The everyday cognitive dissonance is rapidly becoming a major hindrance to getting to the end of the day without fully dissociating.

Another warm reminder that Bundle of Joy only has 15 reviews :) store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/...

that’s enough internet for today that’s enough internet for forever

Everything about making video games is harder than you think.

"guided by human insight" is a phrase that summons at least one of the four horsemen

OH heck yes! Can't wait to get a chance to check this out!

Maybe it's time...

*Opening all my in-progress project repos to update*

As a gentle reminder, Bundle of Joy only has 15 reviews!!! :)

As a gentle reminder, Bundle of Joy only has 15 reviews!!! :)

This looks really cool, looking forward to trying this out!

nine years old

It makes absolute total sense to me that Jonathan Blow lives in Boulder, Colorado. No, I will not elaborate.

I’m going through my backlog rn and am slowly catching up on games before the semester starts and I wish I had played Many Nights a Whisper before writing about minigames being my “theme of 2025”

I spent way too long trying to get an old Raspberry Pi hosting a music server, but I finally cracked it this evening and am finally feeling on my way to fulfilling my first intention of the year: DELETING SPOTIFY. I followed the guides provided by this great resource: delete-spotify.neocities.org

‘sudo apt update’ is sending me rn

I really wanted to go see Paris, Texas at Metrograph this Friday but just saw its sold out. I’m pretty crushed tbh…

Generally speaking if you hated group projects in school perhaps game dev is not for you.

Loved checking out this game at MAGFest, looking forward to watching it develop!

I’m considering showing this to my professional development game arts class in a couple of weeks as a way of setting the stage for “state of the industry” discussions. Harrowing, but necessary, watch!

Good gravy!

Ash is one of the few consistent go-to voices in games journalism. I find it hard to imagine she won't land on her feet very soon, but if you're looking for some PR/Marketing help or critical writing, book her ASAP.

My dear beloved kindergartner child just 6-7’d me and I’m shook.

Pinkalicious arguably has a much worse underlying message than Paw Patrol.

Ethan did all of the soundtrack and sound design for Bundle of Joy and he absolutely crushed it at Chip Rave at MAGFest over the weekend. He is an incredible collaborator and musician with very indie friendly rates. Cannot recommend him enough!

This optometrist office is playing late 90s / early 00s radio r&b with low quality AI-generated video of vacation destinations and women standing in front of barns with a bad camcorder HUD overlay and it’s very strange.

One of my all time fav artists.

Last day of #MAGFest and I'm doing the Sunday morning routine of playing all the indies that I haven't had a chance to sit with yet. It's been an amazing weekend and am eternally grateful to the @mivsmagfest.bsky.social staff for being so kind to the Pratt Game Arts devs boothing this year.

MAGFEST 🚨 COME TO CHIP RAVE! Come see Street Cleaner, then ME! DONUTSHOES! Then stay for Petriform, Star Fighter Dreams, and Boy Without Batteries!!!

MAGFest is so special. It was so amazing to have Pratt Game Arts students have an intimate Q&A with devs today. So generous, kind, and encouraging. Truly grateful to the @mivsmagfest.bsky.social staff for hosting us!!!

It is a remarkable and humbling experience seeing your students thrive in a world where everything is stacked against them.

Such a wonderful experience for watching 4 games writers genuinely having fun and presenting critical ideas about writing at the same time. Makes me hopeful during a bleak time. #MAGFest Great job @aguaspoints.bsky.social, @theautumnwright.bsky.social, Stuart, and @jakesteinberg.substack.com

Amtrak to #MAGFest already delayed an hour… Not a great way to start.

I'm doing some design work and consulting for a project built in Unity, and I still just can't get over that it takes 15-20 min for the software to open. And this is on mid-to-high tier hardware, mind you.

There's a lot going on rn, but there's less than a day left on the biggest discount for Bundle of Joy, my Wario-ware inspired narrative game about becoming a parent, over on @itch.io. I don't wanna play the "pity card" here, but I haven't sold a single copy this Winter sale lol, so tell ur friends!

Bundle of Joy falls within this category! Great shout out to this actual Steam curator (and not just the constant bot content on the platform).

There's a lot going on rn, but there's less than a day left on the biggest discount for Bundle of Joy, my Wario-ware inspired narrative game about becoming a parent, over on @itch.io. I don't wanna play the "pity card" here, but I haven't sold a single copy this Winter sale lol, so tell ur friends!

Bundle of Joy is included in this impressive compendium of 2025 games. S/o to @aguaspoints.bsky.social for always going out of his way to highlight my work!

Go Drew!!

Goddamnit…

"7 a.m. (New Year's Morning)," László Moholy-Nagy (c. 1930)

I 'spose I should reflect on the year: -Released my 1st commercial game -learned a lot of hard indiedev lessons... -got a new job -got another new job teaching full-time -got to do a lot of cool talks/workshops about technical narrative design -tickled my kiddos a lot Not a bad year, all in all.

his final message…

Yup! It’s particularly good for solo devs and small teams working with mid/low-end hardware. Which—if I had a to make a 2026 prediction—might become more common in the coming year.

It's hard to even imagine but @magfest.org is just over a week away! I'll be there with Pratt Game Arts and looking forward to seeing folks there. Definitely lmk if you're planning on being there and if you're boothing!

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