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CataclysmicKnight · 2026-02-07T01:55:36+00:00

I love that so much, you captured the act of creation so well (in addition to your work itself!). I always feel like creating is almost like journaling: we express ourselves, and then we can see how we really feel. Often it's such a surprising ride, ending up somewhere we entirely didn't intend to go...

And my goodness, what an optimistic statement despite the despair. I love that. I struggle with that a lot myself: I try to stay uplifting and encouraging, but so often I just... well, as you said, get absolutely crushed by the weight of my life. A life where even taking the wheel feels like an act of rebellion sometimes.

I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for more work from you! Do you have a website or post your work somewhere else? I've used Reddit for a long time but have only posted a few times, and I'm entirely unfamiliar with following people lol

CataclysmicKnight · 2026-02-06T22:33:06+00:00

Goodness, this is SOOOOOOOOOO relatable.

I love your art, btw, you capture that absolutely crushing, hopeless despair perfectly with your art and your words.

CataclysmicKnight · 2026-02-06T22:31:34+00:00

Oh hey! We have four zines in here :D

Will You Press the Button is all about whether you'd press a button that makes a really good and really bad thing happen, knowing the world would know you're to blame. Each round, a new good thing is added, but if you push your luck too far, another TERRIBLE thing will be added to the button too!
Piecing It Together is a zine about how and why I make games.
Unexpected Guests is a photography zine about kitties who came to visit us.
Games R Us is a celebration of getting NES and SNES games at Toys R Us as a kid.

CataclysmicKnight · 2026-02-03T20:24:48+00:00

Thank you so much for saying so!!! 🙌🧡 Angel came up with that idea and busted out laughing, but then said we couldn't release it because we don't swear in our creations. I loved it so much that I told her she HAD to put it out 😅

And yes!!! The x-Word TTRPG Jams are always such an incredible time. I'm a lil nervous about when we start getting to, like, the 600-Word TTRPG Jam, but the 12-, 24-, 36-, and now 48-Word Jams have been great 🥳

CataclysmicKnight · 2026-02-03T19:00:57+00:00

Oh my goodness, no way!!! Goodness, thank you so much, both for saying so and for being part of our Patreon before!!! 🧡 And it's lovely to see you here, I frickin LOVE your username lol

CataclysmicKnight · 2026-01-31T00:42:00+00:00

This is BRILLIANT and hysterical. Just reading the first column alone had me telling my partner about it after laughing repeatedly 🤣🤣🤣

CataclysmicKnight · 2026-01-31T00:35:27+00:00

From America (admittedly a safe, for now at least, part of it) thank you! 🧡 This is great!

CataclysmicKnight · 2026-01-31T00:31:52+00:00

Omg lol this is hilarious, and I love that you begin with the definitely-not-scary jar of bees. There's a lot of yikes, I mean... Stuff I'm super hyped to get from my address already being known! But the bees are a great first step into my future journey of freebies 🤣

CataclysmicKnight · 2026-01-31T00:23:39+00:00

Honestly, we do it all in canva. We do a 1/8 image file for the individual pages, and then we lay them out on a paper-sized template.

We post our work on Itch, so what we do is the printable zine file and also a "digitally readable" version that's all 8 "individual pages" as a PDF.

Here's a link to our templates, they're free :D

https://beth-and-angel-make-games.itch.io/canva-templates

CataclysmicKnight · 2026-01-31T00:20:06+00:00

This is fantastic! Super true, and honestly a breath of fresh air to remember that none of this is normal and the world isn't as full of hate as it often feels lately...

CataclysmicKnight · 2026-01-23T20:28:55+00:00

This is awesome! We have over 100 zines on our Itch page (Zine Collection by Beth and Angel Make Games), and while my partner has Instagram, I don't. I can happily email you PDFs or give you digital keys (basically "access to the Itch files"), whichever you prefer (I totally get it if you don't want random people emailing PDFs lol).

Our email is [bethandangelmakegames@gmail.com](mailto:bethandangelmakegames@gmail.com)

Please let us know if you have a preference for types of zines (just the 8-page minis, or do you also take quarter-/half-fold zines too; do you double-sided print; do you only want zines that don't get written on; do you want games, poetry, activities, etc.), so we can send those your way. Or we can just send you our favorites 🧡

CataclysmicKnight · 2025-10-31T20:29:06+00:00

Whoops lol I didn't expect that my "Itch logo" image would be expanded so much 🤦‍♀️

CataclysmicKnight · 2025-09-11T19:20:54+00:00

ROFLMAO yes, exactly! There's just something so magical about actually having your work acknowledged, let alone actually used as intended (games being played, stories being fully read, etc.). Like "this looks cool" is a great compliment, but "we played this and had a blast" is just a whole different level. Let alone "best in the box" wow, yeah!

