Shard (DEADBEAT out on Steam!)
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Joseph Hartman (he/they) - Writer of upcoming fantasy novel Dragon Descent, and developer of soulslike RPG Deadbeat!
https://linktr.ee/jahartman
https://linktr.ee/jahartman
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Welcome to the sea of noise.
Welcome to the Hereafter.
DEADBEAT, the AFTERLIFE SOULSLIKE, is OUT, RIGHT NOW!!!
GET IT ON STEAM: store.steampowered.com/app/2067430/...
#gamedev
#indiegames
#indiegamedev
Welcome to the Hereafter.
DEADBEAT, the AFTERLIFE SOULSLIKE, is OUT, RIGHT NOW!!!
GET IT ON STEAM: store.steampowered.com/app/2067430/...
#gamedev
#indiegames
#indiegamedev
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I have always said it, I will continue to say it, we are limiting the productive potential of millions of freaks by demanding they earn a wage to survive instead of enabling them to do whatever thing their brain is broken for
December 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I have always said it, I will continue to say it, we are limiting the productive potential of millions of freaks by demanding they earn a wage to survive instead of enabling them to do whatever thing their brain is broken for
Y'know, I'm not too beaten up that my debut indie game didn't sell pretty much at all :y I kinda expected that, given that the aesthetic isn't great and I had no budget to market with, to say nothing of other flaws.
But I do wish that I found at least a few people talking about it in the wild.
But I do wish that I found at least a few people talking about it in the wild.
December 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Y'know, I'm not too beaten up that my debut indie game didn't sell pretty much at all :y I kinda expected that, given that the aesthetic isn't great and I had no budget to market with, to say nothing of other flaws.
But I do wish that I found at least a few people talking about it in the wild.
But I do wish that I found at least a few people talking about it in the wild.
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This is the only kind of Catholicism that's ever existed. Source: grew up Catholic
Hey guys I've invented a new type of Catholicism where *I* tell *the Pope* what to do.
December 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is the only kind of Catholicism that's ever existed. Source: grew up Catholic
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Conservatives need to be treated like they complain about being treated and they should feel lucky that society isn't treating them even worse.
The lack of empirical evidence in the “anti-conservative bias in higher education” panic is really striking.
We’ve had more than a decade of elite consternation about this so-called crisis based on a handful of anecdotes.
We’ve had more than a decade of elite consternation about this so-called crisis based on a handful of anecdotes.
Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
December 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Conservatives need to be treated like they complain about being treated and they should feel lucky that society isn't treating them even worse.
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real and true
October 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
real and true
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Lusi can see ghosts. And that’s only the beginning of her problems. In this queer MG fantasy novel, she joins her sister, a ghost girl and some dragons on an adventure halfway across the world to learn about her unusual magic. my nebula-winner is 50% off! 🌈📚
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
December 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Lusi can see ghosts. And that’s only the beginning of her problems. In this queer MG fantasy novel, she joins her sister, a ghost girl and some dragons on an adventure halfway across the world to learn about her unusual magic. my nebula-winner is 50% off! 🌈📚
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
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I've had people ask me before about how you go about covering or awarding things that have an uncomfortable ethical component. My advice is always, all that matters is that you're consistent. Define the line and stick to it. Props to IGA for deciding what the line is for them and making a hard call.
The IGAs Nomination Committee is officially retracting Debut Game and Game of the Year, awarding both categories to new recipients. Additionally, we are retracting one of the Indie Vanguard recipients.
Full details can be found in our FAQ under Game Eligibility: www.indiegameawards.gg/faq
Full details can be found in our FAQ under Game Eligibility: www.indiegameawards.gg/faq
December 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I've had people ask me before about how you go about covering or awarding things that have an uncomfortable ethical component. My advice is always, all that matters is that you're consistent. Define the line and stick to it. Props to IGA for deciding what the line is for them and making a hard call.
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i'm so very tired of hearing about AI. please play the demo for the game i'm helping out with and talk about that instead. for me
store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...
Blanksword on Steam
You’re a fallen Angel, your brain is missing and half of God’s country wants you dead (again!). Battle legions of weird monsters with your smiling sword. Find and customize a large number of skills. R...
store.steampowered.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
i'm so very tired of hearing about AI. please play the demo for the game i'm helping out with and talk about that instead. for me
store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
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I think the funniest thing to me is that the people who are working to create an Artificial General Intelligence is that it’s a bunch of libertarians who have never realised that what makes us smart as humans is community, society, empathy. The things they find an anathema.
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I think the funniest thing to me is that the people who are working to create an Artificial General Intelligence is that it’s a bunch of libertarians who have never realised that what makes us smart as humans is community, society, empathy. The things they find an anathema.
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🔥🐍 Messmer the Impaler 🐍🔥
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
🔥🐍 Messmer the Impaler 🐍🔥
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“We don’t have to be kind, anymore” is a sentiment that seems to be manifesting explicitly and implicitly all over the place. An alarming number of people seem to be relishing the opportunity.
December 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“We don’t have to be kind, anymore” is a sentiment that seems to be manifesting explicitly and implicitly all over the place. An alarming number of people seem to be relishing the opportunity.
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Even if we completely cracked biology, and you could change your entire genome with an injection on a whim, or print and splice on arbitrary organs and tissue, these fucks would still be equivocating to justify their essentialism, because it's an axiom of their worldview, not an empirical conclusion
You *can* change your sex. That is the entire reason that transition care is being demonised, vilified, erased, and outlawed. Because this fact makes cis people uncomfortable.
Deal with your own discomfort without denying biological reality.
Deal with your own discomfort without denying biological reality.
spare us from the cis allies who are always like "nobody saying that you can change your sex" and "we're talking about gender not sex, they're very different." stop it.
December 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Even if we completely cracked biology, and you could change your entire genome with an injection on a whim, or print and splice on arbitrary organs and tissue, these fucks would still be equivocating to justify their essentialism, because it's an axiom of their worldview, not an empirical conclusion
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Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things.
There’s no third option.
There’s no third option.
In addition to this administration trying to kill kids, and they're also coming for our binders? OUR BINDERS.
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things.
There’s no third option.
There’s no third option.
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My debut soulslike is half-off for the #Steam Winter Sale!
Check it out if you like crazy afterlife lore and fast-paced isometric combat!
Check it out if you like crazy afterlife lore and fast-paced isometric combat!
Save 50% on Deadbeat on Steam
Make your voice heard in this isometric Action-RPG where quick thinking and patience guide the way to victory. In a hazy Hereafter that's not heaven or hell, fight bizarre demons, call your friends, a...
store.steampowered.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My debut soulslike is half-off for the #Steam Winter Sale!
Check it out if you like crazy afterlife lore and fast-paced isometric combat!
Check it out if you like crazy afterlife lore and fast-paced isometric combat!
My debut soulslike is half-off for the #Steam Winter Sale!
Check it out if you like crazy afterlife lore and fast-paced isometric combat!
Check it out if you like crazy afterlife lore and fast-paced isometric combat!
Save 50% on Deadbeat on Steam
Make your voice heard in this isometric Action-RPG where quick thinking and patience guide the way to victory. In a hazy Hereafter that's not heaven or hell, fight bizarre demons, call your friends, a...
store.steampowered.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My debut soulslike is half-off for the #Steam Winter Sale!
Check it out if you like crazy afterlife lore and fast-paced isometric combat!
Check it out if you like crazy afterlife lore and fast-paced isometric combat!
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Bring this energy with you int 2026 (yes this is a threat)
December 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Bring this energy with you int 2026 (yes this is a threat)
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Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.
December 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.
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Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:
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Listen.
The ban on trans kids’ healthcare is likely DOA in the senate. It probably isn’t going to become law.
That said? You should be furious with these evil motherfuckers.
We owe these terrorized kids a better world.
For their sake, don’t ever fucking let the GOP win “to send a message” again.
The ban on trans kids’ healthcare is likely DOA in the senate. It probably isn’t going to become law.
That said? You should be furious with these evil motherfuckers.
We owe these terrorized kids a better world.
For their sake, don’t ever fucking let the GOP win “to send a message” again.
December 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Listen.
The ban on trans kids’ healthcare is likely DOA in the senate. It probably isn’t going to become law.
That said? You should be furious with these evil motherfuckers.
We owe these terrorized kids a better world.
For their sake, don’t ever fucking let the GOP win “to send a message” again.
The ban on trans kids’ healthcare is likely DOA in the senate. It probably isn’t going to become law.
That said? You should be furious with these evil motherfuckers.
We owe these terrorized kids a better world.
For their sake, don’t ever fucking let the GOP win “to send a message” again.
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Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
December 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
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Besides the fact this isn’t true, I always feel the need to point out that the reason anyone could even think it is because the Nazis set research on sex back decades as part of the book burnings
says no one knew about transgenderism 50 years ago
December 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Besides the fact this isn’t true, I always feel the need to point out that the reason anyone could even think it is because the Nazis set research on sex back decades as part of the book burnings