Hollis makes games
@hollis.computer
Game Design • Computers • Cooking • Math
he/him
he/him
Man, Canadians are up here _innovating_. I just got a giant bowl of chicken shawarma poutine.
In unrelated news, I overate and now wish to lie down.
In unrelated news, I overate and now wish to lie down.
September 14, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Man, Canadians are up here _innovating_. I just got a giant bowl of chicken shawarma poutine.
In unrelated news, I overate and now wish to lie down.
In unrelated news, I overate and now wish to lie down.
This was also the first big outing for my new business cards, which have a tiny roll-and-write game on the back! Folks who picked up a card were generally delighted to see the game, and for a market in was nice to have a cool little freebie to hand out to everyone.
September 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This was also the first big outing for my new business cards, which have a tiny roll-and-write game on the back! Folks who picked up a card were generally delighted to see the game, and for a market in was nice to have a cool little freebie to hand out to everyone.
As part of my demos, the market collectively played about 2.5 solo games. The two finished games ended with scores of 19 (nearly perfect!) and 17 (not bad!). The best possible score is 21.
September 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
As part of my demos, the market collectively played about 2.5 solo games. The two finished games ended with scores of 19 (nearly perfect!) and 17 (not bad!). The best possible score is 21.
Six minutes until the market opens!
September 6, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Six minutes until the market opens!
One day and a few hours from now, DAGnabbit! will be available at the PNW Tabletop Game Market, along with a bunch of other fantastic games by local designers. Find us all on Summit level 0 from 7-10pm tomorrow!
September 5, 2026 at 12:33 AM
One day and a few hours from now, DAGnabbit! will be available at the PNW Tabletop Game Market, along with a bunch of other fantastic games by local designers. Find us all on Summit level 0 from 7-10pm tomorrow!
Made the table sign for the game market and finished packaging the last few copies of DAGnabbit!. 9 days left, but almost everything is in order.
August 28, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Made the table sign for the game market and finished packaging the last few copies of DAGnabbit!. 9 days left, but almost everything is in order.
Picked up some buckwheat flour for another recipe, but I figured I’d try my hand at a galette breton. It may not be perfectly shaped, but it was delicious.
August 21, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Picked up some buckwheat flour for another recipe, but I figured I’d try my hand at a galette breton. It may not be perfectly shaped, but it was delicious.
I’ve been messing with some of the more fun-sounding (to me) fishwife flavors. I was thinking about what I could do with the chili crisp smoked salmon (other than just eat it), and the package very helpfully suggested onigiri, so… I made chili crisp smoked salmon onigiri!
August 14, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I’ve been messing with some of the more fun-sounding (to me) fishwife flavors. I was thinking about what I could do with the chili crisp smoked salmon (other than just eat it), and the package very helpfully suggested onigiri, so… I made chili crisp smoked salmon onigiri!
I don’t know why sausage, peppers, and onions are such a powerfully synergistic combination, but damn they sure are.
August 7, 2026 at 4:36 AM
I don’t know why sausage, peppers, and onions are such a powerfully synergistic combination, but damn they sure are.
All three are now actively fermenting away. A little chorus of burbling sounds in the back hallway!
July 27, 2026 at 12:48 AM
All three are now actively fermenting away. A little chorus of burbling sounds in the back hallway!
Pitched yeast into all three new brews last night. The cherry and blackberry are showing a tiny bit of activity (some small bubbles starting to accumulate here and there), but a mere 9 hours later the peach mead is GOING
July 26, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Pitched yeast into all three new brews last night. The cherry and blackberry are showing a tiny bit of activity (some small bubbles starting to accumulate here and there), but a mere 9 hours later the peach mead is GOING
Finally, lat year’s blackberry-rosemary mead (which I named Ravenna Blvd because you can find both growing all over Ravenna) turned out so well that I think it might be an annual thing! The only note I have from last year is that I can go even more aggressive with the rosemary, so I’ll do just that!
July 25, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Finally, lat year’s blackberry-rosemary mead (which I named Ravenna Blvd because you can find both growing all over Ravenna) turned out so well that I think it might be an annual thing! The only note I have from last year is that I can go even more aggressive with the rosemary, so I’ll do just that!
And while I was grabbing those peaches, I couldn’t resist getting some late-season dark Lapins cherries. I also pitted and froze them to help them break down. Sweet cherries can sometimes end up producing medicinal flavors in meads, so I’m expecting to need some oak to mellow those out.
