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Cover with “HEY! MAKE A GAME!” in big text. Ing’s cat Asher turns around and says “hm?” and then follows up at the bottom with “Isn’t that expensive tho?”. The credits at the bottom read “some thots by Ing”.

P2

A drawing of Ing holding up Asher and talking to him. They say “actually, buddy, there’s quite a few OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE game engines that are kinda easy to learn!” Asher replies with “so... free? I like free.”

P3

This page is about TWINE. It’s for PC, Mac, Linux and is written in HTML, CSS and Java. Some notable games made with it include Us Lovely Corpses and Egg Baby. Text games, choose your own adventure, and interactive fiction! IN A WEBPAGE!! Asher looks towards the Twine interface while saying “easy!” At the bottom is a note that reads “let me add that learning HTML/CSS is a really great skill to build especially with the growing return to web 1.0 in the face of horrifying social media practices just saying”

P4

This page is about OHRRPGCE. It’s for PC, Mac, Linux and is written in C. A notable game made with it is Franken by Splendidland. Free RPGMaker but more stripped down-- which is good! Was built for creators with no programming knowledge so a great starting place if you just wanna MAKE something. Has its own asset maker built in so you can make the whole thing in the thing. There is a little pixel sprite of Asher in a wizard outfit at the bottom.

P5

This page is about Ren’py. It’s for PC, Mac, Linux and is written in Python. Some notable games are Doki Doki Literature Club! and Butterfly Soup. Ever wanted to make a visual novel, dating sim, or get freaky w it and program a whole simulator? Here u go. Syntax is like writing a screenplay! Extremely accessible (mostly gets difficult when you add branching paths). At the bottom of the page is Asher in a visual novel layout with a text box below him. He’s wearing a suit and petals are floating around him while he blushes. The text box says “A whole can of tuna? For ME?”

P6

This page is about Godot. It’s for PC, Mac, Linux and is written in C. 2D & 3D game dev for basically everything including consoles. This is for WHOLE ENTIRE game development. Much more advanced than the other programs mentioned in this zine & assets must be made outside the program. At the bottom, Asher is playing minigolf and about to make a putt. A notable game is that my brother is making a golf game with it :)

P7

This page starts with a list of Asset Resources. A tiny Ing head at the top says “I have one doll hair” as they hold a dollar looking sadly. The list is as follows: Blender, 3D modeling. Inkscape, making vector images. Atom, simple coding software (recc’d for Ren’py). Unsplash, free images. Freesound, free audio. thepatternlibrary.com, free repeating patterns. itch.io, lots of free/PWYW asset packs are published here! 

The next list is for Paid Software I Like. A little Asher says “Meowby next paycheck...” The list is as follows: Aseprite, for spriting! 1-time payment, powerful but easy to use interface. RPGMaker series, Remember OFF?? Let’s goooo. Sometimes it’s for sale on Steam. Clip Studio, dump Adobe into the sea.

P8

P1: Cover with image of a sheep and a lamb in a field. The top line reads, “get to know our fibrous friends” and the title reads “MEET THE SHEEP”. Below that is a box that reads “by ingram”.

P2: Picture of a Merino sheep looking at the camera. Bulletpoints read “Spanish breed; one of the most commonly used wools in clothing; very fine, soft wool used in sweaters, socks, and outdoor clothing”. Credit on photo is Eric Jones.

P3: Picture of a Rambouillet sheep eating hay. Bulletpoints read “bred from Merino; very fine wool, but more matte than Merino, bouncier and more elastic”. Photo credit is Jiel on Wikipedia.

P4: Picture of a Shetland sheep looking into the camera. Bulletpoints read “breed from the Shetland Islands, Scotland; comes in a variety of natural sheep colors, patterns and markings”. Image credit on photo is Jean on Flikr.

P5: Picture of a Blue Faced Leicester close up. Bulletpoints read “bred in Leicestershire, England; wool popular in handspinning; fine, luxurious wool with small, tight curls”. Image credit Richard Hoare.

P6: Picture of multiple Wensleydale in a field. Bulletpoints read “British breed; curly wool that is high luster, long, and sturdy”. Image credit is for weaverofgrass.blogspot.com.

P7: Picture of several Corriedale leaning close on each other. Bulletpoints read “New Zealand breed; dense, medium-fine fleece for felt and spinning”. Image credit is for Hideyuki KAMON on Flikr.