Lauren Malone

What are we #currentlyreading, chat? I'll go first:

Black Cultural Mythology - Christel Temple
Story Mode: The Creative Writer's Guide to Narrative Video Game Design - Julialicia Case
The Ballad of Perilous Graves - Alex Jennings

Circle of trust...tryna see something.

How much money have yall spent on mobile games' in-game currency? How long were you caught up? 😁

#gaming #mobilegames #casualgames #incrementalgames

I’m so glad to see so many folks calling, but while I am seeing a lot of pressure on Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal, don’t forget Stripe.

The Itch team labeled them as enemy number one in this fight. Call Stripe. Wear them out!
#itchio #indiegames #stripe

If censorship only affected nsfw content/porn/adult games, etc., it would still be bad and wrong, not just because it has a slippery slope effect and sets a dangerous precedent, but because erotic content and art also have value that isn't cheapened just bc it's sexual.

Censorship is bad, period.

Remember that many, MANY sites that depend on Paypal, Stripe, Visa, etc because of their sheer reach.

There ARE other payment processors, but their reach is limited in comparison, and that is sometimes enough to turn away a large portion of your userbase.

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Not only is that a jaw-dropping number it's only a fraction of our power, let's turn it up

Idk maybe we should start calling nsfw lemons again

if your use of paypal is primarily as a customer or otherwise are NOT somebody that makes a living off adult work, you are the best people to pressure paypal! there is a risk of retaliation for adult creators, but if you don't have that risk, please call!

Speculative Insight’s call for pitches Speculative Insight is an amazing journal for non-fiction in the genre field. For aca-fen, this is for you! I am helping Alexandra Pierce, the editor, signal boost this upcoming call. * In Septembe…

Hey, hey authors of Indigenous, Asian, Maori, Pacific Islander, Latinx and Black heritage - Speculative Insight is looking for articles and essays!

Deets!

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Pls boost!

Why did thousands of adult titles just disappear from the biggest PC gaming marketplaces? Digital distribution platforms Steam and itch.io have tightened their rules about adult content – under pressure from payment processors. Why has this happened and where will it lead?

Steam and itch.io have removed thousands of video games in recent weeks deemed to be "adult content" in order to comply with strict rules from payment processors like Mastercard.

These policies censor artists engaged in lawful speech. Mastercard shouldn't be the gatekeepers of our digital freedom.

Midnight Mystics: An Anthology of Fantasy Comics By Black W A comic anthology featuring ten fantasy stories from Black women creators.

The first all Black women fantasy graphic novel is so close to being funded! With have 3 days to hit our goals! Check out Midnight Mystics: An Anthology of Fantasy Comics By Black Women by @burningphoenixpr.bsky.social #SDCC #IndieComics #graphicnovel #kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...

Major Indie Marketplace Itch.io Shadowbans NSFW Content, Trans Authors Impacted A dangerous escalation against free speech and literary preservation from a longtime haven for transfeminine literature.

🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: In a dangerous evening escalation of the anti-porn war on the gaming industry, indie platform @itch.io has banned a number of NSFW titles and delisted thousands of others.

Trans authors are caught in the crossfire.

MasterCard, Visa, and anti-porn group Collective Shout drove the ban.

This itch.io kerfuffle seems like a good time to remind you that it is not and never has been a war on pornography.

It's a war on women and marginalised people to attack and remove their capacity for earning income and financial independence.

download your itch.io library somewhere while you can, it looks like they’re restricting files themselves in certain cases

Download the latest indie games itch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you co...

itch.io is changing the indexing of all adult/NSFW media on their site and are being delisted from search. Friends of mine like @tangledvirus.itch.io rely on sites like itch.io to sell their works and make a living. This will negatively affect them and other independent queer creators.

Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy. Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.

I'm sure there'll be other things that pop up (such as contacting politicians and payment processors). Still, if you're concerned about the situation with itch.io, Steam, and other sites hosting adult content, I would suggest signing this petition.
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

Queer/trans authors affected by itch.io, if your NSFW stories have paperback options available, now's a good time to advertise them.

*deepest of sighs* so…do we have a secondary platform everyone’s moving to, or is it gonna be every dev for themself in the wake of the @itch.io stuff?

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When you can’t find the bug so you turn into Sherlock Holmes retracing your steps… #bigbytegamejam #gamedev #godotengine

BiG Byte Game Jam 2025 A game jam from 2025-06-01 to 2025-07-05 hosted by Black In Gaming & Melanated Game Kitchen. Registration Form In addition to joining the game jam through itch, please fill out this registration form…

🚨 6 days until the BIG BYTE GAME JAM! 🚨
Level up your skills, meet dope devs, and make something epic this June. 🎮🧠

🏆 $1000+ in prizes (and counting!)
🔶 Culturally relevant jam theme
📆 June 1–29
📝 Sign up below!

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#GameDev #IndieDev #GameJam #BlackinGaming #MGK

Our game, Clock Out at 2, is featured in this month's Black Voices in Gaming Showcase!
Good look to @bt-games-mac.bsky.social
Check out our demo! We may have a demo update dropping soon 👀
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Yooooooo! That fourth one is 🔥!!!

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Got some game writing done today. Base quests started; narrative clues tomorrow! #BlackSky #visualnovel #gamedev

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TFW you don’t have the budget for the soundtrack you want for your #Afrofuturist HBCU game (Kendrick, Janelle, Iniko), so now despite only playing one instrument your whole life, you’re teaching yourself dos mas to be able to make your own music… #indiedev #gbl #gamedevsofcolor

If you see this, quote post your green art 🌿