Michael Dugan II

@michaeldugansecond.bsky.social

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Analog Game Writer, creator of LIGAMENTS (https://michaeldugan2nd.itch.io/ligaments) Writing from a desk covered in books, cards, dice, and robots.

Nine star-shaped Pokemon (called Minior) are scattered across the art. They have swirly eyes and are brightly colored after the rainbow. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and pink. The black Minior is the "shiny" form, and has scattered colors from all the others like little scales. There's also a teal one, and I love him but why he exists is a mystery. The main Minior at the bottom shows his shelled defensive form, covered in meteoric rock with triangular designs. It has cracks running through the shell and hollow-looking eyes that hide the cuteness below.
A picture of the Pokemon Spoink, in the game Pokemon Violet for the Nintendo switch. Photo is ugly as hell but Mike didn’t feel like screenshotting normally and finding the photo, he panicked. The Spoink is shiny, a sort of orange-tan color with a black pearl on its head. (Cool as hell in my opinion.)
The grand reveal that our friend Rotiart was really a traitor the entire time. Complete with the name-spelled-backwards gag. I’d like to say I saw it coming, but delightfully I was never the wiser.
A computer monitor with the text “You embark for the Caves of Qud” highlighted. It is from the popular roguelike video game, Caves of Qud! In the foreground are a glass bottle of Coca Cola, and a very large plastic jar of hard pretzals.
A text document describing the "Bane of Kizmat". Bane of Kizmat Heavy, Melee Weapon (Maquahuitl) Created for the highest priest of the Gimiwana people of his time, Kizmat, this weapon grants its title through killing. A wicked club of solid pine wood with embedded obsidian razors. Burned into the wood are scaled patterns and swirled depictions of feathered lizard tails. The handle and pommel form a narrow cone with leather straps used over the years by Gimiwana to wield the Bane of Kizmat with their tail. If their tail should ever be severed while the club is attached, they forfeit their right to life, and their title as high priest. - Grants the wielder resistance to non-magical damage. If the wielder is Gimiwana, and has attached the Bane of Kizmat to their tail, they gain an extra attack with it each turn. It also allows them to speak the language of the Coatl, flying serpents bearing rainbow-colored feathers which the Gimiwana worship.