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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 26/09/2026

#RNGDay is October 11th, I'm preparing! rngday.com/en/

Screenshot of three bar charts, the top one shows a spectogram of microphone input, filtering to just the noise as best as possible. The middle one shows a distribution of sampled noise over the past few seconds, it is not uniform. The bottom one shows the results of d100 rolls and their frequency - which appears to be uniform and fair.

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zep.p8 @lexaloffle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#pico8 now has the most officially published cartridges of any console in history. Well done everyone.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 22/09/2026

How to play "Fly Jinx", the #PrintAndPlay board game I'm making. www.patreon.com/SophieHoulde... Video is free on my patreon (the game is not, but becoming a patron is cheap!) #PnP #BoardGames #Tabletop #Indiegame #Patreon

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 22/09/2026

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 31/08/2026

Patrons get a version of my new print & play board game "Fly Jinx" with this month's update: www.patreon.com/SophieHoulde...

Title art with the swirling decorative text "Fly Jinx" in bright pink, surrounded by a faint pentagram.

Photograph of a board game prototype play test. On top of some poster board are printed materials, game pieces, and dice. The game board is a track in the shape of a five-pointed star.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 31/08/2026

Patrons get a version of my new print & play board game "Fly Jinx" with this month's update: www.patreon.com/SophieHoulde...

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 30/07/2026

The monthly update for patrons is up, the game is starting to look like a game and I talk about representing autistic overstimulation with visuals and game mechanics. www.patreon.com/SophieHoulde... Please consider becoming a patron if you'd like to support my work and/or having a place to live <3

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 30/07/2026

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 27/07/2026

If you struggle with getting started doing stuff, as I do, this might help. I came up with this "bore/chore" method which is basically "Set aside time, use it to either do the thing or be bored".

A document detailing the "bore/chore" method.

"Start a task by making complete boredom the only alternative!
Put aside a block of time to work on a task, then split it in two:

1st Half: Bore Time
• Begin work
• ...or be bored
• NOTHING else!

2nd Half: Chore Time
• Keep going!
• You can take breaks
• You can quit any time

Tips:
• Bore Time is for creating some momentum, Chore Time is for using it.
• Things that alleviate boredom are forbidden during Bore Time. This might include: messages, videos, music, daydreaming, reading, snacking - anything more appealing than the task is out!
• If it helps, you may allow some things as you work during bore time (eg; podcasts, music) - but you must pause them while not wprking on the task!
• Be more lenient during Chore Time, anything that was forbidden is now allowed (as long as it doesn’t distract you too much)!
• Don't beat yourself up! Sometimes we try and it just doesn't happen. If you make it through Bore Time then you earned a break! You can give it another shot later!
• Don't set an alarm for the end of Bore Time: you won't want the distraction if you’re working, if you're bored then you're probably checking the time already.
• When you finish or quit, you can decide when the next bore/chore time block is (it can be right away if you're in the zone!)
• Too short a block of time and boredom won’t motivate you, too long and you might be wasting time bored when it would be better to quit and try again later.
• Bore time is NOT meant to be a punishment! If it’s stressing you or pushing you toward a meltdown then abort ASAP! For future attempts, try to find a way to be comfortably/safely bored.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 16/07/2026

Finally put ruffle on my website so all my old flash games (except one that needs a microphone) are playable again! www.sophiehoulden.com/games/ Now if only someone could do this for the unity web player too...

Screenshot of "The Linear RPG", a pixelated stick figure runs down a 3D path while a narrative block of text scrolls behind.

Screenshot of "Ramuh-Shmoo", a little 2D platformer where a little orange demon has gripped a flailing wire in his teeth

Screenshot of "ULTIMATE VENGANCE POWER 4: THE LEMON OF JUSTICE", showing the level where your keyboard has turned into a UFO and you're flying through a purple sky shooting devils in smaller UFOs.

Screenshot of "Bunnies of Fury", a split-screen deathmatch game where two bunnies shoot at one-another.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 25/06/2026

Dice the Demiurge is also on sale, but only the PDFs because I guess I didn't figure out how to do it for the print version itch: sophieh.itch.io/dice-the-dem... DriveThru: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

The cover of "Dice the Demiurge". Above the title is an image of a swordsman facing down a planet, the landmasses of which form the shape of a menacing demon. Text above reads "An incremental dice game for one player"

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 25/06/2026

Oh wow some nerd put all their games and crap on sale! itch.io/s/191307/sum...

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Summer Sale 2026 by Sophie Houlden

A bundle by Sophie Houlden, $15.00 for 11 games

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 11/06/2026

FUN FACT! This tetrahedron makes for a d4 where the number you read is always upright. It's fair (face-transitive), and as a bonus - it tiles 3D space! #Dice

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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 01/06/2026

My #picotron port of Lemmings now has all the original levels playable (plus the replacement levels, plus all the holiday levels, plus a handful of others) It runs in the browser here: sophiehoulden.com/ohno.html

Screenshot of the first lemmings level "Just Dig!", small lemming creatures fall from a trapdoor into a dirt and grass environment and walk toward an exit.

