Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance
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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance
@jonayariley.bsky.social
Demi lesbian writer, director, and sometimes game dev. Senior software dev in corpo land.

Performer and social media gal for @momentofbalance.bardrockcafe.com‬

she/her

🔞Get out of here, kid🔞
There's this brand of Cinema Sins-brained critique where unexplained elements are "plot holes" that need to be plugged, but a lot of what makes strange events compelling is their unexplained and inexplicable nature!
You just gotta lean into things being weird!
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
imho customized orbital interceptors are a close cousin to the humble mecha, so this absolutely counts
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
You have nothing to lose but your chains, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It feels kinda silly to me a lot of times. Like... not everything is trying to be fully naturalistic. Sometimes I want to see an actor deliver some dramatic-ass dialogue that no living human would ever say IRL!
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Andor was amazing - I really liked it, and I also greatly respect the willingness to have a defined arc with a specific end-point and a strong narrative through line. Good shit!
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
You seem like you're a lot of fun.
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I saw these very same criticisms and IMHO they were either bad faith or very misinformed and completely flattened what you're doing with the game - which I think is cool as fuck!

Also misrepresented how that play even fits into the context of the game but y'know, why let facts stand in the way etc.
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
One of the key design decisions has been to limit each prompt (you run through 12 of them in a game) to five minutes. Just enough time to start to dig into the characters and prompts but not enough to fully resolve anything.

Gives the game a very particular feeling to it that seems to work!
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I'm currently on revision 3 of the rules, after some playtesting by me and some other folks, and working on creating a series of dice tables for suggestions for both the Gunslinger and Phantom characters.

Based on feedback, it does a great job of creating a very specific *vibe* to build on-
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Tbh if it were peanut butter Ritz I would totally fuck with this

The cheese isn't for me, but I definitely see the vision here
November 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I might be willing to sample a bit then.
November 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Is it kosher?
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM