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Travis D. Hill, Ph.D. ☕️ @travisdhill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was really proud of this composition, even if I could have done a better job cutting.

A turtle in space with the earth behind it

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

all these different teams make college football so confusing. just have one college football team and be done with it. settle down

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Riding the absolute high of playtesting my codesign with @ksxrdev.bsky.social and realizing it feels like a legit published game. Guess we gotta get it in front of some pubs.

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I just want @ithayla.bsky.social to know I correctly identified The Matrix on a TV I walked by where it was only a frame of half of Trinity's face peaking over a computer screen in a dark room.

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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"These Games Are Not For Sale" is a little project @tonytran.bsky.social and I have been cooking up. It's a festival celebrating game design for the sake of it; games that can't or won't be commercialized. Please give this account a follow if you're with us:

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Travis D. Hill, Ph.D. ☕️ @travisdhill.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I began collaging tonight for the first time, and this felt great (?), appropriate (?) Either way, it was a fun first foray.

A collaged image of a trash heap that reads THE END on it

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Emoji Aquarium @emojiaquarium.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

NOT EVERYTHING IS AI SOME THINGS ARE JUST BAD LET THINGS JUST BE BAD I legit would like more poorly written, poorly drawn, poorly whatever pierce of art and less AI. At least they tried.

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Emoji Meadow @emojimeadow.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

reminder: you've got until 9pm eastern tomorrow to submit an application to be a vendor for the Indie Games Night Market! I'll then spend a couple weeks going over the submissions and let folks know by the 15th whether or not you've been selected! www.newmillindustries.com/ignm-app

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IGNM App — New Mill Industries

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Decided to 6-degrees of separation from Bluey. So far shortest I've got is... Me -> my Mom -> Hoda Kotb -> Natalie Portman -> Bluey Also realized I've not met like any famous people

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I may not know how to name the different versions of my files, but I do know never to name something "final".

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

All I wanted was an analog wrist watch, and all I got was an empty box and a refund.

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Travis D. Hill, Ph.D. ☕️ @travisdhill.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Metal Scraps Covered in Moss is live for 7 days. A solo, junk journaling RPG zine played over 10 in-person days. Collect scraps from your "real life" to later chronicle as a Reclamator discovering the What Once Was. For fans of solarpunk, hopecore, and noticing. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...

an image of two zines, one closed and one open. the closed zine has an image of green forest floor on it and reads, "metal scraps covered in moss, a solo game of uncovering what once was" The other zine is open with lots of script and paster-in scraps of paper.

Two flat zines, one in green and the other in ember brown.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Just some heads Frankenstein's interns collected for them. Prototype - "Igor, the head!" / "Doctor Picasso"

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

There's something really lovely about writing notes with a pencil in a little pocket notebook.

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Sometimes your playtester's feedback is "make the skates gay." And you just have to comply

A close up of 2 dice. The top faces show a white ice skate in front of a rainbow gradient square.

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I got a survey in the mail from my town. One of the questions: "We fixed X miles of road and spent Y dollars on it which was under budget and we didn't go into debt. Should we: A) pave more roads and not go into debt B) pave more roads and go into debt" Just why. 🙄

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I read the first 3 or so books back in elementary school because that's all my teacher had. I've started reading through the whole series now and am throughly enjoying them as an adult.

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

People like my hockey game and that makes me happy

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Emoji Meadow @emojimeadow.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Sometime as I think about how IBM Watson on Jeopardy had a little confidence bar and if the bar didn't reach like 50%, it just didn't answer the question.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/05/2026

A visibly emotional Anne Hathaway responding to a trans kid--who named herself Ella after Ella Enchanted, and thanked Hathaway for her courage as an ally--saying "Ella, sweetie, I want to make something absolutely clear: It takes zero courage to love you"......now I might cry too

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Emoji Meadow @emojimeadow.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

YOU MUST TOUCH SOMETHING SOFT TO HAVE STRENGTH TO WIN A RIGHTEOUS BATTLE.

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Ashwin 🔜 PaxUnplugged ! @boardgameghee.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Less than 10 hours to go on our campaign, Chicken Fried Dice!! If you've already backed, thank you so so much! Help spread the word about the game, as the more folks that support, the more doors start to crack open for us :) Cheers, www.kickstarter.com/projects/urb...

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Chicken Fried Dice - Real-time chuckin and pluckin dice game

Run your own food truck in a fast-paced, dice chucking and plucking roll-n-write for 1-5 chefs

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I haven't really been knee deep in game design until recently. Wild how I can forget that I enjoy this so much.

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

*cracks knuckles* so which one of you wants to publish my overtime hockey game and get the license to the PWHL?

Catherine's Prototype "Bonus Hockey"... two cards are laid together to form the ice rink. A checker piece is in the space just left of center as the puck. There are two piles of custom dice, each face has a different hockey symbol like sticks or skates. There is a stack of cards representing the players. Hannah Bilka of the Seattle Torrent and Jennifer Gardiner of the Vancouver Goldeneyes are out. Beside each skater card is a goalie card.

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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.

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Emoji Meadow @emojimeadow.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Unintentionally, my 3 most recent game designs are all real-time based.

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Emoji Meadow @emojimeadow.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Just because I make weird games does not mean I know anything about game design. I am just over here operating entirely on vibes.

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I've started reading through Animorphs... feels appropriate. Growing up one of my elementary school teachers had the first 3 or so books so it's nice to get back into it. Definitely didn't remember anything 😅

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Emoji Meadow @emojimeadow.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/04/2026

I made a little Instagram reel about this image because it’s just so frickin’ cool

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Doctor Frankenstein, we've brought you the head you wanted! WIP... tentatively called "Igor, the head!" or "Dr. Picasso" or "Catherine's drawing game"

A pile of transparent squares overlaid on each other. Each layer has a drawing in a different marker. There are some blue semi circle ears, a dog print style nose overlaying some unimpressed eyes, and floating crinkly eyebrows. The face is slightly of center to the left.

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PWHL @thepwhl.com · 28/03/2026

HELLOOO HOCKEYTOWN 🤩 Make history with us in Detroit or anywhere in the U.S. at 1 PM ET with our first game to be nationally televised in the U.S.—live on ION, presented by Ally! ⏰ 1:00PM ET 📍 Little Caesars Arena 🎟️ bit.ly/41ge7Xf 📺 US: ION 📺 CA: CBC, Radio-Canada

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

At around 1am one night at Unpub, I got in a play of a new little drawing game I overhauled. And it was awesome and fun and now I'm only a little bit scared to see if it holds up in the light of day with not sleep-deprived gamers.

A simple cartoon-ish line drawn face. Each different fearure is a different color. A hexagon head, big blue ears, a red star nose, purple curved happy eyebrows, green long hair that floats a little over the head, a pink open mouth with a tongue.

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

As I like to say "I'm a game designer not a baseball player... I don’t pitch." I just like to make things and hang out with people and solve silly problems I make for myself. My games are a "success" or "complete" when one person goes "this is my favorite game" or "I loved this so much."

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Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Unpub may be Donepub... but it turns out that my first @unpub.org was 10 YEARS AGO. Here's to ten more!

From April 2016. A folding table with a wooden prototype of the game "Nyctophobia." At the front of the table there are a stack of black out glasses. Beside the glasses is a standing paper sign that gives a quick overview of the game.

From March 2026. Catherine and her co-designer and friend Karina siting at the front side of a circle table, pointing toward their table sign for their game "It's All Connected"

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 14/03/2026

It brings me some solace to know that whatever's happening down here, there are still some absolutely incredible human-made and human-driven robots wandering around Mars, looking at cool rocks and dirt and sending us pictures just because we're curious about planets and our own origins in the cosmos

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