Ransom Linder
@ransomlinder.bsky.social
Narrative Designer
Portfolio: https://www.ransomlinder.com/
Portfolio: https://www.ransomlinder.com/
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We're partnering with @extralife4kids.bsky.social at CPGD! If you want an opportunity to grow your portfolio, network, and support children's hospitals check out our first DevStream jam!
All of the submissions will be live streamed to support raising funds for families to have vouchers & food.
All of the submissions will be live streamed to support raising funds for families to have vouchers & food.
Join the DevStream Jam 2025!
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A 96 hour charity jam!
All games will be showcased live on Nov. 16, at 3pm EST!
#DevStreamJam2025 #ExtraLife #GameJam #IndieDev #beginnerjam #extralifehershey25 #Gamejams #cpgd #fundraising #charityjam #childrensmiraclenetwork
itch.io/jam/devstrea...
A 96 hour charity jam!
All games will be showcased live on Nov. 16, at 3pm EST!
#DevStreamJam2025 #ExtraLife #GameJam #IndieDev #beginnerjam #extralifehershey25 #Gamejams #cpgd #fundraising #charityjam #childrensmiraclenetwork
November 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
We're partnering with @extralife4kids.bsky.social at CPGD! If you want an opportunity to grow your portfolio, network, and support children's hospitals check out our first DevStream jam!
All of the submissions will be live streamed to support raising funds for families to have vouchers & food.
All of the submissions will be live streamed to support raising funds for families to have vouchers & food.
The amount of college freshmen shouting 6 7 in this diner makes me feel like the grumpiest 76 year old, and I’m a zoomer.
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The amount of college freshmen shouting 6 7 in this diner makes me feel like the grumpiest 76 year old, and I’m a zoomer.
How is Consume Me's UI so good yet so within scope!?
September 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
How is Consume Me's UI so good yet so within scope!?
What is it with post-war philosophers and confidently shifting the conversation to animals? I'm sure the idea is to ground the argument in biology, but I think these people were just zoology nerds.
August 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
What is it with post-war philosophers and confidently shifting the conversation to animals? I'm sure the idea is to ground the argument in biology, but I think these people were just zoology nerds.
I missed this episode of Twin Peaks
Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return
July 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I missed this episode of Twin Peaks
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It's rumored that the next James Bond will be an enchanted pumpkin that can speak, sing, and even dance
June 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's rumored that the next James Bond will be an enchanted pumpkin that can speak, sing, and even dance
What do you call this kind of dialogue? It's my favorite and I only want more.
May 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
What do you call this kind of dialogue? It's my favorite and I only want more.
Hold on, they made Totris?
At @gamedevperkup.bsky.social
in Santa Monica and they made the Tater Tots Tetris shaped
in Santa Monica and they made the Tater Tots Tetris shaped
April 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Hold on, they made Totris?
I see my feet have not forgiven me for going to GDC.
March 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I see my feet have not forgiven me for going to GDC.
Don’t make me! I beg you! Please, just one other player!
March 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Don’t make me! I beg you! Please, just one other player!
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Just had this conversation in the corner store:
- Muffin?
- Nah, thanks. Muffout.
...and I paid, walked out, and boarded a tram. I think the guy is still standing there, confused.
Anyway, I got my beer 👍
- Muffin?
- Nah, thanks. Muffout.
...and I paid, walked out, and boarded a tram. I think the guy is still standing there, confused.
Anyway, I got my beer 👍
February 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Just had this conversation in the corner store:
- Muffin?
- Nah, thanks. Muffout.
...and I paid, walked out, and boarded a tram. I think the guy is still standing there, confused.
Anyway, I got my beer 👍
- Muffin?
- Nah, thanks. Muffout.
...and I paid, walked out, and boarded a tram. I think the guy is still standing there, confused.
Anyway, I got my beer 👍
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Touch grass. Now touch stone. Now touch water. Now spill blood inside the glyph. Now light the brazier
January 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Touch grass. Now touch stone. Now touch water. Now spill blood inside the glyph. Now light the brazier
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In geopolitics, Realism is the concept that the world is a perpetual war between “spheres of influence” whose strength must be balanced for our survival. Horrific doctrine for governance, but great for game dynamics! “Lets team up on X, they’re getting ahead” “I have no points, don’t worry about me”
a board game is being played with orange and blue blocks
ALT: a board game is being played with orange and blue blocks
media.tenor.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
In geopolitics, Realism is the concept that the world is a perpetual war between “spheres of influence” whose strength must be balanced for our survival. Horrific doctrine for governance, but great for game dynamics! “Lets team up on X, they’re getting ahead” “I have no points, don’t worry about me”
Usually people don't advocate for throwing rocks at children, but everyone I know who's played Horizon has said this. lol youtu.be/PzomI_VXFLs?...
