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Hi there! I hope your weekend rocks :D

Angel released Sometimes I Write About Insomnia, a poetry collection zine focused entirely on insomnia vibes, for the Insomnia Jam. If you have trouble sleeping, or know someone who does, this'll definitely be relatable 🥱 

There are still over 80 community (free) copies available; feel encouraged to grab one if you're curious at all!

I lost 3 of my grandparents, an uncle and other relatives to cancer. I appreciate the cause and your effort in putting together this bundle. 
~Angel

I added a few, hope you enjoy.
~Angel

Aaaaawwwww that's so wonderful to hear, Juliana!!! It's such a powerful little jar, and makes for a great weapon (sometimes at least lol) against overwhelm, impostor syndrome, depression, etc.

- ✨Beth

LOLOL you're so welcome. Bad one-liners are so fun to come up with and use! The worse, the better 🤣 

- ✨Beth

No, Beth hasn't created the bundle yet. She plans on doing that today. Thanks for making sure though, we appreciate people being on top of bundle approval. 

~Angel

On Poetic Hacks is a collection of five solo journaling/writing RPGs, each using the same system that was created for On Poetic Tides. Three of the games in this collection are entirely new, as is the SRD (System Reference Document) included in the book. In each, you'll use twenty cards from a standard deck to explore space, the seas, a mysterious garden, collect shinies as a bird, or seek adventure, writing along the way. 

There are still loads of community (free) copies, and if you own On Poetic Tides or Light Years in an Instant, the collection is free! 

Have a fantastic day! 🧡

Hiya! I'm really sorry, we had to remake this bundle (this is the third try now lol after people keep not approving it). Can you please click here to approve? I'll have to remake the bundle again on Monday if anyone doesn't approve it...

Sorry about all of this!

https://itch.io/b/3030/-the-letter-writing-bundle

- ✨Beth

Hiya! I'm really sorry, we had to remake this bundle (this is the third try now lol after people keep not approving it). Can you please click here to approve? I'll have to remake the bundle again on Monday if anyone doesn't approve it...

Sorry about all of this!

https://itch.io/b/3030/-the-letter-writing-bundle

- ✨Beth

This is fantastic, and a great way to envision the horrors of the "origins" of America. Also a fantastic use of comics! 🙌 

- ✨Beth

Hiya! I had to remake the Letter-Writing Game Bundle, would you mind approving it again? Thanks! :D I'll have to re-remake it on Wednesday if anyone doesn't approve it.

https://itch.io/b/3014/-the-letter-writing-bundle

If you have any questions, of course, feel free to ask :D

Hiya! I had to remake the Letter-Writing Game Bundle, would you mind approving it again? Thanks! :D I'll have to re-remake it on Wednesday if anyone doesn't approve it.

https://itch.io/b/3014/-the-letter-writing-bundle

If you have any questions, of course, feel free to ask :D

This is awesome! Such high energy, wildness contained, and it would be SO much fun to play with in a game! I love it and the Zeta Mix, well done!

- ✨Beth

Oh my goodness, this is such a lovely combo of cute, silly, and encouraging! I love it! What a great display of learning a thing and showing others they can too :D

- ✨Beth

Thanks for the comment, and in case you were wondering the font name is: Coming Soon. I find myself using it a lot in my zines

~Angel

Hiya! I emailed about a week ago regarding the approval of the Letter-Writing Bundle. If everyone hasn't approved by this weekend, I'll be remaking it without those who didn't approve. For more details about what approval means and how to do it, look for an email from bethandangelmakegames@gmail.com at the email you provided us :D

Here's the link to approve the bundle --> https://itch.io/b/2988/-the-letter-writing-bundle

Feel free to ask any questions you might have :D Have an awesome day!

- ✨Beth

Hiya! I emailed about a week ago regarding the approval of the Letter-Writing Bundle. If everyone hasn't approved by this weekend, I'll be remaking it without those who didn't approve. For more details about what approval means and how to do it, look for an email from bethandangelmakegames@gmail.com at the email you provided us :D

Here's the link to approve the bundle --> https://itch.io/b/2988/-the-letter-writing-bundle

Feel free to ask any questions you might have :D Have an awesome day!

