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Chris Longhurst
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The best game designer you've never heard of.
https://potatocubed.carrd.co/
He/him.
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Chris Longhurst @potatocubed.bsky.social · Oct 17
Hello. My name is Chris (or potatocubed if you're From The Internet), I design games.

I am good at designing games.

Marketing, not so much.

Buy my stuff.

potatocubed.itch.io
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wharthur.bsky.social
Getting ready for a game of Mud Ghost Estate at the Arcanist's Tavern in London. 👻 #ttrpg
Photo showing a Jenga tower, a copy of Mud Ghost Estate and some playing cards.
December 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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dcellgames.com
aghghh @reviewers sorry i forgot to add this , slide to the review guide that went out
REVIEW SCORES YOU MAY GIVE UNBEATABLE 9.5/10 - This is, objectively, The Best Score 
7/10 - The Default Choice. This tells the reader of the review “I believe this game is actually video game.” Some of the best video games ever made are “seven out of tens,” such as the original Nier or Sonic Adventure 2 on Dreamcast. 9/10 - This is, secretly, a better score than a 10/10. That guy knows what I’m talking about. 10/10 - That guy tells me that more 10s are given out than ever before, which may devalue the value of a 10. Perhaps consider an “11/10,” if possible. See also: 0/10 - Very unusual choice, as most scales go down to 1. That only emphasizes even further your True Hatred for UNBEATABLE and all that it stands for. Don’t just do things halfway! 8/10 - For when you want to give a 9/10 but you're a little bit shy.

6/10 - This tells the reader you are Disappointed in us, like a mother scolding a child for touching the stove. This is okay. UNBEATABLE is a game that will touch the stove and you can’t stop us UNSCORED - You believe that giving art a numbered score is “intrinsically opposed to how we should be considering art to begin with” and that it’s “missing the point of expression” and I think I agree with you? Also this means you don’t affect the metacritic score 1/10-5/10 - i mean i sure hope this doesn't happen. we'd have to have messed up pretty bad These are not the only choices available! There are so many scores. Live your life to the fullest. Put a percentage on there for no reason. Make it a fraction. Make it an equation. Give us an i/10. Give us a score of Pi/4. The world is your oyster.
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
potatocubed.bsky.social
Obviously The Tiger, by Nael (age 6); but also large chunks of that Yeats poem about the rough beast slouching towards Bethlehem; bits and pieces of the Hunting of the Snark (Lewis Carroll); and all of Monetisation by Brian Bilston.
achillesthe2nd.bsky.social Achilles Micawber @achillesthe2nd.bsky.social · 1d
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
potatocubed.bsky.social
Cedric.
Cedric, a black and white cat, upside-down on my desk with his paws in a very cute position.
December 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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hatchlingdm.itch.io
With so many #ttrpg crowdfunds launching in 2026, it can be hard to keep up, so let’s start sharing our projects for #ttrpgteaser!

- Like & reskeet this post
- Showcase your projects below
- Strictly no GenAI 🚫

#Kickstarter #BackerKit #GameFound #selfpromosaturday #ZineMonth #ZiMo #Pocketopia
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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basalthrull.bsky.social
Texte: le calendrier de l’avent interdit Image 1: un pied de biche Image 2: un ensemble de casiers automatiques type « Amazon » situé en extérieur
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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wharthur.bsky.social
Less than a week left to back Mud Ghost Estate Redux on Kickstarter! ✨
MGER is a TTRPG inspired by Hong Kong folklore and urban legends with a tumbling tower mechanic, where you play as teenagers in the 90s exploring a haunted housing estate built in the 60s. 👻
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
December 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
potatocubed.bsky.social
I'll be honest, I do enjoy it when I try to access something like this and they're like 'sorry, you're just too private'.
A screenshot of 'Discord wrapped' or whatever it is saying that they can't do it for me because my privacy settings are too good.
December 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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faerywhimsy.bsky.social
If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
Tumblr post screen capture by nocryptographer about how to tell AI slop from a story that was created by a human being.
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
potatocubed.bsky.social
5 days, £99.

That's 5 physical copies or 9 pdfs.
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
potatocubed.bsky.social
Been thinking about this on and off all day and I have no idea.

Despite its economic power, design-wise D&D 5e is a speck in one corner of a piece of paper the size of Birmingham. You don't need to pick four games to show that off, you just need to persuade people to look away from That One Game.
carlfnelson.bsky.social carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 3d
If you wanted to run say, four different games that weren't Dungeons & Dragons in hopes of showing people the breadth of the TTRPG hobby, what games would you run for them? Assume that they are sort of familiar with 5E.
December 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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quinnbeckham27.bsky.social
Starting to plan a new show for next year, and I have a question for #TTRPG designers - what's something that you love to see from someone who runs an AP of your game/what are some things that AP runners do that you feel support you as a game designer?
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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milkyblood.bsky.social
All the familiars
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
potatocubed.bsky.social
6 days, £139 to go.

That's 7 physical copies or 12 pdfs.
Gravity: A Roleplaying Game
A one-shot TTRPG about powerful people in a bad situation.
www.kickstarter.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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johnnycanuck.bsky.social
An altered copy of the "Sandbender's Storm" card from the game Magic the Gathering. "Bender" has been sharoied over, as has every word in the card text except for all the 'd's. It's meant to evoke the notes of the song "Sandstorm" by Darude.
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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wharthur.bsky.social
Mud Ghost Estate is a spooky tumbling block tower-based TTRPG inspired by the urban legends and folklore of Hong Kong. 👻
The Redux edition is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
Cover for Mud Ghost Estate Redux, depicting a derelict block tower at night, seen from a wide angle perspective from the ground. The bottom left corner reads "Just launched on Kickstarter".
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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caradoc.bsky.social
Ok, did a post sort of in response to this... A retrospective on the games I've played this year. Less of a series of awards, and more some general rambling thoughts, but here they are!

#Endies2025

castlebymoonlight.blogspot.com/2025/12/endi...
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
potatocubed.bsky.social
Working on my sales pitch.
The hook: "You! Buy my games!" The napkin pitch: "You get a book! Each contains a game for 1 or more players!" The elevator pitch: "You know how you like good games? That's what these are!" (repeat loud and slow) The tag line: "The games are good, just fucking trust me" The sales pitch: "You get one (1) Good Game. That's it, that's the benefit, what more do you want" except the text trails off the right-hand side of the image.
December 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
potatocubed.bsky.social
One week, £195 to go before funding. That's 10 people who want a physical book, 17 who want the pdf, or one generous person with £500 to spare.
Gravity: A Roleplaying Game
A one-shot TTRPG about powerful people in a bad situation.
www.kickstarter.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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everydaylouie.bsky.social
milk thieves
a stylized 3d render of two cats stealing milk from a crate on a doorstep.
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
potatocubed.bsky.social
I would tell you but it would spoil the surprise.
thewillyboo.bsky.social The Willyworld Revolving @thewillyboo.bsky.social · 3d
Hey why are you designing it Like That
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
potatocubed.bsky.social
I feel like this is the situation with all creative industries now.

I threw Pigsmoke up on Kickstarter in 2017 with no fanfare and no marketing and made £8k.

Now there are so many projects I don't know how to fund anything.

(I *thought* I did, but I was wrong.)
dominictarason.com Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 3d
Following up on a thought from @punchystream.bsky.social's talking about how the PS1 still has so many hidden gems that people are only now discovering:

There were ~4,070 games on PS1 released over a decade. There's 18,000+ being released EVERY YEAR on PC now.

Almost EVERY game is a hidden gem now
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
potatocubed.bsky.social
sevenpartpact.txt
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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spdrcstl.bsky.social
manga screenshot originally about mahjong altered to say "game design causes great damage to the human spirit without a single benefit"
July 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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wharthur.bsky.social
Daily reminder of my ongoing Kickstarter.
The crowdfunding period is only 15 days in total because the majority of the pledges came either in the first or last week in my past Kickstarter campaigns.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
Mud Ghost Estate Redux—A Spooky Tumbling Tower TTRPG
A spooky tumbling block tower-based TTRPG inspired by Hong Kong folklore; now with revised text, new artwork and extra content!
www.kickstarter.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM