Michael
@michaelklamerus.bsky.social
Makes tiny games. Currently in grad school to be a librarian. Helps organize local game dev stuff near Detroit. they/them
https://michael-klamerus.itch.io/
https://virtualmoose.org/
https://michael-klamerus.itch.io/
https://virtualmoose.org/
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Michael
@michaelklamerus.bsky.social
· Dec 30
The mini games anthology that I helped organize for the Ann Arbor District Library for the city's bicentennial is out. Featuring a puzzle game by @flyovergames.bsky.social, game boy game by @itsmelilyv.bsky.social, and point-and-click adventure by me
aadl.org/drchasegames
aadl.org/drchasegames
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yall should pre-order this issue because 1) I have two poems in it and 2) COVER!!! 🔥🖤✨
We are thrilled to reveal the cover art for Issue 37 Winter 2025 of Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine.
Official release date is Dec 1st, 2025
You can read samples and pre-order copies on our website
www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/winte...
#poetry #fiction #nonfiction #art #drama #bookreviews
Official release date is Dec 1st, 2025
You can read samples and pre-order copies on our website
www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/winte...
#poetry #fiction #nonfiction #art #drama #bookreviews
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
yall should pre-order this issue because 1) I have two poems in it and 2) COVER!!! 🔥🖤✨
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I guess some Core Design development stuff leaked and this screenshot from an Indiana Jones prototype for PSP is absolutely delightful
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I guess some Core Design development stuff leaked and this screenshot from an Indiana Jones prototype for PSP is absolutely delightful
I think the return of mid-budget sci-fi shows with 22 episodes and filmed around Vancouver would heal this planet
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I think the return of mid-budget sci-fi shows with 22 episodes and filmed around Vancouver would heal this planet
Btw none of this bullshit is happening in the timeline where Forever Knight and Baywatch Nights have a crossover episode and society becomes a utopia afterwards
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Btw none of this bullshit is happening in the timeline where Forever Knight and Baywatch Nights have a crossover episode and society becomes a utopia afterwards
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Indie Game Roundup (November 26, 2025)
virtualmoose.org/2025/11/26/i...
virtualmoose.org/2025/11/26/i...
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Indie Game Roundup (November 26, 2025)
virtualmoose.org/2025/11/26/i...
virtualmoose.org/2025/11/26/i...
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Yesterday I accidentally sat on a banana. Today I am on 103.3 fm WPRB from 5-8 pm ET. Life is a roller coaster!
listen.wprb.com
listen.wprb.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Yesterday I accidentally sat on a banana. Today I am on 103.3 fm WPRB from 5-8 pm ET. Life is a roller coaster!
listen.wprb.com
listen.wprb.com
Biblically accurate Patrick Ewing
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Biblically accurate Patrick Ewing
Indie Game Roundup (November 26, 2025)
virtualmoose.org/2025/11/26/i...
virtualmoose.org/2025/11/26/i...
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Indie Game Roundup (November 26, 2025)
virtualmoose.org/2025/11/26/i...
virtualmoose.org/2025/11/26/i...
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Pleased to reveal that Phoenix Springs was this month's game at Slow Game Club – a great charity raising funds for @intogames.bsky.social
Q&A on their podcast/stream tonight if anyone's interested.
More info: www.slowgame.club
Q&A on their podcast/stream tonight if anyone's interested.
More info: www.slowgame.club
Slow Game Club - the book club...but for videogames.
A monthly subscription game club of indie hits, raising money for Into Games - the social mobility charity for the UK videogames industry.
www.slowgame.club
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Pleased to reveal that Phoenix Springs was this month's game at Slow Game Club – a great charity raising funds for @intogames.bsky.social
Q&A on their podcast/stream tonight if anyone's interested.
More info: www.slowgame.club
Q&A on their podcast/stream tonight if anyone's interested.
More info: www.slowgame.club
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I've been left out of credits of a game (Civ3) I was the lead designer for the first ~6 months, yet core ideas that Doug Kaufman and I had prototyped (eg resource site rules) were prominently featured in the final game. I'm well known so I survived, but stolen crediting is a real industry problem.
My controversial take is that if you didn't get credited on a game you have proof you've worked on, just list it on your CV.
I do with one. Never had any issues.
Not being credited still sucks but you don't need to be polite when they're not.
I do with one. Never had any issues.
Not being credited still sucks but you don't need to be polite when they're not.
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I've been left out of credits of a game (Civ3) I was the lead designer for the first ~6 months, yet core ideas that Doug Kaufman and I had prototyped (eg resource site rules) were prominently featured in the final game. I'm well known so I survived, but stolen crediting is a real industry problem.
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Hey, you
The Micro Fiction Games Jam is running right now. Can you make a game that is just 280 characters long? I bet you can. Give it a go.
microfictiongames.neocities.org
Tell your friends.
#MFGJ25
The Micro Fiction Games Jam is running right now. Can you make a game that is just 280 characters long? I bet you can. Give it a go.
microfictiongames.neocities.org
Tell your friends.
