James Baillie @jubalbarca.bsky.social · Aug 27

I've written a UK parliamentary petition against payment processors using their near-monopoly power to dictate what legal content can and cannot be purchased. This is a worryingly fast-growing problem.

Please sign it and share widely, UK friends!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Ban payment processors stopping services based on objections to legal content

Government should legislate that payment processing companies may not place stipulations on use of their services regarding sales of otherwise legal content and, if they do so, must face legal penalties and must remunerate platforms and individuals for lost income until service is restored.

petition.parliament.uk

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Aug 15

Okay, I’m done.

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Aug 15

I realise itch.io is a small company with limited resources, but in a crisis communication isn’t secondary, it’s a critical part of the crisis response! It feels like they don’t understand that, or at least they behave like they don’t, and it’s creating more unnecessary problems for them.

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Aug 15

It’s been three weeks since !!The Incident!! and there’s still no clear explanation from itch.io about what exactly happened, what they did, when they did it, and why they did it. Get on that instead of counterproductive feuding with individual journalists!

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Aug 15

I might regret getting involved in this, but I’m literally begging itch.io to please talk to someone who is good at community management and crisis communication, because Posting Through It in the Replies is just about the worst way to go about this.

itch.io @itch.io · Aug 14

A journalist not receiving a response from a company does not absolve them of accurately reporting. We provided her with detailed information about the status of pages yesterday and her/colleague responded by saying we lied. I do not know any reporter who works like this.

bsky.app/profile/itch...

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Bertine van Hövell @baroness.bsky.social · Jul 29

GAME, the German game industry trade association, released this *damn* good statement on the unjust NSFW game takedowns

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The artistic freedom of game developers is fundamental to games as a cultural medium. Any restrictions improsed by payment service providers or games platforms must not exceed the legal limits.
In Germany, thanks in part to the USK, clear, binding and established rules apply that must be adhered to. Furthermore, creative forms of expressions or certain themes in games, such as diversity, must not be targeted by individual interests or campaigns from particularly vocal groups, as is currently observed on Steam or itch.io. The terms and conditions of global payment service providers such as Visa, Mastercard, or Paypal must not conflict with European values such as freedom of expression or artistic freedom.
We therefore call on the companies involved to design their rules and offerings in a manner that ensures complicance with applicable laws and prevents overblocking.

Signed,
Felix Falk,
Managing Director of GAME

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Historical Games Network @historygamesnet.bsky.social · Jul 28

New post! Ahead of tomorrow’s panel Andreas Kjeldsen (@verysrsgames.com) discusses forthcoming comedic narrative adventure The Knight & the Maiden, where players solve puzzles to unfold the story of a noblewoman’s quest (& her many gendered disguises):

www.historicalgames.net/playing-with...

Sir Charlotte, la bonne chevalière: Playing with Gender in The Knight & the Maiden | Historical Games Network

A long time ago, in a world almost, but not quite, like our own… The city-state of Castamont, a centre of scholarship and commerce on the shores of the scenic Ousarine Bay, is buzzing with excitement!...

www.historicalgames.net

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Jul 28

Apropos of absolutely, positively nothing going on in the #indiedev world right now, I’ll be joining a @historygamesnet.bsky.social panel tomorrow (along with some much smarter people than me) to chat about gender and historical games. Do sign up and join us!

Historical Games Network @historygamesnet.bsky.social · Jul 22

One week to go until our Gender discussion panel! Find out more & sign up here 👇

www.historicalgames.net/gender/

Gender | Historical Games Network

Event details Date 29 July 2025 Time 16:00-17:30 UK time Location Virtual (Teams) | Speakers Kate Cook, Andreas Kjeldsen and Leandro Wallace [Chair: Tess Watterson] Register for the event via TicketTa...

www.historicalgames.net

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Historical Games Network @historygamesnet.bsky.social · Jul 28

This is tomorrow! Featuring @tesswatty.bsky.social, @katexe.bsky.social, @andreaskjeldsen.bsky.social of @verysrsgames.com, and Leandro Wallace. Still a few tickets left!

#gamestudies #historygames #gamingthepast

Historical Games Network @historygamesnet.bsky.social · Jul 22

One week to go until our Gender discussion panel! Find out more & sign up here 👇

www.historicalgames.net/gender/

Gender | Historical Games Network

Event details Date 29 July 2025 Time 16:00-17:30 UK time Location Virtual (Teams) | Speakers Kate Cook, Andreas Kjeldsen and Leandro Wallace [Chair: Tess Watterson] Register for the event via TicketTa...

www.historicalgames.net

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Jul 24

It might be time to go back to the only tried and true form of video game distribution: Downloading a shareware version from a dodgy website, mailing a cheque to the creator, then (maybe) receiving the full version on a floppy disk three months later. Like God intended.

#indiedev #gamedev #itchio

itch.io @itch.io · Jul 24

itch.io/updates/upda...

Update on NSFW content

We have “deindexed” all adult NSFW content from our browse and search pages. We understand this action is sudden and disruptive, and we are truly sorry for the frustration and confusion caused by...

itch.io

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Jul 15

A Fluent Git User: "But using Git is so easy, you just bring up the command line and…"

Your Average, Lightly-to-Moderately-Technically-Challenged Person: "I'm sorry, bring up the what now?"

#gamedev #indiedev #git #Godot

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Jul 15

As usual when VCS comes up some people in the comments are like, "Why don't they just use #Git, it's so easy!", and can I just say – if you're an average, lightly-to-moderately-technically-challenged person who got into the nice and beginner-friendly #Godot, no, it really isn't.

#gamedev #indiedev

Stein Makes Games ➡️ #GodotFest @steinmakesgames.bsky.social · Jul 13

1 in 5 Godot users are not prepared for the day something unfortunate happens.

#Godot poll asking "Do you use version control". 80% do.

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Jun 26

It’s poor judgement and I don’t think they should have done it, but on the other hand that company probably won’t be around in a year’s time, so I guess it’s neither here nor there.

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🥭MANGO - Comms Closed @mgosketches.bsky.social · Jun 18

I'm opening illustration and character design comms 🥳 Payments via Wise!

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Rémi Verschelde @akien.bsky.social · Jun 18

The little fairy has heard your wishes:
github.com/godotengine/...

(This is coming in 4.5 beta 1.)

Export: Modify Windows template without rcedit by pkowal1982 · Pull Request #75950 · godotengine/godot

Using rcedit is little problematic so I've created a POC which shows how it can be dropped. PR contains only crucial code, if it's decided to go this way I'll fix loose ends. For now co...

github.com

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Jun 18

That’s brilliant, thanks for the info!

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Jun 18

Look, I don't want to step out of my lane or anything, but I feel like there's some room for improvement in this workflow. 🫠

#Godot #indiedev #gamedev

www.reddit.com/r/godot/comm...

How to change icon for Windows as a Mac user (comprehensive tutorial)

www.reddit.com

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Jun 18

Me, a sweet summer child: I need to change my game's app icons. I'm sure I can just point #Godot to an image file and it'll handle the rest, right? Right? 😅

Godot: Okay, to change the app icon, you must first journey to the Faerie Realm and receive the blessing of the Seelie Queen. Then…

#indiedev

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Jun 6

(I don't know if GenAI is a thing in audio design, but: Absolutely no AI, please and thank you.)

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Stark Raving Sane Games @verysrsgames.com · Jun 6

#GameAudio folks, I'm looking for a freelancer to make a handful of RPG Maker-style sound effects (clicks, movement, doors, etc). Do get in touch (starkravingsanegames.com/contact.html) if you want to help me make some BEEPs, some BOOPs and, yes, maybe even some BOINGs.

#gamedev #indiedev

Contact

starkravingsanegames.com

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🥭MANGO - Comms Closed @mgosketches.bsky.social · May 27

I recorded a positive video about the fight of creatives against AI. My accent is ✨super✨ thick but hope you enjoy it anyways!
@pruz.bsky.social thanks for the help!

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