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Allie Bustion

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💫 Wrestling, ttrpgs, esports, cats. 💫 Scriptwriter @ Rocksteady 💫 Opinions are always my own. 💫 allie@madpierrot.design 💫 she/they. 💫

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If you want a thread with some real shit on indie games pitching (how the fuck do I word that), this would be said thread.

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Real and actual shirt has been pinned, cut, (mostly) marked, and interfaced. I just need to sew it now. Fabric for my shorts & jacket has been pressed and prepped for pinning/cutting. I don’t *think* I’ll be able to finish the jacket for the wedding, but I’ll still be making it in general.

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Liz England's avatar Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social
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Hey gamedevs! GDC has opened up their call for submissions for core concepts (summits are later). I'm on the advisory board for design so really want to encourage people to submit. Give us some cool talk proposals!

gdconf.com/call-for-sub...

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My old man Bailey purred so hard and so consistently at the vet that getting his heartbeat was always impossible. He was just always having a good time when he got to be out for a bit.

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Mockup muslin shirt finished with far too much effort exerted. Fabric pressed for the real thing. Gonna have to do any further fitting live if I've got the gumption. ... I also have more muslin, so that's an option with just the shirt torso bits. Will I get to the jacket? Maybe actually?

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This campaign needs your support! Sudan is undergoing one of the worst humanitarian crises on the planet right now, and this is one way you can help. Please don't ignore the people of Sudan.

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Youtube really got you good with that one, Jesus.

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There’s too much hair on me gotdang head.

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Which of y’all let me think attaching a full yard of dreads to my head was a good idea? I’m only maybe a third of the way into this install but I already wish for death.

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Orion is great to talk or just listen to on the subject of game design. So definitely give this a listen and definitely consider dropping some money in their patreon.

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I think about this a lot in all the bullshit with Suicide Squad’s release. Every verifiable white man was left largely alone until people looked closer. Every marginalized person is still feeling the lashing out that happened.

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It is midnight and I am still braiding my hair and doing skincare. I haven't cut out the pattern yet. But I wanna so it gets done. Maybe I just don't sleep...

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Shirt pattern has been pinned and now just has to be cut out. Then we sew. We sew so hard. But first, deep conditioning and dinner.

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Jenna Stoeber | listen to Big Game Hunger!'s avatar Jenna Stoeber | listen to Big Game Hunger! @thejenna.bsky.social
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now and often I think of my favorite panel from Tank Girl

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Orion is great to talk or just listen to on the subject of game design. So definitely give this a listen and definitely consider dropping some money in their patreon.

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Getting to the mockup portion of this pattern (from printing the pattern to grading and paper cutting and now at muslin cutting then sewing) has gone way faster because I actually kinda know what I'm doing. I genuinely might get this one done in a day? A long ass weekend day but still.

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Not even that. The Affordable Care Act? Nice words, sounds good, no idea what it is. Describe the thing and people fucking loved it.

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From my experience as a phone poller for ACA when it was new, explaining it really plainly (a way to get more affordable insurance, it fits better in your monthly budget) worked way better than literally anything else. You can hear people’s eyes glaze over if you talk about American healthcare.

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Am I really out here scrolling through Mood's deadstock sale like I don't have 3 ongoing projects that need to be finished by Saturday morning with none of them completely finished? Absolutely, I love me a sale.

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Pants muslin finished. I DID accidentally sew a whole pocket panel backward but I figured out the back fitting properly (it was butt darts... FUCKING DARTS FOR MY ASS) and they're actually looking sort of flattering. Time to take notes, adjust my pattern, and start cutting the shirt pattern out.

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I said in the alt text that Soda has no brain cells, only eat. He just tried to fit his whole mouth on Candy and whined when he failed. She’s still staring at him as he meows sadly at the kitchen.

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What a perfect encapsulation of these two.

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Banana Chan's avatar Banana Chan @bananachangames.bsky.social
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16 days away from launch for the second printing of Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall 🥡🥟🥢 if you’re interested in a TTRPG about a Chinese American family running a restaurant in the 1920s with hopping vampires creating chaos, give us a follow!

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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This is a short but poignant thread about why your game (and any other media) needs to have something at its heart. A point. A message. A reason. Whatever. Otherwise you’re just adorning a hollow frame of a mannequin with aesthetic trappings like the quoted game.

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It’s been months now and Candy is still trying to catch the Litter Robot in The Act and force it to divulge The Secrets of Its Operations.

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I once left potatoes in the cabinet too long and they started turning the wood and each other into soil. Potatoes must be eaten, for the sake of us all.

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But I'm putting a quiet "happy for you and your success" into the world here and calling it a day for now. I'm just happy the effort was put into finding Latine and South American VAs instead of getting white people to put on an accent.

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I'm still playing through Dawntrail (and really enjoying it!) but I've gotten MASSIVELY sidetracked because I think one opf the VAs for a character I really enjoy also auditioned for a role in SSKtJL and, like... I can't confirm it at all. I just... I gotta know...

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Reading Siege while playing Dawntrail considering some of the featured characters’ motivations surely is a time.

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Look, I got feelings about bugs but this bugge is alright. And a great writer so check out some of these. I’m currently reading The Siege of Burning Grass. I’ve rarely read books this fast in my adult life.

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Had a nice day yesterday with friends. Have a half day of work today and my one little task. Then I MUST COMPLETE MY OUTFIT FOR THE WEDDING THIS WEEK, FUCKING CHRIST. I HAVEN’T EVEN ASSEMBLED THE NEW PATTERNS YET. HELP.

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Take 2: this time, they actually moved!

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In a game of cancel chicken with the Uber driver who accepted a ride they don’t want to take anymore… How does this so consistently happen to me?

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Make it writing and, like, yeah…

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Did I ever say I survived the river house and its ghosts/spiders? I did. I'm editing photos, which thankfully hold no surprises for me (aside from my normal inability to focus quite right).

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1) Kevin Conroy was a gift to the world that we absolutely did not deserve. 2) So was Dwayne McDuffie. 3) DC could absolutely take that "Rogers: The Musical" energy and make something for real and not hideous out of it if they wanted to.

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Orion D Black TTV's avatar Orion D Black TTV @oriondblack.bsky.social
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Calling on whoever can help. A friend started a GFM for someone extremely important to me who is trying to escape an abusive household/partner. Please donate or spread the word. "Cassie" is a queer and disabled PoC who has been taken advantage of and needs our help, DESPERATELY.

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Catt Small's avatar Catt Small @catt.design
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Are you a designer with too many meetings and not enough #design time? I made free tools to help you wrangle your calendar, create more focus time, and better estimate your work. 🗓️✨

Time management is key. It's how Staff+ designers do high-impact work in the same hours as a mid-level designer.

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Ann LeBlanc's avatar Ann LeBlanc @robotleblanc.bsky.social
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If you want to hold this gorgeous art by @lyssmenold.bsky.social in your hands, pre-orders are now open for EMBODIED EXEGESIS!

This anthology includes:
- incredibly weird cyber bodies
- weaponized cringe posting
- a transgender coffee maker
- literary explorations of trans motherhood
- & more!

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