Screenshot of the classic Lemmings level "You need bashers this time" where lemmings tunnel through frozen crystals and jagged netting to reach the exit.

A screenshot of an original level where lemmings are building bridges between pink fluffy clouds.

An original level where lemmings are traversing obstacles in a desert to reach a flying saucer.

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Golan Levin @golan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I'm delighted to announce the forensic recovery of the original single-stroke font data from Vib-Ribbon (1999) — exhumed from Playstation ROMs — and now part of my archive of procedural skeleton fonts for #p5js: github.com/golanlevin/p... #mediaArchaeology #typography #plotterArt #creativeCoding

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 23/04/2026

Sophie's Grids is playable now! (for FREE!) Your first solve will maybe take a few minutes, but with practice you'll be doing it in seconds! Play in the browser: sophieh.itch.io/sophies-grids On mobile: play.google.com/store/apps/d... Or Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2310850/...

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 23/04/2026

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 04/04/2026

You can now wishlist my next game on Steam! It'll release as free so I don't know what wishlisting it will do, but I'm sure it won't hurt! :D store.steampowered.com/app/2310850/...

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Sophie's Grids on Steam

Solve scrambled grids by turning their rows and columns.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 04/04/2026

You can now wishlist my next game on Steam! It'll release as free so I don't know what wishlisting it will do, but I'm sure it won't hurt! :D store.steampowered.com/app/2310850/...

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Sophie's Grids on Steam

Solve scrambled grids by turning their rows and columns.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 10/03/2026

Patrons can now download a feature-complete-ish version of my new game. www.patreon.com/posts/sophie...

Screenshot of my game's title menu showing the name "Sophie's Grids" and the menu options of Play, Style, Statistics, Strategies, Achievements, Settings, Credits, and Quit. In the background a grid of dice have rotating rows and columns over a vibrant red surface

A three-by-three grid of cubes, on one side of each cube are poles pointing in various directions, some of them connect between the dice. Text on-screen displays elapsed time and the number of moves made.

A four-by-three grid of numbered black dice with red, blue, and green tops. The dice have been scrambled and on-screen a timer labelled 'inspection' is counting down.

A three-by-three grid of cubes that is four moves from being solved, on screen arrows indicate the moves that can be performed to solve the grid.

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increpare @increpare.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Oeuf /uːf/: a 3D precision-platformer where you are an egg. Go on an adventure, play with friends, have fun in the level editor! store.steampowered.com/app/3831080/... #OeufGame OUT NOW

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Save 10% on Oeuf on Steam

3D physics-platformer where you are an egg! Roll, hop and slide your way back home.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 10/03/2026

Patrons can now download a feature-complete-ish version of my new game. www.patreon.com/posts/sophie...

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Jacob @iacobuscaesar.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Nice AI-image-generating tool, but it will never be as great an artist as Onfim, a child who lived in the Novgorod Republic in the mid-1200s and who scribbled these drawings and schoolwork writings on birch bark at the age of 6 or 7.

Onfim’s drawing of himself on horseback as a warrior defeating an enemy.

Two of Onfim’s works. On the left is a copy of a passage from the Book of Psalms he did for schoolwork. On the right is an apparently autobiographical depiction of a monster labeled with “I am a wild beast.”

Some more spelling practice by Onfim with some human figures who have round heads and varying numbers of fingers on their big hands.

Onfim’s writing practice accompanied by 7 little people in his particular drawing style, who tend to have very big hands with many fingers.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 25/02/2026

New build and video update for patrons: www.patreon.com/posts/151634...

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 20/02/2026

My dice grid game is starting to look and feel good - even on mobile :D

Photo of my phone screen, over a light green background is a four-by-four grid of black locks with white tops, protruding from some are red pegs and also pipes that link between some of the blocks. Above a timer is counting up and tracking the number of moves

A photo of my phone screen showing the title menu for “Sophie’s Grid”, listing selectable options of “Play”, “Style”, “Achievements”, “Settings”, and “Credits”.

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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 16/02/2026

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Wolfy D. Lucca 🌗🐺 @spookalucca.tv · 07/02/2026

every trans life is precious their deaths will be avenged

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 06/02/2026

New release of my godot input wrapper "Inputty" codeberg.org/MxSophie/Inp... Nothing super impressive here but it does finally support inputs with modifier keys, actions without any binding, and fixes some important issues effecting multiplayer games and games with input logic in the physics update

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Inputty

An input wrapper for godot with per-device action polling and other helpful functions. Includes a rebinding scene and input icons.

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Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

✅making games is a communal effort that requires the specialized labor of many different fields. ✅making games is a solo artistic journey where one person stubbornly creates everything on their own. 👍👍both ways are artistically relevant, and bring different things to the table.

