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The Bit Bet

@thebitbet.bsky.social

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I make games that get people thinking and laughing… though not always in this specific order. thebitbet.itch.io

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The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 11h

Here the prototype: for every ball that escapes, Sly the clown reads your browser data out loud (at least tries to). All real, all local, welcome to the digital fingerprinting world. #gamedev #indiedev #privacy #fingerprinting thebitbet.itch.io/breakout

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Sly Squeaky's BREAK/OUT by The Bit Bet

A totally normal breakout game. 100% safe. Featuring Sly Squeaky, your friendly clown assistant.

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 19h

Turns out it's hard simulating digital fingerprinting while making it somewhat funny. Canvas hashes, font lists, header leaks… all has to feel like a game, not a security audit. #gamedev #indiedev #EdTech #infosec

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some nights I ship something I'm proud of, even if it’s basic for lots of people. Some nights I just stare at the screen, unsure if any of this matters. Still, I open the editor again the next day. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #devlog #onemanteam #indiegame

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Working on another small educational game about digital fingerprinting, how sites can quietly identify you without even a cookie. Trying to spread knowledge about "you are more trackable than you think", but fun-ish #gamedev #indiedev #privacy #infosec #IndieGameDev

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I feel I design better for the table than for the screen. And yet the screen is where people show up. Maybe the work you're best at isn't always the work the world is waiting for? Or perhaps I am simply bad 🤷‍♂️ #ttrpg #gamedev #indiedev #IndieGameDev #solodev

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Time to relax a bit with my entry for #hobjam: 2 animal-like hobs, Bramblebaker and Bathkeeper. They help around the house, or cause a little mischief. Made for #Cairn, but easy to use in other systems. Yes, I did the drawn, too. #TTRPG #OSR thebitbet.itch.io/bramblebaker...

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Bramblebaker & Bathkeeper by The Bit Bet

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

But whyyy “animation” means that a 2-second walk cycle equals 2 days of your life 😅 Every frame is a tiny cutoff between "meh… looks right" and "why does the limbs bend like a steel pole." #gamedev #indiedev #animation #IndieGameDev

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In my previous life I did some work on those terrible (terrible) DRM tools. I think there’s a market for something more humane, but my ideas sometimes are really wrong so I want to ask around before updating anything, even if small and lightweight. #gamedev #indiedev #gamedevelopment

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Spreadsheet says the deck is balanced ✅ Playtesters discovered that two cards can end the game in one turn ❌❌❌ Spreadsheet has been fired ✅ #cardgame #gamedesign #playtesting #indiedev

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My opponent just played Depressed Gargoyle (Glitter Variant) from the 1929 expansion, which forces me to reshuffle my deck if it's cloudy outside. Little he know that my Shiny Shawarma can make him puke lemonade… I win by default. #TCG #CardGames #Tabletop #IndieGames #BoardGames

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Nothing tests your inner peace like opening a notifications and seeing: "I know nothing on this, but here is why you did it wrong." Time for deep breaths, positive thoughts, and remember why i do it. (... damn I forgot) #GameDev #IndieDev #SMM #Coffee&Prayers

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Library Of Words @libraryofwords.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

TORN! AGAIN AND AGAIN! by @thebitbet.bsky.social is an experimental TTRPG where you rip chunks off your character sheet whenever you take damage. Read My Full Review: libraryofwords.com/torn-again-a...

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TORN! AGAIN AND AGAIN! – The TTRPG Where You Destroy Your Sheet

TORN! AGAIN AND AGAIN! is an experimental TTRPG where you have to tear your character sheet whenever your character takes damage.

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What if a logic puzzle book was disguised as a dry archaeological report? Loom, the lost art of Telaria is a print-and-play PDF where you deduce the rules of an ancient weaving system from old recovered fragments. thebitbet.itch.io/the-lost-art... #puzzles #logic #indiedev #tabletop #itchio

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The Lost Art of Telaria by The Bit Bet

The patterns will teach you.