Horizon Zero Dawn - Neil Druckmann Interviews Hermen Hulst | PS4
YouTube video by PlayStation
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Usually people don't advocate for throwing rocks at children, but everyone I know who's played Horizon has said this. lol youtu.be/PzomI_VXFLs?...
Started watching Shadowhunters since I love camp.
*Mother hands a decretive box, dramatic music*
Mother: "It's called a stele."
MC: "What is it, like, a paper weight?"
Mother: "No, it's more than that."
*Mother hands a decretive box, dramatic music*
Mother: "It's called a stele."
MC: "What is it, like, a paper weight?"
Mother: "No, it's more than that."
December 2, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Started watching Shadowhunters since I love camp.
*Mother hands a decretive box, dramatic music*
Mother: "It's called a stele."
MC: "What is it, like, a paper weight?"
Mother: "No, it's more than that."
*Mother hands a decretive box, dramatic music*
Mother: "It's called a stele."
MC: "What is it, like, a paper weight?"
Mother: "No, it's more than that."
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This is a discussion I've been interested in for a long time. I feel many games are designed with the idea that more content is good & players should be able to play it all. But in doing so you deny players from a different kind of experience.
Narratives lose weight & immersion is reduced
1/..
Narratives lose weight & immersion is reduced
1/..
The world is ending but here's a side quest - will RPGs ever solve their urgency problem?
Why is it that in a role-playing game where the stakes are usually 'the end of the world', the end of the world always …
www.eurogamer.net
November 24, 2024 at 9:17 PM
This is a discussion I've been interested in for a long time. I feel many games are designed with the idea that more content is good & players should be able to play it all. But in doing so you deny players from a different kind of experience.
Narratives lose weight & immersion is reduced
1/..
Narratives lose weight & immersion is reduced
1/..
Journey is still the first piece of media that comes to mind when I think of to visual storytelling. If you haven’t played it, now’s a good time.
10th anniversary Journey thread, recreated:
I was the art director of thatgamecompany's Journey. It set the course of my career and my art. I'm forever thankful to the community of players and their incredible love for the game. This is a thread comparing early dev images and how things shipped.
I was the art director of thatgamecompany's Journey. It set the course of my career and my art. I'm forever thankful to the community of players and their incredible love for the game. This is a thread comparing early dev images and how things shipped.
November 25, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Journey is still the first piece of media that comes to mind when I think of to visual storytelling. If you haven’t played it, now’s a good time.
About to start playing this old gem properly. Does it still hold up in your opinion?
November 24, 2024 at 11:00 PM
About to start playing this old gem properly. Does it still hold up in your opinion?
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Calling all Junior Game Devs!
We have made the FIRST & ONLY junior specific Starter Pack for game devs.
Follow and comment below to get added!
go.bsky.app/PfJFrF6
#gamedev
#indiedev
#junior
#promosky
We have made the FIRST & ONLY junior specific Starter Pack for game devs.
Follow and comment below to get added!
go.bsky.app/PfJFrF6
#gamedev
#indiedev
#junior
#promosky
November 24, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Calling all Junior Game Devs!
We have made the FIRST & ONLY junior specific Starter Pack for game devs.
Follow and comment below to get added!
go.bsky.app/PfJFrF6
#gamedev
#indiedev
#junior
#promosky
We have made the FIRST & ONLY junior specific Starter Pack for game devs.
Follow and comment below to get added!
go.bsky.app/PfJFrF6
#gamedev
#indiedev
#junior
#promosky
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One of the biggest challenges of branching dialogue is letting players say what they want. If you don't, they'll feel railroaded.
Information management is the trick. Everything your NPCs say generates player responses. Look:
NPC: I hate kittens.
3 words that already suggest 3 player responses.
Information management is the trick. Everything your NPCs say generates player responses. Look:
NPC: I hate kittens.
3 words that already suggest 3 player responses.
November 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
One of the biggest challenges of branching dialogue is letting players say what they want. If you don't, they'll feel railroaded.
Information management is the trick. Everything your NPCs say generates player responses. Look:
NPC: I hate kittens.
3 words that already suggest 3 player responses.
Information management is the trick. Everything your NPCs say generates player responses. Look:
NPC: I hate kittens.
3 words that already suggest 3 player responses.