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Austin Auclair

@patientrock.bsky.social

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Quest and narrative designer. Location-based game expert and geocacher. I have too many hobbies. He/him. www.PatientRock.com

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Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · Nov 11

A hungry crab saves the Chesapeake Bay!

My new video game, Crab Crawl, is now on sale.

🦀 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3254550/...

🦀 Itch: patientrock.itch.io/crab-crawl

Scuttle along and buy a copy!

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Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 1d

Implementing the possible actions for the vomit object will surely take you places.

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Tabitha (misinformation hater) @tabithawrites.itch.io · 2d

ignore that the preview says september 27! this weekly roundup is fresh and topical

IF Weekly Roundup, Sept 27 2025

This week's IF news

tabitha-if.neocities.org

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Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 2d

Murderworld is now available!

A text adventure where you play as the 1989 lineup of the X-Men as they fight to win back their weekend. It's got several playable characters over the course of multiple hours-worth of grand adventure and superhero drama.

patientrock.itch.io/murderworld 🦹🏼‍♀️

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Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 3d

Your prompt made me think of a coworker at the Parks & Rec Dept where I work whose job is to scout trails. We just acquired a huge tract of land and he’s out wandering, looking for interesting features for which to wind a trail around. Placing collectibles, if you will.

Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 4d

It’s become so pervasive in slang that it’s filtered down to my kid and his friends, none of whom have TikTok. They start every other sentence with “POV!”

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 4d

staring blankly at this wild fucking eula for a steam demo

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Aevee Bee @mammonmachine.bsky.social · 4d

Who is going to save the life of every narrative designer on earth and create a CSV word processor so no one has to write a script in google sheets ever again?

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Dan Cox @videlais.bsky.social · 5d

I've added a post on IntFiction asking for feedback on Snowman 2.1.0 and Snowman 1.5.0.

intfiction.org/t/snowman-up...

If you are currently using Snowman for a project, please let me know if my code breaks anything. I've added many more tests, but it could still break things.

Snowman Updates (October 2025): Snowman 2.1.0 and Snowman 1.5.0

After a very long delay, I have finally updated both Snowman 1.X and Snowman 2.X branches with new builds. While there are no API changes in Snowman 1.5.0, the build process has been updated and autom...

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Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 5d

The show Millennium never made it to the millennium.

John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 6d

What meaningless thing/experience are you still mad about? Like it should not matter at all, DOES not matter at all. But you’re still MAD.

And how long has it been?

I bought some bagels at Hy-Vee four years ago. So bad. Too big. Hard. Bland. WORTHLESS.

I’m still FURIOUS.

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IGDA DC @igdadc.bsky.social · 6d

Next week is huge for us! District Arcade plus October's game dev meetup:

mailchi.mp/dfeedc43d2db...

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Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 6d

Was in Miami last weekend and felt at home as I drove around because the D.C. area drivers are just as bad.

Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 7d

@theotterknitter.bsky.social @apollosdad.bsky.social Just sayin’ posts.rat.pictures/@hannah/1153...

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Attached: 4 images Someone just donated the most unhinged 80s pattern book i’ve ever seen to my store

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The Interactive Fiction Competition @ifcomp.org · 10d

It's the weekend! It's also the FINAL WEEKEND before IFComp 2025 wraps! Remember to get those final votes in. Also, if you are in a position to do so and have not yet contributed to this year's Colossal Fund, we're just a bit short of our stretch goal. Thank you! Have fun!

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Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 10d

We don’t get a lot of new location based games these days so I gotta play them when one comes up, but this one has dialogue like this and I’m not happy.

The image is a screenshot from the game which features one of the cartoon monsters you capture. Its name is Peeplisk and its dialogue bubble reads, “*splash splash* Hewp! I keep fawwing into the watew! I *glub* can’t swim!”. Sigh.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 11d

I mean this sincerely: If the presence of the National Guard at Union Station is supposed to make it feel safer, they could patrol the dark parking lot at 10:30 at night instead of hanging out in front of the closed Starbucks or whatever.

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Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 10d

He’s done an excellent job! Plus he gets to see how much work goes into each post. Not easy!

Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 11d

Holyyyyyyyyy

The Onion @theonion.com · 11d

Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/

Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 11d

My 11-year-old has started reading LotR and I asked where he was.

“I don’t know, dad, there’s this guy who sings a lot, he lives in the woods with his wife…”

“Oh, buddy.”

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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 12d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 13d

@danryckert.com Now that you’re in your Walden era you should check out the game. It’s not great, but I mainly just love that it exists: store.steampowered.com/app/1011700/...

Walden, a game on Steam

Take on Henry David Thoreau’s classic adventure in living simply in nature as you explore this epic open world game based on the story of Thoreau’s life in the woods alone at Walden Pond.

store.steampowered.com

Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 13d

Hugs all around.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15d

😭

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Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 15d

I had been saving two new short stories by two of my favorite authors, @marthawells.com and @playwrightsteve.bsky.social, for an emergency (arriving at the airport too early), and I’m glad I did.

🤖 reactormag.com/rapport-mart...

🕵️‍♀️ www.stephenspotswood.com/pentecost-an...

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Austin Auclair @patientrock.bsky.social · 15d

Hyacinth Bucket was a titan in our house growing up. RIP, Patricia Routledge. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Patricia Routledge: Keeping Up Appearances star dies at 96

She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played the BBC's amateur sleuth Hetty Wainthropp.

www.bbc.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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