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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 01/10/2026

#aew Dynamite was beautiful, a fitting tribute, but man i ready for 2026 to wrap up. Screw this year.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 01/10/2026

It absolutely popped me, I wasn't sure he even could hit it after the injury.

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RoCktHiS_mIkE @rockthismike.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Soon #AEWAllIn 🤼

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All Elite Wrestling @allelitewrestling.com · 30/08/2026

They are NEW co-holders of the AEW World Trios Championship, and now it’s official: Austin Creed & Kofi The New Level are ALL ELITE! Thank you all watching #AEWAllIn live, RIGHT NOW!

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 06/08/2026

#AEW Osprey and Dunkzilla needs to be a forever rivalry.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 24/07/2026

Unrelated point. I like to have something kinda topical playing while working. One of the many great things about doing a world war 2 themed #dieselpunk game is the absolute bangers of the era. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnAm...

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Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band

YouTube video by Barry Papiernik

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 24/07/2026

Some nights designing a #ttrpg are pulling out the dice calculator. Some are pouring through artist portfolios. Some are running little solo tests of systems. Then there are nights like tonight. When you squint at fonts and try to figure out a good default grid pattern in Affinity Designer...

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 17/07/2026

Made my submission for this year's One Page Jam. One of my favorite diversions. Dwarves of Nalrah, a #ttrpg about Organized Labor and Dwarven Miners fighting for their future. itch.io/jam/one-page...

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Dwarves of Nalrah by Barge Games for One-Page RPG Jam 2026

A game about organized labor and Dwarven Miners.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 10/07/2026

You can link your portfolio and I'll take a look. I'll be honest I was fully not prepared for how many submissions I've gotten, but I am looking through every single one.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 30/06/2026

I am pretty married to the physical anatomy of gnomes, but outside of that I am very open to seeing artists take on it.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 30/06/2026

Sounds good. I am starting to thumb through portfolios, shoot me a link.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 29/06/2026

The gnome thing just kinda emerged while reconciling those two concepts.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 29/06/2026

The dieselpunk kinda emerged from developing Twenty Flights itself. A sort of "extreme World War 2" type of setting. I was looking through my stuff and kinda had their notes next to each other while rearranging my binders and it just made so much sense so fast.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 29/06/2026

It's a real mash up of stuff that sort of existed as separate concepts in various binders and composition books. I LOVE the idea of the "villain gets their goal" tropes and how many BBEGs try to destroy magic. So I have had a concept for a "post-fantasy" setting for an RPG for a while.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 29/06/2026

Not really sure right now. I think there is room for both, I love the old comic style that USAF used for their training manuals but want to see what artists come up with.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 29/06/2026

Kinda depends on the design idea. I do have some references in the style bible, but there is a fair bit of freedom with each class.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 29/06/2026

#aew God damn what a PPV. Maya World is a star. Osprey and Swerve delivered.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 28/06/2026

1) I'm thinking clean lines for these ones. 2) Focus more on the gear. I'll thumb through portfolios in a few days and reach out!

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 28/06/2026

Most of the tech details should be in there. For the most part the characters are meant to be square or 3x2

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 28/06/2026

Sure, or you can post your portfolio on that reddit post. I'll be digging through in a few days.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 28/06/2026

No, they are classes, more than specific characters.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 28/06/2026

I'm going to spread the initial 6 around to kinda see how different artists play around with the visual identity.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 28/06/2026

I think there is room to play with different stylization.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 28/06/2026

This is actually the first art stuff I'm doing for the game so it's pretty open. No insignias yet. I plan on spreading out the character classes to get some different takes on the visual identity. I think there is a lot of space to work with. I want want a layered affinity file.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 28/06/2026

Figures be busts would depend on what the artist wants to do. I think a bust of half body could work for some, others a full figure. I would like a layered PSD or affinity file.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 28/06/2026

You know, I'm not actually sure. I'm kinda envisioning a middle ground between the two. I'm kinda doing the characters first to see what comes out of it for the rest of the art.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 28/06/2026

I have the style bible in the post, but the short version is roughly EverQuest/WoW style anatomy. Largely similar flight suits, but some role specific equipment. WW2 style with a bit more grunge to it.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 28/06/2026

Hey all, Not sure the best way to get the world out, but I am looking for an #artist for some character pieces for my Post-Fantasy Dieselpunk bombing #rpg TWENTY FLIGHTs. Details can be found on this post from r/tabletopartists. Looking for human artists only! www.reddit.com/r/tabletopar...

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From the tabletopartists community on Reddit: [HIRING] Retro Style Character Line Art for WW2-esque Diselpunk RPG Project

Explore this post and more from the tabletopartists community

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Look how fast they took Trump’s face off the screen after the crowd erupts in boos.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 02/06/2026

Yes, you are correct, I'll add it to the list of clean ups. Yes the critical damage table is when the bomber has 0 armor.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 02/06/2026

Works been a little crazier than I planned this year, but I'm almost done with the style guide to start commissioning a few art pieces. I think I've cracked the code on character progression also, should have some stuff updating this summer!

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 15/03/2026

Super insightful for a part of the industry I just don't know. To me that is the real draw of GDC. If you are willing to fake it and run your social battery to empty, you can really get great information and connections. At the cost of the stress of pretending you aren't a complete introvert...

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 15/03/2026

The biggest highlight for me was getting to talk with Don Daglow for 20 minutes and just pick his brain for a while, super gracious guy with his time, figures that he's a former classroom teacher. The other was getting to sit down with Pasha Sol from EA to help me better prepare my students.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 15/03/2026

The talks were ok, I feel like there wasn't a "gotta be there design talk" like the last few years. Rez's "Improv games for game devs" was great though. Maybe when the vault is up I'll find a gem I missed.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 15/03/2026

Seeing so many teachers come together was pretty amazing for an old idiot like me who used to be the only high school teacher at GDC. It makes a lot of my efforts feel validated. Especially the people that got to come to GDC because my roundtables were on the program.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 15/03/2026

Since everyone else is musing about their #GDC I will chime in. I'm what I would call industry adjacent, I am a Game Dev Teacher, so my goals are pretty different. I got to lead a pair of Roundtables for k12/youth teachers which was a major goal for me.

Exhausted and happy teacher in front of the sign for his GDC talk.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 14/03/2026

One of the biggest pieces of feedback I got on my roundtables was "this is great, it is pretty much just practioners and no students."

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 13/03/2026

Another #GDC. It's been a challenging year, but few things charge me up more than seeing so many teachers trying to get better at helping kids make games. I'm so happy hearing from teachers that got to come to GDC because of these roundtables.

The happiest and most exhausted teacher in the world, in front of the sign for his GDC talk.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 13/03/2026

The improv games for game designers talk by Rez was great.

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