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Harris Powell-Smith - HONOR BOUND out now!
@hpowellsmith.bsky.social
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Narrative design // Honor Bound, Royal Affairs, Noblesse Oblige, Crème de la Crème, Blood Money from Choice of Games // Date Everything, King of the Castle, Love Island, Fallen London // they/he // hpowellsmith.com
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entering my hot scythe autumn era
A scythe leaning against a red brick wall
August 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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A cute nature thing: my tiny pond dried up and I refilled it and replaced the plants a few days ago. Within a day a friend had showed up! (and this morning another frog had joined as well 🥹)
A small frog sitting under a mare's tail aquatic plant in the water
June 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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This evening Blueberry contrived to become semicircular
A very fluffy, round-looking, grey and white cat on a pile of blankets on the sofa, glaring like an old Victorian gentleman
April 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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The beautiful blanket I ordered during the winter arrived today; planned to read Sour Cherry by @nassos.bsky.social underneath it, got up to get a cup of tea, and after 10 seconds Blueberry occurred
A fluffy grey and white cat sits next to the book Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou
April 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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My new dice and the gigantic Beam Saber book arrived yesterday, and I'm very offended about waiting two weeks to play my brand new, deeply unwell, mecha pilot
A collection of translucent six-sided dice, some with red swirls inside and some with dark blue
March 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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I went earlier this week, it was gorgeous. Hope you have a lovely time!
Sunny seascape view from a grassy cliff
February 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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this is some of my favourite HONOR BOUND feedback
screenshot with text: my extremely emotionally repressed honor bound mc, whenever they're in Fiore's presence: what are these strange feelings? this cannot be allowed to continue. against my employer? against the parent of my charge? unthinkable. get a hold of yourself, you're a consummate professional. me, internally, cackling like a madman the whole time: milf any% milf any% milf any% milf an-
December 14, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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Adrien Valdes aka @defenestratin.bsky.social did the cover art. Adrien's illustrated three of my games now and knocks it out of the park beautifully every time. He's also illustrated many other CoG and all of the Heart's Choice games.

See more of Adrien's work here: defenestratin.carrd.co
Illustration of people gathered around a warmly-lit night-time campfire scene. On the left are two girl students in uniform, while the others are adults including a fancily-dressed Black woman and a man standing in a khaki military-looking uniform. A couple of cheerful-looking adults are bringing supplies, while the others are in conversation and toasting marshmallows. The title HONOR BOUND is in an art-deco-reminiscent font.
December 6, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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My dad is so sweet

this makes up for when I first told him about Honor Bound and he guilelessly asked "is it about bondage?"
Text from my dad responding to my "Hahaha" message saying: "Lots of congrats for Honor Bound - this is a proud moment for Mum, me and the whole nation of Teran. Brilliant!"
December 6, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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Tomorrow I'll get to see if my blood sacrifice was successful
Screaming possum
December 4, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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Blueberry you are far too close to the ceiling (immediately after I took this photo, she knocked the shell and china bird off and started miaowing piteously because she could not get down)
A large fluffy grey-and-white cat stands on a shelf very close to the ceiling, among a selection of knick-knacks including a small framed print of shells, a real pink shell, a tiny china bird, and a wooden hippo
November 13, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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Games that made me cry. Show me yours!

Bastion, Mass Effect 3, Tales from the Borderlands, and Dragon Age 2 turned me into an absolute mess. Bastion and TftB do it every time.
Bastion key art: an armoured white-haired boy sits sadly in profile Mass Effect 3 key art: a grizzled man with a buzzcut in scifi armour and weapons stands broodingly in front of Earth which is being attacked by insectoid creatures Tales from the Borderlands key art: a white man with brown hair in a Hyperion gilet, shirt, and tie holds a hologram with the upside-down V vault symbol. Next to him is a woman with light brown skin wearing a flamboyant red coat and waistcoat with gold piping, and a white bowler hat Dragon Age 2 key art: a battle-grizzled white man with black hair, a beard, and a red streak of warpaint across his nose stands wearing spiky armour in front of a series of white silhouetted figures
October 26, 2024 at 10:11 AM
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when a cover song changes the original pronouns to avoid it ending up gay
A small bottle of eye drops on a windowsill labelled "Brolene"
October 25, 2024 at 10:25 AM
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I came down for my lunch break and discovered: The Creature
Blueberry, a large and very fluffy grey cat with white paws and belly, stretches across the whole seat of a blue armchair with a turquoise cushion behind her for extra cosiness
October 18, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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I'm a game writer and narrative designer who's worked on various indie and mobile games.