- ✨Beth

Inspired by Reversing Rolls, we wanted to make another creation that would live on your fridge while you play it. 

Kids have dominated the refrigerator for far too long. Their art is worthy of this space, and yet ours… isn’t? When the heck did that happen? We say: no more!

With That's Fridge Worthy!, you'll take a sheet of paper and proudly claim your spot on the refrigerator. With prompts for self-motivation and reflection, each day you'll be doodling/drawing something that will help you make an evolving vision board of your month.

With prompts like: "Draw or write something that reminds you of what you’re looking forward to," something like a little sunshine can represent the lovely weather of coming spring. You can be as simple or detailed as you like, just as long as it serves as a reminder to you. 

Oh my goodness, Barbo! I totally understand so much of this, and am adjacent to a lot of it too. Please feel free to skip reading the rest of this, of course :D

You're not replaceable. You're amazing. You create wonderful stuff, you have a beautiful point of view that you're generous enough to share with the world. You're supportive and encouraging and wonderful despite the struggles.

When I was first transitioning to Beth, and for probably my first year as Beth, I felt the same way: "not woman enough." I don't get electrolysis, I don't want any gender-affirming care or surgery, I don't voice train, I don't care if I go a week or more between shaving... Whereas my friends dreamed of surgeries, got electrolysis, were great with makeup (which I don't use), they pass which I sure don't lol.

But a friend told me that there's no such thing as "enough." You define yourself. If you're agender, you're agender, no matter how "much" or how "little" it applies. There's no test that says you are or aren't. If it makes you happy, empowers you, or even just makes you feel less crappy, it's totally valid. And if you don't even think about your gender for massive stretches of time, it's still valid. When I transitioned, I thought about gender ALL THE TIME. Now it rarely enters my mind unless someone is looking at me super weird or talks about trans people. I thought for a while that meant I wasn't trans anymore, but I learned over and over that's not true.

You are a delightful person, Barbo, regardless of your gender identity or your mood. You are a blessing in my life, and I'm so happy you're a part of it 🧡 

- ✨Beth

No worries at all! We do run jams that include video games a lot of times too, and I know it's super confusing on Itch to know when analog or video games are allowed a lot of times 😅 

Hiya! These look awesome, but this jam is for analog creations only, sorry :( If you have any analog RPGs, we'd love to include them!

- ✨Beth

Oh wow, this is an INCREDIBLE Lasers & Feelings hack! I frickin love this so much, and it's such a perfect use of the two things (Righteous & Anger). I always get excited for your releases, and yet I'm still always delightfully surprised nonetheless.

- ✨Beth

Oh wow, this is SO clever and fantastic! I love the way you uncover new scenes, and how you can then view each of the scenes in order. The way the art shows each scene looks like a flipbook!

I've enjoyed your previous Ludum Dare games a lot, and this is absolutely not an exception. One of my favorites this jam for sure! 

- ✨Beth

Wow, in 48 hours, goodness! I love that the enemies kind of hint at the game's ending, and speak of how it's all just an endless cycle of destruction and corruption. Nice job with this! 

- ✨Beth

This was a little confusing at first but I quickly figured it out: you generate the shovel dude who is typically used to hire jackhammer dude, and jackhammer dude is used to hire whatever other unit, which then works the job! There was a lot of work done to mix that up, and it was hilarious you even hire denizens of hell to work for you 🤣🤣🤣

I also like how the different machines are used in different levels, like a driller does no good when excavating lava! 

I do wish the money was more useful: I didn't have enough early on to buy jokers and after a few missions I could easily buy all of the jokers, which didn't do much to help anyway. Maybe buying some permanent unlocks or something? But then I worry I'd buy the wrong ones and screw everything up 😅

But I understand that making SO many levels, setting all the art up, and all the AI and stuff is massively time consuming 😮 Nicely done, I really like idle/incremental games and I really liked this one too :D

- ✨Beth

Oh my goodness, this was a blast! I know some comment about the miners being useless but I LOVED them, and appreciated the auto-click (in my desk corner here my hands get icy and it's hard to click fast even though I LOVE idle/clicker/incremental games).

I also loved the "ascend" option! I wish it was easier equipping my lil miners but otherwise this was fantastic 🧡 

- ✨Beth

This is SO frickin precious, omg!!!

Goodness, I love idle/incremental games, and watching this mine get bigger and bigger is so epic! I love the chill music, the flow of MONEY, and watching all of the miners work. It's also honestly really refreshing that nothing bad happens when you go "too deep"! That's been a pretty common theme in this jam, with our game too lol

- ✨Beth

This is delightful, and I LOVE IT SO MUCH. (Picturing the little girl from Despicable Me crushing her stuffed unicorn levels of cute aggression here would probably be fair...)

Anyway, longtime fan first time caller, adore your work...
~Angel

That was a really interesting, dark, wild ride! I love incremental games, and while there were a couple of moments where things seemed to particularly slow down, there were also several times when things skyrocketed and NUMBERS WENT UP!

This was a fantastic game, let alone that it was made in 72 hours! 😮 And you really captured the vibe via the music, sound effects, and art.

- ✨Beth

WOW, this is incredibly stylish AND has really solid controls. I shouldn't be too surprised, I loved Critter Switcher previously, but this is an incredible feat in 72 hours. It reminds me a lot of Flinthook as far as the general use of a hookshot-kinda thing, although the entire rest of the game (puzzly nature, progressing through levels, etc) is entirely its own.

The music is great, the gameplay is solid as heck, the graphics are incredible... And there are so many levels!! Goodness, y'all did an amazing job here.

- ✨Beth

Doodlegram is a FREE pass-it-along zine in which there are 6 or 14 (depending on which zine you print) pages with prompts. You fill one in by writing, drawing, or stickering a response, then give/mail it to someone else. Each person writes their name beside the page(s) they filled out, plus their email if they want photos of the final version. 

After it's all done, it goes back to whoever started it, and they take photos to send to everyone, keeping the zine as a treasure. 💎

And, because the zines are FREE, if someone gets the Doodlegram and wants to start their own, they totally can! 

The zine comes in 8-page or 16-page format. Tutorial pages on the Itch page show you how to cut and fold each :D

This was great! I am SO glad you can recharge everything between rounds because I never would've made it otherwise, and for some reason I really struggled with the battery replacement, but as long as I smashed the rocks when they came up and kept generating energy I'd make it to the next 100 meters anyway :D

You REALLY did a fantastic job of adding more stuff over time, and making this FEEL like I was right there dealing with it all.

- ✨Beth

I became a fan of yours after Donut Park Here, but goodness, this is another level of awesome. Now I'm gonna gamify falling asleep, oh no 😅 I LOVE idle/incremental games, so this was right up my alley, and goodness THE BABY LOLOL 

This was a wild ride, and I loved it. Easily one of my favorite Ludum Dare entries so far 🥳 

- ✨Beth

This is so chill! And I LOVE that I recognized all of those references for game night 🤣 "Monotony" made me crack up so dang hard!! And it's brilliant that you got the sigil into this from your Steam game! Also the way that it felt like such a challenge to make everything fit, but even I (who am awful at fitting things lol) managed it... it felt like an awesome achievement! And so enjoyable to see it all finally done, aaaahhhhhh...

- ✨Beth

Oh wow, that was quite intense! After the first... event... I turned and cooled my finger off SO MANY TIMES lol. And it really felt like a race back out, too! Well done, you REALLY captured the vibe of being trapped in the dark here, going deeper into the depths.

- ✨Beth

Wow! This seems so simple at first until all of the different buildings come together and make sense. You REALLY capture the chill vibe of building in the depths, but also the (minimal) danger of losing buildings along the way.

This was a really fascinating game that explores the theme incredibly well!

PS: I forgot I was playing on easy lol, and it sounds like the other difficulties get less "minimally" dangerous 😅 

- ✨Beth

Oh my goodness, this game is brilliant! Super clever and hilarious 🤣 Well done! 🙌

- ✨Beth

Oh that's brilliant, using the mouse input as the method BECAUSE of the "no 'e' use" challenge. Super clever, way to figure that out and make it work so well! Congrats to you and the community for sure 🙌 

Oh cool! No worries at all Elseth, I should've just had a form entry for asking how the letters are part of it 😅 That's PERFECT since the jam was inspired by a penpal program!

Thanks for entering, and it's lovely to meet you :D

- ✨Beth