#MFGJ25
Micro Fiction Games
microfictiongames.neocities.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Hey, you
The Micro Fiction Games Jam is running right now. Can you make a game that is just 280 characters long? I bet you can. Give it a go.
microfictiongames.neocities.org
Tell your friends.
#MFGJ25
The Micro Fiction Games Jam is running right now. Can you make a game that is just 280 characters long? I bet you can. Give it a go.
microfictiongames.neocities.org
Tell your friends.
#MFGJ25
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"Gaming Like It's 1930" is coming this January: itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Gaming Like It's 1930
A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-02-01 hosted by Randy Lubin & Copia Gaming. A new year means new material entering the public domain! Starting January 1st 2026, works from 1930 are free to use and ...
itch.io
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"Gaming Like It's 1930" is coming this January: itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
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Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
Made cranberry sauce ahead of thanksgiving day and it was ridiculously easy. I'm just going to do this in the future
www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab...
www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab...
The World's Easiest Thanksgiving Cranberry Sauce Recipe
We're saying it: this is officially The World's Easiest Cranberry Sauce, and is also incredibly simple to tweak for your own tastes and preferences.
www.seriouseats.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Made cranberry sauce ahead of thanksgiving day and it was ridiculously easy. I'm just going to do this in the future
www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab...
www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab...
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On latest episode of Quest Quest: The Adventure Game Podcast, @bvigeant.bsky.social and I are talking about Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset, my Space Quest fansite (currently celebrating its 30th year online)! We both miss the old internet. 😢
Give it a listen! zencastr.com/z/wFYVPm37
Give it a listen! zencastr.com/z/wFYVPm37
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
On latest episode of Quest Quest: The Adventure Game Podcast, @bvigeant.bsky.social and I are talking about Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset, my Space Quest fansite (currently celebrating its 30th year online)! We both miss the old internet. 😢
Give it a listen! zencastr.com/z/wFYVPm37
Give it a listen! zencastr.com/z/wFYVPm37
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i played for judging this and liked it. super sad for Santa Ragione, and the general state of game censorship. re: Steam in particular, a landscape where everyone has to depend on a totally unaccountable monopoly to survive is not one that benefits artists in any way.
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
i played for judging this and liked it. super sad for Santa Ragione, and the general state of game censorship. re: Steam in particular, a landscape where everyone has to depend on a totally unaccountable monopoly to survive is not one that benefits artists in any way.
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The fact that itch posted this and not even an hour later I got a bunch of new sales proves how big it is when other people talk about your games.
It can literally be a life changing events.
When John Harper made a nice quote tweet about Breathless, hundreds of people looked at the game.
Wild
It can literally be a life changing events.
When John Harper made a nice quote tweet about Breathless, hundreds of people looked at the game.
Wild
Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes.
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The fact that itch posted this and not even an hour later I got a bunch of new sales proves how big it is when other people talk about your games.
It can literally be a life changing events.
When John Harper made a nice quote tweet about Breathless, hundreds of people looked at the game.
Wild
It can literally be a life changing events.
When John Harper made a nice quote tweet about Breathless, hundreds of people looked at the game.
Wild
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Well, well, well, imagine this:
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Well, well, well, imagine this:
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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The last of the Mint Mile pre-orders have shipped!
Hope you'll join us at the "andwhichstray" listening party tonight on Bandcamp at 9:00 pm ET.
mintmile.bandcamp.com/merch/mint-m...
Hope you'll join us at the "andwhichstray" listening party tonight on Bandcamp at 9:00 pm ET.
mintmile.bandcamp.com/merch/mint-m...
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The last of the Mint Mile pre-orders have shipped!
Hope you'll join us at the "andwhichstray" listening party tonight on Bandcamp at 9:00 pm ET.
mintmile.bandcamp.com/merch/mint-m...
Hope you'll join us at the "andwhichstray" listening party tonight on Bandcamp at 9:00 pm ET.
mintmile.bandcamp.com/merch/mint-m...
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VOID_SHIFT PHYSICAL IS OUT and BLACK FRIDAY(ish) SALE IS ON
shop.binarystar.games
Read on for more detail!
shop.binarystar.games
Read on for more detail!
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
VOID_SHIFT PHYSICAL IS OUT and BLACK FRIDAY(ish) SALE IS ON
shop.binarystar.games
Read on for more detail!
shop.binarystar.games
Read on for more detail!
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WHY BE STINGY WITH IT! Amazing, 10/10, everybody take notes.
Credits are basically a free space. Players will watch them or not. Those who do will come to understand how each person participated. We also credit everyone who ever touched the game in any way. This means for a relatively small team our credits are long. But who cares? Why be stingy with it?
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
WHY BE STINGY WITH IT! Amazing, 10/10, everybody take notes.
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Reminder: There’s no such thing as “a substack” and definitely no such thing as _your_ substack. www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
November 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reminder: There’s no such thing as “a substack” and definitely no such thing as _your_ substack. www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
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men want one thing and it’s fmv of Herbie Hancock in the 1997 computer game The Virtual Nightclub
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
men want one thing and it’s fmv of Herbie Hancock in the 1997 computer game The Virtual Nightclub