Neil de Carteret
@lumphammer.com
Ex tech lead, now doing tabletop RPG and virtual tabletop software dev. Looking for interesting TTRPG/VTT projects. Foundry VTT modules written cheap.
http://lumphammer.com
http://lumphammer.com
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If your RPG has "trail" in the title, I expect to be a western.
Needless to say, Trail of Cthulhu has let me down.
Needless to say, Trail of Cthulhu has let me down.
August 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If your RPG has "trail" in the title, I expect to be a western.
Needless to say, Trail of Cthulhu has let me down.
Needless to say, Trail of Cthulhu has let me down.
I’ve always fancied turning my hand to font design. I think I’d be good at it. Perhaps in the same way that some men think they could successfully score a point against Serena Williams.
For professional-level font creation you've basically got Fontlab or Glyphs.
I always wondered what people used in modern times for fonts, since Fontographer was so crashy back decades ago now.
July 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I’ve always fancied turning my hand to font design. I think I’d be good at it. Perhaps in the same way that some men think they could successfully score a point against Serena Williams.
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I've got about several storylines from early Who, primarily in the Hart ton years and some from wee, but parts of joke issing.
June 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I've got about several storylines from early Who, primarily in the Hart ton years and some from wee, but parts of joke issing.
My taste in horror gets darker and darker just so it continues to function as a counterpoint to reality
June 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
My taste in horror gets darker and darker just so it continues to function as a counterpoint to reality
A wee poem I wrote for an immersive theatre thing tonight, which I didn’t end up needing.
June 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A wee poem I wrote for an immersive theatre thing tonight, which I didn’t end up needing.
There’s still time to pledge, and some great writers coming up in the next stretch goals!
It's the last day of the Cosmic Dark Kickstarter. Stretch goals by @sdorward.bsky.social , @planetx.bsky.social and @gejwatts.bsky.social are in sight, but not definite.
Have one last look, especially at the add-ons and upper reward tiers.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra... #ttrpg #kickstarter
Have one last look, especially at the add-ons and upper reward tiers.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra... #ttrpg #kickstarter
Cosmic Dark
Cosmic Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game of weird space horror, from the award-winning author of Cthulhu Dark.
www.kickstarter.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
There’s still time to pledge, and some great writers coming up in the next stretch goals!
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Good morning! Julian Simpson (@juliansimpson.bsky.social) creator of the Lovecraft Investigations, will write "Haumea" when the Cosmic Dark Kickstarter hits £45,000.
And we're about to hit Kieron Gillen's stretch goal, so please help us hit that. (And repost!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...
And we're about to hit Kieron Gillen's stretch goal, so please help us hit that. (And repost!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...
May 19, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Good morning! Julian Simpson (@juliansimpson.bsky.social) creator of the Lovecraft Investigations, will write "Haumea" when the Cosmic Dark Kickstarter hits £45,000.
And we're about to hit Kieron Gillen's stretch goal, so please help us hit that. (And repost!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...
And we're about to hit Kieron Gillen's stretch goal, so please help us hit that. (And repost!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...
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One of the things that broke my immersion in Andor was the number of guard rails in the Imperial Senate. This is meant to be Star Wars not Health and Safety Wars!
May 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
One of the things that broke my immersion in Andor was the number of guard rails in the Imperial Senate. This is meant to be Star Wars not Health and Safety Wars!
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how it feels when the thing you're creating turns out as imagined
May 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
how it feels when the thing you're creating turns out as imagined
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May 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Kieron’s post has been rattling round my brain since yesterday, and it’s because I massively appreciate designers who actually think about how RNGs will behave. Unlike certain others who create special mechanics that have as much statistical effect as yelling at the dice.
I've learned how to model complicated dice pools in AnyDice, which means that all the people who message me are in danger of getting sent probability graphs and "ooh - you have 50% chance of 10 with your normal pool, but if you add the D4, it rockets to nearly 80!"
