Make A Manifesto, Damn You

Make A Manifesto, Damn YouI made this for Manifesto Jam 2026. For a full free art version, check it out on itch.io here. Life hit me like a sack of bricks the last 6 years.A manifesto requires courage, certainty, confidence. I don't have much of those anymore, but I miss that version of myself so I'm forcing this upon myself, damn it.Run everything, play everything. You don't know what you don't know until you know what you know.Develop curiosity about the world. Everything makes you a better game designer and worldbuilder. Don't stop yet, keep learning and experiencing. In the real world as much as possible. Travel if you can.Our work is only meaningful if it helps people. (You count as people.) If you're as privileged as me, that means giving back over and over and over. It is a biological and a moral imperative.This hobby is trans. I'm not trans, and you might not be, but this hobby is. There is no hobby without those who dream the most personal and transformational dream of all.…