<p>I'm also pleased to announce my collection of troublesome characters, 30 Wicked Wizards!</p><p>From Miarthetrolut the Regulator (who meddles with fish kinematics) to Sthogar the Ambitious (and his reanimated giant spiders)!</p><p>Available today! <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/517351/30-wicked-wizards?affiliate_id=3594489" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/517351/30-wicked-wizards?affiliate_id=3594489"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.drivethrurpg.com/en/produc</span><span class="invisible">t/517351/30-wicked-wizards?affiliate_id=3594489</span></a></p><p>🧙 Get a limited-time discount on the PDF edition: <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?discount=99b543897c" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?discount=99b543897c"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.ph</span><span class="invisible">p?discount=99b543897c</span></a><br>🧙 Get a limited-time discount on the print version: <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?discount=9a1333650f" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?discount=9a1333650f"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.ph</span><span class="invisible">p?discount=9a1333650f</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/promotion/" rel="tag">#promotion</a> <a href="/tags/announcement/" rel="tag">#announcement</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#TTRPG</a> <a href="/tags/indie/" rel="tag">#indie</a></p>
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<p>Wizards are bizarre uniquities who carve their own paths through reality like rogue stars.</p><p>Wiki Articles Are Wizards [citation needed] is my new zine for crafting characters out of wiki articles, then pitting them against each other in a wizard-off!</p><p>Available now! <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/510183/wiki-articles-are-wizards-citation-needed" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/510183/wiki-articles-are-wizards-citation-needed"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.drivethrurpg.com/en/produc</span><span class="invisible">t/510183/wiki-articles-are-wizards-citation-needed</span></a></p><p>To celebrate the launch, grab a limited-time discount!</p><p>✨ Discount on the PDF edition! <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?discount=999a0c4c12" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?discount=999a0c4c12"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.ph</span><span class="invisible">p?discount=999a0c4c12</span></a><br>✨ Discount on the print zine! <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?discount=999d709a6e" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?discount=999d709a6e"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.ph</span><span class="invisible">p?discount=999d709a6e</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/promotion/" rel="tag">#promotion</a> <a href="/tags/announcement/" rel="tag">#announcement</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#TTRPG</a></p>
<p>The time is probably right.</p><p>Back in 2022, when I was still using iOS, I wasn’t completely happy with the Fediverse apps that were available. I was mostly using Akkoma, and the interface I liked the most was actually its web UI, even on mobile. So I started playing with Xcode and put together the foundations of an app tailored to my needs.</p><p>A lot has changed since then and today we have great alternatives like IceCubes, Mona, Ivory, etc. Each one has strengths and weaknesses though, so I picked up my old project again and kept pushing it forward.</p><p>So I’m happy to announce that my app will finally see the light: I’ve been using it for the past few days and, in my spare time, I’m fixing bugs and adding missing features. I’m building it around my own needs, so it doesn’t have to “appeal to everyone”. I wouldn’t call it opinionated, but it’s definitely targeted.</p><p>The app will have one key trait: <a href="/tags/snac2/" rel="tag">#snac2</a> support will be a first-class feature, not an incidental one. Many apps, especially on iOS, support snac as a side effect, but the experience is often not optimal. In this case, the choice is deliberate and it strictly follows the Mastodon API support implemented by snac. So snac will work properly (within the limits of the platform, of course).</p><p>Among the features already implemented: the app is minimal and lightweight (under 10 MB, including debug code), easy on RAM, and privacy-first (for example it strips EXIF data from media before posting, so the server will never see it). On snac it also cleans up the "Boosted by Aoderelay" messages that appear when using a relay, removes the character limit, and supports posting in Markdown.</p><p>I also added support for Apple Intelligence to generate alt text, both for the media I post and for media posted by others that is missing alt text. </p><p>Everything is processed locally through Apple APIs and only on supported devices. The results aren't amazing, Apple Intelligence is extremely limited, but in my opinion it's the only privacy-friendly and ethical way to approach it. And of course, you can disable it.