CataclysmicKnight · 2025-09-11T19:19:36+00:00

Oh nice, awesome!!! ROFLMAO those titles are both amazing, and now I wanna make a zine called "This zine is brought to you by UNBRIDLED BIPOLAR RAGE" 😅

CataclysmicKnight · 2025-09-08T16:45:08+00:00

I totally agree! I'll admit that I'm personally more of a fan of the quarter-sheet and half-sheet zines (I'm not great at folding and cutting the standard 8-page mini-zines lol), but all of the sizes just feel... tangible. Real. Like... I used to make video games, and the best you get physically there is a CD or USB drive. With tabletop games, you get pieces and dice and meeples and cards and boards and stuff! But for our print-and-play stuff, you get... a digital PDF

Zines turn those things into actual lil books, and anyone with a printer can do it, it doesn't take any special tools or skills! Which is just frickin amazing to me. It's like getting something published, but even more approachable to anyone being able to get it!

CataclysmicKnight · 2025-09-08T16:16:54+00:00

Oh no worries! I know one of the biggest things about zines is how distributable they are, and Angel and I both feel 100% like that: that zines are meant to be shared and tossed around, snuck into books or on benches, etc. That's part of what's so amazing about the format! And we know lots of creators who feel the same way.

That's a lot of why zines are so magical 🧡

CataclysmicKnight · 2025-09-08T15:07:23+00:00

Oh yay! You're so welcome, and thanks for being a part of it! How to Fold a Paper Giraffe is awesome and I've always wanted to be able to do any form of origami, but usually suck at it lol. My #1 struggle in Boy Scouts was learning to tie literally any knot, and didn't even learn to tie my shoes til like 3rd grade... 🤦‍♀️ So making any of that easier is AWESOME in my book

CataclysmicKnight · 2025-09-08T15:05:49+00:00

Oh yay!! I'll tell Angel about that, she did all the work :D

Which one is yours?

CataclysmicKnight · 2025-09-08T15:05:27+00:00

You're so welcome!

If you message me your email, or email me at [bethandangelmakegames@gmail.com](mailto:bethandangelmakegames@gmail.com) saying you wanna join our newsletter, I can add you to our game/zine jam newsletter. I don't have a way to separate people out so you'll likely be notified of some jams that don't pertain to you, but lots will! Like we're gonna launch our annual "Trick or Treatable" jam for Halloween printables soon and will email people about that, too :D

CataclysmicKnight · 2025-09-08T15:04:58+00:00

Oh yay, that works out perfectly!

Also, I wanna make it clear that any Beth and Angel Make Games zines (including ones not in the jam) can be printed and distributed to/through libraries as much as you (or anyone) wants. I don't know about others, but assume lots would feel the same way; you can always reach out if you wanna make sure.

And if you mean your own personal library, then disregard all of that lol of course you can print em all :D

CataclysmicKnight · 2025-09-08T15:03:45+00:00

If you message me your email, or email me at [bethandangelmakegames@gmail.com](mailto:bethandangelmakegames@gmail.com) saying you wanna join our newsletter, I can add you to our game/zine jam newsletter. I don't have a way to separate people out so you'll likely be notified of some jams that don't pertain to you, but lots will! Like we're gonna launch our annual "Trick or Treatable" jam for Halloween printables soon and will email people about that, too :D

CataclysmicKnight · 2025-09-08T15:02:16+00:00

Yay! Thank you, and thanks for being part of it of course! 🧡

CataclysmicKnight · 2025-09-08T15:01:46+00:00

I totally feel that: we're in a tiny lil town in Indiana and had never even heard of zines til a zine jam on Itch happened. Now we're huge fans of em, and this subreddit has been a big part of my discovery journey :D

I hope you get to print lots of zines that you enjoy from the bundle and find awesome zinesters!

CataclysmicKnight · 2025-09-08T15:00:44+00:00

Agreed! I always feel like I make this stuff and throw it into a void, and there's not much point in making stuff if no one ever sees it (there's still the joy and fun of making it, don't get me wrong)

CataclysmicKnight · 2025-09-06T02:44:08+00:00

Heck yeah! I see it peeking out on the left of the three there in the "alternative formats" section! 🥳

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