I'm best known for my CRÈME DE LA CRÈME series of queer dark academia text games. The fourth instalment, HONOR BOUND, is out Dec - wishlist here! shorturl.at/sq4dg

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A pair of uniformed students in the foreground of a bright, sunny educational building. The male one is wearing a grey peacoat and reading a book; the female one is wearing a shirt and tie, and smiling while carrying a satchel. The title text Creme de la Creme is is in the background. A moodily-lit, dark-skinned person with coiled hair in twists is smiling shiftily as they stand in front of a sunset-lit window and thick curtains. The title text "Noblesse Oblige" is beside them. A uniformed student with shaggy brown hair and light brown skin stands in front of a warmly-lit window with a mountain backdrop, holding a book and looking pleased with themself. The title "Royal Affairs" is in the background. A couple of uniformed students and five adults sit around a campfire, making marshmallows. The title "Honor Bound" is in one corner.
October 11, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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malt loaf has become very forward lately (also who the heck puts strawberries and cream on malt loaf, there's nowhere near enough room on a slice)
A Soreen malt loaf packet with serving suggestions of "the traditional: toasted with butter!", "the unusual: slice of cheddar!", and "the tasty classic: strawberries and cream!". The packaging invites us to "top me however you like!"
September 22, 2024 at 10:14 AM
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What's your "no one but me remembers" game?

My dad worked in edutainment in the 90s and would bring back games from conferences with no manuals or context. Sub Culture was my favourite - you're a scavenger/trader who gets involved in a cold war between two tiny underwater civilisations
Box art for Sub Culture by Criterion Studios. The viewer is looking through a coppery, riveted underwater porthole. A yellow submarine is firing a torpedo at something offscreen among fish and turtles. In the background is what might be a building or might be a robot on stilts.
September 14, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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It's my wife and my 21st anniversary today! We got together as teenagers and have been being ridiculous ever since. Here's to many more years of this:
meme of uncanny rendering of clowns in rainbow wigs and red noses seemingly using telepathy, labelled "clown to clown Communication. Clown to Clown Conversation."
September 12, 2024 at 9:18 AM
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Oh hey, Creme de la Creme and a bunch of other Choice of Games are on there 💖

reminds me of one of my favourite play store reviews:
Google Play Store screenshot for a review for Creme de la Creme from Choice of Games. It's 3 stars and simply reads "EVERYBODYS GAY"
September 11, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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was grumpy about The Terror being gone from iPlayer so I ordered it on DVD and watched the first episode of The North Water instead because I enjoy watching Colin Farrell having a bad time in the 19th century
TV screen showing The North Water Episode 1 with an epigram saying "The world is hell, and men are both the tormented souls and the devils within it -Archur Schopenhauer", and the end of a content warning saying "and scenes depicting animal cruelty which some viewers may find upsetting"
September 9, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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Orlando shortly before he nibbled me
A large fluffy tabby-and-white cat lying on his side on a blanket, head upside-down and front paw reaching towards the camera
September 6, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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This is my current situation
Bookshelf containing the following books: X - Davey Davis Fat and Queer - ed. Miguel Morales The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie The Gutter Prayer - Gareth Hanrahan The Lighthouse - Fran Dorricott The Tainted Cup - Robert Jackson Bennett Lone Women - Victor LaValle Cuckoo - Gretchen Felker-Martin At Certain Points We Touch - Lauren John Joseph The Chatelaine - Kate Heartfield Far From the Light of Heaven - Tade Thompson Out There Screaming - ed. Jordan Peele Bookshelf containing the following books: Boys Weekend - Mattie Lubchansky Little Fish - Casey Plett Small Beauty - Jia Qing Wilson-Yang Future Feeling - Joss Lake Darryl - Jackie Ess Moonstorm - Yoon Ha Lee Lote - Shola von Reinhold
July 21, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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excuse me
Still from Ravenous (1999): long-haired battered Guy Pearce looking distressed but compelled while Robert Carlyle's subtitle displays "the potency of someone else coursing through your veins..."
April 5, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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Lucille Bluth "how much could it cost" meme: "I mean it's ●●●○○, how long could it take? 5 minutes?"
March 11, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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Just found her doing a casual model pose
A large fluffy grey and white cat lying louchely on the bottom step of the stairs, paws crossed neatly to show off white socks
March 10, 2024 at 9:35 AM