Nick \ Without Fail
@withoutfail.bsky.social
nostalgic millennial . indie game dev . occasional artist
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It's time! We've just announced our upcoming game, Alight, on Steam! If you'd enjoy cozy vibes, one surprisingly athletic grandma, and a story about aging, memory loss, and companionship, we'd be honored for you to check it out. Link below
Hey, you. Do you like... *whispers loudly* BIRDS?
If so, check out the cool 🐦birbs🐤 over at the #birdsofplay festival on Steam! Thank you so much to the organizers for including us! It means the world 😊 store.steampowered.com/sale/BirdsOf...
If so, check out the cool 🐦birbs🐤 over at the #birdsofplay festival on Steam! Thank you so much to the organizers for including us! It means the world 😊 store.steampowered.com/sale/BirdsOf...
Birds of Play
Come on in and find exclusive demos, new releases, and plenty of discounts.
store.steampowered.com
October 11, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Hey, you. Do you like... *whispers loudly* BIRDS?
If so, check out the cool 🐦birbs🐤 over at the #birdsofplay festival on Steam! Thank you so much to the organizers for including us! It means the world 😊 store.steampowered.com/sale/BirdsOf...
If so, check out the cool 🐦birbs🐤 over at the #birdsofplay festival on Steam! Thank you so much to the organizers for including us! It means the world 😊 store.steampowered.com/sale/BirdsOf...
Absolute cinema
minesweeper.mikelacher.com
minesweeper.mikelacher.com
Triple-A Minesweeper
Sweep to survive in the action-packed, AAA reboot of the classic puzzle game.
minesweeper.mikelacher.com
October 9, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Absolute cinema
minesweeper.mikelacher.com
minesweeper.mikelacher.com
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Lots and Lots and Lots of Control Panels. Fiddly knobs, entire walls of nearly identical switches, dials, inscrutable gauges, soda machine interfaces, bump it and you might die buttons, Swinging Fingers (!!), and many more... [kottke.org]
Lots and Lots and Lots of Control Panels
To go along with my recent post about control rooms, here’s the Control Panels group on Flickr, containing almost 3000 photos of control interfaces for all kinds of things.
You’ll see some of the same phot
kottke.org
October 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Lots and Lots and Lots of Control Panels. Fiddly knobs, entire walls of nearly identical switches, dials, inscrutable gauges, soda machine interfaces, bump it and you might die buttons, Swinging Fingers (!!), and many more... [kottke.org]
Too good to not repost
October 2, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Too good to not repost
Hahaha ha ha ... 😭
August 31, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Hahaha ha ha ... 😭
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We're 80% funded, but our Kickstarter closes this SUNDAY!
If you want to see a new game in the world of the Secret Histories, now is your chance!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tmo...
#weatherfactory #cultistsimulator
If you want to see a new game in the world of the Secret Histories, now is your chance!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tmo...
#weatherfactory #cultistsimulator
The Matter of Being
Open-source narrative-strategy game set in the world of Cultist Simulator.
www.kickstarter.com
August 14, 2026 at 11:02 PM
We're 80% funded, but our Kickstarter closes this SUNDAY!
If you want to see a new game in the world of the Secret Histories, now is your chance!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tmo...
#weatherfactory #cultistsimulator
If you want to see a new game in the world of the Secret Histories, now is your chance!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tmo...
#weatherfactory #cultistsimulator
All we have is enough
August 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
All we have is enough
Feeling thankful as Alight joins the #Cat Awareness Sale on Steam, launching today!
Check out Alight here
store.steampowered.com/app/4463010/...
And the rest of the festival here
store.steampowered.com/curator/4623...
Check out Alight here
store.steampowered.com/app/4463010/...
And the rest of the festival here
store.steampowered.com/curator/4623...
August 7, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Feeling thankful as Alight joins the #Cat Awareness Sale on Steam, launching today!
Check out Alight here
store.steampowered.com/app/4463010/...
And the rest of the festival here
store.steampowered.com/curator/4623...
Check out Alight here
store.steampowered.com/app/4463010/...
And the rest of the festival here
store.steampowered.com/curator/4623...
Could be wrong but I'm pretty sure Jane Austen wrote it a bit more than 20 years ago
July 18, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Could be wrong but I'm pretty sure Jane Austen wrote it a bit more than 20 years ago
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The Matter of Being is now live on Kickstarter!
Set in the world of #cultistsimulator, it plays like Suzerain if, instead of being president, you were a rebellious spirit on the run from ancient gods.
Check out our campaign @ www.kickstarter.com/projects/tmo...
Set in the world of #cultistsimulator, it plays like Suzerain if, instead of being president, you were a rebellious spirit on the run from ancient gods.
Check out our campaign @ www.kickstarter.com/projects/tmo...
July 17, 2026 at 9:02 PM
The Matter of Being is now live on Kickstarter!
Set in the world of #cultistsimulator, it plays like Suzerain if, instead of being president, you were a rebellious spirit on the run from ancient gods.
Check out our campaign @ www.kickstarter.com/projects/tmo...
Set in the world of #cultistsimulator, it plays like Suzerain if, instead of being president, you were a rebellious spirit on the run from ancient gods.
Check out our campaign @ www.kickstarter.com/projects/tmo...
My friend, @clg-bluntbse.bsky.social, just launched the Kickstarter for The Matter of Being. If you're interested in a foreboding and well-written occult adventure by a wonderful person, check it out. Witness, the most fascinating backer tier...
Link below
Link below
July 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
My friend, @clg-bluntbse.bsky.social, just launched the Kickstarter for The Matter of Being. If you're interested in a foreboding and well-written occult adventure by a wonderful person, check it out. Witness, the most fascinating backer tier...
Link below
Link below
Sometimes I wish this were me
#footballmanager
#footballmanager
July 17, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Sometimes I wish this were me
#footballmanager
#footballmanager
Just starting out with #clipstudiopaint and this default folder name seems a little sus 🤔
#digitalart
#digitalart
July 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Just starting out with #clipstudiopaint and this default folder name seems a little sus 🤔
#digitalart
#digitalart
"Historians would trace the sequence of events that followed to that moment where he first tasted true power"
July 7, 2026 at 10:39 PM
"Historians would trace the sequence of events that followed to that moment where he first tasted true power"
Pro-tip: Looking for #newmusic? Tired of constant ads on *gestures to everything*?
Try turning your radio to AM and finding music there. Plenty of DJs just playing songs they love for hours back to back for the love of the game. Even has that #retro muffled sound us kids love
#nostalgia
Try turning your radio to AM and finding music there. Plenty of DJs just playing songs they love for hours back to back for the love of the game. Even has that #retro muffled sound us kids love
#nostalgia
July 6, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Pro-tip: Looking for #newmusic? Tired of constant ads on *gestures to everything*?
Try turning your radio to AM and finding music there. Plenty of DJs just playing songs they love for hours back to back for the love of the game. Even has that #retro muffled sound us kids love
#nostalgia
Try turning your radio to AM and finding music there. Plenty of DJs just playing songs they love for hours back to back for the love of the game. Even has that #retro muffled sound us kids love
#nostalgia
I'm sure Ridley Scott thought he made art with The Last Duel, but the scene I won't forget is Matt Damon angrily hitting an aroused horse with a shovel
July 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I'm sure Ridley Scott thought he made art with The Last Duel, but the scene I won't forget is Matt Damon angrily hitting an aroused horse with a shovel
A little practice art, copying out a scene from Millennium Actress with different colors. Crazy how much you can get done with some flats that are just 2-5% not-neutral-gray
RIP Satoshi Kon 🎇
#art #digitalpainting #space #anime
RIP Satoshi Kon 🎇
#art #digitalpainting #space #anime
July 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
A little practice art, copying out a scene from Millennium Actress with different colors. Crazy how much you can get done with some flats that are just 2-5% not-neutral-gray
RIP Satoshi Kon 🎇
#art #digitalpainting #space #anime
RIP Satoshi Kon 🎇
#art #digitalpainting #space #anime
July 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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🔥 These two adorable juvenile Eastern Screech Owls
June 15, 2026 at 3:27 PM
🔥 These two adorable juvenile Eastern Screech Owls
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Hello, today is my Birthday! ✨And the best gift for an artist is a retweet of their artworks 🍃🌿
June 10, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Hello, today is my Birthday! ✨And the best gift for an artist is a retweet of their artworks 🍃🌿
Downtown Boston is crazy because a real life woman walked by me with her two toy poodles while yelling "we aren't moving the needle enough" into her phone
June 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Downtown Boston is crazy because a real life woman walked by me with her two toy poodles while yelling "we aren't moving the needle enough" into her phone
Hi #pitchyagame ! We're working on two very different games. In this one:
- Manage a gladiator school
- Use synergies between arms and armor to give them the best build
- Throw them into the arena and bet on the outcome
- Meet some extraordinary characters along the way
It's called Forum Mortuorum
- Manage a gladiator school
- Use synergies between arms and armor to give them the best build
- Throw them into the arena and bet on the outcome
- Meet some extraordinary characters along the way
It's called Forum Mortuorum
June 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Hi #pitchyagame ! We're working on two very different games. In this one:
- Manage a gladiator school
- Use synergies between arms and armor to give them the best build
- Throw them into the arena and bet on the outcome
- Meet some extraordinary characters along the way
It's called Forum Mortuorum
- Manage a gladiator school
- Use synergies between arms and armor to give them the best build
- Throw them into the arena and bet on the outcome
- Meet some extraordinary characters along the way
It's called Forum Mortuorum
We're working on two extraordinarily different games. In Alight:
- Be a spritely old lady
- Find cool birds
- Decorate your lighthouse home
- Help out the local kids (and adults)
#pitchyagame
- Be a spritely old lady
- Find cool birds
- Decorate your lighthouse home
- Help out the local kids (and adults)
#pitchyagame
June 5, 2026 at 4:47 PM
We're working on two extraordinarily different games. In Alight:
- Be a spritely old lady
- Find cool birds
- Decorate your lighthouse home
- Help out the local kids (and adults)
#pitchyagame
- Be a spritely old lady
- Find cool birds
- Decorate your lighthouse home
- Help out the local kids (and adults)
#pitchyagame