May 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Kieron’s post has been rattling round my brain since yesterday, and it’s because I massively appreciate designers who actually think about how RNGs will behave. Unlike certain others who create special mechanics that have as much statistical effect as yelling at the dice.
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We still really need help, I know everything is terrible right now but if you can spare a few coins, our kitties would appreciate it so much ❤️
My little rescue for disabled and 'difficult' cats has some pretty big vet bills coming up. I'd love to book Rupert, Scooter and Widget in for their procedures but really need some help raising the cost.
As always, DM me if you'd like to see proof, I have vet estimates ❤️
As always, DM me if you'd like to see proof, I have vet estimates ❤️
Donate to Three special cats, three big bills – we need a hand!, organized by Holly Brockwell
Our little rescue for disabled and difficult cats is somehow sti… Holly Brockwell needs your support for Three special cats, three big bills – we need a hand!
www.gofundme.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
We still really need help, I know everything is terrible right now but if you can spare a few coins, our kitties would appreciate it so much ❤️
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⚛️📝 New on Overreacted: JSX Over The Wire overreacted.io/jsx-over-the...
JSX Over The Wire — overreacted
Turning your API inside-out.
overreacted.io
April 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
⚛️📝 New on Overreacted: JSX Over The Wire overreacted.io/jsx-over-the...
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
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writing cyberpunk advertising billboard copy for A Thing and apparently this sort of thing isn't suitable
their loss
their loss
April 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
writing cyberpunk advertising billboard copy for A Thing and apparently this sort of thing isn't suitable
their loss
their loss
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Me (jiggling the door handle): Locked. I’ll have to find another way through.
March 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Me (jiggling the door handle): Locked. I’ll have to find another way through.
March 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Just wasted a stupid amount of time trying to get Cursor to do an incredibly simple code change that I could have done (and eventually did do) in 30s with a regex-replace. I even tried the pay-per-second resoning model. I'm not even remotely worried about the need for human developers for a while.
March 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Just wasted a stupid amount of time trying to get Cursor to do an incredibly simple code change that I could have done (and eventually did do) in 30s with a regex-replace. I even tried the pay-per-second resoning model. I'm not even remotely worried about the need for human developers for a while.
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I'm no one to scold anyone about spelling, but I see these words confused all the time, so I just wanted to help out by writing a poem:
If you read,
then you have read.
If you lead,
then you have led.
If you plead,
then you have pled.
If your metal is Pb,
then you have lead.
If you read,
then you have read.
If you lead,
then you have led.
If you plead,
then you have pled.
If your metal is Pb,
then you have lead.
March 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm no one to scold anyone about spelling, but I see these words confused all the time, so I just wanted to help out by writing a poem:
If you read,
then you have read.
If you lead,
then you have led.
If you plead,
then you have pled.
If your metal is Pb,
then you have lead.
If you read,
then you have read.
If you lead,
then you have led.
If you plead,
then you have pled.
If your metal is Pb,
then you have lead.
Some thing I love when I’m learning a new thing, is returning to the docs I read at the very start, later when I have more of a core understanding. The words that felt like terminology salad have now turned into crisp erudition.
February 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Some thing I love when I’m learning a new thing, is returning to the docs I read at the very start, later when I have more of a core understanding. The words that felt like terminology salad have now turned into crisp erudition.
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I’m starting a moderation list to make the Fesshole replies section less fucking tedious bsky.app/profile/did:...
Anyone on this list has at some point committed a tedious reply to a Fesshole post.
Anyone on this list has at some point committed a tedious reply to a Fesshole post.
February 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I’m starting a moderation list to make the Fesshole replies section less fucking tedious bsky.app/profile/did:...
Anyone on this list has at some point committed a tedious reply to a Fesshole post.
Anyone on this list has at some point committed a tedious reply to a Fesshole post.
Your outie almost never fails a CAPTCHA
February 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Your outie almost never fails a CAPTCHA
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I use ‘nonplussed’ correctly 100% of the time while being wrong about its meaning 50% of the time.
February 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I use ‘nonplussed’ correctly 100% of the time while being wrong about its meaning 50% of the time.