Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 1hI am IMMORTAL!!! also, I'm outta coffee beans...🤷🏾♂️ #zerodays #indiegamedev 161
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My offering up to the #ScreenshotSaturday spirits! Zero Days: a single-player hacking deckbuilder where your deck IS your cyberdeck. Netrunner-inspired. Been working on New chrome. New ICE-breaking mechanics. Steam page imminent. #indiegamedev 0102
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“How did you get into ttrpgs” My first hit was free, from another 5th grader. 040
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026YOU'RE the dangerous people. A player forgot we were playing a horror game until the supernatural showed out Also: I'm cranky AF about VTTs, but the Mothership VTT RAWKS. Clean, unobtrusive, just enough automation and no more. Thanks y'all for playing; I'm back at it Sat. afternoon w/ a new bounty!app.playabl.ioPlayablFind communities and roleplaying games to match your style. Connect with game designers and explore new games. 040
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Ran my first Wages of Sin game last night for @openhearthrpg.bsky.social Shared Hearth event. Mothership does it for me: situations + agendas instead of story beats, and violence experienced vs rounds of combat. Then Wages of Sin steps it all up You're bounty hunters. Armed antiheroes... 170
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thanks psychicsoftware.com for hosting #TurnBasedThursday! So much inspiration in these threads! Here's a WIP PEEK at Zero Days: a single-player hacking deckbuilder where your hand IS your cyberdeck. New chrome. New ICE breaking mechanics. Steam Page SOON! Finishing the year STRONG! 💪🏾 #indiegamedev 180
Reposted by Mad JaySarah Doom @scorchadoom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's LIVE! Get In the Pines either on my Patreon or Itch. I really appreciate it. www.patreon.com/sarahdoom/po... sarahdoom.itch.io/in-the-pinespatreon.comIn the Pines | sarahdoomIn the Pines by sarahdoom on Patreon. Join sarahdoom's community for exclusive content and updates. 11614
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hey KC gamers, I’m trying something new next month: a hands-on workshop for new and newer GMs. For folks thinking about running their first RPG, getting ready for their first session, or you want to get more comfortable with prep, improvisation, pacing, and handling players being players.eventbrite.comRun your first great game session! by Play Fearless Games | EventbriteYou want to run a tabletop RPG. Something's stopping you. A 3-hour RPG workshop: real examples, real questions, no experience needed. Come with a friend or come alone. Bring dice, pen and paper — and ... 071
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026These are a collection of audio files, 'distress signal ', included with the Ship Breakers Toolkit. And they are Outstanding!! @mothership.bsky.social folks went all in on this! I wanna hop in a ship right now and run some of these down! 010
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Mothership distress signals.... If you run this game AND haven't listened to these, BRUHHHHH. 🙀 120
Reposted by Mad JayPhil, Ziapelta Games @gruefodder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lavender Hack kickstarter is live here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lav... It's a short campaign, running for 10 days. Check it out for an interesting take on handling resources in fantasy exploration games!kickstarter.comLavender Hack RPG: Grindcore Edition — Book #1 (Core Rules)You are not limited by your imagination. You are limited by crushing levels of debt. 01612
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026All this time, I thought He went gunning for his stolen woman...and nearly hung for it...🤠 It was water. 🙃 And now I'm out lunch and a song. 010
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"I bundle, amongst you cold mother-uckers The world is bitter, like baby mothers Look how far El Dorados and wine bottles drug us Least God and the sun love us, it's the Sun God" — The Sun God, Hi-Tek #codeJamz 010
Reposted by Mad JayIndie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 24/09/2026E2 of the Indie Game Talk Club is live! Available wherever you get your podcasts. If you get our newsletter emailed to you when I post, I discovered you don't get a link to the episode, just the show notes without context. We're learning so much. 😳 indiegamereadingclub.com/making-and-b...indiegamereadingclub.comE2: Making And Breaking GenreEpisode Synopsis Paul and Dusey talk about onboarding new roleplayers, monetizing your hobbies, priming a table for optimal play, and the power and limits of genre. Content warning: D&D is ment… 0104
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🤯 "don't know why it's been yapping on about goblins, and cheese, and kitty-location"wired.comAI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to RealityThe Biological Computing Company is bringing its AI tools to Amazon Web Services in a major boost for a once-fringe field that aims to marry nature with code. 031
