Teacher, writer, game designer. Co-founder @scryptidgames. Words in @vol1brooklyn @bodegamag @autostraddle @cartridgelit etc. they/them
Joined November 2009
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10 Apr 2023
Definitely nuts to try sharing this link here on twitter dot com right now, but I guess whatever, let's go for it? Just launched, first post coming your way on 4/13: natmesnard.substack.com/
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Nat Mesnard retweeted
9 Jun 2024
I'm so excited about this IF class with @natmesnard that I am joining in (as a student). If you want to try out a whole new form of storytelling, with narrative shapes that break every rule, this is the class for you. Gamers & Non-Gamers welcome!
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4 Oct 2023
Y'all, I am beyond excited to have @ng_rosenzweig as my agent. A collaboration for the ages, and it's just beginning✨
3 Oct 2023
I’m so happy to announce that @natmesnard and I are working together. Their writing is magic, and so are they! It’s an honor to be a part of bringing their work into the world (and quite soon, too!!) ☁️✨
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19 May 2023
I had the absolute joy and privilege to play @ScryptidGames/@natmesnard’s Ball of the Wild on Sarah’s Table with @PixiesAndPins. It’s a warm hug of a game where you play animals performing in drag as other animals and I completely adored it!
youtu.be/6dQS43hGqLM
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Nat Mesnard retweeted
6 May 2023
I'm elated to be hosting this reading with @Center4Fiction on June 3rd!
It's free with RSVP:
centerforfiction.org/event/t…
We have a gorgeous line-up: @gyasi_hall , @bigblackjacobin , @natmesnard , and @jen_lue
Thanks to @exhibitb312 and @PressUnbound for making this possible.
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Nat Mesnard retweeted
3 May 2023
We're also looking at our relationship to writing, how to build a confident writing voice, and much more. Find the right workshop for you and register here: tinyurl.com/3fx37sn2
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Nat Mesnard retweeted
30 Apr 2023
Contest! Want to create a character for the Psychic Trash Detectives game book? We’re adding a mini-anthology of trashy poetry and flash fiction to the book, and two of our writers have agreed to craft original stories featuring characters designed by YOU. For a chance to win:
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Nat Mesnard retweeted
24 Apr 2023
🚨New ep!🚨
Do you feel a kinship with trash animals? If so, you are going to love @ScryptidGames' new game, Psychic Trash Detectives. Listen to our talk with the designer @bwinteroseon today's pod!
#TTRPGRising #ttrpgcommunity #gamedevelopment #games
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Nat Mesnard retweeted
23 Apr 2023
Tomorrow we are releasing our episode all about Psychic Trash Detectives- which if you don't know is an amazing game coming out from @ScryptidGames!
I had such a good time talking to @bwinterose about the dev process of this queer, fun, trash-filled game.
Out tomorrow!
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20 Apr 2023
I take inspiration from imaginary worlds across genres, from Renee Gladman's innovative, literary city of Ravicka to Octavia Butler's aliens and apocalypses to the critical utopian aspirations of the Coyote & Crow TTRPG.
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20 Apr 2023
As with all of my classes, this 2-day online workshop will be active and community-focused. You'll have breakouts, active writing, and opportunities to play & make connections with classmates, if that's your bliss!
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20 Apr 2023
Class at @Center4Fiction coming up on May 6 & 7! Let's do some worldbuilding together and imagine weird, wild, and wonderful new worlds: centerforfiction.org/group-w…
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14 Apr 2023
First full Story Games newsletter published yesterday! It’s titled An Astroneer Dharma, and it explores the connections between a nonfiction book on queer yoga practices and a cute video game set in space: natmesnard.substack.com/p/an…
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27 Mar 2023
Ball of the Wild is fulfilled 🎉 Read the full update here on the future of my #drag animal #ttrpg zine: kickstarter.com/projects/nat…
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Nat Mesnard retweeted
22 Mar 2023
Crafting Unforgettable Characters and Who Is You: Writing Second-Person Stories start next week! Spend your spring writing with us—check out the full list of writing workshops at tinyurl.com/3fx37sn2
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25 Mar 2023
Send along all your ideas on queer creators, organizers, and scientists to interview on @queerworldspod! Season 3 is HAPPENING!
25 Mar 2023
Ok y'all! We're at work on season three, and booking interviews for the pod! We're going to be doing more interviews than in seasons past, so let us know if there are queer creators/scientists/organizers you'd love to hear us talk to on the show!
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Nat Mesnard retweeted
25 Mar 2023
While you're waiting for season three, check out this fantastic piece from Nat on playing Satisfactory with their dad during lockdown, read aloud at Edge Effects--it's got family-making, meditations on extraction and world-building in games...everything we love around here!
23 Mar 2023
Hey, if you like to multitask, this is the perfect opportunity to listen to this essay I wrote about playing Satisfactory online with my dad during lockdown! "Joys and perils" is a perfect way of describing my take on what we enacted as players:
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