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wonderwhimsy.bsky.social
@wonderwhimsy.bsky.social
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tabletop and video games developer

https://www.talesofwonderwhimsy.com
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wonderwhimsy.bsky.social
Added a free character sheet zip (featuring plenty of variants) to Jump! Solo's itch page! wonderwhimsy.itch.io/jumpsolo
December 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
wonderwhimsy.bsky.social
Wrote a bit about launching a new game from zero on various socials:

itch.io/blog/1170909...
Launching as an unknown creator: On discoverability on itch from nothing
Hey everybody! I thought I'd write a launch post-mortem for my first game, Jump! Solo . I made the decision when I started working on TTRPGs that, even though I do have a following for digital games,....
itch.io
December 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
wonderwhimsy.bsky.social
I just released my first TTRPG, Jump! Solo!
It's easy and breezy, very flexible, and full of tons of cute illustrations! And despite its (hopefully catchy) name also supports more than one player!
You can check it out here: wonderwhimsy.itch.io/jumpsolo

#solorpg #ttrpg #rpg #indiettrpg #pbta
December 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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chrisdeleon.bsky.social
jokes aside as popeye enters public domain a reminder we got mario and donkey kong because nintendo couldn't use popeye and bluto, like star wars happened because lucas was denied making a flash gordon movie

let corpos denying you recycling their stuff drive you to do better new stuff that's yours
Donkey Kong Was Originally A Popeye Game Miyamoto says Nintendo's main monkey might not have existed Posted by Tom East on 25th Nov 2009 at 09:56 10 Donkey Kong is one of the most iconic games characters of all time but he may not have existed had Nintendo followed their original idea. In the latest 'Iwata Asks' interview, Shigeru Miyamoto admits that Donkey Kong was originally meant to be a Popeye game. "I sketched out a few ideas for games using Popeye," said Miyamoto. "At that point, Yokoi-san was good enough to bring these ideas to the President's attention and in the end one of the ideas received official approval. Yokoi-san thought that designers would become necessary members of development teams in order to make games in the future. And that's how Donkey Kong came about." "But originally it was going to be a Popeye game," Iwata continued. "That's right," Miyamoto responded. "But while I can't recall exactly why it was, we were unable to use Popeye in that title. It really felt like the ladder had been pulled out from under us, so to speak." "It was a really lucky break! So next we began to flesh out the idea for a game based on the concept we had come up with." Imagine a world without Donkey Kong. No Donkey Kong would mean no Jumpman. And without Jumpman we wouldn't have Mario! Tom East
December 26, 2024 at 6:17 PM
wonderwhimsy.bsky.social
@arkthepieking.bsky.social saw your Viera on the XIV reddit and I had to draw her... effervescent
a potato shaped creature that is ostensibly a rabbit girl, brandishing a polearm
November 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
wonderwhimsy.bsky.social
Almost ready to share something cool. Soon...

#ttrpg #solorpg
A teaser image of a TTRPG that will be formally announced later depicting a hero with a cool sword and the image of a princess in the background. It evokes nostalgic video games from the 80s and 90s. The style is cute and chibi.
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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devrpg2k.bsky.social
#meme #GameDev #gamedevelopment #RPGMaker #RPGTsukuru #ツクール #RPGツクール #RPGMaker2000 #RPGツクール2000 #Rm2k #RPGMaker2003 #RPGツクール2003 #Rm2k3
It's just for laughs, I love Rm2k and Rm2k3:
It's just for laughs, I love Rm2k and Rm2k3:
August 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
wonderwhimsy.bsky.social
@elstiko.bsky.social 👋Hey there! I'm making a game and wanted to put Winsome in my "Inspiration and shout-outs" section. I wanted to ask what your preferred name for attribution in this would be (e.g. perhaps "el Stiko" ?)

Thank you for your time and your wonderful games!
August 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM