#Newsletter(Demo)

[pinkshiftbites]

nothing (in my head) - the deep dive podcast

premiering 9.26.24 on patreon

[insertdisc5]

do you possibly have any game recommendations for someone who adored Serre, connected way too well with Siffrin in ISAT, and is eagerly awaiting Truth Scrapper's release?

sadly no game can even get close to my magnificence. here are some games i like tho

Tales of Symphonia: if you liked having an RPG party of Tropes, until they're not

Disco Elysium: if you liked reading and liked having crumbs of lore that will never go anywhere except your brain. also kim is here

Hikeback: if you liked timeloops and how it drives someone bonkers

Outer Wilds: if you liked the gameplay mechanics of timeloops and an ending that will either make you cry or make you confused

Scarlet Hollow: if you liked reading and a mystery and weird little guys

The Dark Queen Of Mortholme: if you liked little guys coming back to kill a bad guy over and over again

Umineko: if you liked the story repeating over and over again, and you were at least okay with the fact that this shit is way too damn long

Downhill: (demo only) if you liked the meta gameplay and having a little guy to chew on

of the devil: if you liked reading and having scrumptious little guys

Sonic Adventure 2: shadow

a reminder also that if you want more of #mystories, i have made a great many comics once in my life. and i've heard that if you subscribe to my newsletter, you could even get access to a sale...

[shepherds-of-haven]

It's here.

The Shepherds of Haven Twine alpha build is live on Patreon!

What's New:

UI! A new UI for the game awaits you, including a range of visual themes to switch between light and dark mode, each with its own ‘minimalist’ version for those who favor strict readability! Stat screens, achievements, notifications, codex entries, newspaper articles, journal entries, storefronts, the day off hub, relationships, the character guide, the inventory, your room, trading cards, gambling, and so much more have been redesigned from the ground-up!

Miss the old look? Switch the font to Georgia and use the "Scholar" theme in your settings. You can even toggle "prioritize stat bars" if you want to change everything back to just stat bars!

A vast range of settings to customize your game! Includes several fonts and ways to read the text, including OpenDyslexic font, as well as toggles to disable or enable visual effects, music, and character art. 

Robust save system! Now, you can not only use 10 different save slots on your browser (including autosaves), you can also download saves directly to your device, arrange and rename them as you like, and even use them to play the game between different devices and browsers!

Interactive maps! Explore and learn about the world of Blest like never before!

Music! A gorgeous custom soundtrack for the game was designed and composed by Ivan Duch and will play at key moments in the story.

Art! New character art, character cards, collectible trading cards, background art, codex documents, bestiary notes, and so much more have now been integrated into the game. Don’t miss the absolutely gorgeous cover designed by Angela Wang!

Fully mobile compatible! Though desktop is strongly recommended for the best gameplay experience, Shepherds is mobile-compatible and feature-rich regardless of what device you play it on.

Other gameplay improvements:

Trouble and Briony are now romanceable by players of all genders.

All players can change their pronouns at any times. Pronouns do not affect romances.

Gambling is now unlocked earlier.

Two day offs is now unlocked earlier.

You can now allocate different points in magic and weaponry training to different skills, not just one at a time.

For now, the new alpha build is only available on Patreon, primarily because this is all new to me and I was working under a severe crunch after the abrupt closure of Dashingdon. Once all the bugs have been ironed out, I feel less nervy, and the dust has settled down some--and I get some semblance of a functional daily life back again--I'll get to work making a public demo available to everyone. It shouldn't be too long of a wait!

In the meantime, please consider signing up for the Shepherds of Haven newsletter: you'll be notified of only the most important announcements--including the release of the public demo, beta-testing opportunities, DLC announcements, and more. Plus, you'll get a free exclusive digital wallpaper based on Shepherds of Haven! :)

Other new links:

manifold-studios.com - official website for my games

@manifoldstudios - this (shepherds-of-haven) is still my main account, but you can follow this one for a cleaner way to receive just announcements as well!

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newsletter

And, of course, if you want to give the new Twine build a try, you'll want to...

Play here!

I sincerely hope you enjoy! ✨

[studiointerlude]

The extended demo of my yuri horror visual novel, DEVIL'S LIMINAL, now has a web build. Which means it's now playable on iOS/Mac!

Check out the web, desktop, and android build on itch.io!

Please also Wishlist on Steam for visibility!

I'm a solo developer, so every bit of support really helps. Pretty soon there will be updates (and previews?!) of the final game, so consider following on Patreon, Ko-fi, or Newsletter.

A bit about the game:

Margo Silva has done everything she can to leave behind the trailer park in Arizona where she grew up. Now all she has to do is focus on her summer job until she can leave for college. Her illusion of a quiet summer is shattered when a hungry ghost enters her dreams. Margo must contend with a demon's claim on her soul, and how to stop ghosts from this life and the past that want to take her future.

The demo covers 1/3rd of the full game, with 2 romance options, and 4 hours of gameplay.

[presidentbungus]

"Hey, kiddo. Ya look like shite."

"Thanks, pal," Scout mumbles. "That makes me feel a lot better."

"Don't do sarcasm, you're bad at it." Demo clambers down next to him--Scout looks up and sees actual, real-live worry in his face buried under his usual expression of barely-tipsy ambivalence, so he looks back down. "Who hit ye with a bus today?

"… It's stupid."

"Most problems are." Scout suddenly has an arm around his shoulder and he's pulled in until they're pressed against each other, and there's a crooked pinky in his face. "Won't laugh. Promise."

Scout sighs and completes the pinky-swear. "I figured out who my dad is."

"Oh," Demo says, simply.

"… Oh?"

"I was thinking a, dropped my ice cream cone, got splashed in a puddle, someone said my shirt was ugly, sort of situation," and Scout crosses his arms, so he shuts up. "But that's… er… serious. You alright, laddy?"

"Geez. Don't ask me that."

He doesn't respond to that, just kind of looking off in the distance with this look of why did I say that, an expression Scout's grown very familiar with out of him recently.

"Turns out, Spy's been blackmailing Engie, so…" He sniffles and wipes his nose, and tries not to wither into his shoes. "Y'know. Engie's been blackmailing Spy back. And I guess everybody found out except for me, and nobody bothered to tell me, 'cause no one… no one ever tells me anything, for some frickin' reason," he says, and despite every time he holds his breath, shuts his eyes closed tight and tries not to think a sob wrenches its way out of him, betraying him.

“Oh, Scoutie,” and suddenly Scout feels about a thousand times sicker.

“And, I mean, you know. I know you know. Ma knows, Miss Pauling knows, Saxton Hale’s probably reading it in his fucking daily newsletter—everybody knows except for me.” The front of his shirt looks like he stood in front of the exit tube of a waterslide. He can feel them both reaching that limit, Demo winding himself tighter with every word, staring straight up into the middle distance like he saw a fucking ghost, but the words just keep coming out of his throat, against his will, spilling out onto the pavement in front of him. “‘Cause why would anybody tell me? Why would I need to know that Spy’s my fucking, one-hundred percent, bonafide—"

“Scout, I’m sorry,” he finally interrupts, in the hushed kind of whisper that says he really means it, and Scout kicks himself for even giving him a chance to apologize. “I’m so sorry. I didn’t—“

“It’s--it's fine, pal.” Scout’s relieved to find out that feels mostly true. “I’m not mad at you.”

“That still disnae give it an excuse—“

“Seriously,” and he hits him with a look to say I mean it, and he’s crying too so Scout looks away really fast. “This’s my—this is my time to sit here and be a sadsack, and kick rocks, and cry, okay? You are not gonna, gonna monopolize this, tryin’ to apologize to me.”

He feels in Demo’s full-body shudder that he tries very hard to stifle another stupid sorry, and eventually comes up with: “Right.”

“And you’re… not Spy, or Engie, or… Medic, so… I don’t give a shit. I dunno how you would’ve told me.”

Demo doesn’t respond to that.

Moving on, then. “I just… like… how’re you supposed to feel? Y’know? Biggest goddamn mystery of my life, and the whole time I’m, y’know, I’m like if I ever find him I’m gonna strangle that motherfucker, or I’ll…” He pauses again to whimper a little and wipe his tears, and Demo’s arm tightens around him, pulling his head onto his shoulder. “I’ll call Ma and let her come strangle him herself.”

At some point smart fingers start rubbing circles into his back, and it almost makes him want to start crying for a completely different reason.

“But it’s just Spy. Lame-ass, prissy, fuckin’, loser, stupid-ass Spy. It’s been him the whole time. So what do I do with that?”

"Kill him," Demo says, simply, and that's starting to sound pretty good right about now.

[yakool-foolio]

I'm entering my MatPat phase once again, lads!

I recently noticed that only 8 out of the 9 Numbers are shown, with one of the Numbers nowhere to be found in images so far. Obviously there's the most recent picture we got of their character illustrations in the latest director's newsletter, but again, it only counts up to 8 in total.

But even in the demo, when Zero talks about the Numbers that Yo has to defeat to reach Zero, there are still only 8 shown in the visual list he brings up.

And I'm pretty sure the count doesn't just stop at Eight, as one of the newsletters mentioned that Nine (which people theorize is the girl with green pigtails) would be the main antagonist for chapter 2. So it's clear that there's one Number missing, left a complete mystery.

I think I've deduced who the missing Number most likely is cause of Zero's list. Since Ichinose is One at the top left, and we can tell the big guy to the right is Two due to his uniform having several 2s on it in his illustration, then that means it goes in chronological order from left to right, top to bottom. So that could only mean the missing Number is actually Five, as that's where Yo's picture is. We have no idea who Five is, but I guess one crack theory could be that Yo is secretly Five and just doesn't know it due to his amnesia. Or...

(Spoilers for Tribe Nine chapter 1 below)

Maybe Sui is Five since he's gone missing after he was 'revived' and is shown to have no strings attached to him in the release date trailer. Someone also pointed out that Yutaka Gotanda could end up being a potential candidate as Five, since the kanji for 'Go' in his surname literally means 5!

This could be the start of some solid ground for theory-crafting on Tribe Nine's story, so I'm interested to see what others think!

[forsythiaproductions]

Ending Soon! 😱💖

All your support means the world, thank you for being here with us! Of Sense and Soul is our Queer Victorian Romance visual novel and it has...

Two lives, one love story 🎩👓

Victorian setting 🕰️

Soft queer romance 🌈

Slow burn pining 🔥

Happily ever after 💖

Help us make Of Sense and Soul a reality and back our campaign here! 💪

(Backing is just one way to support the game; you can reblog & like this post to help us with our community challenges, too!)

Play our demo | Get our newsletter | Send us an ask 💌

[marshmelman]

New Agere Website FAQ!

If you're looking at my profile, it's probably related to my website project, so here's a quick FAQ for your convenience.

Last updated 3/19/25

- What is it?

The website I want to build is going to primarily be a social media platform, but it would also function as a resource directory (links to other helpful websites, info pages for fighting the stigma) and have some free activities (online games, coloring pages, a gear shop). I want it to be a one-stop-agere-shop as much as possible, so make sure to let me know what kinds of things you want to add to it!

- Who is it for?

It would be specifically for all regressors/dreamers and cgs. This also includes pet regressors, system littles, age dysphorics, and anyone else who has a "kid in an adult body" type of experience. However it is not a fandom site, so hobbies and fandoms that are childhood related but don't involve regression (babyfur, kidcore, popular cartoon fandoms) aren't being catered to and if you're a member of one of those communities without also being a regressor, then probably you won't be very comfortable on the site...

- Why is it being created?

The short version is that regression was incredibly lonely for me and all of the existing sites have issues that make them difficult to navigate as a regressor imo. The full story can be found here!

- When will it be done?

Not for awhile! At this stage, I'm still building up the look and feel of the different sections of the site. So far the homepage is something I'm happy with and you can see a small demo of what it looks like here! Although it has changed a bit since this was recorded. The section I'm currently giving my primary focus is the daycare, so look forward to the next progress report about it! All progress reports get posted to ChuChuu.net, and you can sign up for an email newsletter when new ones drop as well. And it has a coloring book game! Give it a look, why dontcha.

-How can I help?

Please share the link to my interest community survey, tinyurl.com/marshmelman with anyone you know in the community that might be willing or able to share their input on whether they want me to continue with this project, and, if I do, what features they want me to work on building. If you use more image-based websites (pinterest, insta), there's also a handy flyer at the bottom of this post!

- I have another question!

The best way to ask me questions directly is to send me an ask right here on tumblr. Asks will be tagged as "*raises hand*", so you can see previously asked questions. Also see my long list of answers to someone's long list of good questions pinned to my reddit profile u/marshmelmann. there's an anonymous ask box on the dev log site, chuchuu.net as well! Questions I answer on the dev site get cross posted here because the dev site doesn't have a notification system.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Zincchump Linkdump

I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel PICKS AND SHOVELS. Catch me in DOYLESTOWN TODAY (Mar 1), and in BALTIMORE TOMORROW (Mar 2). More tour dates here. Mail-order signed copies from LA's Diesel Books.

I've got a really good excuse for finishing this week with a folder full of links that didn't make it into the newsletter – I'm on a crazy book tour and I've been in four cities this week alone. Time for another linkdump! Here's the previous 28 'dumps:

https://pluralistic.net/tag/linkdump/

I like to start these 'dumps off on an upbeat note, and this week, I've got something gratifyingly cool and wondrous. Stars Reach is a "living galaxy sandbox MMORPG" led by Raph Koster, the legendary designer of games like Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxy. It's kickstarting right now:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starsreach/stars-reach

Here's the pitch:

Whether it’s water turning dirt to mud or forests growing back after a devastating fire, every action leaves a mark. This isn’t a static world built by developers – it’s a living, breathing galaxy shaped by you. Resculpt landscapes, build entire cities, and yeah, ruin more planets just like humanity ruined their original eight homeworlds. That’s okay – there are always more worlds in our endless galaxy.

I've seen demos of this coming together for years and it is mind-boggling. You can play it like a galactic trade-empire builder, a shoot 'em up, a first person shooter, a resource management game, a MUD, and more. There are thousands of procedurally generated planets with realistic geology, geography and ecosystems. It's like something out of a Neal Stephenson novel. They're mostly done and just raising money to finish and launch. I gave 'em $100. They're projecting delivery in January. I can't wait!

It's pretty wonderful to see accomplished creators like Koster, who have gone from strength to strength, making a series of ever-cooler things as technological advancements let him realize the vision he'd been chasing since the 8-bit days. It's quite a contrast with HP, a company that was once world-renowned for making the highest quality, most reliable instruments and machines, and is now synonymous with the scuzzy inkjet rip-off.

I love a good dig at HP. This week, The Register's Paul Kunert scored a direct hit with a short news squib about the executive compensation package announced for HP CEO Enrique Lores: "261,658 toner cartridges" (that is, $19.36m):

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/hp_ceo_pay_for_2024/

I would like to live in a world in which all unreasonable expenses were denominated in HP printer cartridges (much as the BBC compares ever extremely large or massy thing to a London double-decker bus). Anything to make it easier to grasp the vast forces that shape our world and bring them into focus so we can understand them – and destroy or change them.

One economic school that does this extraordinarily well is "Capital as Power," which concerns itself with the "social power of capital" – that is, how capital shapes our behavior and outcomes. It's a complicated but extraordinarily clear and useful framework for making sense of the world. This week, Naked Capitalism published a long colloquoy on Capital as Power, featuring Michael Hudson (a great economist and historian of debt), political economist Tim Di Muzio, and two of CasP's top proponents, Jonathan Nitzan and Blair Fix (whose work I have featured in this newsletter many times). It's a long, fascinating discussion – just the thing to relax with over a weekend:

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/02/capital-as-power-in-the-21st-century-a-conversation.html

Capital as Power grapples with power, the force that neoclassical economists could never figure out how to fit into a neat mathematical model and thus decided to discard. Refusing to think about power gets you into all kinds of trouble, from deciding that markets for human kidneys are "voluntary" to the denaturing of political parties into institutionalist weaklings like the Democrats, who are completely overwhelmed by the power-focused MAGA GOP as it dismantles the nation.

Writing for The American Prospect, Nick Tagliaferro rounds up "Ten Democrats Who Need to Be Primaried":

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-02-27-these-ten-democrats-need-to-be-primaried/

For years, Tagliaferro was the loudest voice on the Primary School newsletter, which covered primary races. In this guillotine-inspiring listicle, he presents such swamp creatures as Levi Strauss failson Dan Goldman (NY-10), who spent $5m of his inherited wealth to win his seat, from which perch he has done everything he can to undermine his more militant anti-Trump colleagues in the House. More familiar names like Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) – whom Tagliaferro calls "single most needlessly antagonistic centrist in Congress" – and the ardent homophobe Stephen Lynch (MA-08).

OK, I've got to get into my rental car now and make the 3h drive from State College, PA, where I just did a talk at Penn State, to Doylestown, PA, where I'm speaking this afternoon:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cory-doctorow-picks-and-shovels-a-martin-hench-novel-tickets-1146230880419

From there, I'm going to Baltimore (tomorrow):

https://redemmas.org/events/

and then I'll be in DC on Tuesday:

https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/picksnshovels

You can catch the whole tour schedule here:

http://martinhench.com

New dates that I'll be adding soon include Pittsburgh:

https://us.pycon.org/2025/about/keynote-speakers/#cory-doctorow

As well as Wellington and Auckland, NZ; and Manchester and London, UK.

Before I go, one last wonderful link to be getting on with. Framework – who make the repairable, modifiable laptop that I love more than any hardware I've ever owned – just announced a bunch of fantastic new machines, including a rugged new, 12" touchscreen laptop with a 180' hinge:

https://frame.work/laptop12

and a desktop PC (!) that has insanely high specs and a fully customizable chassis:

https://frame.work/fi/en/blog/introducing-the-framework-desktop

I spend so much time on the road, I have no conceivable use for a desktop PC, but man, this is tempting. What a sweet rig!

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/01/menagerie/#stars-reach

[sometipsygnostalgic]

Deltarune Update

With the announcement of Deltarune as a Switch 2 title I had some questions about it, but it seems Toby is doing his thing again.

He just released the May newsletter.

It is available on the original Switch as well as PS4, PS5, and Steam, meaning it's still cross-gen. (RIP Xbox)

The game has "free upgrades" for the next gen consoles. If you buy the PS4 or Switch version , you can get the PS5 and Switch 2 version for no extra cost.

The original two games are still available as a "demo", at least on Steam.

It will release Midnight June 5th for every country on the Switch 2 (alongside the console), but for every other platform it will release Midnight June 5th in Japan. Therefore the actual release date is June 4th for most places - 5pm Central Europe Time (Germany), 4pm British Summer Time, 11am Pacific (East coast). Or if you're in New Zealand you have to get it at the end of June 5th. I thought you might be able to luck out with the Switch 2, but no, Switch 2 launches June 6th in New Zealand.

There's also an alternate ending to the Spamton Sweepstakes, which I'll leave to the brave souls willing to navigate it, and some people on reddit are already uncovering an ARG relating to the news update though I have no clue how they're doing that and I can't ask because I'm banned from Reddit for the rest of my life.

[gritrook]

Thok loves an excuse to demand kisses and hound his teammates more than he usually does the rest of the year. Too bad they aren't that much into the types of kisses he likes to pull off.

A silly illustration of my interpretation of the Piraka in my demo narrative game Hateship, which is still in production. I have a feeling Thok would make the most of any tradition where he can do some extra flirting, regardless if it comes from his world or not. 😂

Happy New Year and a belated happy greetings for the Christmas season! ✨🎇

2024 has been a big year of changes for me, but I'm happy to say things have settled and I'm feeling very optimistic about where I'm heading! Besides still working on Hateship, I've made a start on an original novel (involving secret agencies, paranormal activity, and romantic tragedy 😏) and am planning to make a return to posting my work online again in 2025 (after how many years? Yeesh.)

In the meantime, you can find out a more detailed update about both projects and other silly doodles like above by signing up to the newsletter.

[technicalgrimoire]

Our New Game is Out!

Overpowered is a solo framework for speedrunning your favorite tabletop rpg adventures. Manage your power, choose your path, and perfect your strategy. Achieve a high score and dominate the online leaderboards. Try the demo adventure for free right now!

