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S. Kaiya J. || Mirror-lock Atelier

@mirror-lock.bsky.social

Contemplative indie tabletop games: HER ODYSSEY, GALATEA, UNTITLED MOTH GAME, & more. Worldbuilding examination. Character and roleplay theory. Opinions about fonts. She/her. You look lost, follow me. https://mirror-lock.com & https://mirror-lock.itch.io

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The final proofs for SPINE arrived, and I'm very happy with them.

If I had to pick my favorite part, it would probably be, you know, the spine...

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Mecha Stock Art Pack by DieselShot 30 Unique B&W Mecha + Alts!

Thanks for the Space! #Dieselshot is proud to bring you the #Mecha Stock Art Pack!

30 Unique Mecha illustrations w/ Alts to bring your Mecha fantasies to life or deepen your scifi setting's lore!

Get in the Robot, Gamedevs!

dieselshot.itch.io/mecha-stock-...

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

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mask maker

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I’ll be interested in this jam in another two years

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As a human that blocks AI chuds and seeks to perpetuate my own art, it's hard. Here's some art that escaped the box

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A screenshot of the title screen that says 'Leaftaker'

A screenshot of the title screen that says 'Leaftaker'

an example of examining evidence

an example of examining evidence

a screenshot of search results on a computer

a screenshot of search results on a computer

a screenshot of a text field during dialogue

a screenshot of a text field during dialogue

Do you like mysteries where answering one question leads to a bunch more? Do you like searching for clues in documents? Do you like pulling on different threads only to see they are all knotted in the end?

Go play Leaftaker! It's free! It's in browser!

k-ramstack.itch.io/leaftaker

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Ah I see, a foul beast that must be slain forthwith

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A computer screen that reads 'Leaftaker'

A computer screen that reads 'Leaftaker'

a screenshot showing 2 evidence panels and

a screenshot showing 2 evidence panels and

a computer screen detailing some evidence

a computer screen detailing some evidence

a screen showing a conversation and a field to ask questions

a screen showing a conversation and a field to ask questions

When Stephen Hester died, his grave was already occupied.

Leaftaker is a short deduction game in the vein of Type Help and The Roottrees are Dead. Search the internet, call some people, and maybe uncover something even deeper.

made for the Scream Jam 2025

k-ramstack.itch.io/leaftaker

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Look, why would you inflict that on the poor dragon

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Avert! [An Odd Bijou] by S. Kaiya J. Do your daily tasks to ward yourself from your friends' hexes in this delightful mutual accountability game!

What's better than setting up a mutual accountability system with your friends to keep each other on task and share your small wins each day?
Doing all that as rival witches slinging hexes at each other!
Turn your daily tasks into magical wards with AVERT!, a tiny PWYW RPG. mirror-lock.itch.io/avert

17.10.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Avert! [An Odd Bijou] by S. Kaiya J. Do your daily tasks to ward yourself from your friends' hexes in this delightful mutual accountability game!

What's better than setting up a mutual accountability system with your friends to keep each other on task and share your small wins each day?
Doing all that as rival witches slinging hexes at each other!
Turn your daily tasks into magical wards with AVERT!, a tiny PWYW RPG. mirror-lock.itch.io/avert

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Thank you! I wish Itch were more stable right around now πŸ˜…

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Gamehole Con has begun! Find out curated collection of indie tabletop RPGs and solo games at booth 15 Thursday - Sunday at The Allient Center in Madison, WI

16.10.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

this is fine

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Avert! [An Odd Bijou] by S. Kaiya J. Do your daily tasks to ward yourself from your friends' hexes in this delightful mutual accountability game!

AVERT! is now live on Itch and ready for you to play! Do you need a quick, simple mutual accountability system that encourages you to stick to your daily tasks or risk being mercilessly hexed by your friends? Of course you do - and you can pick it up today for free! mirror-lock.itch.io/avert

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Kaiya may or may not have hidden a secret message in this pull quote.

What do you think? Did she lose herself in the book?

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πŸ€πŸ“š

15.10.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

SPINE has been released on itch! You can download your PDF or a printable booklet today to start playing!

I'm keeping it FREE through the end of October.

backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spine

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Go get it!

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Marketing one’s games is so hard

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Avert! [An Odd Bijou] by S. Kaiya J. Do your daily tasks to ward yourself from your friends' hexes in this delightful mutual accountability game!

AVERT! is now live on Itch and ready for you to play! Do you need a quick, simple mutual accountability system that encourages you to stick to your daily tasks or risk being mercilessly hexed by your friends? Of course you do - and you can pick it up today for free! mirror-lock.itch.io/avert

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Great Performances - Much Ado About Nothing : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive For the first time in over four decades, Great Performances presents a Public Theater production recorded live at Free Shakespeare in the Park. After a highly...

It was a very interesting experience watching the 1993 adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, and then contrasting it with the 2019 Shakespeare In The Park staging (archive.org/details/xebp...). There are lots of delightful little quirks in the different ways they chose to portray various characters.

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Looking forward to it!

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Knock on wood, I think today marks the longest continuous stretch of time that my dad has been living at home rather than as an inpatient in a hospital since April (three weeks exactly)

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Hi #Portfolioday I'm Amanda, I make art for lots of #ttrpgs !

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A small ad for a small TTRPG. The name of the game, AVERT!, is displayed in large text next to a logo of a stylized eye inside two circles. Below, explanatory text reads: "a bookmark game about mutual accountability and hexing your friends".

A small ad for a small TTRPG. The name of the game, AVERT!, is displayed in large text next to a logo of a stylized eye inside two circles. Below, explanatory text reads: "a bookmark game about mutual accountability and hexing your friends".

The Witching Hour draws near, and your rivals ready their mightiest hexes against you. The only way to stop them is to... do the dishes?

Avert! is a cozy, witchy mutual accountability TTRPG that will have you looking forward to checking off your daily tasks! Available on Itch on Wednesday the 15th.

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Macbeth (2010) with Patrick Stewart and Macbeth (2015) with Michael Fassbender are fundamentally different movies interested in telling fundamentally different stories

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Bandit and I have been greatly enjoying watching different movie adaptations of Shakespeare plays lately and observing what a huge degree of freedom the same words can give you for different interpretations, depending on staging, timing, delivery, which other characters are present to listen.

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Mock ups of two hardcover books floating in the air. The books are The Stygian Library in blue and white and The Gardens of Ynn in purple and white.

Mock ups of two hardcover books floating in the air. The books are The Stygian Library in blue and white and The Gardens of Ynn in purple and white.

A colourful illustration of a symmetrical pattern on a starry background featuring florals in bright oranges and reds and tentacles in blue shades.

A colourful illustration of a symmetrical pattern on a starry background featuring florals in bright oranges and reds and tentacles in blue shades.

A book cover with a gold scrollwork border on a black background. Illustration in the centre shows a raven skull with 3 feathers and a red gladioli.

A book cover with a gold scrollwork border on a black background. Illustration in the centre shows a raven skull with 3 feathers and a red gladioli.

A black and white illustration of a cover border showing two dragons with their tails wrapped around columns with leafy vines.

A black and white illustration of a cover border showing two dragons with their tails wrapped around columns with leafy vines.

Hey #PortfolioDay πŸ‘‹
I'm Ramona and I love to draw ornate things for indie game designers and authors ✨

Book covers, page decor, character sheets and spot art with a big dash of scrollwork and lettering too ✨

🌐 alderdoodle.co.uk
βœ‰οΈ hello@alderdoodle.co.uk

Available for new projects from December

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