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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️
@sophieh.itch.io
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Makes games, dice, and other nerdy stuff ❤️

(Trans/NB/AroAce, they/them, plural, autistic)

Fedi: https://dice.camp/@Sophie
Web: https://sophiehoulden.com/
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It's an incremental dice game for just one player. It only takes up a little time each day (unless you want to binge it!)

I started making it as an excuse to roll all the weird dice I own. You really don't *need* lots of strange dice to play it buuuuut if you are a dice goblin, this is for you!
Two-page illustration of four different devils sat drinking at tables in a bar. Each has a box describing their hiring cost, name, rules, and some flavour text. The Page text reads: The Devil's Dew Devil Worlds ONLY "Hmm, not our usual kind of patron… well you’re welcome as long as your blood is thick enough and you take part in at least one brawl before you leave. Buy some other patrons a drink, and maybe they’ll even fight for you!” The devils and their flavour text are: Frenzied Fiend: “Violence? Violence! VIOLENCE!” Fearsome Fiend: “Evil souls are more delicious. And what could be more evil than creating this prison of lies… I’m salivating at just the thought!” Fickle Fiend: “A mortal? I’ll NEVER fight alongside- oh… ale? Okay, sure thing, boss!” Fang-Filled Fiend: A being that is more teeth than body smiles at you eerily.
October 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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It's Sunday, if you're looking for a chill way to kill some time - check out my new game!

on DriveThruRPG: drivethrurpg.com/product/5183...

or itchio: sophieh.itch.io/dice-the-dem...
October 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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My dice app updating to v1.7 coincides with the launch of Dice the Demiurge, how serendipitous and organic and also completely planned!

Read the update post on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/106...

or itchio:
sophieh.itch.io/sophies-dice...
Text reads "Dice the Demiurge Update" over an image of many 20-sided dice that read "1.7" Image of several six-sided dice displaying icons used in Dice the Demiurge for different types of roll prompt or game mechanics such as blood drops or treasure. Image of several dice rolled by expressions including 5d6 counting the matching sets in the results, a d8 that can explode only once, and a d2 that has inflated during explosion up to a d8
October 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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More details available on the game's web page:
sophiehoulden.com/dicethedemiu...

but to answer some Qs:
- The book is entirely written and drawn by me, no AI was used <3
- It includes PDFs (shaded AND print-friendly art versions)
- It includes an imageless hypertext version
- I hope you enjoy it!
Two pages, each with a different class description and illustration. The Tailor class shows a person wielding a large needle with a big spool of thread on their back. The Berserker class shows a bear-person holding a fist wearing metal knuckles.
October 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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"An incremental dice game for one player.

Roll dice each day to attack the Demiurge, then trade the demon’s blood to become stronger.

Once the monster has been slain,
Ascend to the next world and do it again!"
A double-page illustrated spread showing a bar where several devils are drinking, there are descriptions of the features they grant if hired.
October 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Dice the Demiurge is out NOW!

If you love dice and/or dice games you must check it out!

on DriveThruRPG:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

and itchio:
sophieh.itch.io/dice-the-dem...

#dice #tabletop #ttrpg #solo #solorpg #indiegame
October 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Not adding a lot of new shapes to the next dice update, but it's me so there's still gonna be some!

This will bring the total number of shapes in the app to 475!
Screenshot showing 3D rendered dice and coins. There is a set of polyhedral dice with sharp gem-cut facets, a cube with circular insets, a cube with curved edges to become a d1, and coins showing sides of heads (a model of my head from a selfie) and tails (a model of a fox with several tails)
September 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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I was really hoping to have the game out before this happened again but this is where we're at. my overdraft is about gone & bills are due that will go way past it.

If you're curious, current state of game's release is waiting on a final print proof, and finishing the game's trailer.
August 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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I did try looking up how other tabletop book trailers animate their illustrations and turned up nothing, my best guess is some feature in some adobe software I don't wanna pay for, so I just used my game art skills in blender again. I know how to rig a model, doesn't matter if it's 2D
screenshot of blender showing layered meshes with an illustrated texture of a vendor holding up potion boddtles, there is a wireframe indicating the armature used to animate it.
August 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Making a trailer for a book is silly and also time consuming but slowly I'm making progress and getting glimpses of something enticing
August 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Working on the trailer for Dice the Demiurge and being soooooooooooo productive...