</p><p>On Mastodon it supports all the main features: lists, quote posts, granular notifications (you can choose what you want for each category), notification grouping, multi-account support, and it works.</p><p>It's still missing a few things (block, etc.) and has some bugs, which I’m spotting as I keep using it.<br>As soon as it's stable enough, I'll invite a few people to test it. I still haven't fully decided how I'll distribute it: an Apple Developer account has a yearly cost, and I hope to reuse it for other projects too. So this app might be paid, with a trial period, but if possible (I still need to check what’s feasible) I'd like it to be free if you connect to one of the BSD Cafe instances, illumos Cafe, or any snac instance, including your own.</p><p>I don't know how long it will take before it's ready... but I can already tell you what it will be called.<br>It already has a name, and it's... MastoBlaster.</p><p>This name was chosen for personal reasons, and also because of its similarity to Master Blaster by Stevie Wonder, which even today feels relevant and fitting for the Fediverse.</p><p>Stay tuned!</p><p><a href="/tags/mastoblaster/" rel="tag">#MastoBlaster</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/ios/" rel="tag">#iOS</a> <a href="/tags/fediverseapp/" rel="tag">#FediverseApp</a> <a href="/tags/announcement/" rel="tag">#Announcement</a> <a href="/tags/apple/" rel="tag">#Apple</a> <a href="/tags/snac/" rel="tag">#snac</a> <a href="/tags/snac2/" rel="tag">#snac2</a></p>
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<p>Wizards wizards wizards! Unique and disquieting! Old and warped! Completely steeped in magic!</p><p>Each wizard is like a bizarre snowflake. This one leaves a trail of fungus wherever he goes. That one lives in a crystal. Another is nine feet tall and orbited by tiny comets.</p><p>Wiki Articles Are Wizards [citation needed] is a new zine for generating unique wizards with the help of wiki articles!</p><p>Live now on Kickstarter! <a href="https://bit.ly/wikiarewiz" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bit.ly/wikiarewiz</a></p><p><a href="/tags/announcement/" rel="tag">#announcement</a> <a href="/tags/kickstarter/" rel="tag">#kickstarter</a> <a href="/tags/weirdwikiwizards/" rel="tag">#weirdwikiwizards</a></p>
<p>Check out my new bookmark-sized <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#TTRPG</a>! Play as a tyrannosaurus witch, swarm of mind bees, captured Martian probe, contagious cannibal, etc.</p><p>BE a nightmarish entity contained at a government black site<br>CHAFE at this arrangement<br>RAMPAGE through the facility<br>BREAK CONTAINMENT</p><p>Pay-what-you-want, print it out, stick it on some cardboard: <a href="https://periapt-games.itch.io/break-containment" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="periapt-games.itch.io/break-containment"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">periapt-games.itch.io/break-co</span><span class="invisible">ntainment</span></a></p><p>Tongue-in-cheek reverse horror vibes. Inspired by the SCP Foundation and Devolver Digital's Carrion.</p><p><a href="/tags/onepagerpg/" rel="tag">#onepagerpg</a> <a href="/tags/devlog/" rel="tag">#devlog</a> <a href="/tags/announcement/" rel="tag">#announcement</a></p>
<p>PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:</p><p><a href="/tags/vivaldi/" rel="tag">#Vivaldi</a> <a href="/tags/browser/" rel="tag">#Browser</a> <a href="/tags/announcement/" rel="tag">#Announcement</a> <a href="/tags/roadmap/" rel="tag">#Roadmap</a> <a href="/tags/psa/" rel="tag">#PSA</a></p>
<p>Wallace Wunkle’s Tragedy Factory is a solo game where you play as an impressionable child trying to survive a whimsically terrifying tour of Mr Wunkle’s flying factory. There’s magic realism in spades, and as long as you escape horrible punishment for some minor foible, you might just make it all the way to the moral at the end.</p><p>Originally made as a demo for WTFJam 2025, I’ve developed it into a full game which you can check out here: <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/526811/Wallace-Wunkles-Tragedy-Factory" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/526811/Wallace-Wunkles-Tragedy-Factory"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.drivethrurpg.com/en/produc</span><span class="invisible">t/526811/Wallace-Wunkles-Tragedy-Factory</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/solorpg/" rel="tag">#soloRPG</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#TTRPG</a> <a href="/tags/announcement/" rel="tag">#announcement</a></p>
<p>It's an honour to announce that <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.wales/@jaz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jaz</span></a></span> has joined the Newsmast Foundation as Commercial Advisor 👏 </p><p>Jaz has supported the Newsmast Foundation since we first joined the Social Web. He's one of a small handful who realised the vision of our charity and believed in it from the start.</p><p>We can't wait to see how his experience helps us shape the future of Newsmast as we deliver our Apps for Change programme and help more communities join the Social Web.</p><p><a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/newsmast/" rel="tag">#Newsmast</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/announcement/" rel="tag">#Announcement</a></p>
