@artofnamelamed.bsky.social
Call me Nicholai/ะะธะบะพะปะฐ | Creating games, comics & illustrated novellas | androgyne (they)๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ | I'm a ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ช anti-zionist Jew โฆ https://artofnamelamed.ca/
SOUP ROOMS is a collaborative minimalist art-game featuring over 100 ROOMS created by cool and talented indie devs from around the world.
Admission is free of charge, and you can even make your own ROOMS and SOUP-like games to share with others!
We hope you enjoy your stay.
LINKS BELOW!
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Instead of giving your money to (1) billionaire this Black Friday, give it to (25) perverts keeping the sicko dream alive!
Every $ this bundle earns goes directly to the artists, which mean a very merry holiday season for a bunch of queer increatives โฅ๏ธ
And in exchange you get a bunch of sick porn!
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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The cover image for it sucks to be us, which depicts a person in a mask looking down towards the right. They have black cropped asymmetrical hair and are wearing suspenders. The background is a light sepia with a block to the left in a darker brown tone. Negative space in the form of the title has been cut out of the block, positioned on its side.
ใsomething somewhere inside you just isn't getting the memoใ
it sucks to be us is a Twine game about feminism and trans people who suck at being lesbians, made in two weeks for #TransMLMJam2025. Cover art by @nommedeploom.itch.io, 11k+ words long with 5 endings.
tofurocks.itch.io/it-sucks-to-...
๐ฑ WE BUILD A HOME: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
We're looking for existing or new illustrations and short comics (max 3 pages) for a digital fundraiser zine to support East African LGBTQIA+ refugees build a home in South Sudan.
More about the project here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
You can enter to win these bracelets, and other cool crafty things, if you donate to any food bank, food pantry, or mutual aid group that distributes food! #mutualaid
The rainbow bracelet is all vintage Lucite; the others have a mix of new and vintage glass, Lucite, and acrylic beads. ๐๐
Still really excited to check out the other submission though!
26.10.2025 20:28 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Really wanted to finish a certain project in time for this, but after an unexpected workload increase with work/classes, we had to push the deadline forward. ๐ฅฒ Still in the works, but I would have loved to release it for this jam in particular. I hope there will be future jams like it!
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Hey yo!! My Horror fantasy Itch Jam ends in 10 days!!! And the Bundle submissions close 3 days after that!! If you have a horror fantasy project you'd like to submit to either, you can join the Jam here itch.io/jam/fear-fan... or! Submit to the Bundle here! forms.gle/AWoyUjgyhK8y...
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TIME WILL DEVOUR HIS CHILDREN: CHAPTER TWO is out now! This on-going dark fantasy comic about your past coming back to haunt you continues in its second 110-page installment, which you can buy here: claystorks.itch.io/time-will-de... ๐
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screenshot of the main menu for "Orangepeel, Onionskin," depicted in pixellated black and white. it depicts a stone carving of wo figures embracing while one stabs the other.
screenshot of "Orangepeel, Onionskin." the background depicts a building in Roman style, standing among some trees. the text reads: Lave: Am I a nun? Isabel: You're worse than a nun! Lave: You'd better watch your tongue. He patted his left side. Lave: Four nights from now, he'll be making the rules. No more wine for Sister Isabel! Isabel: Ha...! Isabel's face turned. Isabel: That'd be fine. At least then I'd know for sure that you're part of him.
screenshot of "Orangepeel, Onionskin." the background depicts Lave, a young fat man with white hair, embracing Mona, a thin woman with black hair. they are lying on the ground, in the dark, with miserable expressions. the text reads: Mona: I'm sorry. Mona: What's coming won't show you mercy. Lave: But you can. Mona: ...I can.
ORANGEPEEL, ONIONSKIN is out for free!
For twenty years, Mona has prepared to deliver the god that sleeps in Lave's belly.
Now, four nights, and four rituals, remain.
80+ images and 17.5k words written with @pepperbloom.bsky.social, for #erohorrorVNjam
godaughtr.itch.io/orangepeel-o...
If you donโt know who Miss Major was, you have to read this right now
www.versobooks.com/products/278...
The cover of the zine "If You Don't Like The Game, Change The Rules: Alternative Modes of Videogame Production", by Marie Leblanc Flanagan. Behind the zine are a bunch of little creatures with speech bubbles saying things like "union?", "co-op", "so tired" and "four-day work week", from the back cover of the zine, along with a speech bubble that says "we're world designers, why can't we design a world we'd want to live in?"
new in disto! "If You Don't Like The Game, Change The Rules: Alternative Modes of Videogame Production", by Marie Leblanc Flanagan, explores video game labour practices through the story of three friends who decide to start a worker co-op together.
sheerspite.ca/product/if-y...
Check it out for yourself here: artofnamelamed.itch.io/the-inverted... ๐ฎ
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Avant de nous rejoindre, ils avaient notamment rรฉalisรฉ The Inverted Spire, un jeu de nรฉgociation dystopique au style photorรฉaliste de film noir. Situรฉ dans un univers dark fantasy original, il s'inspire des ลuvres de China Miรฉville et d'Ursula K. Le Guin.
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โจ๏ธMentee Highlight - Nicholai Avigdor Melamedโจ๏ธ
A multimedia writer-artist making comics, games, poetry and illustrations, Nicholai joined the GAMERella mentorship program with an art style and ambition to make games.