This game is in early access. The PDF will be improved upon and expanded over the next few months. Later this year we will fund a print run. Join the newsletter for updates!

[en-gelic]

LiA'S PICKS FROM VERSACE 23/24 SPRING SUMMER COLLECTION DISCLAIMER : SPAM LIKE = BLOCKED drabble — O.1k-O.9k words mid-length — 1k-3k words LIKING AND REBLOGGING IS HIGHLY APPRECIATED BACK TO NAVI

COLLECTION 1. 이희승

Lowkey ( mid-length ) — long as we keep this lowkey | BUY NOW

Angel's kisses ( mid-length) — an angel's kisses are a delicate feeling | BUY NOW

Lovesong ( smau ) — music brought you together and broke you apart | BUY NOW

This is what falling in love feels like ( drabble ) — falling in love with him | BUY NOW

Seal it with a kiss ( drabble ) — how to keep a promise | BUY NOW

COLLECTION 2. 박종성

Italian summers ( drabble ) — summers with him | BUY NOW

Blockbuster ( drabble ) — the thrill of loving him | BUY DEMO NOW

Blockbuster ( mid-length ) — the thrill of loving him | BUY FULL VER NOW

COLLECTION 3. 심재윤

Fireworks ( drabble ) — rushed confessions | BUY NOW

Kiss and make-up ( mid-length ) — love with a playboy | BUY NOW

Espresso ( drabble ) — that's that me espresso | BUY NOW

Homesick ( drabble ) — when he misses you | BUY NOW

Truth or dare ( mid - length ) — let's play truth or dare | BUY NOW

Kiss of summer ( O.4k ) — the taste of your lips | BUY NOW

Forty-five till dinner ( O.4k ) — 45 minutes is all he needs | BUY NOW

a night to remember ( soc med ) — handsome stranger danger | BUY NOW

COLLECTION 4. 박성훈

About us ( mid-length ) — dating in secret | BUY NOW

First place ( mid-length ) — falling for your academic rival | BUY NOW

Class president ( texts ) — a troublemaker and his tutor | BUY NOW

Love and war ( drabble ) — all is fair in love and war | BUY NOW

Licorice ( mid - length ) — you're addicted to the taste of his lips | BUY NOW

Glue and paper ( drabble ) — stick together like glue and paper | BUY NOW

COLLECTION 5. 김선우

my love mine all mine ( drabble ) — he's all yours | BUY NOW ( COMING SOON )

COLLECTION 6. 양정원

sun shower ( drabble ) — rainy days with him | BUY NOW

COLLECTION 7. 西村力

Magnetic ( drabble ) — like it's magnetic | BUY NOW

Ever seen ( drabble ) — he had the prettiest eyes you'd ever seen | BUY NOW

READ THE NEWSLETTER ! — OT7

boyfriend instagram stories series | BUY NOW

lucid dreams series | BUY NOW

attention please ( headcannons ) — when they want your attention | BUY NOW

bubblegum ( headcannons ) — to be loved by them | BUY NOW

the boy is mine part one ( headcannons ) — when they're jealous | BUY NOW

the boy is mine part two ( headcannons ) — when they're jealous | BUY NOW

Copying and plagiarizing my work is strictly prohibited. Translating my works is allowed under the circumstance that you CANNOT claim it as your own work. All rights reserved, © en-gelic 2024.

[nitw]

for anyone not following the OFF newsletter: the demo/prologue to the remaster is now out for free on steam!! it's the entirety of zones 0 and 1!!!!!! gogogogogogogo play it now

[thoughtfulbreadgames]

Our Free Demo is out NOW on Steam!! Navigate fake romance and secret identities in Starbright Agency: Our queer-friendly, city-pop, romantic visual novel about magical heroes! 🪐 Play our Free Demo 💫 Wishlist Us on Steam (Please it helps so much!) ✨ Join our Newsletter ☄️ Join our Discord

[strangescaffold]

The Strange Scaffold Newsletter #4

Come on in! Sit where you like, I'll get you a cup of coffee. 

