Bundle of Joy is 50% off as part of the Steam Spring Sale from now until March 26th! This coincidentally lines up with BoJ turning 1! As part of the celebration, I updated the game to v1.2! If you liked this game, buy it for a friend or expecting parent! store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/...

I'm really looking forward to this game. I don't want to overhype it. But knowing what these devs are capable of, I'm really eager to see how the narrative and choices shape the experience.

Super excited to see this project grow and develop! Le Pixel Hunt always at the forefront of making thoughtful narratives about pressing topics.

ICYMI, I wrote about Bundle of Joy turning 1 in just over a week and some lessons I learned in releasing my first commerical game.

This is my mayor.

Even though I find it a bit antiquated, I got some business cards printed for upcoming trip to PAX and NarraScope later this year. Now I just hope I remember to pack them lol

Jfc boycot these games immediately.

ICYMI, I wrote about Bundle of Joy turning 1 in just over a week and some lessons I learned in releasing my first commerical game.

My narrative-minigame-dad-sim, Bundle of Joy, is going to be one year old on March 25th! I blogged about things I've learned in the past year and some "advice" for solodevs and indies releasing their first commercial product. www.essay-games.com/blog/a-year-... Hope folks find it useful ^__^

Anyone out there know anything about glitchgaming.fun? They’re proposing an alternative funding platform based on rentals and subscription revsharing. In theory it’s interesting, but curious what ppl think.

The Game From Ireland Steam Event is now live!! Go to the Steam Page and join us for the Games From Ireland Showcase which starts at 5.15pm!! store.steampowered.com/sale/Gamesfr... #GamesFromIreland #IrishGames #Imirt #SteamEvent

Just caught up on this since I couldn't watch live (was teaching). Super exciting line up with so many different voices and ideas! Can't wait to see follow-up interviews and features and looking forward to more showcases too!

Congrats to @meredithgran.com @deptofmeteors.bsky.social and everyone that worked on PT: Station to Station! From my first playthrough as a @narrascope.org judge last year I knew this was a special story & project. Here’s to more games telling nuanced, personal, essayistic narratives.

This actually made me kinda sad.

Do you work in games? Are you tired of corporate greed taking over our industry? Do you miss when industry events were by workers, for workers? The United Videogame Workers of CWA, in partnership with other unions and worker-centered organizations, announce the #GameWorkersConference. May 22-23 ❤️‍🔥

My Wario-Ware-like dad-simulator game, Bundle of Joy, is turning 1 in a couple of weeks! I'm trying to gather community support for the anniversary and encourage folks to leave Steam reviews. Hoping to reach 25 reviews by March 25! Help me spread the word :) store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/...

My Wario-Ware-like dad-simulator game, Bundle of Joy, is turning 1 in a couple of weeks! I'm trying to gather community support for the anniversary and encourage folks to leave Steam reviews. Hoping to reach 25 reviews by March 25! Help me spread the word :) store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/...

This is peak AAA.

It’s @bandcamp.com Friday and I got a bunch of stuff off my wishlist including the latest EP from @nullsleep.bsky.social and this 2023 record by Bullant (electronic music from the lead guitarist of King Gizzard etc.): bullant.bandcamp.com/album/late-l...

OK, i'll play...

art direction for an upcoming indie game

Some exciting updates from my latest newsletter for anyone that missed it yesterday! Including @narrascope.org, BoJ turning 1 soon, and going to PAX next week!

Some exciting updates from my latest newsletter for anyone that missed it yesterday! Including @narrascope.org, BoJ turning 1 soon, and going to PAX next week!

Researching for games projects is like the most fun thing. I would do this literally all day if I could.

Morning! I just published an Essay Games newsletter after having let it lapse for a little bit. The biggest thing is that I'm prepping for Bundle of Joy turning 1 on March 25th! Go read the newsletter to see how I'm planning to celebrate: buttondown.com/essaygames/a...

Finally got my copy of @debugmag.com where I make an appearance in @aguaspoints.bsky.social’s new(ish) column dedicated to making games in the Anthropocene. The magazine is so good and the rest of the issue is packed with wonderful features and articles.

Hello #gamedev folks. I’m putting together a lil’ resource for my graduating seniors on business cards and merch for festivals and want to hear/see what you’ve made! Care to share what print materials you’ve brought to cons to promote your work/games? Thx v much!

Hello #gamedev folks. I’m putting together a lil’ resource for my graduating seniors on business cards and merch for festivals and want to hear/see what you’ve made! Care to share what print materials you’ve brought to cons to promote your work/games? Thx v much!

The US are not liberators. The unbearable sadness of another forever war for the sake of distraction and profiteering is just… awful. My thoughts and sorrow are with my many Iranian friends and their families.

Hey, for real, if you haven't played Sol Cesto, you should def check it out. Even if rougelite games aren't your thing, the game is just a great testament to emergent, but light cognitive load, strategy. Also this new trailer looks fresh as hell.

The lucky winner of the gifted sub is @maxkriegervg.bsky.social! Enjoy this year and thx to everyone that helped spread the word to help support @critdistance.bsky.social!

I don't say this enough, but Critical Distance is an invaluable resource. If you have the means please consider donating to cover their hosting costs. I just subscribed and want to gift a year of CD to help raise money. RT this and I'll randomly select someone by EOD.

I just paid $6 to go 4 blocks because the G is broken with no notices and no station attendant warning and the Dekalb bus needed to reroute. I think I’m done with winter in NYC

TIL that you can reference class names in gdsript within comments quite easily without using external plugins. Make sure whatever .gd script you want to link to has a class_name. Then put that class within []. Then you can ctl+click to directly access. Yay for code documentation!

It snowed alright…!

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

Rise and shine, gold medal hockey is on!

Just finished the demo of @apthomson.bsky.social’s Titantium Court this morning and it’s probably one of the best “demos that makes me want to keep playing” releases I’ve experienced in a while. So much humor and polish for an experience so seemingly… simple? Really excited for the full release.

Yeah, @apthomson.bsky.social’s Titanium Court is preeeeeetty gooooood.

This is happening in like 20min!!! Going to try to make sure the talk is recorded and if not, I will try to record a super clean/polished version soon.

This is tonight! Hoping it’s recorded so that I can share the talk afterwards.

I’m giving a talk tomorrow night at IGDA Clark about narrative design and making manageable story tools as a solo dev and it’s virtual so you can attend by joining their discord (the QR code).

I just found out about the passing of Fredrick Wiseman. When I saw his film High School in college it forever changed what I thought cinema and art could be. He did what few could: deeply observe and examine our social lives with profound compassion and critical curiosity. Go watch his films.

Honestly, AI slop PRs are becoming increasingly draining and demoralizing for #Godot maintainers. If you want to help, more funding so we can pay more maintainers to deal with the slop (on top of everything we do already) is the only viable solution I can think of: fund.godotengine.org

🚨 HUGE NEWS! 🚨 All Will Rise is now LIVE on Kickstarter! Fundraising has begun to bring our revenge fantasy against the powerful to life. Want to try before you fund? All Will Rise currently has a demo on Steam too! Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe... #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

Just ordered!

I’ve been saying this same thing about Godot being the best option for a growing portion of game devs who won’t be able to spec up.

This is going to happen... a lot. Not just because things like the Steam Deck encourage a minimum viable hardware spec, but because a growing portion of our players cannot and will not be able to access major leaps in hardware. RAM and GPU prices are making the cutting-edge player more rare!