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Luka Brave. he/they. #indiettrpg designer and academic studying therapeutic applications for analog games
working on #spiritkeepttrpg - a multiplayer campaign #ttrpg designed to help players heal from complex trauma
@this collection also has some older bits & bobs in it:
itch.io/c/3465375/so...
thank you so much for doing this :) looking forward to seeing all these cool games!! (and ty @dungeonofthedragon.bsky.social for tagging me!!)
@a heart starts beating is a solo ritual game about being an awful lesbian trapped in the labyrinthine childhood home of her recently dead partner. one reviewer called it an "anti-grounding" game. made the month i defended my grad thesis and moved out of oklahoma 😅
@probably my best known game, with breath & sword, is a solo journaling game that helps players calm down from anxiety attacks. grounding methods and breathing are used as the oracles
(almost at 3k downloads if anyone wants to tip it over!!! 👀💖)
@DEVIL X CROSSROAD, a duet minizine game about playing poker against the (southern US folklore) devil in order to trans your gender :) very relevant, hehe
@shadow / giant 2nd edition, a duet wolf & cub game ala tlou, logan, stranger things, bioshock, the mandalorian, etc
my first game with a print run :) 60 page zine published by @plusoneexp.bsky.social with a bunch of gorgeous art by vicky lee
@this is so lovely :)
i have a number of 1 & 2 player games, found in these collections:
itch.io/c/4141354/duet
itch.io/c/3465374/so...
i'd be happy to send download keys for any that catch your interest
but my best / personal faves...
@oh huge!! ty for thinking of me sam :) 💖
@not a list of my faves, & i think there are a lot of big games and very well designed games that become popular without the designers' names doing the same. this is a list of who i would reasonably expect people in my spaces (+fans) to recognize - individual recognition outside of titles or credits
@these are who i think of when i think "big names" in my spheres. some overlap within the circles of indie, non-trad, full sized rulebook + campaign play potential, queer (identity and/or design sensibilities), experimental, system hopping & mashing, etc
@design: avery alder, the bakers, cezar capacle, jay dragon, john harper, grant howitt, sam leigh, chris mcdowall, jenna moran, jason morningstar, rae nedjadi, avalyn ramsay, jeeyon shim, snow, austin walker AP: erika ishii, aabria iyengar, the mcelroys, b lee m, rah rah, jeff stormer, austin walker
@yall wanna read my essay about disability and dignity of risk in @temporalhiccup.bsky.social's apocalypse keys soooo bad :)
@Reposted by @01a0d4c7-fdd0-7fae-b2ef-8c6da4486e43oh hey 👋😊
@plusoneexp.bsky.socialReposted by @01a0d4c7-fdd0-7fae-b2ef-8c6da4486e43Join us tonight at 8p et for Now You've Zine It w/ @drlemons.itch.io & @oddsandents.bsky.social + @lucaszellers.bsky.social of @graftbound.bsky.social as they look for a moment of resonance & dissonance in each other's work in this 3-way interview!
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@(overdramatic movie actor straight-to-vhs voice) wait noooooo thats not honey!!! (rips off the label that says "honey") (reveals that you've fallen into the theoryslop pot) (this is fatal)
@😟 i'm gonna spend too long filling this out. aren't i. is there some sort of help line someone can call. "my local academic just found some theoryslop" poison control equivalent
@paging @ckunzelman.bsky.social .... could we get an ep breaking this down pls .... (coughs weakly)
@plusoneexp.bsky.socialReposted by @01a0d4c7-fdd0-7fae-b2ef-8c6da4486e43WE ARE LIVE!!! On lucky post #13.
Storm the heavens, shuffle your decks, stop the apocalypse (or not), it's time to DUEL!!!!!!
The Kingdom Carved Collab is live on @backerkit.com!
Zine Club members don't forget that you will get discount pledge codes shortly!
@plusoneexp.bsky.socialReposted by @01a0d4c7-fdd0-7fae-b2ef-8c6da4486e43Since art is the topic, let's dive into it
For Ritual Deck, @andrewbeauman.com & @thepressbetwixt.itch.io crew are eating up the Y2K Illuminated manuscript vibes on each spread of the core book.
I can't think of a better team to pick up what @drlemons.itch.io was putting down
ttrpg.link/kcc
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@plusoneexp.bsky.socialReposted by @01a0d4c7-fdd0-7fae-b2ef-8c6da4486e43I can't wait any longer! Time to reveal the covers for the Kingdoms Carved Combo!
@robbiaburns.bsky.social manifesting a malicious modern Renaissance vibe for The 7th Order!
@andrewbeauman.com & @thepressbetwixt.itch.io giving us a Y2K Illuminated manuscript for Ritual Deck!
@one day left!!!