(Yaldabaoth? - More like Yodel-baoth!!!! #GotEm)
August 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Finally checked all the procreate stats I have for Dice the Demiurge - I spent 324 hours illustrating this book.

That's almost two weeks of time doing nothing except drawing... It was spread out over months but my finger is still a different shape as a result lol
An illustrated double-page spread showing a vast chasm where the walls are all library bookshelves that fade out in the distance. A dragon flies overhead and people occupy settlements build on bridges between the shelves. In the foreground a dog-person with climbing gear looks back to you. The title is "Tammy's Top Tomes" with the flavour text of "A world of books and so few readers… Little do people realise - the keys to their freedom are ever close at hand." To the sides are listed different purchases and their gameplay rules.
August 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Because it's so lightweight it is definitely faster for big rolls than my main app, but there are much fewer features (I mean, it's a couple of days work versus several years work, after all).
Screenshot of a web page that reads "3000d6969: 10452240" followed by an expanded detail view of all the dice in the roll (most of which do not fit on the screen). Each die has its size and value listed, with a button to reroll it.
August 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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I made a simple dice roller for web!

You can roll A LOT of dice, of whatever size you need, and then examine all the results and reroll or add new dice.

sophiehoulden.com/dice/simple/
#TTRPG #Dice #RNG
Screenshot of a web page with two number inputs "Pool" and "Dice" which are "3" and "8" respectively. Following that is a "Roll" button and large text which reads "3d8: 14". Beneath is a button labelled "Show Detail"
August 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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I want the experience to be as 1:1 between the two but my gut says "don't describe the missing images, replace them with flavour text that invokes what you wanted to invoke with them" (2/4)
Screenshot of an illustrated page from my book. It describes the Rogue class and has an image of a cat-person holding a knife in an action pose, there are also two four-sided dice illustrated in the corner of the page. The text of the page reads: Class: Rogue A rogue is the embodiment of the knowledge that laws are mere tricks enacted by the powerful. Such things vanish to nothing - as long as you don’t get caught. Rogues obey only their conscience, and take whatever they need. Dice Pool 2d4 Skill: Vital Hits: Rogue class dice Pop on 3 and above. Level 2 Skill: Agile Motion: After Popping, Rogue class dice now Explode on values over half their size (for example, a d8 can explode on 5 and above) Level 3+ Skill: Pointier Daggers: For each level from 3 upwards, Rogue class dice Grow one step (d4 becomes d6, then d8, etc). Real-Action Bonus: One bonus level can be gained if you steal something that would not be missed; the wealthy and their companies have much more than they need anyway. Screenshot of the Rogue class from the imageless version of my book, the text is the same as in the previous image but is laid out more plainly. However the flavour text has been expanded with the additional paragraphs: The cat-like figure leaped silently from one rooftop to the next, barely a shadow upon the night sky to the guards that patrolled below. Pushing her dagger between the frame of a closed window she lifted its latch and made her way in. She looked around and a grin began to curl beneath her delicate whiskers; another opulently decorated manor, another greedy fool about to have their finery taken from them. She located her quarry, an extravagant golden statuette that had been bought with extorted rent money. She lifted the piece and replaced it with a simple note that bore a simple message: “It never belonged to you anyway.”
August 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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New patreon post: Dice the Demiurge HD Illustrations

www.patreon.com/posts/dice-d...

This has every illustration and I've given each a caption about it.

Free to paid patrons, $3 to anyone else interested.

(I'll add alt text later, I've run out of time this morning!)
A warrior with a shield and javelin is locked in a fierce battle with a great lion-headed serpent.
July 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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#RNGDay 2026 will be on October 11th!
A spinner with 12 segments labelled with months of the year, the spinner's arrow is pointing to "October". A spinner with 31 numbered segments, the spinner's arrow is pointing to "11".
July 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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🎲 Happy #RNGDay everyone! 🎲

I hope you're all having a good random time!

I'll be aiming to stream the date selection at 1200 UTC (it's gonna involve a little crafting)!

I'll keep this thread updated when I go live, and once the selection is made.
A view of a desk top with blank paper, pens, pencils, a compass, protractor, ruler, eraser, and a plastic spinner.
July 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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If you’re stumped for a fun activity for #RNGDay, why not make some papercraft dice with your own hand-drawn faces!

I’ve put some templates here for dice with 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, and 30 sides:
rngday.com/dice_papercr...
Photograph of several dice made of paper, with different hand-drawn art on each side of them. One has different faces and expressions, one has lines, another has dots, the others are numbered with fun text.
July 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Monthly patreon update, Dice the Demiurge is suuuuper close to done, and looking very pretty imo!

www.patreon.com/posts/june-u...
June 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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here's a WIP of what I'm illustrating rn. Money sent will help me continue with this and also just like... everything else
A half-illustrated two-page spread for a shop from my game. A dog-person in climbing gear stands at the precipice of cliff-faces made up of shelves of books. In the distance a dragon flies overhead. The title of the spread is "Tammy's Top Tomes", with the rule "Library worlds ONLY." There are various book-related purchases listed, beneath the flavour text: “A world of books and so few readers… Little do people realise - the keys to their freedom are ever close at hand.”
June 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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I just posted my Patreon update for May. Dice the Demiurge is looking good! www.patreon.com/posts/may-up...
May 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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My game is close to finished and looking great, but every time I come to socials I see that most of the world really wants me to not exist. Which is a shame because it puts a dampener on my desire to shout about my work
An illustrated two-page spread showing a cute world with dessert mountains, cupcake houses, lollipop trees, a flying Pegasus, and cute mushroom-guy meditating. There is text describing a shop here and its rules. Adorable Armaments. Cute worlds ONLY. “Wewcom! Do yoo want somfing SO cyute that yoo cud jus DIE!! UwU <3” • Each grenade adds a d12 to your Plush Grenades pool • Plush Grenades Explode on even numbers • They will magically reappear in your pocket the next day Cutie Grenade - 300 Fuzzy Grenade - 400 Darling Grenade - 500 Kawaii Grenade - 600
May 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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I just added the final shop to Dice the Demiurge (my solo dice game)!

It's now feature-complete and needs some final testing while I work on finishing the art.

If you're interested in playtesting, let me know! I'll get back to you once I've caught some sleep!

#dice #ttrpg
An illustrated page showing a fantasy in robes holding jars containing a glittering mist. He has a high collar, a horn that extends above his brow, and black eyes with white centers. In the background is an array of various bottles with indecipherable labels. The page is titled "Rare Shop, Wandering Emporium". Falavour text reads "Welcome, you may browse my fine notions and concepts, but they can only be claimed by accomplished adventurers... perhaps that could be you?" Bullet points list the rules for this shop: • The Wandering Emporium appears only rarely • Roll a d60 once per day to seek out the emporium, you only find it if the result matches the date of the month • Each purchase adds a new die to your Notions pool • All purchases are Permanent
May 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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I am once again looking for anyone interested in playtesting Dice the Demiurge, the game is just about finished so I’d like fresh eyes on it as I work on the final illustrations!

If you’re interested, send me a message and I’ll get back to you!
Image of an illustrated page titled “Introduction”. Artwork shows a battle between a warrior and large lion-headed serpent with a world coiled up in its tail. The page text reads: Dice the Demiurge is a game without end. Once per day you will roll dice to deal damage to the Demiurge, a great demon trapping you in a false world. The blood you draw can be spent to improve your dice and become stronger. After killing the demiurge you may ascend - to where stronger foes await. To play you will need: This rulebook, Pencil and eraser, Dice (a polyhedral set is fine to start). It’s okay to use a calculator too!
April 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM