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Dan Johnson, 💀Socialist💀 @coil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Heck yeah.

Human-made over 5 years

No AI has been used to generate any code or content in or about the game, and never will be. Slow Roads has been a labour of love since the project began in 2021, and has been built with a decade of experience in 3D graphics and creative software development. Textures are hand-drawn, sounds are recorded locally, and all systems are designed and engineered specifically for the unique context of the game. This is a solo-developed project that I take great care over, and I believe AI simply doesn't belong in creative projects like these.

Please note that procedural generation is not a form of generative AI; the procedures used to generate the world in the game are mathematical functions that have been derived and defined by hand, with direct creative intent.

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

it can't exist outside of your memories, perhaps it shouldn't even. but it like, lives, it has a life of its own now.

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

because the experience wasn't a temporal thing, or rather the temporality, the sequence of events, wasn't the point. the point was the experience, the memories you built.

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

and then you're not "playing" anymore, you exist in the medium. the lines blur and disappear and you melt into one whole experience. once the session is done, you sit down and think and think and you try to put that to words but words inevitably fail you

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

it's the feeling you get, if you've ever done this, when you're running a ttrpg game and you give the players something and then the players give you something back, something more, and this thing no longer is mine or yours but it's ours

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

there's a sort of sense of love that kind of permeates big walk. It's a love for the craft of video games, a love for friendship, a love for the land, a love for quality time

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

what other piece of art have you experienced that upon completing it you wanted to give its creators a long hug and just sob uncontrollably in their arms

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

i think we need to think of things as pre-big walk and post-big walk

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's kinda sad, but I don't recall how my first ever ttrpg session went. I guess it went well, coz I've never stopped DMing for over a decade

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Your opponent then sees you tire yourself out and then you get hit

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When you're a noob at sparring, you tend to want to go and do the first attack, because frankly you get bored of waiting. This is not a good move, apparently, because 1) defending and reacting is easier and 2) you tire yourself out

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I've finally entered the regular sparring phase of HEMA and it's kicking my ass

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

One time I was on a plane in the worst turbulence I’d ever experienced and “megalovenia” came up on shuffle. I was like well. I guess this is how i die.

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Yoasobi needs to come as like a full on act instead of being trapped on jean-drapeau in the middle of summer

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

i do concede, however, that such specificity in itself might be the telltale sign of a slop machine, as these theft machines were probably trained on such victorian novels, being freely accessible as PDFs, not that inaccessibility has ever troubled their training algorithms, such as they are

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

i have decided that, in order to ensure that none may think that anything i write is genAI, for i cannot think of anything more horrifying, i shall write as if i were a narrator of a victorian novel, wherein they speak as though the period, insofar as it demarcates the end of a sentence, exists not

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

anyways, this isn't a review. these are thoughts. so i have written. good night.

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

creating cults the sow discord among the christians, creating schisms and such. as far as i know, christians will do that by themselves if you let them, so it's believable that some ottomans would've been able to tip the scales.

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

spoiler i guess: the reveal that the turks in the game were importing coffee *and* evil ancient texts in an attempt to destabilize the region is very inspired. like, even without the supernatural being present, this would've been believable.

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

in felvidek, this happens through two equally sinister means: coffee and black magic. and at times, black magic infused coffee.

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

as far as the game hints, the ottoman empire is sort of ever-present. it's a sort of disquiet and unease. it represents an existential threat, the same one of west vs east that persists to this day and age.

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

the meat of this game is that it finds itself in the 1400s in slovakia. i've learned of the history of this region only through the lens of turkish high schools, so it's always interesting to see a glimpse of how europeans recall the events of the century

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

the gameplay is quite straightforward. turn-based combat, managing your healing potions your mana. early combat starts off challenging, but once you acquire correct great, stat checks and damage checks no longer become a concern. this is great as it allows us to focus on the real meat of this game

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

and there also is matej who can't help but remind me of kim kitsuragi, even if that is not what was intended by the authors of this game. but as we all know, roland barthes killed all authors in 1967, so we need not worry ourselves with their opinion.

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

that pavol is also on detective duty, despite being a knight, who, i assume, wouldn't really have had such assignments, yet here we find ourselves, is another hint at the homage taking place.

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

the protagonist is a believable weirdo, definitely not a nice guy, but neither was mr. harry dubois and i definitely think pavol is to some extent an homage to our detective guy

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

the vibework done on this game is excellent. there's something about the lo-fi graphics that really allow the mind to wander carelessly and to be captured effortlessly

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

herein, i note my thoughts on felvidek a 2024 game about the 1400s featuring a drunk knight investigating a mystery. it takes place in slovakia and features at least 1 ottoman turk. i guess spoiler warning?

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Alas the Guardian also seems to have made signing in mandatory

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

thinking about them while waiting for Chris Fleming

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

this year i've really truly realized that the job system in final fantasy really actually works in real life, you just gotta start collecting all those job stones. you don't have to max your level in all of them, but it's fun to be able to do different things at will

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

i suddenly figured out how to actually hook my guitar up to my computer and i feel like i've unlocked another skill tree

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

microsoft is in full damage control mode following last week's layoffs. its main strategy so far? namedrop sequels to popular series at every turn. but despite what execs like asha sharma might want you to think, those series were made by people, and now they'll never be the same

Todd Howard just shared plans for the Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, and Starfield franchises. These worlds have earned a special place with hundreds of millions of people over many years. I'm looking forward to what's next, including the partnership with Obsidian on a new Fallout game and closer collaboration with ZeniMax Online Studios on The Elder Scrolls. The achievements of these franchises are remarkable: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has crossed 65 million units sold, becoming one of the 10 best-selling games of all time, Fallout 4 has also crossed 35 million units sold, joining the top 25, and Starfield will soon reach over 1 billion hours played.
This statement sucks so bad that it makes my blood boil. Look what the franchises did, all by themselves! Look what they’ve accomplished, of their own volition, thanks to their own intrinsic goodness! So many big numbers, which translate to giant heaps of cash in the bank accounts of execs and shareholders! Never mind the people who spent decades painstakingly crafting the many games, stories, and other creative endeavors that corporate ghouls now so happily flatten into “franchises,” erasing themes, meaning, and human beings in favor of empty iconography.

This is how the people running the show at Xbox—and countless companies besides—view games, not to mention everything else in their robotic, colorless lives. Numbers and lines trending ever upward. Fuel for platitudes and faux-inspirational nonsense directed at the LinkedIn hivemind, of which they all paradoxically believe they’re the main character. Another stepping stone toward the next bigger, better thing. No ultimate destination, no camaraderie, no soul. Just an endless ladder that leads to the void regardless of which way you climb.

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I understand the economics, but bbc news you can't be hitting me with both a full screen ad AND a pay wall bud

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

BREAKING: Xbox will cut 3,200 jobs as part of a major reorganization, and divest from five studios: - Compulsion and Double Fine will go indie - Ninja Theory and Undead Labs will be sold - Arkane to enter consultation process Here's the full story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.com

Microsoft’s Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Five Studios in Major Overhaul

Compulsion and Double Fine studios will become independent; Undead Labs and Ninja Theory will be sold. Xbox will also look to sell or spin out Arkane Studios.

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I feel right about ready for a midlife crisis, but the problem is 64 feels like an extremely young age to die and I'm not ready to sign that contract

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Saga, in their Adepta Sororitas era @sagathebossmaker.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

it's so nice to see thousands of people in Montreal outside, celebrating the release of Deltarune chapter 5

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