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I'm Stephen DeBaun. I make songs, games, writing and road diaries from a van named Sisyphus, and everything I make is free . more
This weekend I turn 52. There's a 1930s hot-swing number about a gig worker and a raccoon, a one-hour wargame I published in 2013, a road diary from the first trip in the van, and more of all of it on the way. All of it stays free. So, two birthday asks. Leave your email and you'll hear when I make something, as often as you like and never otherwise. And if a song or a game or a story of mine ever did something for you, chip in and tell me which one.
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Monterey Decompression, a road diary
road diary
Three days north from Ventura in a van named Sisyphus, with the cat, camping where it felt right, rangering the decompression on Sunday.
Into the Dust
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Two people who stopped speaking take the leap and drive into the desert. The lyrics are on their second revision; the recording comes after.
convoy
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A single-player web roguelike. Run a convoy from one stronghold to the next through hazard-filled routes. First playtest done, working title.
TAK, This Army Kills
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A roguelike evolution of Ars Victor. Design doc and a browser prototype, in progress.
Crabs v. the Luddite Peasantry
writing
A cease-and-desist from the Law Offices of Leonard J. Crabs to the organisers of the No Datacenters in Black Rock City rally.
Crabs, sur-reply to the Office of the People
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Opposing counsel wrote back. Crabs moves to strike the vibes and petitions the court over the unfair competition of practising law for free.
EQUITY
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A 1930s hot-swing comedy. A gig worker, a lowball offer, and a parking-lot raccoon named Equity.
Sisyphus Logistics, the anthem
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A 1940s radio commercial for a freight company with one route, uphill. One must imagine our drivers happy. Early rough cut.
River of Souls
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A world and the first two chapters of a story set in it. The river, the veils, the monoliths, and what respawning does to a life.
Lovely Today
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Written on a December night, the first song in fifteen years. The push off the floor.
Ars Victor
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The one-hour wargame. Trip West Games, Kickstarted 2013. Design, rulebook and unit portraits by me.
Smashball
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My first video game. A free Half-Life 2 mod, still up on Steam.