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Jacob Marks

@jacobmarks.bsky.social

I make rpgs, programs, 3d art, and other weird things... My largest projects are the Vaarn Atlas, Exalted Order Of The Mystic Moose, and Penumbral Oasis. Find those, and my other games at: https://siofragames.itch.io/ Blog at: https://jacobmarkshasablog

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60 Second Sloop by Jacob Marks, Cave_sheep, EagleUke Escape a 60 second time loop in the Bermuda Triangle

Made an entry for the #GMTK game jam. Pretty happy with how it came out! It's a Minit inspired sailing game. Probably takes around 20 minutes to beat.

siofragames.itch.io/60-second-sl...

03.08.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I went around and checked all my alarms before realizing it was in the video.

02.08.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
You Discovered a Mighty Tome...
YouTube video by Shut Up & Sit Down You Discovered a Mighty Tome...

This is me, I made this.

Dungeon Crawl Classics in 1 rule on @shutupshow.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDnL...

Go leave nice comments.

31.07.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4
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It's not a real video game without explosive barrels, right?

#indiegame #videogames #Kickstarter #Steam #itchio

31.07.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A promotional image for the Kickstarter campaign of Flightless Fables, an upcoming dungeon crawling platformer game. The image features the three main bird protagonists as well as dungeon enemies, and the Kickstarter campaign is live now!

A promotional image for the Kickstarter campaign of Flightless Fables, an upcoming dungeon crawling platformer game. The image features the three main bird protagonists as well as dungeon enemies, and the Kickstarter campaign is live now!

The Kickstarter is live❗

www.kickstarter.com/projects/kla...

#indiegame #videogames #roguelike #Steam #itchio

29.07.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 8

I didn't do the art! Just this render.

29.07.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We've made it this long without em πŸ˜‚

29.07.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! πŸ˜„

29.07.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think Leo has added that pledge level yet.

29.07.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Go back this! I made some fun little promotional art for the page πŸ˜„

29.07.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Phantom of the Paradise is so good!

29.07.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! I mostly play online, so being able to just share the pictures in the group chat made sense.

28.07.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes I still need to make Part 2...
But Part 1 is playable by itself.

28.07.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Penumbral Oasis: Part One by Jacob Marks Cursed Vaults of Vaarn dungeon for levels 1-3

I've added some more community copies for Penumbral Oasis: Part One to celebrate the Vaarn 2E campaign starting tomorrow!

siofragames.itch.io/penumbral-oa...

#vaarn #osr #nsr

28.07.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
a delightful wimmelbild with hundreds of little figures and weird architecture.

a delightful wimmelbild with hundreds of little figures and weird architecture.

A bigger slice of world.

(detail from the Factory of Living Stone, Our Golden Age)
#ttrpg #osr #dnd

28.07.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5

In writing this book about dungeon #archaeology, I'm really tickled by the idea of fantasy elements becoming archaic.

Amulets protecting against now-extinct entities.
Esoteric charms that survived by spellbook palimpsest.
Votive offerings for gods who disappeared.
(Un)dead languages.

#devlog

27.07.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post card 10% bonus coupon with some ai generated fantasy art on it.

Post card 10% bonus coupon with some ai generated fantasy art on it.

Looks like Noble Knight Games is using AI for promotional art πŸ˜‘

26.07.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm curious why you're using krita over aseprite for pixel art?

26.07.2025 04:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And about 9 hours later! Decided to drop the clouds - they took away from the main pyramid structure of the comp. Just deciding on treatment of the Rouge. Textured or solid blacks - then off to Patrons! How cool is that. $2.50/mo and you get to use this on your books!?

24.07.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it’s important to remember itch is a platform where they give the option to devs to give itch as low as a 0% cut of revenue. This isn’t greed. This is payment processors trying to decimate the livelihoods of artists. There’s no alternative to itch if it goes under.

24.07.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1099    πŸ” 438    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

I feel bad for @itch.io at the moment.

People are pissed at them for delisting games, and what could itch do? They had to listen to the payment processors. It's literally how they stay open.

People have every right to be mad. Be mad at Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal.

24.07.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Apparently this makes your dashboard grayscale. Just a warning so people don't think they have some weird bug.

24.07.2025 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This fucking sucks @itch.io and I hope steps are taken to fix this situation.

24.07.2025 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
23.07.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 485    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry I haven't been able to find where I got my height maps :(

21.07.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Made a drawing

21.07.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 352    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
VAULTS OF VAARN: SECOND EDITION Backerkit Trailer
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VAULTS OF VAARN SECOND EDITION COMING SOON www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQnY...

21.07.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Hopefully I can find it. It took me ages to find something that could work, and I took terrible notes.

20.07.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would an elevation tiff file work? A year ago I needed a high res elevation map of New Mexico for a game project. If I dig around I bet I can find the tool I got it from.

20.07.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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