B.J. Best
@bjbest60.bsky.social
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Radio ghost, game designer and developer, interactive fiction writer, poetry generator.
Do you want to experience the finest Game-Boy-compatible lost-in-the-woods moody-girl camping sim of this or any other decade, but thought you'd never, ever do so for $5? Well, how about $4 during Steam's Autumn Sale? The same snark for $1 less!
store.steampowered.com/app/3494790/...
#gameboy
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Save 20% on Radio Ghosts on Steam
Radio Ghosts is a narrative game about geometry tests, vampire baristas, and camping with your mom.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3494790/Radio_Ghosts/
24 days ago
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Very grateful for this video review of Radio Ghosts!
youtu.be/tGib8_ZS6CY
#gameboy
#gbstudio
#gamedev
#indie
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Radio Ghosts for Nintendo Game Boy - Homebrew Highlight
YouTube video by Mike's Gaming Gala
https://youtu.be/tGib8_ZS6CY
26 days ago
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Recent review of Radio Ghosts on Steam: "Short, but also the perfect length. Sweet and made me tear up at the end." The marketing I've done is cheeky, but there's a real emotional core to the game I hope players find. I've watched playtesters laugh. This is my second report of tears.
#gamedev
about 2 months ago
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Peak AI content right here.
2 months ago
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Radio Ghosts alert! The official RG soundtrack is now available on Steam for a hauntingly low $2! It includes 7 chiptune tunes composed by the inimitable
@picklewaterfall.bsky.social
and 2 bonus acoustic arrangements. Tune in today!
#chiptune
#indie
#gameboy
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Radio Ghosts Soundtrack on Steam
The original soundtrack for Radio Ghosts, composed by Joel Matthys. Includes the seven original tracks from the game plus two bonus acoustic renditions of the title and forest tracks!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3893020/Radio_Ghosts_Soundtrack/
2 months ago
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There's still plenty of time this weekend to be haunted by Radio Ghosts!
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#retro
#gbstudio
#gameboy
#gamedev
3 months ago
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IT'S THE BIG DAY! Radio Ghosts is live! It's a narrative game about geometry tests, vampire baristas, and camping with your mom. It's made for the original Game Boy, but playable on PC. Buy or wishlist today! 👻
#gameboy
#gbstudio
#gamedev
#indie
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Radio Ghosts on Steam
Radio Ghosts is a narrative game about geometry tests, vampire baristas, and camping with your mom.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3494790/Radio_Ghosts/
3 months ago
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Radio Ghosts launches tomorrow on Steam! Will *you* be purchasing Radio Ghosts?
store.steampowered.com/app/3494790/...
#radioghosts
#gamedev
#gbstudio
#gameboy
#indie
3 months ago
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Only 3 days left until the official release of Radio Ghosts!
#gameboy
#gbstudio
#gamedev
#indie
3 months ago
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Putting the finishing touches on Radio Ghosts in preparation for a July 31 release!
#gamedev
#gameboy
#gbstudio
3 months ago
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Arty Abstract
4 months ago
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I think this is a very nice peony.
#flower
4 months ago
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Adventure Weather Bot
4 months ago
A light mist past the desert town of Blarmel.
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This is Barry. He's a radio ghost. He really wants you to try the demo of Radio Ghosts during the waning days of Next Fest, and to wishlist it if the spirit (ha!) moves you.
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#gameboy
#gbstudio
#nextfest
#radioghosts
4 months ago
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Hey, everyone--take a tip from Liz!
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#gameboy
#gbstudio
#radioghosts
#nextfest
#gamedev
5 months ago
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Recently acquired a Game Boy Advance SP and delighted to see that the cartridge version of Radio Ghosts works well there, too!
#gameboy
#gba
#radioghosts
5 months ago
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Design Notes Podcast
5 months ago
What happens when robots collaborate with each other on art and remixes? In 2020, I sat down with
@bjbest60.bsky.social
to unpack the surprising poetry of his ArtyBots network.
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The Surprising Poetry of AI: BJ Best, ArtyBots
Poet BJ Best on teaching computers to do what humans can’t.
https://interfacecafe.com/the-surprising-poetry-of-ai-bj-best-arty/
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With the impending release of the Switch 2, I just wanted you to know that I’m so ready to win at Nintendo games.
#switch2
#nintendo
#nes
5 months ago
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“Why, yes, I’m somewhat of a rope user myself.”
#knots
5 months ago
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I just wanted to say that I'm proud of the jittery pixel campfire I made for Radio Ghosts.
#gameboy
#gbstudio
#pixelart
#radioghosts
5 months ago
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Happy to share my favorite bot is back online.
@artyabstract.bsky.social
generates colorful abstract art based on math equations several times a day. It was part of my ArtyBots project that began in 2016, so I'm excited to give it new life here. Give it a follow!
#art
#bot
add a skeleton here at some point
5 months ago
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One of my favorite things to do on The Platform That Shall Not Be Named was to create bots. Here’s a new one that generates weather reports from on ongoing D&D campaign. It uses Tracery and is hosted by
@bluebotsdonequick.com
. Give it a follow!
#dnd
#weather
add a skeleton here at some point
5 months ago
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Perhaps we should be grateful that the wizardess in Radio Ghosts is duty-bound to contractual law.
#radioghosts
#gameboy
#gbstudio
#retro
6 months ago
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Arty Abstract
6 months ago
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Arty Abstract
6 months ago
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I teach game design, and recently my university put up a video with me prattling on about it. Perhaps more interestingly, it includes several student projects that use GB Studio. Proof that
#gameboy
#gamedev
can lead to a highly lucrative prattling career!
www.carrollu.edu/academics/ar...
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Visit carrollu.edu to learn more.
A true Pioneer, Carroll University is Wisconsin’s first, four-year institution of higher learning.
https://www.carrollu.edu/academics/arts-sciences/majors/video-game-design
6 months ago
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The official Radio Ghosts demo is now available on Steam! Check it out and give that vampire barista the ol' what-for! (And wishlist, too, while you're at it!)
store.steampowered.com/app/3494790/...
#gamedev
#gameboy
#radioghosts
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Radio Ghosts on Steam
Radio Ghosts is a narrative game about geometry tests, vampire baristas, and camping with your mom.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3494790/Radio_Ghosts/
6 months ago
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At Midwest Gaming Classic, I had a Game Boy Camera live feed on my laptop. People enjoyed seeing themselves via that ancient technology. The Game Boy setup was a little haphazard, and didn't invite people touching it. Some people did anyway. These are their saved photos.
#gameboy
#gameboycamera
7 months ago
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One of my other favorite things (besides Radio Ghosts) at the Midwest Gaming Classic is the assortment of vintage
#pinball
machines—all free play!
#mgc
7 months ago
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dale coop ☕️
7 months ago
Here we go, Day 2 at Midwest Gaming Classic is underway!
#NES
#homebrew
#nesdev
#NESmaker
#indiegames
#gamedev
#ファミコン
#同人ゲーム
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Ready for people to play the Radio Ghosts demo and buy the full cart at Midwest Gaming Classic! Stop by and say hi if you’re here!
#gameboy
#radioghosts
7 months ago
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Setting up the Radio Ghosts booth with a Game Boy Camera live feed at Midwest Gaming Classic!
#gameboy
#radioghosts
7 months ago
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omg omg the carts are here!
#radioghosts
#gameboy
#gbstudio
#gamedev
7 months ago
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It’s weird where ideas come from. This is a picture of the first “game” I made in GB Studio—just a playground to try out the software, really. But this boy’s ridiculous warning turned into a full-fledged experience once I decided to take GB Studio seriously.
#gameboy
#gamedev
#radioghosts
7 months ago
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Prototype of a Radio Ghosts cart—one step closer to a physical reality!
#gameboy
#radioghosts
7 months ago
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Let me know if you’re in the U.S. and would like me to mail you a Radio Ghosts sticker to help weather these trying times.
#gameboy
#radioghosts
8 months ago
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Drew Cook: A Biting Cat
8 months ago
Today is the absolute last day to register intent for the Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction. Make stuff, tell your friends, etc.
www.springthing.net/2025/submit....
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The 2025 Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction
Spring Thing is an annual online festival celebrating new interactive fiction from all kinds of people.
https://www.springthing.net/2025/submit.html
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A few people asked how to put a retro game on original hardware. You need three things: software to make the game, a flashcart, and the hardware itself. Here's how I did it for Radio Ghosts on the Game Boy, a thread:
#gamedev
#retrogamedev
8 months ago
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I’ve made games for a few different retro systems (Atari, DOS, and now Game Boy) and always find a very particular pleasure in running them on original hardware. Ten-year-old me is utterly gobsmacked that this is possible.
#gamedev
#radioghosts
8 months ago
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Today's the day! Radio Ghosts is available to wishlist on Steam! It's a narrative game about geometry tests, vampire baristas, and camping with your mom. It's created for the original Game Boy and playable on Windows. Check it!
#gameboy
#gbstudio
#radioghosts
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Radio Ghosts on Steam
Radio Ghosts is a narrative game about geometry tests, vampire baristas, and camping with your mom.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3494790/Radio_Ghosts/
8 months ago
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T-minus 1 day until we can begin to (sorta) learn the HORRIFYING TRUTH about why ghosts live in radios and also why they DANCE SO WELL!
#gameboy
#radioghosts
8 months ago
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Soon, we will have a Game Boy game that asks the hard-hitting questions for these troubled times, such as, "What musical instrument does a ghost play?"
#gameboy
#radioghosts
8 months ago
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This vampire wishing to vampiresplain capitalism to you may have been more prescient than I had intended.
#vampiresplaining
8 months ago
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