Ash McAllan @acegiak@mastodon.social
Cyberfemme anarchoqueer stream queen, gamemaster, and leading lady at MachineSpirit.net she/her/hers
my blog: acegiak.net
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Welcome: Hi, I'm Ash! I'm a Game Designer, Gamemaster, and streamer! My Roleplaying Games: The Republic, a game about element bending social justice warriors. Between Dreams, a game about reclaiming intimacy in the haunted everyday. Goblin Heart, a game about being a group of goblins together. In Which We Live And Breathe, a properly cyberpunk fantasy game. Oracle, a fortune telling roleplaying game. Footprints, a game about leaving marks on… - http://acegiak.net/welcome/
Early Access: I make games. But I'm also messy and anxious. I believe my work is good and that I should be paid for it. But I also want people to have my games without it stressing my finances. So here's the plan: I am going to continue making games, both solo and with friends. I am going to share the very earliest versions of those games with my Patreon patrons. When a game feels like it's at a point I'm ready to share it to the larger world, I… - http://acegiak.net/2018/03/23/early-access/
Today I did a bunch with mum's help. Mum rocked up at nine this morning and we went for a nice long walk for some exercise and then, because Emily wasn't home yet she helped wash the dishes, take out the rubbish and helped with some other cleaning. I rushed through the shower and we headed out and did grocery shopping. By the time we got back Emily was home and I was exhausted. We went over to the vardo where Emily painted and I napped. Then we… - http://acegiak.net/2018/02/26/33076/
Today I did adventures despite being super tired. This morning was the first day on increased meds and I managed to get through the finale of our Girl By Moonlight game but afterwards I was SO EXHAUSTED. Gwen came around at around lunch time and we all went on an adventure to get some indoor plants and then when we got home I managed to work on and post an update to The Republic, before basically crashing. I got to listen to Sarah reading a… - https://acegiak.net/2018/02/25/33072/
Today I crashed hard but was cared for. I was up at a good time this morning and pretty quickly got onto having a long shower which was a big struggle but I managed it. I got myself dressed, got a little work done, had some lunch, and then just fucking broke down. I found myself on the bed having some of the most intensely rough and dangerous mental experiences I've had in a long time, which is impressive considering where I've been at so far… - https://acegiak.net/2018/02/23/33067/
Today I fell asleep after character creation. This morning I was slow to start and so by the time I was ready for the day it was time to get on a call for character creation for an RPG stream. In the end the call took WAY longer than I anticipated and afterwards I was exhausted and fell asleep on the couch for a few hours. After dinner I managed to get SOME work done but not a lot cause the work I did do was so anxiety inducing. Tomorrow I'm… - https://acegiak.net/2018/02/22/33061/
Today I fell asleep after character creation. This morning I was slow to start and so by the time I was ready for the day it was time to get on a call for character creation for an RPG stream. In the end the call took WAY longer than I anticipated and afterwards I was exhausted and fell asleep on the couch for a few hours. After dinner I managed to get SOME work done but not a lot cause the work I did do was so anxiety inducing. Tomorrow I'm… - https://acegiak.net/2018/02/22/33060/
Today I got tired. I slept appallingly last night and didn't make it out of bed till nearly ten. I got on stream by ten thirty and went through til 2pm with a break in the middle to pick up Emily. After streaming though I passed out on the couch for a few hours which wasn't very pleasant and then, once I managed to rouse myself I very slowly did the dishes, until finally it was time for another little rest before Damon arrived and we spent a lovely evening hanging out.
Today I wasn't much fun but I managed to send emails. I had a long shower this morning, after a lot of procrastination and it was pretty rough but it didn't completely knock me out. I managed to send a few big important emails which was good. I dabbled around during the day otherwise and watched some streams and then Dave and I went for a walk after dropping Emily to her mum's and spent the evening watching a nature documentary and playing… - https://acegiak.net/2018/02/02/32967/
Today I managed to send emails. I was slow to start again today but managed to have a long shower
Today I was at least not so sad. I was still super low energy and tired but I managed to get some small tasks completed. In the evening Hen had dinner with us which was delicious and then Emily and I spent the rest of the evening watching The Expanse which we're really digging. Tomorrow I'm gonna chase leads and try to work out where I'm at.
Today I let myself be depressed. I felt fine getting up and having breakfast this morning but after that my most warned me that it was gonna struggle with a shower. I attempted a shower anyway and managed to get through it but crashed immediately after and spent an age alternately sobbing and being catatonic. I managed to get myself together eventually and got a bit of work done at my desk but then by body decided that crashing into torpor on… - https://acegiak.net/2018/02/02/32947/
Oh! also! If you like my stuff and want to support my continued designing of games and making of games adjacent stuff, you can now support me on Patreon!
https://patreon.com/acegiak
Yay! Docstyle has been verified by Google! Now you can apply CSS to your Google Docs over at https://docstyle.machinespirit.net without any scary warnings!
Game designers: Separate your design layer from your presentation layer!
Today I worked on spare tasks. I wanted to get down to work hard today on some of the paid games stuff I thought I'd be doing but delays and things meant that I couldn't do any of that. So instead I helped Emily with her website, got most of the dishes done, posted updates to my Patreon, fixed up some RPG stuff, and ran a playtest of In Which We Live And Breathe. The playtest was really freakin rad and I'm so glad to see the game working as well… - https://acegiak.net/2018/01/30/32942/
ugh, playtesting In Which We Live And Breathe yesterday really disheartened me. It was really fun and the system technically did what it's supposed to, but from my perspective it didn't flow as easily as I'd have liked and what's frustrating is not being able to put my finger on what was messing with that.
Ok, the 1.0 release of my StorySpirit plugin for Spigot Minecraft servers is out! Named minibosses! Custom dungeons! Quests! Friendly witches! Yay!
In Which We Live And Breathe: In Which We Live And Breathe is a cyberpunk fantasy tabletop roleplaying game inspired by games like Shadowrun and The Sprawl. It explores themes of multilayered existence and finding balance between the head and the heart. It is currently in alpha. You can view the current version here: https://docstyle.machinespirit.net/index.php?id=1Z8hbKWsv7aDJPkVbIGLDixL56hh2_HAgjxhLFp6uflg# (Currently the document viewer is an… - http://acegiak.net/2018/01/10/in-which-we-live-and-breathe/
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