Judy Black @ Deadline
@judyblackcloud.com
Author. Game designer. TTRPG lover. Mental health advocate. Young, scrappy and hungry. AroAce as hell. Writer of many things. Gamer/DM/TTRPG Creator. Cats, coffee & chaos. Étudier le français.
Open for work. Email: [email protected]
Open for work. Email: [email protected]
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Judy Black @ Deadline
@judyblackcloud.com
· Oct 21
Hi Bluesky! I’m Judy Black, #ttrpg designer/writer, nerd, cat fan, lover of puns, and enjoyer of both coffee and tea!
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this is not a drill I'm actually going live and I'm gonna play Fallout: NV for the first time as part of my homework for @dorkspawn.bsky.social !!!!
twitch.tv/superdillin
twitch.tv/superdillin
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
November 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
this is not a drill I'm actually going live and I'm gonna play Fallout: NV for the first time as part of my homework for @dorkspawn.bsky.social !!!!
twitch.tv/superdillin
twitch.tv/superdillin
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⭐⭐⭐TWO HOURS LEFT!!!!⭐⭐⭐
Don't miss out on the sale of the year! EVERYTHING in the Iron Circus shop is 💥50% OFF!💥
store.ironcircus.com
Don't miss out on the sale of the year! EVERYTHING in the Iron Circus shop is 💥50% OFF!💥
store.ironcircus.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
⭐⭐⭐TWO HOURS LEFT!!!!⭐⭐⭐
Don't miss out on the sale of the year! EVERYTHING in the Iron Circus shop is 💥50% OFF!💥
store.ironcircus.com
Don't miss out on the sale of the year! EVERYTHING in the Iron Circus shop is 💥50% OFF!💥
store.ironcircus.com
Hit 20,000 words on my novel draft whoooo
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Hit 20,000 words on my novel draft whoooo
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🚨 8 Hours Left For Creator Day 🚨
We’re waiving itchio's platform fee on all transactions across the site for 8 more hours! You still have time to check out your recommendations and pick up something new!
We’re waiving itchio's platform fee on all transactions across the site for 8 more hours! You still have time to check out your recommendations and pick up something new!
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
🚨 8 Hours Left For Creator Day 🚨
We’re waiving itchio's platform fee on all transactions across the site for 8 more hours! You still have time to check out your recommendations and pick up something new!
We’re waiving itchio's platform fee on all transactions across the site for 8 more hours! You still have time to check out your recommendations and pick up something new!
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Yes, indeed, I will be running the annual gift guide again this year!
Authors, artists, makers of all kinds, don't miss the chance to be featured on @scalzi.com blog The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide Starts Monday!
The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide Starts Monday!
Every year as the holiday season begins we’ve run a gift guide for the holidays, and over the years it’s been quite successful: Lots of people have found out about excellent books and crafts a…
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November 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Yes, indeed, I will be running the annual gift guide again this year!
Doing some writing sprints over on twitch. www.twitch.tv/judyblackcloud
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Doing some writing sprints over on twitch. www.twitch.tv/judyblackcloud
Throwing little cubes of frozen tofu into ramen is just the best
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Throwing little cubes of frozen tofu into ramen is just the best
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Let's get an indie ttrpg HYPE TRAIN going and recommend some cool games for people to buy/gift.
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Let's get an indie ttrpg HYPE TRAIN going and recommend some cool games for people to buy/gift.
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
Been able to do a lot of my Christmas shopping at thrift stores this year, whooo!
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Been able to do a lot of my Christmas shopping at thrift stores this year, whooo!
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Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!
The Atlanta one is awesome. I’ve gone by it several times
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Atlanta one is awesome. I’ve gone by it several times
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We know it, we hate it, but there’s a jam about the comment anyways!
Join the #BarelyATTRPG jam this December and make a game that would be considered “Not” and “Barely A TTRPG.” Inspired by @ladylike.itch.io and @jdragsky.bsky.social!
itch.io/jam/barely-a...
Join the #BarelyATTRPG jam this December and make a game that would be considered “Not” and “Barely A TTRPG.” Inspired by @ladylike.itch.io and @jdragsky.bsky.social!
itch.io/jam/barely-a...
"Barely a TTRPG" Jam - itch.io
A game jam from 2025-12-01 to 2026-01-01 hosted by Jellyfishlines & Ladylike [she/her]. THIS JAM IS FOR TTRPGS (PHYSICAL GAMES) ONLY. Anyone who is a TTRPG designer that makes more experimental, exper...
itch.io
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We know it, we hate it, but there’s a jam about the comment anyways!
Join the #BarelyATTRPG jam this December and make a game that would be considered “Not” and “Barely A TTRPG.” Inspired by @ladylike.itch.io and @jdragsky.bsky.social!
itch.io/jam/barely-a...
Join the #BarelyATTRPG jam this December and make a game that would be considered “Not” and “Barely A TTRPG.” Inspired by @ladylike.itch.io and @jdragsky.bsky.social!
itch.io/jam/barely-a...
I am physically at work but mentally I am in a bowl of gravy
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I am physically at work but mentally I am in a bowl of gravy
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Have you released a Solo TTRPG this year or will soon? Sign up for this good cause!
#SoloRPG #SoloTTRPG journaling game
#SoloRPG #SoloTTRPG journaling game
It's that time again!
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
Solo But Not Alone 5 Signup
If you have a singleplayer TTRPG you've never submitted to Solo But Not Alone before, this is the place!
Solo But Not Alone is a bundle of singleplayer TTRPGs of all kinds, sold for $10 to benefit m...
forms.gle
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Have you released a Solo TTRPG this year or will soon? Sign up for this good cause!
#SoloRPG #SoloTTRPG journaling game
#SoloRPG #SoloTTRPG journaling game
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If you are an Actual Play producer (or otherwise the copyright holder) and you are interested in uploading your show to the Internet Archive, please let me know and I can help you through the whole process!
If we get 50 shows to coordinate, we can make a collection :)
Message me here or email me!
If we get 50 shows to coordinate, we can make a collection :)
Message me here or email me!
I updated my guide to digital preservation of Actual Play to make it easier to navigate & added a little diagram to explain the relationship between backups, digital preservation & digital archives
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/digitalpres
Also, now it has a glitter cursor.
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/digitalpres
Also, now it has a glitter cursor.
Digital Preservation of Actual Play
All My Friends Are Stories is a project designed to help people tell collaborative stories through Table Top Roleplaying Games (TTRPG). There are so many ways to play TTRPGs: you can play them for the...
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
If you are an Actual Play producer (or otherwise the copyright holder) and you are interested in uploading your show to the Internet Archive, please let me know and I can help you through the whole process!
If we get 50 shows to coordinate, we can make a collection :)
Message me here or email me!
If we get 50 shows to coordinate, we can make a collection :)
Message me here or email me!
doing lil stream in hopes it will help me actually write www.twitch.tv/judyblackcloud
judyblackcloud - Twitch
Writing the night away~
www.twitch.tv
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
doing lil stream in hopes it will help me actually write www.twitch.tv/judyblackcloud
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
Alright, slightly better brain today so let's see about getting some stuff done. Today's work tunes www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDbF...
Pomodoro Timer 4x30min (3hr) | ADHD | Let's get focused! | Lofi + train ambience ♡ #pomodoro [no AI]
YouTube video by ADHD Pomodoro
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Alright, slightly better brain today so let's see about getting some stuff done. Today's work tunes www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDbF...
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Hey folks, I often do posts calling for indie developers to link me their games so I can signal boost them. Today I want to do something similar for all trans creatives.
If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜
If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Hey folks, I often do posts calling for indie developers to link me their games so I can signal boost them. Today I want to do something similar for all trans creatives.
If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜
If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜
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Some book recs for Trans Awareness Week and beyond. What are some of your favorite trans books and authors?
www.antoniaaquilante.com/blog/book-re...
#transawarenessweek #bookrecs
www.antoniaaquilante.com/blog/book-re...
#transawarenessweek #bookrecs
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Some book recs for Trans Awareness Week and beyond. What are some of your favorite trans books and authors?
www.antoniaaquilante.com/blog/book-re...
#transawarenessweek #bookrecs
www.antoniaaquilante.com/blog/book-re...
#transawarenessweek #bookrecs
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hi! are you someone who:
1) cares about close reading and has a background in literary studies
2) teaches 12th grade English OR freshman writing?
if so, will you get in touch with @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and me?
we want to talk! well, actually, we want to listen.
1) cares about close reading and has a background in literary studies
2) teaches 12th grade English OR freshman writing?
if so, will you get in touch with @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and me?
we want to talk! well, actually, we want to listen.
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
hi! are you someone who:
1) cares about close reading and has a background in literary studies
2) teaches 12th grade English OR freshman writing?
if so, will you get in touch with @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and me?
we want to talk! well, actually, we want to listen.
1) cares about close reading and has a background in literary studies
2) teaches 12th grade English OR freshman writing?
if so, will you get in touch with @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and me?
we want to talk! well, actually, we want to listen.
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One of the cruelest tricks society played on creative people was planting the idea that being proud of your work is somehow unseemly and egotistical.
You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!
You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
One of the cruelest tricks society played on creative people was planting the idea that being proud of your work is somehow unseemly and egotistical.
You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!
You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!
No cowriting stream tonight, having a little mental breakdown instead. As a treat. (I'm fine, just frazzled and need a night to be a potato)
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
No cowriting stream tonight, having a little mental breakdown instead. As a treat. (I'm fine, just frazzled and need a night to be a potato)
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do you know renpy? do you live in ontario? do you wanna help me with my game. pleas
Do you know Ren'Py? Would you like to help out on @truthscrapper.bsky.social? We're looking for a Ren'Py programmer based in Ontario, CA (remote) we can periodically contract for hourly paid work to solve problems and program certain items! More details here:
forms.gle/1DMXtpFkY6Pr...
#gamedev
forms.gle/1DMXtpFkY6Pr...
#gamedev
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
do you know renpy? do you live in ontario? do you wanna help me with my game. pleas
God I hate having to say no to things but I am really, really trying to not burn myself out again
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
God I hate having to say no to things but I am really, really trying to not burn myself out again