Nora Jean Haynes | Double Summon Games
@continuityand.bsky.social
20-Something | She/Her | 🏳️⚧️
TTRPG Designer with a day job in Digital Marketing, Communications, and Graphic Design
Check out our projects here: https://noorasphere.itch.io/
TTRPG Designer with a day job in Digital Marketing, Communications, and Graphic Design
Check out our projects here: https://noorasphere.itch.io/
If your making consumer media, then I genuinely think the thing thats most important to recognise is that "finishing" something is a half way point at best.
Refining is infinitely more important then your best ideas.
Refining is infinitely more important then your best ideas.
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
If your making consumer media, then I genuinely think the thing thats most important to recognise is that "finishing" something is a half way point at best.
Refining is infinitely more important then your best ideas.
Refining is infinitely more important then your best ideas.
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he looks like he went clothes shopping in paldea
I've been cackling at the sight of this for the past 5 minutes he looks so fucking stupid
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
he looks like he went clothes shopping in paldea
Wild to see a pokemon game not made by game freak introduce what appear to be evolutions and new pokemon?
I kind of hope they keep it up if only so the game freak teams aren't so reliant on their own games to keep the plushes and tcg and shit going stronh
I kind of hope they keep it up if only so the game freak teams aren't so reliant on their own games to keep the plushes and tcg and shit going stronh
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Wild to see a pokemon game not made by game freak introduce what appear to be evolutions and new pokemon?
I kind of hope they keep it up if only so the game freak teams aren't so reliant on their own games to keep the plushes and tcg and shit going stronh
I kind of hope they keep it up if only so the game freak teams aren't so reliant on their own games to keep the plushes and tcg and shit going stronh
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"(x) implies the existence of-" wrong. nothing implies the existence of anything. implications are fake. language is a barrel hurling down niagara falls begging to survive to have something to brag about to newspapers, immediately forgotten. "four dimensional implication cube" = obvious nonsense.
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
"(x) implies the existence of-" wrong. nothing implies the existence of anything. implications are fake. language is a barrel hurling down niagara falls begging to survive to have something to brag about to newspapers, immediately forgotten. "four dimensional implication cube" = obvious nonsense.
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People have this strange idea that you can just throw money at a video game being bad and it'll become good. That's not how it works; you can't just pay people and spin up a AAA studio from nowhere.
Amazon tried. Google tried. This shit is actually complicated.
Amazon tried. Google tried. This shit is actually complicated.
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 AM
People have this strange idea that you can just throw money at a video game being bad and it'll become good. That's not how it works; you can't just pay people and spin up a AAA studio from nowhere.
Amazon tried. Google tried. This shit is actually complicated.
Amazon tried. Google tried. This shit is actually complicated.
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Pokemon doesn't need voice acting.
But lord does it need to stop making cutscenes that feel like you turned voice volume to 0 percent.
But lord does it need to stop making cutscenes that feel like you turned voice volume to 0 percent.
October 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Pokemon doesn't need voice acting.
But lord does it need to stop making cutscenes that feel like you turned voice volume to 0 percent.
But lord does it need to stop making cutscenes that feel like you turned voice volume to 0 percent.
I think a lot of people miss that having ideas is like 10 percent of good game design.
And the rest is being good at understanding playtest feedback and responding to it effectively.
And the rest is being good at understanding playtest feedback and responding to it effectively.
October 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I think a lot of people miss that having ideas is like 10 percent of good game design.
And the rest is being good at understanding playtest feedback and responding to it effectively.
And the rest is being good at understanding playtest feedback and responding to it effectively.
As someone with adhd that is often caught in the "power washing" video spiral - I think the reason power washing simulator never grabbed me is litterally just cause, it doesn't actually simulate the dirt.
And that's the funnest part imo.
And that's the funnest part imo.
October 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
As someone with adhd that is often caught in the "power washing" video spiral - I think the reason power washing simulator never grabbed me is litterally just cause, it doesn't actually simulate the dirt.
And that's the funnest part imo.
And that's the funnest part imo.
I really have to respect maro for this one. I think its an empathetic and emotionally intelligent response to the concerns of people like me who mourn the loss of what mtg used to be.
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Your blog is a testament that, more than few times, players have made critics that you dismissed but years later you openly admitted you were wrong. You've even told in a article that players are very...
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October 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I really have to respect maro for this one. I think its an empathetic and emotionally intelligent response to the concerns of people like me who mourn the loss of what mtg used to be.
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I think a lot of experienced GMs will see guidance designed for inexperienced GMs and think the designer is setting weird boundaries for no reason.
If you're willing to be a bit of a game designer, you can do anything. But you have to remember that some players need that handhold.
If you're willing to be a bit of a game designer, you can do anything. But you have to remember that some players need that handhold.
October 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I think a lot of experienced GMs will see guidance designed for inexperienced GMs and think the designer is setting weird boundaries for no reason.
If you're willing to be a bit of a game designer, you can do anything. But you have to remember that some players need that handhold.
If you're willing to be a bit of a game designer, you can do anything. But you have to remember that some players need that handhold.
Imma be real, you're allowed to pirate my shit. I get it - I've been poor. Poor people deserve cool shit and to play cool games.
But you don't need to tell me about it.
But you don't need to tell me about it.
October 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Imma be real, you're allowed to pirate my shit. I get it - I've been poor. Poor people deserve cool shit and to play cool games.
But you don't need to tell me about it.
But you don't need to tell me about it.
Every "cringy" queer kid getting to find community through Deltarune lifts my heart. It's all that I ever wanted as a kid. I wish I could have lived in your world, and I'm so glad you get to have things just a bit better - atleast in this way.
October 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Every "cringy" queer kid getting to find community through Deltarune lifts my heart. It's all that I ever wanted as a kid. I wish I could have lived in your world, and I'm so glad you get to have things just a bit better - atleast in this way.
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It's okay to make toys. Not everything you make has to be focused on being art. It'll be art anyway - so it's okay to make it toys too if you want to.
September 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It's okay to make toys. Not everything you make has to be focused on being art. It'll be art anyway - so it's okay to make it toys too if you want to.
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I think more people enjoy complex women protagonists in video games than a few divorced YouTubers would have you believe
Konami says Silent Hill F has sold 1 million copies faster than the Silent Hill 2 remake did.
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Silent Hill F sold 1 million copies faster than the Silent Hill 2 remake, Konami says | VGC
Konami claims its latest horror game hit the 1 million sales milestone a day after release…
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September 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think more people enjoy complex women protagonists in video games than a few divorced YouTubers would have you believe
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September 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Full offense, every time the "trans women can't trust any cis women" discourse flares up I'm harshly reminded that a lot of you think transfeminism is primarily a vehicle to build theoretical foundations that justify being an NLOG
September 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Full offense, every time the "trans women can't trust any cis women" discourse flares up I'm harshly reminded that a lot of you think transfeminism is primarily a vehicle to build theoretical foundations that justify being an NLOG
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ya sex is nice but have you ever made a particularly pertinent comment during book club and everyone starts snapping in approval
September 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
ya sex is nice but have you ever made a particularly pertinent comment during book club and everyone starts snapping in approval
One thing thats really frustrating about Ai is that its this excuse to just repurpose the past without evolving it.
As a machine that "easily" takes the past and repackages it, every little problem and presumption with art of the last decades gets reproduced.
As a machine that "easily" takes the past and repackages it, every little problem and presumption with art of the last decades gets reproduced.
September 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
One thing thats really frustrating about Ai is that its this excuse to just repurpose the past without evolving it.
As a machine that "easily" takes the past and repackages it, every little problem and presumption with art of the last decades gets reproduced.
As a machine that "easily" takes the past and repackages it, every little problem and presumption with art of the last decades gets reproduced.
Sent in a rulebook to a public editing space for review and some guy had the absolute GALL to suggest changing all instances of using they/them for the player to he/him.
It's 2025 my guy!!!! The #tabletopgamedesign community needs to do better.
It's 2025 my guy!!!! The #tabletopgamedesign community needs to do better.
September 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Sent in a rulebook to a public editing space for review and some guy had the absolute GALL to suggest changing all instances of using they/them for the player to he/him.
It's 2025 my guy!!!! The #tabletopgamedesign community needs to do better.
It's 2025 my guy!!!! The #tabletopgamedesign community needs to do better.
Nothing made me feel more like it was all worth it than when one of our playtesters got so excited about Mugen Taikai that they made a tier list of which cards they felt were the strongest.
#boardgame #tabletopgamedesign #tabletopdesign #cardgame #gamedesign
#boardgame #tabletopgamedesign #tabletopdesign #cardgame #gamedesign
September 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Nothing made me feel more like it was all worth it than when one of our playtesters got so excited about Mugen Taikai that they made a tier list of which cards they felt were the strongest.
#boardgame #tabletopgamedesign #tabletopdesign #cardgame #gamedesign
#boardgame #tabletopgamedesign #tabletopdesign #cardgame #gamedesign
ADHD #TabletopGameDesign Tips:
Always be working on at least two projects you're excited about at once.
It's way easier to stay productive when procrastinating one project means working on the second one.
Always be working on at least two projects you're excited about at once.
It's way easier to stay productive when procrastinating one project means working on the second one.
September 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
ADHD #TabletopGameDesign Tips:
Always be working on at least two projects you're excited about at once.
It's way easier to stay productive when procrastinating one project means working on the second one.
Always be working on at least two projects you're excited about at once.
It's way easier to stay productive when procrastinating one project means working on the second one.