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JemstoneGames
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Irish Indie Game Designer

Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/jemstonegames
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jemstonegames.bsky.social
Don't miss out! Get your hands on a copy of the city building game that took Gaelcon by storm! 28 games and 29 players over the course of 4 days at a convention filled to the brim with boardgame choices.

Back now at:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jem...

#kickstarter #indiedev #gaelcon #citybuilder
City Skylines
The Playing Card Based City Building Game
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
jemstonegames.bsky.social
The Kickstarter is officially live! Head on over and back it now! The sooner we fund, the more likely stretch goals are to be reached! The first pledges are already in!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jem...

#kickstarter #indiegames #irishgames #indiedev #jemstonegames #cardgames #cityskylines
City Skylines
The Playing Card Based City Building Game
www.kickstarter.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
jemstonegames.bsky.social
The City Skylines Kickstarter is launching on Oct 1st! Spread the word!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jemstonegames/city-skylines

#indiegames #screenshotsaturdays #indiedev #kickstarter #kickstarterlaunch #irishgames #cardgames #noAI
Coming soon: City Skylines
The Playing Card Based City Building Game
www.kickstarter.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
jemstonegames.bsky.social
Hey folks, just a quick post to tell those who mightn't already know, that I have a TikTok account which you can follow to see some more casually formatted and frequent updates about me and my creations.

Check it out via this link: www.tiktok.com/@jemstonegames

#indiedev #gamedesign #tiktok
jem's Creator Profile
www.tiktok.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
jemstonegames.bsky.social
I'm taking part in the SideQuest Podcast tomorrow at 15:00(GMT+1):
sidequests.buzzsprout.com/2242118/about

I'll be talking about City Skylines and what it's like to be an indie dev in the tabletop gaming space. Come and check it out!

#podcast #indiedev #indiegames #irishgames
SideQuests!
Welcome to SideQuests, your high octane distraction from those other podcasts. We're a pen and paper RPG audio show featuring chatter about rules and how to master them, epic worldbuilding, player inv...
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September 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
jemstonegames.bsky.social
Trovve has gotten a major upgrade as a platform. You can now follow along with City Skylines on the platform with polls, videos, multiple images per post and check out the game gallery on the site!

Join via this link:
trovve.co?ref=Jemstone...

#indiedev #indiegame #gamedesign
Trovve - Community Platform for Indie Tabletop Game Designers
Connect, share, and grow with fellow tabletop game designers
trovve.co
September 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
jemstonegames.bsky.social
We're going to Gaelcon 2025. Come along and join us for some City Skylines at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dublin. The event runs from the 24th-27th October.

Tickets: iga.ie/gaelcon/
Game Sign-ups: warhorn.net/events/gaelc...
Gaelcon 37 – Gaelcon Irish Games Association
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August 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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trezy.codes
If you're looking for a role in the #GameDev industry, check out the Game Jobs & Careers feed!

It surfaces content for open roles and individuals looking for roles! Check out the feed description for info on getting your posts into the feed. 😉
February 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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jeremiahtolbert.com
The people who make your games are real people who often labor under difficult circumstances to do what they do. Thank a game developer or publisher today for the joy they've given you. Thanks for doing what you do, Alan!
August 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
jemstonegames.bsky.social
Come check out Trovve, a place where indie tabletop game devs have gathered to talk with one another about their craft!

I'm on there and have found great success with getting people to engage with my game City Skylines on the site.

trovve.co?ref=Jemstone...

#indiedev #gamedev
Trovve - Community Platform for Indie Tabletop Game Designers
Connect, share, and grow with fellow tabletop game designers
trovve.co
August 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
jemstonegames.bsky.social
City Skylines, a playing card based city builder I made is on Kickstarter! Come and check it out!

Link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jem...

Kickstarter Preview: vm.tiktok.com/ZNHsor1TBMHx...

Picture of the end of a game of City Skylines
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
Finished board state of a game of City Skylines, with playing cards arranged to look like skyscrapers in city skylines. Each player that sits around the table has an example of a skyline constructed in this manner.
August 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
jemstonegames.bsky.social
Kickstarter Pre-Launch Announcement:
That's right, it's real, it's happening and it's your time to shine! Head on over to the Kickstarter's Pre-Launch Page(www.kickstarter.com/projects/jem...) and hit "Notify Me On Launch".
Coming soon: City Skylines
The Playing Card Based City Building Game
www.kickstarter.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social
A bunch of reviews for Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy. It helps us immensely if you leave a 5-star review for Eureka by going to the top-right of the store page, and it would really help us out! Just note that this is one of the rating systems where anything below a 5-star counts as negative.
incredible depth, great work Damn flexible system that allows you to make some of the most off the wall noir detectives you've every thought of. If I weren't swamped with other projects I'd be seeking out a group to play it with right now. hmmmm..... good game. mama like. nom nom nom. I really enjoyed reading through it! Can't wait to get it to the table.
August 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
jemstonegames.bsky.social
Come on over to my ko-fi page to check out the latest art updates and get a sneak peek behind the curtain as to how aspects of how my card-based city building game City Skylines is being developed!

My Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/jemstonegames

#GameDesign #CitySkylines #KofiExclusiveChallenge
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August 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Got my first in person impromptu pre-order for City Skylines! Was a little surreal to tell you the truth, but sometimes these things just happen. Here's hoping that such fortune continues into the future :)
Cover art for the City Skylines rulebook. Features cracked and shattered stained glass shards that each reflect different aspects of a modern city. Average playtime is specified to be 30 minutes for games of 2-5 players.
July 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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July 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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valentinindie.bsky.social
Thoughts? #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #marketing
July 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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igda.org
Apply now for the Floodlight Gaming: Investigative Journalism Game Jam! Create a game based on high-stakes investigations into organized crime + corruption.

🎮 Open globally, to all 18+ devs
💰 $5K + industry mentorship
🗓️ Apply by July 31

🔗 https://www.floodlightproject.org/floodlight-gaming/
July 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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exeunt.press
Your periodic reminder that I make a really cool print-only quarterly game design zine. It's available via subscription. Four issues. No pesky auto-renew. Start any time!
exeunt.press Exeunt Press 💀 🔜 PAXU @exeunt.press · Jun 16
TUMULUS 03. KICK OPEN THE DOOR has shipped! This issue includes contribs from @jesseross.com (Trophy RPG) and @hinokodo.com (MIRU), along with other original content. Dungeon crawls, locks, keys, depth crawls, and a bug hunt.

New subscriptions will get this issue: tumulus.exeunt.press
TUMULUS 03 Kick open the door mockup. My nails are nowhere that nice.
July 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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screenireland.bsky.social
👏 A massive congratulations to the eight teams selected for IndieDev 2025!

Each team will receive €15,000/£15,000 in funding & take part in a 12-week structured training programme designed to further develop their game prototypes.

Read more ➡️ www.screenireland.ie/news/indiede...
July 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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stopkillinggames.bsky.social
1 million to 1.4 million in 17 days! Incredible! Push for 1.5-1.6 million to have politicians pay more attention to us and build our buffer!: eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public

Come on gamers, gamer allies and relatives of gamers! Let's fight against "own nothing and be happy" and #StopKillingGames !
Top text reading: "The European Citizens' Initiative is OPEN!" A speedometer showing progress on the Stop Killing Games Initiative, with the dial showing 1.401503 million signatures, a filled blue bar for the 1 million signature threshold, and 4 filled smaller yellow bars representing 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 million signatures passed. A button below reads "Sign the EU Petition"
July 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
jemstonegames.bsky.social
The City Skylines Playtest went well! Got some great feedback and have added in some more graphical elements to break up the rules text and to clarify a couple of common misinterpretations.

If you also want to help proofread via playtest, then follow this link: trovve.co?ref=Jemstone...
Trovve - Community Platform for Indie Tabletop Game Designers
Connect, share, and grow with fellow tabletop game designers
trovve.co
July 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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owenstge.bsky.social
It's #portfolioday!
I'm a freelance Graphic Designer working in the #tabletop gaming space. I've got 20 years experience heavily specializing in print of all kinds. I'm currently open for new projects and I'd love to hear about yours!
A promo image of the CAPERS ttrpg featuring mockups of the core rule book both opened and closed as well as a character sheet and a custom deck of cards. A mockup of multiple open copies of the Omega Horizon core rule book open to 3 different spreads. The first features a reptilian alien race know as the Dachians. The left page contains a full page illustration of one of these characters with an overlay containing some basic information. The facing pafe contains more details about this race. The second book is open to the Chapter 7 intro spread. It features a full-spread, colorful, and chaotic illustration of some kind of sci-fi motorcycle race with a vehicle crashing and exploding in the background. There is a small overlay on the bottom of the right page that contains the beginning paragraph of the intro fiction for this chapter. The final book is open to one of the planet spreads. It features a full page illustration of space with a green and ochre colored planet centered on the left page. There is an overlay with more details about this planet but it is obscured by the first book which sits on top of this one. The right page contains further info about the planet. Mockup of of the cover and an interior spread of of Shadow Over SoL 2nd edition Quickstart Guide. The cover features illustration of an astronaut waving from inside a dark corridor to other's approaching from a ship across a barren landscape with no atmosphere. The interior features a spread from the section entitled "Memories" containing information about the setting and a dark, gritty illustration of a closed bulkhead door. The pages are bordered with a texture that looks like sci-fi paneling with wires and displays showing the page numbers and the section title The book mockups sit on a blood splattered metal surface with a bloody wrench and astronauts arm for horror ambience. A spread from Entromancy: Definitive Edition featuring a photo-collage illustration on the left page of a robotic hand, and dimensional geometric shapes super imposed over an image of a shadowy figure with glowing eyes. The right page features a double column informational text layout describing the class known as "The Bionic"
July 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
jemstonegames.bsky.social
Hey folks! City Skylines is ready and raring to go, but I'm going to be running some final public play throughs for the rulebook itself. The idea is to use these as both a way of getting reviews and making sure that the rulebook is written as clearly as possible.

Join in: trovve.co/playtests/cm...
Trovve - Community Platform for Indie Tabletop Game Designers
Connect, share, and grow with fellow tabletop game designers
trovve.co
July 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
jemstonegames.bsky.social
Here's some of the custom card art for City Skylines. Let me know what you think.

If you want to stay up to date on all things JemstoneGames, consider checking out the discord and the ko-fi!

Discord: discord.gg/vF8Mcwz8WB
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/jemstonegames
Brickwork themed playing cards splayed to reveal the ten of hearts, four of hearts and the ace of hearts. The Jemstone Games logo of a coiled dragon wraps around the heart symbol on the ace card. three splayed playing cards show the clubs suit, wood themed and green tinged. The eight, the two and the ace are shown. The Jemstone Games logo of a coiled dragon wraps around the clubs symbol on the ace card.
July 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM