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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 09/05/2026

🛝💧 AQUALAND If you go down the slide and succeed at an Action Roll with at least one Weird die, you can be instantly transported to the place of your choice within the Waterfront. You need to either know the place or have seen a picture of it more : thelostbayrpg.com/the-waterfro...

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 16/04/2026

Published 3PP logos and license on TLB website + Classification logos thelostbayrpg.com/3pp-license-...

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 16/04/2026

Why using markdown and CSS to do layout for print is great for the spirit, finances, and community building? I've blogged briefly about it. thecodedtype.com/pixel-and-pa... (reposting this, for some reason, yesterday's post got buried)

Blog article screen capture: Release of Pixel and Paper, open source Markdown + CSS to PDF app + examples of what you can do with it.

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 15/04/2026

In case you didn't know I released an open source app that does markdown + CSS to print layout You can edit text via the browser app Or in the editor of your choice (obsidian, sublime, vs code...) Web pixelppr.com Desktop github.com/the-coded-ty... Attached example of what you can do with it

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 30/03/2026

The Lost Bay layout update 2/2 I wanted the full Vibe to fit on 2 spreads max, but still have some empty space There's some cleaning to be done, but it's going to look something like this

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 30/03/2026

The Lost Bay layout update 1/2 I struggled working on a stylesheet for Vibes (character classes) Layout with #css #webtoprint #markdwon

Spread, left: full page image, right title and text

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 30/03/2026

Made an online mini Oracle, based on Querents Guide To The Edgelands by Wren The Forrester (extended) Arcana major only thelostbayrpg.com/oracle/

Screenshot of the webpage, showing a reversed card (The Stars)

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 05/03/2026

Tough day today, I could use some feedback. Single or double column pages for NPCs?

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 04/03/2026

6/n This book is so late. I kind of underestimated the task, no kidding. I'm feeling so bad for the backers who are expecting it, and stressing so much about this (my back is acting kind of weird lately). But I don't want to botch it, trying my best to make something useful, durable.

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 04/03/2026

1/n I've finished the V1 of The Traveller, one shot and a big chunk of The Lost Bay RPG, which kind of establishes as a baseline. Lots of things to tweak, the baseline!, the NPC blocks, alignements etc, but I'll leave it for now, I'm moving on to the rules part of the book Thread of screen shots

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 02/03/2026

I've made myself little guides, and suddenly things got centered

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 02/03/2026

In #css we trust NPCs section pseudo-cover and toc A WIP

Stark dark page, in the background: NPCs
In the foreground: list of all NPCs

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 02/03/2026

Character sheet V2 (and also we corrected a typo on the first one) Find them here thelostbayrpg.com

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 01/03/2026

The Lost Bay rpg character sheet has been updated and released. Art and layout by the one and only @scragend.bsky.social Get it here thelostbayrpg.com/character-sh...

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 01/03/2026

Trying things on double page spreads start/end of lines need fine-tuning but I kind of like it

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 28/02/2026

Yesterday layout work was focused on putting together a style sheet to get a birdseye view on the major styles used throughout the module. Which is obviously easy to do using css. Also helps me spot what needs to be tweaked Thread of 3

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 26/02/2026

One cool thing CSS allows you to do is automatically add content before or after certain elements, like those ">>>" in the margins or before questions. It's quick and fun to experiment. Just change one line of style and see how it affects the whole document, zine, or book. That's super fun!

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 26/02/2026

2/3 And yeah, this is looking increasingly like a 90s CRT PC monitor. It's not entirely voluntary. I just found myself doing that. I think I'll stick with this and probably push it a bit. In markdown instead of writing tables I used ordered listts

Zine page screenshot, a two column table that looks sort of like a terminal print out

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 26/02/2026

1/3 I had little time to do layout today. I'm not sure why, but I obsessed over minute details of unordered lists When I do layout, I oscillate between working on details and on structure. Switching from one aspect to the other is particularly easy when working with CSS #css #markdown #webtoprint

Zine page screenshot, the "bulleted point list" looks sort of like a terminal print out

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 25/02/2026

Work of the day with Pixel and Paper Got crazy with tables, plus started working on margins generated content ---- and fuck the right page number is badly placed It's a WIP!

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 25/02/2026

Which one? Boxed links? Underlined links?

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 24/02/2026

4/4 Suddenly blue makes a lot of sense The book will be printed in b&w so why even bother??? For the PDF? It's amazing what can be done with CSS btw The font I used in this test is Monoid by larsenwork.com/monoid/

Zoom on table, lines have blue background, it reminds of a vintage CRT monitor

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 24/02/2026

3/n Let's zoom in The effect is very light

Zoom on the table, text and backgrounds are slightly distressed

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 24/02/2026

2/n Here's the first table in a page - the "WHO ELSE DOES THE TRAVELLER RAPTURE?" needs to be take care of (Oh BTW I completely ignored text blocks for now)

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 24/02/2026

Markdown + CSS exploration of the day * love that bulky font * I hate laying out table * * I tried something reminiscent of 199X screens * * added blur and threshold filters (why!!!!!) * tried a blue version, because Amstrad Mini thread 1/n #css #markdown #webtorprint

Double page spread, LEGEND on the left page, TRUTH on the right page

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 24/02/2026

The Lost Bay RPG website has * core rules * vibes (classes) * character generator * dead god? HERE: thelostbayrpg.com

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 19/02/2026

Sure, you can use Obsidian That said, I'm not sure how well it handle CSS (the CSS files are not even showing in the file browser, but I suppose someone somewhere has made a CSS plugin)

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 19/02/2026

Pixel and Paper 0.0.1, markdown + CSS editor and PDF generator is live. Run it * in the browser, use app text editors * locally, use any text editor (Obsidian, VSCode...) Preview pixelppr.com Code and documentation github.com/the-coded-ty... #markdown #css #pdfgeneration #obsidian #vscode

Pixel and Paper Desktop version usage, right side markdown filed edited in Sublime text, left side PDF preview

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 17/02/2026

Zine cover test (exercice emulating various pamphlet covers grabbed during the weekend) #PagesJS #PixelAndPaper #layout #zine #TTRPG

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 17/02/2026

Testing the layout tool Ziine double page spread

Double page screenshot, showing illustration of the tamagotchi-like Parabyte demon, and text. Very orangy

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 12/02/2026

You asked for it, now Pixel & Paper (markdown + CSS to PDF live editor) works with any external text editor (obsidian, VS code, any) - in addition to its own browser md/css editors. Three short screen captures thread incoming. Video 1/3

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 04/02/2026

We're slowly getting somewhere with the MD+CSS to PDF editor

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 28/01/2026

A little interface WIP update Now we have CSS autocompletion, and syntax highlighting, little thread 1/n CSS editor

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 26/01/2026

Here's a screenshot at the markdown editor tab, it's a bit bare bones right now, I'm considering to add syntax highlighting

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · 26/01/2026

Remember I'm using markdown and css to layout zines and books? We'll I'm building myself a little web app to speed up the process, I'll release it as open source and put it on a website somewhere for anyone to play with it If you're interested drop a comment, I'll note keep you posted

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