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Playtesting a card game with a dozen of skills means every session is basically "ok, let's see which combo breaks the engine today". Also, impossible to test properly… #cardgame #gamedesign #indiedev #solodev

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Working on a card game has taught me that "balanced" really means "balances enough so nobody rage quits" #cardgame #tabletopgame #gamedesign #indiedev

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

watched a 10 minute blender tutorial, felt like a pro. Two hours later: "look honey, this table can also double as a spider if you squint your eyes a little…" 🤡 #gamedev #3dart #blender #indiedev

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

First time taking 1st place in a game jam! 🏆 (And yes, there were other participants, it wasn't just me competing against myself!) It was a small jam with a simple game, but a win’s a win, and my ego is soaring higher for the first time this year, probably. #GameDev #IndieDev #GameJam #IndieGame

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Next game idea: a stock market simulator for wall paint, gurken, wooden cabinet doors and earplugs. Oh wait I need a plot too… … … … … but do I? #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #Solodev

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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

For the empty mile I tried modeling my own 3D assets and spent 18 hours on a car that looks like it survived a war crime. The second was a cube with cubic wheels. Huge respect for 3D artists. #gamedev #3dart #blender #indiedeva

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hi, I'm Davide and I have a problem: every ttrpg I design eventually makes you rip paper. Character dies? Rip it. Spell fails? Rip it. Feel something? Rip it. It's been 0 days since my last tearable mechanic. #ttrpg #tabletop #gamedesign thebitbet.itch.io/torn-again-a...

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Torn! Again and again! by The Bit Bet

Lose yourself, rip by rip.

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Turns out the scariest thing in my little horror game is the ghost. Having a shadow. Recursively rendered 300 times. #gamedev #threejs #horrorgame #horror #indiedev #indiegame

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A one-page experiment: high-stakes, narrative TTRPG where every failure, sacrifice and victory costs a real fragment of your character sheet. thebitbet.itch.io/torn-again-a... #TTRPG #IndieGames #GameDesign #Tabletop #onepagegame #itchio

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Torn! Again and again! by The Bit Bet

Lose yourself, rip by rip.

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You should now by now that I am working on a small horror project, and I spend more time debugging fog instead of jump scares or actual stuff... real horror is lighting math at 1am #javascript #threejs #horror #indiedev #gamedevo

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Honestly impressed that three.js can render a whole 3D world from math I don't understand, and yet it's somehow harder to center the div that world lives in… #gamedev #javascript #threejs #indiedev

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Spent an hour convinced my silly game was broken. In reality, javascript was just being javascript. Silly me. (I am also not a good programmer btw) #gamedev #javascript #threejs #indiedev

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Just found a gem browsing my dashboard: better-itch-search.kalrog.com Advanced query syntax, tag exclusion, tons of filters, and you can save & share searches… Way more powerful than expected! #itchio #indiegames #gamedev #IndieDev

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

playtesting my own game for v2 and getting genuinely scared so it’s either ungodly horror design or concerning sleep deprivation. thebitbet.itch.io/empty-mile #gamedev #indiedev #horror #horrorgame

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Empty Mile by The Bit Bet

A foggy road ahead and a flashlight that won't stay lit.

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Normalize spending 6 hours on a menu nobody will see and 12 minutes on the core mechanic you've seen in a dream. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Empty Mile is out! My small atmospheric horror prototype, built with Three.js (finally!) Step into the fog and uncover the road's secrets... #horrorgame #indiegame #threejs #gamedev #scp thebitbet.itch.io/empty-mile

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Empty Mile by The Bit Bet

A foggy road ahead and a flashlight that won't stay lit.

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

New prototype videogame alert: making a horror game so mysterious even I don’t fully know what’s happening and why it works. Working title: “No explanation needed.” Jump scares: ✅ Explanations: ❌ #indiegame #horrorgame #gamedev #itchio #horror #solodev

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My entry for #MinimalistJam: a lost manuscript page hides a complete GMless TTRPG inside its stream-of-consciousness prose. Talk fast, mind the Heckler, and claim the Final Sentence. #TTRPG #IndieTTRPG #Experimental #MicroRPG #TTRPGDesign #indiegame thebitbet.itch.io/chapter-xiii...

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Chapter XIII - Unmoored Before Dawn by The Bit Bet

A lost fragment of 1930s avant-garde prose that hides a playable TTRPG

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I hereby declare myself the most well-known itch creator no one knows. Not famous enough for anyone to know me, and obscure enough to be irrelevant. Please update the history books accordingly. #itchio #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My entry for #mysticwoodjam: a dark folk/horror pointcrawl module about a village hunted by shifting woods. System-neutral! #TTRPG #OSR #IndieTTRPG thebitbet.itch.io/what-wood-rem

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What the Wood Remembers by The Bit Bet

A Dark Folk-Horror module for OSR & TTRPGs

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

10 years of The Black Hack. My gift: a sandbox pointcrawl full of rust and bones. thebitbet.itch.io/the-valley-i... #TTRPG #OSR #TheBlackHack #IndieTTRPG #TBH10th

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The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I think it may be useful to share some hidden gems from my game or book or movie list. Let's start: everyone should play Bookwalker. It's a great game #hiddengems #indiegame #suggestions #greatgames

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My last prototype, still VERY rough all around. 1920: a young doctor takes the graveyard shift at an asylum, searching for someone he lost years ago... and finding more than intended. A visual novel with a "map" #indiedev #gamedev #mystery #prototype #ThreeJS thebitbet.itch.io/the-night-sh...

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The Night Shift: Records from Ashlowe Asylum by The Bit Bet

1920: a night-shift doctor, a missing twin, an asylum...

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I should not be so proud but the new version of HUIT MILLE MILLIARDS OF TTRPGS is finally a book. Kind of a real book. You still have to print it but at least it should have the right feelings. thebitbet.itch.io/huit-mille-m... #ttrpg #gamedev #indiedev

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Huit Mille Milliards of TTRPGs by The Bit Bet

A combinatory game engine

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Near the end of my first @esotericebb.bsky.social run. There will be a second…Too many loose threads #rpg

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The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Breaking news: I have discovered that I am NOT a niche TTRPG design celebrity with a devoted cult who says “his earlier works were more experimental.” Absolutely devastating. #ttrpg #indiettrpg #indiedev Not YET at least

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Oh gosh, I love Disco Elysium. I am deeply engorged with esoteric ebb, but then the political stuff starts and my brain takes a detour to happyland. Too many useless words. Too much useless politics. #DiscoElysium #Gaming #RPG

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Moby Dick by artist Gerard DuBois

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

DO YOU REMEMBER THE WORLD? Is a tear-off flyer game where you physically cut your character sheet, like a flyer. A flyer AND a game. 1 page. Repost for feedbacks on how it works. #ttrpg #oneshotrpg #indiegames #1pRPGjam thebitbet.itch.io/do-you-remem...

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DO YOU REMEMBER THE WORLD? by The Bit Bet

A tear-off flyer that might be a game

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Created Wrongly @creativewronging.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

53. The Thirteen Counts of Charm by @thebitbet.bsky.social A system-neutral procedurally generated towercrawl 📿 Clean layout with very little art besides 1 useful map. The tables, though, are wondeful! Exploring increases the risk the Lich jumps you, but that is also the only way to weaken him.

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The thirteen counts of charm by The Bit Bet

A dark fantasy tower crawl where breaking the boss's rosary is the only way to strip away his immortality

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The more indie I play, the more I think something peaked with baba is you. Lots of cool titles outside, marvelous, insipiring, mind bending. But only one masterpiece (even If hated lots of levels). @babaisyou.bsky.social

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The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Just finished season 1 of #Paradise and was surprisingly and unexpectedly great. First episode hooked me well, the rest kept me interested, and then the finale delivered. Very glad I stuck with it. #TVShows #Thriller #Mystery #TVRecommendations

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The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Learning pill of the day: I entered a small ink-saving TTRPG jam. Main rule: do something optimized for ink efficiency. Got rated below a full-color entry. Takeaway: next time, I'll optimize for ignoring the rules. #TTRPG #IndieTTRPG #GameJam #itchio

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

As a #TTRPG designer you spend a month turning an idea into a game. You write. You playtest. You rewrite. You make it pretty. You make a PDF. You upload it. Then you watch 32 people scroll past it Welcome to the algorithmic void #IndieTTRPG #GameDesign #TabletopRPG #RPGDesign #IndieGames

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I've started reading some adventures for rating, and most of them are gorgeous to look at (need to learn how to do that), but they're also extremely deadly. I can understand the appeal of a TPK, but these seem to be seeking death for its own sake. #TTRPG #adventure #OSR #appxnjam #indie

The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Luckily the appxnjam has 1 month to rate entries. For personal reasons I won’t be able to rate until next week, but I will rate everyone who left a comment. I want to scream: THANKS, YOUR FEEDBACK IS INPACTFUL thebitbet.itch.io/the-thirteen... #TTRPG #adventure #OSR #appxnjam #DungeonCrawl #indie

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The thirteen counts of charm by The Bit Bet

A dark fantasy tower crawl where breaking the boss's rosary is the only way to strip away his immortality