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Harry Tuffs

@skelicopter

Writer & narrative designer, currently at Sun and Serpent Games! Stuff I’ve worked on: 🏰 King of the Castle 🏠 House of Many Doors πŸ€ Fallen London πŸš‚ Sunless Skies πŸ”οΈ Over the Alps πŸ’€ Dread Delusion πŸƒ Occlude And now… βš”οΈ Bladesong

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Why are all these smug fucks naming their evil companies after Lord of the Rings terms? Tolkien would despise everything you stand for!

05.03.2026 07:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! This was a different kind of story to my previous ones - it puts you in the shoes of an entirely different character for 80% of its duration - so I was quite nervous about the reception, but fortunately people seem to be on board with it!

04.03.2026 10:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Some of the best Fallen London stories trap you in a schedule and encourage you to push at its boundaries. So a school timetable works really nicely here, and @skelicopter.bsky.social has such a wonderful way of humanising both horror and joy. β€œYour smile is so broad you can feel your cheeks cramp.”

04.03.2026 10:24 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I finally got round to playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and every time i talk to my classmates I get the phrase β€œthey’re taking the Huberts to Edelgard!” lodged inexorably in my head

28.02.2026 11:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a horrendous ventriloquist's dummy with a bloody eye.

a horrendous ventriloquist's dummy with a bloody eye.

This month's Exceptional Story in Fallen London is called Every Good Boy Deserves Fun.

It is by @skelicopter.bsky.social.

www.fallenlondon.com

26.02.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Written English has barely changed in 300 years. If you can read Harry Potter, you can read Robinson Crusoe (1719).

18.02.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 1880 πŸ” 543 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 190
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I was thinking about getting into the Expanse books so i did some background research and this was a hell of a jumpscare

09.02.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine if that guy had also had a Steam account!

08.02.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Man that one guy who broke his glasses didn’t have time to read all the books he wanted until the world ended, and that was in the 1950s! There’s been so many more books written since then! Even if i didn’t break my glasses in the apocalypse I’d never clear my backlog

08.02.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

01.02.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 16707 πŸ” 4836 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 73

Reposting this for the evening weekday gang! Very proud of the soundtrack, and really happy to see the game being so well received so far, especially @skelicopter.bsky.social fantastic writing πŸ–€

27.01.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Buy BLADESONG! Now in Early Access, it's an insanely detailed blacksmithing RPG featuring a grim, immersive story campaign written by yours truly!

22.01.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I peeked at my therapist’s notes and this was the only thing written down

21.01.2026 08:51 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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imagine being the guy who accidentally said "weasel" at a weird time 2400 years ago

20.01.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 2540 πŸ” 497 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 109
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Am I the only one that thinks this cartoon by Charles Addams (the guy who created the Addams family) is legitimately creepy?

19.01.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 5663 πŸ” 807 πŸ’¬ 151 πŸ“Œ 42
A screenshot of a bit of text. The headline reads "Tiger, tiger, kerning right" in a horrible parody of William Blake.

A screenshot of a bit of text. The headline reads "Tiger, tiger, kerning right" in a horrible parody of William Blake.

For goodness' sake, @failbettergames.com, have you no decency?

...I have to admit, I sort of admire that one.

17.01.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition

The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away

What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse

The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable

Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo

17.01.2026 07:12 πŸ‘ 14741 πŸ” 3148 πŸ’¬ 193 πŸ“Œ 113
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

15.01.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 12542 πŸ” 4028 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 306
A still from The Shining with adapted lyrics from β€œLast Resort”: β€œCut my wife into pieces / this is a ghost resort”

A still from The Shining with adapted lyrics from β€œLast Resort”: β€œCut my wife into pieces / this is a ghost resort”

14.01.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 7058 πŸ” 1481 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 43
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An amusing small finding: an extinct crocodilian known as "necrosuchus," meaning "dead crocodile," got this name because someone asked the paleontologists if it was dead while they were collecting the fossil, and they found this funny enough to immortalize: digitallibrary.amnh.org/items/eef9a4...

10.01.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
An incredibly complex equation is stated. Below this angry meme man is saying "Source?" To which a handsome and somewhat smug looking Ramanujan replies "It was revealed to me in a dream".

An incredibly complex equation is stated. Below this angry meme man is saying "Source?" To which a handsome and somewhat smug looking Ramanujan replies "It was revealed to me in a dream".

08.01.2026 08:21 πŸ‘ 255 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
YOU COME RIGHT OVER HERE AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE HAVING ANOTHER YEAR
Dorothy Parker
Telegram to Robert Benchley
31st December 1929

YOU COME RIGHT OVER HERE AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE HAVING ANOTHER YEAR Dorothy Parker Telegram to Robert Benchley 31st December 1929

08.12.2025 20:41 πŸ‘ 1220 πŸ” 479 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 21
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Not only a perfect denouement, it was the end of an era. Thirty years ago today, this strip was published.

31.12.2025 14:40 πŸ‘ 2925 πŸ” 1139 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 56

That is not dead which can eternal lie,
Like Tiny Tim, who did NOT die

24.12.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 1834 πŸ” 432 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 13

@skelicopter.bsky.social Probably going to hibernate on this account soon, but just finished Occlude so I wanted to say:

1. It was great! Lovely mood, wonderful music, a perfect eerie treat.
2. Jesus CHRIST what is up with the Cleaner.

22.12.2025 10:38 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ha ha, really really glad you enjoyed, if β€œBleeerggg” can be counted as enjoyment. I guess it *is* generally the reaction I aim to elicit from players

22.12.2025 10:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Especially when the doors are at a 75% discount! Why, I’m practically *making* money

22.12.2025 10:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My hobby is buying games on Steam.
Don’t you mean playing-?
I said what I said.

22.12.2025 09:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Discorders answered the question, 'what if the games of 2025 were Simpsons stills?' Judge the results for yourself.

17.12.2025 09:37 πŸ‘ 524 πŸ” 198 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 24

And hey, wishlist Amberspire! tell a friend! store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/...

10.12.2025 22:44 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2