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Jess Rowan Marcotte @jessromarcotte.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

:3 It's a Project I Love, too, but I don't have a special graphic for that.

Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We're so delighted to let you know that Strangers on the 'Net was selected as a Project We Love by Kickstarter Staff! #ProjectWeLove www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

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Cam Bradley @cam-bradley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Had the pleasure of working with this team last year and stoked they're back! Strangers on the 'Net is a nostalgic gem.

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Jess Rowan Marcotte @jessromarcotte.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We're trying to get the word out about our crowdfunding campaign for *Strangers on the 'Net*, a roleplaying game exploring what it was like to be a teen on the internet in 1999. Follow to be notified on launch and please share it with those you think would enjoy! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

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Coming soon: Strangers on the 'Net

Get ready to gossip, roleplay, flirt, fight, explore your identity, and confront what it meant to be a teen online in the 90s

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Jess Rowan Marcotte @jessromarcotte.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Listen to me talk about Strangers on the 'Net, a 90s nostalgia game you play over Discord that's 4 layers deep & a love song to what it's like to be an awkward teen! Then, follow our pre-launch campaign on Kickstarter :3 Thanks so much to Matt Orr from @wetinkgames.bsky.social for having me on <3!

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Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We're going to be launching Strangers on the 'Net on Kickstarter this fall! comradery.co/softchaos/po... Open this here post up for a link to @wetinkgames.bsky.social 's podcast interview with @jessromarcotte.bsky.social <3

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Pre-Launch for Strangers on the 'Net on Kickstarter

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Edmundo Ruiz Ghanem @edmundito.com · 30/05/2026

Just learned about this pretty cool site that was created by @softchaos.bsky.social www.transgameszine.org

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Trans Games Zine - Home

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PB Berge 💖 @persephone.blue · 19/12/2025

HNW is part of the 🏳️‍⚧️🕹️ Trans Games Zine 🏳️‍⚧️🕹️ project—a community-based platform built by the lovelies at @softchaos.games. The TGZ features interactive essays, games, and not-games from many of my favorite people. Do check out all the amazing projects in the collection thus far! transgameszine.org

Blue, blocky letters on a pink retro background: "Trans Game Zine!"

A webpage styled like a retro desktop, depicting several entries to the Trans Games Zine. Titles of works include: "(UN)TWISTING", "CHEST SIMULATOR DIGITAL EDITION", "FLESHY ESSAYS ON TITS AND TRIBULATIONS", "HOW'S NEXT WEEK?" (yay, that's me!), "MANICURED METAL", "ONLY WHAT YOU ADMIT", "TRANSISTER'S LAMENT", and "YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO HOME, BUT YOU CAN'T STAY HERE."

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James Kerr (Radio James Games) @panjumanju.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Strangers on the Net by @softch by @softchaos.games is awesome enough it made me sign up for Gamefound, which I'd been avoiding—not on principal, but because I don't need one more platform. But here we are. I find it preposterous that it hasn't already funded. gamefound.com/en/projects/...

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Strangers on the 'Net by Soft Chaos - Gamefound

Get ready to gossip, roleplay, flirt, fight, fall in love, confess your secrets, explore your identity, and confront what it meant to be a teenager online in the 90s.

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Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Thank you to everyone who has supported our Strangers on the 'Net campaign so far! 🌈💖 Can you help us keep the momentum going? Please share the campaign with people you think might love it and vote in our latest poll about what you'd like to see in our next updates! gamefound.com/en/projects/...

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Strangers on the 'Net by Soft Chaos - Thanks Netizens, ttys! - Gamefound

We share an actual play of the game, and thank you for your support.

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Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

We've been working to get this into your hands since we started doing theatre festival runs of it in 2020. Now's the time! 💖💖💖

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Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Interested in playing an online RPG that takes place on a fandom forum in 1999? Curious about Strangers on the 'Net? Get ready to gossip, roleplay, flirt, fight, fall in love, confess your secrets, explore your identity, and confront what it meant to be a teenager online in the 90s.

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Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Hello, hello! Check out our latest Gamefound update to listen to a series of cool Character Creation Cast episodes featuring Strangers on the 'Net character creation and to have a chance to play in a game of Strangers hosted by the Soft Chaos team! gamefound.com/en/projects/...

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Strangers on the 'Net by Soft Chaos - Podcasts and Games!

Want to know more about how Strangers on the 'Net plays? You can listen to our guest feature on the Character Creation Cast or even join us for some exclusive runs of the game!

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Kara Stone @solarserver.games · 24/07/2025

two of my games on itchio have been deindexed, Cyber Sext Adventure and The earth is a better person than me. both are games about queerness and the complexity of sexual desire

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Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Yes! @prairieeyes.bsky.social is back with an interview with Elissa! "I used to do a lot of fandom RP, and a lot of my old RPs are just gone forever. I wish I could go back and read them [...] So in some ways this is like getting to have a piece of that memory back." comradery.co/softchaos/po...

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Strangers on the 'Net Interview 2: Elissa

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Data Sparrow @data-sparrow.itch.io · 24/07/2025

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Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com · 24/07/2025

Had a great fireside chat with @gamerella.bsky.social and @jessromarcotte.bsky.social at U/Day in Montreal! We talked about the role of game jams within, and outside, the game industry. ICYMI, you can read my white paper on game jams for free online: gameartsinternational.network/thats-my-jam...

Jess, Gina, and Michael Sit in a row in front of a TV monitor that says "GAMERella".

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Jess Rowan Marcotte @jessromarcotte.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

If you want to know what it's like to play Strangers on the 'Net, you don't have to take our word for it! Here's @prairieeyes.bsky.social's interview with Willa, one of our early playtesters!

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Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Strangers on the 'Net has been in the works for a few years now. Here's an interview with Willa, an early playtester in a Sailor Moon-inspired game. "I would absolutely say that it is completely worth it both in time investment and pledging." comradery.co/softchaos/po... #rpgparty

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Strangers on the 'Net Interview 1: Willa

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GAMERella @gamerella.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

If you haven't heard @softchaos.games in the pre-launch phase of crowdfunding their game 💻STRANGERS ON THE 'NET 💻 Follow and share their page through this link: gamefound.com/en/projects/...

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Strangers on the 'Net by Soft Chaos

Get ready to gossip, roleplay, flirt, fight, fall in love, confess your secrets, explore your identity, and confront what it meant to be a teenager online in the 90s.

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Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com · 07/07/2025

Our tiny wizard is making his way around the world.🧙🌎✨ That is to say, Mammoth Island's 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 is now available in Dutch! Download a copy for free on @itch.io. mammothisland.itch.io/spellbinder/...

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Spellbinder is now available in Dutch!

I wasn’t expecting to write another one of these updates so soon, but it looks like we’ve released another translation. The Spellbinder roleplaying game is now available in Dutch! We’d like to t...

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Jess Rowan Marcotte @jessromarcotte.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Really excited for this next episode of Intrapology! @softchaos.games has helped with some worldbuilding exercises and @squinky.me plays the role of Paris!

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Jess Rowan Marcotte @jessromarcotte.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

This, and so many moments of my own, are why I want everyone I know to get the chance to play this game. Wow, Allison, right in the feels. 💖

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Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

We've done it; we've reached 100 followers for the preview page! So, here's why Allison feels this is the most important game that she has ever designed (and maybe ever will). If you've followed, thank you! If you haven't, maybe this will encourage you to! gamefound.com/en/projects/...

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Strangers on the 'Net by Soft Chaos - 100 Followers and Some Soft Chaos Lore

As a thank you for your early support Allison dives (with great sincerity) into some deep Strangers on the ‘Net lore.

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Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

So close to breaking 100 campaign followers! We'd love your help in getting there today so that we can share what we think is a pretty great post with deep Soft Chaos lore 👀💖💖💖 Follow our pre-launch page at the link in the quoted post!