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 28/01/2026

Shopify has an AI "Business name generator" to help you figure out what your business name is (?) and secure a domain, so I tried "game journalism website" and let me tell you: AI can do no wrong

A picture of Shopify's AI Business Name Generator for the prompt "a games journalism website" where one of the options is just "GamerGate". They can help you buy the domain now!

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 26/01/2026

Still working on my dice grid game, it's coming along very nicely! Hopefully I'll have a new build for patrons tomorrow!

Screenshot of my game's title screen, the title reads "Sophie's Grid" and there is an array of 6-sided dice beside a simple set of menu options

screenshot of a screen in my game editing dice styles, each kind of dice has a material and shape, as well as two colours.

Screenshot of my game showing a grid of blocks with spokes extending from a face. Some of the spokes are connected while others are twisted out of place. There is a timer counting up and also listing the amount of moves made.

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Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Today is the 10th anniversary of this gif of me showing how to make games on TV.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 19/01/2026

🎉 It’s my birthday! 🎉 Please help me celebrate by getting a present for YOURSELF! 🎁 Might I recommend this cool dice game/book that I made?

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 19/01/2026

🎉 It’s my birthday! 🎉 Please help me celebrate by getting a present for YOURSELF! 🎁 Might I recommend this cool dice game/book that I made?

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 13/01/2026

Once again my GP thinks it’s time for me to book a cervical smear test, for a cervix I don’t have. So as always, this means I’m passing the reminder on to you if you have need of it and your GP is as trans-oblivious as mine.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 10/01/2026

Realised I haven't posted this here yet: This is every possible numerically-balanced d20 layout. If you know a dice-maker please pass this on to them - it'll make their dice roll fairer on average. #Dice #TTRPG

Image of six icosahedron nets with the faces numbered. Text goes into detail:
"All d20 layouts that are fully balanced numerically"
There are only six number layouts (and their reflections) for a d20 that are optimally fair.
The most common layout (where the 20 is surrounded by 2, 14, 8) is NOT numerically balanced, apart from by opposite-face sum (Which only helps negate bias from a squashed shape).
d20 dice with the above layouts should roll the expected value (10.5) on average, even if their shape is squashed (common for very old, cheap, or melted dice), their center of mass is offset (common in dice with inserts, multiple materials, air bubbles), or are not fully isohedral where faces/edges are slightly different (common for handcrafted gem/glass/metal dice, and dice not evenly tumbled).
Key features:
- Opposite faces always sum 21 (two faces with an average value of 10.5)
- Faces around each vertex always sum 53 or 52 (five faces with average value of 10.6 or 10.4)
- A face's three adjacent faces always sum 32 or 31 (three faces with average value of 10.666 or 10.333)
Feel free to use any of thes layouts above for your own dice to make them fairer overall.

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increpare @increpare.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Oeuf trailer coming to youtube on the hour (~20 minutes) www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvrT...

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Oeuf Trailer, Coming March 2026

YouTube video by increpare

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 03/01/2026

Still working on my dice grid game. It's starting to feel really good!

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year! 🎲 2026's Random Number Generation day will be October 11th 🎲 #RNGDay rngday.com

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RNG Day

International Random Number Generation Day

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 11/07/2025

#RNGDay 2026 will be on October 11th!

A spinner with 12 segments labelled with months of the year, the spinner's arrow is pointing to "October".

A spinner with 31 numbered segments, the spinner's arrow is pointing to "11".

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year! 🎲 2026's Random Number Generation day will be October 11th 🎲 #RNGDay rngday.com

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RNG Day

International Random Number Generation Day

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 30/12/2025

My monthly update is up on patreon, along with a new build of the game I'm working on: www.patreon.com/posts/monthl...

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Monthly Update - December (Griddie!) | Sophie Houlden

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 24/12/2025

I have a new game, Griddie! Patrons can download it or play in a browser: www.patreon.com/posts/new-ga... Worth checking if you like puzzles, cubing, dice, or just like... any of my other games!

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 01/12/2025

Fun fact about my book I haven't mentioned publicly yet: The early pages have border art of some dice shapes, I offset the pattern just a little across each page so that it looks nice when looking past the edges.

Photograph of my book showing a patterned border on the edge of the page that continues across the edges of the pages behind it.

Photograph of my book showing patterned art on page that continues across the edges of the pages that follow.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 17/10/2025

Dice the Demiurge is out NOW! If you love dice and/or dice games you must check it out! on DriveThruRPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... and itchio: sophieh.itch.io/dice-the-dem... #dice #tabletop #ttrpg #solo #solorpg #indiegame

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Will Koehler @willk3d.com · 17/11/2025

Remember: Every third hour, you work for Gabe.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 12/11/2025

New patreon post about my dice substitution page, dice app update, and a dice video I started scripting www.patreon.com/posts/143423...

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New dice things! | Sophie Houlden

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