GRIM 📖
http://gcbaccaris.com 》Game Developer, Writer, & Narrative Designer 》🪄 Twine Grimoire ✦ 🔮 Harmony (DON'T NOD) ✦ 🪞 Resurrection Gate ✦ TGA Future Class ✦ IF Tech Foundation Volunteer ✦ LOOKING FOR WORK 👁
🪩 patreon.com/gcbaccaris
🦷 ko-fi.com/grimdev
- I'm still looking for work, and patreon remains the best way to sanction my buffoonery 🤠 there's a free tier, optional pledges from $2-$5, and an archive of almost 300 posts: monthly devlogs, Twine Grimoire updates, original fiction, and more behind-the-scenes 🪩 patreon.com/gcbaccaris
- Reposted by GRIM 📖Nike of Samothrace with Linden branches💖🏛️🌿🏺 #art #illustration
- Reposted by GRIM 📖I am convinced that everything we see happening in the tech and game industry job markets is a ruling class reflexively trying to crush the hugely improved labor market conditions we saw when WFH became a thing Worker mobility is a direct, dire threat to capitalist rule
- Reposted by GRIM 📖My key art for the incredibly promisisng game by OVSKO, The Cave Diver. Wishlist it now! store.steampowered.com/app/3004390/...
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- Reposted by GRIM 📖It's been proven time and time again that games can be completed (and on time) with remote work. Whether companies change their minds in the hopes people will quit, they're locked into office space leases, etc., it's never about what's actually best for the employees. People deserve the choice.
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- WITH MAMA 🥹
- @iftechfoundation.org is on bsky! If you attend NarraScope, use Twine, participate in IFComp, or just love interactive fiction, you'll want to keep up with IFTF updates
- Reposted by GRIM 📖It's all fun and games until it has to be fun and a game
- today in Fallen London I have been allowed back into the University, established my own Laboratory, and puked gallons of hot wine at the carnival
- Reposted by GRIM 📖having a big "i was born" sale today...! and also more days, until sunday at 11:59pm EST itch.io/s/152088/bir...
- the sunbather
- let's learn to drive with mama
- this week in Fallen London I have been lost at sea twice and bitten by countless weasels
- Reposted by GRIM 📖one of my favorite archaeology terms is "manuport" which just means a thing (rock, animal, stick, etc) that's in a weird place because a prehistoric human picked it up and carried it there. this one is estimated to be 3 million years old
- this goldfinch messed with her for 20 minutes, I think they both had fun
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- Reposted by GRIM 📖YIKES @soundcloud.dev no thank you
- ok then... deleted all our songs that we uploaded to Soundcloud and now closing account: soundcloud.com/terms-of-use (open the link and search for the word "train")
- Reposted by GRIM 📖valnet offered me a contractor position at polygon, roughly a week after it laid off most of the team. if you know me at a personal level, you know how much i've wished for an email like this for the past decade. but this isn't the polygon i fought for. i didn't think twice about declining the offer
- YIPPEE SHE HAS BEEN ADOPTED LOCALLY!
- Any followers of mine or friends of @fishtopher.bsky.social looking to adopt a cat? Mami from western NY needs a home - she's spayed, microchipped, and her shots are up to date!
- Reposted by GRIM 📖Maneater 🩸
- Reposted by GRIM 📖And you may find yourself living in a thatched-roof hut And you may find yourself living in the Holy Roman Empire And you may find yourself negotiating with your lords And you may find yourself in a beautiful hall, with a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
- Reposted by GRIM 📖The Clair Obscur story isn't just about finding people on soundcloud or having a ton of juniors or whatever, it's about having the time to MENTOR and TRAIN those juniors so they can produce that quality of work.
- Reposted by GRIM 📖deep sea footsteps #MerMay
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- It always means a lot to me when players rate my games or Twine resources, and it's also extremely helpful for visibility on itch ⭐️ gcbaccaris.itch.io
- ANNOUNCING: the 2nd annual unofficial 5/5 @itch.io rating day! today on 5/5, take 5 minutes to login & give 5 ⭐ to your fav indie TTRPGs & other games on itch.io! star ratings give a HUGE algorithm boost! you can skip entering text, only creators see it! support your fav creators! #itchioRatingDay
- Reposted by GRIM 📖ANNOUNCING: the 2nd annual unofficial 5/5 @itch.io rating day! today on 5/5, take 5 minutes to login & give 5 ⭐ to your fav indie TTRPGs & other games on itch.io! star ratings give a HUGE algorithm boost! you can skip entering text, only creators see it! support your fav creators! #itchioRatingDay
- Any followers of mine or friends of @fishtopher.bsky.social looking to adopt a cat? Mami from western NY needs a home - she's spayed, microchipped, and her shots are up to date!
- making career moves in Fallen London
- I LOVE HIMMMM
- let's munch with mama
- my new Twine template is looking tastier
- I need to wade back into the pool of talking about my work again, self promo was never my strong suit and the skill has really atrophied... bear with me as I relearn the art of the post
- is it too late to make Uncle Baby Billy the new Pope
- PLAYING MEENA WILL IMPROVE YOUR DAY GUARANTEED
- "Meena", my Twine game about a sand cat and her dreams, is now officially out with a fresh new look, courtesy of Twine Guru @gcbaccaris.itch.io, and a new illustration by @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social for its cover!
- Reposted by GRIM 📖"Meena", my Twine game about a sand cat and her dreams, is now officially out with a fresh new look, courtesy of Twine Guru @gcbaccaris.itch.io, and a new illustration by @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social for its cover!
- I made a game for the David Lynch Jam last month and I didn't post about it because I wanted to make it better and do a proper launch in the future. But in the last month, people have been playing it and folks seem to be liking it so, without further ado: Here's Meena! sahil-bajaj1997.itch.io/meena
- smel it
- the apprentice seamstress
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- the only thing bsky is missing for me is drafts because I often have half a thought or less and need to leave it to rot for a while
- She just woke up
- pictures of my humble collection for @caemck.bsky.social and fellow mask enthusiasts
- cooking up something in Yarn Spinner at long last... Nazaret is helping
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- meet cold undead singles in your area today 🔥 that's right, Resurrection Gate has a free demo gcbaccaris.itch.io/resurrection...
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- morning ritual
- that's a great cat right there it takes a pet like no problem
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- Reposted by GRIM 📖Hi Everybody, Today, I made the decision to resign from the studio I was working with these last few months, which means I am looking for work again! I am looking for remote Narrative Design and Game Writing work primarily but can consult as well. Here are some of the games I've worked on:
- Reposted by GRIM 📖adobe deleted their post so this one's for posterity
- Reposted by GRIM 📖I promised I'd do it, and here it is! You can now download the pdf of the zine "How to Archaeologically Record a Video Game" from itch: florencesmithnicholls.itch.io/how-to-archa...
- It's #PortfolioDay again and I'm still looking for remote work! 🔸️ Award-winning game dev, writer, and narrative designer 🔸️ Over 30 games released 🔸️ Creator of the Twine Grimoire, a series of educational interactive fiction resources 🪄 gcbaccaris.itch.io 👁 gcbaccaris.com 🦷 linktr.ee/grimdev
- Reposted by GRIM 📖It's time for Midnight 🕛 Watch the full launch trailer: youtu.be/nEZg6TYJTl4 Grab the South of Midnight Premium Edition to start your adventure TODAY, or play it Day One with Xbox Game Pass on April 8. Xbox: bit.ly/3CpKUMW Steam: bit.ly/43RdS3Y #SouthofMidnight
- Reposted by GRIM 📖We know there are plenty of good reasons not to travel to Philadelphia right now for NarraScope 2025. That's why all the talks will be streamed live, and you can register for the online-only version of the conference for as little as $5.
- Reposted by GRIM 📖NarraScope 2025 registration is live! Philadelphia is the place to be June 20-22 to talk games & narrative. Register before April 11 for the early bird rate!
- I think she likes the window
- Reposted by GRIM 📖I’m feeling a lot of emotions, but South of Midnight is out into the world to be received however it will be received I spent three years of my life working on this, a game I would’ve loved to have as a kid. It means so much to me and I hope it resonates with folks. Thanks yall.
- Reposted by GRIM 📖Gamedev pro tip #285893: one of the best things that can happen to you, as a writer, is when the animator assigned to your character, level, or scene falls in love with it One of the worst ways to respond is to insist they follow the script to the letter
- Baby Goat Update: Loaves
- GAME DEVS! Share your game engine and 3 screenshots of your game! 👾 This is RESURRECTION GATE, made in Twine 🪞 #screenshotsaturday #indiegames
