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Spencer Goldade / Monkey's Lunch

@monkeyslunch.bsky.social

Spencer (he/him). Autistic product & design leader by day, #illustrator and #TTRPG desiger by night. Bug & Claw coming soon! πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸŒˆπŸ§  🚯No NFT 🚯No AI

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Game phases: Examining point crawls - Devlog #28 - Bug & Claw As I continue to nail down the gameplay loop of Bug & Claw, I've been exploring point crawls (pun intended). Goals: Each "phase" of the game has straightforward mechanics. Where a "phase" means things like world travel, town activities, dungeon delving, and so on. The game is easy to understand for new players, or to

I explore some of this more in: Game phases: Examining point crawls - Bug & Claw Devlog 28
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08.12.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An aspect of TTRPGs that I find incredibly interesting is when a game successfully separates various phases, like town, camp, dungeon diving, overworld, and so on.

Which games have you seen that do this really well?
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08.12.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Alone In Wellness - A new trio of games - Monkey's Lunch I've just released three solo journaling games in a row on Itch, all following a Wellness theme and utilizing Takuma Okada's Alone system as a base. Each game includes PDFs in self-assembled zine and letter-sized format in both colour and greyscale. If you manage to catch this in early July, all three are on sale for ONE HUNDRED

Learn more about these games here:
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🀬 In Alone In the Fury, #angermanagement is the focus: release your emotions and confront the turmoil within in a way that helps you process without lashing out at others.
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🏝️ In Alone In Serenity, cultivate a sense of calm, reduce stress, and enhance your overall well-being, through #mindfulness.
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🧠 In Alone In Reflection, engage in a therapeutic journey incorporating Cognitive Behaviour Therapy #CBT techniques.
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Alone In Wellness is a trio of solo journalling games utilizing Takuma Okada's Alone system.
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08.12.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Yellow Ochre

Yellow Ochre

For the record, this is the colour of Tuesday

08.12.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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More cutiepies #art

21.11.2024 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 651    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

Canada is quickly following the USA as of late, and not in a good way

08.12.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Omg, me too. Flipping the orientation helps a lot with editing and rethinking.

08.12.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Updated character sheets - Devlog #26 - Bug & Claw After the iterations from the last post about enemy statblocks it helped catalyze even more updates to the character sheets. I was debating leaving some of the defences and injuries a bit more vague, but I realized the "crunchiness" of attaching numbers would aid the usability. Balancing crunch and usability is one of the big

Bug & Claw devlog 26 shows one of the many iterations the B&C character sheets have been through.
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07.12.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As a game designer, making sure the player understands their character's current status and potential can be incredibly important to enabling an engaging experience.

How many iterations have your character sheets or other UI and artifacts been through?
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07.12.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.

It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”

- Garry Kasparov

06.12.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 19016    πŸ” 5472    πŸ’¬ 246    πŸ“Œ 155

Have you tried @jdragsky.bsky.social's Wanderhome?

07.12.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On December 1st I was laid off from my job.
If anyone has any paying work at all that I could help with, please let me know. <3

06.12.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
I, The Land - A Solo-Journaling Game - Monkey's Lunch In I, The Land, you are a patch of land, like an island, valley, or mountain. You have unique characteristics, flora, and fauna, and unique powers. Decide to react to, and influence events as they happen on or around you, or simply pay witness to your changing landscape. Get it on Itch now! This work

Learn more about the game, its development, and where to get it:
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07.12.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A preview image of the game "I, The Land" showcases the tri-fold, single page format. Some of the rules can be seen across two of the folded columns while the artwork of a mountain with a small fire raging is seen in the background of the third column. Aside from the fire everything looks serene.

A preview image of the game "I, The Land" showcases the tri-fold, single page format. Some of the rules can be seen across two of the folded columns while the artwork of a mountain with a small fire raging is seen in the background of the third column. Aside from the fire everything looks serene.

In I, The Land, you are a patch of land, like an island, valley, or mountain. You have unique characteristics, flora, and fauna, and unique powers. Decide to react to, and influence events as they happen on or around you, or simply pay witness to your changing landscape.
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Indy TTRPGers Need Love by @monkeyslunch.bsky.social Indy TTRPG creators with no likes on posts, randomized. Attempts to filter out large properties like D&D, Pathfinder, Warhammer, and AI Art.

My Bluesky "Indy TTRPGers Need Love" feed shows you Indy #TTRPG creators with no likes on posts, randomized. Attempts to filter out large properties like D&D, Pathfinder, Warhammer, and AI Art.

07.12.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if they keep putting the Pandora commercial after the Avatar trailer on purpose

07.12.2025 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ahh, kk, just wanted to make sure. My wife much prefers board gamey and hates immersion/roleplay.

07.12.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting. Tell me more about this. When you speak about TTRPGs and instrumentalism, what does that mean to you?

07.12.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

On December 1st I was laid off from my job.
If anyone has any paying work at all that I could help with, please let me know. <3

06.12.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Post blue art!

06.12.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just went out to shovel here and it's so cold and slippy

06.12.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Quote repost your art that has stars ✢ ✢ ✢

06.12.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a group of women in red robes are walking down a street with the words under his eye above them ALT: a group of women in red robes are walking down a street with the words under his eye above them
06.12.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy moly, that's a lot of advertisements and pingbacks. Hard to read. Game looks interesting, though.

06.12.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This looks super cute

06.12.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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