Well, look who it is! It’s me, Chris Slight, the Head of Social Content here at Strange Scaffold. 

It has been a MONTH here at the Scaffold, one in which it turns out we really enjoy the number 22! We’ve got the release dates of two upcoming titles (one is only two weeks from launching), an upcoming title gets its name and some stunning artwork, and Xalavier took a bunch of tiny glow in the dark turtles to GDC. I should probably stress that they were made of plastic and had no sentience that we could verify, and trust us, we checked THOROUGHLY. 

Within this newsletter, you'll also find all the usual soundtrack and game recommendations and the latest episode of The Strange Scaffold Cool Things Club. But I like to think this is a dialogue between you and me, dear reader. So, you alright? Nice, nice. Been up to much? Nah, me either. Well, that was great, wasn't it? Onwards!­* *I will pause briefly, however, to recognise that we are now on Tumblr! Hello! These newsletters normally go out in e-mail form but we wanted to put them somewhere people could read them later. So, here we are! We will be sure to add more back issues as time goes on!

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 launches April 22nd

Our match-3 survival horror comedy RPG matchroidvania, launches on April 22nd!­ You can Wishlist on Steam right now as well! Fun!

Now, you can't play the demo anymore, but there is a whole procedure to access it. You can find out all about that right here.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown Launches May 22nd

See, I told you up top, we are really into the number 22 this month!  You’ll be able to jump back into New York to fight the Foot Clan in our take on the TMNT world the following month! You can ­wishlist it on Steam­ as well!

You've Seen It On The Internet, Now Learn The True Name.

Introducing Co-Op Kaiju Horror Cooking! Here’s a first look at the main artwork for the game by Emo Sludge. We will have a lot more news about this one soon. 

I can't tell you too much, but you may be able to infer what happens in this game based on its title. I did, however, ask the game's producer, Candace, to explain the game without spoiling anything...

The Strange Scaffold Cool Things Club

The Strange Scaffold Cool Things Club is our podcast, and every month, we talk about Cool Things we like. Each month, Xalavier, Candace, and I are joined by another wonderful person from the Scaffold who brings their own cool thing with them. This month, Manda, the Executive Producer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown joins us. 

This month's Cool Things are Dragons Dogma 2, Slow Crafts, the films of Jaques Tati, and The Department of Truth.

We also get a question from Discord, which has us discussing what IP we would wanna make a game about.

A Word From The Desk Of Xalavier

"Right now I'm obsessed with Proverbs, a giant, "open-world" fusion of Picross and Minesweeper where you restore a gorgeous pixelized rendition of a classic painting by seamlessly weaving across hundreds of smaller localized puzzles. It's become a nightly ritual and I can't stop thinking about it.” -Xalavier

A Game You Might Like That We Didn’t Make

I like to ask folks from the Strange Scaffold Team to recommend games they love because these folks have impeccable taste. I am currently looking down at a Jar Jar Binks figurine that lives in front of my keyboard, so you see why I might need guidance. This month, Aubrey, a Level Designer here at the Scaffold, is in the curation station.  Dungeons of Hinterberg

“What if a hiking trip to a tourist town in the mountains also had zelda-like dungeons to explore and a persona-like calendar system to enjoy? Dungeons of Hinterberg makes every day feel like a new adventure, and uses every part of the buffalo when it comes to blending puzzle, combat and social gameplay.” - Aubrey

The Single Track Mixtape

­This is one of my personal favourites by rj lake, from the OST for Witch Strandings. Put it on and relax. 

Sweet Dreams

And here we are, at the end. Joined together as friends and reflecting on the whole butt plug thing. That might not make sense if you didn’t click the link in the Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 section. Well, I don’t know if I just convinced you not to or SUPER convinced you to check. It’s important to have that distance between us, but if I know our audience like I think I do, you are now scrolling back up. 

While I’m reflecting, I also wanted to say thank you. The support, love and game purchases of all of you keep this precious place running. I don’t know many studios that get to have an official TMNT game and a match-3 called Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 both coming out within a month of each other. THANK YOU. You make this work, and we love you for it.

Let’s all meet up in the loading screens of our favourite video games and make coffee.

See you on the internet, 

- Chris @ Strange Scaffold