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garrett miller
@garrett.bsky.social
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boy from maryland, making art, games, apps and creative ephemera, big-time dad, in carrboro nc

starfriends is on kickstarter now!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brainfruitstudio/starfriends-card-game

co-founder, @brainfruit.bsky.social
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garrett.bsky.social
you can buy santa juice (encouragingly)
A photo of a cathedral tomb. Caption from Reddit says “The tomb of Saint Nicholas, whose reputation helped inspire the figure of Santa Claus. A liquid leaks from his bones and is extracted every year before being diluted and sold to believers. The liquid is known as the ‘manna of Saint Nicholas’
December 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
garrett.bsky.social
we started working on this a few weeks ago and it's already feeling like something special

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gdE...
Flock This, a sheep counting game that will keep you up at night
YouTube video by Brainfruit Studio
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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brainfruit.bsky.social
Our friend Mina took the Starfriends to work this week.

Preorders are live now!

shop.brainfruit.studio/products/sta...
December 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
garrett.bsky.social
one anachronistic thing about llamas is they are always smiling and have gorgeous eyelashes but the truth is they are all enormous assholes
pixel art drawing I created of an accountant llama wearing a suit and looking reaaaaal fuckin smug
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
garrett.bsky.social
now you know too
a medieval castle toilet, which is an alcove off the side of a tower and a hole overhanging the ground below
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
garrett.bsky.social
this is so fucking funny, I've been laughing for five minutes
post from the subreddit doordashgremlin, where people post pictures of themselves inadvertently caught their delivery confirmation photos. this one features someone who is standing behind full-height brown distorted glass framing the doorway, very clearly visible, their nose pressed up to the glass waiting for the delivery
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
garrett.bsky.social
all so good!
celechii.itch.io noé @celechii.itch.io · 11d
i can keep them all pretty stylistically consistent cause i'm just using the same kinda style i love to draw with regularly, and it's really so freeing to make shit fast and messy and imperfect. i'm kinda stunned at how fast i made all 16 of these, it was like 3 or 4 sessions total
comparison between apple's music icon and mine. mine is similar but uses a dotted eighth note on top red bubbles the same colour as apple's icon comparison between apple's text edit icon and mine. mine is also a piece of lined paper but uses a wooden pencil instead of a mechanical pencil, and throws in a spongebob squarepants reference with a big fancy "The" written across the top comparison between slack's default icon and mine. mine rotates their icon to the same degree as it used to be, and takes all of the colours out of the dots and lines and splashes them across the background to give it some depth comparison between microsoft's visual studio code icon and mine. mine is literally just an angular looking blue fish in a similar shape. the fish is blushing because i thought it was cute
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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robdubbin.bsky.social
thrilled to announce: the increasingly extensive TIDE BREAKERS WORLD TOUR continues next week at @playtopia.bsky.social in cape town! come on out for our southern hemisphere debut. the festival is easily accessible by airplane or any sea voyage rounding the cape of good hope: playtopiafestival.co.za
graphic for "TIDE BREAKERS around the world" showing where the game Tide Breakers has been playable -- first at no quarter in new york city, then at amaze in berlin, then at likelike in pittsburgh, and now at playtopia in cape town, south africa
November 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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troutgirl.bsky.social
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
mattseybold.bsky.social Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 18d
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨‍🍳 😘

The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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nicole.pizza
This Saturday, come to No Quarter to play brand new game, THIS MUST BE THE FACE by me & @okremiok.bsky.social

Compete in a head to head to head to head battle of expressivity. Will they understand you're in love or will they think you just ate a weird egg?

gamecenter.nyu.edu/events/no-qu...
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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emiliusdraws.bsky.social
#3157 A helpful tutorial
A digital drawing of one of those drawing tutorials that says 'don't do this, do this.' The drawing is of an almost naked middle-aged man doing a flying kick. The 'Don't do this' one has a bunch of areas circled and a cross under it. The 'Do this' one is exactly the same but without the circles and a tick instead of a cross. The text reads 'Needlessly adding red circles will ruin your art' and a smaller bit of text at the bottom reads 'Bonus tip! Add a tick under all your art so people think you did it right.'
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
garrett.bsky.social
val town is an extremely cool idea being built by kind, smart people. more like this!
tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Tom MacWright @tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29d
i haven't written that much about my day job. here in this article, i wrote a lot about it, and even about how we're hiring! https://macwright.com/2025/11/11/val-town
Val Town 2023-2025 Retrospective
The whole story
macwright.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
garrett.bsky.social
this is how you know those “hot portcullis in your area” ads are fake
allie.bsky.social Allie Meowy @allie.bsky.social · Nov 10
The US is so stupid, I don’t even know of anywhere remotely near me where I could go look at a single portcullis
A portcullis
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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chrysaora.bsky.social
About to make my debut as a streamer in <30 minutes because I will do anything 5-star pals @robdubbin.bsky.social & @garrett.bsky.social ask of me!!
robdubbin.bsky.social sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · Nov 9
The Starfriends Kickstarter ends in 48 hours! We're closing it out with a mini-tournament stream feat. various legends facing off for honor, glory, and a custom Starfriend drawn live during a special Buchla synth set by Nick Sylvester. Join our discord now to save the date: starfriends.online/stream
A colorful poster for the Starfriends Launch Celebration, featuring Jan Willem Nijman, Bijan Stephen, Teddy Dief, Matthew Baloušek, Chris Xu, Liz Lopatto, Rob Dubbin, Garrett Miller, and live music by Nick Sylvester. Link to https://starfriends.online/stream, Monday November 10 7p ET / 4p PT.
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
garrett.bsky.social
our starfriends celebration starts in two hours!

join the discord: starfriends.online/stream

music, drawing, beautiful starfriends action, counting down to the end of our kickstarter ✨
hodge podge of starfriends ephemera for tonight -- live buchla playing, starfriends drawing, and a starfriends tournament
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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thisisstar.bsky.social
I’m streaming tomorrow with pals!
@robdubbin.bsky.social @bijan.bsky.social @garrett.bsky.social @teddydief.com
Join the discord now to save the date: starfriends.online/stream
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
garrett.bsky.social
it's the last day of the starfriends campaign!

✨ grab a deck!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...

🤩 join our discord livestream later today!
starfriends.online/stream

🤙 message a friend that you haven't talked to in awhile!
[this one's on you]
Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks
A party game where you get into your friends' heads. Kinda like a blend of Wavelength and Letterboxd that fits into a deck of cards.
www.kickstarter.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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stfj.net
this game rob made is so simple and good you will be sure it must have existed before but somehow it didn’t. and it’s a really fun party game
robdubbin.bsky.social sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · Oct 15
Looking for a party game that combines social deduction with the pleasant absurdity of rating animals, films, and the weather on a scale of ★ to ★★★★★? And it's just a simple deck of cards? AND it's live on Kickstarter now?!?! Guess what, STARFRIENDS has launched! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...
Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks
A party game where you get into your friends' heads. Kinda like a blend of Wavelength and Letterboxd that fits into a deck of cards.
www.kickstarter.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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robdubbin.bsky.social
listen we're at 186% with just over 24 hours to go. if your brain is anything like mine you love a nice, round number like 200%. SO if you've been on the fence OR you're just learning about this game, grab a deck (or a shirt) and help nudge us to the finish line!
robdubbin.bsky.social sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · Oct 15
Looking for a party game that combines social deduction with the pleasant absurdity of rating animals, films, and the weather on a scale of ★ to ★★★★★? And it's just a simple deck of cards? AND it's live on Kickstarter now?!?! Guess what, STARFRIENDS has launched! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...
Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks
A party game where you get into your friends' heads. Kinda like a blend of Wavelength and Letterboxd that fits into a deck of cards.
www.kickstarter.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
garrett.bsky.social
absolutely wrecked by a bluey episode about rain
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
garrett.bsky.social
hey watch out we’re celebrating here!!!
robdubbin.bsky.social sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · Nov 9
The Starfriends Kickstarter ends in 48 hours! We're closing it out with a mini-tournament stream feat. various legends facing off for honor, glory, and a custom Starfriend drawn live during a special Buchla synth set by Nick Sylvester. Join our discord now to save the date: starfriends.online/stream
A colorful poster for the Starfriends Launch Celebration, featuring Jan Willem Nijman, Bijan Stephen, Teddy Dief, Matthew Baloušek, Chris Xu, Liz Lopatto, Rob Dubbin, Garrett Miller, and live music by Nick Sylvester. Link to https://starfriends.online/stream, Monday November 10 7p ET / 4p PT.
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
garrett.bsky.social
great now they’re gonna start making cars with legs
slucy.bsky.social Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · Nov 2
Unusual modal filtering:

Allow horses but not cars.
A gate with a low part that could be stepped over by horses or humans.
November 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
garrett.bsky.social
it’s been three days and my son is still in disbelief that he lives next door to spider-man
November 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
garrett.bsky.social
the friends have landed!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...
our first printed proof of the printed starfriends game, photographed against a pleasant neon orange. this was actually a very haphazard photo taken with my iPhone while I propped the paper up with my other hand, but you wouldn’t know it because that’s cinema magic baby close up of the texture of the game cards. oh what’s that it says “⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️” and “game” on the cards?? wow if true close up of the box art .. we called this first edition run “starborn”
October 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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scottvb.bsky.social
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July 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM