Shawny "Mouse" Alison

I love librarians

A post by Rebecca Johnson: “I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.” A tumblr respond from mightymur: “The final, brilliant word on passive voice. "She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive "Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

Not saying we’re the second Silksong, but Steam went down right after we launched.

Coincidence? Probably.
Doug? It's a possibility...

The pharmacy doors are open. The clones are restless. Doug is… still unconfirmed.

🩺 Epi-Derick is out now — run your pharmacy, manage the chaos, and maybe survive long enough to file the paperwork.

📋 Creator key: forms.gle/TczM7XNUYDnz...

💊 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2178890/...

Calling all creators.

We need brave souls willing to dispense meds, juggle side effects, and keep the boss happy!

📋 Content creator key requests now open: forms.gle/3H6eqwCg7SHK...

📅 Epi-Derick releases October 7th.
🌐 fireslugstudios.com

CloverPit is OUT NOW!

500k+ wishlists, 700k+ demo downloads, and one delay later (thanks, Silksong lol), it's finally time!

Our demonic lovechild of Balatro + Buckshot Roulette is a slot machine nightmare roguelike. Pay off your debt or else!

- 1 slot machine
- 1 ATM
- 1 red phone
- 1 scary drop

YouTube video by offbrand games Aethermancer | Official Early Access Launch Trailer

⚔️AETHERMANCER⚔️ is out NOW on Steam!

Dive into a challenging, monster-taming roguelike adventure where team synergy and battle strategy are key.

Dozens of unique monsters, hundreds of potential abilities, and THOUSANDS of different team comps 🔥

youtu.be/5iD1PVU9uo0

YouTube video by Fireslug Studios Epi-Derick Trailer

Welcome to your new career, training starts now.

📅 Epi-Derick releases October 7th.

🎥 Watch the Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P62u...

#IndieGame #NewGameRelease

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So if someone (me) wrote a retelling of The Odyssey, that tells Penelope’s story & what she would do if Odysseus never returned.

And if it focused on her reclaiming her story?

Would that uhh be of interest to anyone?

Because if so then boy do I (almost) have a first draft of a book for you!

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So if someone (me) wrote a retelling of The Odyssey, that tells Penelope’s story & what she would do if Odysseus never returned.

And if it focused on her reclaiming her story?

Would that uhh be of interest to anyone?

Because if so then boy do I (almost) have a first draft of a book for you!

Also literally all I need to do in docs/word is "--" and it'll turn it into "—" like it's not that hard?

And if I'm on my phone (like I am now) I just need to hold down - and it gives me em-dash & en-dash options.

Headed down to #DevelopConf this week with the folks at Blind Burners. I'll be around from today til Friday morning.

Want to chat community & social media management, marketing, accessibility, or writing? Let's find some time!

PSA for everyone going to protests

I will! I don't let my theatre kid shine, I let my feral chaos goblin shine 😈

I have a campaign I want to run at some point. The campaign I'm in right now is like 3 of us causing chaos, 1 person trying to be the voice of reason & our DM wondering why they do this every week 🤣

saw a post saying we're not gonna see a human land on mars in our lifetime.

i mostly agree but wanna sort of point out why.

getting to mars: ez. solved. we've done it dozens of times with satellites, rovers and stuff. getting to mars has been solved for 60 years.

but:

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As a Bruins fan, I hope so

Today feels like a good day to post about our favourite trans, non-binary and gender nonconforming #scifi, #fantasy and #horror authors...

A THREAD 🧵

Please add your own recommends, and consider ordering a book or three!

I didn't get my diagnosis until a couple of years ago and getting medicated was life changing. Like you're telling me it didn't have to be that hard all throughout school/uni/PhD? I felt cheated for so long 😅

Also important to note that if PIP is cut then I'll no longer be able to afford the first 2 & I likely wouldn't be able to replace the last 2 if needed. These are all things that help me stay healthy enough to work full time from home & contribute to the capitalist hellscape we live in. 🙃

5 things that have improved my quality of life:

- hiring biweekly cleaners
- meal prep & delivery service
- adhd meds
- ergonomic chair/pc peripherals/standing desk
- MedCline shoulder relief system pillow

There are others but these are the main 5 that give me reasonable QoL as a disabled person.

Yeah, we will get a lot of things covered as the airline wouldn't put us on a earlier flight. We took the soonest flight they had available!

Yep!

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Well I wished for more time in Japan but I didn't mean I wanted them to cancel my flight home & not be able to rebook it for an extra 5 nights... 😅

Hey just for the record, Free Palestine.

I'm so heckin' excited for South of Midnight! Hoping for a great launch for you and the team!

Grouping of Easter lilies at a grocery store flower display

It’s that time of year-

Short and sweet-LILIES KILL CATS

Lilies are one of the most dangerous plants out there when it comes to cats. Just brushing against them can cause kidney failure and a horrible, painful death.

If they survive, it can be a 5 figure vet bill, and days at the hospital 1/

A column of fire envelops an RV in a pine forest late at night.

My bedroom and office reduced to ashes. The metal walls and roof are largely destroyed, revealing the forest beyond.

A class C RV gutted by fire. The heat of the fire has killed most of the plant life in a nearby garden.

A segment of an RV's exterior wall. The heat of the fire has melted through the aluminum panels.

An E-bike battery burned my house down on the first day of GDC. Seeking mutual aid from financially stable colleagues.
gofund.me/47306b15

A femme presenting person with short red hair and glasses smiling at the camera.

Hi, I'm Shawny! 👋

I'm not at GDC, because I'm in Japan right now but I've worked in community management/social media/marketing/accessibility professionally for 4 years & over a decade in player-led spaces!

Recently made redundant from my role at Bonsai Collective so LFW!

#WhatAGameDevLooksLike

@alexmilner.bsky.social could be worth looking into!