Between year of the beta, zungeons, and minimalist jam, i think the era of "just make stuff" is real and thriving. It's certainly helped me publish instead of constant draft refinement.

mech girl moodboard

I know she's really new but i just love Tinkaton she's so cute

that's fair but I think people want a big sci-fi setting with galactic wars without space magic. but i'm not sure there's any mainstream franchises that come as close to ticking that box

can't stop thinking about this happening to me

would a true blogger let that stop them

i cant stop thinking about it either

I think about your dirtbag gen4 post a lot. I've only played 6 and part of 1, but the way you talk about FA makes me want to go play it.

The Minimalist TTRPG Jam has ~2 days remaining if you want to join last minute, but I also encourage you to check out the other submissions from my fellow designers. Shoutout to @binarythis.bsky.social for hosting.

itch.io/jam/minimali...

Along with the game itself, I wrote a short retrospective on the Minimalist Jam itself and all of the lessons I learned. I had a great time, but I definitely think this was an ambitious game to write for a jam.

www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...

concept: game where the players must read