Andrew Plotkin @zarfeblong@mastodon.gamedev.place

And, I forgot to mention it here when the Steam summer sale started, but I'm in that. Meanwhile and Hadean Lands are both on sale. http://blog.zarfhome.com/2018/06/meanwhile-and-hadean-lands-summer-sale.html

I have a guest post on "IF in pop culture" at sub-Q Magazine: https://sub-q.com/author-guest-post-if-in-pop-culture-and-back-again-by-andrew-plotkin/

Look, an Anchorhead tribute collaborative IF authoring project! http://www.rcveeder.net/blog/2018/06/22/cragne-manor-an-anchorhead-tribute/

Announcements: Heliopause is up on sub-Q (https://sub-q.com/hoist-sail-heliopause-home/), and I am involved in an upcoming Twine anthology piece called Memory Blocks (https://ghoulnoise.itch.io/memoryblocks).

Since Slack is turning off their XMPP/IRC gateway tomorrow, I had to write a minimal command-line Slack client. http://blog.zarfhome.com/2018/05/a-partial-solution-to-slack-problem.html

I'm not sure what the use case is that this aids, but if it's your use case, enjoy.

I have taken a step towards something-or-other by adding my (main) blog's RSS feed to micro.blog: https://micro.blog/zarf

Blog post: keeping an eye on the Myst kickstarter. http://blog.zarfhome.com/2018/05/keeping-eye-on-myst-kickstarter.html (mostly of interest to Cyan nerds, but I mention some other recent kickstarters at the end.)

A twitter hashtag is going on about four games that influenced you, and hey, I can post the images here too.

Missing moments in games: investigating key moments in _Everything_ and _El Shaddai_. (Way big spoilers.) http://blog.zarfhome.com/2018/04/missing-moments-in-games.html

Inevitably, I have words about the Twitter client situation: http://blog.zarfhome.com/2018/04/why-does-twitter-allow-third-party.html

My comment on Slack's recent announcement about their XMPP/IRC gateways. They are making a mistake. http://blog.zarfhome.com/2018/03/open-letter-slack-should-not.html

Cyan announces Firmament, posts a trailer video. I don't know anything more than anybody else but I have a blog so I might as well speculate some. http://blog.zarfhome.com/2018/03/cyan-announces-firmament.html

I am aware of the Asymmetric/CampoSanto party, the "Made In MA" party (since I live in MA), and "The Other Party". Latter two can be found at https://www.eventbrite.com/d/ca--san-francisco/gdc/

Is there much of a GDC-going contingent here? I am casting around for stuff to do which is interesting on the indie/narrative front.

Screenshot Saturday! https://mastodon.gamedev.place/media/qbN7gLqTNUTVhlCxj6k

I posted an entry to the Manifesto Jam: https://itch.io/jam/manifesto-jam . It is small and goofy.

GAMES ARE fur-bearing. GAMES ARE NOT the blockchain.

Heck, maybe I should just procgen enough manifesto to sink a boat.

A friend pointed out the Cheap Art Manifesto which is also appealing.