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val - V.M. Ayala 🏳️‍🌈
@spacevalkyries.bsky.social
📝sci-fi/fantasy writer V.M. Ayala (she/they) 🎮streamer, indie games, TTRPGs ✨anxiety/ADHD, chronic pain 🏳️‍🌈queer biracial Mexican American 🪐🗡️co-founder of @othersidespec.bsky.social

🌈 https://www.spacevalkyries.com/
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ohhh these are all excellent and alliterative. your naming power!! game and gab is kinda cute! adding these to the list to give my chat LOL 👀
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
oh my goodness this game is so cute!!
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
omg this looks amaziiiing 👀
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I'm also going to get better about posting to my newsletter for, well, news rather than just flailing inconsistently on Patreon. Mini-Spaces will still happen but they'll be more like silly extras rather than a newsletter formatted thing!

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November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
always happy to mask! I am a cancer survivor and immunocompromised, the only way I can go to big cons is by pretty rigorously masking! it can definitely be demoralizing seeing how fast people dropped it 😔
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
oooo that is a fun one! adding it to the potential pool of options (I am, as is proper and maybe chaotic, letting my chat weigh in on this tomorrow during stream) 👀
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
2 of these are not even my ideas but @vj-amalea.bsky.social's just to reinforce how AWFUL I am at naming things 😂😂
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Thank you as well honestly
I’m so hype to start streaming some of these TTRPGs after our convo!
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I’m also going to do two big blog posts with everything soon! But I am also trying to organize it all and nap a lot and recover from the con! So please look forward to it 😂
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
also also Triangle Agency looks amazing and @hauntedtable.bsky.social absolutely were wonderful explaining the mechanics! of course @plusoneexp.bsky.social always has the coolest games too. I always walk away from PAXU in awe of everyone’s creativity 💜
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Not an exhaustive list of folks in the video but:

@possibleworlds.bsky.social, @gilarpgs.bsky.social, @goodluckpress.co, and @mallenhall.com were delightful! And shoutout to @moreblueberries.bsky.social for being the first person I’ve ever interviewed and rocking it explaining A Land Once Magic💜
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
yessss I was!! honestly so happy to be at that table it was such a neat experience 💜
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I regularly think about the Star Wars 10 Candles game you did that I got to be part of, just sayiiiing!! you are a delight and such a thoughtful GM!!
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I absolutely would 🦀
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
that sounds amaziiiing I'm definitely in for next time 👀
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
yeah my other issue this year is I left so early 😭 next year I'm just gonna stay til Monday!!
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
me to adam: hey we should meet in the one place that overstimulates me so fast I can't be there for long
also me: damn why am I the worst for not being able to meet up 😭

anyway next year I'm finding a quiet place to meet friends! SURELY a chill space near or in different parts of the con exist!!
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I feel this in my soul. I lose my voice fast yelling through a mask and also get overstimulated by sound SO fast I can only do like 40 min tops 😭
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
oh I absolutelyyy understand. try to test out both for a week or two if you can and see what works—if daily writing works best while on contract, hell yeah. but if you're like me and write in chaotic bursts, figuring out that rate can help set realistic goals. happy to DM or talk further about it! 💜
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
the holiday season has been a lil messed up for word counts but I tryyy for 1000-3000 words a week. I don't write daily, and often write in bursts, so I give myself a variable amount to account for my chaos 😂
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
so many awesome folks!! sad the marathon and leaving early prevented me from hanging out for some of this but hopefully next yeaaar!
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
aw thank you! I do not think I can stream this with my chat but I might make my partner play it with me at some point 💜
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM