Austin Auclair
@patientrock.bsky.social
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
· Oct 18
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 🦹🏼♀️
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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May the odds be ever in your favor
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
May the odds be ever in your favor
A couple of these surprised me, but then I was reminded that we’ve been playing a few games that we want to get rid of, so they’ve gotten more frequency than the ones we actually like.
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A couple of these surprised me, but then I was reminded that we’ve been playing a few games that we want to get rid of, so they’ve gotten more frequency than the ones we actually like.
This incredible little interactive manual by ahmwma makes me want to try Decker even more: ahmwma.itch.io/phield-notes
Phinxel's Field Notes by ahmwma
A Little Guy's Guide to getting started in Decker.
ahmwma.itch.io
December 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This incredible little interactive manual by ahmwma makes me want to try Decker even more: ahmwma.itch.io/phield-notes
My top ten games of 2025 (unranked because I didn't feel like thinking too hard or editing the screenshot of my list in Playnite.)
December 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My top ten games of 2025 (unranked because I didn't feel like thinking too hard or editing the screenshot of my list in Playnite.)
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"humans are running out of good ideas" skill issue. do you know how many good ideas I have even now, piling in my brain, never to be funded. can you even understand that
December 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"humans are running out of good ideas" skill issue. do you know how many good ideas I have even now, piling in my brain, never to be funded. can you even understand that
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To sum up our year, @igda.org, how about our biggest District Arcade ever? 500+ attendees and 35 locally-made games. Game developers in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia: we host at least two in-person meetups every month. Come hang out!
December 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
To sum up our year, @igda.org, how about our biggest District Arcade ever? 500+ attendees and 35 locally-made games. Game developers in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia: we host at least two in-person meetups every month. Come hang out!
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
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December 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Epic pays for licensing fees for the games they give away for free as promotions. Which means even if YOU aren't paying for it, you're giving money to JK Rowling to harm transgender people AND elevating her stature by giving her franchise higher numbers.
NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.
NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.
Hogwarts Legacy is free on Epic Games Store. Mystery game is the next title buff.ly/HE94Ti2
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Epic pays for licensing fees for the games they give away for free as promotions. Which means even if YOU aren't paying for it, you're giving money to JK Rowling to harm transgender people AND elevating her stature by giving her franchise higher numbers.
NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.
NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.
Drawing loads of limbs.
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Drawing loads of limbs.
I could do so much with that gravel.
December 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I could do so much with that gravel.
Sometimes you play a game with no theme or coherent narrative and it's not a surprise when nothing in the game matters. (It was also verrrrrrry buggy.)
I played a new location-based game called Monster Walk: blog.patientrock.com/a-stumbling-...
I played a new location-based game called Monster Walk: blog.patientrock.com/a-stumbling-...
December 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Sometimes you play a game with no theme or coherent narrative and it's not a surprise when nothing in the game matters. (It was also verrrrrrry buggy.)
I played a new location-based game called Monster Walk: blog.patientrock.com/a-stumbling-...
I played a new location-based game called Monster Walk: blog.patientrock.com/a-stumbling-...
Google is desperate to force Gemini on me but a basic search in Gmail can’t find an email I sent last week.
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Google is desperate to force Gemini on me but a basic search in Gmail can’t find an email I sent last week.
Guaranteed to make you mutter “jesus” at least once per issue.
Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
Join The Onion
Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
membership.theonion.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Guaranteed to make you mutter “jesus” at least once per issue.
I’ve not sold a single copy of Crab Crawl on Itch (though I’ve put it into a couple charity bundles and gotten some nice notes from those), so here it is on special sale: patientrock.itch.io/crab-crawl
Crab Crawl by PatientRock
A hungry crab saves the bay.
patientrock.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I’ve not sold a single copy of Crab Crawl on Itch (though I’ve put it into a couple charity bundles and gotten some nice notes from those), so here it is on special sale: patientrock.itch.io/crab-crawl
So satisfying to trim the electric fungus in Ambrosia Sky in such a way that it kills the rest of the mycelium instantly. I’m not far in and the game’s got multiple little pleasing things like that.
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
So satisfying to trim the electric fungus in Ambrosia Sky in such a way that it kills the rest of the mycelium instantly. I’m not far in and the game’s got multiple little pleasing things like that.
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Introducing : Tinytron 📺
A TV Combi desk toy with a 1.69" display that plays videos from a microSD or a remote computer over WiFi.
Project costs under 30€ and can be built in less than an hour, 3D print included! ⚡
So... who are you going to gift one to? 🤗
Files & docs: t0mg.github.io/tinytron
A TV Combi desk toy with a 1.69" display that plays videos from a microSD or a remote computer over WiFi.