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I just pull out all the narco-gamer paraphernalia 🤷🏾♂️ and put it in its own tub! 020
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We wrapped up an epic IRL 10+ session run of Monster of the Week in the Occulted Kansas City! Dive into the mysteries of the Frog Monsters, the Fae Circus, and Curse Speakers! Would play again!! #TabletopRPG #MonsterOfTheWeek #PlayFearlessplayfearless.gamesPlayed It: Running Monster of the Week in Occulted Kansas CityDiscover Monster of the Week gameplay set in Occulted Kansas City. Explore urban fantasy horror, hunter archetypes, and mystery-driven sessions in this Powered by the Apocalypse RPG. 160
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Shameless plug: I'm at www.playfearless.games these days. My "Played It!" write-up on playing 10+ IRL sessions of Monster of the Week set in Occulted Kansas City gets cast tomorrow!playfearless.gamesHome | Play•FearlessPlay•Fearless is a tabletop RPG newsletter about what actually happens at the table—stories, play, and the people behind the dice. 021
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I moved PlayFearless off Substack...for reasons, one being that there was no games category/tag for discoverability. Now that I'm not actively there, they added 'games' and I'm trending?! 👵🏽🦆 130
Reposted by Mad JaySarah Doom @scorchadoom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026At CIGS yesterday I had a person refer to Velvet Glove as a "unicorn" - a game they desperately wanted to buy and haven't been able to. Velvet Glove is currently under development with a publisher. Which means the official version will be coming out! We're currently in editing, but more news soon! 2122
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026@Badger Knight Castle A halfling knight on a donkey with a lance pulls a goblin hat-trick! Then strips off armor to climb a ruined tower for recon, in the pouring rain! And a goblin with the right initiative card draws can outrun a halfling on a donkey...just not forever! #dragonbane-sundays 030
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 13/09/2026WE called it 'Tops' in Jersey City. My first street game. 090
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026 CROWNBREAKERS! Thx for hosting #TurnBasedThursday Y'all keep me AMPED!! 🤘🏾 I'm coding away on Zero Days, my Netrunner + Gibson Sprawl inspired hacking deckbuilder where your deck is your deck and you're running the ICE Follow along: madjayzero.itch.io/zero-days Run the ICE. 🧊 010
Reposted by Mad JaySarah Doom @scorchadoom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026My list is up to 119 names. Did I miss one? Did I miss you? Please comment if you're a female game designer and I'll add you to the list. www.patreon.com/sarahdoom/po...patreon.comWho Gets to be Named, Part 1 | sarahdoomSo I'm curious after reading Sen-Foong Lim's interview about the importance of naming designers. You can read it here: https://www.ttrpginsi 5149
Reposted by Mad JaySarah Doom @scorchadoom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is great and you should read it and then make a zine: commonplacezines.substack.com/p/why-every-... I’m thinking about what the version for ttrpg designers would be, but maybe the manifesto jam already covered it?commonplacezines.substack.comWhy Every Artist Should Make a Zinezines aren't just for writers, they're for everyone 0156
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Do you remember The 21st night of September? #indiegamedev #ttrpg www.patreon.com/madjayzero/p...patreon.comState of Play: September | Mad Jay, GM-at-LargeMy Ars Magica + Cortex Prime project has a first name: Magonia. A Metatopia date and two playtest scenarios. Zero Days posted its first scre 030
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Date yourself with an image of your first ever computer. (my mom saved it) 120
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I don't know; my players WON'T FIGHT!! 🤷🏾♂️ 🤣 They let a harpy escape and bluffed Dame Halverson and her thugs (with a Dragon success, AKA crit). We'll see next week, full session, 2-day journey to the castle ruins... plenty of possibilities!! I'm anxious to see it unfold on the table! 110
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Started a campaign of Dragonbane today IRL, forgot pics! We've got a dwarf artisan, a halfling knight, and an old-ass elf mage! They discovered the death of their mentor/employer/client, Aldric Tolliver, and accidentally let his bound harpy escape!! Next week: Harpy Hunt! Gotta find a Harpy mini!! 190
Reposted by Mad JaySarah Doom @scorchadoom.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I'll be running 2 games of Velvet Glove at the Chicago Indie Games Showcase on Sept 13th - including the all new playbooks moves and revised basic moves! If you've played Velvet Glove before, no you haven't. 1157
Reposted by Mad JaySarah Doom @scorchadoom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Paid subscribers to my Patreon got an early copy of the PDF for In the Pines. You can subscribe here if you want your copy! www.patreon.com/sarahdoom?ut...patreon.comsarahdoom — games and stories with a dark witch metal sensibilityGet more from sarahdoom on Patreon. games and stories with a dark witch metal sensibility. Support sarahdoom and get exclusive access to their work. 031
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Saw a thing IRL that inspired me, got me working a node-graph view of the network map today — trying to figure out if its better than grid-card view. Cute, might delete later 🤷🏾♂️ Anybody else fighting with "does this UI actually communicate anything" this week? #sologamedev #gamedev #zerodays 092
Reposted by Mad JaySarah Doom @scorchadoom.bsky.social · 04/09/2026New post up where I start my thoughts on which game designers get to be named: www.patreon.com/sarahdoom/po...patreon.comWho Gets to be Named, Part 1 | sarahdoomSo I'm curious after reading Sen-Foong Lim's interview about the importance of naming designers. You can read it here: https://www.ttrpginsi 043
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday 🤘🏾and congrats on your release! @curiousdynamics.bsky.social I'm still marching forward with "Zero Days", a hacking deckbuilder. I've got a core game loop I dig, it's still fun...but gonna need some art upgrades PDQ! I'm on Itch 🤷🏾♂️ madjayzero.itch.io/zero-days 150
Reposted by Mad JayFolk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X (OUT NOW) @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Excited to host this week's official #TurnBasedThursday thread! 🎮 If you're a #gamedev with a turn-based game, showcase it in the replies, and use the hashtag #TurnBasedThursday. We're all boosting this thread! ♖ If you love turn-based #Gaming: ❤️, 🔁, & follow your faves! 4910552
Reposted by Mad JaySarah Doom @scorchadoom.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I’ll be demoing both In the Pines and Velvet Glove there. And go listen to @cyborgurl.bsky.social’s talk! 2105
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Mad-Dice 🤬 The Tiny VTT. Been building Mad-Dice for a few games. Now it's getting a real launch. Say it out loud: Very Tiny Table. Dice-forward. Minimalist. Sociable web app. This next iteration adds cards, safety & comm tools. Zero config. You know what to do👇🏾 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mad...kickstarter.comComing soon: Mad Dice Next: The Tiny VTTPlay together. Stay connected. Remember the games you played. 063
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Zero Days demo proof-of-concept Unlocked!! Imma have to start thinking about art soon now! #indiegamedev 080
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026ICYMI: Challenge Accepted!! 🚀 Mad Jay takes the Spelljammer DM helm! Dive into the zany world of Spelljammer with no initiative & fixed combat phases and 5-6 new XP milestones. www.playfearless.games/p/challenge-... #DND #Spelljammer #PlayFearlessplayfearless.gamesMad Jay's Spelljammer Challenge: Running D&D's Wildest SettingDiscover how Mad Jay tackles the Spelljammer challenge with D&D 5e. Explore innovative GM techniques and house rules for running space fantasy campaigns. 120
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 25/08/2026And there I was, deep in the middle of a client's Rails and Tailwind code, trying to make a dollar outta 15 cents... And UI inspiration. 'Zero Days' is @70% set on gameplay, but 0% on art direction. I got some thoughts now! (pay no attention to the data behind that left panel!!) #indiegamedev 061
Reposted by Mad JayYochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026New (to me) free public domain art resource just dropped: fineartfree.com No login!fineartfree.comFine Art Free — Download 500,000+ Public Domain Paintings & ArtBrowse and download 500,000+ classic paintings free. Public domain art from top museums. Free for any use. 521584
Mad Jay @madjay.bsky.social · 22/08/2026🚀 Challenge Accepted!! 🚀 Mad Jay takes the Spelljammer DM helm! Dive into the zany world of Spelljammer with no initiative & fixed combat phases. Curious? Check out the full adventure on Play•Fearless 🤬 And a peek at some new Mad Dice... #DND #Spelljammer #PlayFearlessplayfearless.gamesMad Jay's Spelljammer Challenge: Running D&D's Wildest SettingDiscover how Mad Jay tackles the Spelljammer challenge with D&D 5e. Explore innovative GM techniques and house rules for running space fantasy campaigns. 031
Reposted by Mad JayRPG Trader @rpgtrader.com · 22/08/2026Appreciation post! ❤️🎲 To the creators uploading games, joining bundles & trusting us with their work. To the players coming back, discovering new games & supporting indie creators. And to everyone sending messages, sharing ideas & cheering us on - thank you. We genuinely love this community. ❤️ 27210