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Jess Rowan Marcotte @jessromarcotte.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Such a great chat today! I loved the community's questions. It's clear that folks need alternatives to the cycle of hiring and lay-offs and burnout that are so common right now. We hope Soft Chaos can help model alternative ways of working and help share what we learn along the way.

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Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Today, @jessromarcotte.bsky.social and @squinky.me went on the Indie Game Lunch Hour with @indiegameacademy.com host Willem to talk about coops! Take a peek here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyiw... We are currently in pre-launch for Strangers on the 'Net! Follow our project page here!

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All About Worker Co-ops with Squinky and Jess from Soft Chaos - IGLH

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alexis @steppinlazer.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

i wrote about it for fanbyte, but of course it got nuked in the fanbyte apocalypse, but here's an archived PDF version for curious minds media.journoportfolio.com/users/67979/...

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alexis @steppinlazer.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

i played a star trek version of strangers on the 'net a few years ago (via discord) and deeply enjoyed it!!! back it if you can!

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Jess Rowan Marcotte @jessromarcotte.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Do it to support Soft Chaos, my three-person worker co-op that loves making awkward, intimate queer games... ...Or do it for the POG slammer 😁! Either way, please follow our preview page for Strangers on the 'Net!

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Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

POV: 👀 your friend left their chat open on their computer and they're flirting up a storm — do you keep reading? These are some past chats from games of Strangers on the 'Net! Please follow our Gamefound #rpgparty preview page and help us spread the word about our upcoming crowdfunding campaign!

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Strangers on the 'Net Chat

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Jess Rowan Marcotte @jessromarcotte.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

OK, I have been keeping the lid on this for so long!!! Don't tell my other projects but this might be my favourite experience that I've ever designed with Soft Chaos 😜 I'm so glad we're ready to share it with the world outside of festival runs. Following us also provides us with launch resources!

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Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Y2K, A/S/L, LOL! Soft Chaos is crowdfunding our hit interactive theatre Discord larp about identity and fandom, Strangers on the 'Net for #RPGparty — Roleplay like it's 1999! Follow our preview page to be notified on launch and get an extra gift if you back it ✨ gamefound.com/en/projects/...

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Strangers on 'Net by Soft Chaos

Get ready to gossip, roleplay, flirt, fight, fall in love, confess your secrets, explore your identity, and confront what it meant to be a teenager online in the 90s.

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Make a Scene! Scenario Festival @makeascenemn.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

2025 Premiere Scenario: Thunder Only Happens When It's Raining by Soft Chaos (@softchaos.games) You are ghost musicians. The band drama from when you were alive keeps you trapped on a purgatorial tour bus.

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Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

In case you missed @jessromarcotte.bsky.social and @squinky.me's GDC talk last month, we posted the full text here: comradery.co/softchaos/po... By the way, now that Comradery is in beta, you can subscribe to get our posts in your email for free (we still appreciate donations, of course)

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Soft Chaos Goes to GDC

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Knowledge @edgeknowledge.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

"The fantasy of escaping the machinery of capitalism is the central delusion holding us back from liberation." At GDC yesterday, Ty Underwood (front) and @softchaos.games founders Jess Rowan Marcotte (left) and D. Squinkifer explained how worker-owned game studios can protect indie developers (1/2)

Soft Chaos founders Jess Rowan Marcotte and D. Squinkifer stand at a lectern on stage at GDC 2025. Ty Underwood is sat next to them. All three are wearing masks. (Image: Patrick Garratt for Knowledge©)

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Squinky D. Squinkifer @squinky.me · 14/02/2025

Hi, I made a new game! It's called *deep breath* A Post-Apocalyptic Dinner Party in Purgatory with a Dysfunctional Polycule: squinky.itch.io/purgatory-pa... I also wrote a blog post about it here: comradery.co/softchaos/po...

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Soft Chaos Cooperative @softchaos.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Curious about what Soft Chaos members have been up to creatively? This month, check out a post from @prairieeyes.bsky.social on her personal practice and current projects. comradery.co/softchaos/po... And get ready for an update from @squinkifer.bsky.social next month!

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Zine Month: Tiny games

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