July 25, 2026 at 7:39 AM
And while I was grabbing those peaches, I couldn’t resist getting some late-season dark Lapins cherries. I also pitted and froze them to help them break down. Sweet cherries can sometimes end up producing medicinal flavors in meads, so I’m expecting to need some oak to mellow those out.
Earlier this week, I picked up a box of _very_ ripe donut peaches from Collins Family Orchards and froze them. I understand that delicate peach flavors often don’t survive fermentation, so I expect to add more peaches in secondary, as well as maybe some vanilla and/or powdered acids.
July 25, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Earlier this week, I picked up a box of _very_ ripe donut peaches from Collins Family Orchards and froze them. I understand that delicate peach flavors often don’t survive fermentation, so I expect to add more peaches in secondary, as well as maybe some vanilla and/or powdered acids.
I ended up with ten 375ml bottles of the London Fog and (twenty 750ml bottles plus four 375ml bottles) of the Bocheted Capsicumel.
July 25, 2026 at 7:39 AM
I ended up with ten 375ml bottles of the London Fog and (twenty 750ml bottles plus four 375ml bottles) of the Bocheted Capsicumel.
Next: a weird experimental mead I’ve named “Bocheted Capsicumel”. It starts with a bochet—a mead brewed with caramelized honey and beer yeast—and then I added vanilla, cinnamon, oak, and the other title ingredient: morita chile peppers.
July 25, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Next: a weird experimental mead I’ve named “Bocheted Capsicumel”. It starts with a bochet—a mead brewed with caramelized honey and beer yeast—and then I added vanilla, cinnamon, oak, and the other title ingredient: morita chile peppers.
First up: the London Fog mead is finally done! Turns out the way to get the tea flavor to come through was to just drop an infuser with a few grams of loose-leaf tea into the mead and letting it sit for a few weeks. Adding brewed tea just wasn’t enough, but it’s probably still worth doing since …
July 25, 2026 at 7:39 AM
First up: the London Fog mead is finally done! Turns out the way to get the tea flavor to come through was to just drop an infuser with a few grams of loose-leaf tea into the mead and letting it sit for a few weeks. Adding brewed tea just wasn’t enough, but it’s probably still worth doing since …
Okay, well Plan A for today was to press 59 heat transfers onto linen bags, but then it was 92°F inside, so instead I pitted and froze a buncha peaches and cherries
July 22, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Okay, well Plan A for today was to press 59 heat transfers onto linen bags, but then it was 92°F inside, so instead I pitted and froze a buncha peaches and cherries
DAGnabbit! is feeling one step more real! The components and the heat transfer film just arrived from the manufacturer, so I now have everything I need to assemble the game!
I’ve done a test press, and I’m happy with the results. The goal is now to get everything put together over the next two days
I’ve done a test press, and I’m happy with the results. The goal is now to get everything put together over the next two days
July 21, 2026 at 3:47 PM
DAGnabbit! is feeling one step more real! The components and the heat transfer film just arrived from the manufacturer, so I now have everything I need to assemble the game!
I’ve done a test press, and I’m happy with the results. The goal is now to get everything put together over the next two days
I’ve done a test press, and I’m happy with the results. The goal is now to get everything put together over the next two days
It’s a word that also currently applies to me!
July 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
It’s a word that also currently applies to me!
It’s pasta salad season, motherfuckers.
July 4, 2026 at 12:44 AM
It’s pasta salad season, motherfuckers.
Same kind of story west of the mountains, too. Mercifully a _little_ cooler, but still, damn.
June 16, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Same kind of story west of the mountains, too. Mercifully a _little_ cooler, but still, damn.
First test print for my game just arrived!
June 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM
First test print for my game just arrived!
Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash these beets
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red.
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red.
May 23, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash these beets
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red.
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red.
This weekend’s work has been redesigning the player board to 4x6" (up from 3.5x5, jumbo card size). Next up will be fixing the colors on the cards and convincing my rendering system to output them in the format my printer wants. I’m hoping early next week I can order a test print.
May 2, 2026 at 11:52 PM
This weekend’s work has been redesigning the player board to 4x6" (up from 3.5x5, jumbo card size). Next up will be fixing the colors on the cards and convincing my rendering system to output them in the format my printer wants. I’m hoping early next week I can order a test print.