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GH Actions tool window in WebStorm: a tree of Glimtide workflow runs with a failed Notarize step and its error log
#dev

GH Actions: I Moved the GitHub Actions Tab Into WebStorm

A WebStorm plugin for GitHub Actions: runs, logs, re-runs and workflow_dispatch in the IDE. Why Glimtide's CI made me write it, and how it is built.

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Glims of many colours wave goodbye from a tropical beach as a blue glim sets off on a leaf-sail raft toward the sunrise
#games

Glimtide Is Coming to Steam: What Changed in Nine Days

Glimtide, my living-island life sim, now has a Steam page and heads to Early Access in Q1 2027. Why I removed every coin and what the game got since.

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Glimtide logo with a blue glim over the island of Tidemere
#games

Glimtide: A Living Island in the Browser That Never Stops

My new browser game: one shared island of jelly creatures who think, learn and evolve on their own, and an ECS world that takes new mechanics without a restart.

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Bedtime Stories album cover: a boy reads a glowing book on his bed while shadowy monsters lean over him
#zynthar

Making Bedtime Stories, Zynthar's Album of Nightmare Lullabies

Six horror lullabies, fifteen months of work: how Zynthar's fifth album Bedtime Stories went from a goblin under a cradle to a moon that eats names.

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TCG: FANTASY Card Collection key art: three fantasy cards of different rarities in front of the library's cabinets
#games

TCG: FANTASY Card Collection Opens on Steam on 20 October

Our cozy card-collecting game opens on Steam on 20 October: a quiet library, more than 3,000 fantasy cards and a lot of cabinets. Here is what it is and who made it.

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