Aki's Perspectives
@akisperspectives.bsky.social
(they/them) makes: ttrpgs, essays, analysis and other angles. the profile picture is of my grandma’s tom yum soup
blog: akisperspectives.wordpress.com
itch: https://akis-perspectives.itch.io/
blog: akisperspectives.wordpress.com
itch: https://akis-perspectives.itch.io/
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Rising Action by aki's perspectives
A duet game of escalating battles between rivals where pasts and passions collide
akis-perspectives.itch.io
Rising Action, the first ttrpg I've ever completed, is out now!
It's a duet game where you play a pair of rivals having an ever-escalating battle where their past and passions collide.
Inspired by action anime/games and uses a deck of playing cards!
akis-perspectives.itch.io/rising-action
It's a duet game where you play a pair of rivals having an ever-escalating battle where their past and passions collide.
Inspired by action anime/games and uses a deck of playing cards!
akis-perspectives.itch.io/rising-action
definitely a very personal take but i don’t read the relationship the love himmel showed frieren as romantic at all, it feels to me like a very deep platonic one
January 18, 2026 at 4:09 PM
definitely a very personal take but i don’t read the relationship the love himmel showed frieren as romantic at all, it feels to me like a very deep platonic one
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System both does and does not matter. Water is both necessary to life and dangerous. You are both a good and bad person. You can hold two things to be true at the same time. You can understand context and application.
January 17, 2026 at 3:17 AM
System both does and does not matter. Water is both necessary to life and dangerous. You are both a good and bad person. You can hold two things to be true at the same time. You can understand context and application.
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We also have a Showcase Zero 2025 bundle live now on itch.io/b/3476/showc.... Get 8 incredible games from @kobanya.bsky.social @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social @andrewgillis.bsky.social @cutestpatoot.itch.io @yanahn.bsky.social and me at over 50% off!
January 10, 2026 at 1:56 AM
We also have a Showcase Zero 2025 bundle live now on itch.io/b/3476/showc.... Get 8 incredible games from @kobanya.bsky.social @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social @andrewgillis.bsky.social @cutestpatoot.itch.io @yanahn.bsky.social and me at over 50% off!
finally submitted my graduation thesis! now i can... graduate?
January 8, 2026 at 8:08 AM
finally submitted my graduation thesis! now i can... graduate?
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We are kicking off the 2026 Playtest Zero season with our annual #ShowcaseZero event for 2025. We’ll have several gamemakers showcase works from last year and talk about their process. Watch it live this weekend at twitch.tv/ehronlime on 9 Jan 2026 6 pm PST/9 pm EST, 10 Jan 2026 10 am (GMT+8)!
January 4, 2026 at 8:26 AM
We are kicking off the 2026 Playtest Zero season with our annual #ShowcaseZero event for 2025. We’ll have several gamemakers showcase works from last year and talk about their process. Watch it live this weekend at twitch.tv/ehronlime on 9 Jan 2026 6 pm PST/9 pm EST, 10 Jan 2026 10 am (GMT+8)!
i just really enjoy eating at 11pm somehow food feels more satisfying in the late of night
January 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM
i just really enjoy eating at 11pm somehow food feels more satisfying in the late of night
i hope eveyone has a very happy new year!
despite and because of everything, things continue.
despite and because of everything, things continue.
January 1, 2026 at 4:59 AM
i hope eveyone has a very happy new year!
despite and because of everything, things continue.
despite and because of everything, things continue.
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My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.
The Golden Age of Indie RPGs: 2010-2025
YouTube video by A.A. Voigt
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.
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I'm doing a newsletter and the first issue is out now! It's more personal, including links to things that I found interesting, mini-essays not long enough for a full post and a dev log. it's named: "i hope it's not the end of the world"
akisperspectives.wordpress.com/2025/12/25/i...
akisperspectives.wordpress.com/2025/12/25/i...
i hope it’s not the end of the world: the first christmas issue
The format of this newsletter will change between issues but you can expect: Links to things that have made me think or are otherwise significant to me. Might or might not have anything to do with …
akisperspectives.wordpress.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm doing a newsletter and the first issue is out now! It's more personal, including links to things that I found interesting, mini-essays not long enough for a full post and a dev log. it's named: "i hope it's not the end of the world"
akisperspectives.wordpress.com/2025/12/25/i...
akisperspectives.wordpress.com/2025/12/25/i...
gacha machines are an endless source of fun and cute dice pouches
December 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
gacha machines are an endless source of fun and cute dice pouches
starting the morning off by crying over vocaloid songs youtu.be/uB_jQ8H2Yeg?...
一千光年 / いよわ feat. 初音ミク、v_flower、歌愛ユキ、GUMI、可不、星界、足立レイ、裏命、花隈千冬、VY1、SOLARIA（KLY / Iyowa with AllSingers）
YouTube video by いよわ/ iyowa
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
starting the morning off by crying over vocaloid songs youtu.be/uB_jQ8H2Yeg?...
I'm doing a newsletter and the first issue is out now! It's more personal, including links to things that I found interesting, mini-essays not long enough for a full post and a dev log. it's named: "i hope it's not the end of the world"
akisperspectives.wordpress.com/2025/12/25/i...
akisperspectives.wordpress.com/2025/12/25/i...
i hope it’s not the end of the world: the first christmas issue
The format of this newsletter will change between issues but you can expect: Links to things that have made me think or are otherwise significant to me. Might or might not have anything to do with …
akisperspectives.wordpress.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm doing a newsletter and the first issue is out now! It's more personal, including links to things that I found interesting, mini-essays not long enough for a full post and a dev log. it's named: "i hope it's not the end of the world"
akisperspectives.wordpress.com/2025/12/25/i...
akisperspectives.wordpress.com/2025/12/25/i...
i miss when i could look at social media and not have to confront the whole misery of the current moment - like i know it's important for people to talk about these issues but also like i can't deal with the lack of divisions between contexts - sometimes i can't handle all the pain mixed in
December 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
i miss when i could look at social media and not have to confront the whole misery of the current moment - like i know it's important for people to talk about these issues but also like i can't deal with the lack of divisions between contexts - sometimes i can't handle all the pain mixed in
last night i got so engrossed in reading a book that i read from 11pm to 4am it was such a nice feeling to be so deep into it without worry (until i was very sure i should go to sleep instead of reading more)
December 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
last night i got so engrossed in reading a book that i read from 11pm to 4am it was such a nice feeling to be so deep into it without worry (until i was very sure i should go to sleep instead of reading more)
there is something about setting a timer for 22minutes and saying 'i will do this for as long as this timer is going' that gets me to actually focus better why does it work
December 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
there is something about setting a timer for 22minutes and saying 'i will do this for as long as this timer is going' that gets me to actually focus better why does it work
hmmm should i pick up nightreign now that its 25% off
December 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
hmmm should i pick up nightreign now that its 25% off
i have a submittable version of my thesis now which feels weird almost like wow i’ve actually gotten here..
December 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
i have a submittable version of my thesis now which feels weird almost like wow i’ve actually gotten here..
when i’m reading on an ereader, the ambient light changes how the page looks, just barely, but it’s enough to place the words in the environment that i’m in and that’s something i don’t get from a screen. the screen is always that colour, always that warmth, unchanging, inorganic
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
when i’m reading on an ereader, the ambient light changes how the page looks, just barely, but it’s enough to place the words in the environment that i’m in and that’s something i don’t get from a screen. the screen is always that colour, always that warmth, unchanging, inorganic
with computer parts availability getting worse maybe we're approaching the future where the computing a lot of us take for granted today becomes more and more inaccessible for wide swaths of people
December 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
with computer parts availability getting worse maybe we're approaching the future where the computing a lot of us take for granted today becomes more and more inaccessible for wide swaths of people
i love random tables so much
December 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
i love random tables so much
Movie you've rewatched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode no Star (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated, or Pixar.
only one comes to mind for me
only one comes to mind for me
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Movie you've rewatched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode no Star (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated, or Pixar.
only one comes to mind for me
only one comes to mind for me
i wish i had a group of friends to play multiplayer survival crafting games and the like with
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
i wish i had a group of friends to play multiplayer survival crafting games and the like with
how many hours will i spend in a library or cafe seated at a laptop thinking over my words?
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
how many hours will i spend in a library or cafe seated at a laptop thinking over my words?
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one of the nice things about academic writing is how self-conscious it is about being part of a broader project. (the broader project being inaccessible or uninteresting to some is a different matter)
but that sense of an active conversation, of grasping for meaning collectively, that's good.
but that sense of an active conversation, of grasping for meaning collectively, that's good.
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
one of the nice things about academic writing is how self-conscious it is about being part of a broader project. (the broader project being inaccessible or uninteresting to some is a different matter)
but that sense of an active conversation, of grasping for meaning collectively, that's good.
but that sense of an active conversation, of grasping for meaning collectively, that's good.
i associate the scent of lawson coffee with the one study area in campus that i like to be in
December 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
i associate the scent of lawson coffee with the one study area in campus that i like to be in