Annie D

It's a bit rough still and I have doubts it's useful for anything yet, but that's what made it fun to build. I intend to keep putting stuff in as I think of it. Apparently draw2d supports PDF output, so maybe I'll look at that next.

guess i'm getting into TTRPGs now

let me roll my black mage dice

Figure it's still helpful to have convenient links to my stuff, so here's a little master post of my writing and FFXIV stuff.

• My tabletop games:
  • The Bedroom Wall Press Collection is a complete digital set of my past published old-school RPGs, including the beloved SF dungeon crawler Hulks and Horrors. PWYW.
  • Battle Carrior Kharon is my latest, a micro RPG/wargame about trans mecha pilots fighting alien gods. $5 or more.
  • If you prefer print, you can get POD copies of Hulks & Horrors and Arcana Rising over on my DriveThruRPG page.
• My writing:
  • Cold Comfort: An irregularly updated romantic fiction series about Anna Verde, post-Endwalker
  • A Chip's Edge: original SF fiction series pilot about furry space pirates
  • And my ao3 profile for everything else
• FFXIV deets:
  • Anna Verde (Primal/Excalibur) - Main, also my fic OC and the star of Cold Comfort.
    • Azem's Rest: Empyreum, W12, Ingleside Room #15. Cafe venue, open Tuesdays at 7PM CST.
    • The Travel Office: Shirogane, Ward 3, Plot 43, Room #33
    • Catswood Cottage: Empyreum, W12 P14
  • Miri Tal (Crystal/Malboro) - Lala alt, pirate machinist
  • K'aliya Tisiphone (Crystal/Malboro) - Voidsent alt, Anna's former RPR avatar, set loose in an alternate timeline
• Code stuff and misc:
  • Github
  • Glitch
  • redpanda.fun

And finally if you like the stuff I do and wanna send along a tip or anything, I have a Ko-Fi, and it even supports Stripe so neither of us have to deal with Paypal.

Alright folks, the time is past due to do a big sticky post 'cause I've got too many, and also, things are starting to look properly dire.

I've been out of work now for 7 months, and my savings are running out. If I start selling off some dead weight I'll be lucky to get another 3 months, but it's looking more like 2 before I'm homeless. I have been sending resume after resume but I guess for all this industry loves to complain about "people don't want to work anymore", they also don't want to hire the weird tranny with the eclectic resume. I'm taking steps to expand my horizons and try and make paid writing more of a thing for me again but it's going to take time and I don't have it.

So here's how you can help keep the lights on for your favorite panda girl:

• Buy @buttonhook, our awesome games zine full of short crit and commentary and even weird recipes from yours truly. It's a co-op zine so I get a little something from every sale, and it's one of the coolest gigs I've had as a writer so I hope to get to keep doing it
• Buy my games. Did you know I'm a tabletop RPG designer? You do now. Here's some cool games you can check out and give me money for.
  • The Bedroom Wall Press Collection is a complete digital set of my past published old-school RPGs, including the beloved SF dungeon crawler Hulks and Horrors. PWYW.
  • Battle Carrior Kharon is my latest, a micro RPG/wargame about trans mecha pilots fighting alien gods. $5 or more.
  • If you prefer print, you can get POD copies of Hulks & Horrors and Arcana Rising over on my DriveThruRPG page.
• Give me a job. I'm an 8 years' senior web developer with a strong history in functional programming, and as you can see I'm also a writer and game designer, and even a voice talent, and I'd love to have a chat about what I can do for you via email at annie AT redpanda DOT fun.
  • Need to see a resume first? No problem
  • I'm also on Github of course, though I don't do much FOSS work these days, but I designed a programming language, a game engine, and a web framework.
  • Need some more writing samples? How about my original SF fiction series pilot, my short fanfics, my Medium stories, or my former blog?
  • If you'd prefer to hear my vocal/acting/comedy skills, maybe check out my Youtube channel, my performance of All's Well That Ends Well with Abigail Thorne and Mia Mulder, or my comedic take on Elm programming from ClojuTRE 2018.
• If you just want to pitch in some cash 'cause you like my posts or just don't want to go through various middle men, I have a Ko-Fi and donations are welcome. I've even helpfully embedded it in this post to save you some time!
• Finally, if you're broke too, share my stuff! Play my stuff! Talk about my stuff! Tell me what you liked about it! I've been really struggling this past few years and it's always nice to hear some encouraging words.

Thanks so much for everyone's time and love on this site, it's the best place on the internet.