@artofnamelamed.bsky.social
@miawong.bsky.social The recent ICHH episode on Abundance and SEZs hit alarmingly close to home.
Here in Ontario, Doug Ford's government passed Bill 5, which allows the creation of Special Economic Zones that would exempt corporate entities from having to follow any provincial/ municipal laws 1/5
artist line up graphic part one. 1. Seosamh Dรกire (https://198x.love) 2. Ray (papriqa.bsky.social) 3. Kahlil Kasir (instagram.com/kahlilkasir) 4. Naomi Kotek (naomikotek.com)
artist line up graphic part two. 1. Vesta Z (godaughtr.bsky.social) 2. Auvtre (auvtre.tumblr.com) 3. Decadentjackal (decadentjackal.bsky.social) 4. Tinyfratboy (tinyfratboy.bsky.social)
artist line up graphic part three. 1. Revel Guts (revelguts.bsky.social) 2. Paradiseplum (patreon.com/paradiseplum) 3. Oralmenace (oralmenace.art) 4. Doddster (x.com/dodddraws)
artist line up graphic part four. 1. Pompoison (linktr.ee/pompoison) 2. Fanfi (fanfi.bsky.social) 3. nauma (linktr.ee/naumin)
the ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ง๐ฆ anthology is on sale now until September 30 (or til they delete us)
we got fat boys, hairy boys, crying boys, scary boys, milky boys, bloody boys, happy boys, scaly boys... I challenge you to name a boy we don't have tbh
$15 | naumin.itch.io/bwt
An ad for my comics up on Substar and Patreon
An ad for my products available on Patreon
You can now buy my comics and art collections via my Substar OR Patreon shop! This includes Good Pup, Cavemate, my Trans Mothman Comic and more; all as convenient PDFs!
Patreon: www.patreon.com/DarkChibiSha...
Substar: subscribestar.adult/darkchibisha...
picture of a hand-sized zine, notably of a page illustration a fat figure with long hair, large breasts and belly, and only one visible eye, staring out, standing knee-deep in the pool beneath a sheet of flowing water. two fairy-like sprites float around the figure, with others in the water, as wet and spray are everywhere. the figure's arms are upraised, cutting into the water flow from above, and her hands cast long black shadows in the break.
this month's zine from @wbmc666.bsky.social was a treat.
@godaughtr.bsky.social is an astounding artist, wow.
2025 Game Devs of Color Expo Direct Sep 16 1pm PT / 4pm ET
Get ready for a fantastic showcase of games!
Our annual #GDoCExpo Direct debuts next week, Sept 16 at 1PM PT/4PM ET, so don't forget to hit "Notify Me" on the stream's page! ๐๐พ
With announcements, exclusives, & amazing indies galore, you won't want to miss this๐๐ฉต
gdoc.events/Direct2025
#gamedev
Premium newsletter: A 8500 word analysis of how everybody is losing money on gen AI, with some startups spending 100%+ of their revenue on compute. Even GPU providers are struggling, with years-long time horizons to break even, if profit is even possible.
www.wheresyoured.at/why-everybod...
A fat religious jewish woman wearing a tishel and nothing else, kneeling with seven candles stuck onto her back with abundant wax. Below her, the word "Patience" in hebrew
Pinup of a kneeling jew, wearing only a talit, a kippah, and tefilim, who bind both of his arms behing him. He looks over his shoulder at the viewer. The text says "Nice Jewish Boy"
A sheet ghost made out of a talit, one tzitzit missing
Digital drawing of a pony girl head, viewed from the side, wearing a bridle with ears and blinkers. There is text in hebrew quotes the Bible, saying "I have likened you, my darling, to a mare in Pharaoh's chariots"
Blasphemous tattoos for apostate jews is a pwyw zine about jewish tattoo ideas,
available on itch ( squelette.itch.io/blasphemous-... )
The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts.
Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment๐ Please RT.
We are just under 33 hours to the sales of our Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle! Nearly 400 games in one amazing bundle, with all proceeds going to Gaza relief through @unrwausa.bsky.social. Thank you for your support and RT.
Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
If youโre a rad, queer person interested in weird games and you want to help us run QGCon 2025, APPLY TO VOLUNTEER BY AUGUST 20!
Applications are due by August 20th; we'll get back to you by August 25th. If you have questions feel free to ask!
Learn more & apply here: forms.gle/B1CgvuKGnTjC...
Know any women, nonbinary folks, or trans people (around Montreal) who want to make their first video game? Applications for the Pixelles Make Games program are open!
It's free! And no experience required ๐
More info: pixelles.ca
five days left of the fundraiser
Five days remain! Please share widely to help us meet our funding goals!
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home by the rotting sea is deindexed & now in breach of the updated guidelines of itch, not because it's porn (though my porn comics are flagged also), but because the story explores sexual assault. you should care about porn as well, of course, but we intuitively get the flagrant wrongness of this
26.07.2025 15:33 โ ๐ 1687 ๐ 548 ๐ฌ 11 ๐ 12QGCon is the conference where I felt safe discussing bi/queerphobia I experienced in game studies as a grad student. It's the only time I've discussed it publicly. QGCon's a special community: please consider sharing this request so we can keep helping folks share their ideas and experiences.
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