Project costs under 30€ and can be built in less than an hour, 3D print included! ⚡
So... who are you going to gift one to? 🤗
Files & docs: t0mg.github.io/tinytron
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Introducing : Tinytron 📺
A TV Combi desk toy with a 1.69" display that plays videos from a microSD or a remote computer over WiFi.
Project costs under 30€ and can be built in less than an hour, 3D print included! ⚡
So... who are you going to gift one to? 🤗
Files & docs: t0mg.github.io/tinytron
A TV Combi desk toy with a 1.69" display that plays videos from a microSD or a remote computer over WiFi.
Project costs under 30€ and can be built in less than an hour, 3D print included! ⚡
So... who are you going to gift one to? 🤗
Files & docs: t0mg.github.io/tinytron
Trying a hand-drawn approach with my next game. I'm incapable of drawing anything the same way twice so it's a whole process of scanning my doodle, rigging the body, printing out each frame of the animation to hand-color, and then scanning it all again.
We'll see if this idea survives development.
We'll see if this idea survives development.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Trying a hand-drawn approach with my next game. I'm incapable of drawing anything the same way twice so it's a whole process of scanning my doodle, rigging the body, printing out each frame of the animation to hand-color, and then scanning it all again.
We'll see if this idea survives development.
We'll see if this idea survives development.
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IF Weekly Roundup, 22 November 2025
This week's IF news
tabitha-if.neocities.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Hey, immersive, larp, ARG, theater and game folks: I'm working on Immersipedia and I'm linking out to other design/knowledge wikis like the Puzzle Hunt wiki, Nordic Larp wiki and Game Detectives, plus the whole WikiBruce archive. Are there any others I should be including?
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Hey, immersive, larp, ARG, theater and game folks: I'm working on Immersipedia and I'm linking out to other design/knowledge wikis like the Puzzle Hunt wiki, Nordic Larp wiki and Game Detectives, plus the whole WikiBruce archive. Are there any others I should be including?
Oh cool! Naomi Alderman bought back Zombies Run! zombiesrungame.com
I haven’t checked it out in years because of my stupid knee, but it seemed Six to Start wasn’t holding together. I’m glad it can at least return to its original creator.
I haven’t checked it out in years because of my stupid knee, but it seemed Six to Start wasn’t holding together. I’m glad it can at least return to its original creator.
Zombies, Run!
zombiesrungame.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Oh cool! Naomi Alderman bought back Zombies Run! zombiesrungame.com
I haven’t checked it out in years because of my stupid knee, but it seemed Six to Start wasn’t holding together. I’m glad it can at least return to its original creator.
I haven’t checked it out in years because of my stupid knee, but it seemed Six to Start wasn’t holding together. I’m glad it can at least return to its original creator.
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omw to leave a comment on your Christmas Enjoyment post to let you know that i, the main character, don't enjoy the holidays
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
omw to leave a comment on your Christmas Enjoyment post to let you know that i, the main character, don't enjoy the holidays
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My favorite Becky Heineman game seems to be kinda a deep cut. Marvel at the character and rizz of 'The Tracer Sanction' with me in this lo-fi Let's Play if you like:
youtu.be/qvLud0n3kes?...
Thank you for everything-everything, Becky!
youtu.be/qvLud0n3kes?...
Thank you for everything-everything, Becky!
Lo-Fi Let's Play 26: The Tracer Sanction
YouTube video by Leigh Alexander
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
My favorite Becky Heineman game seems to be kinda a deep cut. Marvel at the character and rizz of 'The Tracer Sanction' with me in this lo-fi Let's Play if you like:
youtu.be/qvLud0n3kes?...
Thank you for everything-everything, Becky!
youtu.be/qvLud0n3kes?...
Thank you for everything-everything, Becky!
Me, adding to a pile of stuff on the landing: “definitely going to take that upstairs next time I go up there.”
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Me, adding to a pile of stuff on the landing: “definitely going to take that upstairs next time I go up there.”
Almost finished with Midnight Suns and it’s a fascinating game of high highs and low lows. Chief among things that bug me is NPC dialog selection having mechanical consequences, but only for the positive. Found myself reloading to redo choices to get positive friend points, or worse, undo losses.
November 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Almost finished with Midnight Suns and it’s a fascinating game of high highs and low lows. Chief among things that bug me is NPC dialog selection having mechanical consequences, but only for the positive. Found myself reloading to redo choices to get positive friend points, or worse, undo losses.